Teen model Asami Tanaka gets first acting role with Hey! Say! JUMP

Tokyograph News · 03-17-2008, 03:46 AM

14-year-old Asami Tanaka, a model for SEVENTEEN magazine, will make her acting debut next month. She has been added to the cast of the NTV drama special "Sensei wa Erai!"

The drama stars Hey! Say! JUMP members Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuri Chinen, and Daiki Arioka as middle schoolers who try to turn a dull teacher (Yusuke Santamaria) into a charming man. Tanaka will play one of their classmates.

The young model won the Miss Seventeen competition last year and made her debut in September. In addition to this drama, she has been signed to two commercial contracts this spring. She will also make her big screen debut in the summer movie "Jersey no Futari," directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura and starring Makoto Ayukawa and Masato Sakai.

"Sensei wa Erai!" will air on April 12.

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03-17-2008, 03:46 AM	#1
Tokyograph News Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11	Teen model Asami Tanaka gets first acting role with Hey! Say! JUMP 14-year-old Asami Tanaka, a model for SEVENTEEN magazine, will make her acting debut next month. She has been added to the cast of the NTV drama special "Sensei wa Erai!" The drama stars Hey! Say! JUMP members Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuri Chinen, and Daiki Arioka as middle schoolers who try to turn a dull teacher (Yusuke Santamaria) into a charming man. Tanaka will play one of their classmates. The young model won the Miss Seventeen competition last year and made her debut in September. In addition to this drama, she has been signed to two commercial contracts this spring. She will also make her big screen debut in the summer movie "Jersey no Futari," directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura and starring Makoto Ayukawa and Masato Sakai. "Sensei wa Erai!" will air on April 12. Link to article

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