Binbo Danshi (貧乏男子 ボンビーメン -2008)

Starring:
Oguri Shun as Koyama Kazumi
Yashima Norito as Hikita Shuzo
Yamada Yu as Nakahara Mimi
Miura Haruma as Shiraishi Ryo
Yusuke Santamaria as Omuomu
Kamiji Yusuke as Teruteru
Otoo Takuma as Chagie
Ichige Yoshie as Koyama Shizue
Naka Riisa as Shinjo Sumire
Shibue Joji as Sunagawa Takayuki
Shikauchi Takashi (鹿内孝) as Inoue Goro
Suzunosuke (鈴之助) as Katagiri Hiroshi
Ito Yumi (伊藤ゆみ) as Kurata Wakana
Okada Ryosuke (岡田亮輔) as Akagi (Kazumi's Classmate)
Ishida Yudai (石田勇大) as Nakata (Kazumi's Classmate)
Kai Makoto (甲斐誠) as Uekusa (Kazumi's Classmate)
Tomikawa Kazuhito as Tsunoda
Morita Yosuke (森田陽祐) as Wakamatsu
Kojika Keiji (小鹿敬司) as Shimura
Masuda Shuichiro (増田修一朗) as Nagasaka
Takiguchi Yukihiro as Abe (Host)

Guests
Hankai Kazuaki (ep3)
Iriyama Noriko (ep3)
Tokui Yuu (ep4)
Yamazaki Hajime (ep6,8)
Imae Fuyuko (今江冬子) (ep7)
Kasai Kenji (ep7)
Yamashita Yorie (ep8)

Koyama Kazumi is a poor but optimistic college student who firmly believing that there are more important things than money. Despite his own poverty he ends up taking on other people's debts and faces various challenges to pay off those debts. --Tokyograph

Ah, it's finally finished. Okay, the last episode was surprising to say the least. Let's just say Mimi, if you haven't watched the final episode yet, marries somebody you'd least expect.

I knew Shiraishi would leave. That was sad. I was hoping that he and Kazumi would work together with their "recycling" job.

This show wasn't all that. There were some episodes that were boring as hell, some that were surprisingly funny, and some that made no damn sense at all. I watched it only because it had the "Shun-kun" and Haruma-kun in it. Period.

This show could have been by far better. So I'll just say that it helped me waste some time if I needed to.

Ahhh but alas....more pics of two of my favorite guys.

Oguri Shun


Miura Haruma

Haken no Hinkaku (The Pride of the Temp-2007)

Starring:
Shinohara Ryoko as Oomae Haruko (?)
Kato Ai as Mori Miyuki (23)
Koizumi Kotaro as Satonaka Kensuke (30)
Oizumi Yo as Shouji Takeshi (32)
Katsuji Ryo as Asano Tsutomu (23)
Itaya Yuka as Kuroiwa Masako (30)
Yasuda Ken as Hitotsugi Shinya (30)
Shirota Yu as Amaya Ryuto (20)
Kamiji Yusuke as Kin Kosaku

The Japanese employment structure has seen dramatic changes in recent years. Now reaching almost 3 million in number, the temporary staff labor force is claimed as being indispensable to the survival of Japanese corporations. It is under such circumstances that Haruko Ohmae（Ryoko Shinohara）, a brilliant and sharp temporary worker dispatched to an established food company, S&F, in metropolitan Tokyo, works alongside permanent employees with pride and dignity. She is trusted and desired wherever she goes, while her permanent employee colleagues, Kensuke Satonaka (Kotaro Koizumi) and Takeshi Shoji （Yo Oizumi）, always seem to find themselves in embarrassing dire straits. Depicting the almost comical daily battles and romance of the modern work place, this drama series is sure to encourage and inspire all working women in the world.

Ehhh! It was alright. It was good but it wasn't my personal "cup of tea". I'm sure others would love this drama....not enough romantic tension or something. I will say I was highly impressed with Koizumi Koutaro. He was so darn cute and sweet. Slap him between two pieces of bread and peanut butter and ....yummo!!!

Those of you who want to see this because of Shirota Yu, don't waste your time or breathe. His airtime is so short and he maybe had a max of 5 complete lines out of the 10 episodes. It was despicable.

So that is it in a nutshell. Sorry I couldn't give you more but that show left me with not much except for the fact that it did have a great premise for a story but the writer's left something out that left me feeling "bleh".

Sorry couldn't find decent or any pics of the cuties. So if anyone sees some....send them to me. Damn if I couldn't find a good one of Koizumi Kotaro. That p's me off!