Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Horikita Maki wins Best Actress
Horikita Maki wins Actress in a Leading Role Award / Nikkan Drama Grand Prix
＜11th Nikkan Sport Drama Grand Prix Prize Winner Announcement＞
The 「11th Nikkan Sport Drama Grand Prix」 Actress in a Leading Role Award has been given to actress Horikita Maki (19) who played the role of a boyish high school boy. In Fuji TV's Hanazakari no Kimitachi e ～ Ikemen ♂ Paradise ～ she is surrounded by many good-looking men. Despite the pressure, she delivered a good performance. She was "enchanted" with her first boy role.
Horikita plays the role of Ashiya Mizuki, a young girl disguising herself as a boy and enrolling in a boys school. She is naturally feminine and yet she is dressed as a high school boy for most of the drama, leading her to win the prize. "I think to be recognized for doing my best in something that I believed in is meaningful. I'm happy for the effort from myself and also the support from other that I have received. I feel really blessed," she said with a smile.
The original work is a popular comic. "I have read it and thought the setting was interesting. For a girl, it's a drama that makes you tremble with excitement ne," she said, looking back on it. My next thought was "Would I be like a boy just by cutting my hair short ?" Feeling that anxiety, she wrestled with constructing her role.
The majority of the performers were boys, boys, boys. And besides, filled with ikemen. "Right at the beginning of the script, I was surrounded by everyone in class. In the middle of all the guys, I was the only girl. At that time I wondered 'Could I fit in here ?'" Besides being ikemen, all of them are of eligible age. Horikita is all alone there. However you think of it, it's perilous, it must have been difficult. "I was very self-conscious. But because of that I reminded myself that I should not build a wall up. Actually, I was very shy ne (*laugh*)."
While she played her role, as the story in the drama unfolds and as filming went on, they started to synchronize. "I myself started to resemble that boyish Horikita role as I became familiar with the mostly guys co-stars ne. As we went along, the shyness I felt at first totally disappeared and I became unconcerned."
Filming for the Hanazakari no Special is complete. She is also blessed with costars. The one Mizuki gives her heart to is Sano Izumi played by Oguri Shun (25). "Oguri-san was filming for the drama concurrently with his theater work. For me, just the drama really exhausts my energy, that concentration and energy is amazing." On Ikuta Toma (23) who had his break through the drama, "He is a really considerate person. He became my go-between to everyone."
Last summer saw Japan's temperature reaching 40.9 degrees Celsius 3 times successively, reaching such intense heat. "Filming in that heat with my chest tightened was difficult. I'll always think of last summer as something enchanting." Laughter, shedding tears and the heat. For the people who were watching, they were rewarded with an enchanting delight.
29th April
Nikkan Sports
堀北真希に主演女優賞／日刊ドラマＧＰ
＜第１１回日刊スポーツ・ドラマグランプリ受賞者発表＞
「第１１回日刊スポーツ・ドラマグランプリ」の主演女優賞はボーイッシュな“男子高校生”を演じた女優堀北真希（１９）が獲得した。フジテレビ系「花ざかりの君たちへ～イケメン♂パラダイス～」で、たくさんのイケメンに囲まれ、プレッシャーを受けながらの好演。初の“男役”を「とろけそうな思い」で演じきった。
堀北が演じたのは男子校に男装して編入する少女・芦屋瑞稀。正体こそ女性だが、ドラマのほとんどを男子高校生の服装で演じきった末の受賞だ。「自分が本当にいいものになると信じて頑張ったものを認めてもらうことに意味があると思います。自分が発信したものが、支持をいただけてうれしい。幸せな気分です」と笑顔を見せた。
原作は人気コミック。「読んだことがあったので、設定が面白いなとは思っていました。女の子にとっては、ワクワクするドラマですよね」と振り返る。次に思ったのは「じゃあ、単に髪の毛を短く男の子みたいにすれば成り立つのかな」。そんな悩ましさを感じながら役作りに取り組んだ。
出演者の大多数が男、男、男。しかもイケメンぞろい。「最初の本読みのときクラスのみんなにワーッと取り囲まれた。男の集団の中で、自分だけ女が１人。ここに入っていけるのかなという感じでした」。イケメンに加え、しかも、全員が年ごろ。そこに堀北は１人ぼっち。どう考えても危険、大変だ。「すごく気をつかってくれました。だから逆に、自分で壁を作らないように心掛けました。本当は人見知りなんですけどね（笑い）」。
演じるうちに、ドラマのストーリーと、収録現場での流れがシンクロしたという。「私自身が男ばかりの共演者になじんでいくのと、瑞稀が男装して男っぽくなっていくのが似ていたんですよね。最初の恥ずかしい気持ちが、途中からは全然平気になっていました」。
「花ざかりの－」はスペシャル版が収録済み。共演者にも恵まれた。瑞稀が思いを寄せる佐野泉役は小栗旬（２５）。「小栗さんは舞台と並行して、このドラマを収録していました。私なんか、ドラマだけでエネルギー消耗しちゃうのに、あの集中力と粘りはすごい」。また、このドラマでブレークした生田斗馬（２３）には「すごく気をつかってくれる人なんです。私とみんなとの懸け橋になってくれました」。
昨夏は、日本の歴代最高気温４０・９度を観測するほどの酷暑だった。「暑い中の撮影で胸を締め付けるのが大変でした。去年の夏は本当にとろけそうな思いでした」。笑えて、泣けてそして熱い。見る人に、そんなとろけそうな喜びを与えてくれた。【小谷野俊哉】
2008年4月29日9時47分
Labels: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e SP, Horikita Maki
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On Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:21:00 PM,
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WAHH!! Maki-chan won? that's great..I think she deserves the award..its not easy working with all the Ikemens around you ne~ I would get easily distracted esp when Shun,Toma,Hiro and Yusuke-kun are around..congrats to maki-chan!!
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On Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:27:00 PM,
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cool that Maki won! She's really good! ^^ but... who won for Best Supporting Actor? not Toma? =(
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On Thursday, May 01, 2008 1:06:00 AM,
unleashthegeek wrote...
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They're announcing the winners one at a time daily. And the winner for Best Supporting Actor was released today.. it's Toma ! Yay~
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On Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:54:00 AM,
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omedeto!!! maki and toma !! yay!! thanks :)
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On Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:07:00 PM,
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wah!! Toma-kun won too?majide?sugoi na~ I'm soo happy that they won..hmm..Maki-chan looked really happy and pretty in da picture ne~
