Aya Ueto appears with models in Shibuya.
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Aya Ueto in Shibuya to promote new drama and pray for happy marriages

Monday 20th April, 01:00 PM JST

TOKYO —

Actress Aya Ueto, 23, attended an event in Shibuya on Sunday to promote her new drama “Konkatsu!” which starts on Monday at 9 p.m. Ueto co-stars in the Fuji TV drama with SMAP leader Masahiro Nakai, 36, which revolves around Nakai’s character trying to find a spouse after he lies in a job application saying he is married.

On Sunday, Ueto and models wearing wedding dresses that Ueto helped design handed out 5,000 small candies in the shape of bouquets to people gathered at the Seibu department store and passing by. Ueto told the crowd she hoped to help people lead fulfilling and happy married lives, and conveyed her hopes that the new drama would be well-received.

Ueto also said that in between filming the drama, she, Nakai and other members of the cast talked a lot about their love lives, but added she couldn’t divulge that information in public. She added that Nakai is a “very considerate man and a really nice person.”

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7 Comments

Altria at 01:24 PM JST - 20th April

What a coincidence, Altria was in Shibuya on the weekend too.
TeruSensei at 04:15 PM JST - 20th April

This is a sweet story.
Mittsu at 04:38 PM JST - 20th April

SMAP leader Nakai is indeed a special guy.
Pukey2 at 11:25 PM JST - 20th April

SMAP leader Nakai is indeed a special guy.

Was that an insult or a compliment?

For once, can we have something a bit different? It always the same old tarentos and same old recycled plots. I could tell you the ending even before watching the story. How about a drama with someone like Ikko, promoting gay marriage? Now THAT would be a change. But then, we know the words Japan and 'change' don't exist in the same sentence.
elbudamexicano at 07:43 AM JST - 21st April

Ueto Aya chan is so cute!! I'm in RUB!!
Yelnats at 11:40 AM JST - 21st April

Time to google another hot babe for images!
plasticmonkey at 10:59 PM JST - 21st April

There's nothing about her "praying" in this story, as the headline suggests. At what point did she get down on her knees?