Your Monthly Keiko for December 2025

The Christmas season is upon us and here we have Keitan in suitably wintery attire!

WELL, it's been another eventful year for Keiko, what with her dramas, movies and endorsements, and we can only look ahead to see what's still to come!

Your Monthly Keiko for November 2025

It's November, time to be thankful for what we have, and among the things to be grateful for is the new Keiko Kitagawa film which is FINALLY coming out late this month!

New promotional posters for the movie are out, but the real question is if  and WHEN it will be subbed and streamed for us NOT in Japan to watch!

Your Monthly Keiko for October 2025

Keiko in a suitably autumn vibe here for the month of October!

And while you're enjoying your Halloween season, why not treat yourself to the Keiko Kitagawa  LIMITED EDITION CITIZEN xC watch?

- Citizen xC (crossC) is an empowering watch brand that supports women who look forward. A limited edition model supervised by xC's image character, Keiko Kitagawa, has been released. 

-This special design from the Hikari Collection features a delicate olive motif. In honor of Kitagawa Keiko's birthday, August 22nd, a total of four lab-grown diamonds are set at the 8 o'clock and 2 o'clock positions. An olive flower motif is featured at the 22nd minute, adding a playful touch.

- The index features an original design featuring olive leaves in a Roman numeral font. The hour markers feature rounded, cut-out parts reminiscent of olive fruit.

- This special edition features Kitagawa Keiko's signature engraved on the case back. It comes in a limited edition box containing a message card with a mini bouquet of olives and eucalyptus.

Man, I wonder how much one of these pieces would actually cost? Judging by the current prices of similar watches on the CITIZEN site, seems to run about 1,300 dollars or so...

Oh my that's a lot of shekels! But nice, very nice!

Your Monthly Keiko for September 2025

And we're back with a ponderous Keiko for the month of September!! It's times like this that I sometimes wish I also purchased her wall-size calendars as they are bigger and feature completely different photos, alas I simply do not have the room for it!!

The Keiko Kitagawa 2025 Wall Calendar.

PS: Last week I posted a montage of Keiko through the years and I found another compilation short by Talentjournal which showcased a bit more of Keiko's different roles over her career!

I love these clips, watching Keitan grow right before my eyes is a pure delight! Ooooh, so many of these characters are real favorites of mine!

Mr. Children's "Tomorrow Never Knows" a nice background companion to the clip!

Your Monthly Keiko

Happy Keiko for July! These past few months have been banner ones for the Keiko Kitagawa fan, with her awesome drama "Anata wo Ubatta Sono Hi kara" about to wrap up, and news of a brand new theatrical film "NIGHT FLOWER" announced!

From Yahoo Japan:

KEIKO KITAGAWA stars in “NIGHT FLOWER", HER FIRST TIME STARRING IN A MOVIE in 4 YEARS!

Actress Keiko Kitagawa (38) will play the role of a drug dealer, completely changing her previous pure image, in the movie "Night Flower" , directed by Eiji Uchida), which will be released on November 28. This will be her first starring role in a movie in four years since "First Love" (directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi) in 2021.

Director Uchida's second Midnight series, following the 2020 film "Midnight Swan," (which won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Picture for its sensitive depiction of the struggles of transgender people), is an ambitious work written and scripted by Uchida. It is a human suspense story in which Natsuki, played by Kitagawa, struggles as a drug dealer to raise her two children.

She plays a strong character almost makeup-free, with messy hair and speaking in Kansai dialect. Kitagawa said that when she read the script, she was "shocked." Kitagawa is also a mother of two children, and said, "Drug trafficking is not right, but I am strongly attracted to the idea of ​​giving up everything for your children."

It has been 2 years since Kitagawa and Director Uchida have worked together on WOWOW's 2011 drama "Drama W: Sunset." Kitagawa, who is from Hyogo Prefecture, said that Director Uchida explained to her about the role she will be playing as a mother living in the Kansai region. Although it is a role she has never played before, she said, "I hope viewers will watch over the strong desire of a mother to protect her child, and her down-to-earth determination to somehow live a positive life in a corrupted world."  

When Director Uchida was writing the script for "Midnight Swan," he imagined a mother living in the criminal world of the night, which was the original idea for the story. Regarding Kitagawa, he praised her, saying, "She took on the difficult role of a drug dealer, and on set, she exploded with overwhelming acting that I had never seen before. I am happy to be able to see the moment when Kitagawa enters her next phase as an actress."

WOW, sounds SO intriguing! As someone living outside of Japan, however all I am able to do is cross fingers that NETFLIX or some other streaming site will host it once it finishes its theatrical run!  Such a LONG wait!

Your Monthly Keiko For June 2025

A svelte Keiko for June 2025, and things are ALL coming up Keiko!

We are at the halfway point of Keiko’s riveting suspense drama “Anata wo Ubatta Sono Hi kara”, and things are ratcheting up as young young Mimi (Kasumi Isshiki), enters her teenage years and is beginning to wonder about her Father and her past which her Mom seems unable to talk about.

She's lived a carefree and happy life so far, but Hiromi knows that she cannot keep the truth of the situation from her forever....

There’s also the twist of Hiromi (Keiko) taking the ultimate undercover job, working right under Yuki Asahi (Nao Omori), the man she despises, when she applies for and gets hired as a member of his new marketing team!

Like her earlier attempt to get close to him  by joining the cooking class,  she works her way into his business to get to know the REAL man. As she delves deeper, it seems there are many things about the food poisoning incident which claimed her daughter that have been kept secret…and are now about to come to light.

Our investigative journalist Azuma Sawa (Sawa Niimura) is still after the truth and is slowly making headway by interviewing other ex-members of the company, including Mochizuki (Michitaka Tsutsui).

And then there’s Ririko (Yuna Taira), the eldest daughter of Yuki Asahi. For me, she’s the REAL wild card here because you have no IDEA what her intentions are!

 Even from the beginning she was clashing with her father and it was hard to tell if she even cared when her little sister disappeared. And as she's gotten older, her actions have only become more devious, making me (and everyone around her)  curious as HELL what she's up to!

Ony time will tell, and as we enter the second half of the show, Anata wo Ubatta Sono Hi kara remains my favorite show of the season! 

The Keiko Kitagawa Jubilee continues!!!

Your Monthly Keiko For May 2025

It's May and here we have Keiko looking as sunny and fashionable as ever, quite a difference from her dramatic and moody character of Hiromi Nakagoshi in the psychological drama "Anata wo Ubatta Sono Hi Kara" (Since the Day I  Took You Away) which, at episode 2, proves to be as gripping and exciting as I'd hoped!

The story of a distraught mother who loses her child to food contamination and by a trick of fate somehow ends up with the daughter of the president of the food company which took her own daughter's life...and spirits her away to raise as her own is a drama formula which has been touched upon before, and this is yet another fine one.

Twists and turns are at every step as the two try to live their new lives while on the lam, while back at home the little girls family are struggling with the crime- as well as dealing with other problems of their own as new developments surface....

So far I've been loving it and it's my favorite drama of the season!

Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com

Your Monthly Keiko For April 2025

Kietan looks ahead for what's coming up in April 2025, and in just a few weeks, her suspense thriller "Anata wo Ubatta Sono Hi kara" will be airing its first episode!

Crossing fingers that some lovely subbing team will pick this one up or that this will be one of the lucky shows that NETFLIX decides to air!!

Your Monthly Keiko For March 2025

It's Keiko for March and she's looking as FINE as ever! What is our dear Keitan up to THIS month?

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On My J-Drama Wishlist:

Anata wo Ubatta Sono Hi kara

Keiko stars in a drama slightly reminiscent of Youkami no Semi, as a mother who loses a child to food poisoning and extracts revenge on the seemingly uncaring delicatessen president (Nao Omori)  responsible- by kidnapping their 3 year old child for herself.

Begins airing in April, can't wait to see it!!!

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Last month we mentioned how Keiko had become the model for jewelry brand MIKIMOTO, and a few days ago Keitan's hubby DAIGO uploaded photos of himself proudly posing on front of the HUGE window mural of her in front of the store!

Pics from DAIGO's twitter 

Can't BLAME the guy as I would be proud, too!!!

Your Monthly Keiko For February 2025

 February is for Valentine's day and here we have Keiko draped in the hottest of reds just for the occasion!

Your Monthly Keiko For January 2025

 WELL, we've cut it close before (sometimes even within a day), but up til now I've always received my Keiko Kitagawa Calendar from CD Japan in time for a January 1st post, sadly looks like this time 2025 came around with my Keitan Calendar still to arrive!

DHL informs me that my package should be arriving  by Friday the 3rd, but until then, looks like I'll be using the image of the calendar from the CD Japan site as a placeholder!

 EDIT: Whooohooo, As promised, my Keiko Kitagawa Calendar arrived today and without further ado I've scanned every month and have formally uploaded Keiko for January!

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KEIKO NEWS!

Keiko Kitagawa is full of elegance with sparkling jewelry
“MIKIMOTO”

From Oricon:

Actress Kitagawa Keiko will appear in the short movie for jewelry brand MIKIMOTO's new collection "Bow Charm," which will be released today, the 16th.

Kitagawa is wearing a necklace from the new collection "Bow Charm." The ribbon motif is designed to be flat and sharp, giving it a lovely yet dignified presence, and Kitagawa, who combines grace and strength, beautifully embodies that charm.

Kitagawa Keiko reveals when she buys jewelry: "I make up all sorts of reasons for buying at turning points [in life]" ...

See the stunning CM video below: