2008 cm ranking

Toyohara ranked higher last year than the year before with only the ALICO CMs and despite the near downfall of AIG. He was tied with Maki Ota, who was in the same CM, so their numbers were identical. The region names are linked to the original Video Research Ltd charts published on 19 February 2009. Statistics kept are from January to December 2008.

Kanto region – 7th (12th last year) | broadcast 3418 times for 39 hours 54 minutes 30 seconds air time

Kansai region – 1st (13th last year) | broadcast 5124 times for 63 hours 56 minutes air time

Nagoya region – 6th (16th last year) | broadcast 3321 times for 39 hours 46 minutes

News articles (text and link) behind the cut…

interview – innocent love

Interview with Toyohara on the official site (2008.11.18)

http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/innocentlove/interview/index.html vol. 5

ALICO Japan being sold

Not specifically about Toyohara, but has an impact on his being a spokesperson for ALICO Japan the past three years. Will he be doing AFLAC CMs in the future or is his face too associated with ALICO now? Perhaps a familiar face would be what whoever buys ALICO would want to assure a smooth transfer?  (I’m assuming that while the article talks about “life insurance,” the sale of ALICO includes the hospitalization insurance coverage that Toyohara does CMs for.)

Text behind the cut is from Japan Times Online:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20081015n2.html

224466 – short shorts film festival

Information on the festival site regarding the short film, 224466, directed by Asano Tadanobu and part of the collection R246 Story.

R246 Story official site – http://www.r246s.jp/

festival page for 224466: http://media.excite.co.jp/10th/r246s/asano.html

Innocent Love – press conference video

2 videos of the press conference & promo of the new autumn drama. The first video is from the morning show Mezamashi (Fuji TV), 2008-10-03