jdrama and jpop stars?

[amdworld]

Was wondering.. how do these guys get choosed..
probably an audition right?
but like..
is the audition usulaly only in Tokyo?
or would they also spread the audition in other far away places so that people don't have to travel all the way to Tokyo?

[jeisan]

well they prolly have many of them in tokyo but im sure theres plenty of audtions in other big cites like sapporo, kyoto etc.

[Twisted]

There's an actor's school in Okinawa. Many popstars originate from there.

[amdworld]

really!?
wow
is it only in okinawa?
or they got other places throughout japan?

[Twisted]

Not sure. But Speed and Max (including Namie Amuro) came from there. There official website is here (http://www.actors.co.jp) and here is an article about the school in Time magazine (http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990503/actors1.html).

[amdworld]

both links lead to the same site.. lol

[Twisted]

Oops, copy and paste disaster.
It's fixed now. :)