It was announced that Natsuki Deguchi (24), one of the most popular young actors in Japan, has replaced Aragaki as the image character of Meiji’s winter-only chocolate “Meltykiss,” in which she had appeared since 2011. Niigaki, who has been active as a leading actor for many years, began airing a new version of the Asahi Soft Drinks “Jurokucha” commercial in July, but her most recent film appearance was in the animated film “Kimi no Iro” released last August, in which she acted as a voice actor, which grossed around 360 million yen at the box office. His most recent appearance on the stage dates back to the stage greeting at the opening of the movie “Nikkoku Nikki” in June of last year. After Gakki’s departure from the “Melty Kiss” commercial, some people on the Internet were concerned that she might retire from the entertainment industry. Although she has an Instagram page with over 1.05 million followers (as of October 31), she does not update it often, so we cannot tell much about what she is up to. Nevertheless, on October 1, she uploaded a photo from a conversation with Rumiko Takahashi, the author of the live-action drama “Ranma 1/2” (2011), in which Niigaki played the lead role. She has completely changed her image with a short blonde haircut. Niigaki, who is from Okinawa, passed an audition for the teen fashion magazine “Nicola” when she was a junior high school student and entered the entertainment industry. In anticipation of graduating from the magazine, he entered the acting business and made his acting debut in 2005 in the TV Asahi drama “Sh15uya (Shibuya Fifteen). In 2006, he appeared in the dramas “Gal Sur” and “My Boss, My Hero” (both on NTV), and “Papa to Musume no 7 Nichijou” (2007, TBS), among other films. She got her big break in the movie “Koizora,” in which she played a double role with the late Haruma Miura.
