Yukie Nakama gives up the tracksuit for good

Actress Yukie Nakama (29) attended an even this week for "Gokusen: THE MOVIE," which is currently showing in theaters (in Japan). It will be the last time she wore the trademark red-with-stripe tracksuit that her character, Yumiki Yamaguchi, is famous for.

I don't really like the tracksuit or the pony-tails she wears in the drama, haha, it doesn't do her justice at all, but I guess that's the point.

The PR event thats she went to in Shiodome, titled "GO! SHIODOME Jamboree Wasshoi! 2009," attracted about 1,600 people. Aqua Timez was also there. They performed a rendition of Gokusens' movie theme song "Plumeria - Hana Uta" (flower song..i think) with Nakama. Vocalist Futoshi (29) was excited when he saw her, he said, "It's the first time I've seen Kumiko in the flesh."

The plot of Gokusen: THE MOVIE follows basically the same plot as the TV series, Gokusen 1, 2 and 3. There's also a return of many of the characters from previous seasons like Oguri Shun, Kamenashi Kazuya, Takaki Yuya, Haruma Muira, Waki Tomohiro(Kuma) and many others. I was sad to see Matsumoto Jun didn't return though.

Here is the movie trailer:



According to box office numbers, the movie seems to be doing well. About 2.33 million people have gone to see it and its taking in about 2.7 billion yen. Wow, thats a a lot. It seems to be doing better than just well. I'm happy to see that they're having this much success for the ending show.