Horikawa Tonko

Horikawa Tonko was a Japanese TV drama director, producer, and movie director from Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. His wife is screenwriter Takagi Rin. He studied at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters. In 1958, he won the Ginkgo Namiki Award for his novel "Suna no Toei".…

Araki Yuko

Araki Yuko is a Japanese actress and fashion model represented by Stardust Promotion. She was born on December 15, 1993, in Tokyo. She is a member of Happy Science, a Japanese new religion. Araki was recruited when she was in elementary school, with her first leading film role being "Ikari o Nagero"…

Yamasato Ryota

Yamasato Ryota is a Japanese comedian and member of the comedy duo "Nankai Candies" with Shizuyo Yamazaki and is also a commentator on Terrace House. In June 2019, he married actress Yuu Aoi. On August 10, 2022 he announced on TBS's radio program 'Suiyou JUNK Yamasato Ryota no Fumo na Giron' that his…

Shinohara Ryoko

Shinohara Ryoko, born in Kiryu, Gunma, is a Japanese singer and actress. She began her career as a singer in the Japanese female pop band Tokyo Performance Doll, and after its break-up, began a solo singing career with producer Komuro Tetsuya. She is perhaps most famous among anime enthusiasts for providing…

Kamiki Ryunosuke

Kamiki Ryunosuke is a Japanese actor. He entered the industry in 1995 when he was only 2 years old. He made his drama debut in “Good News”, which gained him immense popularity through his first full-time role as Naoya, playing the son of SMAP’s Masahiro Nakai. In 2001, he was discovered by Hayao…

Matsukata Hiroki

Meguro Koju, better known by the stage name Matsukata Hiroki, was a Japanese actor. He was the son of jidaigeki actor Konoe Jushiro and actress Mizukawa Yaeko and has a younger brother Meguro Yuki who is also an actor. As a young man, he aspired to be a singer, but turned to acting, making his debut…

Ando Tamae

Ando Tamae is an actress born on August 8, 1976 in Arakawa, Tokyo. She is married to Kuro Tanino, a theater playwright and director associated with the theater group "Niwa Gekidan Penino". The couple has one child. She's been active as an actress since 2001. She is part of the talent agency, MASH. She…

Tomosaka Rie

Tomosaka Rie is a Japanese actress and pop star from Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, born on October 12, 1979, in Nagano-shi, Nagano. She works for Itoh Company. From 1996 to 1997, she has also released music under the name Eri Sakatomo. In 1992, Rie Tomosaka joined the entertainment world with the commercial film…

Sugimoto Tetta

Sugimoto Tetta is a Japanese actor from Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. His agency is Tristone Entertainment. He dropped out of Kanagawa Prefectural Fujisawa Technical High School. In 1981, he made his debut with the Yokohama Ginbae family rock band, Grease. In the same year, he made a regular…

Nakagawa Taishi

Nakagawa Taishi is a Japanese actor, host, and model. He is best known for his leading role as Yuiji Kira in the live action “Closest Love to Heaven”, and as Tenma Hase in the second season of “Hana Yori Dango”. Nakagawa originally started as a child actor but because of his sudden growth spurt…

The Way We Live

7.8

The theme of this drama series is the bonds between parents and children and between husband and wife. What does it mean to love another person? What does it mean to live? And what is true happiness? One day a man…

Living in Two Worlds

7.7

Dai was born to deaf parents and was raised with deep love in rural Japan. However, as he grows older, he becomes troubled by his differences from others and begins to blame his deaf mother for his daily frustrations.…

700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police

7.5

Set against the backdrop of 1979, a group of troublemaking teenagers led by Mamachari decide to prank Chuzai-san, the local police officer who caught Mamachari's friend, Saijo, for speeding on his scooter. Chuzai-san…

Me & 23 Slaves

6.5

23 people participate in a game of psychological warfare in which they wear a special device called “SCM” which can be used to turn other players into their slaves. Eia Arakawa, is a girl with a cold personality…

Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta

6.9

Nishida and Izumi played a married couple, and Nishida's possible forced early retirement raises questions of divorce. Their son, an unemployed but aspiring manga artist, gets in a fight with his father and leaves…

She Taught Me Serendipity

7.2

Toru returns to the campus of his Kyoto university after a long hiatus. He’s carrying an open umbrella on a sunny day with not a trace of self-consciousness. He meets his only friend, the goofy loquacious Yamane…

Under the Miracle Cherry Tree

7.9

Childhood friends Kota and Mei were third-year students in high school when Kota suddenly died.  Seven years later, Mei returns to her hometown and visits a place with mid-winter cherry blossom trees that were special…

My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

8.1

Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at a university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date…

Doroctor

7.3

Shinichi Nakamura (Teppei Koike) is assigned to a small village of Fukui Prefecture as a doctor. He goes to the village with his newlywed wife (Fumino Kimura). Shinichi faces harsh reality of community medicine. He…

Zero As You Are

6.0

A male or a female… What if you lose your true self through being stuck with your gender role? “Your ZERO self ” is hidden beyond an assigned sexuality. A documentary for all of you who want to become your true…