Ishikawa Rei

Ishikawa Rei, born Ishikawa Ryohei (石川良平) in Honjo, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Following his marriage, he was also known as Saito Ryohei (齋藤良平). His wife was dancer Fujima Tsumie (藤間寿美枝), whose birth name was Saito Chiyoko (斎藤千代子). Ishikawa's father was a…

Hatanaka Ryoha

Primarily associated with the stage, Hatanaka trained as an actor in New York before returning to Japan in 1918, where he joined the theatrical company of actress Sumako Matsui, a pioneer of Western-style shingeki theater in Japan. After her suicide, he continued to work in shingeki, appearing in such…

Kako Zanmu

Kako Zanmu, born Kaku Yasugoro (賀古保五郎) in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese film director, producer, and novelist. He began his career in the arts as a playwright for new-school theater and later joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所), a major Japanese film studio.…

Dorian Tan Tao Liang

Tan was born on December 22, 1947, in Pusan, South Korea. He is a Chinese Korean whose parents fled mainland China after the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out. At age 7, Tan began studying several martial arts including taekwondo, judo, hapkido and kung fu. In 1973, Tan's fighting style was noticed…

Koda Kumi

Kumiko Kōda (神田 來未子 Kōda Kumiko, born November 13, 1982), better known by her stage name Kumi Koda (倖田 來未 Kōda Kumi), is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single,…

Utada Hikaru

Utada Hikaru was born in Manhattan. They are the daughter of Utada Junko, a well-known singer of traditional Japanese music, better known by her stage name of Keiko Fuji. Their father is music producer Utada Teruzane (Teruzane Sking). Utada spent much of their childhood between New York and Tokyo, always…

Miyavi

Takamasa Ishihara better known by his stage name Miyavi, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actor. His mother is Japanese and his father is half Japanese and half Korean. His father's surname is Lee and he was born in Jeju Island, South Korea. Although his father's surname…

Narimiya Hiroki

Narimiya Hiroshige, better known as Narimiya Hiroki, is a Japanese actor. He was born and raised in Tokyo. His parents divorced when he was young, and in his third year of junior high school, his mother died, and he raised his brother by dropping out of school, taking on part-time jobs, and paid for…

Miki Norihei

Miki Norihei, born Tanuma Tadashi (田沼則子) in Hamacho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor, director, and comedian. He served as the 5th president of the Japan Comedy Association (日本喜劇人協会). Raised by a mother involved in entertainment and a father with a medical doctorate,…

Angelababy

Angelababy is a Chinese model, actress, and singer born in Shanghai to a Shanghainese mother and a father from Hong Kong, who is of half-German and half-Chinese descent. She is one of the "New Four Dan Actresses". Her father runs a fashion business in Shanghai. She became interested in fashion as a…

Oretachi Bad Barbers

7.5

On the surface, they're barbers, but behind the scenes, they're... Ryoshi! A retro-style barbershop tucked away in a rural town. The two men who work there have hidden lives. "For 3 million yen, we'll straighten up…

The Travel Nurse Season 2

7.8

Despite their differences, Ayumi and Shizuka have strengthened their bond and are now even more powerful. They are now facing a new battle in the Japanese medical world, where the wave of "work style reform" is sweeping…

Jinsei Saiko no Okurimono

7.5

Sasai Ryosuke, a translator who used to be a university lecturer, stays in a small Western-style house that stands at the back of Kishimojindo Temple in Tokyo’s Toshima ward. He has been living alone ever since his…

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game: Police Station

8.0

This batsu game premiered as a three-hour special. The losing players were Yamasaki, Hamada, and Endō, who lost at a Russian Roulette style game using large tubs suspended from the studio ceiling, and cutting loose…

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game: High School

8.2

Matsumoto, Yamasaki, Endō, and Tanaka are punished after losing another Russian Roulette style game where they shocked themselves. This time, they are sent to 'high school' for one day. The punishment weapon for this…

Hi wa Mata Noboru

7.1

Detective Tono Kazuyuki resigns from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s First Investigative Division but is unexpectedly appointed as an instructor at the police academy. Unprepared for the role, he is tasked with teaching…

Teppachi!

7.3

During his high school days, Kokusho Hiroshi was the rugby club’s ace who attracted national attention. However, he sustained injuries owing to his self-centered and aggressive style of playing. He was criticized…

Bu Su

7.3

Suzume moved in Tokyo where she's will be live in aunt's house, basically geisha house. She have no interest in any social activity, nor any friendship with classmates. She's not into geisha life style too. When school…

Ultraman Regulos

7.3

On the mysterious planet D60, the birthplace of the legendary space martial art, Cosmo Beast Style, which harnesses the power of contracted guardians of this planet, the Cosmo Beasts. Under the guidance of the grandmaster,…

Bad Boys J the Movie: Saigo ni Mamoru Mono

7.4

“BEAST,” led by the strongest man, Danno Hidenori; the host-style group “Hiroshima Knights,” headed by the handsome Hiro; and “Gokurakucho,” with Kiriki Tsukasa, who appears to be an ordinary man at first…