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Okamoto Nobuto
Born to his father, who was an architect (two boys and two girls). Born in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture , spent time in Sakai City until elementary school . He moved to Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo . Joined the theater company Himawari in the second year of junior high school . Debuted as a child…
Watari Tetsuya
Watari Tetsuya was a Japanese actor, enka singer, entertainer, and businessman. He was born in Yasugi, Nogi, Shimane, Japan and raised in Awaji, Hyogo. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University (青山学院大学) with a degree in economics after attending Ishiya Elementary School and Mita Gakuen…
Himura Yuki
Himura Yuki is a Japanese comedian, presenter, and actor, born in Kurose, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. He is part of the comedy duo Banana Man. Himura grew up in Chuo, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, and is affiliated with Horipro Com. His wife, Kanda Aika, is a freelance announcer. He graduated…
Ibu Masato
bu Masato, born Murota Satoru (室田悟) in Nogata, Nakano, Tokyo, is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. His previous stage names included Ibu Sen (伊武専) from 1966 to 1969, Ibu Masami (伊武正巳) from 1970 to 1973, and Ibu Masayuki (伊武雅之) from 1973 to 1980. He is currently…
Kagawa Teruyuki
Kagawa Teruyuki is a Japanese screen and stage actor. Born in 1965, his parents are the kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III and the cinema actress Hama Yuko. His grandmother is the film actress Takasugi Sanae. In the Kabuki world, it is usual for the son of an actor to follow the father's footsteps since…
Yoshida Yoh
Yoshida Yo is a Japanese actress born in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Her real name and old stage name is Yoshida Yoko. She is represented by the talent agency Oranku. She discovered her love for acting after first appearing on stage in 1997, where she stayed until 2007 when she was discovered by…
Tamaki Hiroshi
Tamaki Hiroshi, born in Nagoya, is a Japanese actor represented by Aoi Corporation. His wife is actress Kinami Haruka, his sister-in-law is actress Kinami Sayaka, and his cousin is comedian Capybara. When he was in his third year of junior high, he was influenced by the drama "Wakamono no Subete" to…
Mark Tuan
Mark Yien Tuan, known simply as Mark, is an American singer, dancer, model, and member of GOT7 (갓세븐). He attended Arcadia High School but did not graduate. He was born in Los Angeles and lived in Brazil and Paraguay for a couple of years. He is of Taiwanese descent. Before debuting, he became…
Jackson Wang
Wang Ga Yee, known by his English name Jackson Wang, is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, dancer, fencer, and member of GOT7 (갓세븐). He graduated from American International School. Before debuting, he was a fencer and a member of the Hong Kong national team. He ranked 11th in the 2010 Summer Youth…
BamBam
BamBam Kunpimook Bhuwakul is a Thai singer, dancer, model, and member of GOT7 (갓세븐). He graduated from Pramoch Wittaya Ramindra School. Before debuting, he became a trainee at JYP Entertainment (JYP엔터테인먼트) in 2010. He appeared in many Thai commercials before moving to South Korea.…
Jun-chan no Ouen-ka
Japanese Drama - 1988, 151 episodes7.4
The 41th NHK Asadora. The year is 1947, August. Ono Junko's family is being evacuated to Wakayama and the father is going to war. A few years later, the father has returned from Manchuria but he also brought a boy…
Asuka
Japanese Drama - 1999, 149 episodes7.6
The 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candymaker, Asuka is the story of one young girl's dream to one day walk in her father's shoes and become a top candymaker in…
Churasan
Japanese Drama - 2001, 156 episodes7.6
The 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born in Kohamajima Island, Okinawa, on May 15, 1972, the day when Okinawa was returned to Japan from the U.S. Eleven years…
Yoshitsune
Japanese Drama - 2005, 49 episodes7.7
The 44th NHK Taiga Drama is about the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - 1189) was a late Heian and early Kamakura general of the Minamoto clan of Japan. Yoshitsune was the ninth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. His…
Tenchijin
Japanese Drama - 2009, 47 episodes7.7
The 48th NHK Taiga drama is Tenchijin. The story centers on Naoe Kanetsugu, a loyal and devoted samurai in Echigo Province in the 16th century. Kanetsugu was trained in his early childhood by Uesugi Kenshin and after…
Futarikko
Japanese Drama - 1996, 150 episodes7.7
The 55th NHK Asadora Drama is Futarikko. Born over a tofu shop in Osaka, twin sisters Reiko and Kyoko have very different characters. Reiko is diligent, and longs for a secure, middle class lifestyle. Kyoko is a free…
Komyo ga Tsuji
Japanese Drama - 2006, 49 episodes7.7
The 45th NHK Taiga Drama is Komyo ga Tsuji. Kazutoyo lived during the end of the Sengoku period (1546-1605). He was the first feudal lord of the fief of Tosa on the island of Shikoku. He served Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi…
Chiritotechin
Japanese Drama - 2007, 151 episodes7.3
The 77th NHK Asadora is Chiritotechin. Location includes Fukui prefecture. This renzoku is about Wada Kiyomi (referred to as Kiyomi-B), a girl brought up in Fukui who moves to Osaka in search of her soul. In Osaka,…
Hitomi
Japanese Drama - 2008, 156 episodes7.1
The 78th NHK Asadora is Hitomi. The series takes place in the old shitamachi area of Tokyo, and in these most recent episodes, 20-year old heroine Hitomi becomes the force around which her divorced mother, long estranged…
Nobunaga
Japanese Drama - 1992, 49 episodes7.8
The 30th NHK Taiga Drama is Nobunaga: King of Zipangu. On March 23, 1585, Japanese Christian envoys visited Pope Gregory XIII at the Papal Court in Rome, Italy. The drama begins 45 years earlier - in 1540 outside Lisbon,…
