Imaichi Ryuji

Imaichi Ryuji is a Japanese singer and member of J Soul Brothers, as well as a solo artist managed by LDH. He participated in the “Vocal Battle Audition 2006: Asian Dream" to join EXILE but was cut after the second round. For the next 4 years, he took vocal lessons and once again competed in "Vocal…

Sera Masanori

Masanori Sera is a Japanese musician and singer, and occasionally actor. At the time of his debut, in 1977, Masanori Sera brought an energetic rock & roll sound to an unsuspecting Japan. Within the Japanese music business, Sera was the first to take Japanese rock music mainstream, practically owning…

Takada Junji

Junji Takada, also known by the nicknames "Jun chan", "Uncle Jun" and "TJ", is a Japanese actor and comedian. He is known for the variety show Tensai, Takeshi no Genki ga Deru Terebi that was hosted by Takeshi Kitano and premiered on NTV from 1985 to 1996.

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Onoe Kikunosuke V

Onoe Kikunosuke V, born August 1, 1977 as Terashima Kazuyasu, is a Kabuki and film actor. Kazuyasu came from an established Kabuki house. He is the second child of Onoe Kikugoro VII and actress Fuji Sumiko, and his older sister is actress Terajima Shinobu. Kazuyasu made his Kabuki debut in February…

Nakamura Kankuro VI

The 6th generation Nakamura Kankuro is Namino Masayuki. Namino Masayuki, born October 31, 1981, in Tokyo, is a Japanese Kabuki, television and film actor. He is the eldest son of actor Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII and brother to Nakamura Shichinosuke II. Namino Masayuki made his first appearance on stage…

Matsumoto Koshiro X

The 10th generation Matsumoto Koshiro is Fujima Terumasa. Born in Tokyo as the eldest son of Matsumoto Koshiro IX (Ichikawa Somegoro VI at the time), his sisters are Matsumoto Kio and the actress/singer Matsu Takako. His uncle is Nakamura Kichiemon II. He made his Kabuki debut in March 1979, by performing…

Miwa Akihiro

Akihiro Maruyama, better known by his stage name Akihiro Miwa, is a Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, and author. He writes most of his own music. He was in Nagasaki when the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945, but escaped relatively unhurt. Miwa is openly gay, and a drag queen who is nowadays…

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,…

Tamura Atsushi

Tamura Atsushi is a famous Japanese comedian from the Hikoshima area of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. He and his partner, Ryo Tamura (田村 亮), form the Japanese comedic duo (お笑いコンビ owarai kombi) known as "London Boots, Mark1 Mark2" (ロンドンブーツ1号2号 Rondon…