Hidari Bokuzen

Hidari Bokuzen, born Mikajima Ichiro (三ヶ島一郎) in Kitano, Kotesashi, Iruma, Saitama, Japan, was a Japanese actor and opera singer. He was the second son of an elementary school principal, and his family had been priests at Hikawa Shrine in Mikajima Village for generations, though his grandfather…

Kataoka Ichitaro

Kataoka was born on February 13, 1877 to Hikoemon HARASAWA, the master sculptor for Kyoto Imperial Palace, at Harasawa's house on the corner of Sakaimachi-dori and Marutamachi-dori streets, right across from the Imperial Palace. Upon his father's death in 1881, he was adopted by Seizaburo TSUKAMOTO.…

Matsuzaki Makoto

Matsuzaki Makoto was a former Japanese actor and former Self-Defense Forces member. His real name was Sawai Ichiro (澤井一郎). His father was the actor Sawai Saburo (沢井三郎). He joined the Self-Defense Forces in 1957 and was discharged in 1959. He became famous for serving as the cushion carrier…

Yoshikawa Kazuyoshi

Director. He also sometimes uses name Ichigi Yoshikawa (よしかわ いちぎ). Depends on the source, he was born or in Kyoto or Osaka. He's sometimes mistaken with translator and scholar, with the same name.

Sawa Tamaki

Sawa Tamaki was a Japanese singer, actress, and politician from Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. After performing arts activities, she turned into politics and was a member of the House of Councilors. She made her debut as a singer from Teichiku in 1956 while she was a student at Yamawaki Gakuen…

Araki Michiko

Araki Michiko, born in Misaki-cho, Kanda, Tokyo, was a Japanese actress. Michiko attended Meika Elementary School and graduated from Joshi Gakuin in 1934. She worked in the language department of the YWCA and as a librarian at the Imperial University. In 1938, she joined the Bungakuza Research Institute…

Hira Mikijiro

Hira Mikijiro was a Japanese actor and director born in Koami-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. He was affiliated with Kei Factory. At the beginning of sixth grade, Mikijiro evacuated to the home of his maternal great-uncle in Kamigeshi-cho, Konu, eastern Hiroshima, Japan. His mother remained in Hiroshima.…

Yoshizawa Ryo

Yoshizawa Ryo is a Japanese actor from Tokyo represented by Amuse. He was signed by the agency after winning Right On award at the Amuse National Audition 2009, for which his mother registered him to join. His breakthrough roles were as Okita Sougo in Gintama, and as Yuichi in Friends Games. In early…

Oshima Yuko

Yuko Oshima was the captain of Japanese idol group AKB48's Team K. She was also a member of the subunit Not yet. She had been a contributing member for all of AKB48's singles since "Aitakatta" in October 2006, except for 2010's "Sakura no Shiori". Oshima participated in four number 1 singles: "River",…

Isayama Hiroko

Isayama Hiroko, a Japanese actress and writer born in Fukuoka, Japan, graduated from Fukuoka Jogakuin High School before pursuing a career in acting. Moving to Tokyo in 1971, she trained at the Actor's Studio attached training institute and made her film debut in 1972 with "Play of White Fingers" (白い指の戯れ).…

Kuroi Gashu: Kusa

7.4

Ichiro Numata is the chief editor of a publishing company. He suddenly falls unconscious and is hospitalized, but various cases takes place at the hospital. Hospital Director Kenichiro Asashima and Chief Nurse Junko…

Cat and Salt, or Sugar

8.0

Ichiro, a young man who rejects society and becomes his mother's pet "cat", lives with his modest mother and alcoholic father. One day, his mother meets with her ex-boyfriend. Soon after, the man and his daughter come…

Empty

Ichiro, despite desperately wanting a child, is diagnosed with azoospermia. Devastated by his infertility, he commits suicide. His widowed wife, Azusa, starts working as a janitor at a love hotel to make ends meet.…

I'm Not an Angel

Ichiro , who aims to become a manga artist, lives with Sachiko in a four- and- a-half-mat apartment . Only a small income from Sachiko, who works as a clerk, supports their life. Meanwhile, Sachiko was strongly advised…

All Monsters Attack

5.7

Ichiro Miki is a highly imaginative but lonely kid growing up in an urban neighborhood. His only friends are a toymaker named Shinpei Inami and a young girl named Sachiko Ichiro, who is tormented by a gang of bullies…

Kioku Sosa Season 2: Shinjuku Higashisho Jiken File

7.3

Onizuka Ichiro has been confined to a wheelchair ever since he was stabbed by a criminal and lost the function of his two legs. After retirement, he was reappointed by Shinjuku Higashi Police Precinct’s Criminal…

Deka Wanko New Year Special

7.3

Hanamori Ichiko uses her leave to come to Paris. She encounters the members of the Thirteenth Section who are enjoying sightseeing in Paris after cooperating in an investigation with Interpol. Ichiko is thrilled by…

Warau Matryoshka

7.6

Seike Ichiro is a popular 43-year-old politician. He has gained popularity for his impressive smile and liberal speech and behavior. He is expected to be a future prime minister candidate. He has a secretary, Suzuki…

Kioku Sosa Season 3: Shinjuku Higashisho Jiken File

7.3

Onizuka Ichiro is a skilled detective who is confined to a wheelchair after being injured in an incident that occurred right before his retirement. Armed with a detailed "city of memory" in his mind, he solves modern-day…

Inuyashiki

7.7

Inuyashiki Ichiro is a middle-aged, friendless man with an uncaring family. One fateful evening, he is struck by a mysterious explosion in a public park, which is of extraterrestrial origin, and his body is replaced…