Aida Shigekazu

Aida Shigekazu is a Japanese musician and music producer from Tokyo, Japan. He started his career as a guitarist in 1989 while studying at Meiji Gakuin University. Early in his career, he auditioned for the band GO-BANG'S but was turned down due to his age. However, he was later asked to substitute…

Kaneko Yurina

Kaneko Yurina is a Japanese film director born in Tokyo in 1995. She developed an interest in filmmaking while studying at the College of Image Arts and Sciences at Ritsumeikan University. In 2018, she was selected from approximately 200 applicants to direct the short film Projection, starring Ito Sari.…

Sasaki Shoichiro

Sasaki Shoichiro was a Japanese director and filmmaker born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from Rikkyo University’s (立教大学) Faculty of Economics, he joined NHK in 1960, initially working in the Entertainment Bureau’s Radio Literary Department (芸能局ラジオ文芸部) where he directed…

Kanie Eiji

Kanie Eiji was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Tokyo. He is most remembered for being the first voice of Ramenman in “Kinnikuman” and for playing Vrlitwhai Kridanik in “Super Dimension Fortress Macross”. He died in 1985 of subarachnoid hemorrhage. After his death, Ginga Banjo replaced…

Araki Yasuo

Araki Yasuo is a Japanese actor and commercial director born in Tokyo, Japan. He is also known by the name Araki Yasuo (荒木保男). He graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Nihon University (日本大学) and began his career as a contract actor for Toho (東宝). After the abolition of the exclusive…

Saito Toyokichi

Saito Toyokichi was a Japanese screenwriter and actor born in Tokyo. He left Seisoku Preparatory School (正則予備校) before completing his studies. In 1921, he began acting under the alias Tagawa Junkichi (田川淳吉) with the Stage Association (舞台協会). He later joined Okada Yoshiko’s…

Iguchi Kiichi

Iguchi Kiichi is a Japanese film and television producer born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Nikatsu Television Film Art Academy (日活テレビ映画芸術学院) and the Faculty of Law, Division 2, at Kokugakuin University (國學院大學). Iguchi began his career in 1979 in the production…

Moriyama Shigeo

Moriyama Shigeo is a Japanese director and production manager from Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature at Daito Bunka University (大東文化大学) and initially pursued a career in film directing, focusing on pink films. Moriyama studied under actor-director Ikeshima…

Kumono Kayoko

Kumono Kayoko was a Japanese actress known for her work in the Takarazuka Revue, particularly in the top class of the Moon Troupe. Born in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan, she joined the Takarazuka Music School as part of the 11th graduating class in 1921 and made her stage debut in 1923. She left the Takarazuka…

Hazeyama Hiroko

Hazeyama Hiroko is a Japanese general producer with special status at the Content Production Bureau of Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV). Originally from Kagoshima Prefecture, she moved to Tokyo after graduating from Kagoshima Prefectural Tsurumaru High School to study sociology at Tokyo Women's…

Seishun Hokago

“Youth After School” takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter’s marriage. The play was broadcast on NHK TV in 1963, but the program recording technology…

Ao ga Chiru

Follows the lives of members of a tennis club at a college near Tokyo. Based on the popular novel of the same name by Miyamoto Teru, this drama marked the debut of Ishiguro Ken. (Source: DramaWiki)

Kacho-san no Yakudoshi

7.6

Assigned to Tokyo, a mid-level manager in the prime of his career receives a mysterious warning and suddenly finds himself ambushed by one misfortune after another. His family is also affected; even they had never…

Kyuni Tadori Tsuite Shimau

The tale follows the intentional non-adventures of quiet Tachibana, a Tokyo drifter who has worked in a suburban sausage shop for several years without forging any real friendships. (Source: Letterboxd; edited by MyDramaList)

Himawari

8.8

The 54th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Himawari. Story's settings include Tokyo and Fukushima Prefecture.

Hanayome Rikkouho

8.0

Tokyo Times reporter Yukiko Kusao was struggling, but the company was on the verge of collapse. Editor-in-Chief Izumi was trying to take over the Metropolitan Times by funding Kamiyama, a young husband who is interested…

Nikoyon Monogatari

The trials and tribulations of day laborers living in San'ya, Tokyo. (Source: nikkatsu.com || edited by MyDramaList) Adapted from a novel written by Suda Torao(須田寅夫).

We Were There: True Love

7.8

During the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo due to a family matter. Yano and Nanami promised to meet again. A couple of years later, Nanami is busy finding a job,…

Hiyokko

8.0

The 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone to Tokyo to work in order to earn extra money. However, her life completely…

Suga: Road to D-Day

9.3

The forthcoming documentary will follow Suga as he travels across the world in search of musical inspiration for his new album D-DAY, from Seoul to Tokyo, Las Vegas, and beyond. Viewers will see the singer at his most…