Sakaguchi Minako

Sakaguchi Minako was a Japanese actress and voice actress born in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. She was affiliated with the Mingei Theatre Company. Sakaguchi's husband was actor and voice actor Maeda Masaaki, and their daughter is dancer and choreographer Maeda Nina. Inspired to become an actress after watching…

Ichikawa Danjuro XII

Ichikawa Danjuro XII, a Japanese Kabuki actor born in Tokyo, Japan, was known for his contributions to traditional theater. He inherited the stage name Naritaya and was affiliated with the Japan Art Academy, holding the rank of Senior Fifth Rank. His birth name was Horikoshi Natsuo, and he also used…

Arai Tamao

Arai Tamao, a former Japanese actress from Setagaya, Tokyo, was affiliated with Hirata Kon Promotion in 1984 and later with Natsuki Production in 1989. She is the niece of actress Ishihara Maki. Encouraged by her mother, Arai joined the Wakasou Theater Company at age four and pursued acting from her…

Murakoshi Ichiro

Murakoshi Ichiro was a Japanese narrator, actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He was a Waseda University graduate. His real name was Murakoshi Yoshikazu.

Hirokawa Taichiro

Hirokawa Taichiro was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator born in Tokyo, Japan. He died on March 3, 2008, from cancer. His death was announced at the beginning of the 2nd Seiyu Awards. (Source: Wikipedia)

Yuzuki Asako

Yuzuki Asako is a Japanese novelist born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. She attended Keisen Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School and graduated from Rikkyo University with a degree in French literature. She is married and a member of the Japan PEN Club. Since her university days, she aimed to become a…

Nakamura Masato

Nakamura Masato, born in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese musician, music producer, and actor, best known as the leader and bassist of DREAMS COME TRUE. Nakamura attended Doshisha Kori Junior High School but transferred to Ichikawa Municipal Daiichi Junior High School after one semester. He began…

Umeda Haruo

Umeda Haruo, born Umeda Akira (梅田晃) in 1920 in Tokyo's Yotsuya district, was a Japanese scholar, playwright, novelist, and essayist specializing in French literature. He graduated from Keio University Graduate School and was involved in writing scripts for stage plays and radio dramas, as well…

Shimegi Shigako

Shimegi Shigako is a Japanese actress born in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Atomi Gakuen High School. After training at the Actor's Training Institute, she joined the Bungakuza theater company. From around 1960, she was active mainly in movies and TV dramas produced by Nikkatsu, Daiei, and…

Kusano Hayato

Kusano Hayato is a Japanese actor born in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. When he was 2 years old, his family moved to Ibaraki, Japan. He debuted as a professional boxer at the age of 18 from the Yamaguchi Tsuchiura Boxing Gym, but retired at the age of 21 due to injury. He then pursued acting under the mentorship…

Renai Hensachi - Kanojo no Kiraina Kanojo

10.0

This is the strange story about two women who work in the Marunouchi business district in Tokyo: a 34-year-old "old miss" and a 22-year-old who is just waiting for a marriage partner to come along. Although friends,…

Catharsis

Naoki Ono, a 14-year-old boy murders a young girl in the suburbs of Tokyo. As a result, the large family change their names and live apart, while Naoki goes to a reformatory. Towako, his mother, stays away with her…

Heat Shakunetsu

1.0

A young man suddenly rises to the top of the underworld in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Other crime bosses now conspire to take him down.

Joi Yu: Aozora Clinic

Fuji Yu, an excellent internal medicine doctor at a university hospital in Tokyo, has a realistic idea that "medical care doesn't require heart, all you need is the latest equipment and technology" because of the harsh…

Otouto

7.0

About the life of the famous Ishihara brothers, one is a former mayor of Tokyo and the other one is a well-known actor. This is a very detailed biography, written by the older brother to pay tribute to his little brother,…

OLDK

4.0

In 2004, in a rundown apartment on the corner of Tokyo lives Keiko, in Room 102. Keiko is an exhausted office lady who hasn't been involved in any interpersonal relations. The bad environment of the apartment building…

Tama Minamisho Tatakiage Keiji: Chikamatsu Heikichi 5

A woman was murdered late at night in Karakida, a suburb of Tokyo, by hitting her head with a blunt object. The neighborhood residents reported sightings of a young man in a white T-shirt running toward Karakida Station.…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 23: Shuchaku Eki Satsujin Jiken

Inspector Totsugawa and Detective Kamei is asked by Morishita Kohei, a teacher who moved to Tokyo from his hometown of Aomori. He asks them to search for his student, Matsuki Noriko, who is missing in Tokyo. (Source:…