Namihira Akio

Namihira Akio was a Japanese singer known for his wartime songs. His real name was Namihira Yoshihiro (波平惠弘). He was born in Hirara, Okinawa, Japan. He attended the Kanto State Dai-Ren Second Junior High School but transferred to Miyako Junior High School to prepare for entrance exams to a music…

Akiyoshi Kumiko

Onodera Kumiko, better known as Akiyoshi Kumiko, is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 1st Hochi Film Award for Banka, Saraba natsuno hikariyo and Brother and Sister. She was married to Shigeru Iwaku from 1979—1989.

Yukimura Izumi

Yukimura Izumi (real name Asahina Tomoko) is a popular Japanese singer, actress and painter. She made her singing debut in 1953 and became one of the three most popular female singers in the early postwar Japan, along with Eri Chiemi and Misora Hibari.

Hiwatari Koji

Hiwatari Koji is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He joined the Bungakuza Acting Institute in 1986 and the theater planning group "Za-Hilarious Garrison" in 1987. Since 2004 he belongs to Mouse Promotion. (Source: chunyu at MyDramaList)

Tanaka Yuji

Tanaka Yuji is a Japanese comedian. He is part of a comedy duo Bakusho Mondai (爆笑問題) with Ota Hikari.

Nagai Chihiro

Chihiro Nagai is an actress and producer, known for Nakemo shinai kuseni (2016), Ju-on: Origins (2020) and Litchi DE Hikari Club (2012).

Yoshino Hiroshi

Joined NTV in 1966. He has directed numerous TV dramas such as “Star Gold Coin” (1995) and “Firefly Hikari”

Miura Shion

Miura Shion is a Japanese writer. She has won the Naoki Prize, the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, and the Japan Booksellers' Award. Her work has been adapted for film and television, and her books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, English, German and Italian. Being a daughter of a well-known…

Nakamura Yurika

Nakamura Yurika is a Japanese actress and singer, born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She made her acting debut in the 2011 movie “5 Windows,” following up with the film “Balloon Relay” in 2012. In 2013, she made her TV drama debut in the supernatural-themed series “xxxHolic.” She followed…

Nikaido Fumi

Nikaido Fumi is an actress and fashion model born in Naha, Okinawa. She is currently managed by Sony Music Artists. She got off to an early start in show business at age 13, appearing in her first TV drama, Juken no Kamisama (2007). Just two years later she played Hikari in her first theatrically released…

Last Present

7.3

Hiraki Asuka is diagnosed with cancer with three months left. She returns to her daughter and former husband, both of whom she had abandoned before, in order to spend her last days, especially with her daughter and…

Kyuka

7.8

Hirai, a middle-aged prison guard who becomes close to a Death Row prisoner and then volunteers to become his "crutch" (sonaeyaku) when the Justice Minister signs his execution order. A "crutch" is expected to hold…

Last Scene: Touching Story

7.0

Hikari invites her mother, who has lost her husband, for travelling to Kyoto together to slowly heal her mother's loneliness.

Seiri no Ojisan to Sono Musume

7.8

Hikaribashi Yukio, a passionate PR man for a sanitary product manufacturer, is a single father with a high school daughter and a middle school son. Six months ago, a video of Yukio urging people to "learn more about…

Gotanda Hoipu Gakuen

Hibari, whose almost a virgin, becomes a prostitute due to her family environment. She meets Lemon, an unconventional prostitute. At first Hibari thought she wouldn't be able to get along with Lemon, but Lemon teaches…

Tenamonya Trading Company

8.0

Hikari, a girl with no ambitions, got a job at a trading company with China, using only her physical strength as a weapon. Hovewer, when the two countries, tighten their cooperation, Hikari begins to have more and…

Phantosmia

Hilarion’s olfactory problem has recurred; a psychiatrist suspects it to be a case of phantosmia. A recommended radical process to cure the ailment was that Hilarion must go back and deal his past life in the military…

The Birth of The Drama King

7.7

A hilarious comedy about long-lost brothers who reunite in the pugilistic world - but as enemies. The righteous hero infiltrates the evil dark lord's sect as an undercover agent. Hijinks ensue when the introverted…

Saiko no Seito: Yomei Ichinen no Last Dance

7.5

Ban Hikari has a genetic disease and has been given a year to live. Determined to make the most of the time she has left, she decides to bid farewell to everyone while secretly jotting down her aspirations in a notebook.…

Hana-Kimi

8.2

This hilarious comedy follows the chaos, troubles, and friendship at a boys' boarding school after a girl disguised as a boy joins. Ashiya Mizuki has just come back to Japan from California where she was raised. She…