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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…
Miyagi Kenji
Miyagi Kenji was a Japanese manzai (comic duo) performer, host, and actor who formed the comic duo "W Kenji" with Azuma Kenji. His real name was Terashima Fumio (寺島文雄). He was born in Okuma, Watari, Miyagi, Japan. In his later years, he was affiliated with Maseki Geinosha talent agency. At the…
Fukuda Toyoto
Fukuda Toyoto, also known by the erroneous credit Fukuda Toyoshi (福田豊士), was a Japanese actor born in Setagaya, Tokyo. He was the eldest son of Japanese painter Fukuda Toyoshiro. Fukuda attended Japan University's Faculty of Literature but later discontinued his studies in the English Literature…
Shimizu Kinichi
Shimizu Kinichi was a Japanese comedian and film actor born in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. He began his career at 16 in Tokyo, becoming a disciple of Shimizu Kintaro, a leader in Asakusa Opera. During this period, he took the name Shimizu Kinichi and had a child with actress Mine Rei. After Kintaro's death…
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…
Matsumura Tatsuo
Matsumura Tatsuo was born December 18, 1914 in Yokohama City, Kanagawa as the third son of his family. His father, Takeshige, served as a board member for Nippon Columbia. During college, he belonged to a rugby club. In 1938, he graduated from Hosei University and formed a theater troupe. He was recruited…
Kitamura Kazuo
Kitamura Kazuo was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Takehaya, Koishikawa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Arts Department of Waseda University's Faculty of Literature. Kitamura was associated with the Bungakuza theater company, where he began as a research student in 1950 and became a full…
Oki Masaya
Oki Masaya was a Japanese actor from Oita Prefecture. Beppu City. He graduated from Oita City Oji Junior High School and high school. He belonged to JK Planning. One day, he was scouted by a customer and became a model for a fashion magazine, but because it was a one-off job, he continued to work as…
Annie Yi
Annie Yi is a Taiwanese singer and actress born in Taipei, Taiwan. In the early 1990s, she ventured to Hong Kong for her career, followed by a stint in Japan from 1996 to 1997. After turning 29 in 1998, she began her career development in China. She grew up in a military dependents' village. Her father…
Ike Nwala
While in college as a Japanese video shop worker in Seattle's Chinatown, he was shocked by Junji Takada's early morning bazooka corner of the comedy programm Tensai Takeshi no Genki ga Deru TV!!, which became a big opportunity to seek as a comedian. When he saw "Muneo Kurii" and "Yabao Gesu" played…
