Sugawara Bunta

Sugawara Bunta was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 200 Japanese feature films. He was born in Sendai, but his parents divorced when he was four, and he moved to Tokyo to live with his father and stepmother. As part of a wartime policy to evacuate children from major cities, he was moved back…

Akasaka Akira

Akasaka Akira is a Japanese singer and actor, born on May 8, 1973 in Tokyo. He attended Yada University, and majored in business. He was a member of the j-pop group Hikari Genji. After the group disbanded in 1995, he released music as a soloist. However her was fired from Johnny's for drug use in 2007.…

Shiba Toshio

He was born on April 27, 1947 in Taito-ku, Tokyo. His wife is actress Kyoko Mano. Their daughter is actress Yuki Shibamoto. Shiba formerly went by his real name, Toshio Shibamoto (柴本俊夫 / SHIBAMOTO Toshio).

Inoue Waka

Waka Inoue is a Japanese idol, tarento and actress. She was born in Meguro, Tokyo as Naoko Aramura. Her mother is former actress Kyoko Saga. Waka's main claim to fame in the tarento circles is her bustline. Although she moved away from bikini modeling as her primary work in 2006, she has continued to…

Kirari

Kirari is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and actress. She is represented by Taiwan based agency, OFFICE 303. Kirari was born in Tokyo and grew up in Okinawa prefecture. Originally, her stage name was Kamuzaki Risa and appeared in the variety shows during mid 90s. Her debut as an actress in the drama…

Kawai Ami

Ami Kawai (河合亞美） Kawai Ami?, born on December 15, 1967) is a Japanese television and theater actress from Tokyo, best known for her role as Marsha in Kidou Keiji Jiban and Lamie in Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger.

Mizuki Ichiro

Mizuki Ichiro was a Japanese vocalist, lyricist, composer, voice actor and actor born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. For over 40 years, he recorded over 1200 songs for Japanese film, television, video and video games. He was referred to by fans and fellow performers alike as the Aniki ("big brother") of…

Inoue Yoshio

Inoue Yoshio is a Japanese musical actor from Fukuoka, Japan. He graduated from Vocal Music Department, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. He made his debut in 2000 while still a college student, playing the role of Crown Prince Rudolf in the musical 'Elisabeth'. He played his first leading…

Fujiwara Kei

Kei Fujiwara is a Japanese actress, cinematographer, editor, writer and film director. Fujiwara came from a poor family in the country, and moved to Tokyo to pursue a career in theater. She spent years creating underground theater companies, and collaborated with Shinya Tsukamoto on the plays and 8mm…

Ta Surangkhana Sunthornphanawet

"Ta" Surangkhana Sunthornphanawet is an actor, host and beauty queen from Surin province. She got her bachelor's degree in economics at Thammasat University and has her master's degree in economics from the University of Tokyo. Today, Ta is well known for her work in Buddhist spirituality and social…

FAKE MOTION: Yukemuri Onsen Takkyu Jikenbo

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One month after Ebisu Nagato Campus High School table tennis club challenged Satsukawa University Shibuya High School, both schools and Tokyo Metropolitan South Hachioji Technical High School make a hot spring trip…

Keiji 7-nin Season 2

7.8

Called the “graveyard of detectives”, the Twelfth Section is ridiculed as the “banishment room where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent”. Amagi Yu transfer to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s…

Tabi Suru Sandwich

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Kurumi and Kaede run a "traveling sandwich shop" that wanders around Japan and offers sandwiches made from local produce. (Source: TV Tokyo)

A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest

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From July 21 through September 10th, 2007, the Museum for Contemporary Art Tokyo held an exhibition honouring Kazuo Oga, the art director and background artist for many famed works from Japan’s Studio Ghibli. Over…

Fragments of the Last Will

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Set in a Siberian detention camp where more than 600,000 Japanese were unfairly detained in 1945 after World War II. (Source: News Yahoo) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Shuyojo kara Kita Isho" (収容所から来た遺書)…

The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea

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A grand tale of love, friendship, and family spanning 70 years, set between the coal industry boom in Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, from 1955 and modern-day Tokyo. The story weaves together the bonds of family,…

Ultraman Max

7.3

The world is at peace, and people are enjoying a quiet and serene existence until monsters begin attacking! The UDF (United Defense Force) dispatches Team DASH (Defense Action Squad Heroes) from Base Titan in Tokyo…

The Usual Night

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Half scripted half real "A New Kind of Fake Documentary" starring the members of Fantastics From Exile Tribe It takes place in a boys' dormitory in Tokyo. An extraordinary "usual night" is weaved by facts and fiction.…

Letter from the Mountain

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Highly specialized doctor Michiko finds herself seized with panic attacks. So, she and her partner, Takao, decide to leave behind their stressful lives in Tokyo for a simpler life in the small farming village of Shinshu.

Extraordinary Attorney Minami

Minamida Minami, who has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), graduates at the top of her class from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Law and also achieves the highest score on the bar examination. However, when she…