Funahashi Seiichi

Seiichi Funabashi was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Mito High School and later from the Faculty of Letters at Tokyo Imperial University. His younger brother, Kazuo Funabashi, was a screenwriter. Seiichi was a member of the Japan Art Academy and was recognized as a Person…

Kato Noriko

Born in Suzuka, Mie, Japan, Kato Noriko graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Yoyogi High School. Kato's career began in 1991 as a member of Sakurakko Club, together with Anza Oyama, Miki Nakatani, Miho Kanno, and Hiroko Kurumizawa. On July 25, 1992, she released her first single, a cover of Chisato Moritaka's…

Miyasaka Emiri

Emiri Miyasaka is a Japanese actress, model, dancer and beauty pageant titleholder. She competed in the Miss Universe 2009 pageant on August 23, 2009 held in the Bahamas, but didn't place. Miyasaka speaks some English, having spent ten months in California attending school.[1] She placed 2nd runner-up…

Tanaka Hideyuki

Tanaka Hideyuki is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo who is attached to Aoni Production. He is a graduate of Toho Gakuen School of Music. He is most known for his roles as Donquixote Doflamingo in One Piece, Terryman in Kinnkuman, Roberto Hongo in Captain Tsubasa, Kudo Yusaku in…

Onda Seijiro

He was born in 1907 (Meiji 40) at Tokyo Prefecture Tokyo City Asakusa District (now Tokyo, Taito-ku, Asakusa) . His father was a landowner in Saitama prefecture . In 1925 (Taisho 14), at the age of 18 , entered the gate of Toyo Kinema 's famous actor Kondo Iyokichi .He was a movie benshi until 1935.…

Yamaguchi Kappei

Yamaguchi Kappei, born Yamaguch Mitsuo, is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and rakugoka affiliated with Goku and 21st Century Fox. After making his voice acting debut in 1989 as the male version of Saotome Ranma in Ranma½, Yamaguchi went on to other notable roles including Inuyasha in the anime Inuyasha…

Hatsumi Masaaki

Hatsumi was born in Noda, Japan on December 2, 1931. He heavily participated in sports during his school years, along with martial arts and theater, including becoming "captain of the football team". While attending the Meiji University, he continued learning judo and eventually rose to Yudansha or…

Yamashita Tadashi

Master Yamashita is born in Japan, but considers himself Okinawan. He lost his father at the age of 3. At the age of 16, Yamashita would receive his black belt and in 1960 he became the All-Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Free Sparring Grand Champion. He lived in Okinawa until in 1972 he came to the USA where he…

Nishikiori Kazukiyo

Japanese actor , voice actor , director , dancer , leader of the male idol group " Shonentai". Nicknamed " Nikki " by fans , " Nishiki " among members . Born in Tokyo. He auditioned in his fifth year of elementary school and entered the office in July 1977, 6th year of Hirai Minami Elementary School…

Ikuina Akiko

Ikuina Akiko was born in Koganei City in the Tokyo Prefecture. When she was in school, she was a member of the Koganei Football Club. In 1985, she participated in the Horipro Talent Scout Caravan audition but lost to Yamase Mami. She went on to audition for Onyanko Club and passed, becoming the 40th…

Joyu Jidai

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Nobuko Kamochi grew up surrounded by the love of her adoptive father, Chijiro, mother, Tamae, and her grandmother, Ume, who run a bun shop in Osaka. When she was in my second year of girls' school, she passed the Takarazuka…

Fushin no Toki

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Asai Michiko is a 28-year old housewife. Her husband is 38-year old Yoshio, who works at an advertisement agency. Five years into their marriage, Michiko finds out that Yoshio has been having an affair. Michiko visits…

Osaka Loan Shark

7.0

Haruo Sugimura, who was sentenced to two years in prison for causing an injury due to his short temper, is scouted by Sakai, a loan shark he met by chance, and starts working with him for a company called Minami Hachi…

The Most Important Me in the World

The "me" in the title, I am a high school music club member. My part is the contrabass. Like the deep billow of my instrument, the depression peculiar to adolescence swells within me low and thick, coiling around my…

Zenigata Heiji

One day, a man’s body is discovered within the grounds of a shrine, and in his pocket is a scrap of paper resembling a building blueprint. Hearing of the case, Heiji quickly begins his investigation. His colleague,…

Haburashi / Onna Tomodachi

7.0

They were high school classmates, spent their youth together in the school choir and certainly had similar dreams. But one rainy night 20 years later, Furusawa Mizue suddenly shows up at the home of popular scriptwriter…