Otake Shinobu

Shinobu Otake is a Japanese film and stage actress, known for The Wind Rises (2013), Go (2001), and Like Asura (2003). She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for Poppoya, and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress (Jiken) and Best Supporting Actress (Seishoku no ishibumi).…

Koda Kumi

Kumiko Kōda (神田 來未子 Kōda Kumiko, born November 13, 1982), better known by her stage name Kumi Koda (倖田 來未 Kōda Kumi), is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single,…

Sakurai Reika

Sakurai Reika is a member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46 and the captain of the group. On July 9, 2019 she announced that she would be graduating from Nogizaka46 after after wrapping up their nationwide tour 'Nogizaka46 Manatsu no Zenkoku Tour 2019' on September 1, 2019,

GACKT

Gackt Camui is a Japanese musician, actor, and author under Glab Entertainment. Usually referred to by his mononymous stage name, he is known for his career as a solo artist and as the former vocalist for the defunct band Malice Mizer. He has released fourteen albums and thirty-nine singles as a solo…

Mizuki Nana

Nana Mizuki is a Japanese singer-songwriter, voice actress, stage actress, and anime song singer (known as anisinger), who had an interest in singing through enka (a form of traditional Japanese folk music) as young as five years of age. By the age of 13 (in 1993), she debuted as a singer using her…

Takagi Reni

Takagi Reni is a Japanese idol and a member of the girl group Momoiro Clover Z. In April 2012, she became a DJ of her own radio show, Takagi Reni no King of Rock. On November 6, 2022, she announced that she had married baseball player Usami Shingo of Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. On December 14, 2023,…

Suzuki Fuku

Suzuki Fuku is a Japanese actor who has starred in various projects such as Koyoshi no Nyobo, Soroban Samurai Kaze no Ichibei, Warotenka, and many more. He belongs to Theater Entertainment. He has three younger siblings, and all of them are actresses and child actors

Naoto Inti Raymi

Nakamura Naoto, better known by his stage name Naoto Inti Raymi, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer. "Inti Raymi" is Quechuan (Incan language) for "festival of the sun." He was born in Mie Prefecture in Japan and later grew up in Chiba Prefecture. For two years from 2001, he used his given…

Minegishi Minami

Minegishi Minami is a Japanese idol singer and actress and former member of the AKB48's Team K. She is one of its original members, debuting with "Team A" in 2005, but over the years spent time in all 4 primary teams (A, K, B, and 4). She was also one of the 3 members of its sub-group no3b (No Sleeves),…

Takahashi Minami

Takahashi Minami is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 under Team A. She was also the General Director of the whole AKB48 group including all sister groups. She was described as the "eldest daughter of the 48 sisters" in the group by Yasushi Akimoto during an interview carried out by the…

Camp

The title is a phonetical arrangement in kanji Chinese characters of camp, a concept synonymous with Michio Okabe. Okabe radically explores his distinct, Japanese camp aesthetic in the enclosed space of the film world.…

Good-Bye

5.9

In his second short film, Katsu Kanai explores the relationship between Japan and Korea in a surrealistic way. "Good-bye" was filmed in 1970, right around the time of the Yodo Incident, when the Japanese Red Army hijacked…

LOVE LOVE Aishiteru

8.3

LOVE LOVE Aishiteru was a musical variety show hosted by J-Pop duo KinKi Kids and singer-songwriter Yoshida Takuro, which originally aired from 1996-2001.

Konya wa Eigyouchu

7.8

Wearing glasses and sporting a name tag reading "Muragi Takuya" (his last name kanji are reversed) it's hard to distinguish Kimura Takuya of Smap from just another one of the staff members working at Nihon Television.…

Shin Domoto Kyoudai

8.1

"Shin Domoto Kyoudai" is a variety show presented by J-Pop duo KinKi Kids: Domoto Koichi and Domoto Tsuyoshi; which was filmed in a studio with a live audience, where each episode featured a guest or a group of guest…

Cultivating the Seas

7.0

An in-depth look at the full-cycle breeding program for bluefin Kindai tuna pioneered by Kinki University’s Aqua Culture Research Institute. [Netflix]

Video Girl AI

6.3

The movie is about Moteuchi Youta, who most of the time is called Motenai(Unpopular/Dateless) because of the kanji in his surname. He just recently became very sad after he found out the girl he likes is in love with…

Watashi wa Chichi ga Kirai desu

7.1

When Yoshida Shuichi (Eita) was still a child, his father, Kanji, disappeared without a trace, leaving behind a huge debt. Hating his father, Shuichi makes the decision to live his life differently. As he gets older,…

Keyakitte, Kakenai?

8.0

Keyakitte, Kakenai? is a Keyakizaka46 variety TV show featuring their Kanji and Hiragana members. It is hosted by Tsuchida Teruyuki and Sawabe Yuu.

Hanaoni

6.8

On her 16th birthday, Asagiri Kanna, a shy and bullied girl, is brought to a new school and told she's destined to marry the king of demons, Kaki Kitou. Neither of them is happy with this.