Sakaguchi Minako

Sakaguchi Minako was a Japanese actress and voice actress born in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. She was affiliated with the Mingei Theatre Company. Sakaguchi's husband was actor and voice actor Maeda Masaaki, and their daughter is dancer and choreographer Maeda Nina. Inspired to become an actress after watching…

Ichikawa Danjuro XII

Ichikawa Danjuro XII, a Japanese Kabuki actor born in Tokyo, Japan, was known for his contributions to traditional theater. He inherited the stage name Naritaya and was affiliated with the Japan Art Academy, holding the rank of Senior Fifth Rank. His birth name was Horikoshi Natsuo, and he also used…

Arai Tamao

Arai Tamao, a former Japanese actress from Setagaya, Tokyo, was affiliated with Hirata Kon Promotion in 1984 and later with Natsuki Production in 1989. She is the niece of actress Ishihara Maki. Encouraged by her mother, Arai joined the Wakasou Theater Company at age four and pursued acting from her…

Murakoshi Ichiro

Murakoshi Ichiro was a Japanese narrator, actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He was a Waseda University graduate. His real name was Murakoshi Yoshikazu.

Hirokawa Taichiro

Hirokawa Taichiro was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator born in Tokyo, Japan. He died on March 3, 2008, from cancer. His death was announced at the beginning of the 2nd Seiyu Awards. (Source: Wikipedia)

Yuzuki Asako

Yuzuki Asako is a Japanese novelist born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. She attended Keisen Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School and graduated from Rikkyo University with a degree in French literature. She is married and a member of the Japan PEN Club. Since her university days, she aimed to become a…

Nakamura Masato

Nakamura Masato, born in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese musician, music producer, and actor, best known as the leader and bassist of DREAMS COME TRUE. Nakamura attended Doshisha Kori Junior High School but transferred to Ichikawa Municipal Daiichi Junior High School after one semester. He began…

Umeda Haruo

Umeda Haruo, born Umeda Akira (梅田晃) in 1920 in Tokyo's Yotsuya district, was a Japanese scholar, playwright, novelist, and essayist specializing in French literature. He graduated from Keio University Graduate School and was involved in writing scripts for stage plays and radio dramas, as well…

Shimegi Shigako

Shimegi Shigako is a Japanese actress born in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Atomi Gakuen High School. After training at the Actor's Training Institute, she joined the Bungakuza theater company. From around 1960, she was active mainly in movies and TV dramas produced by Nikkatsu, Daiei, and…

Kusano Hayato

Kusano Hayato is a Japanese actor born in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. When he was 2 years old, his family moved to Ibaraki, Japan. He debuted as a professional boxer at the age of 18 from the Yamaguchi Tsuchiura Boxing Gym, but retired at the age of 21 due to injury. He then pursued acting under the mentorship…

Catching the Stars of This Summer

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when club activities were restricted, Japanese students launched an astronomical observation event called the "Star Catch Contest" via remote meetings. What began as a collaboration…

Casting 1147km

A project to find the male lead for a Korean-Japanese co-produced romance drama! 6 aspiring actors, a one-of-a-kind opportunity! A 1,147km journey from Seoul to Tokyo, and auditions for the male lead in a Korean-Japanese…

Totto no Ketsuraku Seishunki

The year is 1946. One year after the end of the war, Tetsuko, who had been living with her mother in Aomori after evacuation, leaves her mother behind and moves to Tokyo alone to find what she wants to do. She begins…

Mikaiketsu no Onna: Keishichou Bunsho Sousakan Season 3

Narumi Risa is an eccentric, intellectually brilliant detective with a pen fetish. She has been holed up in the 6th Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division's Special Investigation…

Nagi Diary

Yoriko spends her days carving sculptures by herself using wood cut from the nearby mountains. One day, Yuri, who has been active as an architect in both Tokyo and Taiwan, takes a few days off and visits Yoriko, the…

Shimbashi Koi Story

5.6

Tatsuya, and his outgoing friend Kotetsu, frequent a Shimbashi, Tokyo gay bar called "TUGBOAT". One night they meet Junnosuke. Kotetsu hits it off with Junnosuke, but Tatsuya is interested too, but shy. (Source: MyDramaList)

DQN no Hoshi ni Totsugimashita

DQN is an internet slang term that refers to someone who is thoughtless, rude, and unreasonable. The main character, housewife Azusa, and her family move from Tokyo to her husband's hometown. Then her husband, who…

Midsummer Fruit

Ayumi and her husband, Ryoma, who met by chance and run a grape farm together. Every winter, Ryoma leaves his house and fields to his wife and goes to Tokyo to work. In the meantime, Ayumi lives with her mother-in-law,…

Karanukan

5.8

Ooyama Hikaru is a famous photographer. He feels a sense of loss while surrounded by glamour in Tokyo. He decides to visit Okinawa. There, Ooyama meets beautiful Ishigaki Mami. When he takes pictures at a waterfall…