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Boya Saburo
Boya Saburo was a Japanese comedian and actor from Yubari, Hokkaido. After going through private Hokkai Junior High School, he went on to the Faculty of Religion at Nihon University, but transferred to the night art department to study vocal music. His name at birth was Ishikawa Hiroshi, but he was…
Enomoto Misae
Enomoto Misae was a Japanese singer born in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture. Due to her underprivileged family, she was sent to servitude by the theater owner in Asakusa in 1934. In 1938 she became a geisha in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, and moved to Tokyo in 1940. She later studied singing at the…
Ri Reisen
Ri Reisen is a Japanese actress, born in Tokyo and graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo High School. Her parents are the second-generation of Koreans living in Japan. Her birth name is Lee Cho Ja, and her Japanese birth name is Hoshiyama Hatsuko. She made her debut under the name of Hoshiyama Hatsuko…
Miki Takashi
Real name Watanabe Tadashi, he left junior high school wanting to be a singer. But instead he debuted as songwriter in 1967 and went on to write over 2,000 songs. Together with Aku Yuu, who passed away in 2007, he was regarded as one of the best songwriters of the late 20th century. His heyday for churning…
Minoru Murata
Murata Minoru was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor in the Taisho and early Showa periods born in Ogawamachi, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. He is the first deputy director of the Directors Guild of Japan. He joined Norimasa Kaeriyama's Film Arts Association from the Shingeki movement and is known…
Sugata Michiko
Sugata Michiko, born Tachibana Ikuko (橘郁子), is a former Japanese actress and singer. Born in Minami 8-jo Nishi 3-chome, Sapporo, Hokkaido, her family ran a dyeing business, Tachibanaya, and had historical roots in Ishikawa Prefecture. Her younger sister, Tachibana Kazuko, was also an actress with…
Shiomi Yo
Shiomi Yo, born Katasayama Kisaburo (片山喜三郎) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Previously known as Shiomi Shigeru (汐見蓊), he pursued a career in theater after leaving Keio University’s Faculty of Economics in 1917. In 1920, Shiomi co-founded the New Theater Group Kenkyiza with Ishikawa…
Michishige Sayumi
Michishige Sayumi is a Japanese idol and a 6th generation member of the J-pop group Morning Musume and has the third-longest tenure of any member in the group (behind Niigaki Risa and Takahashi Ai and tied with Tanaka Reina). She was born in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She joined Morning Musume…
Oba Mina
Oba Mina is the former Captain of Team 4 in AKB48. She became a full member of AKB48 in December 2010. In September 2011, Mina was suspended from activities because of underage drinking from some time ago. However, she resumed activities again in January 2012. Team 4 was disbanded during the Tokyo Dome…
Kago Ai
Kago Ai born in Yamatotokada, Nara, Japan is a Japanese singer, actress, author and former Guinness World Record holder. At age 12, Kago won the 4th National Audition of Morning Musume held by Up-Front Works Agency in 2000, which led to her admission into the extremely popular idol group as a 4th generation…
