Ogawa Hirooki

Ogawa Hirooki was a Japanese composer born in Shinbashi, Shiba, Tokyo, Japan. He served as a director of the Japan Composer's Association. He graduated from Daikura High School of Commerce's Junior Division in 1943, and furthered his studies in vocal music under Tachimatsu Fusako and Sonoda Seiichi,…

Omiya Teiji

Omiya Teiji was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and a member of the Tokyo Actors Consumer Cooperative Society when he died. He attended Nihon University, but withdrew before completing his degree. He was known for playing the roles of kind old men in many 1970s anime series. During his life, he achieved…

Nishio Toku

Nishio Toku was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. He was represented by Tokyo Actors' Consumer's Cooperative Society. (Source: Wikipedia)

Sekiguchi Gen

Sekiguchi Gen is a Japanese commercial and film director born Saitama, Japan. He graduated from Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo.

Matsumoto Sayuki

Matsumoto Sayuki is a Japanese talent and former gravure idol. She debuted as a singer under the name Jimi Shijimi (ジミ・シジミ) on August 17, 2011. She graduated from Mie Prefectural Yokkaichi Nishi High School. Scouted during junior high, she moved to Tokyo at age 18 and began her career in…

Takeguchi Roncha

Roncha Takeguchi is a Japanese actor born in Fukuoka, Japan. He is affiliated with Mai Promotion and is a member of the theater troupe Hagewa, focusing primarily on stage productions. In 2000, after relocating to Tokyo, he became a member of Hagewa. (Source: MyDramaList)

Ichikawa Suisen III

Ichikawa Suisen III was a Japanese actress and dancer associated with the Shochiku era of Kabuki in Japan. Born as Horikoshi Kikue (堀越喜久榮) in Tsukiji, Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, she comes from a family deeply rooted in Kabuki tradition. Her father was the fifth-generation Ichikawa Shinnosuke,…

Amano Shinji

Amano Shinji, originally known as Matsumoto Tomotaka (松本友孝), is a Japanese actor affiliated with Kindai Kikaku Center. Born in Senju Nakamachi, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, he enrolled in Keio University's Faculty of Literature in 1952 but left in his second year after being scouted by Shinkokugeki…

Kato Ayako

Kato Aya is a Japanese singer and model. She began vocal training at the age of 15, studying under Suzuki Akiko and Mochida Atsushi. After graduating from the Vocal Music Department of Tokyo College of Music, she completed her studies at the college's Graduate School, majoring in vocal music. (Source:…

Natsume

Natsume is a former Japanese actress, TV personality, and gravure idol from Tokyo, Japan. Previously, she was known by her stage name Sano Natsume (佐野夏芽). On October 18, 2009, she announced at an event and on her blog that she would retire from gravure activities with the release of a DVD in…

Soul Mate

8.1

After inadvertently destroying the life of his best friend, Narutaki Ryu abandons everything and leaves Japan. He nearly dies at a church in a foreign country before he is saved by a Korean boxer named Hwang Jo Han.…

Natsuzora

8.1

The story is set during the high economic development time of the Showa period. Natsu lost her parents during the war so she moves to the Tokachi region in Hokkaido with her foster father who is a dairy farmer. While…

Amachan

8.1

Amano Aki goes with her mother Haruko to her hometown in Kitasanriku during a summer vacation. There, she meets her maternal grandmother, Natsu, for the first time. Natsu is a woman diver aka "ama", and Aki thinks…

Influence

8.2

Yuri confesses to a female novelist that she and two friends committed three murders and asks her to write their story. In high school, Yuri lived in a provincial apartment complex where she knew her classmate Satoko…

Last Samurai Standing

8.3

The story begins in Kyoto, Japan in 1878, 10 years after the glory days of the samurai. Stripped of their identity and status and no longer permitted even to carry swords, the samurai struggle to survive in this new…

The Emperor's Cook

8.5

Tokuzo Akiyama is a young man from a rural area who is married and has a child along the way. One day, he eats a delicious breaded cutlet, which inspires him to strive to become a chef specializing in Parisian cuisine.…

Pachinko Season 2

8.5

Begins in Osaka in 1945 when World War II broke out, and tells the story of Sun Ja's struggles to protect her family, even making dangerous choices. The stories of Solomon, who must start anew with nothing in 1989…

Okaeri Mone

8.0

Momone Nagaura lives with her parents, grandfather and younger sister on an island in Kesennuma Bay, Miyagi Prefecture. In the spring of 2014, Momone Nagaura graduates from high school and moves to the city of Tome.…

Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo

8.0

Amamiya, Nakauchi, and Kobayashi were once high school classmates. The former was class president and an honors student, Nakauchi was quiet and reserved with a penchant for cooking, and Kobayashi was a womanizing charmer.…

Silent

8.5

Tsumugi Aoba fell in love with So Sakura, who attended the same high school. They both shared an interest in music. Their relationship got deeper and deeper, but, suddenly, Sakura said goodbye to her without giving…