Sonim

Sonim, born in Shikoku, Japan, is a Zainichi Korean actress and J-pop singer. She was a former member of the Tsunku-produced duo EE Jump along with Yuki Goto (Maki Goto's younger brother). Yuki was caught underage in a bar, which got him suspended from EE Jump. When the band released its next single,…

Okawa Ryuho

Born in Kawashima, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. The Founder, CEO, and "god" of controversial new religious movement Happy Science. First presenting himself as a spiritual channeler in contact with Buddha and Jesus Christ, he'd later claim a spiritual awakening in which he discovered he was…

Nakamura Mai

Nakamura Mai is a member of STU48's 1st Draft Generation and Katte ni! Shikoku Kanko Taishi.

Rissen Momoka

Rissen Momoka is a Japanese idol and a member of STU48's 2nd Generation and Katte ni! Shikoku Kanko Taishi. She's the younger sister of AKB48 member Rissen Airi. On January 10, 2024, she announced her graduation from the group.

Fujiyama Ritsuko

Fujiyama Ritsuko, born Tada Kayo (多田佳代) in Tokushima, Japan, is an actress, voice actress, and narrator. She initially performed under the stage name Tada Kimiko (多田きみこ). Fujiyama is affiliated with Will Alliance (ウイルアライアンス). She graduated from Tokushima Prefectural…

Murakawa Eri

Murakawa Eri is a Japanese actress from Daito, Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Amuse (アミューズ). She began her training at the Cares (キャレス) vocal and dance school in Osaka around 1998. That year, she won the grand prize at the National Amuse Audition (全国アミューズオーディション).…

Kuriyama Chiaki

Kuriyama Chiaki is a Japanese actress, talent, model, and singer from Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture. She graduated from Japan High School of Music. Her agency was Space Craft until 2020 when she became a freelancer. She has worked as a fashion model for teen magazines such as "Pichi Lemon" and…

Higashi Yoichi

Known in the West mainly for one film, Village of Dreams (E no naka no boku no mura, 1996), Higashi has in fact produced an oeuvre of consistent intelligence and unobtrusive political commitment along liberal and progressive lines. His feature debut, People of the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa rettō, 1969),…

Song of Love

6.7

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.

Journey Into Solitude

6.6

A 16-year-old girl grows into maturity while hiking the 88-temple pilgrimage around Shikoku.

Nagayama Kento

Nagayama Kento is a Japanese actor born in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. His older brother is actor (Nagayama) Eita. He made his acting debut in 2007 and won the "Rookie of the Year" at the Japan Academy Prize for his role in the movie 'Softboys' in 2011. He was arrested on June 16th, 2023, for suspicion…

Shindo Haruichi

He is a Japanese musician , lyricist , composer, and music producer . Active as a guitarist for Porno Graffitti and THE Yato .

Mito Komon Season 12

This story takes the viewer from Mito to Osaka, around Shikoku and back to Mito.

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 16

For an article on literary walks, reporter Asami Mitsuhiko heads to Matsuyama in Shikoku for research. Naturally, his mother Yukie accompanies him. Not fond of flying, Mitsuhiko travels by ship, where he encounters…

All Aboard!

In Komatsushima, a port town in Tokushima, Shikoku, Haruka Asakura lives with her effeminate father Goro Asakura, her uncle Kentaro Asakura who is in love with a prostitute, and her cousin Manabu Kurokawa who is an…

Onimasa

7.6

Matsue is the adoptive daughter of the Kiryuin House, a small yakuza clan in Shikoku. Onimasa, their leader, is the last heir to a family of samurai. He is hard in business but respected by the poor because of his…

Netto! Moso Bu

Higuchi made it to the top four of the Autumn National High School Fantasy Tournament by sheer luck. His opponents are all fierce warriors in the fantasy world, including the previous champion Dosanko Fantasista Akimoto,…

Black Ox

In 19th-century Japan, transitioning towards modernization, a man attempts to reconnect with nature while plowing fields with an ox. Set in the wilderness of Shikoku, in southwestern Japan, the story explores the relationship…

Haruko no Ningyo

7.1

In the early days of the Showa era in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture a newborn baby is abandoned with a doll under the eaves of a merchant house along the pilgrimage route in Shikoku. It seems to be a pilgrim struggling…

Komyo ga Tsuji

7.7

The 45th NHK Taiga Drama is Komyo ga Tsuji. Kazutoyo lived during the end of the Sengoku period (1546-1605). He was the first feudal lord of the fief of Tosa on the island of Shikoku. He served Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi…