Kin-chan

Kinno Hirokazu, also known with his stage name Kinchan, is a Japanese comedian from Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, and part of the comedy duo Onigoe Tomahawk (鬼越トマホーク). He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Takashima High School and worked as a store manager at the yakiniku chain Gyukaku for three…

Otsu Daisaku

Otsu Daisaku is a Japanese actor and singer, known for his involvement with the unit RisK. He is from Musashino, Tokyo, and graduated from Nihon University Sakuragaoka High School. In high school, Otsu gained recognition as a reader model for the magazines "BOYS RUSH" and "Tokyo Street News," which…

Hiratsuji Tomoko

Hiratsuji Tomoko is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and narrator from Osaka, Japan. She is a member of the Tokyo Actor's Cooperative and was previously associated with the Kurumi Theater Company. (Source: MyDramaList)

Marie

Marie is a Japanese actress, traditional music performer, interviewer, and writer, born in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Mita High School. Marie began her career in 1979 as Takeuchi Kayoko (竹内香代子) with a debut role in "Journey to the West" while training at the…

Ono Ayaka

Ono Ayaka, a former Japanese child actress from Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, was affiliated with the Tokyo Children's Theater Company and later with Internet Production ChuChu. Her younger sister, Ono Mana, also worked as a child actress. (Source: MyDramaList)

Shimizu Takeshi

Shimizu Takeshi is a Japanese film art director from Kanagawa, Japan. He began his career as an art assistant on the special effects television drama "Ultraman 80" and later worked at Tokyo Disneyland. He joined Toho, where he initially focused on special effects art before making his debut as an art…

Hirokawa Jun

Hirokawa Jun, whose real name is Takaoka Mika, is a former Japanese pop idol, singer and actress born in Tokyo, Japan. She retired just 2 years after her debut from the entertainment industry to pursue academic studies. She is now a business scholar and lecturer at Rikkyo University. (Source: Japanese…

Takai Shin

Takai Shin, a novelist and science fiction writer from Nagoya, Japan, graduated from the Tokyo University of Science with a degree in Applied Physics. He is a member of both the Science Fiction Writers Club of Japan and the Mystery Writers of Japan. Active in science fiction fan circles since high school,…

Oshima Shuichi

Oshima Shuichi is a Japanese film art director. He began his career as an art assistant on the 1980 film "203 High Ground" and made his debut as an art director with the 1985 film "Be-Bop High School". He has worked with Shochiku Ofuna Studio and Toei Tokyo Studio. (Source: MyDramaList)

Okuda Seiji

Okuda Seiji is a Japanese film producer born in Aizu, Fukushima, Japan, and raised in Otowa, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. He is a board member of the Tokuma Memorial Animation Cultural Foundation and the president of the Japan Film and Television Producers Association. He has held various positions at Nippon…

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.…

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…

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.…

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

8.2

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.…

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.…

10 Things I Want to Do before I Turn 40

7.9

Tojo Suzume, who has been single for over 10 years and spends his days just going back and forth between his office and home, realizes that there are only three months left until his 40th birthday. Suzume makes a list…

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…