Honda Minako

Kudo Minako, better known as Honda Minako, was a Japanese idol, singer, and actress. She debuted in 1985 with the single "Satsui no Vacance." On January 5, 2005, she was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia and passed away on November 6, 2005, at Juntendo University Hospital in Bunkyo, Tokyo. (Source:…

Haranomoto Kotobuki

Hananomoto Kotobuki I, born Kato Ryuichiro (加藤龍一郎), was a Japanese actor and traditional dancer, serving as the 15th generation head of the Hananomoto school. He was born in Mizi, Hiroshima, Japan. His father, Hananomoto Aoi, was the 14th generation head of the school. His wife, Hananomoto…

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…

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…

Asumi Kana

Kana Asumi is a Japanese voice actress, singer, and stage actress from Fukuoka, Japan, affiliated with 81 Produce. As a high school student, Asumi auditioned for and joined the Fukuoka-based voice acting unit "Koume Go," participating as a second-generation member from March 1999 and as a fourth-generation…

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…

Do Gyeong Dong

Do Gyeong Dong is a South Korean fencer. He graduated from Osung High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Physical Education from Dong-Eui University. He won two gold medals in the individual and team events at the 2019 Bangkok U-23 Asian Championships. He was selected as a national team…

Zushi Tonbo

Zushi Tonbo is a Japanese actor and comedian. He graduated from Nihon University's College of Art and initially worked as an understudy in various traveling theater troupes, including the Shinpa regional tour group and the Shimizu Kinichi troupe. In 1955, after struggling to achieve a breakthrough,…

Yamaguchi Kyoko

Yamaguchi Kyoko, a Japanese politician and former actress, currently serves as the mayor of Hasuda, Saitama, following her election to one term. Her political career began with five terms on the Hasuda City Council and one term on the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. Born at Osho-ji in Kamo, Niigata, Yamaguchi…

Tomita Minoru

Tomita Minoru is a Japanese stuntman and action director from Osaka, Japan, and the CEO of MOAI & Co. Ltd. He graduated from Osaka Municipal Umenan Junior High School and began gymnastics in high school, excelling in floor exercises. During this time, he appeared in character shows like Ultraman. After…

Music Station Super Live

8.7

In 1992 Music Station introduced their largest yearly live event, the Music Station Super Live. Music Station Super Live is held late December normally occurring just before or just after Christmas, as a Christmas/year-end…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 5: Aizu Kogen Satsujin Jiken

Set in Fukushima and Aizu Kogen in early summer, we will pursue the mystery of a cleverly designed camouflaged murder. Through the relentless investigation and professional intuition of the familiar police inspector…

Kinjirareta Asobi

4.0

Eiko, a successful psychiatrist, and her husband Yohei are happy to have her sister Ayumi stay with them when she comes to Tokyo to visit her boyfriend. But no one is prepared for the feelings that develop between…

Nakai-kun Onsen

From July 1996, broadcasts were started every Saturday at midnight on the Osaka area local ( Nippon TV , West Japan Broadcasting, etc., with some delayed broadcasts). Initially, they enjoyed talks at the public bath…

Tetto Musashino-sen

A sixth-grade elementary school student, because his parents are separated, he will follow his mother to go to Nagasaki in the next semester. This is his last summer vacation in Tokyo. One day, seeing the weather,…

Best Friend

8.5

While growing up in a blessed family, Makoto, a cousin of Kiyoka's who has a cold personality, came to Tokyo dreaming of a singer. Makoto, who grew up in the country and is innocent, and Kiyoka, who has the opposite…

Kaleidoscope

A photographer, Machiko Ono, and a filmmaker, Naomi Kawase, challenge each other to shoot--one to photograph the other to film--two young actresses, one from Tokyo, the other from the countryside. The photographer…

Audrey

8.1

Mizuki is a would-be actress who has yet to attain her goal, struggles to keep the dream in her heart alive while dealing with the reality of her normal life, far away from lights, cameras, and action she longs for.…

Torikabuto Satsujin Jiken: Giwaku no Onna

Marie, a freelance writer, encounters the sudden death of a fisherman called Kamiki, while she was crossing Ishigaki Island. His wife, Ryoko who rushed to hear of her husband's death, witnessed that Kamiki's younger…