Watanabe Risa

Watanabe Risa is a member of the female Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46. She has also served as an exclusive model for the female fashion magazine non-no since March 2017. Like other members, Watanabe is represented by Sony Music Labels. On January 24, 2022, she wrote on her blog that she will be graduating…

Suzuki Hiroki

Hiroki Suzuki (born October 3, 1983) is a Japanese actor and singer from Kitakami city, Iwate Prefecture. He is known most notably for his roles as Shuichiro Oishi in The Prince of Tennis (musical series, Tenimyu, live film adaptation), and as Jyan Kandou (GekiRed) in the tokusatsu television series,…

Ichikawa Danjuro XIII

Ichikawa Danjuro XIII is a Japanese actor. He is the eleventh and current holder of the Ebizo name. He is a famous Kabuki, television and film actor and heir to the prestigious Ichikawa clan of kabuki actors. The son of Ichikawa Danjuro XII, he was born in Tokyo and began his career at the age of six…

Tamura Masakazu

Tamura Masakazu, born in Setagaya and died in Minato, was a Japanese actor. He was the third actor from the acting trio "The Three Tamura Brothers", alongside his brothers Takahiro and Ryo. His half-brother is actor Mizukami Yasuhiro. In 1961, he signed an exclusive contract and debuted in his first…

Taguchi Tomorowo

Taguchi Tomorowo is a Japanese actor, film director, and musician. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer, and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan…

Sugimoto Yumi

Yumi Sugimoto is a Japanese model, actress, gravure idol and soloist under Hello! Project. Sugimoto began her career in modeling during elementary school, when she was chosen in a Grand-Prix semi-audition for the girls manga magazine Ribon. In July 2007 she received her first lead role in TV Tokyo's…

Kato Natsuki

Natsuki Kato is a Japanese actress, model, and voice actor. She was born in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture. Her agency is Blue Dimension. After she was spotted and recruited with a 1998 television commercial appearance by a current entertainment production, she made her debut in 1999. In 2002, she appeared…

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…

Park So Hee

Arai Soji was born in Niigata, Japan. After graduating from Waseda University, one of the top private institutions of higher education in Japan, he began acting with the Bungakuza theater company. In 2002, he made a major impact on the Tokyo theater world with his starring role of Max in Bent, directed…

Ryu Shi Won

Ryu Shi Won is a South Korean actor and singer. After he made his debut in the KBS drama "Feeling" in 1994, Ryu pursued a singing career. Ryu has studied photography for three years and has produced his own promo photos. Because of this, in 2009, he worked for the very first time with his co-actor Ko…

Oretachi Bad Barbers

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On the surface, they're barbers, but behind the scenes, they're... Ryoshi! A retro-style barbershop tucked away in a rural town. The two men who work there have hidden lives. "For 3 million yen, we'll straighten up…

Boukyou

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Three stories from the Shiratsuna Island: **Mikan no Hana Shiratsuna Island, Japan's last island city, is merging with a city across the shore. Tomita Misato, a housewife on the island, despises her older sister, novelist…

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Hiroshige Akihisa, who works for a karaoke company, is interviewed about the Japanese music industry but is confused when asked about his high school days. An event from 29 years ago resurfaces his suppressed memories.…

Keibuho Yabe Kenzo 2

7.5

A thief who calls himself Blue Oracle stole into the jewellery shop which Daidoji Fumino runs, and got away with diamonds worth some 60 million yen. The criminal had sent a cryptic warning beforehand, but the police…

Labyrinth of Dreams

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Tomiko is a conductor in a rural bus driven by the handsome Tatsuo. Tomiko had received a letter from her best friend Tsuyako, a conductor in another bus company, just after Tsuyako was killed in a bus accident. Tsuyako…

Ruri no Shima

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On Hatomi, a small island in Okinawa state part of Japan's southern sea frontier, the social environment is suffering. With the last student of the elementary school leaving the place, the closing of the school is…

Churasan

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The 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born in Kohamajima Island, Okinawa, on May 15, 1972, the day when Okinawa was returned to Japan from the U.S. Eleven years…

Shinhannin

7.5

The murder of Sudo Isao, a used car dealer, occurred in Shizuoka Prefecture in 2008. Detective Kusaka Satoru of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police’s Susuno Precinct checks his background. He learns that Sudo’s young…

The Solitary Gourmet

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Inokashira Goro, a trader of imported goods, enjoys dining at restaurants. The story opens with a quick jaunt to Paris, where an elderly Japanese expat, Ichiro, entrusts Goro with a mission to find the ingredients…

Kataomoi

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Yui and Kenken live next door to each other in a long-established shopping district in Morioka City. Yui lives with her mother, Yuka, who works at a Nambu ironware shop. Kenken lives with his father, Takashi, who runs…