Okada Shotaro

In 2010, at the age of 9, he won second prize in the Blue Cross Super Boys Audition. He started full scale entertainment activities in 2011 at the age of 11. That same year, he appeared in TV Tokyo's "Piramekino". In 2013, he appeared on "DREAM Kids Collection". From 2012-2014 he worked as a model for…

Sawamura Sadako

Sawamura Sadako was a Japanese actress and essayist born in Saruwakacho, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Her real name was Ohashi Teiko (大橋貞子). She was also known as an essayist, publishing memoirs such as "Song of Shells" and "My Asakusa." Her older brother, Tomokazu, became the fourth-generation Sawamura…

Kurosawa Hisako

Kurosawa Hisako was born and raised in Fukushima, Japan, and completed a bachelor’s degree in Japanese literature. She began her career as a broadcast journalist, but was drawn to screenwriting, where she found early success with Tokyo Noir (2004), Finger (2006) and Show Me A Beautiful Night (2007).…

Diamond Yukai

Tadokoro Yutaka, mostly known by his stage name Diamond Yukai, is a rock singer and actor. He is the vocalist for the Japanese rock band Red Warriors. He has acted in the Hollywood films Tokyo Pop and Lost in Translation and is often seen on television variety shows. (Source: Wikipedia)

Shiba Toshio

He was born on April 27, 1947 in Taito-ku, Tokyo. His wife is actress Kyoko Mano. Their daughter is actress Yuki Shibamoto. Shiba formerly went by his real name, Toshio Shibamoto (柴本俊夫 / SHIBAMOTO Toshio).

Minamida Yoko

Yoko Minamida was a Japanese actress. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in November 2008, and a TV documentary was made about her condition and the efforts of her husband, actor Hiroyuki Nagato, to care for her. She died in Tokyo.

Hasebe Kanae

Hasebe Kanae is an actress, voice actor, and writer from Tokyo, Japan. Her father is the movie director Hasebe Yasuharu and her brother is the novelist and screenwriter Hasebebakushino. She graduated from Tamagawa University. She's been active since 1985. She's best known for her "Abunai Deka" role,…

Miura Shion

Miura Shion is a Japanese writer. She has won the Naoki Prize, the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, and the Japan Booksellers' Award. Her work has been adapted for film and television, and her books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, English, German and Italian. Being a daughter of a well-known…

Takada Junji

Junji Takada, also known by the nicknames "Jun chan", "Uncle Jun" and "TJ", is a Japanese actor and comedian. He is known for the variety show Tensai, Takeshi no Genki ga Deru Terebi that was hosted by Takeshi Kitano and premiered on NTV from 1985 to 1996.

Asato Yuya

Asato Yuya is a Japanese stage, film, TV, and voice actor. After graduating from high school, he was enrolled in a preparatory school but decided to quit midway through his summer course to move to Tokyo. In January 2011, he joined Ruby Parade after being introduced to an event company president through…

SKE48 ga Hitoppuro Abisasete Itadakimasu! Season 3

SKE48 ga Hitoppuro Abisasete Itadakimasu! is a variety TV show featuring members from SKE48. They travel around each public bath in Tokyo.

Hinatazaka46's Sasaki Mirei Starts a Bakery! Miipan's Bakery

8.4

Hinatazaka46's Sasaki Mirei has openly expressed her love for bread in other shows. She and two other bread fanatics, Kanemura Miku and Watanabe Miho, go on a trip around Tokyo checking out the hippest bakeries of…

Reiwa Uprising

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara follows Ayumi Yasutomi, a cross-dressing candidate, who is also a Tokyo University professor, as she embarks on a national campaign for a seat in Japan's Upper House. (Source:…

Tsumugu

Part of the Alice Film Collection, a short film on the Textile industry in Sabe City, Fukui Prefecture. Wataho is a third-year university student who dreamt of working in a video production company in Tokyo. But, one…

The Dancing Homeless

A documentary that captures the activities of the dance troupe “Sokerissa!” (which comes from the Japanese, “sore ike!” “Step forward!”) who are led by the choreographer Yuki Aoki who works with the homeless…

NiziU 9 Nizi Stories

9.5

A show to commemorate NiziU’s first anniversary. The show will begin by streaming long interviews with each of the nine members, where they will talk about their experience in the Nizi Project, as well as life in…

Twiceborn

5.7

On July 15, 1991, Satoru Ichijo is about to give a lecture at Tokyo Dome. Time goes back to a fateful spring day right before his college graduation. Satoru received a message from the spiritual world and realized…

Echitetsu Monogatari Watashi, Kokyo ni kaettekimashita

6.0

Izumi Yamazaki had a dream of making people laugh and she wanted to become a comedian. To achieve her dream, she went to Tokyo from her hometown of Fukui. She formed a gag comedy duo there, but the duo failed to attract…

Hatsukoi Sukecchi: Maitchingu Machiko Sensei

6.0

10 years after Kenta graduated from high school, he is now a manga artist and lives in Tokyo. He is worried because he is currently in a creative rut. One day, Kinzo contacts Kenta and tells him that their high school…

Onkio Haus Melody-Go-Round

A documentary film on the famous recording studio Onkio Haus Inc. (株式会社音響ハウス, Kabushiki-gaisha Onkyō Hausu) located in Ginza, Tokyo. Founded in December 1974, the recording studio has witnessed the…