Miyagi Kenji

Miyagi Kenji was a Japanese manzai (comic duo) performer, host, and actor who formed the comic duo "W Kenji" with Azuma Kenji. His real name was Terashima Fumio (寺島文雄). He was born in Okuma, Watari, Miyagi, Japan. In his later years, he was affiliated with Maseki Geinosha talent agency. At the…

Sugi Giichi

Sugi Giichi, born Sugi Yoshikazu (杉義一) in Uzumasa, Ukyo, Kyoto, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of actor Sugi Kyoji (杉狂児). In 1941, while attending Meisei Gakuen (明星学園), he joined the children’s theater troupe Kamoshikaza (かもしか座) and made his stage…

Nakahara Junichi

Nakahara Junichi was a Japanese painter, fashion designer, editor, illustrator, and doll maker born in Shiratori Honmachi, Okawa, Kagawa, Japan. In 1915, his family moved to Funabamachi, Tokushima, due to his father's job. He later relocated several times, moving to Yumimachi, Tokushima, in 1920, then…

Kano Tenmei

Kano Tenmei is a Japanese photographer from Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, affiliated with Ishii Corporation. In addition to his photography career, he works as a talent, actor, and commentator. He has been married twice and has four children. From his first marriage, he has a daughter and twin sons. His second…

Arashi Keishi

Arashi Keishi, known professionally as Toyoshimaya (豊嶋屋), is a Kabuki actor whose birth name is Terada Katsuyuki (寺田勝之). Born into a family deeply entrenched in entertainment, he comes from a lineage where his father was the fifth-generation Arashi Yoshisaburo, his brother the sixth-generation…

Hime Yuriko

Hime Yuriko, born Matsunami Takako (松波喬子), is a Japanese actress known for her work in theater, film, and television dramas. Born in Harbin, then part of Manchukuo, she repatriated to Japan as a child. She completed her education at Atago Junior High School in Minato, Tokyo, and later trained…

Kubo Kantaro

Kubo Kantaro is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator, and radio personality from Ueda, Nagano, Japan. He is affiliated with Fukuda & Co. He began his theater training in 1997 at the Theatre Research Institute of Engeki Shuudan En and later joined the KERA Class of ENBU Seminar in 1999. From 2002…

Tiffany Young

Stephanie Young Hwang, known professionally as Tiffany Young, is an American singer, dancer, presenter, and member of GIRLS' GENERATION (소녀시대; also known as SNSD). She was born in San Francisco and grew up in Diamond Bar, California. She lost her mother at the age of 12 and became estranged…

Aragaki Yui

Aragaki Yui is a Japanese idol, model, actress, singer, seiyuu and occasional radio show host of Ryukyuan ancestry. She is particularly recognized for her pleasant face and her movie projects. Aragaki's career started when her sister volunteered to turn in an audition profile for her after being informed…

Yoshioka YUI

Yui, stylized as YUI, (born March 26, 1987) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, composer, actress, and radio personality. She is currently signed to Studioseven Recordings and attached to the talent agency Stardust Promotion.

Yui was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She grew up in a single-parent family;…

All About Chiaki Mayumura (Provisional)

As an idol who does everything from songwriting to running her own company, Chiaki Mayumura has been described as both a genius and a maverick by the Japanese music industry. "Is Chiaki Mayumura just a single person?"…

Niham no Tabi

Iwai Hanako came back to her hometown of Niihama five years ago, having departed from a restaurant in Tokyo. Acting as a stand-in for her sister, Haruko, who abruptly set off for overseas studies, Hanako now takes…

Moving in Between

8.1

This film documents Erika's life journey of gradually building up her ideal body image, including when she completes the sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) and moves to Japan. Through Erika's experience moving between…

Kintsugi

6.8

Dante is a Filipino ceramicist who has travelled to Saga Prefecture to learn from Japanese craftspeople at a pottery factory. While he had hoped to learn a new craft to help his own family’s business, he finds himself…

A Long Journey

Shiina Ryoko, a 25-year-old new actress who has just been selected for a serial drama at the audition, returned to her hometown for the first time in four months at the end of summer. She was forced by her agency to…

AD Oguri no Jikenbo

6.9

Oguri, an assistant director for an idol show, calls herself a "travel pro". She goes to Kusatsu to check out the location for a TV shoot, but the residents start disappearing one after another... While pretending…

Far Away, Further Away

A marriage is weaker without something in common. Sayoko is a seemingly carefree woman but she hides doubts about her marriage behind her cheerful demeanor. After five years of being in Tokyo, it is apparent that she…

42-50 Nirvana

Yuji is a 50-year-old screenwriter. Kana is a 42-year-old actress. They got married two years ago. She lives with her husband's mother in a house in Tokyo. Recently, Kana has been feeling limited in her acting. Since…

Audrey ni Yoroshiku

One day, Ryo, who works at a theatre as a projectionist, is approached by a strange woman, Rin, on the street. According to her, her true identity is "a princess who escapes from the palace and wanders around town,…