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…

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…

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…

Lee Seung Jun

Lee Seung Jun, formerly known as J-US and now known mononymously as Seungjun, is a South Korean singer, choreographer, and member of ONF (온앤오프; short for ON N' OFF). He graduated from Deoksu High School and was enrolled in the Musical Studies program at the International University of the Arts…

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;…

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Okita Kaito and Takami Ryo are fourth-year university students who have finished their job hunting and are about to graduate. Although they have completely opposite personalities, the two best friends decide to go…

A Weather Report

One summer, Hikaru Nishizawa, who was born and raised in Niigata and just graduated from high school, comes to Tokyo alone to meet her father, whom she has never met, without telling her mother Mayumi. A road movie…

Songs of Kamui

More than anything, brilliant Teru longs to attend school with other girls. But in early 20th-century Japan, Teru is excluded because she is Ainu. Instead of writing, the Ainu—indigenous people from Japan’s Hokkaido…

Kaze no Fukushima

An omnibus drama with one-episode stories inspired by 12 real-life migrants set in 12 cities, towns, and villages of Fukushima. Each episode is full of humour and hope and tells the story of how the migrants overcome…

Jiccha!

Mikami Yuki relocates to Tsugaru City, where her grandfather Taisuke lives, through the Regional Revitalization Cooperation Program. After working for a year in the city hall’s Tourism and Brand Strategy Division,…

Hoshi Gari Joshi to Wakeari Danshi

Kanda Daichi, once on a steady career path at a mid-sized advertising agency, suddenly loses everything when he is framed for sexual harassment by the intern he was mentoring. Demoted to the company’s shared-housing…

Zetsumeshi Road: Heimaku Hen

An utterly ordinary salaryman you can find anywhere, Suda Tamio (Hamatsu Takayuki), lives by the motto: “Invite no one. Involve no one. Keep the budget within my allowance.” On weekends, he sets out on car-camping…

Bloom of a Capable Wife: It’s Too Late to Beg

Yuka, a full-time housewife, endures constant belittlement from her chauvinistic husband Kazuo and mother-in-law Sachiko. When the president of TK Motors invites her back as Vice President, the truth emerges: she is…

Banshaku no Ryugi Season 5: Natsu Hen

In Season 5, Hop Housing, where Miyuki works, expands into Hokkaido. Umino instructs Miyuki to select a location for the company's Hokkaido branch, and she agrees to take the business trip in exchange for the chance…

Midsummer Fruit

Ayumi and her husband, Ryoma, who met by chance and run a grape farm together. Every winter, Ryoma leaves his house and fields to his wife and goes to Tokyo to work. In the meantime, Ayumi lives with her mother-in-law,…