Kawano Naoki

Naoki Kawano (川野 直輝 Kawano Naoki, February 22, 1982—) is a Japanese actor and musician from Mobara, Chiba Prefecture. He is a former Johnny's Jr. member, and is no longer represented by Johnny & Associates. While a Johnny's Jr., he was part of Kaidan Trio, TOKYO, and Kawano Band. He was also…

Hira Mikijiro

Hira Mikijiro was a Japanese actor and director born in Koami-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. He was affiliated with Kei Factory. At the beginning of sixth grade, Mikijiro evacuated to the home of his maternal great-uncle in Kamigeshi-cho, Konu, eastern Hiroshima, Japan. His mother remained in Hiroshima.…

Kinoshita Houka

In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, Gaki Teikoku, which he passed and made his acting debut. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he entered Yoshimoto Kogyo and joined Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe, but he did little to stand out on the comedy stage, and quit after three years. In 1989,…

Kondo Yoshimasa

Yoshimasa Kondo, born on August 13, 1961, in Nagoya, Japan, is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He debuted as an extra in the series Chu-gaku-sei Nikki and was later written into the script. He later gained notability while working with the theatrical troupe Tokyo Sunshine Boys, though he is not a…

Murakami Hiroaki

Hiroaki Murakami is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki roles, and has also taken parts in tokusatsu and modern productions. Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as…

Saori

Saori is a Japanese actress and former member of the idol group Snappeas under the agency Stardust Promotion. Saori got her start in 2003 when joined the short-lived idol group Snappeas under her birth name "Koide Saori". Soon after, she starred in her first dorama, Tokyo Shoujo. In 2010, she changed…

Fujitani Ayako

At age 12, she won the Asian Beauty Contest, held in commemoration of the Japanese release of the film Police Story 3. At age 13 she became the sixth girl to lead the Mitsui ReHouse advertising campaign. This began her modeling career. She was featured regularly in magazines and television commercials.…

Watari Tetsuya

Watari Tetsuya was a Japanese actor, enka singer, entertainer, and businessman. He was born in Yasugi, Nogi, Shimane, Japan and raised in Awaji, Hyogo. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University (青山学院大学) with a degree in economics after attending Ishiya Elementary School and Mita Gakuen…

Izumi Pinko

Takemoto Sayo (Maiden name: Eguchi, previous stage name: Mikado Mariko), known by the stage name Izumi Pinko, is a Japanese actress, comedian, comic storyteller, and singer born in Tokyo. In 1966, after dropping out of Nippon Music High School, she studied under Maki Shinji and made her debut as a singing…

Soga Machiko

Machiko Soga (曽我町子 Soga Machiko?, March 18, 1938 – May 7, 2006) was a Japanese voice actress and actress. achiko had humble upbringings and was raised to be a singer, though her talents were with acting. She was “discovered” after doing a play in Tokyo Center. From that night on, her life…

Play!

7.5

Shota's interest is piqued by a poster at school recruiting members for an e-sports competition, and he gets in touch with Tatsuro, a genius gamer who is a year ahead of him at school. Tatsuro ropes in classmate Wataru…

Italy Santo Monogatari: Fashionable no Roots wo Saguru

The program is presented by FENDI, a luxury brand from Rome, Italy. The two, Kawaguchi Haruna and Meguro Ren, are FENDI's Japan brand ambassadors. The two focus on history in Rome, craftsmen in Florence, and fashion…

Warriors Within Season 2

7.4

50 years ago, a match between a Chinese and a Japanese karate expert ended in a dead heat. Together, they wrote a martial arts book that has caused storms across the martial arts world ever since. In 2019, Chong Wai…

Tea for Three

Set in the Mimasaka region of Okayama Prefecture, famous for its tea, this is a love story about the drama of a female pianist and her brother who runs a tea shop. Keiya is a ronin student who spends his days listlessly…

The Promise in July

Jiro, a high school senior born and raised in Teine, has formed a band with Satsuki, Ryo, and Koji, and is practicing guitar to perform a solo concert, but they can't find a vocalist. When Jiro hears rumors that transfer…

Kakenai n Janai, Kakanai nda

Izumi Shuri, who became a famous writer overnight when the first novel she wrote in college won the Akutagawa Prize, moved to her husband's family home in the countryside after getting married. She had fallen into…

Ninosan Special: Ninosan to Asobo 4

In the fourth installment of the special program Ninosan to Asobo, Nino-san family members will once again come out of from the studio and have a blast with some amazing guests in this 2 hour special episode. The program…

Afterword

Somei Haruta works part-time at an izakaya while pursuing his dream of becoming an actor, but he only gets extra roles. One day, while performing a street solo act, he meets a person named Aniki and they visit a bar…

The Last Passenger

This story unfolds in a small coastal town of Tohoku, Northeastern Japan, where a disastrous Tsunami wiped out the entire town and took thousands of people's lives ten years ago. Now, Endo, a taxi driver, waits at…

Shinpei: Uta Koso Subete

Born and raised in Shinshu, Nakayama Shinpei was captivated by the traveling band Jinta he saw as a boy and dreamed of pursuing a career in music. At the age of 18, he got the opportunity to become a student of Waseda…