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Kitamura So
Kitamura So is a Japanese actor, writer and director born on July 5, 1952 in Otsu, Shiga prefecture, Japan. His real name is Kitamura Kiyoshi. (Source: Wikipedia)
Frank Nagai
Frank Nagai was a Japanese singer known for his attractive baritone voice. His real name was Nagai Kiyoto. Nagai was born in Matsuyama, Miyagi, Japan. He had his major debut in 1954 when he was discovered by composer Yoshida Tadashi. He had many hit songs such as Yurakucho de Aimasho, Tokyo Night Club,…
Onoe Kikugoro V
A Japanese Kabuki actor, one of the three most famous and celebrated of the Meiji period,along with Ichikawa Danjūrō IX and Ichikawa Sadanji I. Unlike most kabuki actors, who specialize in a particular type of role, Kikugorō, as a kaneru yakusha, played both tachiyaku (male heroes) and onnagata (women)…
Nakamura Jakuemon IV
Nakamura Jakuemon IV was a Japanese film and kabuki actor most known for onnagata performance. In 1991 the Japanese government designated him as a Living National Treasure. (Source: Wikipedia)
Jacques Shigeno
Jacques Shigeno was a Japanese jazz pianist. His younger brother, Roger Shigeno, was a drummer and a Western-style painter. Their father, Baron Shigeno Seibu, was a musician who served in the French Foreign Legion during World War I and became known as the first ace pilot in Japanese aviation history.…
Yuri Tohru
Yuri Tohru was a Japanese comedy actor and voice actor from Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan.
