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Saito Toyokichi
Saito Toyokichi was a Japanese screenwriter and actor born in Tokyo. He left Seisoku Preparatory School (正則予備校) before completing his studies. In 1921, he began acting under the alias Tagawa Junkichi (田川淳吉) with the Stage Association (舞台協会). He later joined Okada Yoshiko’s…
Aono Hirayoshi
Born in Tokyo Prefecture Tokyo City Azabu-ku, Roppongi (now Tokyo, Minato-ku, Roppongi). His birthplace had the long-established Japanese confectionery shop "Aono Sohonpo", and the popular product "Umochi" was also made by Aono's suggestion "a confectionery that can be eaten in the dressing room without…
Araki Michiko
Araki Michiko, born in Misaki-cho, Kanda, Tokyo, was a Japanese actress. Michiko attended Meika Elementary School and graduated from Joshi Gakuin in 1934. She worked in the language department of the YWCA and as a librarian at the Imperial University. In 1938, she joined the Bungakuza Research Institute…
Ryu Keiichiro
Ryu Keiichiro was a Japanese screenwriter and novelist born in Akasaka-ku, Tokyo. His real name is Ikeda Ichiro. He graduated from the Department of French Studies, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo. During the war, he departed as a student soldier and fought in mainland China as an army officer.…
Sugiura Rokuemon
Born in 1847 and raised as the eldest son in the house of a rice dealer in Suwa-cho, Edo Koishikawa (currently Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo). His father, Jinbei, took over the shares of the drug wholesaler Konishiya Rokuheiten (later "Konishiya") and moved from Suwacho to Kojimachi. In 1872, Rokusaburo took a picture…
Shimizu Kinichi
Shimizu Kinichi was a Japanese comedian and film actor born in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. He began his career at 16 in Tokyo, becoming a disciple of Shimizu Kintaro, a leader in Asakusa Opera. During this period, he took the name Shimizu Kinichi and had a child with actress Mine Rei. After Kintaro's death…
Matsumura Tatsuo
Matsumura Tatsuo was born December 18, 1914 in Yokohama City, Kanagawa as the third son of his family. His father, Takeshige, served as a board member for Nippon Columbia. During college, he belonged to a rugby club. In 1938, he graduated from Hosei University and formed a theater troupe. He was recruited…
Kitamura Kazuo
Kitamura Kazuo was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Takehaya, Koishikawa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Arts Department of Waseda University's Faculty of Literature. Kitamura was associated with the Bungakuza theater company, where he began as a research student in 1950 and became a full…
Annie Yi
Annie Yi is a Taiwanese singer and actress born in Taipei, Taiwan. In the early 1990s, she ventured to Hong Kong for her career, followed by a stint in Japan from 1996 to 1997. After turning 29 in 1998, she began her career development in China. She grew up in a military dependents' village. Her father…
Ike Nwala
While in college as a Japanese video shop worker in Seattle's Chinatown, he was shocked by Junji Takada's early morning bazooka corner of the comedy programm Tensai Takeshi no Genki ga Deru TV!!, which became a big opportunity to seek as a comedian. When he saw "Muneo Kurii" and "Yabao Gesu" played…
