Kodama Kiyoshi

Kiyoshi Kodama was a Japanese TV personality and actor. He hosted the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation quiz show Panel Quiz Attack 25 continuously for thirty-six years from its start in April 1975 until he was forced to step down due to poor health at the end of March 2011. His signature catchphrase on…

Minamida Yoko

Yoko Minamida was a Japanese actress. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in November 2008, and a TV documentary was made about her condition and the efforts of her husband, actor Hiroyuki Nagato, to care for her. She died in Tokyo.

Abe Maria

Abe Maria is a Japanese idol singer. She was part of AKB48's Team K until October 19, 2019. Originally a 10th generation Kenkyuusei, she was promoted to Team 4 on July 23, 2011. She was a member of Team 4 until the team shuffle at the 2012 Tokyo Dome concert, where she was transferred to Team K. Her…

Tsuruta Mayu

Tsuruta Mayu, born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, is a Japanese actress. In 1996, she was nominated by the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actress in the film Kike Wadatsumi no Koe Last Friends. Following the chaos of Kenya's 2007 presidential election, on March 30, 2008, she visited…

Suzuki Koji

Suzuki Koji was a Japanese writer born in Hamamatsu, Japan. He primarily worked as an essayist and novelist, but also operates a cram school. He prided himself on being a full-time husband and father, with many of his essays focusing on raising children. Active from 1990 until his death, he came to…

Uemura Yuu

Uemura Yuu is a young actor who debuted in film as Ichikawa Kira in "Forgiven Children". He is currently signed to the company narrow. His hobbies include shogi, gaming and working out. His specialities are sword fighting, horseback riding, parkour and basketball. Prior to his film debut he participated…

Matsukaze Masaya

Masaya Matsukaze (松風雅也 Matsukaze Masaya?, born Masaya Watanabe (渡邉政也 Watanabe Masaya?), September 9, 1976) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and radio personality. He was formerly affiliated with Big Apple, Radix Mobanimation Multicye Division and Varoque Works, and is currently affiliated…

Shishido Joe

Shishido Joe was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname…

Yashiro Aki

Yashiro Aki is a Japanese enka singer and painter. Her stage name, "Yashiro", is adopted from her hometown, "Yatsushiro" (八代). Yashiro originally sang jazz standards in hostess clubs, but made her debut as an enka singer in 1971, with the single "Ai wa Shindemo", under the label of Teichiku Records.…

Asato Yuya

Asato Yuya is a Japanese stage, film, TV, and voice actor. After graduating from high school, he was enrolled in a preparatory school but decided to quit midway through his summer course to move to Tokyo. In January 2011, he joined Ruby Parade after being introduced to an event company president through…

Push Pause

7.8

The Coco guesthouse cultivates new relationships, providing a platform for confronting personal pasts and futures. Shiko, leaving her hometown due to family issues, lacked confidence and avoided connections. Yet, at…

Boku no Te wo Urimasu

7.2

45-year-old Ookuwa Kitaro is a member of the "ice age" generation who failed miserably and is left with a lot of debt. He leaves his free-spirited and competitive wife, Ookuwa Masami and their daughter, Ookuwa Maruko,…

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…

The Truth

6.9

Set in a fictional news show called "THE TRUTH", where the MC approaches the "truth of the world" with "poison and humor". The show has various segments where different discussions take place with special guests. However,…

New Nemuro Pro Wrestling Story

In 2006, Samson Miyamoto, a toy store owner in Nemuro, Hokkaido, founded “New Nemuro Pro Wrestling” to promote his love of wrestling and revitalize his hometown. His wrestlers were local customers and dairy farmers,…

Warai no Kaibutsu

After high school, Tsuchiya avoids full-time employment, devoting himself to writing jokes he sends to comedy programs. He finally hires on as an apprentice at a comedy theater, but his single-minded devotion to laughter…

Kazeyo Arashi yo Gekijo Ban

In the midst of the chaos following the Great Kanto Earthquake, a woman is massacred by the military police. The story is about a woman named Ito Noe, a women's liberation activist. Noe grew up in a poor family but…

Hakushi Project Vol. 2

The second installment of the Hakushi Project contains two works. "Oneechan no Damedashi (お姉ちゃんのダメ出し)" is about two siblings who lost their parents in a car accident. Older sister Hazuki has raised…

Whale Restaurant

A documentary by Keiko Yagi that approaches whales from the perspectives of "food'' and "science". Whale was once the top protein source for Japanese people and was eaten more than cows, pigs, and chickens. However,…

Ninosan Special: Ninosan to Asobo 3

In the third installment of Ninosan to Asobo, Nino-san family members will come out of from the studio and have fun with their good friends. This trip is where you can have a fun trip with some great friends who decide…