Watanabe Ken

Ken Watanabe is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award…

Tamayama Tetsuji

This model turned actor is a popular TV and film star who has starred in many TV shows, films, commercials and music videos. The youngest of four children, he had always loved sports and was his high school track and field top athlete. During this time he worshipped his Senpai Kashiwabara Takashi which…

Yamashita Mizuki

Yamashita Mizuki is a member of Nogizaka46's 3rd Generation, also currently a fashion magazine "CanCam" exclusive model. On February 17, 2024, she announced her graduation from the group. She graduated from the group after her graduation concert on May 11 and 12, 2024 at Tokyo Dome.

Yamazaki Hirona

Yamazaki Hirona is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency, Toho Entertainment. Yamazaki won the Special Jury Prize at the 7th Toho Cinderella Audition. Her first film appearance is in We Were There and her first television drama appearance is in Kōkō Nyūshi. Yamazaki later appeared…

Kawaei Rina

Kawaei Rina is a Japanese actress and former idol singer. She was part of AKB48's Team A. Originally an 11th generation kenkyuusei, she was promoted to Team 4 on March 24, 2012. She was a member of Team 4 until the team shuffle at the 2012 Tokyo Dome concert, where she was transferred to Team A. During…

Mizukawa Asami

Mizukawa Asami is a Japanese actress. She grew up in Ibaraki, Osaka. She made her debut in 1997 at the age of thirteen in an advertisement for Asahi Kasei's "Hebel Haus". In 2000, she won the Grand Prix at the “3rd Miss Tokyo Walker” competition (the first winner was Chiaki Kuriyama) and gained…

Ikeda Masashi

Ikeda Masashi is a Japanese actor from Tokushima, Japan. He is affiliated with A-Plus. He first gained attention by reaching the Top 15 in the 31st Junon Super Boy Contest in 2018. Ikeda made his acting debut in 2021 with the television drama "Tokyo Mer: The Running Emergency Room." While attending…

Emoto Tasuku

Emoto Tasuku is a Japanese actor who is from a family of prolific and well-respected character actors. His father is actor Emoto Akira, his mother is actress Tsunogae Kazue, his younger brother is actor Emoto Tokio, and his wife is actress Ando Sakura. He began acting as a young teenager and has since…

Nao

Nao, previously known with her stage name Honda Nao, is a Japanese actress born in Fukuoka, Japan. She is currently signed under the talent agency Irving Co., Ltd. She began her entertainment activities in her hometown at the age of 15 and moved to Tokyo at the age of 20. On February 10, 2025, her official…

Kurosawa Akira

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, he directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…