Higuchi Ichiyo

Higuchi Ichiyo was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan, and the second daughter of Higuchi Noriyoshi, a low-ranking official in the Tokyo Prefecture. She is recognized as the first professional female writer in modern Japan. She began her education at Hongo Elementary School in 1877 but withdrew…

Tamiya Torahiko

Tamiya Torahiko was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo and raised in Kobe. Due to his father's seafaring job, he moved frequently. Tamiya attended the First Kobe Middle School and the Third Higher School, graduating in 1933. He studied Japanese literature at Tokyo Imperial University, where he participated…

Chubachi Akiko

Chubachi Akiko is a Japanese actress and model who was previously affiliated with Horipro until 2012. She graduated from Tamagawa University in 2004 with a degree in Education and a first-class elementary teaching license. Before starting her career, she traveled across Asia, Africa, and South America…

Mari

Mari is a former gravure idol from Tokyo, Japan. She was affiliated with Discovery Entertainment. She was selected as the first-generation "Fujimusume" through an audition segment on Fuji TV's late-night program "SDM Hatsu!" She officially changed her stage name from her real name, Shimojima Mari (下村真理),…

Cho Yu Bin

Cho Yu Bin is a South Korean singer, dancer, and former member of PINK FANTASY (핑크판타지). She graduated from Daehwa High School. She made her debut in October 2018 as the group's main dancer and lead vocalist with their first single "Iriwa". She was not part of the original lineup when the group…

Kim Ji Sun

Kim Ji Sun is a South Korean comedienne. She graduated from Yeomgwang Girls’ High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Performance and Film from Dankook University. She first appeared on TV in 1988 when KBS's "Viva Youth" (비바청춘) went to her school to record an episode of the popular…

Jung So Ram

Jung So Ram is a South Korean singer, dancer, and member of CANDY SHOP (캔디샵). She graduated from Gwangdong High School. She made her debut in March 2024 as the group's leader and main vocalist with their first mini-album, "Hashtag#". They are managed by Brave Entertainment (브레이브엔터테인먼트).…

Natt Natthacha Louhabootr

"Natt" Natthacha Louhabootr is a Thai singer and main vocalist of the girl group Empress (เอ็มเพรส) formerly under Rising Entertainment (ไรซิ่ง เอ็นเตอร์เทนเม้นท์). She made her debut with the group on February 20, 2024, with their first…

Yamamoto Koichi

Yamamoto Koichi was a Japanese actor born in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the first literature department of Waseda University. After graduation, he joined the Haiyuuza Theater Company in the 8th term. After leaving Haiyuuza, he joined the Shinjinkai theater company and made his debut in…

Uraoka Keiichi

Uraoka Keiichi was a Japanese film editor. He joined Shochiku in 1948 and apprenticed under Hamamura Yoshiyasu. He left Shochiku in 1969 and subsequently worked as a freelance editor. He played a significant role in establishing the Japan Film Editors' Association and served as its first chairman. Uraoka…

Fantastic Modern Gayagumer

In the documentary "Fantastic Modern Gayagumer", Jung Min A is the first gayageum singer-songwriter in clubs near Hongik University, Seoul. She calls herself a modern gayageumer. During the day she works as a customer…

Mother of the Groom

After running away from home, Eiichi goes back to his hometown in Okinawa for the first time in about a decade to announce his marriage. His mother and grandmother don’t approve of his non-Okinawan wife, and give…

Pretty Boys for T-ara

8.6

The show is about T-ara selecting a group of good-looking guys with talents like dancing (from the first episode) and their subsequent group date with them.

Hong Chen Li Ying

The drama focuses on the story of Murong Lian (prototype: Shang Guan Yun Zhu), the first generation of Chinese actresses, and others who pursue their dreams of being an actress through their own efforts in the 1930s…

A Happy Chinese New Year

5.0

Xue Lun and Dan Dan are newlyweds. They are happy together and are waiting for their first New Year together. They sold their big flat and now live in a tiny house. Everything went fine until their parents decided…

Akumu no Drive

7.3

A former pro boxer and an unsuccessful humorist team up and create a transport business. They first request a car and use it to cheat the evil people. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Akumu no Drive" (悪夢のドライブ)…

Experiment Failure Family

An instalment from program A of an omnibus about mysterious creatures made as part of the first film project by Polar Circle, a collective founded by director Kageyama Shu who has gathered together an eclectic range…

The Legend of Daiyu

7.3

An adaptation of "Hong Lou Meng" told from the perspective of Lin Dai Yu starting from her days in Yangzhou when she first entered the Jia household. She faces numerous trials and tribulations, becomes entangled in…

My Sweet Harakiri

Sozaburo excels at swordsmanship, but doesn't know the first thing about books. Entangled in a government plot, he is ordered to commit "seppuku" -- to slice his belly in ritual suicide. Without any poetry experience…

Socrates Excelsa

An installment from program A of an omnibus about mysterious creatures made as part of the first film project by Polar Circle, a collective founded by director Kageyama Shu who has gathered together an eclectic range…