Koike Ayame

Ayame Koike (小池彩夢, Koike Ayame, born February 13, 1995) is a Japanese actress under the Sony Music Artists. Koike made her acting debut in the Japanese television drama Botan to Bara as Rika Nojima in 2004. In 2007, Koike appeared in NHK Educational TV's Yuhigaoka Boy Detectives (夕陽ヶ丘の探偵団,…

Nakai Kie

Nakai Kie is a Japanese actress and essayist. She graduated from Rural Chofu Akiba Junior and Senior High School and Waseda University. Her younger brother is the actor Nakai Kiichi. She made her debut as an actress while attending Waseda University School of Letters, transferred from one part to the…

Ishido Toshiro

Toshiro Ishido was born on July 17, 1932 in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for Black Rain (1989), Eight Below (2006) and Return of Ultraman (1971). He died on November 1, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. He went by the pen name Ishido Yoshi Akira. (Source: IMDb)

Naoki Sanjugo

Naoki Sanjugo was a Japanese novelist, screenwriter, and film director, born in what is now Andojimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka Naoki studied at Waseda University's English Department Preparatory Course and then at Waseda University's Higher Normal School English Department, but dropped out due to unpaid monthly…

Kanai Dai

Kanai Dai was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. He dropped out of the Chuo University, Department of Law. In 1952, he founded the theater company Izumiza. His eldest son is the actor Kanai Setsu. On June 17, 2001, at the age of 74, he died of pneumonia at a hospital…

Sato Takuma

Sato Takuma is a Japanese director born in Akita, Japan. He graduated from Akita Prefectural Akita Minami High School (秋田県立秋田南高等学校). During his school years, he played soccer, representing the Akita Prefecture select team in elementary and middle school. He also participated in…

Shimizu Kei

Keita Shimizu, born in Uji, Kyoto, Japan, is simply known as Kei Shimizu. He is a Japanese comedian who is represented by the talent agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo. After graduating from Doshisha Kori Junior and Senior High School, he graduated from Doshisha University Faculty of Commerce by going on to internal…

Sharnie Alice Fenn

Sharnie Alice Fenn is a Japanese-Austrailian influencer, model, and actress. She was born in Sendai, Japan, and later moved to Queensland, Australia, at the age of 4. She attended a Japanese school while in Australia. She was interested in modeling from a very early age and finally started her modeling…

Kurara Haruka

Kurara Harukaa, birth name Yamasaki Kumiko (山崎久美子) was a Takarazuka Revue Top Star before starting her TV and film acting career in 1984 with Toho Entertainment. Her stage name was given by the playwright Yashiro Seiichi. 'Haruka' (遥) means 'aimed at far away' while 'Kurara' is romaji for…

Fujiyoshi Kumiko

Fujiyoshi Kumiko is a Japanese actress and narrator born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. She is married to the actor and former singer Yosuke Tagawa. They have a son born in 200, when she was 39 years old. In 2017, she was accused of having an extra-marital affair with a married producer working at Asahi…

Moving in Between

8.1

This film documents Erika's life journey of gradually building up her ideal body image, including when she completes the sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) and moves to Japan. Through Erika's experience moving between…

Yellow Bricks - The Man Who Tricked Frank Llyod Wright

8.0

The story will center around the Japanese city of Tokoname in Aichi prefecture, which is well known for its ceramics. Over 100 years ago, famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright reached out to Kichinosuke Hisada to procure…

Bansousha

7.0

On a day before the new year’s long-distance relay race, the final roster of the members who have made Hiyori Foods’ track and field team are announced. Awashima Yuichi has been dropped, and his track and field…

Love Stories From Fukuoka 15

6.6

A series of real-life stories submitted by viewers in Fukuoka about their personal experiences with love, loss and longing. All the stories are based in Fukuoka, the capital city of the Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyushu…

All About Chiaki Mayumura (Provisional)

As an idol who does everything from songwriting to running her own company, Chiaki Mayumura has been described as both a genius and a maverick by the Japanese music industry. "Is Chiaki Mayumura just a single person?"…

Tokuso 9 Season 3

7.3

It has been nine months since the previous head of the Special Investigations Unit left. Asawa Naoki and the members of the unit no longer get requests for backup from the First Investigation Division but keep getting…

Keishichou Sousa Ikkachou Season 4

7.0

Junichi Oiwa, chief of the non-carrier “slap-up” investigator who leads over 400 elite detectives, is the latest in this series that will help solve difficult cases. In this work, familiar members such as Hirotaro…

Tekkin Hanabi

Samejima Touko, who works at a production company for a picture book, has a dream to perform a picture-story show on the street with an original picture-story show device. But Touko was stuck. Unable to grasp children's…

Gekidan Sphere

The show is a collaboration between five playwrights and Sphere and is an anthology series exploring various genres. Each episode has two halves with a different director, and a new episode will debut every two weeks.…

Engawa Lovers 2

The second installment of the humanity comedy "Engawa Lovers," which depicts the everyday life of men who love the veranda, set on the veranda of an old Japanese house. A fledgling movie director, Daisuke Hagiwara…