Morley Robertson

Morley Robertson (b. 1963) is a Japanese electronic musician, DJ, radio/TV presenter and journalist of American descent. He was born in New York and spent most of his childhood in Hiroshima. His mother is Japanese and his father is American. In 1981, Robertson entered the University Of Tokyo but dropped…

Nagahama Fujio

Nagahama Fujio, born Takemura Tokiyuki (竹村時之) in Sennichimachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He attended Azabu Junior High School (麻布中学校) and graduated from Tokyo Higher School of Landscaping (東京高等造園学校). Nagahama began his career in the theater,…

Yagyu Hiroshi

Yagyu Hiroshi was a Japanese actor, host, talent, voice actor, and organizational executive, born in Funajima, Ibaraki, Japan. He graduated from Ibaraki Prefectural Tsuchiura First High School and briefly attended Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine before leaving due to poor eyesight and illness.…

Henry Okawa

Okawa Heihachiro was a Japanese film actor active from the 1930s to 1971. With hopes of starting a business, he traveled to the United States in 1923 and studied at Columbia University. He also studied at the Paramount Studios acting school and eventually began working in Hollywood, appearing in films…

Sawa Tamaki

Sawa Tamaki was a Japanese singer, actress, and politician from Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. After performing arts activities, she turned into politics and was a member of the House of Councilors. She made her debut as a singer from Teichiku in 1956 while she was a student at Yamawaki Gakuen…

Shimozawa Kan

Shimozawa Kan was a Japanese novelist from Atsuta-mura, Atsuta-gun, Hokkaido. He won the 10th Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1962. At the recommendation of his grandfather, he went on to Hakodate Government Commercial School but dropped out because the school was burned by the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1907,…

Anderson Shizuka

Shizuka Anderson is an actress, presenter, and singer, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her father is Scottish-Canadian, and her mother is Japanese. She began her entertainment career in Tokyo at 19 as the lead character of a children's TV program. She has since hosted various TV & YouTube programs…

Taguchi Kei

Taguchi Kei is a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Utsuda, Minamisaku, Nagano, Japan. After graduating from Nozawa Kita High School in Nagano, Japan, he graduated from the Department of English Literature at the University of Tokyo. He was associated with Ishi no Kai, Group Teibura, and Promotion…

Yokota Einosuke

When Inabata Katsutaro, the Japanese businessman who introduced cinema to Japan with the Lumière Cinématographe on 15 February 1897 swiftly grew disenchanted with the work, he turned to Yokota Einosuke, the owner of a Kobe export-import business. The very opposite of the meticulous and restrained…

Ikenami Shotaro

Ikenami Shotaro was a prominent Japanese novelist known for his historical fiction and period novels that depicted the post-war era in Japan. Besides his literary contributions, he was also renowned as a film critic, particularly fond of French cinema and film noir. He was born in Seitencho, Asakusa-ku,…

I'm Fine, My Angel

8.0

An angel is quietly praying at a sanctuary in Heaven. She sees a vision of the struggles and sufferings of five people living on earth. Fuka, a fifth grade elementary schooler, is bullied by her classmates. Yuya, a…

Matsumoto Seicho Tokubetsu Kikaku: Soshitsu no Girei

5.9

Doctor Sumida, who attended the medical seminar in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, is found dead at a hot spring inn. Detective Kyosuke Otsuka of the Shizuoka Prefectural police arrives at the site with rookie partner…

Hobohobo: Mayonaka no Tsugikuru Mono Sagashi

A high-energy midnight variety show brought to you by Yamazato Ryota and Karahashi Yumi! The people who are "almost" trending introduce "almost" trending things! The next generation of idols and young comedians introduce…

Tsutakantoku Kokoyakyu wo Kaeta Otoko no Shinjitsu

Documentary about the famed high school baseball coach Tsuta Fumiya. Commentaries from his contemporaries reveal the true persona of Tsuta, who led a prefectural high school baseball team in Tokushima to over ten appearances…

Eiko Kyoju no Jikenbo

6.8

Unobe Eiko is a professor at a famous university and tries to solve a serial murder case which happened on campus with a useless police detective named Nanba Haruto that is serious about his work and has a strong sense…

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 66: Kushiro - Obihiro Satsujin Route

Inspector Totsugawa investigates a case that begins with the murder of Hatano Hiroshi, an executive at a major apparel company, but quickly expands into a larger mystery when a second killing occurs aboard a train…

Keiji Inukai Hayato

7.5

One morning in mid-summer, a dead man with a knife in his chest is discovered on a park bench. The victim is Shinojima Taku, the vocalist of a famous rock band who had made waves after winning a literary prize for…

Cross Road

8.0

The story revolves around two men in a long hostile relationship: police officer Ozeki Tatsuro and journalist Itagaki Kohei. 25 years ago, Itagaki wrote an article about Ozeki's investigation of a case, and consequently,…

Keishicho Tokumei Keiji Futari 1

40 years have passed since Lockheed Payoff Scandal, the biggest bribery scandal after the World War the Second. The program tries to reveal the hidden facts, what lies behind the incident? With secret materials secured…

Hakodate Coffee

7.4

An old western style apartment named Hisuikan is located in Hakodate, Japan. Various artists gather at Hisuikan following Tokiko Ogiwara’s (Yoko Natsuki) intention to support young artists. Tokiko Ogiwara is the…