Hayashi Yumika

Hayashi Yumika was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films. Hayashi was also a prominent pink film actress; she was the subject of a 1997 documentary…

Matsuoka Joji

Matsuoka Jōji is a Japanese film director. After studying filmmaking in the College of Art at Nihon University, he won an award for his independent short Inaka no hōsoku at the Pia Film Festival in 1984. He directed his first commercial feature, Bataashi kingyo, in 1990 and received a number of awards…

Yoshimata Ryo

Yoshimata Ryo is a Japanese composer, arranger, and music producer from Katokucho, Kagoshima, Japan. He graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration at Yokohama City University. From elementary school, he began learning the piano and acquired a level of music theory equivalent to that of a…

Okada Shotaro

In 2010, at the age of 9, he won second prize in the Blue Cross Super Boys Audition. He started full scale entertainment activities in 2011 at the age of 11. That same year, he appeared in TV Tokyo's "Piramekino". In 2013, he appeared on "DREAM Kids Collection". From 2012-2014 he worked as a model for…

Kawashima Akira

Kawashima Akira is a Japanese comedian, tarento and actor who has featured in films, television, and radio. He performs boke and writes all the material in his comedy duo Kirin. His partner is Hiroshi Tamura. Kawashima is represented by Yoshimoto Kogyo and is mainly active in Tokyo and Osaka. (Source:…

Kurosawa Hisako

Kurosawa Hisako was born and raised in Fukushima, Japan, and completed a bachelor’s degree in Japanese literature. She began her career as a broadcast journalist, but was drawn to screenwriting, where she found early success with Tokyo Noir (2004), Finger (2006) and Show Me A Beautiful Night (2007).…

Oshima Michiru

Michiru Oshima is a Japanese composer. She works on music in wide range of areas, such as anime, films, television series, video games and concerts. She has written scores for over 100 movies, over 200 television titles, video games, various types of events, concerts, theaters, among others. Oshima…

Watanabe Chumei

Watanabe Chumei is a Japanese film and television score composer and orchestrator, who has also worked on tokusatsu shows and mecha anime. His son, Watanabe Toshiyuki, is a musician and composer, who also has scored films and anime series. For his work on anime, Watanabe Chumei received an Award of…

Kain

Bang Jun Ho, known professionally as Kain, is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of ARGON (아르곤). Before debuting as a singer, he served as a backup dancer for BTS during their "Wings" tour and watching their success made him wish he could be a singer in the near future. He made his…

Lee Ha Neul

Lee Ha Neul is a South Korean singer, dancer, actor and former member of ARGON (아르곤). He made his debut in March 2019 as the group's vocalist and rapper with their first single album, "Master Key". Later that year, they launched their first Japan Live "Master Key" showcase in Tokyo, which kicked…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 25 Himejima Satsujin Jiken

2.0

Created by Yasuo Uchida, Asami Mitsuhiko is one of the most popular amateur sleuths in Japan today. Many of the novels featuring Mitsuhiko have been made into TV by several different networks with the different casts.…

Gekai Hatomura Shugoro 3: Yami no Karute ~ Hidatakayama no Dai Byoin ni Karamu Renzoku Satsujin

Hatomura Shugoro, a well-known doctor who lost his position as a doctor for some reason, is accompanied by Tsugumi, the only daughter of Kawakami Asuka, a patient who is on the suspicion of murdering her husband and…

Island Times

8.4

Fifteen-year-old Masaharu lives on the small island of Aogashima, which has a population of 197. On the island, life is simple, and facilities are spare. As there are no high schools on the island, Masaharu, in his…

Missing You

Kanako joins a high school where she is reunited with her childhood friend, Eijun. Following the idea of Seiryo, Kanako's elder brother, they form a band. They aim to perform at the school festival, however, they are…

Pachigi! Love & Peace

5.3

He uses two story lines to slam home his points. One is the struggle of An Sung's sister Kyung Ja to rise in the 1970s' Japanese movies, which may be full of zainichi talents but forbids them from revealing their backgrounds…

Gekai Hatomura Shugoro 4: Yami no Karute

Hatomura Shugoro, who was a talented surgeon but was chased by the medical community for some reason, is the only daughter of Kawakami Asuka, a patient who is on the suspicion of murdering her husband. Tsugumi is on…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 25

Himejima, a remote island floating in the Suo Sea off Oita Prefecture. While visiting the island on assignment, reporter Asami Mitsuhiko becomes close to the family that runs his lodging: Nakaseko Taishi, his mother…

Kuroi Taiyo

10.0

Atsushi was pursuing his studies to become an architect and dreamed to work with his father who runs a construction company. But everything falls apart when his father was deceived into guaranteeing a substantial amount…

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 46: Akita Shinkansen "Komachi" Renzoku Satsujin!

A restaurant owner is found murdered after carrying a large sum of cash tied to a suspicious loan deal, leading Inspector Totsugawa and his team to uncover a possible fraud scheme connected to a Ginza club hostess,…

If Today was the Last Day

A story of reuniting twin sisters, who were separated when young. Maiko, who lives in Hachijo Island, organizes a local festival. Just before the festival starts, she leaves the island to look for her sister Seiko…