Midori Mako

Mako Midori was born on March 26, 1944 in Taiwan. Debuting on film in 1964, she won the Blue Ribbon Award for best new face for Nihiki no mesuinu. Beyond appearing in over fifty Japanese language films in the 1960s and 1970s, she has also acted extensively on stage, winning major awards such as the…

Imai Tadashi

He is a masterpiece representing the left wing humanism of postwar Japanese film . After dropping out of the Tokyo Imperial University , he entered Toho 's predecessor JO studio and was promoted to director in 2 years of joining. After World War II, he worked on a number of socialistic films as the…

Tanimura Masaki

Tanimura Masaki is a Japanese television series director. A graduate of Kobe University, he joined TV Asahi where he began to work on late-night series and then on a few variety shows. In 2006, he moved to Fuji TV, where he directed several episodes of various series, including one of the "Nodame Cantabile"…

Sakai Koichiro

Ueki Hitoshi

Actor, comedian, singer, and guitarist, Ueki came to fame through the comic jazz-band The Crazy Cats led by Hajime Hana. His hit song, Sūdara-bushi, placed in the Oricon top ten and landed him an appearance on the NHK annual music spectacular Kōhaku Uta Gassen. Ueki received the Purple Ribbon Medal…

Shimizu Airi

Shimizu Airi is a Japanese gravure idol, actress, and variety idol from Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture. Until she changed her stage name to her current stage name, she was active under the names Hirayama Airi and Kurose Airi. Her agency is M's World → Fantaster → TRUSTAR. In 2007, she was scouted…

Mizuki Yoko

Mizuki Yoko was a Japanese screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, she later graduated from Bunka Gakuin and began writing screenplays to support her family after her father died. Mizuki was active in the 1950s era of the Japanese studio system and is notable for her work with directors Tadashi Imai and Mikio…

Inoue Yoshio

Inoue Yoshio is a Japanese musical actor from Fukuoka, Japan. He graduated from Vocal Music Department, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. He made his debut in 2000 while still a college student, playing the role of Crown Prince Rudolf in the musical 'Elisabeth'. He played his first leading…

imase

Imase is a Japanese singer-songwriter, Youtuber and Tiktoker. He had no proper musical training prior to 2020 but began getting interested in composing and singing after a friend encouraged him to do it. In 2021, he began uploading his music to different social media platforms and, later that year,…

Matsumoto Akihiko

Tokyo born Akihiko Matsumoto is a 2­ time Academy Award winning, renowned music composer. Currently he holds the record for the 4th highest ranking of all movie soundtrack sales throughout Japan’s history. Akihiko started his career as a music producer in 1987. Since then, he has proven to be as…