Tanihara Shosuke

Tanihara Shosuke is a Japanese actor born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is probably best known outside of Japan for his portrayal of Riki Fudoh in Fudoh: The New Generation. Tanihara hosts Tokyo Twenty-Four Living Supported by FLET'S Hikari, a podcast produced by TOKYO FM. The podcast began airing…

Yanagizawa Shingo

Shingo Yanagisawa is a Japanese actor, tarento and comedian. He graduated from Matsuda High School. He is nicknamed Shingo-chan. He is represented with Hercules.

Anan Kenji

Anan Kenji is a Japanese stage and film actor born in Taketa City, Oita Prefecture. He belongs to K Factory. After graduating from high school, he moved to Tokyo and entered the Tokyo Visual Arts Academy, a vocational school related to videos. At the same time, he also belonged to an actor training…

Kawashima Junya

Tsuruno Takeshi

Tsuruno Takeshi is a Japanese actor, tarento, and musician, originally from Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. He is known for his roles as Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna in Ultraman Dyna and as the leader of the musical units Shuchishin and Aladdin. As a member of Shuchishin and Aladdin, he appears…

Murakami Rikako

Rikako Murakami is a Japanese actress born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Actor Atsuro Watabe is her ex-husband. They divorced in December 2005. (Source: Nippon Cinema)

Suzuki Ami

Suzuki Ami is a Japanese singer, actress and songwriter. Having been discovered at the talent TV show Asayan, she was one of the most popular female teen idols in the late 1990s. In 1998 Sony Music signed her to the label, and producer Tetsuya Komuro sponsored her career producing all of her material,…

Kojima Ruriko

Chan Kawai

Chan Kawai is a Japanese comedian and member of comedy duo W-ENGINE. He is represented by Watanabe Entertainment.

Azuma Takahiro

Takahiro Azuma is an actor, known for Chanko (2006), Uchimura Samâzu the Movie: Enjeru (2015) and Dare mo mamotte kurenai (2008).

One-sided Love Gourmet Diary 2

6.8

After falling in love with Hiraoka Naoya while watching him enjoy a beef bowl, thirty-something manga editor Tokoro “Koro” Madoka’s life was changed forever. Unsure of how to approach one of her company’s most…

Tororo Soba to Watashi: Mama Teki Ajido

It’s the third summer for Mei Ling as an international student. Her boyfriend Naoto takes her out for a picnic date to Mt. Takao, a nature landmark in Tokyo. After climbing, they get to a famous soba noodle shop.…

Mizusaki Tokuro

A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest

8.1

From July 21 through September 10th, 2007, the Museum for Contemporary Art Tokyo held an exhibition honouring Kazuo Oga, the art director and background artist for many famed works from Japan’s Studio Ghibli. Over…

Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari

6.5

In the story, high schooler Naoki Murakami asks Haruka Mizuno to date him. They date while both worry about their upcoming university entrance examinations. (Source: Wikipedia, D-addicts) ~~ Adapted from the manga…

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

7.7

This intimate, revealing NHK documentary portrait of Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away) follows the tireless animator from his announced semi-retirement in 2013 through his decision to develop Boro…

Ranhansha

7.3

The story is about a reporter Kayama Satoshi searching for the truth of the death of his 2-year-old son in a tragic accident which also involves his wife, Kayama Mitsue. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Ranhansha" by Tokuro…

Hohoemu Hito

7.1

“Hohoemu Hito” tells the story of Nito Toshimi who, after graduating from Japan’s most difficult university and founding a job at a major city bank, marries Shoko and have a daughter, Amina. Nito, while leading…