Tamiya Torahiko

Tamiya Torahiko was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo and raised in Kobe. Due to his father's seafaring job, he moved frequently. Tamiya attended the First Kobe Middle School and the Third Higher School, graduating in 1933. He studied Japanese literature at Tokyo Imperial University, where he participated…

Kanjiya Shihori

Kanjiya Shihori is a Japanese actress. As a middle school student, she was discovered by talent scouts at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. She attended Otsuka Women's University but left early to pursue her acting career. She is currently managed by ABP, Inc. talent agency. Her family name, Kanjiya, is extremely…

Suzuki Mitsue

Born in Kanda Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo (currently Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo ). and dropped out of Tokyo City First High School (currently Fukagawa High School, Tokyo ). She studied under Masao Inoue and took her first stage in 1932 . In 1942, she formed a theater company Bunkaza with her husband Takashi Sasaki…

Okamoto Ryuta

Okamoto Ryuta is a Japanese actor born in Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan. He spent his middle and high school years in Osaka and studied law at Senshu University. While in university, he worked as a regular model for "MEN'S CLUB" and gained attention at Tokyo Fashion Week and with fashion houses such as CK…

Funahashi Seiichi

Seiichi Funabashi was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Mito High School and later from the Faculty of Letters at Tokyo Imperial University. His younger brother, Kazuo Funabashi, was a screenwriter. Seiichi was a member of the Japan Art Academy and was recognized as a Person…

Wakabayashi Shiho

Wakabayashi Shiho is a former Japanese actress from Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. At the time of her debut, she belonged to Koichi Ichikawa's office, and after to Ota Production and Sun Music Brain. In 1983, when she was in the sixth grade of elementary school, she won the Grand Prix at Nippon Television's "★…

Imamura Shohei

Shohei Imamura was a Japanese film director. Imamura is the only Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards. Imamura was born to a comfortably upper-middle-class doctor's family in Tokyo in 1926. For a short time after 1945, when Japan was in a devastated condition following the war, Imamura participated…

Kaede

Kaede is a Japanese performer and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese pop vocal and dance unit Happiness and the collective group E-girls. In her first year of middle school, she began to attend the dance school EXPG in Tokyo. Afterwards, she appeared at EXILE's events, music videos and…

Fukuyama Shodai

Fukuyama Shodai is a Japanese actor that was born in Fukuoka Prefecture. While he was still in middle school, he was approached by an entertainment production company in Tokyo but he missed his chance since he didn't reply to them immediately. After that he auditioned for a movie with the goal to enter…

Sakurai Yuki

Sakurai Yuki is a Japanese actor. He had a dream of becoming a soccer player but he was constantly scouted since middle school to become a singer or an actor, so he joined EXPG Studio to try his luck in the entertainment industry. He appeared as a guest for an episode of the children's breakfast show…

Gonenme no Hitori

6.0

Set in Tokyo, May 2015. A middle-school girl Ami was suddenly stopped by a stranger named Shuji. He says she looks exactly like his daughter Reiko who died in the Tsunami of the Great Quake 5 years ago. Despite the…

Ao no SP: Gakko nai Keisatsu Shimada Ryuhei

7.4

The city of Tokyo introduces a school police system, stationing law enforcement officers within middle schools. Ryuhei Shimada, a detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Unit 1, known…

Kakashi to Racket

6.8

Aki transferred from Tokyo to a school on a rural island. Tamako was born and raised on the island. Now, they attend the same middle school. Aki was a member of the soft tennis club back in Tokyo, but an incident caused…

Bakudan

7.9

A drunk middle-aged man is taken to the police station after assaulting a vending machine at a liquor store and the store's clerk. He states that his name is Suzuki Tagosaku and he also reveals that he has psychic…

JO1 the Movie: Unfinished - Bon Voyage

"This is the middle of our journey." JO1 is a global boy band formed by 11 members selected in 2019's "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN." Since their debut in 2020, they have been steadily moving forward with the motto "Go to the…

Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog

6.3

Tamotsu Inukai is a married middle-aged man with a wife, daughter and son. He loves his family and is a family man, but because of his work he is sent to sent to an island. His family stays behind in Tokyo. With the…

Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats

6.8

Fuku-chan came to Tokyo more then 10 years ago. He lives in the apartment building "FukuFuku Flats”. Fuku-chan is a nice guy, but he sucks at dating . Fuku-chan holds a fear of women. He ruins a blind date arranged…

Kochikame

6.9

Set in a neighborhood police station in Tokyo. The story follows the crazy adventures of the main character Ryotsu Kankichi, a middle-aged policeman. (Source: Anime News Network) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Police…

Have a Song on Your Lips

7.9

Yuri Kashiwagi is a genius pianist and part-time teacher in Tokyo. When her former colleague Haruko goes on maternity leave, she asks Kashiwagi to take over for her as the choral advisor at a middle school on one of…

A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love

8.0

Harumi Junko was once a model student during her middle school and high school days. However, she, unfortunately, failed to enter the prestigious Tokyo University, and her life has not gone smoothly since then. Now,…