Akahori Masaaki

Masaaki Akahori is an actor and writer, known for Sono yoru no samurai (2012), Katsuragi jiken (2016) and Kanojo ga sono na wo shiranai toritachi (2017).

Tomoi Yusuke

Yūsuke Tomoi is a Japanese actor from Hokkaidō, Japan. On June 6, 2006, he married Mika Katsumura, the actress who played Yuuri/TimePink in Mirai Sentai Timeranger. In August that same year, Mika gave birth to a girl. The couple separated in June 2008 and announced their divorce in August 2008. Katsumura…

Kim Sung Keun

Kim Sung Keun is a Japanese-born, South Korean retired pitcher and manager who led several teams in the KBO League. Born in Kyoto during the Japanese occupation of Korea, he graduated from Katsura High School but did not attend college. However, Dong-A University later awarded him an honorary bachelor's…

Inoue Akiko

Inoue Akiko is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist based in Tokyo. She also writes under the pen name Kanehiro Aki (鐘弘亜樹). Inoue comes from a family with a screenwriting background; her grandfather, Inoue Katsumi, and her father, Inoue Toshiki, were both screenwriters. She began writing stories…

Mitsuishi Kotono

Mitsuishi Kotono is a Japanese voice actress and narrator. She was affiliated with Arts Vision and Lasley Arrow, but is now a freelancer. She graduated from high school and entered Katsuta Voice Actor's Academy in 1986. She is well known for her roles of Tsukino Usagi in Sailor Moon series, Katsuragi…

Shimono Hiro

Hiro Shimono is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with I'm Enterprise. His notable roles include Keima Katsuragi in The World God Only Knows & Connie Springer in Attack on Titan.

Wakayama Tomisaburo

Wakayama Tomisaburo was a Japanese actor born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His father was Tohiji Katsu (or Katsutoji Kineya), a noted kabuki performer and nagauta singer, and the family as a whole were kabuki performers. He and his younger brother, Shintaro Katsu, followed their father in the theater.…

Shunputei Shota

Shunputei Shota (born: Tanoshita Yuji) is a Japanese rakugo comedian. He won college student rakugo championships when he was young and later leave university to study under Shunpūtei Ryūshō V. He became the sixth "Shoten" host in 2016 following the retirement of Katsura Utamaru who holds the position…

Harada Ryuji

Harada Ryuji is a Japanese actor. In May 2019 Weekly Bunshun reported that Ryuji had been having affairs with multiple women. Later the official Twitter account of the Sazae-san stage play announced that he will be dropped from the cast and was replaced by Katsurayama Shingo. The Sazae-san stage play…

Endo Kumiko

Endo Kumiko is a Japanese talent, actress, and singer from Katsushika Ward, Tokyo. Her agency is Toho Performing Arts.

The Power of Expression: The Minamata Producer Speaks

Feature-length documentary by directors Kataoka Nozomi and Inoue Minoru of Kiraigo - Town Where Ogres and Buddha Live. Interweaves interviews and film excerpts to create a contemporary rendition of the filmmaking methods…

Machikouba no Onna

7.9

Arimoto Hikari is a 32-year-old housewife. She has a husband and a son. One day, she visits her father Taizo who recently collapsed from overworking. Hikari Arimoto learns from a doctor that her father has 4 days left…

Wagaya no Mondai

7.0

Consists of 4 episodes based on the compilation of short stories. Ep. 1 - Otto to UFO ni Nayamu Tsuma: Minako (Mizukawa) starts to worry about her husband's (Koizumi) mental state when he comes home excitedly to tell…

Kuroshoin no Rokubei

In 1868, negotiations between the shogunate and the new government results in the decision to surrender Edo Castle. As the advance party to ensure the surrender of the castle progresses without a hitch, Kakurai Hayato…

Kasouken no Onna Season 18

7.8

Sakaki Mariko attends an annual concert held by the Kyoto Prefecture Police Music Band. At that time, Mariko hears from Domon Kaoru that a woman's dead body is found under a cliff. The victim is Konno Megumi, and she…

Shinjuku Punch

2.0

Hosei (Ren Ozawa) is 22-years-old and he has yet to have sex. Even though he likes women a lot, he has always had bad luck with them. Wishing to experience a big change in his life, Hosei goes to the Kabukicho. The…

Last Ninja - Red Shadow

The first of a two-part ninja action series depicting the elaborate espionage campaign occurring behind the scenes of the 'Toba-Fushimi Battle'. At the end of the Edo Period which brought the era of the samurai to…

Katana Onkososhin 4K Katana Project

Documentary shot in 4K resolution that follows the creation of a Japanese sword from start to finish. Japanese swords are mesmerizing works of art, and this documentary shows the master sword maker, sword polisher,…

Tachibana Noboru Seishun Tebikae

7.5

Tachibana Noboru, a 20-year-old aspiring doctor, lives for tomorrow. Leaving Dewa Province (present day Akita), he turns to an uncle Komaki Genan, who is a town doctor in Edo and gets a job as a doctor of Kodenmacho…

Gekidan Sphere

The show is a collaboration between five playwrights and Sphere and is an anthology series exploring various genres. Each episode has two halves with a different director, and a new episode will debut every two weeks.…