Onoe Kikugoro V

A Japanese Kabuki actor, one of the three most famous and celebrated of the Meiji period,along with Ichikawa Danjūrō IX and Ichikawa Sadanji I. Unlike most kabuki actors, who specialize in a particular type of role, Kikugorō, as a kaneru yakusha, played both tachiyaku (male heroes) and onnagata (women)…

Kodo Kuninori

Kodo Kuninori was a Japanese actor born in Takasago City, Hyogo Prefecture. His real name is Tanigawa Saichiro. Before the war, he was active in Teikoku Kinema and Utaemon Ichikawa productions and appeared in Toho during and after the war. In 1901, after dropping out of the junior high school of Kansai…

Takasugi Sanae

Takasugi Sanae, born Kinoshi Hiroko (喜熨斗弘子) in Asakusa, Japan, was a Japanese actress whose former stage name was Shimizu Hiro (清水ヒロ). She was married to thirdgeneration Ichikawa Danjiro (三代目市川段四郎), and they had three children: Ichikawa Eno, fourth-generation Ichikawa…

Morita Masakazu

Morita Masakazu is a Japanese actor and voice actor. As the voice actor, Morita is perhaps best known for his roles as Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach), Marco (One Piece), Tidus (Final Fantasy X), Auel Neider (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed) and Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya Hades: Chapter Inferno).

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 "★…

Matsumoto Kio

Fujima Kioko, born in Tokyo, is a Japanese stage and screen actress. She is a graduate of Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College. She was born into a traditional Buyo house as the eldest daughter of Matsumoto Koshiro IX (Ichikawa Somegoro VI at the time) and Matsumoto Noriko. Her brother…

Kimura Kinka

His real name is Kinnosuke. He was born in Tokyo Iwato-cho (now Ushigome of Shinjuku-ku, Iwato-cho) and grew up in Shintomicho (now Chuo-ku Shintomi ). His father was the first member of the first Ichikawa Sandan troupe, and Kinnosuke also worked as a writer after serving as a child under the name of…

Takagi Akimitsu

Takagi Akimitsu was the pen-name of a popular Japanese crime fiction writer active during the Showa period of Japan. His real name was Takagi Seiichi. Takagi was born in Aomori City in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan. He graduated from the Daiichi High School (which was often abbreviated to Ichi-ko)…

Fuji Mariko

Mariko Fuji was born on June 18, 1955 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Usugeshô (1985), Abe ichizoku (1995) and Yagyû ichizoku no imbô (2008).

Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger Degozaru! Shushuuto 20th Anniversary

7.3

It is the Edo Period. Takanosuke, Nami, and Kyoutaro of the Shippu School and Ichikaku and Ichiga of the Jinrai School are confronted by Oiranda and Aunja of the "Seven Spears of Darkness" and then Teruhime, whom the…

Junihitoe wo Kita Akuma

7.3

Rai keeps failing to find a regular job. He works on setting up an exhibition for classic novel "The Tale of Genji" as a part-time laborer. At the exhibition, he listens to the narration about younger brother Ninomiya…

Hyena

7.5

Yuki Rinko is a lawyer with a strong will to win. She comes from a humble background, but she has the skills of a hyena and uses any means necessary to win her cases. Ichijo Rei is an elite lawyer who works for the…

Rikon Bengoshi Spider Season 3: Yogisha Mikumo Asuka

7.5

Arrested on suspicion of murder, Mikumo sits face-to-face with her ex-husband, attorney Tatsuya Ichinose, during a prison visit. The victim was a wealthy figure surrounded by dark rumours, and undeniable evidence links…

Second Blue

7.5

Tateishi Daichi, an employee at a book design company in Tokyo, has very little interest in real life romance and prefers romance found in books. That is until one day, he reunites with Ichikura Kosuke, someone he…

Tsuribaka Nisshi Season 2

7.5

Hamasaki Densuke is now in his third year at the big construction company Suzuki Construction. His enthusiasm for fishing reinforces his lovable character and he now has a bizarre mentoring relationship with his company…

The Solitary Gourmet

7.6

Inokashira Goro, a trader of imported goods, enjoys dining at restaurants. The story opens with a quick jaunt to Paris, where an elderly Japanese expat, Ichiro, entrusts Goro with a mission to find the ingredients…

Kamen Rider Gotchard: The Future Daybreak

7.2

A huge army of enemies from the future world suddenly attacks through a time-space gate! Houtaro Ichinose/Kamen Rider Gotchard and the others manage to fight back. In the future, 20 years later, Houtaro, Kamen Rider…

Kioku Sosa: Shinjuku Higashisho Jiken File

7.1

At the Shinjuku Higashi Police Station, many incidents occur every day, and many of them are "untouched cases" that the detectives cannot move even if they are aware of them. A wheelchair detective by the name of Onizuka…

Shishosetsu: Hattatsu Shogai no Boku ga Junai Shosetsuka ni Nareta Riyu

7.7

A husband with a developmental disorder and a wife who continues to be close to each other... (Source: TV Asahi) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Shishosetsu" (私小説) by Ichikawa Takuji (市川拓司).