Taniguchi Takashi

Taniguchi Takashi was a Japanese voice actor from Hokkaido. He was last affiliated to to Office Osawa at the time of his death. He died at the age of 65 from an unknown illness on December 27, 2012. His death was announced the next day by fellow voice actor Furukawa Toshio on his Twitter account after…

Fukuda Toyoto

Fukuda Toyoto, also known by the erroneous credit Fukuda Toyoshi (福田豊士), was a Japanese actor born in Setagaya, Tokyo. He was the eldest son of Japanese painter Fukuda Toyoshiro. Fukuda attended Japan University's Faculty of Literature but later discontinued his studies in the English Literature…

Kitagawa Machiko

Born as a daughter of a stationery store in Tokyo (Chikada Co., Ltd., a sales and wholesale company for office supplies). She had an older brother, but he died in the war. In 1949, while a student at the higher girls' school decided to try out for new Toho when she went to visit the studio. She was…

Kimura Takeo

Kimura Takeo was a Japanese art director of more than 200 films, writer and film director. He begun his career in 1945 and was one of Japan's best known art directors, most famously for his collaborations with cult director Suzuki Seijun through the 1960s at the Nikkatsu Company, exemplified by 'Tokyo…

Katsuta Hisashi

Katsuka Hisashi was a Japanese vactor and voice actor. He was best known for his voice-over portrayal of Professor Ochanomizu in three anime adaptations of the Astro Boy franchise, and also voiced Dr. Hoshi in Astroganger, Professor Tobishima in Groizer X, and Izumi Shinichiro in Tosho Daimos. Katsuta…

Sogabe Kazuyuki

Sogabe Kazuyuki was a Japanese actor, voice actor, musician and narrator. During his life, he had been attached to Theater Echo; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He also served as guitarist of the band Slapstick, which he formed with fellow voice actors Furuya Toru and Furukawa…

Higuchi Ichiyo

Higuchi Ichiyo was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan, and the second daughter of Higuchi Noriyoshi, a low-ranking official in the Tokyo Prefecture. She is recognized as the first professional female writer in modern Japan. She began her education at Hongo Elementary School in 1877 but withdrew…

Akutagawa Hiroshi

Akutagawa Hiroshi was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of writer Akutagawa Ryunosuke and brother of composer Akutagawa Yasushi. (Source: MyDramaList)

Itami Keijiro

Kanda Masaki

Masaki Kanda is a Japanese actor. His ex-wife is singer Seiko Matsuda whom he married in 1985 and they divorced in 1997 and their daughter is Sayaka Kanda who was also a singer and committed suicide by jumping from an upper floor of the hotel on December 18, 2021. Kanda was recruited by actor Ishihara…