Kudo Shizuka

Kudo Shizuka (工藤静香) is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She was very popular from the late 1980s through the early 1990s. She was also member #38 of the super idol group Onyanko Club and member of the gravure group Momoko Club. In 1984, Kudo Shizuka auditioned for the Miss Seventeen Contest…

Murakami Hiroaki

Hiroaki Murakami is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki roles, and has also taken parts in tokusatsu and modern productions. Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as…

Okada Kazuchika

Kazuchika Okada is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). A four-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Okada's fourth reign at 720 days is the longest in the championship’s history and it also holds the record for most successful title defenses at 12. Along…

Terayama Shuji

Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. His oeuvre includes a number of essays claiming that more can be…

Kaga Takeshi

Kaga Takeshi is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV. His real name is Katsuta Shigekatsu. Kaga was born in the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture,…

Nakamura Yuichi

Nakamura Yuichi is a Japanese actor, most notably known for his role in the 2005 Tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Hibiki. Nakamura is affiliated with the acting group D-BOYS. Nakamura started his career in entertainment in 2003, joining the talent agency Johnny & Associates under the Johnny's Jr. division.…

Fujimoto Takahiro

Fujimoto Takahiro, born July 21, 1970, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actor and a retired male medley swimmer, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was 8th place (4:23.86) in the Men's 400m Individual…

Kobayashi Yumi

Yumi Kobayashi is a female fashion model from Tokyo, Japan. She belongs to the show-business production Burning Production, K.K. and used to be belong to Platica Inc. Her show-business name from July 2007 to March 2008 was Yumi Uno (宇野優美). In 2002, Kobayashi debuted as an exclusive model of…

Sorimachi Takashi

Sorimachi Takashi, born in Urawa City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese model, actor and singer. Sorimachi is mostly famous for his portrayal of Onizuka Eikichi in the live-action drama adaptation of the popular manga series "GTO", and the assassin O in Hong Kong action film "Fulltime Killer".…

Kuroki Meisa

Kuroki Meisa, born as Shimabukuro Satsuki, is an actress, model, and singer represented by the agency Sweet Power and signed to Sony Music Japan. Kuroki is Okinawan and one-quarter Brazilian. She made her acting debut in 2004 in both TV and theater and continued to be active in stage productions In…

(Ab)normal Desire

7.3

Terai Hiroki is a prosecutor at the Yokohama Public Prosecutors' Office. He is married and and has a elementary school aged son. His son is often truant and Terai Hiroki worries his son might shut himself off from…

One in a Million: Tax Squad

7.4

There's a newly established department within what is known as “Kome”: the “Complex National Tax Case Processing Office,” also known by the nickname “Zakkoku.” Yoneda Seiko establishes Zakkoku to handle…

Furueru Iwa: Reigen Ohatsu Torimono Hikae

7.4

Ohatsu, who has awakened to her miraculous powers, and her partner, the apprentice police officer Ukyonosuke, encounter a strange incident that occurs in the town of Edo! Eventually, they come across the sad truth…

Alibi Kuzushi Uketamawarimasu Special

7.4

The wealthy president of Fuzai Construction, Fuzai Kenichi, has been stabbed to death at his home, and the crew rushes to the scene of the crime! However, according to the coroner Higuchi Hideto, even though he was…

Toshishita no Otoko

7.4

Yamaguchi Chikako (30) is a woman who's longing for love and marriage. Because of her 30 years of age, she's finding it more difficult to find a man who will marry her. Her brother Taku (22), who's still attending…

My Fave, the Killer

7.4

The protagonists are members of the troubled trio of idols active in Osaka, "Baby★Starlight." The three commit the crime of "murder," but vow to cover it up and continue performing on stage. They are faced with one…

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional

7.4

Manga artist Kishibe Rohan hears the horrifying confession of a masked man in a church in Venice. It is a confession of a curse that was placed on him for accidentally killing a homeless man, making him "experience…

Boku no Kawaii wa Madamada Hatsutentojo!?

7.3

Ichinose Kei has just moved to Tokyo Head Office of Yayoi Beer. He was struggling at work, love, and also cuteness but have no choice other than to grow in those areas. One day, he was reunited with his ex-girlfriend…

Wise and Foolish

7.3

The Prime Minister's mind and body are swapped with someone else!? This time, the "body swap target" is all Japanese citizens!? What are the identities of the three people hidden by "Muto Taizan's mask"!? The crocodile-faced…

Mitsumete Sorashite: Crossroad

7.4

This mini-drama consist of five 3-minute individual short stories. The stories are one-man performances in one long take with subjective footage, and star popular young actors from Stardust Promotions. Each story captures…