Matsui Hachiro

Matsui Hachiro was a Japanese composer and jazz pianist.

Aoyama Kyoko

Endo Seiichi

Enomoto Kenichi

Actor and comedian, known as the “Comedy King of Japan.” Enomoto actually debuted in show business in a Japanese production of the opera Carmen, singing in the chorus. He leveraged his improvisational skills to transition into film. He was also a talented singer and recorded for Columbia, Victor…

Yanagiya Kingoro

Kita Takeo

Kita Takeo was an art director and producer of Japanese films and President of Toho Built. He was born in Osaka. He was the first deputy director of the Japan Film and Television Art Directors Association. His younger brother Kita Tatsuo is also an art director. In 1926, he graduated from Ichioka Junior…

Akutagawa Takayuki

Akutagawa Takayuki was a former Japanese announcer, narrator, and moderator from Tokyo Prefecture. In October 1951, he joined Radio Tokyo (currently TBS) as an announcer. He left Radio Tokyo in December 1959 and became a freelancer in January 1960. His wife is Radio Tokyo announcer Honda Setsuko. (Source:…

Hama Yuko

Hama Yuko is a Japanese actress born at Meguro in Tokyo. She was married to Ichikawa Ennosuke III, a kabuki actor, and gave birth to Kagawa Teruyuki, who also became an actor, before divorcing three years later in 1968. She started working in the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater…

Oka Joji

Oka Joji was a Japanese actor from Tokyo, Japan.

Omachi Fumio

Omachi Fumio, originally named Setoguchi Fumio (瀬戸口文夫), was a Japanese actor born in Kumamoto, Japan. He graduated from Nagasaki Higher Commercial School and initially worked as a reporter at the Ministry of Communications. In 1934, he began his stage acting career with the Shinkyo Theater…