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Mori Kyoko
Mori Kyoko, born Mori Kyoko (森啓子), is a Japanese actress born in Dalian, China, who later relocated to Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Mita High School (東京都立三田高等学校). Mori debuted as part of Toho's fifth batch of New Faces and continued her acting career…
Kitaura Akiyoshi
Kitaura Akiyoshi is a Japanese actor born in Nagasaki, Japan, and affiliated with Geiei (芸映). Raised in Hiroshima, he was exposed to the atomic bomb at the age of five in the summer of 1945 but survived with only minor burns. After graduating from Hiroshima University of Economics High School (広島経済大学附属高等学校),…
Ichikawa Chusha VIII
Eighth-generation Ichikawa Chusha, born Shizusada Kinoshi (喜熨斗倭貞), was a kabuki and film actor. He was the second son of the first-generation Ichikawa Ennosuke (市川猿之助) and the younger brother of the second-generation Ichikawa Ennosuke (二代目市川猿之助). Ichikawa Chusha made…
Ishihara Yujiro
Yujiro grew up in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in Otaru, Hokkaido, and in Zushi, Kanagawa. His father, an employee of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, was from Ehime Prefecture, and his mother was from Miyajima, Hiroshima. Yujiro attended Otaru Fuji Kindergarten and then Otaru City Inaho Elementary School. During his…
Kishida Shin
Kishida Shin was a Japanese actor, best known for his memorable supporting roles in films and television series. Kishida Shin was born at Kawakita General Hospital in Asagaya, Suginami, Tokyo. His uncle was playwright Kunio Kishida, and actress Kyoko Kishida and children's author Eriko Kishida were…
Kato Daisuke
Kato Daisuke, whose real name was Kato Tokunosuke (加藤徳之), was a Japanese actor born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Seventh Junior High School and began his career as a kabuki actor before transitioning to film. His father, Takejima Denzo, was a playwright and assistant…
Ifukube Akira
Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube. The origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood…
Kuroyanagi Tetsuko
Kuroyanagi Tetsuko is a Japanese actress, television host, and essayist, born in Nogizaka, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. She is known for her pioneering role as Japan's first female television news anchor and talk show host. Affiliated with Yoshida Nahomi Office, Inc., she is also a member of the Japan Art…
Ryu Chishu
Ryu Chishu was a Japanese actor born in Tamamizu, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. His family resided in Ryojoji Temple, which belonged to the Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha sect, where his father served as a priest. He graduated from Tamamizu Elementary School and then from Tamana Junior High School. Following this,…
Hirata Akihiko
He had an unusual background for an actor: his formal education began in a kindergarten founded by the wartime-era Japanese Imperial Army and continued in a military academy which was Tokyo's answer to West Point. Upon graduating from Tokyo University, Hirata confounded many family expectations of him…
