Kagawa Kyoko

Kagawa was born in Tokyo in 1931. She originally wanted to become a ballerina. She was discovered by a film studio after winning a beauty contest and began a career in acting. Her first major film role was in a movie Mado Kara Tobidase (Jump Out of the Window). She became a household name for her role…

Asano Taeko

Watanabe Hiroyuki

Watanabe Hiroyuki was a Japanese actor born in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture. He was married to the actress Hara Hideko. He graduated from the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Takushoku University. He learned German by working part-time at Lufthansa in college. Watanabe began…

Sasano Takashi

Takashi Sasano is a Japanese actor born in Awaji, Japan. He graduated from Sumoto High School and attended Nihon University College of Art. (Source: IMDb)

Nomura Masumi

Nomura Masumi is a Japanese actress under FLaMme. She is the niece of actor Sawamura Ikki, and cousin to his sons, model Nomura Taiki and fellow actor Nomura Kota.

Tamura Masakazu

Tamura Masakazu, born in Setagaya and died in Minato, was a Japanese actor. He was the third actor from the acting trio "The Three Tamura Brothers", alongside his brothers Takahiro and Ryo. His half-brother is actor Mizukami Yasuhiro. In 1961, he signed an exclusive contract and debuted in his first…

Fujioka Hiroshi

Fujioka Kunihiro, better known by his stage name Fujioka Hiroshi, is a Japanese actor known for playing the hero Takeshi Hongo in the tokusatsu superhero series Kamen Rider, and later the Sega Saturn mascot Segata Sanshiro. Fujioka is a cultural icon in Japan, even having the minor planet 12408 Fujioka,…

Nakatani Miki

Miki Nakatani is a Japanese actress and singer. She is most known for her appearance in the 1998 Japanese supernatural psychological horror film "Ring". Nakatani starred in Hideo Nakata's "Chaos". She co-starred in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's horror film "Loft" with Etsushi Toyokawa. She won the Best Actress…

Yakusho Koji

Yakusho Koji is a Japanese actor. In 1976, he saw a production of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths and was inspired, first to watch, and then later to take part in, as many plays as possible. In 1983, he landed the role of Oda Nobunaga in the year-long NHK drama Tokugawa Ieyasu and was catapulted to fame.…

Tanihara Shosuke

Tanihara Shosuke is a Japanese actor born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is probably best known outside of Japan for his portrayal of Riki Fudoh in Fudoh: The New Generation. Tanihara hosts Tokyo Twenty-Four Living Supported by FLET'S Hikari, a podcast produced by TOKYO FM. The podcast began airing…