Kobayashi Akira

Kobayashi attended Meiji University but left before graduating. He became an actor at Nikkatsu and made his film debut in 1956. He solidified his popularity with such films as Nangoku Tosa o Ato ni Shite (A Farewell to Southern Tosa) and starred in the "Wataridori" ("Rambler") and "Senpūji" ("Whirlwind…

Iura Hidetomo

Retired Japanese singer and actor, born in Tokyo. Appeared in many various tokusatsu series like Kamen Rider Super-1; Dai Sentai Goggle V; Chōdenshi Bioman and Tokkyū Shirei Solbrain.

Mishima Yukiko

Mishima Yukiko was born in Osaka in 1969. After graduating from Kobe College, she worked at the TV broadcasting station NHK before completing her first cinema feature, Shisei: Like A Smelling Moom, in 2009. Since then, she has worked as a director and script writer for cinema as well as TV productions.…

Watanabe Marina

Marina Watanabe was born and raised within the Tokyo area. It is said that her father named his daughter "Marina", an unusual name in Japan which comes from Latin because he enjoyed yachting. In 1986, she was discovered by star agents and subsequently passed her audition tests to become an idol in the…

Watanabe Miyuki

Watanabe Miyuki is a former member of multiple Japanese idol girl groups. She is a former member of NMB48's Team BII and a former member of SKE48's Team S. She was also on AKB48 Team B. Watanabe passed NMB48's first-generation auditions on 20 September 2010, and debuted on 9 October the same year. Her…

Kanno Miho

In 1992, Kanno made her debut as a member of a group called Sakurakko Kurabu Sakura Gumi (trans. Sakurakko Club Sakura Group) after passing the orientation for the TV variety show Sakurakko Kurabu. As a member of the Sakura Gumi, she started to participate actively from the group's second single DO-shite…

Masumura Yasuzo

Masumura was born in Kōfu, Yamanashi. He would become known as a maverick director whose main legacy was films portraying and promoting individualism, which was the opposite of the norm in Japanese society. He entered the law department of Tokyo University, but his studies were interrupted when he…

Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer and musical director, known for his eminent film scores for world famous directors. Hisaishi was born as Fujisawa Mamoru, on December 6, 1950 in Nakano, Japan. At the age of five, he started taking violin lessons, at which he made rapid progress. At the age of nineteen,…

Owada Kimiko

Shoji Kohei

Shoji Kohei is a Japanese actor who plays Takamichi Crystalia / Kiramai Silver in "Mashin Sentai Kiramager". He is associated with Oscar Promotion. Mashin Sentai Kiramager is his first television role. Most of his filmed scenes as KirameiSilver were done during the COVID-19 pandemic. His hobbies are…