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Shimura Takashi
Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan. His debut as actor was the film Akanishi Kakita (Capricious Young Man, 1936) and cast in the Kenji Mizoguchi's film Osaka Elegy (1936). In company with Toshiro Mifune, Shimura is the actor most closely associated with Akira Kurosawa…
Sato Koichi
Sato Koichi is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He's the son of actor Mikuni Rentaro. He married Ayako Hirota in 1993 and their child is Kanichiro Sato. Sato won the 1st Tokyo Drama Awards as Best Actor three times: for "Kaze no Hate", "Tengoku to Jigoku" and "Honto to Uso to Tequila". He's currently…
Takeda Shinji
Shinji Takeda is a Japanese actor, tarento and saxophone player. He is represented by Horipro and made an actor debut in the drama "Nakayoshi" in 1990, and made a movie debut 2 years later. Takeda has had notable roles in such works as "The Incite Mill", "Kyō Kara Hitman" and "Tokyo Eyes". He was the…
Kiki Kirin
Kiki Kirin was a Japanese actress from Kanda-ku, Tokyo. After graduating from high school, she started her acting career in the early 1960s as a member of the Bungakuza theater troupe using the stage name Yuki Chiho. She was aiming to become a pharmacist but abandoned college because her leg was injured…
Tanimura Mitsuki
Tanimura Mitsuki is a Japanese actress. Mitsuki's mother encouraged her to join an Osaka theater troupe as a second-grader. She began her career in the entertainment industry as a photo model. She made her acting debut on the NHK TV drama "Manten" in 2002. In 2005, she got her first starring role in…
Ikeuchi Hiroyuki
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi is a Japanese actor. Ikeuchi's mother is Salvadoran and his father is Japanese. He is an avid martial artist, mostly holding a black belt in judo and is also a keen fisherman.
Mashima Hidekazu
Hidekazu Mashima was born in Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan. He started getting interested in films because of the influence of friends when he studied law at Kokushikan University in Tokyo. He took acting classes and received the offer of a leading role in Lee Sang Il's graduation project, "Chong" (2000).…
Shinoda Mariko
Shinoda Mariko is a Japanese idol singer. She is the former captain of AKB48's Team A. After finishing high school, Shinoda Mariko auditioned for the first generation of AKB48 and failed. Not wanting to give up her dreams, she started working part-time in the cafe on the same floor as the AKB48 theater.…
Matsumoto Marika
Matsumoto Marika, born September 12, 1984, in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress and seiyu. Though only active since 2000, her unique voice and professionalism have gotten her a lot of experience in a short period of time. She is a graduate of Suginami High School. From 2001-2003, she was known…
Kikuchi Rinko
Kikuchi Rinko is a Japanese actress. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She is currently Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee in acting categories. She debuted in 1999 under her birth name, Yuriko Kikuchi, with the Kaneto Shindo-directed…
