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Okamoto Kido
Okamoto Kido was a Japanese novelist and playwright born in Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Okamoto Keiji (岡本啓二). He was a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. At the age of three, he began studying classical Chinese texts under his father's guidance, and at nine, he began learning Chinese…
Kon Hidemi
Kon Hidemi was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and stage director, born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. He was the first Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and held various prominent cultural roles throughout his career. In 1911, Kon moved to Kobe due to his father's work as a captain…
Kojima Yoyo
Kojima Yoyo, born Kojima Masaji (小島正次), was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and opera singer. He began his career in Asakusa opera and Shinpai before moving into film acting. Born in Okachimachi, Shitaya, Tokyo, he attended Urawa Junior High School in Saitama and later enrolled in the Tokyo Music…
Tsuboi Sakae
Tsuboi Sakae, born Iwai Sakae (岩井栄) in Sakate, Shozu, Kagawa, Japan, was a Japanese children's literature novelist and poet. She was the fifth daughter of Iwai Tokichi (岩井藤吉), a soy sauce barrel craftsman. After her family’s business failed, she worked as a babysitter while attending…
Masuda Kiiton
Masuda Kiiton, born Kimura Hajime (木村一) in Aoyanagi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, was a Japanese actor and comedian, also known by the name Masuda Kiiton (益田キートン). His family, originally samurai from the Aizu domain, relocated to Hakodate after losing a battle in Niigata. They initially…
Tsubaki Sanshiro
Tsubaki Sanshiro was a Japanese actor born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Mase Matsutaro (間瀬 松太郎), and he also went by the stage name Tsushima Keiichiro (津島 慶一郎). In March 1924, he completed his education at the former Nishikiko Commercial School in Kanda Nishiki-cho,…
Ogawa Mayumi
Ogawa Mayumi is a Japanese actress born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from a Japanese and Western Women's Junior College with a degree in Japanese literature. Her father, Shin, was an actor affiliated with the theater group Shin Tokyo, founded before the war. She began studying ballet and Japanese…
Yamanaka Sadao
Yamanaka Sadao was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Hinoshitacho, Takakuradori Matsubarashita, Shimogyo, Kyoto, Japan. He is known as one of the representative directors of Japanese cinema in the 1930s, during the transition from silent films to talkies, and is recognized as a talented…
Kawazu Seizaburo
Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…
Kikuchi Fuma
Kikuchi Fuma was born in Tokyo and began his idol career as a member of the group B.I.Shadow (2008) and then Sexy Zone (セクシーゾーン, 2011). On April 1st, 2024 the second group was renamed to "timelesz" in an attempt to create excitement and a new image after multiple members decided to leave.…
