Ueki Hitoshi

Actor, comedian, singer, and guitarist, Ueki came to fame through the comic jazz-band The Crazy Cats led by Hajime Hana. His hit song, Sūdara-bushi, placed in the Oricon top ten and landed him an appearance on the NHK annual music spectacular Kōhaku Uta Gassen. Ueki received the Purple Ribbon Medal…

Somai Shinji

Shinji Somai was a Japanese film director. He directed 13 films between 1980 and 2000. Somai was born in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, and was brought up in Hokkaido. He began his career in 1975 as an assistant director with Nikkatsu Co., one of Japan's leading film production companies, after he dropped…

Yamagami Kenji

Yamagami Kenji is a Japanese actor. He was born in Sakai City in Osaka Prefecture on December 3, 1961. After belonging to Toei Management, he now belongs to Yamagami Shoten. He is known for appearing in many dramas following his 1988 debut.

Kashima Riku

Riku Kashima is a former popular child actor who worked under the name Issei Kakazu from 2005 to 2011. He is well known for his roles in "Ryusei no Kizuna" (2008) and "Go" (2011). Kashima retired from acting and moved back to Okinawa, after appearing in "Aishiteru: Kizuna". In 2018, he decided to return…

Endo Fumiya

Endo Fumiya is a Japanese actor and model. Born in Shizuoka Prefecture. He is under Avex Group management.

Abe Tsuyoshi

Tsuyoshi Abe was born in Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China. He's a Chinese-Japanese actor in Japan. Of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent (his grandmother was Japanese), he is able to speak both Mandarin and Japanese fluently. Abe's original name was Li Zhen Dong; after he moved to Japan…

Umeda Mika

Umeda Mika is a Japanese screenwriter and essayist from Tokyo. Haruo Umeda, a former movie actress, is her eldest daughter while the management consultant Nobuo Umeda is her older brother. She was married to a film director Masayuki Ochiai. After graduating from Faculty of Literature at Keio University,…

Hoshida Yoshiko

Hoshida Yoshiko is a Japanese producer and director from Tokyo, Japan. She served as the general director and managing director at Kyodo Television (共同テレビジョン). Hoshida developed an interest in the entertainment industry early, influenced by her father's career. She graduated from the…

Shirota Yu

Shirota Yu (Birth name: Yu Shirota Fernandez) is a Japanese-Spanish actor, most known for his role as Kagurazaka Makoto in the Japanese television drama live-action adaption of Hana-Kimi, Kunimitsu Tezuka in the Prince of Tennis Musicals and as Kei Shinjo in Rookies. In 2009, he was named one of the…

Wu Chun

Wu Chun, real name Goh Kiat Chun, was born in Brunei of Chinese descent. He was discovered when he traveled to Taiwan and was asked to become a main character (despite his then-lack of Mandarin fluency) in the Taiwanese drama Tokyo Juliet, with which he shot to fame. Later, he also joined the popular…

Hana no Kusari

7.2

The story is about three women who all live in the same countryside town but who never interact with one another even though they are all tied by the same tragedy. While newly-unemployed Rika tries to get her ailing…

Hana Ikusa

7.2

In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi's rule makes life difficult for the people. Monk Senko Ikenobo is a master of…

Hana Ikusa

7.2

Inoue Mao plays the role of Mineko, a young maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion district of Kyoto. -- Tokyograph

Hana's Miso Soup

7.2

Chie enjoys happy days with her boyfriend Shingo, but she is diagnosed with breast cancer. Chie is shaken with anxiety, but her boyfriend asks her to marry him. Chie gives up hope of having a baby due to the drugs…

Hana Moyu

7.5

Fumi becomes Genzui Kusaka’s wife. During the turbulent times of the closing days for the Tokugawa shogunate, she lives positively and tries to keep up Shoin Yoshida's will. Shoin Yoshida is her older brother and…

Hana Korea

7.4

Illustrates the journey of Hye Sun, a woman who strives to start a new life in South Korea after leaving North Korea. However, South Korea turns out to be another arena in which she must adapt, rather than as a place…

Hana no Asuka-gumi!

7.6

The story of Kuraku Asuka, a junior high student who has to fight a big delinquent organisation and their underlings.

Hana Yori Mo Naho

7.2

The year is 1702, and young samurai Sozaemon Aoki has arrived in Edo to seek revenge against Jubei Kanazawa. Kanazawa is the man responsible for the death of Aoki's father, and now it's up to the grieving swordsman…

Hana no Zubora Meshi

6.8

The story is about the daily life of a 30-year-old new wife, Hana, who cooks “Zubora Meshi”, while her husband is on a job transfer away from home. ”Zubora-Meshi” is the corner-cutting and easy cooking people…

Hana-chan no Misoshiru

7.7

Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets the irrepressible Matsunaga Chie by accident. Just as their relationship is blossoming however,…