Ueno Koji

Ueno Koji is a Japanese composer, musician, arranger and keyboardist. He is noted for his unique style of music. He graduated from Nihon University's department of music at its faculty of art, and in 1978, began his career in music with his first music ensemble, 8&1/2, after which he worked with the…

Jacques Shigeno

Jacques Shigeno was a Japanese jazz pianist. His younger brother, Roger Shigeno, was a drummer and a Western-style painter. Their father, Baron Shigeno Seibu, was a musician who served in the French Foreign Legion during World War I and became known as the first ace pilot in Japanese aviation history.…

Koseki Yuji

Koseki Yuji was a Japanese ryūkōka, gunka, march, fight song and film score composer, known for his elegant and prestigious style. It is said that he composed 5,000 songs during his lifetime, many of which are still loved.

Nishimura Juko

Nishimura Juko was a Japanese novelist, born in Kagawa, Japan. He gained popularity due to his style called hard romance. Writer Bo Nishimura is his brother.

Nakata Yasuko

She is a former Japanese actress. She was born in Takarazuka Revue and Nikki Dancing Team (NDT). She played a supporting role and a minor role in many Japanese movies. In the 1964 Hollywood-style musical film "Asphalt Girl", she plays the leading role in singing and dancing. In 1933, she was born in…

Onoe Kikugoro V

A Japanese Kabuki actor, one of the three most famous and celebrated of the Meiji period,along with Ichikawa Danjūrō IX and Ichikawa Sadanji I. Unlike most kabuki actors, who specialize in a particular type of role, Kikugorō, as a kaneru yakusha, played both tachiyaku (male heroes) and onnagata (women)…

Negishi Kichitaro

Kichitaro Negishi is a Japanese film director. Although his films are admired by critics in Japan for their intelligence, Negishi has received little international recognition for his work. He has not been credited with a distinctive style but he has been called a subtle director who often elicits strong…

Hana

Hana is a Japanese dancer and a member of the Japanese dance troupe That Crew. She specializes in hip-hop and contemporary styles, often incorporating smooth yet powerful moves. She is the older sister of TWICE’s Momo, and both started dancing at a young age. Both Hana and Momo were scouted by JYP…

Ibuki Imata

Ibuki Imata is a Japanese Waacking freestyle dancer and half of the duo "Bad Queens". She started dancing when she was 6-7 years old, training in different styles of street dance including hip-hop, popping, and locking, but ultimately falling in love with Waacking at 11 years old. (Source: G-Shock Casio,…

Honda Kyoya

Honda Kyoya is a Japanese actor born in Fukui, Japan. He debuted in 2017 in the drama "Setoutsumi". He is also a model who rose to fame after being named as the Top 1 Handsome Senior Student in Japan in 2016. He has since become popular on Instagram for his streetwear-heavy style. (Source: A-Plus Official…

Pursuit at Dawn

This documentary-style police drama depicts life in the back alleys of Tokyo’s Shimbashi district. The film’s camera work shows the beginnings of Ichikawa’s innovative style.

Kikyo no Yume

.A musical-style drama depicting the truth of a woman's love against the backdrop of the Sengoku period

The Ballad of Narayama

7.7

The Kabuki-styled film tells a story about a small village in the mountains suffering from scarcity of food, upholds the tradition of carrying the elderly who reach the ago of seventy and abandoning them on the mountainside…

Matsumoto Adventure Corps

It is an "adventure-style documentary" that goes to the island where the team led by Matsumoto exists, and covers the legends, secret festivals, UMA (unidentified creatures) and other bodies. In addition to introducing…

Z Studio Himatsubuso

A completely new style variety show that brings together next-generation creators who are active in various fields and creates content and businesses for Generation Z with their own free ideas. With the ultimate crushing…

World Scout: The Final Piece

It is an elimination-style reality series produced by HYBE and Geffen Records. The show documents a global talent search—centered on Japan—to find the final member for a new multinational girl group. The final…

Ano Ie ni Kurasu Yo-nin no Onna

6.0

An old Western-style building in Suginami, Tokyo. 4 of the embroidery artist Sachi Makita and his mother-in-law Tsuruyo, Sachi's friend and darling Yukino Taniyama, and Yukino's junior and sweet guy Taeomi Ueno. People…

4-tsu no Fushigi na Story

7.3

A four-piece omnibus-style special drama produced by the production staff of "The Really Scary Story" and the JRA Japan Racing Association. 6 people gather at a coffee shop on a winter day. While having fun conversations…

Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game: Yugawara Inn

7.8

In a Russian Roulette style game involving sushi, Yamasaki, Tanaka, and Hamada lost and were punished in the second spa-themed no-laughing batsu game, filmed at Yugawara, Kanagawa. A riding crop was the punishment…

United Red Army

7.2

Shot in a raw verite style, United Red Army explores the political unrest of 1960s Japan, when mass student uprisings coincided with the beginnings of the far-left United Red Army group, which tortured and murdered…