Akane Hotaru

Akane Hotaru, also known as Akizuki Anna and Hotaru, was a Japanese actress, HIV/AIDS activist, and AV idol. She was active in many media formats in Japan including mainstream theatrical film and was a popular blogger. She retired from AV work in 2008. Akane was discovered collapsed at home on August…

Gori Daisuke

Gori Daisuke, born Nagahori Yoshio, was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. Throughout his career, he was under various agencies, including TV Talent Center Tokyo, Yoshizawa Theatre School and then Mausu Production; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. On January…

Tanonaka Isamu

Tanonaka Isamu was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Taito, Tokyo. He was best known for voicing Madame Oyaji in nearly every adaptation of GeGeGe no Kitaro animation series during his lifetime. Previously, he had been attached to Gekidan Togei and then to Theater Echo. At the of his death,…

Yamaguchi Kappei

Yamaguchi Kappei, born Yamaguch Mitsuo, is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and rakugoka affiliated with Goku and 21st Century Fox. After making his voice acting debut in 1989 as the male version of Saotome Ranma in Ranma½, Yamaguchi went on to other notable roles including Inuyasha in the anime Inuyasha…

Sogabe Kazuyuki

Sogabe Kazuyuki was a Japanese actor, voice actor, musician and narrator. During his life, he had been attached to Theater Echo; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He also served as guitarist of the band Slapstick, which he formed with fellow voice actors Furuya Toru and Furukawa…

Sunthorn Phu

Phra Sunthorn Vohara, born Phu and known as Sunthorn Phu, was a famous royal poet honoured as the Shakespeare of Thailand. Born in 1786, four years after the birth of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, in what was then Thonburi and today Bangkok, his family home was behind the royal palace. Sometime after his…

Kobayashi Asao

Japanese actor. Well known for his role of Hyō Asao (VulPanther) in Taiyō Sentai Sun Vulcan. On 28 December 1982, less than a year after Sun Vulcan ended, Kobayashi's co-star Kishida Shin (Arashiyama Daizaburō) died of esophageal cancer, aged 43. Asao Kobayashi was so overcome by the shock of Kishida’s…

Araki Shinobu

Araki Shinobu was born in 1891 in Niigata. He spent the early part of his life in a small traveling theater company and performing in Asakusa, before joining Nikkatsu Mukojima in 1921, stepping into the world of acting for the first time. He began by appearing in the Shinpa dramas Futari Shizuka (Two…

Otsuka Chikao

Otsuka Chikao was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He was most known for the roles of Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Ishikawa Goemon XIII in Lupin III, Otoko Nezumi in GeGeGe no Kitaro, Yamada Denzo in Nintama Rintaro, Professor Moriarty in Sherlock Hound, Jagi in Fist of the North Star, Doctor…

Kameyama Sukekiyo

Kameyama Sukekiyo was a Japanese voice actor and actor born in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. He was affiliated with Kirakusei. He graduated from Ishinomaki High School and later graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Nihon University. He was associated with the Kawaji Natsuko Acting School before joining…

The Pampered and Flirtatious Capital Prince

6.8

On the brink of death, heiress Shen Xi Wei finally realizes that the person who truly loved her all along was Zhao Ting Shen, the influential heir she once kept at a distance—not Pei Yun Xiao, the driver’s son…

When a Man Loves a Woman

6.9

After the death of his mom, Ji Hun moves into the home of Mr. Seo. Ji Hun falls in love at first sight with Mr. Seo's daughter, In Hye. Ji Hun also becomes good friends with Seok Hyeon. But one day, In Hye decides…

Inheritance Storm

6.9

After her husband's death in a car accident, Dai Xi is drawn into a battle over his inheritance when another woman claims to be carrying his child, sparking a conflict over family and morality. (Source: TMDb)

The Switch

6.9

Moments before her death, Fang Si Yu learns the brutal truth: her husband Zhou Kai and best friend Jiang Yi Yi swapped her newborn, murdered Jiang's husband Song Cheng, and plotted to silence her forever. Given a second…

Married But Available

6.9

After experiencing a near-death situation, young couple Au Yeung Chi Chung and Chu Ming Ming hastily get married while vacationing abroad. As fate will have it, they end up working at the same company when they return…

Sisters on the Road

6.9

The sudden death of her mother brings Myeong Eun back home to Jeju island. There she meets her sister Myeong Ju and her daughter Seung Ah, still living at their old home, and Hyeon Ah who has lived with them for over…

Bushi-Stant Aisakakun

7.0

On the verge of death a passionate shunga painting samurai from edo period somehow travels through time just before his execution. (Source: MangaUpdates)

One More Shot

6.8

After his wife’s death professional bodyguard Lung Wei went overseas to find doctors for his daughter, but instead found a new job as a virtual reality tester. (Source: Letterboxd)

Reborn Rose, Live up to Him

6.8

Only before her death did Meng Ming Xuan learn that her husband, Yin Ting, who had married her and then treated her coldly for three years, had married her out of revenge against the Jiu Ye who raised her. His true…

Jiu Ye De Chong Ran Xiao Mei Gui

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Before her death, Meng Ming Xuan learned that Yin Ting had married her just to use her to deal with Jiu Ye. She never expected to encounter a car accident and be reborn back to the day when she committed suicide to…