Arakawa Taro

Arakawa Taro, born Sato Yasuo (佐藤康夫), was a Japanese voice actor and actor from Tokyo, Japan. His former stage name was Arakawa Taro (荒川太郎). Initially, he was a disciple of Nagira Kenichi (なぎら健壱) and performed live music at various venues in Tokyo with the folk duo Sasuke during…

Hayano Toshiro

Hayano Toshiro was a Japanese director, actor, and voice actor. He used to lead the theater company "Haisho" and the Hayano Acting Research Institute. Born in Taiwan, he moved to Ogaki, Gifu, and grew up in Okinawa from age four until his fourth year of junior high school. He attended Okinawa Prefectural…

Sugimura Haruko

Sugimura Haruko was a Japanese actress born in Nishijido, Hiroshima, Japan, then a military town. Her mother was a geisha, and her father, reportedly a military man, died when she was young. She was adopted by a building materials merchant and a teahouse owner in the entertainment district. Her adoptive…

Murakami Hiroaki

Hiroaki Murakami is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki roles, and has also taken parts in tokusatsu and modern productions. Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as…

Katono Taiko

Katono Taikou, born October 27, 1992 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actor and model who is affiliated with Evergreen Entertainment. While in high school that aimed in the teachers in 2010, Katono entered the 23rd Junon Super Boy Contest from a document sent from his mother, he would…

Maruyama Ryuhei

Maruyama's career as a Johnny's idol has interesting beginnings. He was among 3 fresh Johnny's Jrs selected at an audition on September 22, 1996 (along with fellow member Subaru Shibutani) and appeared in an idol magazine announcing their selection on the same day. After not hearing from the agency…

Matsushita Kouhei

Matsushita Kouhei is a Japanese actor. Matsushita started oil painting from an early age with his mother, who is a painter. As he entered junior high school, he became more interesting in dancing, and he attended dancing courses. The movie "Tenshi ni Love Song 2" influenced him to "become a singer!".…

Kuriyama Chiaki

Kuriyama Chiaki is a Japanese actress, talent, model, and singer from Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture. She graduated from Japan High School of Music. Her agency was Space Craft until 2020 when she became a freelancer. She has worked as a fashion model for teen magazines such as "Pichi Lemon" and…

Tsuchiya Tao

Tsuchiya Tao is a Japanese actress, model, and dancer. Her older sister, Honoka, works as a model, while her younger brother, Shimba, is also an actor and voice actor. Chosen from among 2,020 women auditioning for the part, Tsuchiya was cast in the starring role of "Mare", a morning drama serial aired…

Camus Thane

Thane Camus is an American-born TV personality and actor in Japan. Camus was born in New York on November 27, 1970. Camus arrived in Japan in 1980 and graduated from a board school in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was the first male graduate of Saint Maur International School (est.1872) once it…

Tokyo Eyes

6.8

Police are tracking a shooting suspect who wears thick glasses. The young sister of a detective meets a similar young man and wonders whether or not he might be the mad vigilante portrayed in the media. (Source: IMDb;…

Tokyo Serendipity

6.7

In "Tokyo Serendipity," Yui Aoki (Yui Aragaki) is a young art student, suddenly facing the real world on her own. Her older sister abruptly announces that she is getting married and moving out of their shared apartment.…

Enishi: The Bride of Izumo

6.9

Maki Iizuka (Nozomi Sasaki) works as an editor for a wedding magazine in Tokyo. She is set to marry Kazunori Nakamura (Yuta Hiraoka) next month, when her grandmother dies. Her grandmother was like a mom to Maki. While…

Tokyo Story

7.2

"Tokyo Story", a live-action adaptation of a manga by Rieko Saibara and the prequel of 2009's "Your Story", focuses on the trials and tribulations of Natsumi Takahara's life as she moved from Nishihara (a small town…

The Ramen Girl

7.4

Abruptly abandoned by her boyfriend, a young American woman finds herself suddenly alone and adrift in Tokyo. Lost in the shuffle of a foreign culture and seeking to console herself, Abby winds up hanging out in her…

The Crazy Family

7.4

The Kobayashi family finally get the chance to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment in favour of the suburban house of their dreams. But all is not well: the house is infested by termites and the family…

Tokyo Pop

7.6

A young New York City rock singer decides to try her hand at fame in Japan so makes the journey. Upon her arrival, she meets a Japanese musician who needs an American girl to front his band. Fortunately, she joins…

Tokyo Olympiad

7.8

A spectacle of magnificent proportions, Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad ranks among the greatest documents of sport ever committed to film. Utilizing glorious widescreen cinematography, Ichikawa examines the beauty…

Tokyo.Sora

7.0

Six women attempt to make it in current day Tokyo, living their everyday lives the best and worst they can. For them, every little moment becomes a ritual of the ordinary and the exciting, a balancing act for their…