Hoshi no Kyoshitsu

Riso no Kazoku wo Suteru made

In the Saionji household, where she lived like family, young Misaki is suddenly cornered as a "traitor." Accused of embezzling donations and committing violence, she is not believed by her brothers, Ren and Sho, and…

Mobuko no Koi

Growing up, Nobuko Tanaka was always a "side character" standing off in the corner. Now in her 20s, she's fallen in love for the first time. While she isn't any good at being assertive, she will muster her courage…

Wasurenagusa no Saku Machi de: Azumino Shinryoki

Tsukioka Mikoto, who graduated from the nursing faculty of a national university in Matsumoto, Shinshu, spends her busy days working as a nurse in the internal medicine ward of a small general hospital in Azumino.…

Tsumi no Toge

Erika, a former inmate who lost her father at a young age and grew up without knowing love, has a past marked by repeated cycles of dependency and loneliness, unable to form relationships with others. She raises cacti,…

Kimi no Suki wa Muteki

Kusakabe Anna is a talented consultant working at a major management consulting firm. One day, she suddenly resigns, declaring that she plans to achieve FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early). However, despite…

Natsuiro no Kumo ga Koi to Arashi wo Makiokosu

Takemiya Natsuki, a high school senior preparing for his university entrance exams, is having the worst summer ever. He gets dumped by his girlfriend right before summer break, his mock exam scores are a disaster,…

Sisyphostachi no Manazashi

Watashi no Shiranai Kodomotachi

Naimononedari no Kimi ni Hikari no Hanataba wo

Eiko is a high school girl who has a complex about being "ordinary" in every way. However, during the second semester, she ends up sitting next to Mahiru, a popular student at school and a member of a hugely popular…

Mitsuaki Iwago

Iwago is a prominent Japanese wildlife photographer and filmmaker. He is the son of Tokumitsu Iwagō, himself a noted wildlife photographer. After graduating from Hosei University, Iwago went as his father's assistant to the Galápagos Islands, where he decided to become a photographer. His work Letters…

Qusumi Masayuki

Qusumi Masayuki is a mangaka and an essayist. Best known for his work of Kodoku no Gurume / Solitary Gourmet.

Kataoka Ichitaro

Kataoka was born on February 13, 1877 to Hikoemon HARASAWA, the master sculptor for Kyoto Imperial Palace, at Harasawa's house on the corner of Sakaimachi-dori and Marutamachi-dori streets, right across from the Imperial Palace. Upon his father's death in 1881, he was adopted by Seizaburo TSUKAMOTO.…

Anazawa Masahiro

Anazawa Masahiro is a former Japanese idol and actor from Kanagawa, Japan. He joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates and performed in 1995 as a trio on KinKi Kids's crowning program "Soko Go KinKi Dai Broadcasting" with Asakura Kazuo and Sakurai Sho. Anazawa made a regular appearance…

Inagaki Hiroshi

A skilled and versatile filmmaker best known for his jidai-geki, Inagaki worked as an actor before directing. In the silent era, he narrated traditional stories with visual flair and melodramatic intensity: his extant second film, Vagabond Gambler (Hōrō zanmai, 1928), reveals his instinctive talent…

Takabe Ai

Ai Takabe won the Gravure Award at the 10th Japan Bishōjo Contest in August 2004. The following month, she joined Bishōjo Club 31 (美少女クラブ31), an idol group composed of Japan Bishōjo Contest winners (8th through 10th). In May 2005, she won the Grand Prix award at the 1st Miss WPB Contest.…

Ando Momoko

Ando Momoko, a graduate of the London Slade School of Fine Arts and New York University, is no stranger to film: born in 1982 to actor­ director Okuda Eiji and essayist Ando Kazu, she worked on films as her father’s assistant before making her debut work, the manga adaption Kakera, in 2009. (Source:…

Kishida Kyoko

Kishida Kyoko was a Japanese actress, voice actor, and fairy tale writer born in Toyotama-gun, Tokyo as the second daughter of playwright Kishida Kunio. She graduated from Jiyu Gakuen High School. While she was a student at said school, she became interested in performing arts and aspired to become…

Sato Atsuhiro

Sato Atsuhiro was born on August 30, 1973. When he was in his 3rd year of primary school, during the 2nd term, he moved to Fujisawa, Kanagawa. In 1986, aged 13, he joined Johnny's Entertainment as a "scholarship student" instead of passing an audition. The following year, he debuted with Hikaru GENJI…

Takabatake Momoka

Takabatake Momoka, known professionally as MOMOKA, is a Japanese rapper, singer and dancer signed to Japanese management company BMSG under the B-RAVE section as a member of girl group HANA, formed through the audition show No No Girls. She made her debut with the group with "ROSE" in April 2025. Prior…