Aoyama Thelma

Aoyama Thelma is a Japanese pop and R&B singer. She is part Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese. She is known for her collaboration song with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo" and her answer song "Soba ni Iru ne". In September 2008, the Guinness World Records certified that "Soba ni Iru ne" was the best-selling digital…

Yoshimura Sojiro

Tokito Saburo

Tokito Saburo is a Japanese actor. In his early days he moved to Osaka and was raised and learned there. In Osaka he also went to the university, where he first did acting and singing. After that he became involved in the television industry and acted in some dramas. He won the award for best actor…

Sada Mayumi

Sada Mayumi is a model and actress from Tokyo. She is three-quarters Japanese. Her maternal grandfather is an American. She is currently represented by LDH Inc. On October 1, 2008, she married Kunichi Nomura. On April 6, 2009, she gave birth to their first child. She later gave birth to another child…

Miyazawa Emma

Emma Miyazawa is a Japanese tarento and actress. Her former stage name is Emma Miyazawa La Fleur. Her maternal grandfather is ex-Prime Minister Miyazawa Kiichi and her father is ex-US Chief of Mission to Japan, Christopher J. LaFleur. Her sister is the CEO and founder of the apparel brand M.M.LaFleur,…

John Woo

Born in southern China, John Woo grew up in Hong Kong, where he began his film career as an assistant director in 1969, working for Shaw Brothers Studios. He directed his first feature in 1973 and has been a prolific director ever since, working in a wide variety of genres before A Better Tomorrow (1986)…

Kikkawa Koji

Kikkawa Koji, born in Hiroshima, is a Japanese musician. He was supposed to represent Japan in water polo in the coming Olympics but chose to be a singer. His music career began on February 1, 1984, with "Monica" (later remade in Cantonese sung by Leslie Cheung) and he won 8 music awards in the same…

Yasuda Shota

Yasuda entered Johnny & Associates in 1997 together with fellow members Ryo Nishikido and Tadayoshi Kura. Also at the audition was Ryhei Maruyama. As a result, these members have been close friends for a long time during their Kansai Jr days even before Kanjani8 was formed. Yasuda's application had…

Abe Ryohei

Abe Ryohei is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, and certified meteorologist. He is a member of Johnny & Associates's idol group Snow Man. Abe joined Johnny & Associates via an audition in 2004. He became a member of Snow Man in 2012 and officially had a CD debut in 2020. Abe completed his graduate education…

Matsumoto Hitoshi

Matsumoto Hitoshi is a Japanese comedian best known as the boke half the popular owarai duo Downtown alongside Masatoshi Hamada. He was born and raised in Amagasaki, just outside of Osaka city and prefecture, and technically in Hyōgo Prefecture, though he usually refers to himself as an Osakan. He…