Naraoka Tomoko

Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…

Ishida Hikari

Ishida Hikari is a Japanese singer and actress. She made her debut in 1987 with the song "Emerald no Suna". She acted as the heroine of the NHK Asadora TV drama "Hirari" in 1992. She married film director Kurube Kei in 2001 and they have 2 children. (Source: Dramawiki)

Mita Yoshiko

Yoshiko Mita is a Japanese actress. Born in the city of Osaka, she graduated from Joshibi High School of Art and Design in Suginami, Tokyo. In 1960, she was hired by Toei and made her acting debut. She remained with Toei until 1967, then became free to appear in films, on television, and on the stage.…

Nakamura Shikaku

Nakamura Shikaku II was an important 20th century supporting onnagata actor. "Active in both Tôkyô and Ôsaka, he was well versed in old onnagata customs and wrote books such as "Kabuki Zuihistu" ("Kabuki Jottings") and "Yakusha no Sekai" ("The Actor's World")." (Samuel Leiter in "New Kabuki Encyclopedia")(Source:…

Tsushima Keiko

Keiko Tsushima was a Japanese actress, whose real name was Naoko Mori. She was notable for her prominent role in Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai. She also starred in Japanese television series such as Sakura and Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki.

Matsukane Yoneko

Yoneko Matsukane was born on October 22, 1949 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Gôgô sentai Bôkenger (2006), Berusaiyu no bara (1979) and Taan (2001).

Ito Hideaki

Hideaki Ito was born in Nagasaki, Japan. His father was an official in the Japan Self Defense Force and his mother is a housewife. As a child, he became very sick and was hospitalized for about three years. During this time, he said that he wanted to become a pilot because he felt isolated in his hospital…

Furuoya Masato

Masato Furuoya was a Japanese actor who was born in Kawasaki city of Kanagawa Prefecture. He made his debut in 1977 and starred in many movies and TV dramas. He won the award for best actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival and at the 5th Hochi Film Award for Disciples of Hippocrates and at the 12th…

Ogata Ken

Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama. He won the award for best actor at the 26th Blue Ribbon Awards for Okinawan Boys.[1]

In television,…

Wakui Emi

Wakui Emi is a Japanese actress and singer, she was born in Yokohama. She She had her debut in 1988. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 1994 Best Actress award for her performance in Niji no hashi, and the 1992 awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer for her performance as Seiko…

Meitantei Catherine

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Catherine Turner is the daughter of the Vice President of the United States, and she had come with her father on his official visit to Japan. Since she runs a flower arrangement business back in the US, Catherine decides…

Hana-chan no Misoshiru

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Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets the irrepressible Matsunaga Chie by accident. Just as their relationship is blossoming however,…

Naniwa no Hana - Ogata Koan Jikencho

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Seemingly wimpish medical student Ogata Akira, later Ogata Koan, who was born to a samurai family yet lacks the fighting spirit, solves crime cases with a help of Sakon, a mysterious girl disguised as samurai belonging…

Chichi no Hana, Saku Haru: Gifu Nagaragawa Houkan Monogatari

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Chichi no Hana, Saku Haru

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Michiko becomes ill. She tries to get her son Jiro to meet legendary male geisha Umetsugu. Jiro tries to find Umetsugu because he believes Umetsugu is his father. While looking for Umetsugu, Jiro meets various people…

Kibou no Hana

Sugiura Daiki, a jobless university graduate, has difficulty getting an official job offer despite more than 100 job interviews and feels inferior to his good friend Funaki Kanta who works at a top trading firm. His…

Tenjou no Hana

Koori no Hana

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Seno Kyoko is a pianist who receives an inheritance from her uncle, and begins living happily with her husband. But one day, she receives a phone call from a woman claiming to be her husband's pregnant mistress, and…

Takane no Hana-san 2

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Both Takamine Hana and Yowaki Tsuyoshi are still in the early stages of their relationship. Both being inexperienced when it comes to love, and pure at heart, they are like elementary school students who can't seem…

Takane no Hana-san

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A cold-looking business woman constantly mocks and degrades her coworker for his mistakes during work. But secretly she's madly in love with him! (Source: MangaDex) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Takane no Hana-san"…