Takagi Reni

Takagi Reni is a Japanese idol and a member of the girl group Momoiro Clover Z. In April 2012, she became a DJ of her own radio show, Takagi Reni no King of Rock. On November 6, 2022, she announced that she had married baseball player Usami Shingo of Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. On December 14, 2023,…

Krissha Viaje

Krissha Viaje is a Filipino dancer, host, singer and actress. She is best known as a member of GirlTrends, which appeared on the Philippine variety show It's Showtime. She first appeared in 2006 competing on the second season of the reality singing competition Little Big Star. After besting 11 other…

Kendo Kobayashi

Kendo Kobayashi is a Japanese comedian. His real and former stage name was Kobayashi Tomoharu. He was born in Higashisumiyoshi, Osaka. His nicknames include Kenkoba, Koba, and Mr. Yaritai Houdai. He's affiliated with talent agency Yoshimoto Kogyo. (Source: Nippon Cinema)

Izumi Pinko

Takemoto Sayo (Maiden name: Eguchi, previous stage name: Mikado Mariko), known by the stage name Izumi Pinko, is a Japanese actress, comedian, comic storyteller, and singer born in Tokyo. In 1966, after dropping out of Nippon Music High School, she studied under Maki Shinji and made her debut as a singing…

Ohku Akiko

Ohku Akiko is japanese writer-director born in Yokohama in 1968. She studied at Meiji University and at the Film School of Tokyo. Initially working in television, she directed her debut feature 'Igaito Shinanai' in 1999. After that, she completed six other feature films, including 'Tokyo Serendipity'…

Sakamoto Yugo

Sakamoto Yugo is a Japanese director. He was born in Kyoto Prefecture in 1996, studied at Kyoto University of Art and Design (currently Kyoto University of the Arts). At the age of 20 he made his directorial debut with "Bae" (2016). Many of his short and feature-length films, such as "Hangman's Knot"…

Hirayama Aya

Hirayama Aya, born January 13, 1984, is a Japanese actress who has appeared in various films including Waterboys (2001), as well as appearing in two television programs in her native Japan, "Waratte Iitomo" and "Itsumo futari de". Aya was born in Kuroiso, Tochigi, Japan which is now part of Nasushiobara.…

Miyahara Kanon

Miyahara Kanon is a Japanese actress, model, and martial artist from Tokyo. She won the Best Action Actress Award at the "JAPAN ACTION AWARDS 2017" for her appearance in "Kamen Rider Amazons". Miyahra Kanon graduated from the Nippon Sport Science University and is a black belt holder in karate and judo.…

Motomiya Yasukaze

Yasukaze Motomiya is a Japanese actor. His real name is Yasuyuki Hirai. He is represented with Triple A. Motomiya's elder brother is Ryuji Harada, also an actor. His wife is tarento Akiko Matsumoto. Motomiya was scouted after his older brother entered the entertainment industry and debuted in 1994 Spur…

Takahashi Minami

Takahashi Minami is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 under Team A. She was also the General Director of the whole AKB48 group including all sister groups. She was described as the "eldest daughter of the 48 sisters" in the group by Yasushi Akimoto during an interview carried out by the…

Duel with Samurai

7.0

During the Ming dynasty in China, the coastal areas were rampant. A Wokou who refers to himself as the Nippon Ronin (Chan Hung Lit) colludes with the local coastal tyrants of Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces and cult…

Ike! Ushiwaka Kotaro

4.0

It is a followup series to Go! Greenman and the fourth in a series of tokusatsu shows primarily produced by Toho and Nippon TV, though it does not share canon with any of the shows preceding it. (Source: Wikizilla)

Saiyuki

6.0

This remake of the hit series of the same title (aka Monkey), which was aired from 1978 to 1980 was made especially for the TV station Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)'s 40th anniversary, which also made…

Sanbyakurokujugoya: Tokyo-hen

Koroku, who hates marriage of convenience, loves Teruko, and Ranko, an Osaka girl, relentlessly longs for Koroku. (Source: Nippon Eiga)

Shabekuri 007

8.2

Shabekuri 007 is a Japanese talk and variety television show featuring seven high-profile comedians alongside different guests each week with little to no scripts, produced and aired on Nippon TV. The show uses no…

Kasai no Hito Special 2

Maezaki Family Court is in a suburban city about an hour away from Tokyo by the bullet train. This time Judge Kuwata, a rumored oddball, deals with a divorce mediation of a famous fashion magazine editor. Based on…

Umui Geino no Mura

Ryukyu dance and sanshin music are among the most impressive traditions from Okinawa. Director Daniel Lopez, being of Swiss-Spanish origin and living in Okinawa, is fascinated by the way these art forms are still being…

We’re Millennials. Got a Problem? International

7.4

Masakazu, Yamaji, and Maribu belong to the so-called Yutori generation, notorious in Japan for its lack of ambition. Masakazu’s sake brewery is on the verge of bankruptcy, and his marriage is on the rocks. But the…

Origami

Atsushi Suwa, a painter, is offered a contract to paint a portrait of a couple’s deceased son. In order to learn about him, he studies photos of him and draws the faces of his family and a friend, who talk about…

Life Back Then

7.0

The plot revolves around a young man named Nagashima Kyohei who has felt emotionally detached due to a traumatic incident in his high school days. However, when he takes a job sorting through the personal belongings…