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Hayashi Hiroshi
He was born in Kyoto on January 31, 1905. His real name is Inagaki Saburo. He dropped out of his junior high school and moved to Tokyo. He began acting on stage soon after. In 1940, he married Takeda Moto. With her, he had two children but the two divorced in 1965. After WWII, he joined Shin Toho and…
Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII
Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII (Born Namino Noriaki) was a Japanese actor active in kabuki, other forms of live theatre, television, and commercials. Kanzaburō was a versatile actor whose credits include farce, period pieces, and Shin Kabuki.
Kagaya Fukunosuke
The store name Narikoma-ya. Adopted by the fourth generation Nakamura Shiba, and first staged under the name of the first Nakamura Kotaro. In 1881 (Meiji 14), the fourth generation Nakamura Fukunosuke was attacked and gained enormous popularity. At a young age, he became the next generation to serve…
Gosho Heinosuke
Gosho Heinosuke was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and haiku poet. He is famous for directing Japan's first domestically produced talkie film, "Madame and Wife." His real name was Gosho Heieimon (五所平右衛門). His haiku pen name was Goshotei (五所亭). He was born as the illegitimate…
Umemura Yoko
Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…
Toba Yonosuke
Toba Yonosuke, born Toba Teruo (鳥羽輝雄) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He initially trained at the Tokyo Free Theatre acting school starting in 1922. He dropped out of Okura Higher Commercial School during his third year and joined Ikawa Hachiro's "Kokusei Theatre" in 1923. By 1926, he…
Kang Hee Sun
Kang Hee Seon is a South Korean voice actress. She graduated from Chungkyung High School and later obtained an associate's degree in Broadcasting Entertainment from the Seoul College of Arts. She made her debut in 1979 as part of the 10th open recruitment for voice actors at TBC. The following year,…
Aoe Shunjiro
Aoe Shunjiro, whose real name is Oshima Chosaburo (大嶋長三郎), was a Japanese playwright and critic. He was born in Akita, Japan, as the eldest son of the drug merchant Eiseido. Initially named Eiichi (衛一), he adopted the name Chosaburo after his father's death in 1915. Aoe attended Akita…
Hiraiwa Yumie
The daughter of the chief priest of Yoyogi Hachiman shrine, Hiraiwa Yumie was born in Tokyo in 1932. After graduating from the Department of Japanese Literature at Japan Women's University, the aspiring author studied under novelist Togawa Yukio and became a member of Shinyo-kai, an organization to…
Hanaoka Kikuko
Hanaoka Kikuko was a Japanese actress born Takigawa Ikuyo (瀧川幾代) in Teramachi, Shizuoka, Japan. After marriage, she was legally known as Matsuzaki Ikuyo (松崎幾代). She was recognized for her work as a comedic actress at Shochiku Kamata Studio in the late 1920s and as a supporting actress…
