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Matsu Takako
Matsu Takako, born June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese stage and screen actress and pop singer/songwriter. She was born into a traditional Buyo house, and her Buyo name is Matsumoto Koka (Matsumoto Koka the First). Her father is Matsumoto Koshiro IX, Kabuki actor and head of the Buyo house;…
Miike Takashi
Miike Takashi is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over ninety theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions in the years 2001 and 2002 alone. His films range from violent and bizarre…
Asano Tadanobu
Tadanobu Asano is an actor and musician born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He grew up with parents engaged in a bohemian lifestyle - his mother often drove Asano around while listening to Led Zeppelin and his father was a painter. At school, Asano often felt like an outcast, sometimes being taunted…
Higa Manami
Manami Higa is a Japanese actress. Higa's mother was a model. She graduated from Okinawa Prefectural Central High School. Her break as an actress came when she was selected in an audition of 2,156 people to star in the NHK Asadora Dondo Hare in 2006. (Source: Wikipedia)
Oikawa Mitsuhiro
Oikawa Mitsuhiro, born in Ota, Tokyo, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer and actor. He is a graduate of Seijo University, Faculty of Law. Until 2015, he was represented by Mother Enterprise. His current agency is Horipro, which he has been in partnership since July 2012. Okikawa's entertainment…
Nao
Nao, previously known with her stage name Honda Nao, is a Japanese actress born in Fukuoka, Japan. She is currently signed under the talent agency Irving Co., Ltd. She began her entertainment activities in her hometown at the age of 15 and moved to Tokyo at the age of 20. On February 10, 2025, her official…
Kotaki Nozomu
Kotaki Nozomu is a Japanese idol and a member of Johnny's West under the talent agency Johnny & Associates. On October 18, 2023, they announced the group's name change to "WEST".
Watanabe Anne
Watanabe Anne is a Japanese fashion model and actress. In her modelling work, she is known by the mononym Anne. She is the daughter of film actor Watanabe Ken. Her brother, Watanabe Dai, is an actor as well. Anne's first high-profile modelling season was spring/summer 2006, in which she was featured…
Sanada Hiroyuki
Sanada Hiroyuki is a Japanese actor and stage actor working in Japanese and British plays and theatre. He is also known as a recording artist in Japan. In Asia, he is most famous for his martial arts roles and historical films. Outside of Japan, Sanada was often credited in his younger days as Henry,…
Nakayama Yuma
Nakayama was born January 13, 1994 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Nakayama Yuma is a singer and actor from the Japanese male idols agency Johnny's Entertainment. He released a the song "Akuma na Koi" in July 2009 along with the 4-membered Johnny's Jr unit B.I.Shadow, under the name Nakayama Yuma w/B.I.Shadow.…
