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Aya Ōmasa
is a Japanese model and actress. Career Omasa co-starred with Shōta Sometani in Natsuki Seta's 2010 film ''A Liar and a Broken Girl''. She appeared in the 2011 film ''Paradise Kiss''. Filmography Films TV dramas * '' Tokyo Girl'' Episode 6 "Tokyo Kashimashi Girls" (BS-i, 2006), Chiharu * ''Isshō Wasurenai Monogatari'' Episode 2 "Million Films" (TV Asahi, 2006) * ''Otona no Megane 11-gatsu "Mirai"'' (Chiba TV, 2006), Yūka Saionji * ''Koi Suru Nichiyōbi: New Type'' (BS-TBS, 2006), Yuri Tsukino ** Episode 10 "Hitori Bocchi no Majo" ** Episode 12 "Majo no Christmas" * '' Hana Yori Dango 2: Returns'' ( TBS, 2007), Yuduki Morishita * ''Koi Suru Nichiyōbi Season 3'' (BS-TBS, 2007) ** Episode 21 "Chikakute Tōi Koi", Rena Terasaki ** Episode 26 "Shōwa Anime Daikōshin: Kimi ha Koi o Shinjireruka", Aya * ''Keitai Deka Zenigatakai'' (BS-TBS, 2007), Kai Zenigata * ''Sensei Dō'' (BS-TBS, 2007), Eri * ''NEW TYPE: Tada, Ai no Tameni'' Episode 1 (TBS, 2008), Yuri Tsukino * ''Sakura no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takikawa, Hokkaido
is a city located in the Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Takikawa City is located in the central area of Hokkaido, it is conveniently located between the cities of Sapporo (biggest city) and Asahikawa (the second biggest city). Takikawa has an inland climate which causes great temperature difference between summer and winter. The average temperature in Takikawa is about 19 degrees Celsius in summer, and –5.9 degrees Celsius (21.4 Fahrenheit) in winter. Takikawa is one of the snowiest locations in Hokkaido, the average amount of snowfall in the past 10 years is 7.77 meters (25 feet, 6 inches). Takikawa is also the biggest city in northern Sorachi, making it a hub for neighboring towns. Takikawa is situated between the Ishikari River and Sorachi River, about 60 percent of Takikawa is covered in greenery by either forest or agriculture farmland. Takikawa is surrounded by rich nature. As of December, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 41,306, with 21,561 househ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Network, or Japan News Network. TBS produced the ''Takeshi's Castle'' game show, which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel was also home to ''Ultraman'' and the ''Ultra Series'' franchise from 1966 – itself a spinoff to ''Ultra Q'', co-produced and broadcast in the same year – and its spinoffs, most if not all made by Tsuburaya Productions for the network; in the 2010s, ''Ultra Series'' moved to TV Tokyo. Since the 1990s it is home to '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan, by itself a spinoff to the legendary TBS game show ''Kinniku Banzuke'' that lasted for 7 seasons. On May 24, 2017, TBS and five other major media firms (TV Tokyo, Nikkei, Inc., WOWOW, Dentsu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowers For Algernon
''Flowers for Algernon'' is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, later expanded by him into a novel and subsequently adapted for film and other media. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that year's Nebula Award for Best Novel (with ''Babel-17''). Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence. The story is told by a series of progress reports written by Charlie Gordon, the first human subject for the surgery, and it touches on ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled. Although the book has often been challenged for removal from libraries in the United States and Canada, sometimes successfully, it is frequently taught in schools around the world and has been adapted many times for television, theater, radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo Yankees
is a 2014 Japanese television drama, starring Yuto Nakajima of Hey! Say! JUMP, Kento Yamazaki and Sakurako Ohara. It is the first drama to have water polo as their main sport. The drama aired from 12 July 2014 to 20 September 2014 with a total of ten episodes. Plot Naoya Inaba, who spends the majority of his adolescence abroad, returns to his hometown for his third year of high school. He enrolls in Saku High, which he admires thanks to one of its graduates, Yoshio Kurosawa, a yankee (20th century Japanese delinquent) who saved him from bullies and who encouraged him to never give up in pursuit of his dreams. However, to his dismay, he finds out that Saku High is inhabited by low-lives who resign to being underdogs in the town, and the school itself is about to be closed due to a lack of popularity. Naoya determines to resurrect the spirit of old Saku High by creating a water polo club to compete with Suiran High, a private rival high school whose successful water polo team br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified broadcasting holding company itself a subsidiary of Nikkei, Inc., serving as the flagship station of the TX Network.." TV Tokyo. Retrieved on June 21, 2010. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specialising in anime. History TV Tokyo was established by the Japan Science Foundation in 1951 and started broadcasting, as on April 12, 1964. It took its name from its VHF frequency channel 12. It almost went bankrupt in 1968; on 1 July that year, a limited liability company, Tokyo Channel 12 Production was established with the help of the '' Nikkei'' and Mainichi Broadcasting System. In 1969 the ''Nikkei'' and MBS signed a memorandum of understanding which stipulates that Tokyo Channel 12 should share programs with N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire Heaven
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TV Tokyo from 12 April 2013 to 5 July 2013. Plot Cast * Aya Ōmasa as Sakurako, a 170-year-old vampire and Komachi's friend * Tsubasa Honda as Komachi, a 165-year-old vampire * Yūta Hiraoka as Hayato, a young man aspiring musician * Satoshi Tomiura as Kentarō * Anri Okamoto as Risa * Touko Miura as Chisato * Haruka Kurosawa as Mizuho * Noriko Eguchi as Aoi * Eisuke Sasai as Hakushaku, a vampire count over 300 years old * Hidekazu Nagae as Genjūro * Asaya Kimijima as Tobē See also *List of vampire television series List of television series about vampires, creatures from folklore that subsist by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and ... References External links * BS Japan website * ヴァンパイア・ヘヴン(2013)aallcinema Japanese drama television series 2013 Japanese t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resident – 5-nin No Kenshui
is a 2012 Japanese television drama series. Cast *Riisa Naka as Shizuku Miyama *Kento Hayashi as Yazawa Kei *Takahisa Masuda as Manaka Junichi * Aya Omasa as Hinako Koiwai * Anna Ishibashi as Sachi Shinjo * Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Kazuki Miyajima *Arata Furuta as Ikuo Tabuchi *Risa Sudo Risa may refer to: * Risa (given name), a feminine given name * Risa (Star Trek), a fictional planet * Radioiodinated serum albumin * Recording Industry of South Africa Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA) is a trade association repres ... as Yayoi Kasumi References External linksOfficial website Japanese drama television series 2012 Japanese television series debuts TBS Television (Japan) dramas {{Japan-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaitō Royale
is a Japanese television drama series based on a video game from DeNA. It premiered on TBS on 28 October 2011. The theme song of the series is ''Lock On'' by Yui. Cast * Tori Matsuzaka as Rei Kamimura * Aya Ōmasa as Karen Katagiri * Seiji Fukushi as Taiga Kishihara * Hwang Chan-sung as Jack * Nozomi Sasaki as Sister Snake * Hiroki Aiba as Kurata Keisuke * Daisuke Kikuta as Shuhei Kazuki * Teronosuke Takezai as Makato Mikami * Atomu Shimojō as Yuji Nishizaki * Kyōko Maya as Yoko Kitaba * Tasuku Nagase as Ryota Kosugi Additional Cast * Shigemitsu Ogi as Seiya Nagura (ep.2) * Tatsuhito Okuda as Yasumasa Takagi (ep.2) * Kazue Itoh as Ritsuko Kusakabe (ep.3) * Kazuma Suzuki as Kazuhiko Akagawa (ep.4) * Mansaku Ikeuchi as Kento Hiruta (ep.5) * Hiroshi Watari as Sotaro Batomura (ep.6) * Rena Nōnen as Kaide Batomura (ep.6) * Taro Suruga as Yuta Ito (ep.6) * Kazuhiko Nishimura as Koshi Kitaba (ep.7) * Shunsuke Ohe as young Rei Kamimura (ep.7) * Himeka Asami as young Karen K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rokudenashi Blues
is a Japanese boxing-themed ''yankī'' manga series written and illustrated by Masanori Morita. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from May 1988 to February 1997, with its chapters collected in 42 ''tankōbon'' volumes. ''Rokudenashi Blues'' had over 60 million copies in circulation as of August 2013, making it one of the best-selling manga series. Plot The story stars , delinquent student of who wishes to become the world boxing champion. The manga follows Maeda (and his friends and rivals) as he struggles through three years of high school while becoming one of the strongest and best known high school fighters in all of Tokyo. Not just a pure action manga, ''Rokudenashi Blues'' is filled with humor and well-crafted story arcs about honor, friendship, and the pressures of being a delinquent student in Japan. Short gag-stories with chibi versions of characters are published as "Rokudenashi Buru-chu". Characters The 4 Heav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed subsidiary of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest behind Sony. Nippon Television Holdings forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, which owns a 6.4% share in the company. Nippon TV's studios are located in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is sometimes contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX". It is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN (for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge
is a manga series written by Tomoko Hayakawa. The individual chapters have been serialized in Bessatsu Friend since 2000, and in 36 tankōbon volumes in Japan by Kodansha. The series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga and in Singapore by Chuang Yi, under the name ''My Fair Lady''. The series ended in January 2015 after 36 volumes. Nippon Animation adapted part of the manga series into a twenty-five episode anime series which aired on TV Tokyo and TV Aichi from October 3, 2006 through March 27, 2007. The anime adaptation has been licensed for Region 1 release by A.D. Vision, who paid $500,000. In 2008, ''The WallFlower'' became one of over 30 ADV titles whose North American rights were transferred to Funimation Entertainment. Plot ''The Wallflower'' is about a girl named Sunako who was called ugly by the first and only person to whom she confessed her love. This incident sparks a life change, and as a result Sunako shuns all for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
