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Gaku Hamada
is a Japanese film and television actor. He was a regular cast member of Fuji TV's '' Operation Love'', appearing in all 11 episodes broadcast in 2007 and the 2008 special, and receiving an award for his role. He has made numerous other TV appearances. Filmography Television *''Hitoribocchi no Kimi ni as Hibino Yudai'' (TBS, 1998) *''Heisei Meoto Jawan'' (NTV, 2000) *''Zoku Heisei Meoto Jawan'' (NTV, 2002) *''Kinpachi-sensei 7'' as Kano Shintaro (TBS, 2004) *''Taiyo no Uta as Kato Haruo'' (TBS, 2006) *''Teppan Shoujo Akane!!'' as Hamada Shingo (TBS, 2006, ep2) *''Kanojo to no Tadashii Asobikata as Mizuno Hideaki'' (TV Asahi, 2007) *''Sumire no Hana Saku Koro as Takai Yusuke'' (NHK, 2007) *''Loss Time Life Wife of a Mob Member'' (Fuji TV, 2008, Story 7) *''Hachimitsu to Clover as Rokutaro'' (Fuji TV, 2008, ep 8,11) *''Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu'' (Fuji TV, 2008) *''33pun Tantei'' (Fuji TV, 2008, ep4) *'' Nene: Onna Taikōki'' (TV Tokyo, 2009) – Toyotomi Hidetsugu *''Chance!'' (F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Economy of Japan, Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshio Okada
is an anime producer, author, and lecturer. He is a co-founder and former president of the production company Gainax. He is portrayed by actor Gaku Hamada in the 2014 TV Drama ''Aoi Honō'' based on the autobiographical manga by his fellow Kazuhiko Shimamoto. He is representative director of Otaking Inc. and Cloud City Inc., as well as the founder of FREEex Inc. He also served as a part-time lecturer at the University of Tokyo's college of art and sciences and as a visiting scholar at Osaka University of Arts' character creative arts department. Biography Childhood Okada was born on July 1, 1958 in Osaka, Japan. He has written several Japanese-language books on otaku culture, and lectured on the topic as an adjunct instructor at University of Tokyo from 1996 to 1997. He is considered the foremost authority on otaku and in addition, in a tribute to his own otaku-ness"In those days, we didn't have the word "otaku" yet, but my first impression of Okada was, ''Here's a geek if I've e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider Black Sun
is a Japanese tokusatsu web drama that is a Reboot (fiction), reboot of the 1987 television series ''Kamen Rider Black''. A co-production between Ishimori Productions and Toei Company, Toei, the series is directed by Kazuya Shiraishi and was released worldwide through Amazon Prime Video on October 28, 2022. The series is part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series, also celebrating the 35th anniversary of ''Kamen Rider Black''. It received an 16+/18+ rating from Amazon Prime Video. Plot In the year 2022, Japan has entered a Political sociology, socio-political crisis since the government declared a coexistence between humans and the Kaijins, altered humans that came to be half a century ago via a classified government experiment. Aoi Izumi, a young Human rights defender, human rights activist seeking to end Kaijin discrimination, meets two men named Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki, former members of the Gorgom movement that revere the dying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Love (2022 TV Series)
is a Japanese television series starring Hikari Mitsushima and Takeru Satoh, released by Netflix on 24 November 2022. The series (and its Japanese title) was inspired by two Hikaru Utada songs. Plot The plot revolves around a man and a woman who met in the late 1990s as teenagers and grew up together in the early 2000s. After 15 years, they meet again and try to rekindle their first love through memories. Yae wanted to be a flight attendant but suffered an accident. Harumichi served as a pilot in the JASDF but his life took a different path. Cast * Hikari Mitsushima as Yae Noguchi ** Rikako Yagi as young Yae * Takeru Satoh as Harumichi Namiki ** Taisei Kido as young Harumichi * Kaho as Tsunemi Arikawa * Minami as Yū Namiki * Akiyoshi Nakao as Bonji Kawano * Towa Araki as Tsuzuru Kosaka * Aoi Yamada as Uta Komori * Gaku Hamada as Ōtaro Episodes Reception Phil Harrison from ''The Guardian'' wrote that "it’s tasteful, idealised and at times, a little antiseptic: romanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Shinchō Kōki
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. It was first serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' March 2019 to June 2020 and later on the ''Comic Days'' manga application from July 2020 to September 2021, with its chapters collected in eight ''tankōbon'' volumes. A television drama adaptation premiered in July 2022. Characters ; : ; : ; ; : ;Akechi Mitsuhide : ;Ii Naomasa : ;Takenaga Shigeharu : ;Honda Tadakatsu : ;Katō Kiyomasa : ;Sakai Tadatsugu : ;Sakakibara Yasumasa : ;Mōri Motonari : ;Maeda Toshiie : ;Sanada Yukimura : ;Imagawa Yoshimoto : ;Ryūzōji Takanobu : Media Manga Written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani, ''Shin Shinchō Kōki: Nobunaga-kun to Watashi'' was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' March 25, 2019, to June 15, 2020. The series was later transferred to the ''Comic Days'' manga application, where it ran from July 6, 2020, to September 6, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Come Everybody
is a Japanese television drama series and the 105th NHK Asadora series, following Okaeri Mone. It premiered on November 1, 2021 and concluded on April 8, 2022. The story is about 100 years-old family, three generations, Yasuko (grandmother), Rui (mother), and Hinata (daughter) who worked with a radio English course during the Shōwa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras. The drama is set in Okayama, Osaka and Kyoto. Plot The story is about a three-generation family, Yasuko (grandmother), Rui (mother) and Hinata (daughter) who worked with a radio English course during the Shōwa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras. While facing the challenges of the Shōwa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras, the three find their own way of life in love, work, and marriage. The story unfolds in a heroine relay system. Yasuko Tachibana was born in Okayama City in 1925, the year when Japan began radio broadcasts. Yasuko grew up in a warm family who owns a Japanese sweets shop in the shopping district of Okayama city. Her family wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuroda Yoshitaka
, also known as , was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Sengoku through early Edo periods. Renowned as a man of great ambition, he succeeded Takenaka Hanbei as a chief strategist and adviser to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Kuroda became a Christian when he was 38, and received "Simeon Josui" as a baptismal name (''rekishijin''). His quick wit, bravery, and loyalty were respected by his warriors. Early life Kuroda Yoshitaka was born in Himeji (姫路) on December 22, 1546, as Mankichi (万吉), the son of Kuroda Mototaka. The Kuroda clan are believed to have originated in Ōmi Province. Yoshitaka's grandfather Shigetaka brought the family to Himeji and took up residence at Gochaku Castle (御着城), east of Himeji Castle. Shigetaka served as a senior retainer of Kodera Masamoto, the lord of Himeji, and was so highly praised that Shigetaka's son Mototaka was allowed to marry Masamoto's adopted daughter (Akashi Masakaze’s daughter) and to use the Kodera name. Yoshitaka became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awaiting Kirin
Awaiting Kirin is a 2020 Japanese historical drama television series starring Hiroki Hasegawa as Akechi Mitsuhide, a samurai and general during the Sengoku period. The series is the 59th NHK taiga drama, premiering on January 19, 2020. It is the first regular taiga drama to be fully shot in 4K resolution, as well as the first taiga drama to be composed by a non-Japanese ( John R. Graham). Plot The story is based on the life of Akechi Mitsuhide, a general under Oda Nobunaga. Cast Akechi clan *Hiroki Hasegawa as Akechi "Jūbei" Mitsuhide **Hinata Igarashi as young Mitsuhide *Fumino Kimura as Hiroko, Mitsuhide's wife * Mana Ashida as Tama, Mitsuhide's third daughter **Saki Takenoya as young Tama (about 10 years old) **Kokone Shimizu as young Tama (about 5 years old) *Nazuki Amano as Kishi, Mitsuhide's eldest daughter **Nanaka Hirao as young Kishi *Sayuri Ishikawa as Maki, Mitsuhide's mother *Masahiko Nishimura as Akechi Mitsuyasu, Mitsuhide's uncle *Satoshi Tokushige as Fujita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earwig And The Witch
is a 2020 Japanese computer-animated fantasy film directed by Gorō Miyazaki and with a screenplay by Keiko Niwa and Emi Gunji. It is based on the novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones. The original voice cast includes Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, and Kokoro Hirasawa. A co-production between Studio Ghibli, NHK, and NHK Enterprises, ''Earwig and the Witch'' had its world premiere on October 18, 2020, at the Lumière Film Festival, before premiering in Japan on television on December 30, 2020, on NHK General TV; it was later released in theatres in Japan by Toho on August 27, 2021. Plot In 1990s England, a witch leaves her child, Earwig, at St. Morwald's Home for Children. The matron head of the home thinks that the name is unfit for a child and changes it to Erica Wigg. Years later, Earwig is a rambunctious 10-year-old who is very comfortable in an orphanage where everyone does what she wants. She likes living there with her friend Custard and does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodoku No Gourmet
is a Japanese cuisine ''seinen'' manga series written by Masayuki Qusumi and illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi. It has been adapted into a Japanese television drama series and a Chinese web series (). A 10-episode original net animation An original net animation (ONA), known in Japan as , is an anime that is directly released onto the Internet. ONAs may also have been aired on television if they were first directly released on the Internet. The name mirrors original video animati ... adaptation premiered on the Production I.G's ''Tate Anime'' app on November 29, 2017. Plot As a salesman Gorō Inogashira travels Japan, where he visits various restaurants and street booths to sample the local cuisine. Each chapter features a different place and dish. TV series Characters * Gorō Inogashira ( Yutaka Matsushige) Episodes Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Original net animation Publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warotenka
is a Japanese historical drama television series and the 97th ''asadora'' series, following ''Hiyokko''. It premiered on October 2, 2017 and ended on March 31, 2018. The main character is based on Sei Yoshimoto, the co-founder of Yoshimoto Kogyo, one of Japan's largest entertainment companies that especially focuses on comedy. Plot Ten Fujioka is a young girl who lives in Kyoto in the late Meiji era and who loves to laugh. The daughter of a prominent pharmacist, one day she runs into a young entertainer, Tōkichi Kitamura, who leaves a strong impression on her. Nearly a decade later, she runs into Tokichi again, and finds out that, while never succeeding as an entertainer, he is the eldest son of a prominent rice merchant in Osaka. Against her parents wishes, who expects her to marry a man who will take over the family business, Ten decides to elope with Tōkichi. Her troubles have only started, however, as Tōkichi's mother Tsueko initially rejects Ten as a potential bride, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuribaka Nisshi
is a Japanese fishing-themed manga series written by Jūzō Yamasaki and illustrated by Kenichi Kitami. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Big Comic Original'' since 1979. It won the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1983. The series has been adapted into a popular and long running movie series and anime television series. By 2020, it had over 26 million copies in circulation. Overview The story focuses on salaryman Densuke Hamasaki (a.k.a. Hama-chan), whom his supervisor Sasaki has dubbed the "Fishing Baka" because of his passion for fishing. One day Hama-chan meets and befriends an older fisherman named Su-san, who turns out to be Ichinosuke Suzuki, the CEO of the "Suzuki Construction" company that Hama-chan works for. The stories tend to focus on their relationship inside and outside of the office. Characters ; :Nicknamed . A salaryman/fishing baka who escapes his boring work life through fishing. ; :Hama-chan's wife. ; :Hama-chan's son. ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
