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Hideaki Takizawa
, also known professionally as , is a Japanese record producer and former singer and actor. In 2002, he debuted with Tsubasa Imai in the group Tackey & Tsubasa under the record label Avex Trax. In 2018, Takizawa retired from entertainment and became the founder and president of Johnny's Island, a subdivision of Johnny & Associates. In 2019, he was made the vice president of Johnny & Associates. Career In August 2017 he was appointed Japan-UAE goodwill ambassador by Taro Kono, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In January 2019, Takizawa was named the president of a new subdivision of Johnny & Associates called Johnny's Island, where he will manage and oversee the debut of trainee group Snow Man and SixTones. After the death of Johnny Kitagawa (the founder of Johnny & Associates) on July 9, 2019, he became the executive vice president of the company. Discography Singles Filmography Film Television drama Songs written by Tackey * Words of Love * Everlasting Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Shimizu
Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇 ''Shimizu Takashi'', born 27 July 1972) is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the ''Ju-On'' franchise, and directing four of its films, internationally, in both Japan and the U.S. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Shimizu is "one of a new breed of Japanese horror directors" who prefers to "suggest menace and violence rather than directly depict it." Filmography # '' Blue Tiger'' (Movie, 1994, Script) # '' Last Bronx ~Tokyo Bangaichi~'' (ラストブロンクス -東京番外地-) (1997) (Video) # ''Katasumi and 4444444444'', stories from Gakkou no kaidan G (学校の怪談G) (lit, "School Ghost Story G") (1998) (TV) # '' Ju-on: The Curse'' (呪怨) (2000) (Video) # '' Ju-on: The Curse 2'' (呪怨2) (2000) (Video) # 首吊り気球 伊藤潤二恐怖Ｃｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ (Video) # 心霊ビデオＶ 本当にあった怖い話 恐怖心霊写真館 (Shin rei bideo V: Honto ni atta kowai hanashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antique Bakery
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. The slice of life series follows the lives of four men who work in a ''pâtisserie''. It was originally serialized in the manga magazine ''Wings'' from 1999 to 2001, and collected into four ''tankōbon'' volumes published by Shinshokan; a spin-off ''dōjinshi'' (self-published manga) series has also been produced. The series has been adapted multiple times: as a live-action television drama that aired on Fuji TV in 2001, as a four-volume audio drama released from 2002 to 2003, and as a television anime series produced by Nippon Animation and Shirogumi that aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block in 2008. Two international adaptions – the 2008 South Korean live-action film ''Antique'', and the 2021 Thai live-action television series '' Baker Boys'' – have also been produced. ''Antique Bakery'' and its adaptations have been critically acclaimed: the manga won a Kodansha Manga Award for best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strawberry On The Shortcake
is a Japanese romance television drama series which stars Hideaki Takizawa and Kyoko Fukada and aired on TBS in 2001. It was written by Shinji Nojima, and directed by Nobuhiro Doi and Hiroshi Matsubara. Plot At some point, Manato Irie (Hideaki Takizawa) began to withdraw himself from the world. Even when picked on, it's not the real Irie, but an act. However one day he meets a strange girl - Yui Misawa (Kyoko Fukada). Yui, who finds the tedium of everyday life unbearable, teases Manato with her almost too upfront and honest manner. Alone and afraid Manato wavers but finds himself drawn to her. But his feelings for Yui are doomed to be unrequited, when he discovers that Yui is none other than his new step sister. While he struggles with his feelings for Yui, Manato begins to receive blue love letters in his shoe locker at school. He eventually discovers that they were left there by his next-door neighbour, Haruka (Uchiyama Rina). Meanwhile, Yui finds herself falling for senpa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sun Never Sets (TV Series)
is a 2000 Japanese television series. Starring Hideaki Takizawa, Yasuko Matsuyuki and Yūka, it aired from 13 April to 22 June 2000 on Fuji TV. Plot Nao Masaki (Hideaki Takizawa) is a 17-year-old high school student whose family runs an Okonomiyaki shop. Suspecting medical malpractice, he decides to find out the truth of her death. With the help of a neighbourhood lawyer Setsu Kirino (Yasuko Matsuyuki), will he succeed in finding the truth of her death when the hospital is determined to hide it until the end? Cast * Hideaki Takizawa as Nao Masaki * Yasuko Matsuyuki as Setsu Kirino * Yūka as Ami Isetani * Keiko Takeshita as Teruko Masaki * Ran Ito as Akiko Isetani * Isao Bito as Shiro Masaki * Ren Osugi as Keizo Isetani * Hitomi Satō as Yuko Masaki * Masaki Kyomoto is a Japanese actor, singer song writer, and guitarist. He is famous for playing the role of Ryu on the television jidaigeki Hissatsu series. He has appeared in films and television series including ''Legen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanako Matsushima
is a critically acclaimed Japanese actress and model known for her role in the horror film ''Ring''. She was also the female lead character in the drama '' A Story of Love'', along with ''Ring'' co-star Hiroyuki Sanada. In 2011, her drama ''Kaseifu no Mita'' reached a viewer rating of 40%, making it one of the highest rated Japanese dramas of all time. Biography Personal life Matsushima was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. On February 21, 2001, she married Japanese actor Takashi Sorimachi, her co-star in the hit drama GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka). They have two daughters together, born on May 31, 2004, and November 30, 2007. She has been called one of Japan's most beautiful women. Career Matsushima has appeared in a number of popular or critically acclaimed dramas, and she has won the Best Actress Award at the Japan Television Drama Academy Awards six times. In 1997, Matsushima was selected to play the female lead, a poor but happy designer who happens to run a shop in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majo No Jōken
(English title: ''Terms for a Witch'') is a drama series that aired in Japan on TBS in 1999. This drama features Nanako Matsushima of ''Great Teacher Onizuka'' fame and Hideaki Takizawa of the idol duo Tackey & Tsubasa. Synopsis Michi Hirose, a 26-year-old high school teacher who is engaged to a man that she is unsure she loves. On her way to work, Michi is nearly run over by a teenager on his motorcycle and loses her engagement ring. The boy finds it and gives it to her without telling her who he is. At school, Michi finds that she has a new student, 17-year-old Hikaru Kurosawa, who is revealed to be the boy from earlier. Hikaru is a delinquent who has been expelled from several schools, but becomes soft to Michi after she talks with him. Hikaru has a strained relationship with his overprotective mother, who expects him to eventually take over the hospital she manages. Michi finds herself drawn to Hikaru because they desire a world of freedom from their issues. Hikaru makes his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon TV
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] |
Television Special
A television special (often TV special, or rarely television spectacular) is a standalone television show which may also temporarily interrupt episodic programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. Some specials provide a full range of entertainment and informational value available via the television medium (news, drama, comedy, variety, cultural), in various formats (live television, documentary, studio production, animation, film), and in any viewing lengths (short films, feature films, miniseries, telethons). Examples The types of shows described as television specials include: *One-time comedy shows *Adaptations of operas, Broadway plays, and other musicals *Celebrity profiles, interviews, or tribute specials * Seasonal programs or parades: Christmas television specials, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, New Year's Eve *Theatrical films and "made-for-TV" movies *Animated cartoons (shorts) *Irregular sports events: Olympic Games, Super Bowl *Beauty pageants: Miss Amer ... [...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] |
