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Horikoshi High School
is a private high school in Nakano, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Nakano City. Notable alumni References External links * * {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1923[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakano, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Nakano City.About Nakano City " Retrieved March 10, 2013. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 322,731, and a population density of 20,701 persons per km2. The total area is 15.59 km2. Nakano is the most densely populated city in Japan. History The ward was founded on October 1, 1932, when the towns of Nogata and Nakano were absorbed into the former Tokyo City as Nakano Ward. The present administration dates from March 15, 1947, when the Allied occupation reformed the administration of Tokyo-to. * 1447:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayuko Kawakita
is a Japanese-American actress and model, known for her role as Rena on '' Fashion Story: Model'', Nippon Television variety show ''Hirunandesu!'', and ''Sekai no Hatemade Itte Q!''. She is the 2003 winner of the Japan Bishōjo Contest which is a beauty pageant held by Oscar Promotion. Appearances Television * ''Sekaigumi TV'' (Fuji TV, 2005-2006), Mayu * '' Gakkō ja Oshierarenai!'' Episode 2 (NTV, 2008) * '' Orthros no Inu'' ( TBS, 2009), Shiho Aoi * ''Bikōjō Keikaku: Suzuki Rinko, 20-sai'' ( KTV, 2010), Rinko Suzuki * ''Best Friend'' (NHK 1seg2, 2010) * ''Don Quixote'' (NTV, 2011), Eri * ''Thumbs up!'' (BS Fuji, 2011), Reiko * ''Mōsō Sousa: Kuwagata Kōichi Junkyōju no Stylish na Seikatsu'' (TV Asahi, 2012), Mizuho Yamamoto * '' Sprout'' (NTV, 2012), Kiyoka Taniyama * ''Tokusō Shirei! Aichi Police'' (Nagoya Broadcasting Network, 2012-2013), Aichi Prefectural Police special investigation unit commander * ''Mistake!'' Episode 2 (Fuji TV, 2013) * ''Mission: English Eik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Moriguchi
(born June 13, 1968 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan), better known by her stage name is a female Japanese singer and tarento. Moriguchi is affiliated with the talent agency NoReason Inc., where she also serves as Second Production Department Manager. Biography The youngest of four sisters, lived with her mother after her parents divorced when she was eight years old. She graduated from Fukuoka City Takamiya Junior High School and Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka Chuo High School, then transferred to Horikoshi High School Performing Arts Course. Her classmates included Yōko Oginome, Kumiko Takeda, Miyuki Imori, Sayuri Iwai, Eri Murata, and Mie Takahashi. During her teenage years, Hanamura performed as a backing singer in the Tokyo Music Academy performing arts group . Before graduating from high school, she participated in several variety shows and quiz programs. She auditioned for several idol singer competitions without success. Hanamura adopted the stage name "Hiroko Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruma Miura
was a Japanese actor and singer. He made his acting debut in the television drama ''Agri'' (1997) and rose to popularity after starring in the film '' Koizora'' (2007), winning Newcomer of the Year at the 31st Japan Academy Prize. In the following years, Miura notably starred in the third season of ''Gokusen'' (2009), '' Bloody Monday'' (2009), ''Naoko'' (2009), '' Kimi ni Todoke'' (2010), ''Last Cinderella'' (2013), ''Boku no Ita Jikan'' (2013), ''The Eternal Zero'' (2013), ''Attack on Titan'' (2015), '' Gintama 2'' (2018), and ''Two Weeks'' (2019). He also starred as Lola in the Japanese production of '' Kinky Boots'' (2016), winning Best New Actor and the Haruko Sugimura Award at the 24th Yomiuri Theater Awards. In addition to his acting career, Miura debuted as a singer in 2019 with the single "Fight for Your Heart", which was followed by "Night Diver" in 2020. Career 1997–2006: Early acting career Miura made his acting debut in the television drama adaptation of the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arashi
is a Japanese boy band consisting of five members formed under the Johnny & Associates talent agency. The members are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. Arashi officially formed on September 15, 1999, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and made their debut CD on November 3, 1999. The group was initially signed to Pony Canyon and released one studio album and six singles—beginning with their 1999 eponymous debut single before moving to the Johnny's subsidiary label J Storm in 2001, which was initially set up for their succeeding releases. While their debut single sold close to a million copies, the group took a mixture of pop and alternate/contemporary approach to its music which attracted core followers, but subsequently faced commercially slow sales. With the release of their eighteenth single " Love So Sweet", Arashi began to gain commercial success as it was used as the opening theme song for the high-rating drama '' Hana Yori Dango 2'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Matsumoto
Jun or JUN may refer to: People and anthroponymy * Jun (given name), a common Japanese given name * Jun (singer), a member of South Korean boy band U-KISS * Tomáš Jun, Czech footballer * A spelling of common Korean family name Jeon (Korean surname) * A spelling of uncommon Korean family and given name Joon (Korean name) * Jun., Jr. or Jnr., abbreviations for Junior (other) * Jun, stage name of Chinese singer Wen Junhui Places * Jun, Granada, Spain Science * c-jun, a protein encoded by gene JUN Time * Abbreviation of June * A ten-day period in the Japanese calendar History * Commandery (China) A jùn (郡) was a historical administrative division of China from the Eastern Zhou (c. 7th century BCE) until the early Tang dynasty (c. 7th century CE). It is usually translated as a commandery. Countries around Chi ... (''jùn'' in pinyin), a division of imperial China Other * Jun (drink), a Tibetan fermented tea drink * JUN Auto, a Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukiko Okada
was a Japanese singer and actress, active in the mid-1980s. After winning a nationwide television show at age 15 in 1983, she debuted as an Japanese idol, idol in 1984. Her death by suicide two years later led to a number of copycat suicides, a phenomenon that would bear her name. Early life Yukiko Okada was born as Satō KayoWilliam Wetherall"The suicide of Okada Yukiko: Japanese youth and the Yukko Syndrome" ''Far Eastern Economic Review'', July 17, 1986 (佐藤佳代) on August 22, 1967, the second daughter of the Satō family. The family later moved to Nagoya. In elementary school, Okada loved to read, especially manga, and she was a talented artist. In junior high school, Okada wanted to become a singer and applied for every possible audition, anything from major productions to the smallest talent recruitment, hoping to become a star. She was rejected every time until she was finally accepted to a TV talent program, ''Star Tanjō!'' on Nippon Television – similar to ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiko Matsuda
, known professionally as , is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter, known for being one of the most popular Japanese idols of the 1980s. Since then, she is still actively releasing new singles and albums, doing annual summer concert tours, winter dinner shows, high-profile TV commercials and movies, and makes frequent TV appearances and radio broadcasts. Due to her popularity in the 1980s and her long career, she has been dubbed the "Eternal Idol" by the Japanese media. In January 2011, the Japanese music television program Music Station listed her as the 2nd best-selling idol of all time in Japan, with 29,510,000 records sold. She placed right behind pop group SMAP and ahead of Akina Nakamori, her biggest rival from the 1980s, who was listed in third place. In 2016, however, Ian Martin of ''The Japan Times'' compared her output unfavorably with that of Hikaru Utada, describing Matsuda as "first and foremost an idol rather than an artist. Her legacy is best expressed in single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takako Matsu
(born June 10, 1977) also known as is a Japanese actress and pop singer. Personal life Matsu was born to a family of buyō and kabuki actors, including her father Matsumoto Hakuō II, her mother and businesswoman Noriko Fujima, her uncle, Nakamura Kichiemon II, her elder brother Matsumoto Kōshirō X, her sister Kio Matsumoto, and stage director Kazuhisa Kawahara. She married guitarist and record producer Yoshiyuki Sahashi on December 28, 2007. Her married name is . She has the name of Natori of the Matsumoto school of Nippon Buyō (Japanese dancing); . She chose the surname "Matsu" to honor the family. In an interview, she said she and her siblings are close to their mother. Career Matsu starred in her stage debut '' Ninjō-banashi: Bunshichi Mottoi'' at Kabuki-za. Her first television role was in the NHK Drama '' Hana no Ran'' and starred in the NHK drama ''Kura''. Because Shirayuri Gakuen, her high school, prohibited working in the industry, she moved to Horikoshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese-Australian
are Australian citizens and residents who claim Japanese ancestry. Japanese people first arrived in the 1870s (despite a ban on emigration in place until 1886). During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Japanese migrants played a prominent role in the pearl industry of north-western Australia. By 1911, the Japanese population while small groups had grown to approximately 3,500 people. With the outbreak of war in the Pacific in 1941, most Japanese in Australia were interned and then deported when the war ended. At the end of the war only 74 Japanese citizens and their children were permitted to remain in Australia. Not until the 1970s did the Japanese population recover to the levels at the start of the 20th century. As of 2011, of Australia's 35,378 Japan-born residents, more than 65% had arrived from the mid-1990s onwards. According to a global survey conducted at the end of 2013, Australia was the most popular country for Japanese people to live in. History The firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiori Kutsuna
is an Australian-born Japanese actress, known for her role as Ran Mori in ''Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge!'', Minami Maho in ''Beck,'' Haru/Harumi in ''125 Years Memory,'' and Yukio in ''Deadpool 2''. She plays Mitsuki in the Apple TV+ series ''Invasion'' (2021). In 2014, she won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Newcomer of the Year. Early life Kutsuna was born on 22 December 1992 in Killarney Heights, Sydney. She lived in Australia until the age of 14 before moving to Japan to pursue a career as a model and actress. Career In 2006, Kutsuna won the Judge's Prize at the 2006 Japan Bishōjo Contest. In 2009, she had her first major starring role. She played the part of Tsugumi Nitobe in ''7 Mannin Tantei Nitobe (70 000 People Detective Nitobe)'', an ordinary college student who has 70,000 friends on the Internet and solves difficult cases by using their brains. In 2011, she was cast to play Ran Mori in a special drama for the live-action of '' Detective Conan'', a popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoka Kurokawa
, is a Japanese actress. She graduated from Horikoshi High School on February 18, 2008. She began attending Asia University in April 2008. Filmography Drama *''Don't Forget Me , Dai Renai: Boku o Wasureru Kimi to'' (TBS / 2018) - Yuzuka Sawada *''Aino Mating Agency Inc , Aino Kekkon Soudanjo'' (TV Asahi / 2017) - Kana Sawamine (ep.6) *''I Love You Just a Little Bit , Anata no Koto wa Sorehodo '' (TBS/ 2017) - Rumi Mori *''The Last Cop'' (NTV / 2016) - Saori Kashiwagi *''Comes Morning , Asa ga Kuru'' (Fuji TV-Tokai TV / 2016) - Konomi Hirata *''Money Angel , Mane no Tenshi '' (YTV-NTV / 2016) - Mika Shirai (ep.3) *''Aibou: Season 14'' (TV Asahi / 2015-2016) - Sayumi Yajima (ep.12) *''The Concierge , Hoteru Konsheruju'' (TBS / 2015)- Shiori Miyama (ep.5) *''DOCTORS 3: The Ultimate Surgeon , DOCTORS 3 Saikyou no Meii '' TV Asahi / 2015) - Ami Aihara *''Cinderella Date'' (Tokai TV-Fuji TV / 2014) - Erika Tanaka *''Kurofuku Monogatari'' (TV Asahi / 2014) - Ayano *''Last Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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