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Kosuke Suzuki (actor)
is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Sis Company. His wife is actress Chihiro Otsuka. Biography Suzuki graduated from Seinan Gakuin High School and Aoyama Gakuin University Faculty of Business Department of Management. He joined athletics when he was in high school, and had experience running short distance races at the national Inter-High School Championships. Suzuki greatly admired the actor Toshiyuki Nishida, and even took a leave from the university to enter the Seinenza acting school, the troupe Nishida belonged to. He later officially joined Seinenza Theater Company in 1997. He later left in 2004 after Nishida left the company. Suzuki continued by acting in television dramas. In 2007 he played Yuji Fukunaga in '' Liar Game'' and gained popularity due to his lines. Suzuki's character in the series is also known for his mushroom hair, black eyeglasses, loud speech, abuse of others, and the intensity of his character. Suzuki commented that the character was tiring. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū
is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It covers 83.04 square kilometres, and had a population of 260,318 in January, 2005. The ward contains JR Kurosaki Station, and JR Orio Station on the Kagoshima Main Line, with several schools and universities nearby. It is chiefly a residential area, bounded by the Onga river in the West. In the south of the ward by the Onga river is Koyanose-juku, a former post town on the Nagasaki Kaidō which has recently become a tourist area. Geography Climate Economy Yaskawa Electric, a global electrical equipment and robot manufacturing company is headquartered in the ward. Facilities *Honjo Stadium is a small athletic and multi-purpose stadium (capacity 10,202), opened in 1990 at Honjō Park in Ohiraki, Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. Association football It was the designated home stadium for Giravanz Kitakyushu ... Education North Korean schools: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero (2001 TV Series)
''Hero'' is a Japanese drama series that aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2001. Hero achieved the highest Japanese TV drama ratings record in 25 years (average audience share over the entire series = 34.3%). It was so successful that it spawned a 2006 miniseries and a feature film entitled '' Hero: The Movie'' which reached #3 on the 2007 top-grossing film chart in Japan. Starting July 2014, Fuji TV aired a second series entitled ''Hero 2'', which had Takuya Kimura reprising his role. Plot Kuryu Kohei is a young public prosecutor who gets transferred to a division in Tokyo from Aomori. Kuryu is unlike a typical prosecutor; he refuses to wear a suit and tie, opting for casual clothing, his trademark orange down jacket and stylish boots. He looks and behaves more like a Generation X slacker. He is known for always buying bizarre items from infomercials and the home shopping network. Kuryu is a high-school dropout who was falsely accused of a felony, cleared only by a public pros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiki Renai Sakusen
is a Japanese comedy television drama series broadcast on TV Tokyo. It premiered on January 9, 2015 and ended on March 28, 2015. Cast *Kumiko Asō *Maki Sakai *Tamaki Ogawa Tamaki may refer to: New Zealand *Tāmaki, a suburb of Auckland to the west of the Tamaki River *Tāmaki (New Zealand electorate), in Auckland *East Tāmaki, a suburb of Auckland to the east of the Tamaki River *Tamaki River, in Auckland *Tamaki St ... * Tōru Nakamura References External links * 2015 Japanese television series debuts 2015 Japanese television series endings Japanese comedy television series Japanese drama television series TV Tokyo original programming Japanese supernatural television series {{Japan-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soko O Nantoka
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mikoto Asou. It was serialized in Hakusensha's manga magazine ''Melody'' from 2007 to August 28, 2018, with its chapters collected into 15 volumes. was adapted into two Japanese television drama series: one in 2012 and another in 2014. Characters ; : Portrayed by: Yuika Motokariya ; : Portrayed by: Ichikawa Ennosuke IV ; : Portrayed by: Megumi ; : Portrayed by: Waka Inoue ; : Portrayed by: Kohei Otomo References External links Official website for the TV series(defunct; link via the Wayback Machine The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit based in San Francisco, California. Created in 1996 and launched to the public in 2001, it allows the user to go "back in time" and see ...) * 2007 manga 2012 Japanese television series debuts 2014 Japanese television series debuts Hakusensha manga Hakusensha franchises Japanese television drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinigami-kun
is a Japanese television drama series based on the manga of the same name by Koichi Endo. The screenwriter is Hiroshi Hashimoto who is known for '' Thermae Romae 2'' (2014) and '' Flying Colors'' (2015). Satoshi Ohno, who is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi, played the lead role. Mirei Kiritani also appeared in a supporting role. It received an average viewership rating of 9.7%. Plot Shinigami-kun, also known as Shinigami-kun #413, is a rookie grim reaper whose job is to inform people of their impending death and to bring their souls to the spirit world upon their death. He appears with his signature phrase "Congratulations! I'm here to call on you." However, because he is a rookie reaper, he has a tendency to make biased decisions toward the human side, breaking the rule of his world and causing him to get reprimanded by his superior. Cast Main cast * Satoshi Ohno as Shinigami-kun (the reaper) * Mirei Kiritani as Kanshi-kan (death watcher) * Masaki Suda as Akuma (de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All She Was Worth
''All She Was Worth'' is a crime novel by Miyuki Miyabe. It was originally published under the Japanese title ''Kasha'' (Japanese: 火車). Plot introduction In 1992, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Detective Shunsuke Honma, on leave due to an incident on the job, is hired by his nephew, banker Jun Kurisaka, to track down Kurisaka's fiancée, whom he knows by the name of Shoko Sekine and who disappeared from his life after he discovered her credit history was tainted by bankruptcy. As Honma investigates her circumstances, he finds that the name "Shoko Sekine" actually belongs to someone else other than Kurisaka's fiancée, and that the latter may have murdered the former to achieve this. As Honma navigates the country for clues, he finds that the credit-based economy in Japan, coupled with the country's own system for family identification, have undesirable side effects on ordinary people's lives. Characters (Some of the names were changed in translation and will be noted in ''italics' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspicion (1982 Film)
is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. Cast Awards and nominations 7th Hochi Film Award * Won: Best Actress - Kaori Momoi Other adaptations * ''Giwaku'' (November 13, 1992) on FUJI TV, starring Ayumi Ishida. * ''Giwaku'' (March 22, 2003) on TV Asahi, starring Kōichi Satō. * ''Giwaku'' (January 24, 2009) on TV Asahi, starring Masakazu Tamura. *''Kokuhatsu Kokusen Bengonin'' (2011) (8 episodes) on TV Asahi, starring Masakazu Tamura. * ''Giwaku'' (November 9, 2012) on FUJI TV, starring Takako Tokiwa. * ''Giwaku'' (February 3, 2019) on TV Asahi, starring Ryōko Yonekura is a Japanese actress and former fashion model best known for her role in the Japanese medical drama '' Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon''. She also performs the voice of Black Widow in the Japanese-language releases of the '' Avengers'' film se .... References 1982 films Films directed by Yoshitaro Nomura 1980s Japanese-language films Films scored by Yasushi Akutagawa 1980s Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mei-chan No Shitsuji
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riko Miyagi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Margaret'' magazine. The manga is licensed and published in Chinese in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing. The manga has been adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama, which was broadcast on Fuji TV between January 13 and March 17, 2009. Media Manga ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji'' is written and illustrated by Riko Miyagi. The manga is serialised in Shueisha's ''Margaret'' magazine. The individual chapters have been collected into 20 ''tankōbon'' by Shueisha. The series ended on January 25, 2013 and was followed by a sequel called ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX'' in 2014. The manga is licensed and published in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing. Drama The manga has been adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama, which was broadcast on Fuji TV between January 13 and March 17, 2009. The Region 2 DVD Box set for the series was released on June 17, 2009. Cast Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akai Ito (TV Series)
is a 2006 cell phone novel series written by Mei. ''Akai Ito'' was first published on the website ''Mahō no Toshōkan'', where it became the #1 ranked story within the first month of publication. The popularity of ''Akai Ito'' has been associated with the boom of cell phone novels in the mid-2000s in Japan. The novel was later published as a series of five books, which sold a consecutive total of 1.8 million physical copies. The success of ''Akai Ito'' has led to a manga adaptation by Cocco Kashiwaya, a television and film project released under the title ''Threads of Destiny'', and two video game adaptations. Plot Middle school student Mei Takemiya has a crush on her childhood friend Yūya, but after he confesses to her older sister, Haruna, she withdraws to the company of her circle of friends: Riku, Mia, Yuri, Natsuki, Mitsuru, Asami, and Sara. One day, she becomes acquainted with her classmate, Atsushi Nishino, and the two realize they have a lot in common, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aibō
is a Japanese television detective series that first aired on TV Asahi on June 3, 2000. It has been adapted into six films: '' AIBOU: The Movie'' (2008), ''AIBOU: CSI Files'' (2009), '' AIBOU: The Movie II'' (2010), ''AIBOU: X-DAY'' (2013), '' AIBOU: The Movie III'' (2014) and ''AIBOU: The Movie IV'' (2017). The drama features , a police inspector assigned to the fictional of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and his partners as from 2000 to 2009; from 2022, from 2009 to 2012, from 2012 to 2015, and from 2015 to 2022. In Season 15 Episode 3, Roland appears as a host. ''AIBOU'' is also broadcast with English subtitles in Hawaii by the television station KIKU under the name ''Partners'', and in Los Angeles by the station Japan Hollywood Network (before UTB 18.1) under the official English name ''AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo''. Seasons Films * " AIBOU: The Movie" (2008) directed by Seiji Izumi * " AIBOU: The Movie II" (2010) directed by Seiji Izumi * "AIBOU: The Mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Change (Japanese TV Series)
CHANGE is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV starting May 12, 2008. Plot Keita Asakura, an elementary school teacher who has no interest in politics, suddenly gets taken to the position of the Prime Minister. He is forced to campaign in the Fukuoka Prefecture for a seat in the House of Representatives for the Seiyu Party when his father and brother, both involved in Diet politics, die in a plane crash ''en route'' from Vietnam. Asakura wins the prefectural elections, and heads to Tokyo to take his father's place in the House. After being sworn in, Asakura is dubbed the "Prince of the Parliament" (''kokukai ouji'') by the news media. The current Prime Minister is embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal and resigns, leading Kanbaya, one of the most senior politicians in the Seiyu Party, to propose that Asakura run for the party's leadership. This puts Asakara in the running for the premiership should the Seiyu Party win a majority in an upcoming general election. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
