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Koutaro Tanaka
is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with Stardust Promotion is a leading Japanese talent agency, headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was founded in 1979 and invests in entertainment forms including music, cinema, and modelling. The agency has a dominant share in the management of actresses. For example, .... Filmography TV series Films References External links Koutaro Tanaka's official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanaka, Koutaro Japanese male actors 1982 births Living people People from Tokyo Stardust Promotion artists ... [...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 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 Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the 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 moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
, often shortened to , and known in English as ''KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops'', is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto. It takes place in the present day, in and around a neighborhood police station (kōban) in the downtown part of Tokyo, and revolves around the misadventures of middle-aged cop Kankichi Ryotsu. It was continuously serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 40 years, from September 1976 to September 2016. Its 1,960 chapters were collected into 201 ''tankōbon'' volumes, making it the manga with the second-highest number of volumes for a single series. The manga has been adapted into an anime television series, produced by Studio Gallop and broadcast in Japan by Fuji TV, three theatrical animated films (by Tatsunoko and Gallop, respectively), two live-action movies, several stage adaptations, and a live-action television series. In addition, a short anime featuring characters from the series was produced to popularize the Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmful Insect
is a 2002 Japanese drama film directed by Akihiko Shiota and starring Aoi Miyazaki. Cast * Aoi Miyazaki as Sachiko Kita * Seiichi Tanabe as Ogata * Tetsu Sawaki as Takao * Ryo Amamiya as Tokugawa * Koji Ishikawa as Kyuzo * Yū Aoi as Natsuko * Ryo (actress), Ryo as Toshiko Kita * Eihi Shiina as Mano * Yusuke Iseya * Susumu Terajima * Ken Mitsuishi * Masahiro Toda * Nao Omori * Alexandra Delvillar Awards 27th Hochi Film Award * Best Actor - Seiichi Tanabe 24th Yokohama Film Festival *9th Best Film References External links * * 2002 films Films directed by Akihiko Shiota Japanese drama films Films about dysfunctional families 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterboys (film)
is a 2001 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Shinobu Yaguchi, about five boys who start a synchronized swimming team at their high school. The film stars Satoshi Tsumabuki (Suzuki, the leader of the team), Hiroshi Tamaki (Sato), Akifumi Miura (Ohta), Koen Kondo (Kanazawa), Takatoshi Kaneko (Saotome) and Naoto Takenaka (the dolphin trainer). The film was a success in Japan, and was nominated for eight prizes at the Japan Academy Prize, winning awards for 'Best Newcomer' and 'Best Music Score'. A spin-off television series entered its third season in 2005. Plot Suzuki is a high-school student who aspires to become a great swimmer; however, he is the only person in the school's swimming team. Soon, a beautiful new swimming teacher starts work at the high school. Dozens of boys decide to join the swimming team, but when they realize that she teaches synchronized swimming (which is generally a women's sport), all but Suzuki and four other boys drop out. The teacher soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunshi Kanbei
is a 2014 Japanese historical drama television series and the 53rd NHK ''taiga'' drama. The series was broadcast from January 5 to December 21, 2014, and ran a total of 50 episodes. The drama depicts the life of Kuroda Kanbei (played by Junichi Okada), a retainer of daimyō Kodera Masamoto of Harima Province, and a strategist for daimyō Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Plot The drama tells the story of Kuroda Kanbei, a son of Kuroda Mototaka, chief retainer of Kodera Masamoto who ruled Harima Province (currently Hyōgo Prefecture) in the 16th century. In troubled times, Kanbei persuades Kodera to join forces with the all-powerful Oda Nobunaga. Though imprisoned by Araki Murashige and lamed for life, Kanbei endures hardships and later becomes a strategist for Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His son Kuroda Nagamasa serves Tokugawa Ieyasu after the death of Toyotomi. Production *Screenwriter – Yoichi Maekawa *Music – Yugo Kanno *Titling – Shoshu *Narrator – Shiho Fujimura→Shuko Hirose *Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōkai Television Broadcasting
Tokai Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (THK, 東海テレビ放送株式会社, often called Tokai TV (東海テレビ)) is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), serving in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Tokai Hoso Kaikan. Offices *Headquarters - 14-27, Higashi-Sakura Itchome, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan *Tokyo Branch Office - Hibiya Chunichi Building, 1-4, Uchisaiwaicho Nichome, Chiyoda, Tokyo *Osaka Branch Office - Breeze Tower, 4-9, Umeda Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Broadcasting Analog Analog TV was discontinued on July 24, 2011. JOFX-TV *Nagoya TV Tower - Channel 1 *Toyohashi - Channel 56 *Nakatsugawa and Gujo-Hachiman - Channel 10 *Gero - Channel 6 *Owase and Takayama - Channel 8 *Tajimi - Channel 55 *Gifu-Nagara and Ise - Channel 57 *Nabari - Channel 62, etc. Digital Digital TV began on December 1, 2003 JOFX-DTV *Remort controller ID 1 *Nagoya ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzuko No Koi
is a biographical television drama series that aired on Fuji TV. Cast * Kurara Emi as Chōchō Miyako * Yuko Asano as Saki Hyuga * Kana Miura as Miss Wakana * Satoshi Jinbo as Ryushi Sanyutei * Yumi Takigawa as Hana Saito * Kazuma Sano as Haruo * Kazuko Kato as Sei Yoshimura * Tsurutaro Kataoka as Eijiro Hyuga * Mitsuho Otani as Natsuko * Takayuki Godai is a Japanese actor best known as the ''shōgun''s ninja Saizō in the long-running prime-time television ''jidaigeki'' ''Abarenbō Shōgun''. Godai first appeared as Saizō in Episode 57 of Series III, and continued through Series IV and V, about ... as Hanamaru References External links ''Suzuko no Koi''at THK Fuji TV dramas 2012 Japanese television series debuts Japanese drama television series Television series based on actual events {{Japan-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taira No Kiyomori (TV Series)
is a 2012 Japanese historical television series. It is the 51st NHK taiga drama. Production Production Credits *Original – Yuki Fujiumoto *Music – Takashi Yoshimatsu *Titling – Shōko Kanazawa *Narrator – Masaki Okada *Historical research – Masaaki Takahashi *Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi *Architectural research – Sei Hirai *Clothing research – Kiyoko Koizumi Cast Taira clan (Heike) *Kenichi Matsuyama as Taira no Kiyomori, a military leader of the late Heian period of Japan **Ōshirō Maeda as young Kiyomori *Kiichi Nakai as Taira no Tadamori, the father of Taira no Kiyomori *Atsuo Nakamura as Taira no Masamori *Kōsuke Toyohara as Taira no Tadamasa *Nakamura Baijaku II as Taira no Iesada *Kyoko Fukada as Taira no Tokiko, Kiyomori's wife *Ai Kato as Takashina no Akiko *Takaya Kamikawa as Taira no Morikuni *Go Morita as Taira no Tokitada *Takahiro Fujimoto as Itō Tadakiyo *Shunsuke Daito as Taira no Iemori *Takahiro Nishijima as Taira no Yori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
JOIX-DTV (channel 10), branded as , is the Kansai region flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the subsidiary of the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate; Yomiuri TV forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kantō region flagship Nippon TV, which owns a 15.89% share in the company. Founded as on February 13, 1958, and renamed Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation on August 1, the station started broadcasting on August 28 as the first TV station to be affiliated with Nippon Television Network Corporation. Its studios are located in the Osaka Business Park district of Osaka. History Early years Nippon TV applied for TV broadcasting licenses in Osaka and Nagoya after it began broadcasting in 1953, but the Ministry of Post declined the application on the grounds that "Nippon TV is a Tokyo channel, and applying for licenses in other regions is an act of crossing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Conan
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective fiction, detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its chapters collected in 102 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of September 2022. Due to legal problems with the name ''Detective Conan'', the English language releases from Funimation and Viz were renamed to ''Case Closed''. The story follows the high school detective Shinichi Kudo who was transformed into a child while investigating a mysterious organization and generally solved a multitude of cases by impersonating his childhood best friend's father and various other characters. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment, which premiered in January 1996. The anime resulted in List of Case Closed films, animated feature films, List of Case Closed OVAs, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zettai Reido
is a Japanese police procedural television drama. The first season, subtitled , was set in a fictional version of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department division that specializes in investigating cold cases, which is based on an actual division established in Japan in 2009. The first season aired from April 13 to June 22, 2010 on Fuji TV's Kakku time-slot. It premiered to an 18% rating. A special two-hour-long episode which served as conclusion to the first series was aired on July 8, 2011. Season two of ''Zettai Reido'', subtitled takes place a year after the events of the special episode, after Sakuragi and her fellow detectives have been transferred to the undercover investigation division which deals with current crimes. The second season aired from July 12 to September 20, 2011 on Fuji TV's Kakku time-slot. It premiered to a 15.4% rating and ended with a season-high rating of 16.3%. The last leg of the second season featured guest star appearances by Yūsuke Santamaria and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
