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Kurosagi
is a Japanese manga written by Takeshi Natsuhara and illustrated by Kuromaru. The series is about a boy named Kurosaki who swindles only other professional swindlers known as . The series was adapted as an 11-episode TV drama that was aired on TBS from April 14 to June 23, 2006. On March 8, 2008, '' Kurosagi'' with Tomohisa Yamashita starring as the Black Swindler once again, was released. Another television drama adaptation is set to premiere in October 2022. It won the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga. Plot Six years ago, Kurosaki's family was destroyed when a "shirosagi" (a "white swindler", who focuses on defrauding others) swindled Kurosaki's father of their family's life savings. As a result, his father killed Kurosaki's mother and sister before committing suicide. Since then, Kurosaki has devoted himself to becoming a "kurosagi" ("black swindler"), who swindles other swindlers, as a means of revenge. As a "kurosagi", Kurosaki's acts have hel ...
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Tomohisa Yamashita
, also widely known as , or Tomo, is a Japanese singer, actor, and TV host. Yamashita joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates as a trainee in 1996 (age 11) and made his small acting debut for NHK's ''Shonentachi'' (1998) and has been active on Japanese TV since then. Yamashita made his official CD debut as part of idol group NEWS in 2004 and later debuted as a soloist in 2006. He got his successful acting career after an interesting portrayal as Kusano Akira for the hit drama ''Nobuta Wo Produce'' (2005). His biggest break as an actor came in 2006 when he landed his first lead role for popular drama ''Kurosagi''. On October 7, 2011, Johnny & Associates announced that Yamashita and Ryo Nishikido were no longer members of NEWS and Yamashita would be concentrating on his solo projects as actor and solo singer/idol. His solo music label was under Warner Music Japan until 2016. In mid-2018, Yamashita's music label moved to Sony Music Japan; however, Sony only managed Yam ...
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Kurosagi (film)
is a film based on the 2006 popular TV series ''Kurosagi''. After the finale of the TV series in June, TBS received many questions about whether there would be a new season or a film. TBS decided to shoot a film, beginning in August 2007. On March 8, 2008, the cast appeared on stage at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills. At the end of the conference, a guard with a suitcase filled with 3,800,000,000 yen (since it was March 8) appeared on stage. Yamashita said he would make another Kurosagi film, shooting it overseas. The official theme song is "Taiyō no Namida" (). It is performed by NEWS, a 6-member band. Tomohisa Yamashita, who also plays the lead role, is in the band. Plot A young man named Kurosaki had his family destroyed by con artists. When he grows up, he becomes a swindler to avenge his family. He swindles other con artists and returns the money to their victims. Cast * Tomohisa Yamashita as Kurosagi (Kurosaki) * Maki Horikita as Yoshikawa Tsurara * Yui Ichikawa as Mishim ...
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Shogakukan Manga
A list of manga published by Shogakukan, listed by release date. For an alphabetical list, see :Shogakukan manga. 1950s 1953 *''Fujiko Fujio#Fujiko Fujio's works, UTOPIA Saigo no Sekai Taisen'' 1959 *''Dr. Thrill'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Dynamic 3'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Kaikyuu x Arawaru!!'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, The Lone Ranger'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Maboroshi Taisho'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Ryuichi Yoru Banashi'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Tonkatsu-chan'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Uchuu Shōnen Tonda'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Umi no Ouji'' *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1950s, Zero Man'' 1960s 1960 *''List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Sunday#1960–1964, Boku wa Jonbe he'' *''Captain Ken'' *''List of series run in Weekl ...
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Maki Horikita
is a Japanese former actress. During her career from 2003 until 2017, she starred in numerous Japanese television dramas, television and magazine advertisements, and movies, including roles in ''Nobuta wo Produce'', ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'' and ''Umechan Sensei''. Early life Horikita was born on October 6, 1988, in Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan. She is the eldest of three daughters. Considered a tomboy in her childhood, Horikita enjoyed playing basketball and baseball. She was the vice-captain of their basketball club in junior high. Despite her boyishness, Horikita looked up to her mother. This was revealed when she appeared in an episode of KAT-TUN's now-defunct variety show ''Cartoon KAT-TUN'' where she mentioned that she liked imitating her mother when she was younger. Career Print & TV endorsement Apart from modeling for photobooks, Horikita has appeared in magazines and television advertisements. She is best remembered for her television commercials for Fujifilm (where she ...
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Show Aikawa
is a Japanese actor. Career Show Aikawa was born in Tokushima and raised in Kagoshima. Aikawa has appeared in a number of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films, including ''Eyes of the Spider'', ''Serpent's Path'', ''License to Live'', ''Seance'', and ''Pulse''. Filmography Films * ''Orugoru'' (1989) * ''The Pale Hand'' (1990) * ''Gokudo no Onna Tachi: Saigo no Tatakai'' (1990) * ''Shishio Tachi no Natsu'' (1991) * ''The Passage to Japan'' (1991) * ''Torarete Tamaruka!'' (1992) * ''Shishio Tachi no Saigo'' (1993) * ''Torarete Tamaruka! 2'' (1993) * ''A New Love in Tokyo'' (1994) * ''Like a Rolling Stone'' (1994) * ''Torarete Tamaruka! 3'' (1994) * ''Kitanai Yatsu'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Escape'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Reversal'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche'' (1996) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yo ...
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Tsutomu Yamazaki
is a Japanese actor. He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for '' The Funeral'' and '' Farewell to the Ark''. Yamazaki is well known for his role "Nenbutsu no Tetsu" on the television jidaigeki '' Hissatsu Shiokinin'' and ''Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin''. Career Yamazaki graduated from Haiyuza Theatre Company and joined Bungakuza in 1959. He made his film debut in Kihachi Okamoto`s ''Daigaku no sanzôkutachi'' in 1960. In 1961, he received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. In 1963, he appeared in Akira Kurosawa's ''High and Low''. He worked with Kurosawa twice more: in the director's next film, 1965's ''Red Beard'', then fifteen years later, in ''Kagemusha''. In 1973, he appeared jidaigeki television drama '' Hissatsu Shiokinin'' and he played the same role in ''Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin'' again in 1977. He also starred in director Juzo Itami movies, as a trucker who resembles John Wayne in ''Tampopo'' (1985) as well as co-starring in '' The Ramen Girl'' ( ...
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Yui Ichikawa
, is an actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. She is also known by her nickname, ''Yui-nyan''. As an actress she has appeared in several dramas (''doramas''), and in recent years she has concentrated more on her film career. She played a minor role in the movie '' Ju-on: The Grudge'' and reprised her character for a bigger role in the sequel, '' Ju-on: The Grudge 2''. She has portrayed Nana Komatsu (Hachi) in the film adaptation of the famous manga ''Nana'', and on December 18, 2006, Ichikawa and co-star Mika Nakashima went to New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ... for the International Premier of ''Nana 2'' at the IFC Center. Filmography Films Television Video game voicing Discography Singles Albums References External linksOfficial Home ...
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Weekly Young Sunday
was a weekly manga magazine published by Shogakukan in Japan since the first issue on March 27, 1987. It replaced ''Shōnen Big Comic'' in Shogakukan's lineup of shōnen titles, and many of the titles in ''Shōnen Big Comic'' were continued in ''Young Sunday''. The magazines was sometimes called for short. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of ''Weekly Young Sunday'', Shogakukan and Yahoo! Auctions Japan held a charity auction benefitting the Green Cross Japan. Various manga artists donated signed original artwork, and Shogakukan donated rare goods related to the series and people appearing in the magazine. On May 30, 2008, Shogakukan announced that they would cease publication of the magazine. The final issue was released on July 31, 2008. Ongoing titles in the final issue Titles marked with * have had been adapted into a live action movie, TV drama series, or special. Titles marked with ** have had been adapted into an anime series, OVA, or movie. *''Aoi Honō'', by Kazuhi ...
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Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan, Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since 1955. Categories The current award categories are: * * * * Each winning work will be honored with a bronze statuette, a certificate and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$7,500). Special awards are also occasionally given out for outstanding work, lifetime achievement, and so forth. Recipients The laureates were awarded for comics published during the years listed in the table. However, the laureates were not presented and the prizes were not given out until the beginning of the following year. The prizes are often referred to by the numbers listed below instead of the years. See also * List of manga awards References ;General * ;Specific External links * List of winners
1956–2021 {{Manga Industry Awards A ...
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Bambino!
is a Japanese cooking manga written and illustrated by Tetsuji Sekiya. The manga has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen magazine (aimed at older men) ''Big Comic Spirits''. As of February 2009, Shogakukan has published 14 ''tankōbon'' of the manga. It received the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga along with Takeshi Natsuhara's and Kuromaru's ''Kurosagi''. Nippon Television broadcast the live-action TV drama from April 18, 2007 to June 27, 2007. It was broadcast in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico by TV Japan, an affiliate of NHK, from January to March 2008. Media Manga ''Bambino!'' is written and illustrated by Tetsuji Sekiya. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen magazine (aimed at older men) ''Big Comic Spirits''. As of March 2009, Shogakukan has published 14 '' bound volumes'' of the manga between March 30, 2005 and December 26, 2008. Volume listing Drama "We Can Make It!" by Arashi is the series' opening theme son ...
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Big Comic Spirits
is a weekly Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional values. The magazine is published every Monday. Circulation in 2008 averaged over 300,000 copies, but by 2015 had dropped to 168,250.Japan Magazine Publishers Association ''Magazine Data 2008''
. In 2009 Shogakukan launched a new sister magazine, ''''.


History

''Big Comic Spirits'' launched on October 14, 1980 as a monthly magazine. The following June, it changed to a semim ...
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Tetta Sugimoto
is a Japanese actor. Career Sugimoto was first a member of a rock band before he debuted as an actor in 1983 in the film ''Hakujasho''. For that film, he won a Japan Academy Prize best newcomer award. In addition to his work in film, he has also acted on television, stage, and in television commercials. He has appeared in films such as Takeshi Kitano's ''Outrage'' and Junji Sakamoto's '' Strangers in the City''. Filmography Film * ''Hakujasho'' (1983) * '' A Promise'' (1986) * ''Zegen'' (1987) * '' Sukeban Deka The Movie'' (1987) * ''Hope and Pain'' (1988) * '' Luminous Moss'' (1992) * ''The River with No Bridge'' (1992) * '' Tokyo Eyes'' (1998) * ''Tokyo Rampage'' (1998) * '' All About Lily Chou-Chou'' (2001) * ''Waterboys'' (2001) * ''Alive'' (2002) * ''Samurai Resurrection'' (2003) * ''Socrates in Love'' (2004) * ''Reincarnation'' (2005) * ''Pacchigi! Love & Peace'' (2007) * ''Dororo'' (2007) * '' Departures'' (2008) * ''Ichi'' (2008) * ''252'' (2008) * ''John Rabe'' (2009) ...
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