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Mayuko Iwasa
is a Japanese former entertainer, model, and actress. She is represented by Platinum Production. Among numerous other television and film appearances, she played the lead role in the film adaptation of Kaoruko Himeno's novel '. Career Iwasa was ''Miss Magazine 2003''. She was awarded the ''Graph Prize, the 42nd Golden Arrow Awards (2004)'' in March 2005. In June 2005, Iwasa recorded a duet with Naoya Ogawa called "Katte ni Shinryakusha" (An Invader in My Own Way), which was used as an ending song of ''Sgt. Frog''. The two appeared on Music Station and Pop Jam. Iwasa was in the drama ''Gal Circle'' as Rika, a ''ganguro'' girl who scams her friends for money. In 2013 she played the lead role in ', the film adaptation of Kaoruko Himeno is a Japanese writer. She has been nominated five times for the Naoki Prize and won the 150th Naoki Prize for her novel '. Two of her novels have been adapted for film. Early life and education Himeno was born in 1958 in Shiga Prefecture, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerima, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City. , the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population density of 15,013 persons per km2, while 15,326 foreign residents are registered and 21.6% of the ward's population is over the age of 65. The total area is 48.08 km2. Districts and neighborhoods ;Kamiitabashi Area * Asahigaoka * Kotakechō ;Kaminerima Area * Asahimachi * Doshida * Hikarigaoka * Kasugacho * Mukōyama * Nukui * Tagara * Takamatsu ;Nakaarai Area * Nakamura * Nakamurakita * Nakamuraminami * Toyotamakami * Toyotamakita * Toyotamaminami * Toyotamanaka ;Nerima Area * Hayamiya * Hazawa * Heiwadai * Hikawadai * Kitamachi * Nerima * Nishiki * Sakaemachi * Sakuradai ;Ōizumi Area * Higashiōizumi * Minamiōizumi * Nishiōizumi * Nishiōizumimachi * Ōizumichō * Ōizumigakuen-chō ;Shakujii Area * Fujimidai * Kamishakujii * Kamishakujiiminami-chō * Miharadai * Minamitanaka * Sekimachikita * Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nodame Cantabile
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomoko Ninomiya. It was serialized in Japan by Kodansha in the ''josei'' manga magazine ''Kiss'' from July 2001 to October 2009 and collected in 23 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A two-volume sequel, called ''Nodame Cantabile: Encore Opera Chapter'', which began serialization in the December 2009 issue of ''Kiss'', was released in 2010. In 2016 a one-shot epilogue chapter was published in the April edition of ''Kiss''. It was licensed in North America by Del Rey Manga. The series depicts the relationship between two aspiring classical musicians, Megumi "Nodame" Noda and Shinichi Chiaki, as university students and after graduation. The series has been adapted as four different television series: as an award-winning Japanese live-action drama that aired in 2006 followed by a sequel television special that aired in January 2008, as an anime series spanning three seasons with the first broadcast in 2007, the second in 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Gravure Models
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Nerima
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1987 Births
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is struck by Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous speech, demanding that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 rect 400 0 600 200 King's Cross fire rect 0 200 300 400 Tear down this wall! rect 300 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The End Of The Beginning
The End of the Beginning may refer to: * A quotation from a 1942 speech by Winston Churchill concerning the Second Battle of El Alamein Literature * ''End of the Beginning'' (novel), a 2005 Days of Infamy novel by Harry Turtledove * ''The End of the Beginning'' (play), a 1937 play by Sean O'Casey * "The End of the Beginning", a short story by Ray Bradbury, included in his 1959 collection ''A Medicine for Melancholy'' Music Albums * ''The End of the Beginning'' (God Is an Astronaut album) or the title song, 2002 * ''The End of the Beginning'' (Judie Tzuke album), 2004 * ''The End of the Beginning'' (Like a Storm album) or the title song, 2009 * ''The End of the Beginning'' (Murs album), 2003 * ''The End of the Beginning'' (EP) or the title song, by Jonathan Seet, 2009 * ''The End of the Beginning'', by Richie Havens, 1976 * ''The End of the Beginning'', a video by Sabbat, 1990 Songs * "End of the Beginning" (song), by Black Sabbath, 2013 * "End of the Beginning", b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanazakari No Kimitachi E (2011 TV Series)
is a 2011 Japanese television series. It is a remake of the 2007 drama series of the same Japanese title which is also based on the manga ''Hana-Kimi'', but it features an entirely new cast. Cast Second dormitory students * Atsuko Maeda as Mizuki Ashiya * Aoi Nakamura as Izumi Sano * Shohei Miura as Shuichi Nakatsu * Renn Kiriyama as Minami Nanba * Tomo Yanagishita as Taiki Kayashima * Shintaro Yamada as Kyogo Sekime * Yukito Nishii as Nakao Senri * Katsuhiro Suzuki as Shinji Noe * Yuki Kashiwagi as Juri Kishinosato * Shota Matsushima as Masafumi Katsura * Shotaro Mamiya as Keisuke Awaji * Goro Kurihara as Kota Hanaten * Yuki Sato as Makoto Kagurazaka First dormitory students * Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Megumi Tennoji * Goki Maeda as Kohei Kitahanada * Arata Horii as Kumatori Jin * Ryosuke Yamamoto as Kiyoshikojin Akira * Ryu Ando as Mukonoso Andrew * Koudai Asaka as Subaru Takatsuki * Sonde Kanai as Kazuki Obitoke * Shotaro Kotani as Hiroto Moriguchi * Tomoki Oka ... [...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] |
Kuchisake-Onna 2 The Scissors Massacre
is a malevolent figure in Japanese urban legends and folklore. Described as the malicious spirit, or ''onryō'', of a woman, she partially covers her face with a mask or other item and carries a pair of scissors. She is most often described as having long, straight, black hair, pale skin, and otherwise being considered beautiful (except for her scar). She has been described as a contemporary ''yōkai''. According to popular legend, she asks potential victims if they think she is beautiful. If they respond with "no", she will either kill them with her long medical scissors on the spot or wait until nightfall and murder you in your sleep. If they say "yes", she will reveal that the corners of her mouth are slit from ear to ear, and she will then repeat her question. If the individual responds with "no", she will kill them with her weapon, and if they say "yes" hesitantly she will cut the corners of their mouth in such a way that resembles her own disfigurement. Methods that can b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liar Game
''Liar Game'' (stylized as ''LIAR GAME'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from February 2005 to January 2015. It was adapted into a Japanese television series in 2007, with a second season which ran from 2009 to 2010. It was also adapted into two live action films; '' Liar Game: The Final Stage'' in 2010 and '' Liar Game: Reborn'' in 2012. A South Korean television series adaptation aired in 2014. Plot summary An uncommonly naive college student named Nao Kanzaki receives a package containing 100 million yen (about US$1 million) and a note that she is now a contestant in the Liar Game Tournament. In this fictional tournament, contestants are encouraged to cheat and lie to obtain other contestants' money, with the losers forced to bear a debt proportional to their losses. When Nao's first opponent, a trusted former teacher, steals her money, she seeks assist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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