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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 Eiken Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...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] |
Vivi (magazine)
is a Japanese fashion magazine published by Kodansha. It is published in Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand. History and profile ''Vivi'' was first published in May 1983. The target age group are teens and young women 17–27 years old, with the main demographic of readers being college students and young office ladies. The magazine's cover queen' is Namie Amuro, who has been featured on the cover the greatest number of times. Other artists frequently featured on the cover include Ayumi Hamasaki and Kumi Koda. In Taiwan, ''Vivi'' is published in Chinese language. The circulation of ''Vivi'' was 286,039 copies in 2010 and 234,370 copies in 2011. ViVi models These models are regularly employed by ViVi magazine. Current * Maria Tani ( ja) * Miu * Sachi Fujii ( ja) * Seika Furuhata * Nicole Fujita * Erika * Sakura Arianna * Lina Arashi ( ja) * Ten Yamasaki ( ja) * Yuna Bridgman * Seira Previous * Nanako Matsushima * Mizuho Koga ( ja) * Sayo Aizawa * Tomoko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan. Shogakukan is headquartered in the Shogakukan Building in Hitotsubashi, part of Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, near the Jimbocho book district. The corporation also has the other two companies located in the same ward. International operations In the United States Shogakukan, along with Shueisha, owns Viz Media, which publishes manga from both companies in the United States. Shogakukan's licensing arm in North America was ShoPro Entertainment; it was merged into Viz Media in 2005. Shogakukan's production arm is Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (previously Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.) In March 2010 it was announced that Shogakukan would partner with the American comics publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koudansha
is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1910, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1910 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine ''Yūben'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged with the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai''. The company has used its current legal name since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fist Of Blue Sapphire
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
''Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter'' is a 2014 American drama film co-written and directed by David Zellner. The film stars Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Shirley Venard, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, and Kanako Higashi. Alexander Payne and Kikuchi serve as executive producers. The story is based on the urban legend surrounding Takako Konishi in search of the fictional ransom money seen buried in the snow from the 1996 film '' Fargo''. Plot Kumiko is a twenty-nine year old office lady who lives in utter solitude in Tokyo. She works a dreadful, dead-end job under a boss she hates (who in turn, hates her), unable to connect to her fashionable peers, and nagged by her overbearing mother to find a man and get married. The only joys in her life come from her pet rabbit, Bunzo, and treasure hunting – which leads her to find a VHS copy of the film '' Fargo'' in a secluded cave on the shore. Convinced the film is real, Kumiko obsesses over the film, focusing on the scene in which a cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor Layton And The Eternal Diva
is a 2009 Japanese animated mystery film directed by Masakazu Hashimoto, written by Aya Matsui from a story by Akihiro Hino and produced by P.A. Works and OLM. The film is based on the ''Professor Layton'' video game series by Level-5, taking place between the events of the video games ''Professor Layton and the Last Specter'' and ''Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask''. In the story, renowned opera star Janice Quatlane contacts her former teacher, Professor Hershel Layton, after encountering a young girl who claims to be the reincarnation of her dead friend. While Layton and his apprentice, Luke Triton, are attending one of Janice's performances, they get unwillingly pulled into a puzzle-themed battle royal where the winner will apparently receive "the gift of eternal life". According to Level-5, the film stays true to the games, with music, puzzles and characters. An English-language version was released by Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2010, at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atelier (TV Series)
is a 2015 Japanese streaming television drama developed by Fuji Television for Netflix. It is a coming of age drama set in a small high-class lingerie design house called Emotion, which is based in Tokyo's Ginza district. The drama centres around Mayuko Tokita, a new employee, and her struggle to find her place at Emotion. Central to that struggle is her relationship with Mayumi Nanjo the creator and owner of Emotion, who has been compared to Anna Wintour, an editor of American Vogue. Cast and characters The main cast includes: *Mirei Kiritani as a "fabric geek" who joins Emotion in the first episode. * Mao Daichi as , the founder and president of Emotion. She eschews mass production in favour of one-off and limited production. *Mayuko Kawakita as , best friend of Mayuko who works for a wedding dress company and started work the same day as Mayuko. *Wakana Sakai as , a senior lingerie designer at Emotion. She originally left Emotion to start her own brand but later return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Kanagawa
(tvk for short) is an independent television station in Japan serving Kanagawa Prefecture and parts of the Greater Tokyo Area with favorable reception. The station was founded on April 20, 1971 and began broadcasting on April 1, 1972. Its call sign is JOKM-DTV (JOKM-TV during the analog broadcasting period) and occupies the UHF channel 18 on the airwaves. The station is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations. History Although there were already five main broadcasters in the Kanto region in the late 1960s, they actually lacked information on what was happening outside the Tokyo Prefecture. Therefore, prefectures in the Kanto region became involved in opening TV stations covering solely their prefectures.In 1969, the Ministry of Posts would issue UHF TV licenses for the six Kanto prefectures. Immediately, 12 companies in Kanagawa Prefecture were interested for operating a TV station. Programming As an independent station, tvk's programming consists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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