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Maiagare!
is a Japanese television drama series and the 107th Asadora series, following '' Chimudondon''. It premiered on October 3, 2022. Haruka Fukuhara was cast in the lead role of Mai Iwakura after an audition of 2545 women. Plot Cast Iwakura family * Haruka Fukuhara as Mai Iwakura ** Haro Asano as young Mai * Katsunori Takahashi as Kōta Iwakura, Mai's father * Hiromi Nagasaku as Megumi iwakura, Mai's mother * You Yokoyama as Haruto Iwakura, Mai's brother ** Saion Ebizuka as young Haruto * Atsuko Takahata as Shōko Saitsu, Mai's grandmother and Megumi's mother Mai's childhood friends * Eiji Akaso as Takashi Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" owner's son ** Kento Saitō as young Takashi * Mizuki Yamashita as Kurumi Mochizuki, Mai's classmate ** Saki Ōno as young Kurumi Higashiosaka people * Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Masaru Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" owner, Takashi's father * Rie Kawabata as Yukino Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" landlady, Takashi's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizuki Yamashita
is a Japanese idol singer, model, and actress. She is a member of Nogizaka46 and an exclusive model for ''CanCam'' magazine. Her acting roles include the supporting role of Mami Ichinose in the BS TV Tokyo series ''Cheers to Miki Clinic'', the lead role of Mai Kamio in the 2019 TV Tokyo adaptation of ''Video Girl Ai'', and the lead role of Reiko Nonoyama in the 2021 TV Tokyo drama ''The Other Woman''. Early life Yamashita was born on July 26, 1999 in Tokyo. Her entertainment career began in 2016 when she successfully auditioned for the third generation of the idol group Nogizaka46. Yamashita and her fellow third generation members performed their first full live concert in May 2017. Career Nogizaka46 Yamashita's first selection for Nogizaka46's main performance group came in March 2018, when she was selected for Nogizaka46's twentieth single "Synchronicity". She has since been selected for the main performance groups for several more of the group's singles, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asadora
, colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Takeshi Kitazawa which aired in Japan Monday through Friday mornings—it was also the only of such series to be aired for 20 minutes per episode. From 1975 onward, series aired in the first half of the year are produced by the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting station and series in the latter half of the year are produced by the NHK Osaka Broadcasting station; the Osaka branch's first ''asadora'' production was in 1964. Due to the practice of wiping commonly in practice around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, not all episodes of all pre-1980 ''asadora'' series survive, as the 2-inch Quad videotapes were often wiped and reused; 16 of the produced ''asadora'' series in total are incomplete in the NHK archives, with several series having no surviving e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neru Nagahama
is a Japanese television personality, television presenter, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups Keyakizaka46 and Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and current chairperson of the Tokyo Idol Festival. Nagahama joined Keyakizaka46 in 2015 as the founding member of its subgroup Hiragana Keyakizaka46, and was briefly the only member of that subgroup. She left Hiragana Keyakizaka46 in 2017 and Keyakizaka46 in 2019, and returned to the entertainment industry a year later as a television presenter and actress. She was appointed the Tokyo Idol Festival chairperson in 2021. Early life Nagahama was born in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture. Between the ages of 3 to 7, she lived on Nakadōri Island, a remote part of Nagasaki in the Gotō Islands. During high school, Nagahama appeared as a participant in the All Japan High School Quiz Championship, a game show for high school students. She advanced to the prefectural-level championships. Career Nagahama auditioned to be a part of Keya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromi Nagasaku
is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a member of the J-pop group Ribbon. Mark Schilling of ''The Japan Times'' described her as "the best comic actress working in Japan today". Career Nagasaku appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2003 film '' Doppelganger''. She played a supporting role in the 2007 film ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!'', for which she won the awards for Best Supporting Actress at the 32nd Hochi Film Awards and the ''Kinema Junpo'' magazine. She won the Best Supporting Actress award for ''Rebirth'' at the 35th Japan Academy Prize in 2012. Filmography Film * '' Doppelganger'' (2003) * ''Hanging Garden'' (2005) * ''Su-ki-da'' (2005) * ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!'' (2007) * ''Dolphin Blue'' (2007) * ''Closed Note'' (2007) * ''Sex Is No Laughing Matter'' (2007) * ''Dosokai'' (2008) * ''R246 Story'' (2008) * ''The Clone Returns Home'' (2009) * ''Cast Me If You Can'' (2010), Aya * ''Rebirth'' (2011), Kiwako Nonomiya * ''Solomon's Perjury'' (2015) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruka Fukuhara
is a Japanese actress, singer and model from Saitama Prefecture. From 2009 to 2012, she starred in ''Cooking Idol! I! My! Main'' as Main Hiiragi, portraying the character in both animated and live-action segments. Following the series' end, she has starred in multiple television and film projects including ''Good Morning Call'', ''Futari Monologue'', ''Koe Girl!'', ''Coffee & Vanilla'', ''Hitsuji to Ōkami no Koi to Satsu-jin'', and ''Laid-Back Camp''. In animation, Fukuhara has provided the voice to Himari Arisugawa/Cure Custard in ''Kirakira PreCure a la Mode''. Aside from releasing songs for ''Cooking Idol! I! My! Main'' early in her career, in 2019, Fukuhara released her solo debut single, "Mikanseina Hikari-tachi." Career Haruka Fukuhara started working as a child actress from the first grade of elementary school. Since 2009, she plays and voices the leading role of Main Hiiragi in ''Cookin' Idol I! My! Mine!'', a part anime, part live action show on NHK. In 2012, she wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji Furutachi
is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Sakai, Osaka, Furutachi traveled to New York in his twenties to study acting at the HB Studio under Uta Hagen. Returning to Japan, he joined the Seinendan theatre troupe run by Oriza Hirata and the Sample theatre troupe run by Shū Matsui. After appearing in many TV commercials, some of which earned him "nationwide popularity", he got significant roles in television dramas and films. He has frequently appeared in films directed by Seinendan member Kōji Fukada. For instance, ''Harmonium'' won the Jury Prize at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, with Furutachi gaining particular praise in reviews. It was announced in November 2017 he would be one of the main cast of the 2019 NHK Taiga drama ''Idaten''. He had his first starring role in a TV drama with TV Tokyo's '' Kotaki Kyodai no Shikuhakku'' (2020), under the direction of Nobuhiro Yamashita. Selected filmography Film *''The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimudondon
is a Japanese television drama series and the 106th Asadora series, following ''Come Come Everybody''. It premiered on April 11, 2022, and concluded on September 30, 2022. Plot Cast Higa's family * Yuina Kuroshima as Nobuko Higa ** Kurumi Inagaki as young Nobuko * Yukie Nakama as Yūko Higa, Nobuko's mother * Nao Omori as Kenzō Higa, Nobuko's father * Ryo Ryusei as Kenshū Higa, Nobuko's brother ** Daiji Asakawa as young Kenshū * Haruna Kawaguchi as Ryōko Higa, Nobuko's eldest sister ** Kino Tsuchiya as young Ryōko * Moka Kamishirashi as Utako Higa, Nobuko's younger sister ** Aio Fuse as young Utako Okinawa people * Hio Miyazawa as Kazuhiko Aoyagi, Nobuko's childhood friend and newspaper reporter ** Kanau Tanaka as young Kazuhiko * Yuki Yamada as Hiroo Ishikawa, Ryōko's friend * Gōki Maeda as Satoru Sunagawa, tofu shop owner's son * Kazuhiro Yamaji as Zenichi Maeda, village only shop's owner * Kaho Takada as Sanae Maeda, Zenichi's daughter * Hairi Kata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogo Hama
is a Japanese actor. Biography Hama was born in Tokyo. In 2014, he won the Sony Music × smart Model Audition Second Prize Grand Prix. The next year, he won Girls Award Award x avex ''Boys Award Audition'' Special Prize. In 2018, he was cast in the role of Touma Yoimachi/Lupin Blue on 42nd Super Sentai series ''Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger''. Filmography Television *''Shitamachi Rocket'' (Oct–Dec 2015, TBS) *''Zip!'' (Apr 2016 – Mar 2017, NTV) – Zip! Family; Fashion News Boomers reporter *''Gyōretsu no dekiru Hōritsu Sōdan Jimusho'' (NTV) – Appeared on reproduction VTR *''Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger'' (11 Feb 2018 –, EX) – as Touma Yoimachi/Lupin Blue (voice) *''Coffee & Vanilla'' (2019) – as Yuki Ichiyanagi *''The 13 Lords of the Shogun'' (NHK, 2022) – as Taira no Koremori *''Maiagare! is a Japanese television drama series and the 107th Asadora series, following '' Chimudondon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōji Kikkawa
is a Japanese musician. His most recent album is 2016's ''Wild Lips''. Kōji was born in Hiroshima and his music career began on February 1, 1984, with "Monica" (later remade in Cantonese sung by Leslie Cheung) and he won eight music awards in the same year. After taking a short break in 1988, he came back as a lead singer in the band Complex with Tomoyasu Hotei (former guitarist of Boøwy) and "Be My Baby" was released. Complex remained as one of the most popular bands in Japan until 1990, when it was announced that Complex had disbanded. After "Complex", Kōji released series of hit singles such as "Setsunasa O Korosenai", "Kiss Ni Utarete Nemuritai" and "Boy's Life". Kōji completed a "20th Anniversary Tour" at Budokan on February 1, 2005. In 2006 he recorded "One World," the theme for the 2006 motion picture '' Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love''. More recently, he had teamed up with popular Japanese DJ TWINS to release a single "Juicy Jungle". Also, DJ TWINS had rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsuko Takahata
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and tarento from Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is married to actor Ryosuke Otani. They have a son, Yuta Takahata. Filmography Drama * ''Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion (1985) – Space Witch Gilza * ''Kamen Rider Black RX'' (1988) – Maribaron * ''Special Rescue Police Winspector'' (1990) – Calra/Miyuki Fukano (Episode 27) * ''Special Rescue Exceedraft'' (1992) – Hidemi Takeuchi (Episode 6) * '' Tokusou Robo Janperson'' (1993) – Reiko Ayanokouji * ''Kinpachi-sensei'' (1995) – Kazumi Honda * ''Doremisora'' (2002) * ''Shiroi Kyotō'' (2003) – Masako Azuma * '' 14-sai no Haha'' (2006) – Haruko Matoba * '' Atsuhime'' (2008) – Honjuin * ''Mother'' (2010) – Toko Suzuhara * '' Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu.'' (2014) – Mitsuyo Aoishi * '' Dr.Rintarō'' (2015) – Ruriko Aizawa * ''Sanada Maru'' (2016) – Kaoru * ''Naomi and Kanako'' (2016) – Akemi Ri * '' Spring Has Come'' (2017) * ''Black Leather Notebook'' (2017) – Ichiko Nakaoka * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsunori Takahashi
is a Japanese singer and actor who is represented by the talent agency, K-Dash. Filmography TV series Films Awards References External links * Official profile Japanese male actors Japanese male singers 1964 births Living people People from Yokohama Musicians from Kanagawa Prefecture {{Japan-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |