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Maimi Yajima
is a Japanese singer and actress. She was a member and the leader of Cute, a girl idol group within Hello! Project. Career Yajima first joined Hello! Project in 2002 as one of the fifteen children chosen from the Hello! Project Kids auditions after performing "Momoiro Kataomoi" by Aya Matsuura. She debuted the same year in the movie ''Koinu Dan no Monogatari'', taking on one of the main roles as an antagonist. The following year, she joined the first of the kids' groups, ZYX, which released two singles. In 2004, Berryz Kobo was formed, with the intention of rotating the girls throughout the unit. Yajima did not make the original pick, and the idea was eventually dropped. The remaining girls eventually ended up forming Cute in 2005. Despite not being the oldest, Yajima still became the group's leader, after Erika Umeda turned down the role. The group did not make its official debut until late in 2006, with their first official single released in February 2007. Aside from lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture to the north, Nagano Prefecture to the west, Yamanashi Prefecture to the southwest, Tokyo to the south, Chiba Prefecture to the southeast, and Ibaraki Prefecture to the northeast. Saitama is the capital and largest city of Saitama Prefecture, with other major cities including Kawaguchi, Kawagoe, and Tokorozawa. Saitama Prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world, and many of its cities are described as bedroom communities and suburbs of Tokyo with many residents commuting into the city each day. History According to ''Sendai Kuji Hongi'' (''Kujiki''), Chichibu was one of 137 provinces during the reign of Emperor Sujin. Chichibu Province was in western Saitama. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cutie Party
Cuteness is a subjective term describing a type of attractiveness commonly associated with youth and appearance, as well as a scientific concept and analytical model in ethology, first introduced by Konrad Lorenz. Lorenz proposed the concept of baby schema (''Kindchenschema''), a set of facial and body features that make a creature appear "cute" and activate ("release") in others the motivation to care for it.Glocker ML, Langleben DD, Ruparel K, Loughead JW, Valdez JN, Griffin MD, Sachser N, Gur RC"Baby schema modulates the brain reward system in nulliparous women."''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – U.S.A'' 2009 June 2;106(22):9115–9119. Cuteness may be ascribed to people as well as things that are regarded as attractive or charming. Juvenile traits Doug Jones, a visiting scholar in anthropology at Cornell University, said that the proportions of facial features change with age due to changes in hard tissue and soft tissue, and Jones said that these "a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niigata Kenmin FM Broadcast
is a Japanese FM radio station under the name . It was founded in 2000. On March 18, 2020, the board of directors of the station voted to close the station and announcing officially the station closing. On June 30, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. (JST), the station officially closed after almost 20 years on the air as well as removing itself from Radiko and on July 14, the bankruptcy proceedings started. The total debt is about 220 million yen (USD$2,078,952). Programs * °C-ute Maimi Yajima's I My Me Maimi~ * Chiharu Matsuyama on the Radio (simulcast on FM Nack5, Saitama) References See also * FM broadcasting in Japan The frequency modulation radio broadcast band in Japan is 76-95 MHz. The 90-108 MHz section was used for television for VHF channels 1, 2 and 3 until the analog shutdown occurred on July 24, 2011. The narrowness of the Japanese band (19 ... External links * {{coord missing, Niigata Prefecture Radio stations in Japan Radio stations established in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Pro! Time
was a weekly Japanese TV show featuring Hello! Project members. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo network and BS-JAPAN from 21 April 2011 to 31 May 2012. Network & on-air time * TV Tokyo ( Kantou area and the Eastern district of Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...) - Friday 1:00-1:30 ( JST) * Satellite Broadcasting - Saturday 9:30-10:00 (1 day delay) * Shiga prefecture area - Tuesday 18:25-18:55 (19 days delay) * Fukuoka prefecture area - Sunday 6:30-7:00 (17 days delay) External links * Japanese variety television shows TV Tokyo original programming 2011 Japanese television series debuts 2012 Japanese television series endings Hello! Project {{Hello!Project-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
The , referred to from here on as "Kōhaku," aired on December 31, 2007, on NHK Hall in Japan. The music show on New Year's Eve is broadcast on both television and radio, and divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. Air time was from 19:20 to 23:45 (with an interruption from 21:25 to 21:30 for news). All times are JST. Chairpersons *Red team host: Masahiro Nakai *White team host: Tsurube Shōfukutei *Mediators: Kazuya Matsumoto and Miki Sumiyoshi *Radio announcers: Sen Odagiri and Ai Tsukahara Performance listing Results The winners were the shirogumi, the white team, which was revealed by illuminating the darkened Tokyo Tower in blue-white light. Viewing percentages in the Kantō region were 32.8% for the first section and 39.5% for the second. Judges * Aoi Miyazaki * Momoko Ueda * Hideki Okajima * Isao Aoki * Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII * Yui Aragaki * Ken Mogi * Mariko Bando * Tomonori Jinnai External links 58th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen
is a Japanese television drama series. It ran for 12 episodes. The cast primarily consists of Hello! Project members. The song "Hatsukoi Cider" from Buono!'s single " Hatsukoi Cider / Deep Mind" was used as the closing theme for the TV series; the opening song is " Pyoco Pyoco Ultra" by Morning Musume. Synopsis In the private school of Machida Special High School of Mathematics, a fight for the "No. 1 Mathematics Boss" breaks out between two high school girls, Nina (Reina Tanaka) and Sayuri (Sayumi Michishige). A male student by the name of Kazuki (Dori Sakurada), who has zero interest in mathematics gets transferred to the school due to a mistake in the handling procedure. Cast ;Class 2A * Reina Tanaka as Nina Machida * Sayumi Michishige as Sayuri Tachikawa * Dori Sakurada as Kazuki Sato * Maimi Yajima as Mami Shibuya * Airi Suzuki as Yuri Uehara ;Recurring * Risa Niigaki as Nagisa Toriumi * Riho Sayashi as Sana Nagata * Maro Kannagi as Umi Yamashita * Meimi Tamura as Riku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneon Universal Entertainment
(abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan. The company was founded in March 1981 by Pioneer Corporation as LaserDisc Corporation, a LaserDisc player production company. In 1989, the company was renamed Pioneer LDC, Inc. as it branched into the anime, music, and film industries, and later Geneon Entertainment Inc. (after being acquired by Dentsu in 2003). In 2008, Geneon merged with Universal Pictures Japan to form Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan, LLC; in 2013, the company changed its name to the current NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Some of the well-known anime series the company has produced are ''A Certain Magical Index'', ''The Heroic Legend of Arslan'', '' Danganronpa: The Animation'', ''Golden Kamuy'', and ''Seraph of the End'' among many others. Their North American b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of The Ninja
Age or AGE may refer to: Time and its effects * Age, the amount of time someone or something has been alive or has existed ** East Asian age reckoning, an Asian system of marking age starting at 1 * Ageing or aging, the process of becoming older ** Senescence, the gradual deterioration of biological function with age ** Human development (biology) * Periodization, the process of categorizing the past into discrete named blocks of time ** Ages of Man, the stages of human existence on the Earth according to Greek mythology and its subsequent Roman interpretation **Prehistoric age Places * AGE, the IATA airport code for Wangerooge Airfield, in Lower Saxony, Germany People * Åge, a given name * Aage, a given name * Agenore Incrocci, an Italian screenwriter Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * ''Ages'', worlds in the ''Myst'' video game series Music * "Age" (song), a song by Jim and Ingrid Croce Periodicals * ''Age'' (journal), a scientific journal on ageing, now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Love (2019 Film)
is a 2019 crime thriller film directed by Takashi Miike. It tells the story of a boxer and a call girl who become unwittingly involved in a drug-smuggling scheme. The film premiered on 17 May 2019 in Directors' Fortnight, before being released in theaters in the United Kingdom and Japan in February 2020. Plot Leo, an up-and-coming boxer, works at a Chinese restaurant in Kabukichō, Tokyo as his day job. After taking a surprise punch and collapsing during a match, he is told by a doctor that he has an inoperable brain tumor and does not have long to live. Meanwhile, drug-addicted call girl Yuri is trying to pay off her father's debts. She is trapped by yakuza member Yasu and his girlfriend Julie in an apartment, which is used as one of the yakuza's drug-dealing hubs. In the same district of Tokyo, yakuza member Kase and corrupt cop Ōtomo plan a drug-smuggling scheme: they plan to steal drugs from Yasu and Julie, then blame it on Yuri, hoping her drug habit will be enough to con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōsama Game
is a cell phone novel written by Nobuaki Kanazawa (pen name: Pakkuncho), consisting of five volumes. A film based on the novel was released in 2011, and directed by Norio Tsuruta. The theme song of the film is " Amazuppai Haru ni Sakura Saku" by Berryz Kobo and Cute. An anime based on the novel titled ''King's Game The Animation'' was also released in 2017 and directed by Noriyoshi Sasaki. Synopsis Ōsama Game On October 19, a class of 32 students receive a message from a mysterious sender called "King" at midnight, giving them a set of rules and an order. Ōsama Game: Extreme Being the only survivor of the Ōsama Game and having chosen to continue the game, Nobuaki transfers to a new school, thus starting the tragedy once more. Ōsama Game: Spiral Set before the events of Extreme, it is about Natsuko's Ōsama Game before she transferred. Ōsama Game: Origin Thirty years ago, it was a day like any other in Kazunari's small village when the notes outlining the "Ōsama Game" ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up-Front Works
is a Japanese holding company for various entertainment companies. Its subsidiaries include the talent agency Up-Front Promotion and Up-Front Works, a music production and sales company that manages such record labels as Zetima, Piccolo Town, and Hachama. Artists Up-Front Promotion All groups under Up-Front Promotion are collectively known as Hello! Project. Groups * Morning Musume * Angerme * Juice=Juice * Camellia Factory * Beyooooonds ** Chica#Tetsu ** Rain Forest River Ocean ** SeasoningS * Ocha Norma Soloists/Entertainers * Sayumi Michishige * Chinami Tokunaga * Risako Sugaya Trainees * Hello Pro Kenshūsei Up-Front Works Groups * Bitter & Sweet * Brothers 5 * Dream Morning Musume * Lovendor * Pink Cres. * Sharam Q * Up Up Girls Kakko Kari Soloists/Entertainers * Ai Takahashi * Airi Suzuki * Akira Inaba * Akira Kagawa * Chisato Moritaka * Chisato Okai * Eric Fukusaki * Erina Mano * Gen Takayama * Hirofumi Bannba * Jirou Sugita * Junko Yanagisawa * Kan * Mai Sato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wani Books
is a Japanese publishing company focused on manga-related publication, including magazines and books. The company was established in November 1979. It publishes a manga magazine called ''Comic Gum''. Magazines published ''Wink Up'' is an idol magazine published since July 1988. ''UP to boy'' , abbreviated as UTB, is a bimonthly idol Idol or Idols may refer to: Religion and philosophy * Cult image, a neutral term for a man-made object that is worshipped or venerated for the deity, spirit or demon that it embodies or represents * Murti, a point of focus for devotion or medit ... magazine published since 1986. ''COOLTRANS'' ''+act.'' ''Comic Gum'' is a monthly ''seinen'' manga magazine started in 1996. References External linksWani Books official website''Wink Up'' website Book publishing companies in Tokyo Magazine publishing companies in Tokyo Distribution companies based in Tokyo Manga distributors Publishing companies established in 1979 Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
