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Masshiro
is a Japanese soap opera series created by Yumiko Inoue. She wrote the screenplay based on her own experiences of her father being in hospital. Maki Horikita played the lead role as a nurse. It premiered on TBS on 13 January 2015, and concluded 17 March 2015, airing 10 episodes. Cast * Maki Horikita as Akari Arimura, a nurse who wants to marry a wealthy man * Yūya Yagira as Kōtarō Nakano, a young surgeon who studied cutting-edge medicine in the United States * Mirai Shida as Nana Matsuoka, Arimura's nurse colleague * Rin Takanashi as Yūko Wada, Arimura's nurse colleague * Ken Ishiguro as Masataka Satō, a director of the Tōō hospital surgical center * Miki Mizuno as Megumi Iwabuchi, a veteran nurse * Tae Kimura is a Japanese actress. She won the Best Actress award at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for ''All Around Us''. Biography Kimura starred in Ryosuke Hashiguchi's ''All Around Us''. Her performance in the film was described by Jason Gray as "one of ... as Shizuka Tan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūya Yagira
is a Japanese actor. In 2004, he became the youngest winner of the Best Actor award in the history of the Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of 12-year-old Akira in the highly acclaimed '' Nobody Knows''. Career Yagira was 12 years old and not a professional actor, when filming began for ''Nobody Knows'' in 2002. He then immediately went on to television projects and other films. He co-starred with Eriko Sato in Akane Yamada's ''All to the Sea'' which was released in 2010 and co-starred with Kie Kitano in Taro Hyugaji's ''Under the Nagasaki Sky'', released in 2013. Asakusa kid Personal life He was hospitalized on August 29, 2008 for a drug overdose, with early reports calling it a suicide attempt. Yagira later denied that he had been trying to kill himself, noting that he was the one who called an ambulance after he began feeling ill from taking the pills. According to his blog: On January 15, 2010, Yuya Yagira married TV personality Ellie Toyota at Tokyo's Meiji Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirai Shida
is a Japanese actress. She became recognized after her breakthrough role as Kazumi Kanda in "''Joō no Kyōshitsu''" (" The Queen's Classroom") leading her to more prominent roles, such as Miki Ichinose in '' 14-year-old Mother''. Biography She married a non-celebrity in September 2018. Filmography Film * '' Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost'' (2003), Mina(Childhood) * '' Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action'' (2004), a girl from the planet "Leslie" * ''Amemasu no Kawa "First Love"'' (2004), Sayuri Takakura(Childhood) * '' Spring Snow'' (2005), Satoko Ayakura * ''Tsubakiyama Kachō no Nanokakan'' (2006) * '' Kabei: Our Mother'' (2008), Hatsuko Nogami * ''Dare mo Mamotte Kurenai'' (2009), Saori Funamura * ''Shokudō Katatsumuri'' (2008), Momo-chan * ''The Borrower Arrietty'' (2010), Arrietty * '' POV: Norowareta Film'' (2012), Mirai Shida(Herself) * ''Reunion'' (2013), Yūko Terui * ''The Wind Rises'' (2013), Kayo Horikoshi (voice) * '' Eiga ST Aka to Shirō n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rin Takanashi
is a Japanese film and television actress. Career Takanashi starred in the 2007 film adaptation of the Japanese novel ''Goth'' as one of the lead characters, Yoru Morino. She starred in the 2009 Super Sentai series ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' as one of the lead characters, Mako Shiraishi/Shinken Pink. She starred in '' Kamen Rider W Returns'' in July 2011. Rin Takanashi is part of the gravure idol group, Pink Jam Princess, with four others. She co-starred with Ryo Kase in Abbas Kiarostami's 2012 film ''Like Someone in Love''. Filmography Films * ''Goth'' (2008) * '' Samurai Sentai Shinkenger The Movie: The Fateful War'' (2009) * '' Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger: GinmakuBang!!'' (2010) * ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Returns'' (2010)(V-Cinema) * '' Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku'' (2011) * '' Kamen Rider W Returns'' (2011) * ''Like Someone in Love'' (2012) * '' Isn't Anyone Alive?'' (2012) * '' Love for Beginners'' (2012) * ''Eve's Lover'' (2013) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Ishiguro
is a Japanese film, television and voice actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films since 1979. He is the son of Osamu Ishiguro was a tennis player from Japan. Career He played his first tournament in 1959 at the Asian Championships. In 1961 he won his first title at the Japan International Championships, then won the Japan National Championships the same year. ..., a former tennis player. Selected filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishiguro, Ken 1966 births Living people People from Tokyo Japanese male child actors Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Seijo University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Mizuno
is a Japanese actress. She played the role of villain in the horror film ''Carved'' as the Kuchisake-Onna a malevolent vengeful spirit who killed many children. Career Mizuno starred in Takanori Tsujimoto's action films ''Hard Revenge Milly'' and ''Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle''. She also starred in Sion Sono's 2011 film ''Guilty of Romance''. Filmography Film * ''Kunoichi Ninpocho'' (1991) * ''Honban Joyu'' (1992) * ''Kunoichi Ninpocho 2: Sei Shojo no Hiho'' (1992) * ''Sadistic Mariya'' (1992) * ''Shura no Jakushi: Narumi 2'' (1993) * ''Nekketsu Golf Club'' (1994) * ''Raiden'' (1994) * ''Shoot'' (1994) * ''Daishitsuren'' (1995) * '' Gamera 2: Attack of Legion'' (1996) * '' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' (1998), Yukino Kashiwagi * ''Genjitsu no Tsuzuki Yume no Owari'' (1999) * ''Senrigan'' (2000) * ''Bayside Shakedown 2'' (2003), Yukino Kashiwagi * ''My Lover Is a Sniper'' (2004) * ''Negotiator'' (2005) * ''Zukan ni Nottenai Mushi'' (2007) * ''Carved'' (2007) * ''Wenny Has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tae Kimura
is a Japanese actress. She won the Best Actress award at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for ''All Around Us''. Biography Kimura starred in Ryosuke Hashiguchi's ''All Around Us''. Her performance in the film was described by Jason Gray as "one of the most accurate portrayals of someone suffering from depression I've ever seen." She co-starred in Isshin Inudo's ''Zero Focus'' with Miki Nakatani and Ryōko Hirosue, and starred in Makoto Shinozaki's ''Tokyo Island''. She appeared in Miwa Nishikawa's ''Dreams for Sale''. Filmography Films *''Hana and Alice'' (2004) *''Infection'' (2004) – 2nd nurse *''All About My Dog'' (2005) *''Densha Otoko'' (2005) *''Oh! Oku'' (2006) *''Kaidan (2007) *''All Around Us'' (2008) *''Shizumanu Taiyō'' (2009) *''Zero Focus'' (2009) *''Tokyo Island'' (2010) *'' Yoake no Machi de'' (2011) *''Dreams for Sale'' (2012) *''Monsterz'' (2014) *''The Case of Hana & Alice'' (2015) *''Have a Song on Your Lips'' (2015) *''Gold Medal Man'' (2016) *''Kōfuku no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaru Yokoyama
is a Japanese composer and arranger, known for his work on television dramas and anime series. Biography Yokoyama was born in Nagano Prefecture. He started to take piano lessons at the age of three, taught by his aunt who is an alumna of Kunitachi College of Music, but became interested in music when he was in elementary school, after playing his own compositions. When he was in middle school, he began to compose music using a synthesizer that he bought and his computer, and had also briefly played in a band. Interested in computers, Yokoyama attended National Institute of Technology, Nagano College, studying electronic engineering for five years after graduating from middie school. Influenced by Joe Hisaishis music in Studio Ghiblis films that he watched when he was young and musician Tetsuya Komuro, Yokoyama decided to pursue a career in music and attended Kunitachi College of Music when he was nineteen, following his aunt encouragement. While in college, he met guitarist Hiro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 In Japanese Television
Events in 2015 in Japanese television. Events Debuts Ongoing *''AKB48 Show!'', variety (2013–present) *''AKBingo!'', variety (2008–present) *''Music Fair'', music (1964–present) *''Sazae-san'', anime (1969–present) *''FNS Music Festival'', music (1974–present) *''Panel Quiz Attack 25'', game show (1975–present) *''Soreike! Anpanman'', anime (1988–present) *''Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!'', game show (1989–present) *'' Crayon Shin-chan'', anime (1992–present) *''Nintama Rantarō'', anime (1993–present) *''Chibi Maruko-chan'', anime (1995–present) *''Detective Conan'', anime (1996–present) *'' SASUKE'', sports (1997–present) *''Ojarumaru'', anime (1998–present) *''One Piece'', anime (1999–present) *''Doraemon'', anime (2005–present) *'' Naruto: Shippuden'', anime (2007–2017) *'' Tetsujin 28-go Gao!'', anime (2013–2016) *''Pocket Monsters XY'', anime (2013–2016) *''Fairy Tail'', anime (2014–2016) *'' Yo-kai Watch'', anime (2014– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miwa (singer)
Miwa (stylised as miwa) (born 15 June 1990) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She debuted in 2010 with the single " Don't Cry Anymore", which was used as the theme song for the drama ''Nakanai to Kimeta hi''. Her stage name officially starts with a lowercase letter 'm'. Biography History miwa was born in Hayama, Kanagawa, moving to Tokyo at a young age. Since her father had a great love for music, miwa naturally began to enjoy music as she grew up. miwa began writing songs at 15. She began to teach herself how to play the guitar after she entered high school, but gave up and paid for professional lessons after discovering she wasn't making much progress on her own. Her high school had a ban on students having part-time jobs. Despite this, miwa secretly worked and eventually used these savings by her second year of high school to buy a Gibson J-45 guitar. miwa played live concerts mostly around Shimokitazawa in Tokyo and in Okinawa in the summer (her parents had a house there). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Network, or Japan News Network. TBS produced the ''Takeshi's Castle'' game show, which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel was also home to ''Ultraman'' and the ''Ultra Series'' franchise from 1966 – itself a spinoff to ''Ultra Q'', co-produced and broadcast in the same year – and its spinoffs, most if not all made by Tsuburaya Productions for the network; in the 2010s, ''Ultra Series'' moved to TV Tokyo. Since the 1990s it is home to '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan, by itself a spinoff to the legendary TBS game show ''Kinniku Banzuke'' that lasted for 7 seasons. On May 24, 2017, TBS and five other major media firms (TV Tokyo, Nikkei, Inc., WOWOW, Dentsu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Soap Opera
, also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thriller, and many others. Single episode, or "tanpatsu" dramas that are usually two hours in length are also broadcast. For special occasions, there may be a one or two-episode drama with a specific theme, such as one produced in 2015 for the 70-year anniversary of Surrender of Japan, the end of World War II. Japanese drama series are broadcast in three-month seasons: winter (January–March), spring (April–June), summer (July–September), and autumn or fall (October–December). Some series may start in another month though it may still be counted as a series of a specific season. The majority of dramas are aired weekdays in the evenings around 9pm through 11pm. Daytime dramas are typically broadcast daily, and episodes of the same drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |