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Peeco
is a Japanese ''tarento'', fashion critic, journalist, and chanson A (, , french: chanson française, link=no, ; ) is generally any lyric-driven French song, though it most often refers to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music. The genre had origins in the monophonic so ... singer. His younger identical twin brother is film critic Osugi, they both came out gay during their debut and took his advantage as a ''tarento'' and commentator. Filmography Current appearances TV series Irregular appearances TV series Former appearances TV series Radio Advertisements Bibliography Solo Co-author Discography LP records Singles Albums References {{Authority control Identical twins Japanese critics Japanese entertainers 1945 births Living people People from Yokohama Gay entertainers Japanese gay men Fashion journalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunka Fashion College
is a Japanese vocational school specializing in fashion design and related disciplines. It is headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and has more than 70 branches throughout Japan. History The college was founded in 1919 by Isaburō Namiki as a small dressmaking school for girls called ''Namiki Dressmaking School'', at a time when European-style clothing for women was only available for affluent families.Shoji, Kaori"Turning out the vanguard of Japan design,"''International Herald-Tribune.'' August 2, 2005. Archived October 26, 2008. In 1936, the name of the school became ''Bunka Fashion College'', and it began publishing '' So-en,'' Japan's first fashion magazine. The Bunka Fashion College went through three major eras. First, it taught people and families how to make clothes. Then in the 1960s, designers from the school such as Kenzo Takada (who enrolled in 1958) and designer Yohji Yamamoto emerged in the international fashion scene and drove the rise of modern Japanese fashion. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, Hodogaya Ward had an estimated population of 205,887 and a density of . The total area was . Geography Hodogaya Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and near the geographic center of the city of Yokohama. The area is largely flatland, with scattered small hills. Surrounding municipalities * Kanagawa Ward * Nishi Ward *Minami Ward * Asahi Ward * Totsuka Ward * Midori Ward History The area around present-day Hodogaya has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found stone tools from the Japanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from the Jōmon period at numerous locations in the area. Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, it became part of Tachibana District and Tsutsuki District in Musashi Province. By the Heian period it was part of a huge ''shōen'' controlled by Ise Shrine and administered by the Hangaya clan, a subsidiary of the Hatakeyama clan. By th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBS Radio (Japan)
''For the Philippine radio and television network, see Mabuhay Broadcasting System'' is an AM radio station based in Osaka, Japan. It is wholly owned by Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. It is a member station of Japan Radio Network (JRN) and National Radio Network (NRN). History : See '' Mainichi Broadcasting System#History of MBS''. Availability JOOR *Frequency: 1210 kHz → 1180 kHz → 1179 kHz; 90.6 MHz FM *Power **Osaka: 50 kW **Kyoto: 300 W *Broadcasting hours: from 4:30 on Mondays until 26:30 on Sundays (with daily starting at 4:00 from Tuesday until Sunday) *Time signal: 1046.502 Hz ( C6, on the hour every hour) See also * MBS TV JOOY-DTV, virtual channel 4 (Ultra high frequency, UHF Digital terrestrial television, digital channel 16), branded as (formerly until 23 July 2011), is the Kansai region flagship (broadcasting), key station of the Japan News Network, owned by ... References History of MBS Radio External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takuro Morinaga
, is a Japanese economist at Dokkyo University, Saitama, a suburb to Tokyo. He is also a television program editor. As an economist he has been highly publicized, expressing his views in television and radio on an array of subjects, from politics to manga to video games. His ideas have elicited a large number of reactions on the internet and in media. On 27 December 2023, Morinaga announced that he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Biography Early life At an age of 9, Morinaga began collecting model cars after his father gave him one. Today he possesses over 20,000 miniature cars. Career Otaku In 2006, Takuro Morinaga estimated the global market for otaku to be between 26 billion and 34 billion dollars. Tax on the beautiful Morinaga has proposed increased taxes on men who are beautiful and rich, stating this on Nippon TV JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihiro Miwa
(born May 15, 1935), better known by his stage name , is a Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen. Career Miwa began his career aged 17 as a professional cabaret singer in the Ginza district in Chūō, Tokyo, after having moved to the city in 1952. He began working in various nightclubs singing his favourites from the French chansons, such as those of Édith Piaf, Yvette Guilbert and Marie Dubas. Miwa became well known in 1957 after his smash-hit "Me Que Me Que", which included a string of profanities not used in media at the time. He also became renowned for his effeminate beauty, making him a hit with the media, and performed a monthly show at Shibuya Jean-Jean called (''"The World of Akihiro Miwa"'') from the 1970s until its closure in 2000, as well as touring Japan. Social activism As well as his entertainment career, Miwa has also written many books, and is known for his outspoken and often highly critical comments on social issues, the governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsu Nakamura (physician)
, also known as Kaka Murad (Pashto: , transl. "Uncle Nakamura"), (15 September 1946 – 4 December 2019), was a Japanese physician and honorary Afghan citizen who headed Peace Japan Medical Services (PMS), an aid group known as ''Peshawar-kai'' ( ペシャワール会) in Japanese. Nakamura was devoted to building canal projects, from the Kunar River in eastern Afghanistan and was credited with transforming the desert of Gamberi, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, into lush forests and productive wheat farmlands. He also constructed two hospitals and two mosques. In October 2019, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani granted him honorary Afghan citizenship. On 4 December 2019, as Nakamura was heading to work in his aid vehicle in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, he was assassinated by gunmen along with his bodyguards and driver. On 11 February 2021, sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan claimed that Amir Nawaz (also known as Haji Dubai) was the main suspect in Nakamura's death. Afghan and Pakistani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, tarento, World Wide Fund for Nature advisor, and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. She is well known for her charitable works, and is considered one of the first Japanese celebrities to achieve international recognition. In 2006, Donald Richie referred to Kuroyanagi in his book ''Japanese Portraits: Pictures of Different People'' as "the most popular and admired woman in Japan." Early life Kuroyanagi was born in Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture (now Tokyo). Her father was a violinist and a concertmaster. Her nickname as a child was Totto-chan, according to her 1981 Autobiographical memoir. Education Kuroyanagi studied at the Tokyo College of Music, majoring in opera, as she intended to become an opera singer.Walker, JameBIG IN JAPAN Tetsuko Kuroyanagi from '' Metropolis Magazine'' After graduation, however, she was drawn to acting and the television entertainment industry by her joining Tokyo Hoso Gekidan. Subsequently, she became the first Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Sang-jung
Kang Sang-jung (Hangul: 강상중, Hanja: 姜尙中; Japanese name - which Kang used until his undergraduate days - Nagano Tetsuo (永野鉄男) 1950) is a second-generation Zainichi Korean political scientist, writer and public commentator. He has been an academic at several Japanese universities including the University of Tokyo (1996-2013), and President of Seigakuin University (2013-2015). He is currently Chairman of the Board of Kumamoto Prefectural Theatre. Biography The third son of a Korean migrant from the Masan area of Korea, Kang was born and grew up in Kumamoto in Kyūshū. He has described his childhood experiences in his autobiography "Zainichi", published in 1994. After studying at Waseda University, he was an exchange student at the University of Nurnberg, Erlangen in the then West Germany. His encounters with the families of migrant workers in Germany had a lasting influence on his understanding of Zainichi Korean identity. After returning to Japan, he was involve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisashi Inoue
was a leading Japanese playwright and writer of comic fiction. From 1961 to 1986, he used the pen name of Uchiyama Hisashi. Early life Inoue was born in what is now part of Kawanishi in Yamagata Prefecture, where his father was a pharmacist. His father was involved in an agrarian reform movement and also managed a local drama troupe. A novel his father had written won a prize and he was offered a job as a scriptwriter in a film company. But when he was preparing to move to Tokyo, he became ill with spinal caries and, soon after, when Hisashi Inoue was 5 years old, he died at age 34. His father's sudden death influenced Hisashi to be a writer. After suffering from child abuse at the hands of his stepfather, he was subsequently sent off to a Lasallian orphanage in Sendai, where he received a Christian baptism. He graduated from Sophia University’s Facility of Letters, continuing on to graduate school in French literature, with a two-year hiatus in between to raise more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuyuki Izutsu
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic. Career Born in Nara Prefecture, Izutsu started making 8mm films in high school, and directed his first 35mm movie film, 35mm film, a pink film, in 1975. He earned a citation from the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1981 for ''Gaki Teikoku'', and his ''Boys Be Ambitious'' won the best picture award at the 1996 Blue Ribbon Awards. He received two Japanese Academy Awards, Japanese Academy Award nominations in 2006 for writing and directing ''Pacchigi!'' and won the award for best director at the 27th Yokohama Film Festival for that film. Izutsu frequently appears on television in Japan and is known for his critical commentary. He has also directed many television commercials. Filmography * ''Iku Iku Maito Gai: Seishun no Monmon'' (1975) * ''Nikuiro no Umi'' (1978) * ''Bōkōma Shinju-zeme'' (1979) * ''Shikijō Mesu-gari'' (1981) * ''Gaki Teikoku: Akutare Sensō'' (1981) * ''Gaki Teikoku'' (1981) * ''Akai Fuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawako Agawa
is a Japanese author and television personality. Early life Sawako Agawa was born in Tokyo on 1 November 1953. Her father is the novelist Hiroyuki Agawa; and her elder brother Naoyuki Agawa is also a writer. Naoyuki is a former diplomat who, since 1999, has been a professor of law at Keio University. After graduation from Toyo Eiwa junior high school and high school (private all-girls school, Christian school located in Minato, Tokyo), Agawa graduated from Keio University with the Bachelor of Letters degree in Western Historiography. Career Agawa started her career in Japanese television, first as a reporter, then as a news reader. She appears on a variety of programs, including talk shows, quiz programs, and interview shows. Filmography Films * ''Nishino Yukihiko no Koi to Bōken'' (2014), Sayuri Sasaki * ''Homestay'' (2022) * ''Egoist'' (2023) Television * ''Toto Neechan is a Japanese television drama series and the 94th asadora on NHK. It premiered on April 4, 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigesato Itoi
is a Japanese copywriter, essayist, lyricist, game designer, and actor. Itoi is the editor-in-chief of his website and company '' Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun'' ("Almost Daily Itoi Newspaper"). He is best known outside Japan for his work on Nintendo's ''Mother''/''EarthBound'' series of games, as well as his self-titled bass fishing video game. Writing During the 1980s Itoi established the profession of writing copy for advertisements among the general public in Japan. In 1981, he co-authored a collection of short stories titled ''Yume de Aimashou'' ("Let's meet in a dream") with writer Haruki Murakami. Later Itoi branched into writing essays, lyrics, and designing video games. He is best known outside of Japan for Nintendo's ''Earthbound'', released in 1994 in Japan (as ''Mother 2 : Giygas Strikes Back'') and in 1995 in North America. In 1997, Itoi began using the Internet and bought his first Macintosh. In 1998 he started the website and company Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun ("Almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
