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Suppli
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mari Okazaki. It was published by Shodensha's Josei manga, ''josei'' manga magazine ''Feel Young'' from October 8, 2003, to November 7, 2009; a sidestory also ran in the magazine in 2010. It has been collected in seven volumes so far, and was published in English by Tokyopop who released five volumes in English. ''Suppli'' was adapted into a Japanese television drama, Japanese drama series which aired in Japan on Fuji TV in summer 2006. It stars Misaki Itō, Kazuya Kamenashi, Eita, and Miho Shiraishi. Minami is a 27-year-old female office worker in an advertisement agency. Though she has a boyfriend, she spends the majority of her time working and appears to feel ambivalent about the relationship at best. When the boyfriend finally breaks up with her, it's the push she needs to start a social life with her co-workers. In-office romances soon follow. Much of the story is told through Minami's thoughts, which are full of se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Okazaki
is a Japanese people, Japanese Mangaka, manga artist. Life Okazaki started drawing in high school and submitted her illustrations to different magazines. For her, this was both a training for art school, which she wanted to apply for, and a way to make money from the prize money. She had saved more than 1 million yen when graduating from high school. The magazine ''Fanroad'' by the publisher Rapport (publisher), Rapport published her first manga. She enrolled in and graduated from Tama Art University with a major in design. After university, she worked for the advertising company Hakuhodo, doing conceptual and design work. Her career as a manga artist became more successful in 1994, when she won a newcomers' award of ''Bouquet (magazine), Bouquet'' magazine, published the short story "Bathroom Gūwa" and started becoming a regular contributor for the magazine afterwards. Okazaki herself considers this to be her proper debut as a professional manga artist. She was a regular co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eita
is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series '' Water Boys''. He also appeared in ''Summer Time Machine Blues'' and '' Tokyo Friends: The Movie''. Career In 2009, Eita was cast in his first theatrical role playing a human in a romantic relationship with a female ghost. Not long after in August 2009, it was announced that Eita had been cast as the lead in the play ''Tokyo Gekko Makyoku'', playing a mysterious character living in the early Shōwa era. It was his first time playing the lead in a theatrical production. Personal life On June 1, 2010, it was announced that Eita would marry singer Kaela Kimura is a Japanese pop rock singer, lyricist, fashion model and television presenter. Career Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a Japanese mother and British father, Kimura started working as a model in 2002 for the Japanese magazine ''Seventeen (Jap ..., who was already five months pregnant, that sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tramps Like Us
is a Japanese ''Josei'' manga series by . It is about Sumire, a young professional woman who takes in a younger man as a pet, and her attempts to keep her coworkers and conventionally perfect boyfriend from finding out about her pet. It also deals with the romantic attraction between Sumire and her pet. It was serialised by Kodansha and was released in 14 volumes between 2000 and 2005, with an additional side-story volume being released in 2002. The volumes, barring the side-story volume, were published in English and German by Tokyopop, in French by Kurokawa and in Italian by Star Comics. The manga was adapted to a TV drama series that aired in Japan on TBS in 2003, and a South Korean film in 2011. The manga is adapted to a second, reboot, TV drama series aired on Fuji TV in 2017 with totally different cast. Plot , a journalist at a major newspaper, is a career woman in a society that does not handle successful women well. Sumire suffers from depression and anxiety. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feel Young
''Feel Young'' is a monthly josei manga magazine published by Shodensha in Japan. Manga artists whose stories have run in this magazine include Moyoco Anno, Mitsue Aoki, Mitsukazu Mihara, Kiriko Nananan, Mari Okazaki, Erica Sakurazawa, Ebine Yamaji, and others. Profile and relevance The magazine was first published in 1989. When the magazine emerged in the late 1980s, it was part of a new wave of josei magazines like Young Rose and Cutie Comics, publishing manga like the ones of Kyoko Okazaki that distanced themselves from the soap-opera "Ladies Comics" of the 1980s and kept more elements of shōjo manga in their style. Rachel Thorn explains that the magazine is considered more artsy and progressive than other josei magazines like the more conservative You or the more mainstream Chorus. Some women who got works published in the artistic manga magazine ''Garo'', like Erica Sakurazawa, Kiriko Nananan and Shungicu Uchida, published their works also in ''Feel Young''. The manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugo Kanno
is a Japanese composer and musician known for his work on many television dramas, anime series, and movies. Biography Kanno was born in Saitama, Japan. He attended junior high school in Kawagoe before later moving to Takanezawa for university. While attending school, he was fascinated by Impressionist Music. He graduated from the Tokyo College of Music, department of composition, film scoring course and started providing music for movies, commercials, and artists while he was still a student. On December 14, 2007, Kanno held his first orchestral concert which, according to his website, "started with a strong desire to listen to live music." His first orchestra concert was held at Suntory Hall's Blue Rose in 2007. His first 2-day Valentines concert was held at Bunkamura Orchard Hall in 2014, Yupoto Hall in 2015, Mielparque Hall in 2016, Hitomi Memorial Hall in 2017/2018, and Sakura Hall in 2019, and was well received. He also participated in several collaborations such as 2014 ... [...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] |
Megumi Yokoyama (actress)
is a Japanese actress represented by Oscar Promotion. Biography Yokoyama graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Takehaya Senior High School and Aoyama Gakuin University Faculty of Letters Second Section of the Department of Education. While part of the land division of high school, she was part of Queen Bee, a copy band to the Barbee Boys and Men's Meg (from the brands Men's Viki and Megumi no Megu), a copy to Ann Lewis. Yokoyama made her debut as Rei, the girlfriend of Jun (played by Hidetaka Yoshioka) in ''Kita no Kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi'', and has been active in a wide range of dramas, advertisements and variety shows afterwards. She is mostly known for playing the heroine Ruriko in ''Shinju Fujin'' in 2002. In 1995, Yokoyama married advert narrator Yasuki Okawa, but due to her popularity in ''Shinju Fujin'' she became busy and they divorced in December 2002 due to married couplings. In May 2006, she later married American Express Vice President Mamoru Ninobu. In September 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miho Shiraishi
is a Japanese actress from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Filmography Film * ''Shiroi Fune'' (2002) * ''Swing Girls'' (2004) ''as Yayoi Itami'' * ''Densha Otoko'' (2005) ''cameo'' * ''The Harimaya Bridge'' (2009) ''as Kayo Takeuchi'' * ''Halfway'' (2009) * ''The Master of Funerals'' (2019) TV dramas * ''Bijo ka Yajuu'' (2003 Fuji TV) * ''Tokyo Love Cinema'' (2003 Fuji TV) * ''Anata no tonari ni dare ga iru'' (2003 Fuji TV) * ''Orange Days'' (2004 TBS) ''as Akane Ozawa'' * '' Hotman 2'' (2004 TBS) * ''Minna Mukashi wa Kodomo Datta'' (2005 KTV) * ''Densha Otoko'' (2005 Fuji TV) ''as Misuzu Jinkama'' * ''Sengoku Jieitai'' (2006 NTV) * ''Suppli'' (2006 Fuji TV) * ''Densha Otoko DX: Saigo no Seizen'' (2006 Fuji TV) * ''Nodame Cantabile'' (2006 Fuji TV) as Kaori Eto (Kozo Eto's wife) * ''Dondo Hare'' (2007 NHK) * ''Hanayome to Papa'' (2007 Fuji TV) * ''Kiri no Hi'' (2008 NHK) * ''General Rouge no Gaisen'' (2010 Fuji TV) * ''Hiyokko'' (2017 NHK) as Kuniko Takeuchi Anime * ''Fullmetal Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōichi Satō (actor)
is a Japanese actor. He is the son of veteran Japanese actor Rentarō Mikuni. Career Sato has appeared in some of Junji Sakamoto's films such as '' Tokarev'', ''Face'', '' KT'', ''Children of the Dark'', and ''Human Trust''. He also appeared in Takashi Miike's ''Sukiyaki Western Django'', Yoichi Sai's ''Kamui Gaiden'', and Takahisa Zeze's ''Heaven's Story''. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations Awards won *1982: 24th Blue Ribbon Awards: Best New Actor for '' The Gate of Youth'' *1982: 5th Japan Academy Prize: Newcomer of the Year for ''The Gate of Youth'' *1984: 8th Elan d'or Awards: Newcomer of the Year *1995: 18th Japan Academy Prize: Best Actor for ''Crest of Betrayal'' *1995: 7th Nikkan Sports Film Award: Best Actor for ''Crest of Betrayal'' *1995: 16th Yokohama Film Festival: Best Supporting Actor for '' Tokarev'' *1996: 10th Takasaki Film Festival: Best Actor for ''Gonin'' *2001: 24th Japan Academy Prize: Best Supporting Actor for '' Whiteout'' *20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeyuki Totsugi
is a Japanese actor, TV personality, voice actor, screenwriter, theatre director, and singer. His real name and former stage name is . He was born in Teine-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. He is a member of the TEAM NACS. He graduated from Hokkaido Sapporo Teine High School and, Hokkai Gakuen University. His wife is actress Yui Ichikawa. Biography Born and raised in the current Teine-ku, Sapporo. When he was a collage ronin (a student who failed to enter the university and is studying to pass the entrance exam again), he was fascinated by a solo performance by Issey Ogatabroadcast on TV, and decided to stop taking the entrance exam and become an actor. He declared this intention to his parents on the same day, but his parents strongly persuaded him in tears, so he ended up attending the college. Entered a theater study group in Hokkai Gakuen University and started stage activities. At the theater study group, he met Hiroyuki Morisaki, Ken Yasuda, Yo Oizumi, and Takuma Oto'o, and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Novel
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Precursors include authors of literary fiction, such as Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Brontë. There are many subgenres of the romance novel, including fantasy, gothic, contemporary, historical romance, paranormal fiction, and science fiction. Although women are the main readers of romance novels a growing number of men enjoy them as well. The Romance Writers of America cite 16% of men read romance novels. "Many people today don’t realize that romance is more than a love story. Romance can be a complex plotline with a setting from the past in a remote, faraway place. Instead of focusing on a love story, it idealizes values and principles that seem lost in today’s world of technology and instant gratification. However, roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōjo Manga
is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent females and young adult women. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent boys), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary editorial categories of manga. manga is traditionally published in dedicated manga magazines, which often specialize in a particular readership age range or narrative genre. manga originated from Japanese girls' culture at the turn of the twentieth century, primarily (girls' prose novels) and ( lyrical paintings). The earliest manga was published in general magazines aimed at teenagers in the early 1900s, and entered a period of creative development beginning in the 1950s as it began to formalize as a distinct category of manga. While the category was initially dominated by male manga artists, the emergence and eventual dominance of female artists beginning in the 1960s and 1970s led to a period of signif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
