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Takashi Fujii
, born March 10, 1972 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese comedian and singer who belongs to the Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo and is the popular host of '' Matthew's Best Hit TV'' (as the character , and various other related shows on TV Asahi, a major television network in Japan. In 2022, he was the co-host of Love Is Blind: Japan. On May 7, 2005, he officially announced his intention to marry , a Japanese idol, and they were married on July 30, 2005 at the Grand Hyatt in Tokyo, with an audience of 340 guests including many famous Japanese personalities and celebrities. On May 7, 2007, he and his wife Otoha announced that they are expecting a child. Acting career An established celebrity among Japanese television, Takashi Fujii is most active as an actor and a comedic host. In the western world, and particularly the United States, he is perhaps best known for his appearance as Matthew Minami, hosting his own show, with Bill Murray's characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyonaka, Osaka
is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on October 15, 1936. Geography Climate Toyonaka has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Toyonaka is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . Neighboring municipalities *Osaka Prefecture **Yodogawa-ku, Osaka ** Suita ** Minoh ** Ikeda *Hyōgo Prefecture **Amagasaki ** Itami Demographics , the city has an estimated population of 396,014 and a population density of 11,000 persons per km². The total area is 36.38 km². Its peak population was over 420,000. Toyonaka is a residential area of Osaka Prefecture, and includes Senri New Town. The city is easy to reach through various modes of transportation, and many of its residents commute daily into Osaka City to work. Osaka Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
JOIX-DTV (channel 10), branded as , is the Kansai region flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the subsidiary of the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate; Yomiuri TV forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kantō region flagship Nippon TV, which owns a 15.89% share in the company. Founded as on February 13, 1958, and renamed Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation on August 1, the station started broadcasting on August 28 as the first TV station to be affiliated with Nippon Television Network Corporation. Its studios are located in the Osaka Business Park district of Osaka. History Early years Nippon TV applied for TV broadcasting licenses in Osaka and Nagoya after it began broadcasting in 1953, but the Ministry of Post declined the application on the grounds that "Nippon TV is a Tokyo channel, and applying for licenses in other regions is an act of crossing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel (film)
''Babel'' is a 2006 psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. The multi-narrative drama completes Arriaga's and Iñárritu's ''Death Trilogy'', following ''Amores perros'' and '' 21 Grams''. It is an international co-production among companies based in the United States, Mexico and France. The film features an ensemble cast and use of hyperlink cinema, which portrays interwoven stories taking place in Morocco, Japan, Mexico, and the United States. ''Babel'' was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, where González Iñárritu won the Best Director Award. The film was later screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film opened in selected cities in the United States on 27 October 2006, and went into wide release on 10 November 2006. ''Babel'' received positive reviews and was a financial success, grossing $135 million worldwide. It eventually won the Golden Globe Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Kawase
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, producer, actress, and model from Kyoto. She is the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Brilliant Green. She also has a solo career under the alter-ego pseudonyms Tommy february6 and Tommy heavenly6. Biography Her debut solo album '' Tommy february6'' peaked at No. 1 on the Japan Oricon chart. The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, as well as her second studio album '' Tommy Airline''. She has released eight solo albums. Her songs appeared in various anime including ''Paradise Kiss'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', '' Soul Eater'', ''Pokémon'', ''Gin Tama'', and ''Bakuman''. Two of her songs were used in the 2004 film adaption of ''Kamikaze Girls''. From 2001 to 2009, she released music through Defstar Records, a division of Sony Music Japan. In 2010 she was signed to Warner Music Japan. She has appeared on the cover of ''Marquee'' magazine nine times, and has also been featured on the cover of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced ''kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music", a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. J-rock bands such as Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-country had popularity during the international popularity of Westerns in the 1960s1970s as well, and it still has appeal due to the work of musicians like Charlie Nagatani and venues including Little Texas, Tokyo. J-rap became mainstream with producer Nujabes and his work on ''Samurai Champloo'', Japanese pop culture is often seen with anime in hip hop. Other trends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mind Game (movie)
is a 2004 Japanese animated experimental feature film based on Robin Nishi's manga of the same name. It was planned, produced and primarily animated by Studio 4°C and adapted and directed by Masaaki Yuasa in his directorial debut, with chief animation direction and model sheets by Yūichirō Sueyoshi, art direction by Tōru Hishiyama and groundwork and further animation direction by Masahiko Kubo. It is unusual among features other than anthology films in using a series of disparate visual styles to tell one continuous story. As Yuasa commented in a ''Japan Times'' interview, "Instead of telling it serious and straight, I went for a look that was a bit wild and patchy. I think that Japanese animation fans today don't necessarily demand something that's so polished. You can throw different styles at them and they can still usually enjoy it." The film received a cult audience and was well received, winning multiple awards worldwide, and has been praised by directors Satoshi Kon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Be The One
Be the One may refer to: * ''Be the One'' (album), a 1989 album by Jackie Jackson * "Be the One" (BoA song), 2003 * "Be the One" (Dua Lipa song), 2015 * "Be the One" (Moby song), a 2011 EP * "Be the One" (Poison song), 2000 * "Be the One" (The Ting Tings song), 2008 * "Be the One", a song by Jack Peñate from ''Everything Is New'' * "Be the One", a 2011 song by Lloyd, Trey Songz and Young Jeezy from '' King of Hearts'' * "Be the One", a song by Yes from ''Keys to Ascension'' * "Be the One", a song by Pandora from ''Kamen Rider Build'' * "Be the One", a song by Jeremy Camp from ''Restored ''Restored'' is the fourth studio album by American contemporary Christian music musician Jeremy Camp. It was released on November 16, 2004 by BEC Recordings. Track listing Standard release Enhanced edition Deluxe gold edition Standard ...'' See also * I Could Be the One (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warotenka
is a Japanese historical drama television series and the 97th ''asadora'' series, following ''Hiyokko''. It premiered on October 2, 2017 and ended on March 31, 2018. The main character is based on Sei Yoshimoto, the co-founder of Yoshimoto Kogyo, one of Japan's largest entertainment companies that especially focuses on comedy. Plot Ten Fujioka is a young girl who lives in Kyoto in the late Meiji era and who loves to laugh. The daughter of a prominent pharmacist, one day she runs into a young entertainer, Tōkichi Kitamura, who leaves a strong impression on her. Nearly a decade later, she runs into Tokichi again, and finds out that, while never succeeding as an entertainer, he is the eldest son of a prominent rice merchant in Osaka. Against her parents wishes, who expects her to marry a man who will take over the family business, Ten decides to elope with Tōkichi. Her troubles have only started, however, as Tōkichi's mother Tsueko initially rejects Ten as a potential bride, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeru Wa Haji Da Ga Yaku Ni Tatsu
is a Japanese romance ''josei'' manga series written and illustrated by Tsunami Umino. The original title is from a Hungarian proverb: "Running away is shameful, but useful" (, ). It was published by Kodansha, with serialization in ''Kiss'' magazine since November 9, 2012 and eleven volumes released across the whole series timeframe. The series later got a live-action adaptation that began airing on TBS in October 2016, with Yui Aragaki and Gen Hoshino as the leads. Viki has licensed the series in North America. Characters ; :Portrayed by: Yui Aragaki :The 25-year-old protagonist. A graduate student who was recently fired from her temporary job. Mikuri studied psychology in graduate school and is a licensed clinical psychologist, and often internally psycho-analyzes Hiramasa. After losing her temp job, she is given the chance to become a housekeeper at Hiramasa's home, desperate for any source of income. After learning that her parents were about to move to the countryside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanada Maru (TV Series)
is a 2016 Japanese historical drama television series and the 55th NHK taiga drama. The series is named after the Sanada Maru, a fortification defended by Sanada during the Siege of Osaka in 1615. Written by Kōki Mitani, it stars Masato Sakai as the samurai Sanada Nobushige. It premiered on January 10, 2016 and concluded on December 18, 2016. Due to declining viewership for taiga dramas in recent years, NHK strengthened its marketing push for ''Sanada Maru'' as compared with its previous taiga dramas. Plot The drama focuses on the history of the Sanada clan during the Sengoku period in Japan, and in particular on Sanada Nobushige, who would go on to become one of the legendary commanders of the period. Cast Sanada clan *Masato Sakai as Sanada Nobushige, also known as Sanada Yukimura *Yo Oizumi as Sanada Nobuyuki, Nobushige's older brother *Masao Kusakari as Sanada Masayuki, Nobushige's father *Masami Nagasawa as Kiri, Nobushige's childhood friend *Yoshino Kimura as [ Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The School Of Water Business
is a manga series created by Shinobu Inokuma, the author of ''Salad Days''. It is based on a novel by Hikaru Murozumi, and is set in a fictional trade-school—that focuses on the mizu shōbai—located in the Kabukichō district of Shinjuku, Tokyo. The school's focus is to give students their last chance in the school system. Classes are divided into occupations such as hostesses, hosts, "managers" (from waiters to actual managers), "geibaa" ("gay bar" but is a more comedic view of males dressing and acting like females) and, finally, " soapgirls". The series has a sequel, ''Toritsu Mizusho! 2'', with one volume published as of March 2012. Oda Mari, now a teacher at the high school, replaces Keisuke Tanabe as the focus character. Characters The volume number denotes the character's first appearance. The actor/actress is the person that was cast for the character in the TV special. *: Sociology teacher (vol. 1) *: Fuzoku Course Director (vol. 1) *: Headmaster (vol. 1) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashita Ga Arusa (TV Series)
is a series of television commercials launched by The Coca-Cola Company to promote the Georgia canned coffee in Japan between 2000 to 2003. The campaign focuses on a Salaryman during Lost Decades on the stage of a Trading company. The ''Ashita Ga Arusa'' campaign was handled by Beacon Communications, a local advertising agency based in Shinagawa. The campaign was a critical and financial success, that it spawned a Japanese television drama adaptations that aired on NTV in 2001. and a feature film released in 2002 Cast * Masatoshi Hamada * Izumi Inamori * Takashi Fujii * Kōji Higashino * Shozo Endo * Naoki Tanaka * Hitoshi Matsumoto , commonly known as , is a Japanese film director and one of Japan's most popular comedians and TV hosts. He is one half of the comedy duo Downtown alongside Masatoshi Hamada. Like Hamada, Matsumoto was born and raised in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefe ... References External links * 2000s television commercials 2001 Japanese television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
