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Toshihiro Yashiba
is a Japanese actor represented by JFCT. Filmography TV series Films References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yashiba, Toshihiro Japanese male actors 1971 births Living people People from Sōka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōka
is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 249,645 in 118,129 households and a population density of 9100 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Situated in the southeast corner of Saitama Prefecture approximately 30 kilometers away from downtown Tokyo. Sōka is surrounded to the east by the cities of Yashio, Misato and Yoshikawa, and to the west by Kawaguchi. To the north is Koshigaya and to the south Adachi Ward of Metropolitan Tokyo.The city is in the center of the Kanto Plain and is mostly lowland with an elevation of only three meters above sea level. The Ayase River flows through the city, which was subject to frequent flooding despite various flood control measures taken since the Edo Period. Sōka was once a peaceful agricultural area surrounded by water and greenery, but as a result of urbanization, the once abundant greenery and clean water was adversely affected. Now, Sōka is promoting a "town of greenery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Kiss (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on Fuji TV in 2007. Mao Inoue played the lead role for the first time in getsuku drama. The first episode received a viewership rating of 19.7%. Plot A bitter-sweet and uplifting comedy drama about a young girl Mio and her brother Kazuki. To treat her illness overseas, Mio has been living away from her older brother Kazuki for the past ten years. After learning about the upcoming surgery, which she has only a fifty percent chance of survival, Mio decides to fly back to Japan to spend time with Kazuki. Looking forward to seeing his sweet younger sister, Kazuki anxiously awaits Mio's return in Japan. However, their reunion is nothing but full of surprises as Mio has transformed from the innocent sickly girl Kazuki remembers from ten years ago into a sassy woman with an attitude. Kazuki has difficulty dealing with his wickedly selfish younger sister, but soon learns about the truth of her medical condition and has a change of hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaseifu No Mita
is a 2011 Japanese television drama series. A family grieving their mother's recent death hires Akari Mita as a housekeeper to upkeep the house, which has been thrown into disarray. Mita, who is played by actress Nanako Matsushima, will do anything that her employer orders her to do, except smiling or revealing her past. This television series was broadcast from October 12 to December 21, 2011, as part of Nippon Television's ''Tears Wednesday'' time slot, which airs every Wednesday from 10:00 to 10:54 pm. ''I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper.'' garnered an average viewership rating of 25.2%. Its last episode garnered a viewership rating of over 40% when it was aired, making it the highest watched show of 2011 in Japan. ''I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper.'' won several awards, including "Best Drama" at the 71st Television Drama Academy Awards. Despite the popularity of ''I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper.'', its writer revealed that there will not be any sequels to the series. Plot The Asuda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're Beautiful (TV Series)
''You're Beautiful'' () is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Jang Keun-suk, Park Shin-hye, Jung Yong-hwa of CNBLUE, and Lee Hong-gi of F.T. Island. The series follows fictional musician band, A.N.JELL, and how the relationship between its members changes when a girl posing as her twin brother joins the band. It aired on SBS from October 7 to November 26, 2009, for 16 episodes. Synopsis Ko Mi-nyeo (Park Shin-hye) has lived at an orphanage with her twin brother, Ko Mi-nam, since childhood after their father died. Years later, Mi-nam becomes a music idol and Mi-nyeo lives in a junior nun dorm to fulfill her dream of becoming a nun. One day, Mi-nam successfully auditions for and wins the "A.N Entertainment" vocal auditions to join the musical band A.N.Jell. However, he must leave for the United States in order to correct his botched plastic surgery. Mi-nam's manager, Ma Hoon-yi (Kim In-kwon) approaches Mi-nyeo and requests her to pose as Mi-nam for a month till he recov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariadne No Dangan
is a TV series broadcast in Japan by Fuji TV. It is the sequel to ''Team Batista no Eiko'' and ''General Rouge no Gaisen''. Cast * Atsushi Itō as Kōhei Taguchi * Tōru Nakamura as Keisuke Shiratori * Katsunori Takahashi as Yoshimasa Ikaruga * Manami Konishi as Sumire Sasai * Toshinori Omi as Joichiro Kitayama * Seiji Fukushi as Soichi Usami * Yasuhi Nakamura as Makoto Tamamura * Ken Yasuda as Goro Shimazu * Tomohiro Ichikawa as Shuusuke Suga * Go Riju as Daisuke Mifune * Yuko Natori as Makoto Fujiwara * Ryuzo Hayashi as Gonta Takashina * Jinta Nishizawa as Hiroki Kanda * Toshihiro Yashiba – Yuichi Tomono * Naomasa Musaka – Yukio Matsuzaki * Kenta Satoi – Yagami Guest appearances * Kazumasa Taguchi – Kiyohara Masao (ep1) * Hideo Ishiguro – Kiyohara Shinichi (ep1) * Michiko Ameku – Ichiko Taniguchi (ep2) * Yasuhito Hida – Katsuya Oda (ep2) * Yasuyuki Maekawa – Coroner (ep2) * Etsuko Seki – Shizue Taniguchi (ep2) * Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dondo Hare
is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2007. It was the 76th Asadora. Cast * Manami Higa as Natsumi Asakura * Ren Osugi as Keigo Asakura, Natsumi's father * Masako Mori as Fusako Asakura, Natsumi's mother * Asahi Uchida as Masaki Kagami, Natsumi's husband * Mikihisa Azuma as Shinichi Kagami * Akiko Hinagata as Emiko Kagami * Ryunosuke Kamiki as Tomoya Asakura, Natsumi's younger brother * Takeshō Aki as owner of the boarding house in Morioka * Masayuki Suzuki as Kisunori Kagami * Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Yujiro Imamoto * Hiroyuki Nagato as Heiji * Isao Sasaki as Masato Yoshizawa * Mitsuko Kusabue as Katsuno Kagami, Masaki's grandmother * Nobuko Miyamoto is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese ... as Tamaki Kagami, Masaki's aunt References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School (2011 TV Series)
is a Japanese television series which premiered on Fuji TV on January 16, 2011. It was aired on Fuji TV's Sunday 9:00pm slot "Dramatic Sunday" in the 2011 winter drama season. Plot The story is about Shingū Elementary School which is beset by a lot of problems. Seichiro Naruse, a construction worker whose company closed down, suddenly becomes the principal of his old school. He must save the school from closing down. Cast Main cast * Yōsuke Eguchi as Seichiro Naruse The construction company he was working in went bankrupt and he was appointed as the civilian principal of the Shingū Elementary School. Having devoted 20 years in the construction industry, he has no teaching license. He takes up the job in order to keep a promise he made with his former teacher and ex-principal Takeichi. Nonetheless, he has a cheerful personality and takes positive action at every turn, and he frequently describes himself as a "X X demon". He was greatly appalled by the appearance and the change ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiraga Gennai
was a Japanese polymath and ''rōnin'' of the Edo period. Gennai was a Pharmacology, pharmacologist, student of ''Rangaku'', physician, author, painter and inventor well known for his ''Elekiter, Erekiteru'' (electrostatic generator), ''Kandankei'' (thermometer), and ''Kakanpu'' (asbestos cloth). Gennai also composed several works on (Homosexuality in Japan, homosexual) life and desire in Japan, such as the ''Nenashigusa'' (1763), the ''Kiku no en'' (1764), the ''San no asa'' (1768), and the ''Nenashigusa kohen'' (1768). He also wrote a few satirical essays, including "''On Farting''" Rootless Grass, and A Lousy Journey of Love. His birth name was Shiraishi Kunitomo, but he later used numerous pen names, including , (his principal literary pen name), and . He is best known by the name of Hiraga Gennai. Biography Family History Hiraga Gennai was born in 1729 in the village of Shidoura, Sanuki Province (part of the modern city of Sanuki, Kagawa. He was the third son of Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoko (novel)
''Naoko'' is a novel by Keigo Higashino. The original title is . The novel won the 52nd Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel. The story centers on a man whose wife and daughter are in a terrible accident; the wife dies, but when the daughter wakes up, he discovers his wife's mind inside. It was made into a 1999 in film, 1999 Cinema of Japan, Japanese film, ''Himitsu (film), Himitsu'', directed by Yōjirō Takita. The 2007 film ''The Secret (2007 film), The Secret'' is based on the Japanese film. Synopsis , a humble 39-year-old man, enjoys the smaller pleasures in life. He is devastated when his wife and daughter are involved in a bus accident. Naoko Sugita (杉田 直子 ''Sugita Naoko''), his wife, dies and his 11-year-old daughter Monami Sugita (杉田 藻奈美 ''Sugita Monami'') is badly injured. Monami makes a miraculous recovery—albeit, with one small twist—her personality and memories are that of her mother Naoko's, rather than her own. Both Heisuke and Naoko c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeter, Ie Wo Kau
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on Fuji Television and on Kyodo Television in 2010. It is based on a novel, ''Freeter, Ie wo Kau'' written by the Japanese author Hiro Arikawa. Cast * Kazunari Ninomiya * Naoto Takenaka * Atsuko Asano * Haruka Igawa Reception It won the Series Drama Grand Prix at the 2011 Tokyo Drama Awards and Kazunari Ninomiya , often called , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, presenter and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi. His career began in the entertainment industry after joining the Japanese talent agency Johnny & As ... won the Award for Best Actor. References External links * * 2010 Japanese television series debuts 2010 Japanese television series endings Japanese drama television series Fuji TV dramas Television shows based on Japanese novels {{Japan-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region. On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions were spun off into two subsidiaries, with taking over the radio broadcasting business, and took over television broadcasting. History * March 15, 1951 - Asahi Broadcasting Corporation was founded in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka. ABC started AM radio broadcasting on November 11 (1010 kHz). * May 25, 1955 - ABC and New Japan Broadcasting Company (NJB, the predecessor of Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.) founded in Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka. Currently, ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Osaka is located at the place the head office of OTV used to be. * December 1, 1956 - OTV started television broadcasting on channel 6, under the callsign JOBX-TV ''(not to be confused with Oita Asahi Broadcasting which currently uses the JOBX callsign)''. The st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloody Monday (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written by Ryumon Ryo and illustrated by Megumi Koji. The series had been serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' by ''Kodansha'' from March 2007 to April 2009, with individual chapters collected into eleven ''tankōbon'' volumes as of May 15, 2009, ending with a total of 96 chapters. The manga was turned into a drama series, which premiered on October 11, 2008, and starred Haruma Miura. On October 14, 2009, the manga's second season was released. and the second season of the drama adaptation began airing on January 23, 2010. Kodansha's USA division released the first volume in June 2011. Plot A Russian spy is discovered dead in Japan, with the only evidence to his death being a memory chip he managed to conceal from his killer. The Public Security Intelligence Agency Agency's Third-I section hires Fujimaru Takagi, a skilled hacker known as "Falcon," to decipher the chip, which includes a video file depicting a viral epidemic in Russia that k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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