Yui Ichikawa
, is an actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. She is also known by her nickname, ''Yui-nyan''. As an actress she has appeared in several dramas (''doramas''), and in recent years she has concentrated more on her film career. She played a minor role in the movie '' Ju-on: The Grudge'' and reprised her character for a bigger role in the sequel, '' Ju-on: The Grudge 2''. She has portrayed Nana Komatsu (Hachi) in the film adaptation of the famous manga ''Nana'', and on December 18, 2006, Ichikawa and co-star Mika Nakashima went to New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ... for the International Premier of ''Nana 2'' at the IFC Center. Filmography Films Television Video game voicing Discography Singles Albums References External linksOfficial Home ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kurosagi (film)
is a film based on the 2006 popular TV series ''Kurosagi''. After the finale of the TV series in June, TBS received many questions about whether there would be a new season or a film. TBS decided to shoot a film, beginning in August 2007. On March 8, 2008, the cast appeared on stage at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills. At the end of the conference, a guard with a suitcase filled with 3,800,000,000 yen (since it was March 8) appeared on stage. Yamashita said he would make another Kurosagi film, shooting it overseas. The official theme song is "Taiyō no Namida" (). It is performed by NEWS, a 6-member band. Tomohisa Yamashita, who also plays the lead role, is in the band. Plot A young man named Kurosaki had his family destroyed by con artists. When he grows up, he becomes a swindler to avenge his family. He swindles other con artists and returns the money to their victims. Cast * Tomohisa Yamashita as Kurosagi (Kurosaki) * Maki Horikita as Yoshikawa Tsurara * Yui Ichikawa as Mishim ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aoi Honō
is a Japanese coming-of-age manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Shimamoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from March 2007 to July 2008, when the magazine ceased its publication; a chapter was published in ''YS Special'' in October 2008, before being transferred to Shogakukan's then-brand-new ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Sunday'' in May 2009. ''Aoi Honō'' is a fictionalized account of Shimamoto's time as a student at the Osaka University of Arts, which he attended alongside Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and Takami Akai. It was adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama, titled ''Blue Fire'' in English, that aired from July to October 2014. The drama was streamed on Viki with English subtitles. Cast *Yūya Yagira – Moyuru Honō * Ken Yasuda – Hideaki Anno *Tsuyoshi Muro – Hiroyuki Yamaga *Tomoya Nakamura – Takami Akai *Mizuki Yamamoto – Tonko Morinaga *Yuina Kuroshima – ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kiri No Hi
is a Japanese television drama which originally aired on Nippon Television (NTV) on August 25, 2008. Directed by Nozomu Amamiya and with a screenplay by Yō Takeyama, it starred Etsuko Ichihara and Karina Nose. The production won a TV Drama Award at the 2008 Festival of the Arts of the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs (). Plot The story takes place in Maoka City, Karafuto, Japan (Currently Kholmsk, Sakhalin, Russian Federation) during the final year of the Pacific War. Nine telephone operators in Maoka took their own lives by taking potassium cyanide when the Soviet Union invaded the city on August 20, 1945. The TV drama is based on this incident and is partially fictional (names of the characters, etc.). Cast * Etsuko Ichihara as Nakamura Mizue (age 82) ** Mayuko Fukuda as Mizue (age 15-19) * Karina Nose as Inoue Aiko * Miho Shiraishi as Misa Yamazaki * Yui Ichikawa as Nakajima Sakura * Risa Kudō as Yoshiko Inoue * Osamu Mukai * Nakamura Shidō * Hitomi Satō * Ay ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Detective School Q
is a Japanese manga series, written by Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō (the creators of ''Kindaichi Case Files''), originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' between June 2001 and August 2005, with its chapters collected in twenty-two ''tankōbon'' volumes. A forty-five episode anime television series by Pierrot was broadcast on TBS from April 2003 to March 2004. Plot ''Detective School Q'' is the story of a group of young students from Class Q of Dan Detective School (DDS), a prestigious and renowned detective academy founded by Morihiko Dan, the most famous detective in Japan, and the adventures and mysteries they unfold and solve together. They eventually work against , a mysterious organization which creates almost fool-proof plans that only a handful of detectives can solve. Characters ; : : :A bright, sweet and optimistic boy who is also a brilliant detective. He is considered to be Class Q's leader and is known for his logical expla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kurosagi
is a Japanese manga written by Takeshi Natsuhara and illustrated by Kuromaru. The series is about a boy named Kurosaki who swindles only other professional swindlers known as . The series was adapted as an 11-episode TV drama that was aired on TBS from April 14 to June 23, 2006. On March 8, 2008, '' Kurosagi'' with Tomohisa Yamashita starring as the Black Swindler once again, was released. Another television drama adaptation is set to premiere in October 2022. It won the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga. Plot Six years ago, Kurosaki's family was destroyed when a "shirosagi" (a "white swindler", who focuses on defrauding others) swindled Kurosaki's father of their family's life savings. As a result, his father killed Kurosaki's mother and sister before committing suicide. Since then, Kurosaki has devoted himself to becoming a "kurosagi" ("black swindler"), who swindles other swindlers, as a means of revenge. As a "kurosagi", Kurosaki's acts have hel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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H2 (manga)
is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from July 1992 to November 1999, with its chapters collected in thirty-four ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted into a 41-episode anime series and an 11-episode television drama series, ''H2: Kimi to Ita Hibi'', directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. As of August 2018, the H2 manga had over 55 million copies in circulation Synopsis During middle school, Hiro Kunimi (pitcher), Hideo Tachibana (third baseman and 4th batter), and Atsushi Noda (catcher) were friends and teammates on the same baseball team. Thanks to their skills, their school achieved an unbeaten record on their way to consecutive national championships. In the seventh grade Hiro also played matchmaker to Hideo and Hikari Amamiya, a neighborhood childhood friend who grew up with him as close as a sibling. At this time Hiro, victim of a delayed growth spurt, was a very short, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wonderful Life (2004 TV Series)
is a Japanese drama series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2004. It stars Takashi Sorimachi, Kyōko Hasegawa, Norito Yashima, and Ken Horiuchi. Kirishima, played by Takashi Sorimachi, is the most famous baseball player in Japan. He is forced to retire early due to injuries. His family abandons him and he decides to spend his time coaching at a local young boys baseball team. The team is verging disbandment because they had not won one single game. Takashi plays the popular baseball player who gives kids the hope that "dreams come true", but in reality he is arrogant and a selfish flirt who spends his money pointlessly. Mizuki, played by Kyōko Hasegawa, wants to become a lawyer. Her brother plays on Kirishima's baseball team, but she can't stand Kirishima. Cast * Akira Kirishima - Takashi Sorimachi * Mizuki Isayama - Kyōko Hasegawa * Masayoshi Tsumasaka - Norito Yashima * Osamu Okegawa - Ken Horiuchi * Jiro Hayashi - Hiromasa Taguchi * Nobuko Hayashi - Inuko Inuyama * Isa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hotman
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sho Kitagawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from 1997 to 2000, with its chapters collected in 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted into a two-season television drama broadcast on TBS; the first one was broadcast from April to June 2003, and the second one from October to December 2004. Plot The series follows (portrayed by Takashi Sorimachi), an ex-delinquent and currently a school art teacher who takes care of his 5-year-old daughter, (portrayed by Nana Yamauchi), of whom he has no idea who her mother is. He also lives with his four siblings whose fathers are all different. Enzo's daughter suffers from severe atopic dermatitis, so he throws himself into managing her diet to alleviate her condition. Enzo pursues life passionately for his little girl and his family. This is a story about how desperately Enzo tries to hold his family together in spite of all the har ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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You're Under Arrest (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazines ''Morning Party Zōkan'' and ''Morning'' from 1986 through 1992. It centers on a fictional police station in Sumida, Tokyo, as its officers tackle everyday criminals while keeping people safe. It mixes both drama and action with some comedy and humor. The chapters of ''You're Under Arrest'' have been collected in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. The manga has been adapted into three television seasons, three OVA series and a film, all animated by Studio Deen. The series also spawned a live-action drama special starring Misaki Ito and Sachie Hara. The show has received positive reviews from critics. Story The story revolves around Natsumi Tsujimoto and Miyuki Kobayakawa, two female officers of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the protagonists of the show as they are stationed at the fictional Bokuto Police Station ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gokusen
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''You'' from 2000 to 2007, with its chapters collected in fifteen '' wideban'' volumes. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private high school. The manga was adapted into a three-season television drama, with Yukie Nakama in the title role, which was broadcast on Nippon TV from 2002 to 2008, followed by a theatrical film, which premiered in 2009. The manga was also adapted into a 13-episode anime television series by Madhouse, which was broadcast on Nippon TV in 2004. The anime series was licensed in North America by Media Blasters. Plot Kumiko Yamaguchi is the granddaughter of a ''yakuza'' boss, Kuroda of the Kuroda Ikka. Her parents died when she was at the age of seven, and her grandfather had no other descendants, so Kumiko is next in line to head the family business with the title of . However, her ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |