is a talent management company in
Japan
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. It was founded in October 1979. It is located in
Roppongi
is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene. A few foreign embassies are located near Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike. It is ...
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Subsidiaries
* Ken-On Incorporated
* Ken Kikaku Incorporated
* MC Cabin Music Publishing
* RAD Japan
* Taisuke Management
* Pin-ups Artists
Actors
Female
Male
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Ikki Sawamura
is a Japanese model, film and television actor, and television presenter signed to Ken-On. His second son, Kōta Nomura is also an actor.
Biography
Ikki Sawamura was born in Kagoshima in 1967. After graduating from the local high school, he mo ...
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Sota Fukushi
is a Japanese actor. He rose to prominence portraying Gentaro Kisaragi in ''Kamen Rider Fourze'', and has since starred in television series '' Koinaka'' (2016) and ''My Lover's Secret'' (2017), as well as films ''Strobe Edge'' (2015), ''My Tom ...
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Takashi Sorimachi
is a Japanese actor and singer. He is mostly famous for having portrayed Eikichi Onizuka in the 1998 live-action drama adaptation of the popular manga series ''Great Teacher Onizuka'', and the assassin O in Hong Kong action film ''Fulltime Kill ...
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Toshiki Seto
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is a Japanese actor. He is represented by Ken-On.
Biography
In 2013, Seto was part of ...
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Yutaka Takenouchi
is a Japanese actor. His on-screen acting debut was in the drama 「ボクの就職」 (Boku no Syūshoku) in 1994, after winning a modeling contest. He regularly appears in commercials.
Filmography
TV series
* ''Boku no Shūshoku/My First Job' ...
Next Generation
Voice actors
Musical artists
Jointly managed groups and artists
Former talents
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Ayaka
, known simply as Ayaka, is a female Japanese singer, songwriter and record producer formerly signed to Warner Music Japan. Born in Osaka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a singing career. She married actor Hiro Mizushima on February 22, 2009.
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a stAtion
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor, creative director, and writer. He appeared in a number of Japanese TV dramas, including ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji'', ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'' and ''Zettai Kareshi''. Additionally, he was well kn ...
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Makiko Esumi
Makiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Makiko Esumi (born 1966), Japanese model, actress, writer, essayist, and lyricist
*Makiko Fujino (born 1949), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party
*Mak ...
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Nanami Hinata
is a rather popular feminine Japanese given name which is also used as a surname.
Possible writings
Nanami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
;as a given name
*七海, "seven, sea"
*七美, "seven, beauty"
*七実, " ...
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Rosa Kato
is a Japanese actress and commercial model.
Biography Career
From April 2004 to March 2005, Kato was a regular guest student on ''Italian Conversation'', a 25-minute NHK TV program for beginners of Italian. She subsequently began appearing in ...
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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.
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(under
NinetyOne)
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Shota Matsuda
is a Japanese actor. Matsuda is best known for his roles in the ''Hana Yori Dango'' series, the ''Liar Game'' series, and '' Love Shuffle''.
Personal life
Matsuda was born on September 10, 1985 in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, to Yūsaku Matsuda, a ...
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Hiro Mizushima
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor, creative director, and writer. He appeared in a number of Japanese TV dramas, including ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji'', ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'' and ''Zettai Kareshi''. Additionally, he was well kn ...
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a stAtion
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor, creative director, and writer. He appeared in a number of Japanese TV dramas, including ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji'', ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'' and ''Zettai Kareshi''. Additionally, he was well kn ...
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Hatsune Okumura
(born October 11, 1990) is a Japanese singer-songwriter signed to Avex Trax. Born and raised in Osaka, Okumura started to write lyrics and compose music at the age of five after attending music competitions. On September 5, 2007, she debuted w ...
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Japanese talent agencies
Mass media companies established in 1979
Japanese companies established in 1979