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Boys Esté
is a manga series by . The series is published in Japan by Kodansha and by Chuang Yi in English in Singapore. A live-action drama airs on TV Tokyo. The story stars , an overweight girl who was rejected by her ex-boyfriend because of her weight. She enrolls in a beauty program where she hopes of obtaining a perfect figure. Cast The drama cast is: * Yumi Sugimoto - * Aoi Nakamura - * Takumi Saito - * Hiroyuki Ikeuchi - * Kazuhiro Ozawa - * Toshiki Kashu - * Manami Hashimoto - References External links * Boys Estéat ''TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.2004 manga Kodansha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Evening'', ''Weekly Young Magazine'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Weekly Gendai, Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary, ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1909, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1909 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine, ''Yūben,'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumi Sugimoto
is a Japanese model, actress, and singer. She is currently under contract with the talent agency Face Planning. Career Modeling career Sugimoto began her career in modeling during elementary school, when she was chosen in a Grand-Prix semi-audition for the girls manga magazine ''Ribon''. Acting career In July 2007 she received her first lead role in TV Tokyo's late TV drama series ''Boys Esté''. Her latest role is Miu Sutō/Go-on Silver in the 2008 TV Asahi's tokusatsu series ''Engine Sentai Go-onger''. She stars also in '' Mutant Girls Squad'' under the direction from Tak Sakaguchi, Noburu Iguchi and Yoshihiro Nishimura. Music career Aside from singing character portrayal songs in ''Engine Sentai Go-onger is Toei Company's thirty-second installment in the Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It aired from February 17, 2008 to February 8, 2009, replacing ''Juken Sentai Gekiranger'' and was replaced by ''Samurai Sentai Sh ...'', Sugimoto has ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Manga
4 (four) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is tetraphobia, considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga Empire, Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Northern Satraps, Kshatrapa and Pallava dynasty, Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, endi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manami Hashimoto
, better known by her stagename , is a Japanese gravure model and actress represented by Irving and her business alliance is Harmony Promotion. Hashimoto is called by such unique catchphrases such as "Heisei no Danchi Tsuma," (The Apartment Complex Wife of the Heisei era) "Aijin ni Shitai Onna No. 1," (The Number-one Woman I Want as My Mistress) and "Kokumin no Aijin." (The Nation's Mistress) That is to say, she was one of the sex symbols in Japan during the 2010s. Personal life In November 27, 2019, Hashimoto announced on her official blog that she has married a non-celebrity man, a physician A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the Medical education, study, Med ..., one year her junior. In July 2, 2022, she gave birth to their first child, a son. On March 31, 2024, Hashimoto announced her second pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiki Kashu
is a Japanese actor, best known for his role as Shouichi Tsugami, the main character of the Kamen Rider series ''Kamen Rider Agito''. Biography He graduated from the Hyōgo Prefectural Amagasaki North High School. Although he was originally a model in magazines, he showed interest in acting and was cast in the 2001 TV Asahi series ''Kamen Rider Agito''. Kashu's role was the protagonist Shouichi Tsugami/Kamen Rider Agito, which raised his profile. In 2009, he reprised his role as Shouichi Tsugami/Kamen Rider Agito in the film '' Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker''. His other notable role is playing Kazuya Kuroki in the first four seasons of the popular police procedural series '' Honcho Azumi'' from 2009 to 2011. In 2009, Kashu began studying at Kokugakuin University's Faculty of Shinto culture department. and graduated in 2014. On April 3, 2019, the day after shooting for his on-screen reprisal in ''Kamen Rider Zi-O'', Kashu married a woman who worked for a real e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Ozawa
Kazuhiro is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese anime director and supervisor *, professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter *, Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese football player *, former sumo wrestler from Makizono, Kagoshima, Japan *Kazuhiro Kiuchi (born 1960), Japanese manga artist and film director *, former professional baseball player in Japan *, Japanese snowboarder *, Japanese skeleton racer who has competed since 1991 *Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro (born 1984), sumo wrestler *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese javelin thrower *, Japanese football player *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese football player *, Japanese former football player *, Japanese MMA fighter known for his antics inside and outside of the ring *Kazuhiro Nakata (born 1958), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese marine scientist and ichthyologist *, retired judoka *, Japanese s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
is a Japanese actor. Ikeuchi's mother is Salvadoran and his father is Japanese. He is an avid martial artist, notably holding a black belt in judo, and is also a keen fisherman. Career Ikeuchi played a supporting role as General Miura in Wilson Yip's ''Ip Man''. He also appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's ''Charisma''. He recently appeared as the main antagonist in the 2017 John Woo film '' Manhunt'' Filmography Film * ''Tokimeki Memorial'' (1997) * ''Dream Studium'' (1997) * ''Blues Harp'' (1999) * ''Charisma'' (1999) * '' Space Travelers'' (2000) * ''Chicken Heart'' (2002) * ''The Boat to Heaven'' (2003) * ''Karaoke Terror'' (2003) * ''Warau Iemon'' (2004) * ''Female'' (2005) * ''Hazard'' (2005) * '' Love My Life'' (2006) * ''Dolphine Blue'' (2007) * ''X-Cross'' (2007) * ''Ip Man Ip Man (born Ip Kai-man; 1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972), also known as Yip Man, was a Chinese martial arts grandmaster. He became a teacher of the martial art of Wing Chun when he was 20. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takumi Saito
is a Japanese actor and filmmaker. He directs films under his birthname, , spelled differently in Kanji but pronounced the same. Early life and work Saito was born on August 22, 1981, in Minato, Tokyo. Saitoh's father worked in the film industry and he would often visit him at work as a child, which he later cited as his inspiration to become an actor. While still attending high school, Saitoh signed a modeling contract with Indigo at age 15. Filmography Films ;As director * ''Zokki'' (2020) * ''Home Sweet Home'' (2023) ;As actor * ''Toki no Kaori: Remember Me'' (2001) as Yuuji * ''Umizaru (2004 film), Umizaru'' (2004) as Shinji Tadokoro * ''Kabuto-Oh Beetle'' (2005) as Hametsu Oh Disaster * ''Karasu wa naite iruka?'' (2006) * ''The Prince of Tennis (film), The Prince of Tennis'' (2006) as bystander * ''Dance Master'' (2006) as Momochi Shintaro * ''Ulysses'' (2006) as Sarai * ''Zura-Deka – The Rag Cop'' (2006) detective Yatsuda * ''Boys Love'' (2006) as Noel Kisaragi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoi Nakamura
is a Japanese model and actor. He belongs to the talent agency LesPros Entertainment. History Nakamura Aoi entered the entertainment industry when he won the Grand Prix at the final round of the 18th '' Junon'' Superboy Contest held in November 2005. He was in the third year at junior high school and only 14 at the time, making him the first ever junior high school student Grand Prix winner. Nakamura's father was responsible for sending in the application to the contest. Since Nakamura was a child he was called cute by those around him and his father wondered if it was really true, leading to the application. Nakamura himself was initially unenthusiastic about the contest as he disliked having to leave Fukuoka for Tokyo, and felt more apprehension than happiness when he won. In October 2006, he made his debut as an actor in the stage play "Den-en ni Shisu", playing the lead role. At the end of March 2007, in order to start his entertainment activities seriously, he left his hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. In its early history, Singapore was a maritime emporium known as '' Temasek''; subsequently, it was part of a major constituent part of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, Singapore came under the direct control of Britain as part of the Straits Settlements. During World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
