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Megumi Ōji
is a Japanese actress from Kakogawa in Hyōgo Prefecture. She is a graduate of Asia University. Megumi entered acting in 1989. She made her debut the following year in a commercial for Seibu Department Stores. In 1991, JVC selected her for their annual National High School Baseball Championship poster campaign, following Noriko Sakai, Saki Takaoka, and Yumiko Takahashi ( Miho Kanno, Kazumi Murata, Aya Ueto, Anne Watanabe, Anne Suzuki, Erika Toda and others have also appeared on these posters). Her first dramatic role was in the 1991 TBS series ''Sensei no Okiniiri''. She also appeared in '' Night Head Genesis'' (Fuji Television, 1992) and the 1993 series '' Under One Roof''. Megumi appeared as Otsuya in Fuji's 1996 '' Chūshingura''. This presaged her roles in ''jidaigeki.'' NHK tapped her for the '' asadora'' drama ''Aguri'' (1997), and also in that year she reprised her role in ''Under One Roof''. Returning to period dramas, she portrayed Sasaki Mifuyu, the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakogawa, Hyōgo
260px, Kakogawa City Hall 260px, Kobe Steel Kakogawa Works is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 258,497 in 108,688 households and a population density of 1,900 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Kakogawa located in southern Hyōgo prefecture, in the eastern part of the Harima Plain with central city area spreading over the east bank of the Kakogawa River estuary. A large portion of city is reclaimed land from the Seto Inland Sea and is mostly devoted to heavy industry. There is a completely different landscape between the southern part of the city, which has industrial areas and large-scale mass retailers, and the northern part, which is mostly rural. Neighbouring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture * Akashi * Takasago * Himeji * Kasai * Miki * Ono * Harima * Inami * Harima * Inami Climate Kakogawa has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool wint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Head Genesis
''Night Head Genesis'' is a Japanese anime television series adapted from the 1992 TV drama ''Night Head''. It began airing on the anime television network Animax on July 27, 2006. The series was licensed for a North American release on February 14, 2008 by Media Blasters, and premiered in January 2016 on Toku in the United States. Plot Due to their paranormal abilities, two young brothers are cast out by their parents and given into the custody of a research center. They escape fifteen years later, and soon learn that they will play a pivotal role in the coming "Upheaval". Characters Kirihara brothers ; : :Naoto Kirihara is a powerful psychokinetic. Naoto can exhaust himself, physically, by using his psychokinetic power beyond what he normally uses. He also possesses the ability to communicate telepathically with his younger brother, Naoya. Naoto is fiercely protective of Naoya, being the elder of the two and because of Naoya's innate power. Naoto is the more self-assured o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himeyuri No Tō
The , sometimes called "Lily Corps" in English, was a group of 222 students and 18 teachers of the Okinawa Daiichi Women's High School and Okinawa Shihan Women's School formed into a nursing unit for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. They were mobilized by the Japanese army on March 23, 1945. The students were wrongly told that the Japanese army would defeat the American invasion easily, and that they would be safe from danger. Many brought their school supplies and uniforms with them to study and prepare to return to school. Deployed instead to frontline cave hospitals under constant gunfire and bombings, few students and teachers managed to survive the war. History Falsely briefed of working in Red Cross hospitals away from the fighting, the Himeyuri students were instead positioned on the front lines performing crude surgery and amputations, burying the dead, transporting ammunition and supplies to front-line troops, and other life-threatening ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onihei Hankachō
is a series of historical novels written by Japanese author Shōtarō Ikenami. Following the character Heizo Hasegawa in the Edo period of Japan, Ikegami wrote the first story for the December 1967 issue of the light novel magazine ' published by Bungeishunjū. It was well-received and began serialization in January 1968. Ikenami wrote 19 books in the main series before he died in 1990. As of 2021, the series had 30 million copies in circulation. ''Onihei Hankachō'' was also adapted into TV programs, a manga series, live-action films and theater productions. An anime television adaption aired in 2017. Story The title character is Heizo Hasegawa, a historical person who was a Hitsuke Tōzoku Aratamekata Chōkan ( Superintendent General of the investigation agency specialized in theft and armed robbery and arson). He started as a chartered libertine before succeeding his father as his heir and being appointed the head of the special police who had jurisdiction over arson-robberie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified broadcasting holding company itself a subsidiary of Nikkei, Inc., serving as the flagship station of the TX Network.." TV Tokyo. Retrieved on June 21, 2010. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specialising in anime. History TV Tokyo was established by the Japan Science Foundation in 1951 and started broadcasting, as on April 12, 1964. It took its name from its VHF frequency channel 12. It almost went bankrupt in 1968; on 1 July that year, a limited liability company, Tokyo Channel 12 Production was established with the help of the ''Nikkei'' and Mainichi Broadcasting System. In 1969 the ''Nikkei'' and MBS signed a memorandum of understanding which stipulates that Tokyo Channel 12 should share programs w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimizu Ichigaku
Shimizu may refer to: People * Shimizu (surname) (清水, "clear" or "pure water"), a common Japanese surname Places Japan * Shimizu, Fukui -chō, town, Fukui Prefecture *Shimizu, Shizuoka -chō, town, Shizuoka Prefecture * Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, ward of the city of Shizuoka * Shimizu, Wakayama -chō, town, Wakayama Prefecture * Shimizu, Hokkaido -chō, town, Hokkaidō * Tosashimizu, Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture Other places *Qingshui District, named Shimizu under Japanese rule, district of Taichung, Taiwan Other uses *Shimizu S-Pulse, J. League soccer/football team based in Shizuoka * Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid, a building envisioned for construction in Tokyo *Shimizu Corporation, an architectural, engineering and general contracting firm * Shimizu-Tokugawa, a branch of the Tokugawa clan in Japan See also *Clearwater (other), an English equivalent *Clear River (other), an English equivalent *Qingshui (other), the Chinese equivalent *Shimizu Station ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Asahi
JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Company. The station serves as the flagship of the All-Nippon News Network and its studios are located in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. Headquarters In 2003, the company headquarters moved to a new building designed by Fumihiko Maki currently located at 6-9-1 Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. File:朝日電視台 (16202552212).jpg, Atrium of TV Asahi's HQ in Roppongi File:TV Asahi Ark Broadcasting Center 20200801.jpg, TV Asahi's Broadcasting Center at Ark Hills, not far from its headquarters since 2003 Some of TV Asahi's departments and subsidiaries, such as TV Asahi Productions and Take Systems, are still located at ''TV Asahi Center'', the company's former headquarters from 1986 to 2003. It is located at Ark Hills, not far from its headqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Fujita
, born Makoto Harada (April 13, 1933 – February 17, 2010), was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, the son of silent-film actor Rintarō Fujima, and started his career as a comedian in 1952. Acting Roles Fujita appeared in both ''jidaigeki'' and contemporary roles. He starred as Nakamura Mondo, a samurai, in sixteen Hissatsu series on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation from 1973. He also portrayed Nakamura on stage and in film; for example, the 1984 film ''Hissatsu: Sure Death'', the 1987 film ''Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!'', the (also released in 1987) film '' Sure Death 4: Revenge'', the 1991 film ''Sure Death 5'', and the 1996 film '' Hissatsu! Mondo Shisu''. Fujita's last appearance was in 2009 Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009, although in January 2010 he had returned to the ''Hissatsu'' series as a narrator. He also starred in the contemporary detective drama series '' Hagure Keiji Junjōha'' ("Rogue but Pure-Minded Detective"), also on the Asahi network. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenkaku Shōbai
{ is a series of popular historical novels written by Shōtarō Ikenami and one of the representative novels of Ikenami along with '' Onihei Hankachō'' and ''Shikakenin Fujieda Baian''. The stories were originally serialized in the Shōsetsu Shinchō between 1972 and 1989. Sixteen full-length novels were published from Shinchosha between 1973 and 1989. Kenkaku Shōbai was also adapted into TV programs and manga series. Characters * : Akiyama Kohei : The main character Akiyama Kohei is a master of Mugai ryu but he is spending retired life. Though Kohei is old, he is still a skilled swordsman. * : Kohei's son who manages school of swordplay. * : Kohei's wife. She is 40 years younger than Kohei. * * Novels * (1973) * (1973) * (1973) * (1974) * (1975) * (1976) * (1976) * (1977) * (1978) * (1978) * (1979) * (1980) * (1983) * (1985) * (1987) * (1989) Manga Adaptation Television * ''Kenkaku Shōbai'' (1973), a Fuji TV production, Isao Yamagata as Akiyama Kohei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguri (film)
Aguri may refer to: Places *Aguri (caste), Bengali Hindu agricultural caste in India People *, Japanese painter in the nihonga style of watercolour painting *, former racing driver from Japan *, female manga artist from Japan *, Japanese actress Pop Culture **Aguri Suzuki F-1 Super Driving, Formula One simulator for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System **Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, joint racing project between former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki and Autobacs Seven Co **Team Aguri, Formula E race team founded by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki **Super Aguri (other) Fictional Characters * Aguri Yukimura, a fictional character from ''Assassination Classroom is a Japanese science fiction comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicate ...'' {{disambiguation Japanese unisex given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asadora
, colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Takeshi Kitazawa which aired in Japan Monday through Friday mornings—it was also the only of such series to be aired for 20 minutes per episode. From 1975 onward, series aired in the first half of the year are produced by the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting station and series in the latter half of the year are produced by the NHK Osaka Broadcasting station; the Osaka branch's first ''asadora'' production was in 1964. Due to the practice of wiping commonly in practice around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, not all episodes of all pre-1980 ''asadora'' series survive, as the 2-inch Quad videotapes were often wiped and reused; 16 of the produced ''asadora'' series in total are incomplete in the NHK archives, with several series having no survivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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