Ren Meguro
is a Japanese singer and actor who is a member of the idol group Snow Man under Johnny & Associates. Biography Ren Meguro joined Johnny & Associates in October 2010. In November 2016, he was chosen to be a member of Uchuu Six, a newly formed pre-debut unit under Johnny's Jr., a branch of Johnny & Associates that manages trainees and their activities. On January 17, 2019, Meguro was added as a new member to Snow Man, an existing Johnny's Jr. unit, in addition to Koji Mukai and Raul. Snow Man made their official debut on January 22, 2020. Subsequently corresponding to his debut in Snow Man, Meguro withdrew from Uchuu Six. In 2021, Meguro co-starred with labelmate Shunsuke Michieda in the television live action adaptation of " My Love Mix-Up!" in his first leading role outside of Snow Man related projects. On February 21, 2022, Meguro was announced to star as one of the four lead roles in "The Waxing and Waning of the Moon," the film adaptation of the 157th Naoki Prize winning ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Economy of Japan, Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was mov ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System. It is also known for its long-time slogan, ''"If it's not fun, it's not TV!"'' Fuji Television also operates three premium television stations, known as "Fuji TV One" ("Fuji TV 739"—sports/variety, including all Tokyo Yakult Swallows home games), "Fuji TV Two" ("Fuji TV 721"—drama/anime), and "Fuji TV Next" ("Fuji TV CSHD"—live premium shows) (called together as "Fuji TV OneTwoNext"), all available in high-definition. Fuji Television is owned by , a certified broadcasting holding company under the Japanese Broadcasting Act, and affiliated with the Fujisankei Communications Group. The current Fuji Television was established in October 2008. Fuji Media Holdings is the former Fuji Television founded in 1957. Offices The hea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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Mainichi Film Awards
The are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan. History The origins of the contest date back to 1935, when the ''Mainichi Shinbun'' organized a festival then called ''Zen Nihon eiga konkūru'' (全日本映画コンク ー ル? ). It was interrupted during World War 2. The current form of the Mainichi Film Awards officially came into being in 1946. Awards * Mainichi Film Award for Best Film * Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film * Mainichi Film Award for Best Director * Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography * Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction * Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film * Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor * Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor * Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress * Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress * Mainichi Film Award for Best Film Score * Mainichi Fi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Toho
is a Japanese film, theatre production and distribution company. It has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Outside of Japan, it is best known as the producer and distributor of many '' kaiju'' and '' tokusatsu'' films, the Chouseishin ''tokusatsu'' superhero television franchise, the films of Akira Kurosawa, and the anime films of Studio Ghibli, CoMix Wave Films, TMS Entertainment and OLM, Inc. All nine of the highest-grossing Japanese films are released by Toho. Other famous directors, including Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, and Mikio Naruse, also directed films for Toho. Toho's most famous creation is Godzilla, who is featured in 32 of the company's films. Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah and Mechagodzilla are described as Toho's Big Five because of the monsters' numerous appearances throughout the franchise, as well as spin-offs. Toho has also bee ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shochiku
() is a Japanese film and kabuki production and distribution company. It also produces and distributes anime films, in particular those produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks (which has a long-time partnership—the company released most, if not all, anime films produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks). Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada. It has also produced films by highly regarded independent and "loner" directors such as Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano, Akira Kurosawa, Masaki Kobayashi and Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien. Shochiku is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and the oldest of Japan's "Big Four" film studios. History As Shochiku Kinema The company was founded in 1895 as a kabuki production company and later began producing films in 1920. Shochiku is considered the oldest company in Japan involved in present-day fil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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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Maiagare!
is a Japanese television drama series and the 107th Asadora series, following '' Chimudondon''. It premiered on October 3, 2022. Haruka Fukuhara was cast in the lead role of Mai Iwakura after an audition of 2545 women. Plot Cast Iwakura family * Haruka Fukuhara as Mai Iwakura ** Haro Asano as young Mai * Katsunori Takahashi as Kōta Iwakura, Mai's father * Hiromi Nagasaku as Megumi iwakura, Mai's mother * You Yokoyama as Haruto Iwakura, Mai's brother ** Saion Ebizuka as young Haruto * Atsuko Takahata as Shōko Saitsu, Mai's grandmother and Megumi's mother Mai's childhood friends * Eiji Akaso as Takashi Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" owner's son ** Kento Saitō as young Takashi * Mizuki Yamashita as Kurumi Mochizuki, Mai's classmate ** Saki Ōno as young Kurumi Higashiosaka people * Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Masaru Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" owner, Takashi's father * Rie Kawabata as Yukino Umezu, Okonomiyaki restaurant "Umezu" landlady, Takash ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Nippon TV
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed subsidiary of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest behind Sony. Nippon Television Holdings forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, which owns a 6.4% share in the company. Nippon TV's studios are located in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is sometimes contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX". It is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Television Personalities In Japan
Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in America were described as "talents" and were distinguished from production crews, which were seen as having more technical than charismatic talents. Careers Japanese television programs often feature these media personalities. Many, sometimes dozens at a time, are called in to take part in these prime time shows. Their participation in these programs varies greatly and includes performing, voicing opinions, mimicking fellow celebrities in a practice called ''monomane'', taking part in game shows, joking or just being present for the entire duration of the show (known as being part of the "gallery"). While it is very common for ''tarento'' to appear in serious Japanese television drama or movies, they are distinguished from mainstream actors by the fact that, where ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mio Imada
is a Japanese actress and model from Fukuoka. Imada began her acting and modelling career in 2015 after being labelled “Prettiest Girl in Fukuoka” by a local advertising agency. Her acting big break was in 2018 when she was cast as Airi Maya for notable Japanese drama series ''Boys Over Flowers Season 2''. Filmography Film Television drama Other television * ''World Baseball Entertainment Tamacchi!'' (2018–19, Fuji TV) *''Imada Mio no Prefere'' (2018–19, TV Aichi) Web series *''#Koe Dake Tenshi'' (January – March 2018, AbemaTV), Megumi Commercials *Marinoa City (2013–2015) *Hiraki (2014–2016) *Fukuoka Prefecture, Yanagawa Tourism idols "Sagemon Girls" (2016) *Toogakuen High School (2017) *Aoyama Trading Co.,Ltd - Yofuku no Aoyama (2017) *Shionogi Health Care - Sedes (2017) *McDonald's (2017) * Asahi Wonda (2017) *Kyushu Electrical Safety Inspection Association (2017) *Dai-ichi Life - Just (2018) *SoftBank - Cyber Sunday (2018) Music videos *The Lo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |