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All-Star Thanksgiving
, commonly referred to as ''All-Star Thanksgiving'', is a Japanese television panel game and Television special, special program which has aired twice a year in April and October on TBS Television (Japan), TBS since October 1991. In this article, the prototype is also explained. Format The program features a large cast of celebrities such as actors, comedians and other ''tarento'' of around 160 to 200 people. The panel answers multiple quizzes every round until one person is deemed the winner either by elimination of those that answered incorrectly or by fastest response if there are multiple winners by the end of the round. During the program, numerous events and activities such as a mini-marathon are played by different contestants. It is a live broadcast which lasts about 5½ hours. The winners of each quiz round and event earn a cash prize and the top overall performer at the end is considered the winner of the entire program. This is one of the most known programs of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinsuke Shimada
is a Japanese comedian and television presenter. He first became popular as part of a manzai duo formed with his on-stage partner Matsumoto Ryusuke. The duo was active between 1976 and 1985. In 1991 he directed the film ''Kaze, Slow Down''. Shimada played an important role for keeping the popularity for contemporary manzai alive - for many years he was the driving force behind the popular manzai competition M-1 Grand Prix. On August 23, 2011, Shinsuke Shimada announced his retirement after admitting to extensive ties to the yakuza, Japan's organized crime. The yakuza's dominance in the entertainment industry was a subject that has long been a taboo."Ties to the Yakuza Are No Laughing Matter" 26 August 2011, Jake Adelstein, ''The Atlantic Wire'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Moriwaki
is a Japanese comedian and radio personality. Moriwaki is represented with Shochiku Geino. He graduated from Hirakata Municipal Tonoyama First Elementary School, Hirakata Municipal First Junior High School, Rakuminami High School, and Momoyama Gakuin University. Moriwaki is a resident of Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t .... In 2010 he became the Special Advisor to Kyoto Miyama High School. Moriwaki is now married and has one son and daughter. Biography During high school Moriwaki held a number of voluntary planning events in the local live house Blow Down in Hirakata. He passed the ''1st Shochiuku Geino Tarento Audition'' during his second year in senior high school. In the 17 March 1984 Moriwaki joins Shochiku Geino and later in June he debuted in a vaudevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaSalle Ishii
, born on October 19, 1955, in Osaka Prefecture, is a Japanese TV personality, actor, director, writer, and columnist. He named himself after his high school Japanese La Salle Academy. His best-known anime role is Kankichi Ryotsu the lead character in '' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' which ran from 1999 to 2004 for 373 episodes. Filmography TV programs *''Ore-tachi Hyokin Zoku'' (1981-1989, Fuji Television) *''Quiz!! Hirameki Password'' (1986-1990, Mainichi Broadcasting System, TBS) *''JanJan Saturday'' (1987-1990, Shizuoka Daiichi Television) *''Takeshi Itsumi no Heisei Kyoiku Iinkai'' (1991-1997, Fuji Television) *''Mokugeki! Dokyun'' (1994-2002, TV Asahi) *''Burari Tochu Gesha no Tabi'' (1994, Nippon Television) *''Watch!'' (2004-2005, TBS) *'' Evening 5'' (2005-2006, TBS) TV drama *''Yoni mo Kimyo na Monogatari'' (1991, Fuji Television) *''Teru Teru Kazoku'' (2003, NHK) *'' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' (2009, TBS), Ginji Ryo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshi Mizuuchi
is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Mizuuchi was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on November 19, 1972. After graduating from high school, he joined Mitsubishi Motors (later ''Urawa Reds'') in 1991. Although initially he could hardly play in the match, he played many matches instead Masahiro Fukuda and Koichi Hashiratani who got hurt. He moved to Japan Football League The , also known as simply the JFL, is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath the three divisions of the J.League. The league features fully professional teams that hold J.League 100 Year Plan club sta ... club Brummell Sendai in 1996. He retired end of 1997 season. Club statistics References External links *Horipro official site 1972 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiriko Isono
is a Japanese comedian, entertainer, and actress represented by Ishii-Mitsuzo Office. Filmography Current TV appearances Guest appearances Stage Former appearances Dramas Film References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Isono, Kiriko Japanese women comedians Japanese actresses 1964 births People from Mie Prefecture Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihiro Nishino
Akihiro (written: , , , , , , , , , 明広, , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Akihiro Asai (born 1975), Japanese racing driver *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player and coach *Akihiro Higuchi, Ukrainian-born film director known by his alias Higuchinsky *, Japanese video game designer and businessman *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese-born American mathematician *, Japanese kickboxer *, Japanese artistic gymnast *, Japanese sociologist and associate professor *, Japanese actor and director *, Japanese rower *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese biologist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese artist *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese actor *, Japanese sport shooter *, Japanese singer, drag q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rozan (owarai)
is a Japanese comedy (manzai) duo ''( kombi)'' from Osaka consisting of as boke and as tsukkomi under the entertainment agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo. Formed in 1996, they are best known for their stand-up acts and TV tarento activities in variety and quiz shows. Ujihara is known as one of the most competitive quiz show contestants. Having attended highly ranked public universities, the two are broadly recognized as "highly educated comedians". However, Suga eventually dropped out of Osaka Prefecture University while Ujihara graduated from Kyoto University spending 9 years to earn satisfactory credits to graduate. As the boke, Suga is prone to strange comments, while Ujihara is the more reasonable of the two, often criticizing Suga's remarks. As their talk material, they often use current affairs and items that Japanese students learn in high school and middle school. Suga writes almost all their material while Ujihara types them out since Suga cannot touch-type. In Yoshimoto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoshi Iida
Satoshi Iida (飯田覚士 ''Iida Satoshi'', born August 11, 1969) is a Japanese professional boxer from Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Iida won the WBA super flyweight championship of the world in 1997 when he defeated Thai champion Yokthai Sithoar via a 12th-round unanimous decision. See also * List of super-flyweight boxing champions *List of Japanese boxing world champions This is a list of Japanese boxing world champions who have won major world titles from the "Big four" Sports governing body, governing bodies in professional boxing namely the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), Internation ... * Boxing in Japan References External links * 1969 births Living people Japanese male boxers Boxers from Nagoya Super-flyweight boxers Boxing commentators World super-flyweight boxing champions World Boxing Association champions 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emiri Henmi
is a Japanese actress and singer. Her mother is the singer Mari Henmi. Filmography Dubbing *'' Blow'', Mirtha Jung (Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello and three Goya Awards. Cru ...) External links *Profile at JMDb (in Japanese) References 1976 births Living people Actresses from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese singers {{Japanese-voice-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidia Șimon
Lidia Slăvuțeanu-Șimon (born 4 September 1973) is a Romanian long-distance runner. She competed in the Olympic marathon five times (1996–2012), winning a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics. She is also a former marathon world champion. Career Competing in the marathon, she won bronze medals at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999, before finally winning the gold medal in Edmonton 2001. She won a bronze medal over 10,000 metres at the 1998 European Championships. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won the silver medal behind Naoko Takahashi, Japan but ahead of Joyce Chepchumba, Kenya. Between 2003 and early 2004, she took a break from running to concentrate on her baby. She returned to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but she failed to finish the race. She finished the 2008 Olympic marathon in eighth place. At the age of 38, she competed in her fifth Olympic marathon (the first woman to do so) in London, finishing 45th overall. She has been highly succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |