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Houka Kinoshita
is a Japanese actor who was formerly represented by the talent agency, Cast Power. He graduated from Osaka Prefectural Nozaki High School and Osaka University of Arts. Biography In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, ''Gaki Teikoku'', which he passed and made his acting debut. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he entered Yoshimoto Kogyo and joined Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe, but he did little to stand out on the comedy stage, and quit after three years. In 1989, Kinoshita moved to Tokyo at the request of director Kazuyuki Izutsu and became one of the popular by-players in Japanese cinema. He later moved to Cast Power in 2011. Kinoshita's hobby is riding a bike, and his skills are kick-boxing and karate. Sexual assault allegations In March 2022, three actresses came forward that Kinoshita sexually assaulted and abused them in 2011. Hideo Sakaki (born June 4, 1970) is a Japanese actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Japanese cult films '' Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daitō, Osaka
file:Daito city-office.jpg, 270px, Daitō City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 118,174 in 57299 households and a population density of 6500 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Daitō is located in the west central Osaka Prefecture, about 10 km from the city center of Osaka. The terrain is flat lowland, rising towards the Izumi Mountains in the east. Neighboring municipalities Nara Prefecture *Ikoma, Nara, Ikoma Osaka Prefecture * Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Higashiōsaka * Kadoma, Osaka, Kadoma * Shijōnawate, Osaka, Shijōnawate *Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, Tsurumi-ku Climate Daitō has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Daitō is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1356 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperature is highest on average in August, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Broadcasting System
(formerly ) is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company. It is the parent company of the television network TBS Television and radio network TBS Radio. It has a 28-affiliate television network called Japan News Network, as well as a 34-affiliate radio network called Japan Radio Network. TBS produced the game show '' Takeshi's Castle'' and has also broadcast the ''Ultra Series'' programs and '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan. TBS is a member of the Mitsui Group '' keiretsu'' and highly cooperating with the '' Mainichi Shimbun'' despite the latter's lack of shareholding. History * May 1951 - was founded in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. * December 25, 1951 - KRT started radio broadcasting (1130 kHz, 50 kW, until July 1953) from Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and the frequency changed to 950 kHz. * April 1955 - KRT started TV broadcasting (JOKR-TV, Channel 6) from Akasaka-Hitot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobunaga Concerto
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ayumi Ishii. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's '' Monthly Shōnen Sunday'' since May 2009, with its chapters collected in twenty-two volumes as of February 2022. A ten-episode anime television series adaptation was broadcast on Fuji TV from July to September 2014. An eleven-episode television drama adaptation was also broadcast on Fuji TV from October to December 2014. A live-action film premiered in Japan in January 2016. As of February 2016, the ''Nobunaga Concerto'' manga had over 3.5 million copies in circulation. In 2012, the manga won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for the ''shōnen'' category. Plot The story centers around Saburō, a high school boy who time-travels to Japan's Sengoku Era. He must become Oda Nobunaga, the famed warlord who helps unite Japan. Characters Main characters ; : :Played by: Shun Oguri :Saburo is a high school boy who finds himself traveling back in time to Japan's Sengoku Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galileo (Japanese TV Series)
is a mystery crime Japanese television drama based on the novels by . It narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie police detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a genius science professor, as the two pair up to solve mysterious cases. The series premiered on Fuji TV on October 15, 2007, with a second season premiering six years later on April 15, 2013. Season two includes a two-part adaption of the novel '' Salvation of a Saint.'' The series released three special feature-length episodes. "The Devotion of Suspect X", set three years before the first episode of season one, aired on October 4, 2008, on the same day as the release of the film '' Suspect X''. Special episode "Galileo XX: Kaoru Utsumi's Last Case" (ガリレオXX内海薫最後の事件), a prequel of season two, premiered on Fuji TV on June 22, 2013, followed by on June 29, 2013. ''Galileo'' became available on Netflix in January 2025. Season two on Netflix includes "Galileo XX: Kaoru Utsumi's Las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotta Masayoshi
was the 5th Hotta ''daimyō'' of the Sakura Domain in the Japanese Edo period, who served as chief ''rōjū'' in the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate, where he played an important role in the negotiations of the Ansei Treaties with various foreign powers.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). "Hotta Masayoshi" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Early life Hotta Masayoshi was the younger son of the 3rd ''daimyō'' of Sakura, Hotta Masatoki, and was born at the domain's Edo residence. On the death of his father in 1811, he was adopted by his elder brother, the 4th daimyo of Sakura, Hotta Masachika, to secure the family succession. Masachika was of sickly physique and by 1824 there was a movement by the senior line of the Hotta clan to have him removed from office, and replaced by the son of Hotta Masatsu, the daimyo of Katada Domain and a '' wakadoshiyori'' in the government. This was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidamari No Ki
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka about a friendship between a samurai and a doctor in the final decade of the Tokugawa Shogunate. ''Hidamari no Ki'' received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1984 for general manga. The story is partly based on Tezuka's great-grandfather who was one of the Japanese physicians pushing for acceptance of Western medical practice at the time. The title is a metaphor for the Tokugawa shogunate which is compared to an old camphor tree which has enjoyed the sunshine and shelter from the winds for 300 years, but is slowly dying because it is being eaten away from the inside by termites and gribbles. It has been adapted into an anime series, by Madhouse and premiered in Japan on NTV on April 4, 2000. It was also adapted into a television drama, and also a 2021 stage play starring Sugeta Rinne of the boyband 7 MEN Samurai. Plot The story follows two young men whose lives intersect during the political turbulence and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Of Sand
is a 1974 Japanese police procedural film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on the novel '' Suna no Utsuwa'' by Seicho Matsumoto. Plot The film tells the tale of two detectives, Imanishi (Tetsuro Tamba) and Yoshimura (Kensaku Morita), tasked with tracking down the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard. When the identity of the old man can't be determined, the investigation focuses on the only other clue: a scrap of conversation overheard at a bar between the old man and a younger one. A witness recalls the cryptic phrases "Kameda did this" and "Kameda doesn't change." This sets off a wide-ranging investigation that covers vast swaths of geography, changing social mores, and time. The investigation ends with an emotional and heartbreaking conclusion, all the more shattering because the reason for the crime no longer exists in the world. Cast * Tetsuro Tamba – Detective Eitaro Imanishi * Go Kato – Eiryo Waga/Hideo Motoura * Kensaku Morita – D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region. On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions were spun off into two subsidiaries, with taking over the radio broadcasting business, and took over television broadcasting. History Radio In 1948, when the Asahi Shimbun set up a committee for a private radio station in Tokyo, the name ABC was decided upon to be the name of the station. Asahi Broadcasting requested licenses in December 1949 to both Tokyo and Osaka, but in December 1950, the original company merged with Tokyo Broadcasting (Dentsu), Yomiuri Broadcasting and Radio Nippon (funded by Mainichi Shimbun) to create Radio Tokyo (JOKR, KRT, now TBS). In 1951, the ABC plan was revived for a new radio station in Osaka. The new Asahi Broadcasting Corporation was founded in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka on March 15, 1951, with Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GeGeGe No Nyōbō
is an autobiography written by Nunoe Mura and published in 2008. It details her life as the wife of the manga artist Shigeru Mizuki, especially their struggles against poverty before he became successful. It has sold over 500,000 copies. In 2010, it was adapted into an Asadora television series starring Nao Matsushita, and a film starring Kazue Fukiishi. Television series Cast *Nao Matsushita as Fumie Murai * Osamu Mukai as Shigeru Murai * Takumi Saito Film * Kazue Fukiishi as Nunoe Mura *Kankurō Kudō is a Japanese people, Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, Film director, director, actor and member of the theater company ''Otona Keikaku''. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 in film, 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for ''Go (2001 film), ... as Shigeru Mura * Maki Sakai References External linksTV drama official websiteFilm official website * 2008 non-fiction books 2010 Japanese television series debuts 2010 Japanese television series endings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashikaga Yoshiaki
"Ashikaga Yoshiaki" in '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 625. was the 15th and final ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573 when he staged a revolt and was overthrown.Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) ''Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron'', p. 332. His father, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, was the twelfth ''shōgun'', and his brother, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, was the thirteenth ''shōgun''. Biography Ashikaga Yoshiaki was born to Ashikaga Yoshiharu on 5 December 1537. He entered Kofuku-ji temple as a monk, but when his older brother Yoshiteru was killed by the Miyoshi clan, he returned to secular life and took the name "Yoshiaki". At the time, the Ashikaga shogunate had been severely weakened; its authority was largely ignored across Japan. Regardless, various factions still fought to control the central government, as it still held some prestige despite its diminished status. Ashikag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onna Taikōki
Onna is a Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Its name comes from an acronym of the names of the four predominant clans in the area: Oniong, Nnung Ndem, Awa Afaha and Asuna Nung Oku. Onna has a population of about 295,000 people worldwide. Onna is bounded by the east by Eket, west by mkpat Enin and south to the Atlantic Ocean, the people of Onna are majorly fishermen and farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer ...s Everything being equal, Onna has a large number of seafood . Onna has hosted various oil company while search is ongoing for more oil discovery. oil exploration is ongoing in communities such as Ukpana, Akpabom, Ikot Abasi, Ikwe etc all in Onna LGA .The local government is also home to a number of highly intellectual population who have mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
