|
Issei Ishida
, real name , is a Japanese actor and musician. Personal life Ishida was born in Tokyo. His father is an actor Junichi Ishida, and his mother is Mari Hoshikawa (author-translator), an anti-nuclear activist in charge of site management on "Datsu Genpatsu no Hi" at Greens Japan. His uncle, Jun Hoshikawa, was the executive director of Greenpeace Japan, and his half-sister is the model Sumire. His paternal grandfather was a former NHK announcer Takeshi Ishida, and his great-grandfather was Taketaro Ishida, a reporter of the former ''Chūgai Shōgyō Shinpō'' (now ''The Nikkei''). His aunt is musician Momoko Ishida. Early life His father, Junichi, married Mari Hoshikawa when they were students. Issei was born when his parents were twenty years old. His parents divorced when he was three, and he was raised by his mother, with his paternal grandfather Takeshi becoming a substitute for his father. Ishida grew up moving from one place to another such as Yakushima, Yatsugatake, and Ore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitotsu Yane No Shita
is a Japanese television series. It had a first season in 1993 and a second season, titled ''Hitotsu Yane no Shita 2'', in 1997. It was very popular in Japan, with its highest rating being 34 percent and it was also exported to other regions in East Asia. It features Yōsuke Eguchi, Noriko Sakai and Masaharu Fukuyama as its leading characters. Plot Seven years ago the Kashiwagi couple were killed in a car accident. They left behind six children, who were forced to live in different families of relatives and adopters. Tatsuya Kashiwagi, the eldest son, was a Marathon runner. After retiring injured from running, He opened a small laundry shop and was ready to marry his coach's daughter. However, his biggest wish is to find his five separated siblings and form a family together. However, throughout these years, the six brothers and sisters lead their own lives without communication to each other. While Tatsuya is very eager in uniting the family, his siblings, with the exception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
is a centre for the performing arts located in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in 1990 and is operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture. There is a concert hall with 1999 seats and a playhouse with 834 seats as well as a number of smaller spaces. Yoshinobu Ashihara was the architect, with acoustical design by Nagata Acoustics. See also * Suntory Hall * Tokyo Bunka Kaikan * Sumida Triphony Hall * Ikebukuro Station Ikebukuro Station ( ja, 池袋駅, ) is a major railway station located in the Ikebukuro district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, shared by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro, and the two private railway operat ... References External links * {{Authority control Theatres in Tokyo Music venues in Tokyo Concert halls in Japan Arts centres in Japan Music venues completed in 1990 Theatres completed in 1990 1990 establishments in Japan Buildings and structures in Toshima Ikebukuro [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Circus
is a 2005 Japanese horror drama film written and directed by Sion Sono. A narrated fiction presents the story of school principal Ozawa Gozo, who rapes his daughter, Mitsuko, after she sees her parents having sex. Her mother Sayuri witnesses the rape. Gozo now rapes both of them as he pleases, while his family is undermined by incest, suicide, and murder. This narrative is contained within a frame story written by wheelchair-using novelist Taeko. Taeko is assisted by Yuji, a young man who secretly seeks to uncover the possible origins of this story within Taeko's past, and to learn the mysteries of a locked room in her apartment. Plot At the titular Strange Circus, we see the start of a burlesque performance. The MC brings out a guillotine and offers the strange array of characters a chance to die on stage, before bringing a young girl on stage. The girl states that she has always been on the execution stand, if not for her, then for her mother. Mitsuko is a twelve-year-old gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Despair
''Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair'' is a 2012 visual novel developed by Spike Chunsoft. It is the second game in the ''Danganronpa'' franchise following '' Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc'' (2010). It was first released in Japan for PlayStation Portable in July 2012, and a port for PlayStation Vita was released in Japan in October 2013. NIS America released the game worldwide in September 2014; a port for PC was released in April 2016 and a bundle for PlayStation 4 called ''Danganronpa 1-2 Reload'', also containing the first ''Danganronpa'' game, was released in March 2017. An enhanced version with the subtitle ''Anniversary Edition'' was released for Android and iOS in August 2020, for Nintendo Switch in November 2021, and for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One May 2022. Development of the game started as Kazutaka Kodaka was writing the light novel prequel '' Danganronpa Zero'' and added hints about a sequel to the novel following their approval. Kodaka aimed to develop a unique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Television
Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as TV shows, as streaming media delivered over the Internet. Streaming television stands in contrast to dedicated terrestrial television delivered by over-the-air aerial systems, cable television, and/or satellite television systems. History Up until the 1990s, it was not thought possible that a television programme could be squeezed into the limited telecommunication bandwidth of a copper telephone cable to provide a streaming service of acceptable quality, as the required bandwidth of a digital television signal was around 200 Mbit/s, which was 2,000 times greater than the bandwidth of a speech signal over a copper telephone wire. Streaming services were only made possible as a result of two major technological developments: MPEG ( motion-compensated DCT) video compression and asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) data transmission. The first worldwide live-streaming event was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GyaO
is a Japanese internet company originally formed as a joint venture between the American internet company Yahoo! (later divested by Verizon into Altaba) and the Japanese company SoftBank. It is headquartered at Kioi Tower in the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho complex in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo.Company Info " ''Yahoo! Japan''. Retrieved on April 30, 2009. Yahoo! Japan's web portal is the most visited website in Japan, and its internet services are mostly dominant in the country. According to '''', as of 2012, Yahoo Japan had a footprint on the internet market in Japan. In terms of use as a search engine, however, it has never surpassed Google. The company is the second largest search engine used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Hui
Yan Hui (–481 BC) was a Chinese philosopher. He was the favorite disciple of Confucius and one of the most revered figures of Confucianism. He is venerated in Confucian temples as one of the Four Sages. Names Yan Hui is also known by his courtesy name Ziyuan and as Yan Yuan, a combination of his surname and courtesy name. He is also reverently referred to as Master Yan or Yanzi. Life Yan Hui was a native of the state of Lu. His father Yan Wuyou (Yan Lu) was one of the earliest disciples of Confucius. Yan Hui was about 30 years younger than Confucius, and became a student of the Master at a young age. Yan Hui was Confucius' favorite disciple. "After I got Yan Hui," Confucius remarked, "the disciples came closer to me." We are told that once, when he found himself on the Nang hill with Yan Hui, Zilu, and Zigong, Confucius asked them to tell him their different aims, and he would choose between them. Zilu began, and when he had done, the master said, "It marks your brave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Central Television
China Central Television (CCTV) is a Chinese state- and political party-owned broadcaster controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its 50 different channels broadcast a variety of programing to more than one billion viewers in six languages. However, news reporting about topics sensitive to the CCP is distorted and often used as a weapon against the party's perceived enemies, according to Freedom House and other media commentators. CCTV is operated by the National Radio and Television Administration which reports directly to the CCP's Central Propaganda Department. CCTV was established on 1 May 1958 as a state-owned propaganda outlet. CCTV has a variety of functions, such as news communication, social education, culture, and entertainment information services. As a state television station it is responsible to both the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council. It is a central player in the Chinese government's propaganda network. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Food Fight (TV Series)
{{nihongo, ''Food Fight'', フードファイト, Fūdo Faito,冠軍大胃王 was a Japanese television drama starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Kyoko Fukada. It first aired in Japan from 1 July 2000 to 30 September 2000. Moderately successful, its average rating was 17.5% while its peak rating reached 21.5%. Cast * Ihara Mitsuru – Tsuyoshi Kusanagi * Tamura Manami – Kyoko Fukada * Miyazono Saeka – Rie Miyazawa * Miyazono Kyosaku – Shiro Sano * Kisaragi Eiichi – Kakei Toshio * Crow's voice – Takuya Kimura Characters *Ihara Mitsuru – a custodian working for a large food producer after growing up in an orphanage who is secretly a champion of a food eating competition. After winning he usually proclaims his stomach is as huge as the size of the universe. *Tamura Manami – a college student who volunteers for an orphanage where Mitsuru was raised *Miyazono Saeka – the wife of Miyazono; she married him solely for money *Miyazono Kyosaku – the head of the large food prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansai Telecasting Corporation
JODX-DTV, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 17), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), operated by the . Kansai TV is a company affiliated in Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Offices *the headquarters – 1-7, Ogimachi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan *Tokyo Branch Office – Jiji Press Building, 15-8, Ginza Gochome, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan *Nagoya Branch Station – Telepia, 14-25, Higashi-Sakura Itchome, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan Advertising slogan *April, 1975: Stay tune, Channel 8. (チャンネルそのまま8チャンネル, Because Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS) were exchanged; more details on the exchange in its own articles.) *1994: Dash *1995 – March, 1997: Peechiku-Park Station (ピーチクパークステーション, Hachiemon, the mascot character of Kansai TV, was born.) *April, 1997–March 29, 2015 : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television
JORX-DTV, branded as is the flagship station of the Japan News Network (JNN), owned-and-operated by , a subsidiary of JNN's owner, TBS Holdings. It operates in the Kantō region and broadcasts its content nationally through TBS-JNN Network, or Japan News Network. TBS produced the '' Takeshi's Castle'' game show, which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally. The channel was also home to '' Ultraman'' and the '' Ultra Series'' franchise from 1966 – itself a spinoff to '' Ultra Q'', co-produced and broadcast in the same year – and its spinoffs, most if not all made by Tsuburaya Productions for the network; in the 2010s, ''Ultra Series'' moved to TV Tokyo. Since the 1990s it is home to '' Sasuke'' (''Ninja Warrior''), whose format would inspire similar programs outside Japan, by itself a spinoff to the legendary TBS game show ''Kinniku Banzuke'' that lasted for 7 seasons. On May 24, 2017, TBS and five other major media firms (TV Tokyo, Nikkei, Inc., WOWOW, Dentsu an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
