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Jin (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series, first broadcast on TBS in 2009 and a second season in 2011. It is based on the Japanese manga series, '' Jin'', written by Motoka Murakami. It was one of the most popular dramas of the year and won many major awards. Plot Season 1 The story follows a brain surgeon named Jin Minakata who has spent the last two years in anguish, as his fiancee, Miki, herself a doctor, lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One day, he is knocked unconscious by a panicking patient at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo period. He is soon attacked by a samurai, but he escapes with the help of a man named Kyōtarō Tachibana. Kyōtarō suffers a serious injury to the head while trying to protect him, but Jin manages to save his life despite a lack of proper medical equipment. Because of that, Kyōtarō's sister Saki begins taking an interest in Jin and becomes his assistant. Meanwhile, Jin is de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Nakatani
is a Japanese actress and singer. She began her career as a member of the girl group Sakurakko Club from 1991 to 1993, wherein she formed the duo Key West Club with member Keiko Azuma. Nakatani focused on acting after her departure, making her debut on the popular television drama ''Under One Roof''. She relaunched her music career under the tutelage of producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in 1996, releasing three albums: '' Shokumotsu Rensa'' (1996), ''Cure'' (1997) and ''Shiseikatsu'' (1999). Her best known songs include "Mind Circus" and "Suna no Kajitsu", which peaked at number ten on the ''Oricon'' charts. As an actress, Nakatani has received six Japan Academy Awards for her roles in ''When the Last Sword Is Drawn'' (2002)'', Memories of Matsuko'' (2006), and '' Zero Focus'' (2009), among others. She is most known internationally for her role as Mai Takano in the Japanese horror film franchise '' Ring''. Biography From 1998 to 1999, Nakatani starred in a trio of horror films � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sci-fi
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keisuke Koide
is a Japanese actor who starred in Kwak Jae-yong's film '' Cyborg She'' and in '' Koizora''. Career In 2017, Koide admitted to drinking alcohol and having sex with a 17-year-old girl after allegations were published in ''Friday''. He was suspended by his talented agency, Amuse, Inc., a month later. Following his suspension, several acting projects he was involved in removed and recast his roles, including the Netflix series '' Jimmy: The True Story of a True Idiot''. In 2020, he announced that he will make a comeback in acting from his three-year hiatus after the sex scandal. He is under a new agency called "Rhythmedia". Filmography Films *''Worst by Chance'' (2003) *''Break Through!'' (2004) - Norio Yoshida *''Linda Linda Linda'' (2005) - Abe *''Heavenly Forest'' (2006) - Kyohei Sekiguchi *''Hatsukoi'' (2006) - Kishi *'' Koizora'' (2007) *''Kimi ni shika kikoenai'' (2007) - Shinya Nozaki *''Kisaragi '' (2007) - Snake *'' Cyborg She'' (2008) *''Killer Bride's Perfect Crime'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsuya Takeda
Tetsuya Takeda (), born April 11, 1949, is a Japanese folk singer and actor. Takeda is perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama '' Sannen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei'' (Mr. Kinpachi of the Third-Year B Class). The program, targeted at junior high and high school-aged adolescents, ran on TBS with Takeda at various times from 1979 until 2011. Takeda wrote and performed several well-known songs, including the theme song for the 1985 animated movie ''Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars'' (のび太の宇宙小戦争). Takeda's 1980 song ''Okuru Kotoba'' (The Word I Give to You) is often sung or performed at junior high school and high school graduation ceremonies in Japan. Previous to his appearance on ''Sannen B'', Takeda studied to be a teacher at Fukuoka University of Education. He later formed a folk music group called ''Kaientai''. The song ''Okuru Kotoba'', which Takeda wrote and pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Kazu
(''Kazunomiya'') was the wife of 14th ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Iemochi. She was renamed Lady Seikan'in-no-miya after she took the tonsure as a widow. She was the great-great-great aunt of Emperor Akihito, who reigned from 1989 to 2019. Biography Her birth name was Chikako. She was the eighth and youngest daughter of Emperor Ninkō and his concubine, Hashimoto Tsuneko – renamed Kangyō'in (観行院) after she took the tonsure. She was the younger half-sister of Emperor Kōmei.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 502; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File A few months before her birth, her father, Emperor Ninkō, died unexpectedly. Born on 1 August 1846, her official birth date was changed to 10 May because the actual birth date was a bad omen date, and a double bad omen with the death of her father a few months before. She was known as an excellent calligrap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoka Kurokawa
, is a Japanese actress. She graduated from Horikoshi High School on February 18, 2008. She began attending Asia University in April 2008. Filmography Drama *''Don't Forget Me , Dai Renai: Boku o Wasureru Kimi to'' (TBS / 2018) - Yuzuka Sawada *''Aino Mating Agency Inc , Aino Kekkon Soudanjo'' (TV Asahi / 2017) - Kana Sawamine (ep.6) *''I Love You Just a Little Bit , Anata no Koto wa Sorehodo '' (TBS/ 2017) - Rumi Mori *''The Last Cop'' (NTV / 2016) - Saori Kashiwagi *''Comes Morning , Asa ga Kuru'' (Fuji TV-Tokai TV / 2016) - Konomi Hirata *''Money Angel , Mane no Tenshi '' (YTV-NTV / 2016) - Mika Shirai (ep.3) *''Aibou: Season 14'' (TV Asahi / 2015-2016) - Sayumi Yajima (ep.12) *''The Concierge , Hoteru Konsheruju'' (TBS / 2015)- Shiori Miyama (ep.5) *''DOCTORS 3: The Ultimate Surgeon , DOCTORS 3 Saikyou no Meii '' TV Asahi / 2015) - Ami Aihara *''Cinderella Date'' (Tokai TV-Fuji TV / 2014) - Erika Tanaka *''Kurofuku Monogatari'' (TV Asahi / 2014) - Ayano *''Last Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanaka Hisashige
was a Japanese rangaku scholar, engineer and inventor during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period in Japan. In 1875, he founded what became the Toshiba Corporation. He has been called the "Thomas Edison of Japan" or "Karakuri Giemon." Biography Tanaka was born in Kurume, Chikugo province (present-day Fukuoka prefecture) as the eldest son of a tortoise shell craftsman. Apprenticed at an early age, he was a gifted artisan. At the age of eight, he invented an inkstone case with a secret lock, which required a cord to be twisted in a certain manner to open it. At the age of 14, he had invented a loom capable of weaving intricate designs into fabric. From age 20 he began to make ''karakuri'' puppet dolls, autonomous dolls powered by springs, pneumatics and hydraulics, capable of relatively complex movements, which were much in demand by the aristocrats of Kyoto, ''daimyō'' in feudal domains, and by the Shōgun's court in Edo. At age 21, he was performing around the country a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuyuki Asano
Kazuyuki is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kazuyuki Akasaka (born 1989), Japanese baseball player * Kazuyuki Atsuzawa (born 1972), Japanese retired baseball player *, Japanese screenwriter *Kazuyuki Fujita (born 1970), Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and former amateur wrestler * Kazuyuki Hoashi (born 1979), Japanese baseball pitcher *, Japanese swimmer *Kazuyuki Izutsu (born 1952), Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic *, Japanese footballer and wheelchair basketball player * Kazuyuki Morisaki (born 1981), Japanese football player * Kazuyuki Nakane (born 1969), Japanese politician *, Japanese voice actor *Kazuyuki Sogabe (1948-2006), Japanese voice actor *Kazuyuki Toda is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or defender. He played for the Japan national team until 2002. He currently manager of SC Sagamihara from 2023. Club career Toda was born in Machida on 30 Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kondō Isami
was a Japanese swordsman and official of the late Edo period. He was the fourth generation master of Tennen Rishin-ryū and was famed for his role as commander of the Shinsengumi. Background He was born Miyagawa Katsugorō to a farmer Miyagawa Hisajirō and his wife Miyo in Kami-Ishihara village in Musashi Province (present city of Chōfu) in Western Tokyo on November 9, 1834. He had two older brothers, Otojirō (音次郎; later known as Otogorō 音五郎) and Kumezō (粂蔵; later known as Sōbei 惣兵衛) and an older sister Rie (リエ), who died two years before he was born. Katsugorō began training at the Shieikan (the main dojo of the Tennen Rishin-ryū) in 1848. As a young man he was said to be an avid reader, and especially liked the stories of the ''Forty-seven rōnin'' and the ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''. His renown as a scholar and his fame at having defeated a group of thieves who tried to break into his family home was great, and caught the attention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazufumi Miyazawa
is the founder of the Japanese bands The Boom and Ganga Zumba. The former was noted in the 1990s for a fusion of rock, pop, and local Okinawan folk music. Miyazawa is responsible for virtually all lyrics and music for The Boom, who are best known for their 1993 hit song "Shima Uta". In 2006, he founded the band Ganga Zumba which includes Marcos Suzano and incorporates Brazilian and other Latin American and Caribbean influences in its music. Personal life He married TV personality Dionne Mitsuoka in 1994. He had three children (two boys and a girl). His eldest son, Hio Miyazawa, debuted as a model in 2015 and began his acting career in 2017. Discography * 留まらざること 川の如く (''Tomarazaru Koto Kawa Nogotoku'', 2019) No. 32 Oricon Albums Chart The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takamori Saigō
Takamori may refer to: Places *Takamori, Kumamoto is a town located in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2016, the town has an estimated population of 6,189 and a density of 35 persons per km². The total area is 174.90 km². Geography Located at the easternmost ..., a town in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan * Takamori, Nagano, a town in Nagano Prefecture, Japan People with the surname * Akio Takamori (1950–2017), Japanese-American ceramic sculptor *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese voice actress *, former Japanese football player and manager *, Japanese voice actress People with the given name *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese politician {{dab, geo, given name, surname Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takahiro Fujimoto
is an actor and a retired male medley swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was the 8th place (4:23.86) in the Men's 400m Individual Medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Fujimoto started his career as an actor in 1997. (Cream International Ltd.) Filmography Film *'' Yamato'' (2005) *''Neet Neet Neet'' (2018) *'' Hit Me Anyone One More Time'' (2019), Koga *'' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
