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Maiko (actress)
Asahi Shibun Digital (March 2, 2009) is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency GR Promotion. Career Early life Maiko was born on March 15, 1985, in Seattle, USA to an American father and Japanese mother. Career beginnings Maiko was a subject to a longing scout and auditioned in the entertainment industry when she was a teenager. She received a corporate advertising audition for Shiseido and debuted in an advertisement in 2006. Maiko's first starring role was in the film, ''Yama no Anata: Tokuichi no Koi'', with Tsuyoshi Kusanagi in 2008. In 2010, she appeared in the NHK Taiga drama, ''Ryōmaden''. Maiko later become the third-generation member of Choya Umeshu's ''Sarari to Shita Umeshu''. In 2011, she appeared in the NHK Asadora, '' Ohisama'', and in December of the same year, her debut in stage is ''8 Women''. In 2014, Maiko played Ayumi Himekawa in ''Glass Mask'', and later appeared in many films, television series, stage shows, and advertisements. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canadian border. A gateway for trade with East Asia, the Port of Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area has been inhabited by Native Americans (such as the Duwamish, who had at least 17 villages a ... [...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] |
American Emigrants To Japan
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over Your Dead Body (2014 Film)
is a 2014 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Miike. It was released on 23 August 2014. Summary A star, Miyuki Goto (Kō Shibasaki) plays Oiwa, the protagonist in a new play based on the ghost story ''Yotsuya Kaidan''. She pulls some strings to get her lover, Kosuke Hasegawa ( Ebizō Ichikawa XI) cast in the play, even though he's a relatively unknown actor. Other performers, Rio Asahina ( Miho Nakanishi) and Jun Suzuki (Hideaki Itō), lust after Miyuki. Offstage, the cast's possessive love and obsessions exist as reality. Trapped between the play and reality, the cast's feelings for each other are amplified. When it becomes clear that love is not meant to be both on and off stage, love turns into a grudge and crosses the blurred line between reality and fantasy. Cast * Ebizō Ichikawa XI as Kousuke Hasegawa/Tamiya Iemon *Kō Shibasaki as Miyuki Goto/Oiwa *Hideaki Itō as Jun Suzuki/Takuetsu * Miho Nakanishi as Rio Asahina/Itō Ume *Maiko as Kayoko Kurata *Toshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilocation (film)
is a 2013 Japanese science fiction horror film directed by Mari Asato. The film made its North American premiere at LA Eigafest 2014. Cast * Asami Mizukawa is a Japanese actress. She made her debut in 1996 at age 13 in an advertisement for Asahi Kasei's "Hebel Haus". In 2000, she won the ''Grand Prix'' at the “3rd Miss Tokyo Walker” competition (the first winner was Chiaki Kuriyama) and gained ... as Shinobu Takamura/Shinobu Kirimura * Senga Kento as Mitarai Takumi Reception As of 22 January 2014, the film had grossed ¥16.5 million in Japan. It has grossed HK$533,000 in Hong Kong. References External links * * 2013 films 2013 science fiction horror films Films directed by Mari Asato Japanese science fiction horror films 2010s Japanese films {{sf-horror-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Battleship Yamato (2010 Film)
is a 2010 Japanese science fiction film based on the ''Space Battleship Yamato'' anime series by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto. The film was released in Japan on December 1, 2010. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on June 24, 2011, and in the United States by Funimation's live-action client, Giant Ape Media, on April 29, 2014. Plot In 2199, after years of attacks by alien Gamilas which rendered the surface of Earth uninhabitable and forcing humanity underground, the people of the Earth Defense Force launch a counter-offensive near Mars. The fleet's weapons are no match for the Gamilas, who easily wipe out much of the force. During the battle, EDF captain Mamoru Kodai volunteers to use his damaged ship, the destroyer ''Yukikaze'', as a shield to cover Captain Jyuzo Okita's battleship, allowing his escape. Mamoru's ship is destroyed. On Earth, Mamoru's brother Susumu is scavenging on the irradiated surface near the half-buried wreck of the Japanese battleship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Prince
is a 2009 Japanese film. This film is adapted from the 1872 novel '' A Dog of Flanders'' and is inspired by the 1971 film '' A Small Love Melody''. Directed by Joji Matsuoka and written by Kundō Koyama—the scriptwriter for the film '' Departures'', it is a poignant story of a middle class woman's teenage friendship with a poor artist. Shintaro Morimoto plays the role of Sota, the orphan artist who lives with his grandfather, and Marino Kuwashima plays the role of Sota's friend, Sayo. Together, they have to weather the many challenges that come their way because of their lowly social status. ''Snow Prince'' marked the film debuts of Morimoto and Kuwashima. The main and supporting cast of ''Snow Prince'' was revealed on 11 May 2009, and the filming subsequently took place at a movie village located in Shōnai, Yamagata from November 2008 to February 2009. The theme song of this film, entitled ''Snow Prince'', was sung by a group of 10 boys including Shintaro Morimoto, the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oeyo
, , or : 1573 – September 15, 1626) was a noblewoman in Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period and early Edo period. She was a daughter of Oichi and the sister of Yodo-dono and Ohatsu. When she rose to higher political status during the Tokugawa shogunate, she took the title of "'' Ōmidaidokoro''". Following the fall of the Council of Five Elders, Oeyo and her sisters were key figures in maintaining a diplomatic relationship between the two most powerful clans of their time, Toyotomi and Tokugawa. Due to her great contributions to politics at the beginning of the Edo period she was posthumously inducted into the Junior First Rank of the Imperial Court, the second highest honor that could be conferred by the Emperor of Japan. Oeyo married three times, first to Saji Kazunari, her cousin, then to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nephew, Toyotomi Hidekatsu. She had a daughter with Hidekatsu named Toyotomi Sadako, who later married Kujō Yukiie. Her third and last husband Tokugawa Hidetad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Jun Matsumoto as Tokugawa Ieyasu. The series is the 62nd NHK ''taiga'' drama. Cast Starring role *Jun Matsumoto as Tokugawa Ieyasu **Waku Kawaguchi as Matsudaira Takechiyo (young Ieyasu) Tokugawa clan *Kasumi Arimura , is a Japanese actress. Her television roles have included the young Haruko Amano in the 2013 NHK asadora '' Amachan'' and the lead role in the 2017 asadora '' Hiyokko''. She has also appeared in several films, including '' Flying Colors'', for ... as Sena, Ieyasu's first wife **Seiko Utsumi as Sena's double *Nanako Matsushima as Odai no Kata, Ieyasu's mother *Kisuke Iida as Matsudaira Hirotada, Ieyasu's father *Kanata Hosoda as Matsudaira Nobuyasu **Mahoro Terajima as Takechiyo (young Nobuyasu) *Shiori Kubo (Nogizaka46) as Tokuhime (Oda), Gotoku **Natsuki Matsuoka as young Gotoku *Ami Touma as Kamehime **Honoka Yoshida as young Kamehime *Alice Hirose as Lady Saigō, Lady Oai *Yūtarō Iisaku as Saig� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okaeri Mone
is a Japanese television drama series and the 104th Asadora series, following Ochoyan. It premiered on May 17, 2021 and concluded on October 29, 2021. Plot Born in September 1995, Momone Nagaura lived with her parents, grandfather, and sister in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture. After failing her college entrance exams, she went to live with her grandfather's acquaintance who is a forest guide in Tome City. Momone's life changed when she met a popular weather forecaster from Tokyo who taught her how weather forecasts can predict the future. She decides to study hard and be a weather forecaster. Cast Nagaura's family * Kaya Kiyohara as Momone Nagaura (her nickname was Monet) * Seiyō Uchino as Kōji Nagaura, Momone's father * Kyōka Suzuki as Ayako Nagaura, Momone's mother * Aju Makita as Michi Nagaura, Momone's younger sister * Tatsuya Fuji as Tatsumi Nagaura, Momone's grandfather * Keiko Takeshita as Masayo Nagaura, Momone's grandmother (also as narrator) Momon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon TV
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company Nippon Television'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, 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 (for news programs) and NNS (for non-news programs). Except for Okinawa Prefecture, these two networks cover the whole of Japan. Nippon Television is one of the ''five private broadcasters based in Tokyo'' and is the first commercial broadcaster in Asia. Nippon Television Holdings is partially owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun Hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
