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Manten
is a Japanese television drama series, the 67th Asadora series broadcast on NHK. It was aired on September 30, 2002 and ended on March 29, 2003. The drama tells about a young woman who studies to become a meteorologist. Plot Cast Main characters * Mao Miyaji as Manten Hidaka ** Chiaki Saito as young Manten Hidaka * Takashi Fujii as Yōhei Hanayama * Riku Nishimoto as Sora Hanayama * Nobuko Miyamoto as Yuriko Hanayama * Katsuhisa Namase as Keisuke Hanayama * Serina Suzuki as Nishiki Hanayama (her maiden name was Shinohara) * Atsuko Asano as Mihoko Hozumi (her maiden name was Hidaka) * Tatsuya Mihashi as Genji Hidaka * Hidekazu Akai as Genkichi Hidaka * Kiyoshi Hikawa as Hideo Hidaka * Fumiyo Kohinata as Jinroku Hozumi * Mitsuki Tanimura as Mikai Hozumi * Yuriko Hirooka as Fumiko Tanaka Kuroda family * Nobuaki Kakuda is a retired karateka and kickboxer. Early life After attending university, Kakuda opened a karate dojo in Kobe but was forced to shut it down afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokoro (TV Series)
''Kokoro'' (こころ) is a Japanese television drama series and the 68th Asadora series, following Manten. It premiered on March 31, 2003 and concluded on September 27, 2003. Plot Cast Suenaga and Asakura family * Noriko Nakagoshi as Kokoro Asakura (her maiden name was Suenaga) * Ran Itō as Misako Suenaga, Kokoro's mother * Keiko Kishi as Izumi Kiyono, Kokoro's grandmother (also as narrator) * Akira Terao as Takuro Suenaga, Kokoro's father * Tōru Nakamura as Yusaku Asakura, Kokoro's husband * Tomoka Kurokawa as Sachi Asakura, Yusaku and Kanna's daughter * Ryohei Hirota as Yūta Asakura, Yusaku and Kanna's son * Kōjirō Kusanagi as Yuri Asakura, Yusaku's father * Akemi Omori as Haruko Asakura, Yusaku's mother * Naomi Zaizen as Kanna Fujii, Yusaku's ex-wife Hotta family * Hiroshi Tamaki as Takumi Hotta, a fireworks craftsman * Takeshi Onishi as Tadashi Hotta, Takumi's brother * Taisaku Akino as Denzo Hotta, Takumi and Tadashi's father * Yuka Itaya as Mariko H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Mihashi
was a Japanese actor best known internationally for his role as Commander Minoru Genda in the 1970 Japanese-American war epic ''Tora! Tora! Tora!''. In addition, Mihashi was known for his roles in Akira Kurosawa's ''The Bad Sleep Well'', ''The Human Vapor'', '' Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki'', '' High and Low'', '' None but the Brave'' and the lead role as agent Jiro Kitami in '' Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi'', which was reedited in the US as ''What's Up, Tiger Lily?'' Mihashi's looks were compared to those of Cary Grant's. He died in 2004 of Myocardial infarction. Selected filmography Film * ''Nishijin no shimai'' (1952) - Hiroshi Yasui * ''Shino machi o nogarete'' (1952) - Yosaburo Sugi * ''Dôkoku'' (1952) * ''Hawai no yoru'' (1953) * ''Sincerity'' (1953) - Tôru Shimura * ''Jinanbo'' (1953) * ''Shin Tokyo koshin-kyoku'' (1953) - Kazuo Kiriyama * ''Gutei kenkei'' (1953) * ''Tôkyô madamu to Ôsaka fujin'' (1953) - Mitsuo Itô * ''Kyûkon sannin musume'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Fujii (comedian)
, born March 10, 1972 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese comedian and singer who belongs to the Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo and is the popular host of ''Matthew's Best Hit TV'' (as the character , and various other related shows on TV Asahi, a major television network in Japan. In 2022, he was the co-host of Love Is Blind: Japan. On May 7, 2005, he officially announced his intention to marry , a Japanese idol, and they were married on July 30, 2005 at the Grand Hyatt in Tokyo, with an audience of 340 guests including many famous Japanese personalities and celebrities. On May 7, 2007, he and his wife Otoha announced that they are expecting a child. Acting career An established celebrity among Japanese television, Takashi Fujii is most active as an actor and a comedic host. In the western world, and particularly the United States, he is perhaps best known for his appearance as Matthew Minami, hosting his own show, with Bill Murray's character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuhisa Namase
is a Japanese actor, known primary for his roles in Japanese television dramas. His roles are often positions of authority, such as managers, principals, or police officers, but many of these characters also share a certain kookiness and incompetence. Several of these characters wear wigs for comic effect. Filmography Films *1999 - '' Gamera 3: Iris Kakusei'' (1999) *2000 - '' Keizoku: The Movie ~Beautiful Dreamer~'' *2002 - '' TRICK: the Movie'' - Detective Kenzō Yabe *2003 - '' Sharasojyu'' *2004 - *2004 - '' Kamikaze Girls'' - Pachinko parlor manager *2005 - '' Samurai Commando Mission 1549'' *2005 - '' Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims'' *2006 - '' The Uchōten Hotel'' *2006 - '' TRICK: the Movie 2'' - Detective Kenzō Yabe *2009 - ''Saidoweizu'' (サイドウェイズ) - Daisuke Uehara *2009 - ''Yatterman'' - Boyacky *2010 - '' The Lone Scalpel'' *2013 - '' I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow'' - Miyata *2015 - ''April Fools'' *2016 - '' Shippu Rondo'' *2017 - '' Mixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura (NHK)
is a Japanese serialized morning television drama series that was broadcast on NHK. It aired a total of 156 episodes from April 1 to September 28, 2002. Each episode of the series was 15 minutes long, airing every morning except Sunday. It chronicles the life of Matsushita Sakura, a Japanese-American from Hawaii who moves to a small town in Japan to be an assistant language teacher for Japanese middle-school students. Premise Sakura Matsushita, a Sansei (third-generation) Japanese-American living in Hawaii, who comes to Japan to live with her grandparents. Later, she moves because she has to teach English to Japanese middle-school students as an assistant language teacher. There she learns many valuable lessons and makes new friends. Cast * Shiho Takano - Elizabeth Sakura Matsushita (primary character) * Hideji Otaki - James Takero Matsushita (Sakura's grandfather, narrator) * Yukiyoshi Ozawa - Keisuke Katsuragi * Ken Teraizumi - Ichiro Matsushita * Hiromi Ōta as Kyoko Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuaki Kakuda
is a retired karateka and kickboxer. Early life After attending university, Kakuda opened a karate dojo in Kobe but was forced to shut it down after two years. He subsequently worked as a dishwasher, ramen chef, and construction worker. At age 28, he was employed as a bouncer at a public bath in Nara, where he dodged knives thrown at him by local Yakuza after denying them entry. Career Karate Competitive karate made up the longest portion of Kakuda's martial arts career, beginning relatively early in his life as captain of his university's karate club. Less than a decade later, he was representing Japan in international competition, fighting under kyokushin and eventually seidokaikan rules. He retired following a loss to Michael Thompson at the Seidokaikan Karate World Cup in 1993, but revisited the sport occasionally in later years. His most recent karate fight to date was a decision loss to Hiroki Kurosawa at Pride 6. RINGS From December 1991 to July 1993, Kakuda perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Hikawa
is a Japanese enka singer who was born on September 6, 1977 in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.Hikawa Kiyoshi: Profile Columbia Music Entertainment. Accessed May 6, 2008. His real name is and he is known as due to his young age and popularity. When he is marketing non-enka music, he goes by the name KIYOSHI, using capitalized letters of the Roman alphabet, instead of '''' or ''. His record company is , and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asadora
, colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Takeshi Kitazawa which aired in Japan Monday through Friday mornings—it was also the only of such series to be aired for 20 minutes per episode. From 1975 onward, series aired in the first half of the year are produced by the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting station and series in the latter half of the year are produced by the NHK Osaka Broadcasting station; the Osaka branch's first ''asadora'' production was in 1964. Due to the practice of wiping commonly in practice around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, not all episodes of all pre-1980 ''asadora'' series survive, as the 2-inch Quad videotapes were often wiped and reused; 16 of the produced ''asadora'' series in total are incomplete in the NHK archives, with several series having no survivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuko Miyamoto
is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese Academy Awards, winning in 1988 for her role in ''A Taxing Woman''. Selected filmography Film *'' Lost Sex'' (1966) *'' The Funeral'' (1984) *''Tampopo'' (1985) *''A Taxing Woman'' (1987) *'' A Taxing Woman's Return'' (1988) *'' Sweet Home'' (1989) as Akiko Hayakawa *'' A-Ge-Man: Tales of a Golden Geisha'' (1990) *'' Minbo'' (1992) *'' Daibyonin'' (1993) *'' Supermarket Woman'' (1996) *''Woman in Witness Protection'' (1997) *'' Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald'' (1997) *'' Hankyu Railways: A 15-Minute Miracle'' (2011) as Tokie Hagiwara *''Strawberry Song'' (2019) *''Stand by Me Doraemon 2'' (2020) *''It's a Flickering Life'' (2021) as Yoshiko *'' BL Metamorphosis'' (2022) as Yuki Ichinoi *''Haw'' (2022) Television *'' Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitose Hajime
is a Japanese singer from Amami Ōshima. She sings in the shima-uta style particular to that region, with distinctive falsetto effects. History Early life Chitose Hajime began learning shamisen under her mother's encouragement from a young age. At age 10 she began to pick up '' shima-uta'', a style of singing passed down through generations. She won many folk and other song competitions during her teens, traveling to events across Japan. She released two traditional folk albums on cassette on an indie label, the first at age 16, and at age 17 was approached by numerous record labels following a grand prize win at a local folk song contest. Stating in a later interview that she was "suspicious of them", she decided not to join the labels or pursue music, and instead chose to study to become a beautician, following in the footsteps of her older sister. She moved to Osaka in 1997. However, she suffered from asthma and had severe allergic reactions to many of the chemicals used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuki Tanimura
is a Japanese actress. Biography Tanimura was born in Sakai, Osaka. She starred in Akihiko Shiota's ''Canary'' and Norio Tsuruta's ''Orochi''. She has also appeared in films such as Takashi Miike's ''God's Puzzle'', Junji Sakamoto's '' Strangers in the City'', and Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's '' Sketches of Kaitan City''. Filmography Film * ''Canary'' (2005) * ''Tokyo Zombie'' (2005) * '' The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' (2006) as Kaho Fujitani (voice) * ''The Chasing World'' (2008) * ''God's Puzzle'' (2008) * '' Orochi'' (2008) as Orochi * ''Summer Wars'' (2009) as Kazuma Ikezawa (voice) * '' Kanikōsen'' (2009) * '' Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror'' (2009) as Miho (voice) * '' Mei-chan no Shitsuji'' (2009) * '' 13 Assassins'' (2010) * ''Box!'' (2010) * '' Strangers in the City'' (2010) * '' Sketches of Kaitan City'' (2010) * '' Hankyū Densha'' (2011) as Miho * '' Salvage Mice'' (2011) * ''Soup'' (2012) * '' Ace Attorney'' (2012) * '' Wolf Children Ame and Yuki'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serina Suzuki
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__NOTOC__ Serina can refer to: Places * Serina, Lombardy, a ''comune'' in the Province of Bergamo, Italy People * Serina (Battlestar Galactica), a character from the original Battlestar Galactica (1978) TV series * Serina (actress), a Japanese actress (born 1985) Other * Serina (grape), another name for the Austrian wine grape Blaufrankisch See also * Serena (other) Serena most commonly refers to: * Serena Williams (born 1981), professional tennis player Serena may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Serena (genre), 13th-century Occitan poetic genre * ''Serena'' (1962 film), a British crime t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |