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Momoko Kikuchi
is a Japanese actress, entertainer, singer, and scholar who was formerly represented by the talent agency, Parfit Production. On June 22, 2020, Kikuchi announced that she has left Parfit Production and gone independent. Her ex-husband is professional golfer Tetsu Nishikawa. Kikuchi was also a brand adviser for such women's goods as Emom and Momokoselection. Biography Momoko Kikuchi was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ..., Japan, scouted in 1982, and started to make TV appearances in 1983. She officially made her debut as an idol in 1984, releasing her first single just before her 16th birthday, and instantly shot to fame. She produced seven consecutive no. 1 songs on the Oricon Chart from 1985 to 1987. In the late 1980s, Kikuchi tried to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinagawa
is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies. , the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km2. The total area is 22.84 km2. ''Shinagawa'' is also commonly used to refer to the business district around Shinagawa Station, which is not in Shinagawa Ward. This Shinagawa is in the Takanawa and Konan neighborhoods of Minato Ward, directly north of Kita-Shinagawa. Geography Shinagawa Ward includes natural uplands and lowlands, as well as reclaimed land. The uplands are the eastern end of the Musashino Terrace. They include Shiba-Shirokanedai north of the Meguro River, Megurodai between the Meguro and Tachiai Rivers, and Ebaradai south of the Tachiai River. The Ward lies on Tokyo Bay. Its neighbors on land are all special wards of Tokyo: Kōtō to the east, Minato to the north, Meguro to the west, and Ōta to the south. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Asahi
JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as , and better known as , is a Japanese television station serving the Kanto region as the flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network. It is owned-and-operated by the a subsidiary of , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Company. Its studios are located in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. TV Asahi is one of the "Big Six" broadcasters based in Tokyo, alongside Nippon Television, TBS, TV Tokyo, NHK General TV, and Fuji Television. History Pre-launch After NHK General TV, Nippon TV, and TBS TV were launched in 1953 and 1955, TV has become an important medium in Japan. However, most of the programs that were aired at that time were vulgar which caused well-known critic Sōichi Ōya to mention in a program that TV made people in Japan "a nation of 100 million idiots"; those criticisms already gave birth to the idea of opening an education-focused TV station. On February 17, 1956, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued freq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Idols
This is a list of Japanese idol, Japanese idols; a type of celebrity in Japan. The following list includes both female and male idols as well as both solo idols and idol groups. Others * =LOVE (group) * ≠Me (group) * ≒Joy (group) * Cute (Japanese idol group), °C-ute (group) * 3776 (group) * 22/7 (idol group), 22/7 (group) * 2o Love to Sweet Bullet (group) * 3B Junior (group) * 9nine (group) * Love Live! School Idol Project, μ's (group) * &Team, &TEAM (group) * @onefive (group) A * Aa! (group) * AAA (band), AAA (group) * A.B.C-Z (group) * AKB48 (group) * Akishibu Project (group) * Arcana Project (group) * Ali Project (group) * Angerme (group) * Arashi (group) * Athena & Robikerottsu (group) * Ayumikurikamaki (group) * Asami Abe * Nagisa Abe * Natsumi Abe * Shizue Abe * Yumi Adachi * Shoko Aida * Masaki Aiba * Himika Akaneya * Jin Akanishi * Sayaka Akimoto * Mari Amachi * Jun Amaki * Chihiro Anai * Yuko Anai * Sakura Andō (idol), Sakura Andō * Anza (singer), Anza * Hirok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Women Singers
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of political, economic, and social changes. The traditional cuisine of Japan (Japanese language, Japanese: ) is based on rice with m ..., the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japanese studies {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Actresses
The following is a list of Japanese actresses in surname alphabetical order. Names are displayed given name first, per Wikipedia manual of style. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing that they are Japanese actresses or must have references showing that they are Japanese actresses and are notable. A * Haruka Abe * Nagisa Abe *Natsumi Abe * Rika Adachi * Yumi Adachi * Saki Aibu * Shoko Aida * Yuzuki Aikawa * Rina Aizawa * Kyoko Aizome * Sayaka Akimoto * Tsubasa Akimoto * Yoko Akino * Kumiko Akiyoshi * Yūki Amami * Chisato Amate * Eiko Ando * Sakura Andō * Yū Aoi * Wakana Aoi * Mayuko Aoki * Tsuru Aoki * Yuko Araki * Yui Aragaki *Michiyo Aratama * Narimi Arimori * Kasumi Arimura * Momoka Ariyasu *Nao Asahi * Mayumi Asaka * Nana Asakawa * Aiko Asano * Atsuko Asano * Yūko Asano * Ruriko Asaoka * Kumiko Asō * Yumi Asō * Chikage Awashima * Haruka Ayase B * Fumika Baba * Chieko Baisho * Mitsuko Baisho C * Catalina Yue * Chara * Chiaki (F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Births
Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being 1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, elected leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Australian Senate, Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peach Girl (film)
is a 2017 Japanese romantic comedy-drama film based on the manga series Peach Girl, of the same name by Miwa Ueda, produced by Fine Entertainment and distributed by Shochiku. The film was directed by Kōji Shintoku, written by Junpei Yamaoka, and stars Mizuki Yamamoto, Kei Inoo, Mackenyu, Mei Nagano, Yuika Motokariya, Kensei Mikami, Takeshi Masu and Momoko Kikuchi. It was released in Japan by Shochiku on 20 May 2017. The theme song for this film is "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen. On April 1, 2017, the creator Ueda stated that she has drawn the manga version of the posters then. Plot Momo Adachi (Mizuki Yamamoto) is a female high school student, always at a loss because she's mistaken as an “easy bimbo girl” due to her appearance. Furthermore, somehow a rumor spreads that she had kissed the most popular boy in her grade, Kairi Okayasu (Kei Inoo) and she has to deal with being the target of harassment by other girls who like him. But ever since junior high school, Momo has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucario And The Mystery Of Mew
Lucario (; Japanese: , Hepburn: ) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's ''Pokémon'' franchise. Created by Game Freak and finalized by Ken Sugimori, Lucario first appeared as a central character in the film '' Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew'', then as a cameo in '' Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team'', and later appeared in the video games ''Pokémon Diamond'' and ''Pearl'' and later sequels. It additionally appears in various, spin-off titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise, and has been featured in several forms of merchandise, including figurines, plush toys, and the ''Pokémon Trading Card Game''. Lucario is voiced by Daisuke Namikawa, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Rikako Aikawa and Kiyotaka Furushima in Japanese, and Bill Rogers and Sean Schemmel in English. Known as the Aura Pokémon, Lucario can sense and manipulate , a special kind of life energy. Lucario has also been featured as a playable character in the ... [...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] |
Yell (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series and the 102nd Asadora series, following '' Scarlet''. It premiered on March 30, 2020 and concluded on November 27, 2020. It was the first ''Asadora'' to be recorded in 4K, and the first since ''Musume to Watashi'' to be broadcast in only five 15-minute episodes per week Monday through Friday, with omnibus airings on Saturday mornings instead of a fresh episode. Cast Koyama's family * Masataka Kubota as Yūichi Koyama (based on Yūji Koseki) ** Sera Ishida as young Yūichi * Toshiaki Karasawa as Saburō Koyama, Yūichi's father * Momoko Kikuchi as Masa Koyama, Yūichi's mother * Takara Sakumoto as Kōji Koyama, Yūichi's brother * Morio Kazama as Mohei Gōndō, Yūichi's uncle and Masa's older brother Sekiuchi's family * Fumi Nikaidō as Oto Sekiuchi, Yūichi's wife (based on Kinko Koseki) ** Kaho Shimizu as young Oto * Ken Mitsuishi as Yasutaka Sekiuchi, Oto's father * Hiroko Yakushimaru as Mitsuko Sekiuchi, Oto's mother * Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
