Nana Katase
is a Japanese actress, singer, and fashion model. She is known for acting in '' Death Note 2: The Last Name'' (2006), ''Arakawa Under the Bridge'' (2010) and ''20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End'' (2008). Katase portrayed Kiyomi Takada in ''Death Note: The Last Name''. She also portrayed Megumi Yokota as an adult (with Mayuko Fukuda who played the role of a younger Megumi Yokota) as one of at least thirteen Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s and early 1980s in '' Saikai: Yokota Megumi-san no Negai''. She also played Mayumi in the fifth installment of the PlayStation series by Sega, ''Yakuza''. Filmography Films *''Between Calmness and Passion'' (2001) *'' Death Note: The Last Name'' (2006), Kiyomi Takada *''Calling You'' (2007), Ryo Harada *''20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008),'' Mika Shikishima *''20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope'' (2009), Mika Shikishima *''20th Century Boys 3: Redemption'' (2009), Mika Shikishima *''Trick Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kindan No Telepathy
is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo, from her debut solo studio album ''Mysterious''. It was released through Canyon Records as the lead single from ''Mysterious'' on August 31, 1987. Background "Kindan no Telepathy" was written and produced by Yasushi Akimoto and Tsugutoshi Gotō, the same duo behind all five singles of the Onyanko Club offshoot idol group Ushirogami Hikaretai, of which Kudo was still an active member when she made her solo debut. Its lyrics describe the intuitive feeling about a romantic breakup that the protagonist is pretending to ignore. "Kindan no Telepathy" debuted at number-one on the Oricon Singles Chart and charted for eight weeks. Track listing Charts Nana Katase version In 2004, Japanese singer Nana Katase released a dance-pop inspired rendition of "Kindan no Telepathy" as the second single from her second album ''Extended Extension, extend or extended may refer to: Mathematics Logic or set theory * Axiom of extensionality ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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21st-century Japanese Women Singers
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Ken-On Artists
is a talent management company in Japan. It was founded in October 1979. It is located in Roppongi. Subsidiaries * Ken-On Incorporated * Ken Kikaku Incorporated * MC Cabin Music Publishing * RAD Japan * Taisuke Management * Pin-ups Artists Actors Female Male * Ikki Sawamura * Sota Fukushi * Takashi Sorimachi * Toshiki Seto * Toshiaki Karasawa * Yūta Furukawa * Shuhei Uesugi * Mokomichi Hayami * Ikusaburo Yamazaki * Jingi Irie * Asahi Ito * Ryo Ryusei Voice actors Musical artists Jointly managed groups and artists Former talents * Ayaka (under a stAtion) * Makiko Esumi * Nanami Hinata * Rosa Kato * Tomoko Kawase (under NinetyOne) * Shota Matsuda * Hiro Mizushima , known professionally as , is a Japanese actor, creative director, and writer. He appeared in a number of Japanese TV dramas, including '' Mei-chan no Shitsuji'', ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'' and '' Zettai Kareshi''. Additionally, he was well ... (under a stAtion) * Hatsune Ok ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Singers From Tokyo
Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singing as the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. Other common definitions include "the utterance of words or sounds in tuneful succession" or "the production of musical tones by means of the human voice". A person whose profession is singing is called a singer or a vocalist (in jazz or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art songs or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Many styles of singing exist throughout the world. Singing can be formal or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Avex Group Artists
Avex Inc. ( kabushiki gaisha , commonly known as Avex and stylized as avex) is a Japanese Conglomerate (company), entertainment conglomerate led by founder Max Matsuura and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1988, the company manages J-pop talents like Ayumi Hamasaki, TVXQ! and internet sensation PikoTaro. It has also shifted into other business domains like anime, video games and live music events, partnering with Ultra Music Festival and hosting the annual A-nation. The company is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) ''keiretsu''. Name AVEX is an Acronym and initialism, acronym of the English words Audio Visual EXpert. Since its foundation, its corporate name was Avex digital distribution, D.D., Incorporated, and ten years later it was changed to Avex, Incorporated. The current name, Avex Group Holdings, Incorporated, was adopted in 2004 as part of reconstruction process after Tom Yoda's resignation. Avex Group Holdings, Incorporated was used for the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1981 Births
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Actresses From Tokyo
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japanese Female Models
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, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japanese studies , sometimes known as Japanology in Europe, is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, history, culture, litera ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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