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Playzone
Playzone is a Japanese musical production. It used to be presented annually from 1986 to 2015 under the auspices of Johnny & Associates. The lead role was played by Shonentai until the 2008 performance, after which it was played by junior members of the Johnny's in turn. It is supervised by Johnny Kitagawa and produced by Tsuyoshi Yamato. Overview An original musical that premiered at the Aoyama Theatre in the summer of 1986, the year after Shonentai's debut, and was performed every summer. 2005 summer marked its 20th year, and 2007 (its 22nd year) marked its 900th performance. Playzone starring Shonentai ended on August 31, 2008. The total number of performances by Shonentai was 957, with an audience of 1,380,465. Since 2009, Playzone has been performed by junior members of Johnny's, but in 2015, with the closing of the Aoyama Theatre, the show also ended. The total number of performances was 1,232, and the number of audiences reached 1,737,450. The performers are mainly celebri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shonentai
were a three-member Japanese boy band created by entertainment company Johnny & Associates, now rebranded to Starto Entertainment. They debuted on December 12, 1985. They were one of Japan's leading Japanese idol groups of the 1980s. The group led the annual musical Playzone from 1986 to 2008 for about 957 performances with a total attendance of over 1.38 million people over the course of 22 years. On September 20, 2020, it was announced that Nishikiori and Uekusa would leave Johnny & Associates by the end of the year. The group name will be retained in accordance with the members' desire to preserve their past achievements and Shonentai itself, but there are no plans for future activities, and the group has effectively been placed on hiatus. In September 2023, since Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse scandal came to light, Higashiyama succeeded to the presidency of the Johnny's and retired from entertainment activities at the end of the same year, but there is currently no mentio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazukiyo Nishikiori
is a Japanese theatre director and actor. He is currently a freelancer. Until 2020, He belonged to the Johnny & Associates and was a member of the boy band Shonentai. Born in Tokyo. His best-known theatre performance is ''Fall Guy'', in which he starred in 1999, and his best-known theatre direction is ''Ode to Joy'', in 2018. History Childhood (1965-1977) Nishikiori was born in 1965 in Setagaya, Tokyo, and moved to Edogawa, Tokyo when he was two years old due to his father's work. Edogawa is an area known as Shitamachi and is located in the eastern part of Tokyo. His father worked for a company that printed album cover of phonograph record and his mother was a nurse. He was sickly and weak, so his father bought records with the company's employee discount and played him a lot of music when he was often absent from school, and his mother raised him to take good care of his health. However, he said his body naturally became stronger as he played freely outside. He was so athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuhide Uekusa
Katsuhide Uekusa (, born July 24, 1966) is a Japanese actor and singer. Until 2020, He belonged to the Johnny & Associates and was a member of the boy band Shonentai. Born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. His best-known television series include ''Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari'', a popular domestic drama that ran for more than 20 years. History Childhood Uekusa was born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture in 1966. His father owned a lumber business and his father often took care of the people around him, so he grew up in a lively environment with many people coming and going. Uekusa later said that because he grew up in this environment, he liked to take care of his junior even after he joined Johnny's. As a child, he played actively and got injured all the time, so his parents often scolded him to calm down. He once dreamed of becoming an aircraft pilot as his future dream, but gave it up after his mother told him that a pilot must have strong teeth and be intelligent. When he was in e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shock (musical)
is a series of musical works starring Koichi Domoto (from the duo KinKi Kids), who is also in charge of the planning, music, story, and production under Johnny Kitagawa’s direction. ''Shock'' was originally based on the musical ''Playzone#1991 Playzone '91 Shock, 1991 Playzone '91 Shock'' (1991, starring Shonentai), and premiered at the Imperial Theatre (Japan), Imperial Theater in November 2000 under the title ''Millenium Shock''. It has been performed at the same theater every year since, with different modifications in the title, cast, plot and programs each year. In 2005, it was revamped entirely as ''Endless Shock'', which has been its title until now. ''Shocks annual performances are greatly anticipated, and it is dubbed “the stage of which tickets are the hardest to get in Japan” by the media. ''Shock'' reached its 400th performance in 2006, and its 499th performance in 2007, attracting more than 80,000 audiences up until that point. ''Shock'' is the solo-starring s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Matsushita (actress)
is a Japanese actress. Her real name is . Matsushita was born in Nayoro, Hokkaido and grew up in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. She is represented by Amuse, Inc. is a Japanese entertainment company that provides artist management services. The artists include idols, musicians, and more. Amuse produces TV and radio programs, commercial films, and movies. Other interests are in publication, music softwar ... and later her personal office Jesus Collect Incorporated. Filmography Films Television Stage References {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsushita, Yuki 1968 births Living people Actors from Hokkaido Actresses from Nagoya Japanese film actresses Japanese stage actresses Japanese television actresses 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses People from Nayoro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoya Nagase
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and model. He was a member of Tokio, a Johnny & Associates musical group. He was the primary vocalist, in addition to playing the guitar alongside Tokio's leader, Shigeru Joshima. Career As an artist He was inspired by bands Hikaru Genji and SMAP to answer a recruiting call of Johnny & Associates and was accepted in 1990. In 1992, he played several stage plays (''Playzone'' and ''Mask'') together with other Tokio members. He first played tambourine during Tokio's early performances as SMAP's background dancers. Just prior to Tokio's debut, the band's rhythm guitarist, Hiromu Kojima, left the band and was replaced by Tomoya Nagase. In 1997, Nagase collaborated with American R&B group 3T to record the Japanese version of Eternal Flame, which was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama D×D, in which he starred. The single was released under the artist name "Tomoya with 3T" and reached number 12 on the Oricon charts. Naga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moby-Dick
''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 Epic (genre), epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael (Moby-Dick), Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Captain Ahab, Ahab, captain of the whaler, whaling ship ''Pequod (Moby-Dick), Pequod'', for vengeance against Moby Dick (whale), Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance (literature), American Renaissance, ''Moby-Dick'' was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891. Its reputation as a Great American Novel was established only in the 20th century, after the 1919 centennial of its author's birth. William Faulkner said he wished he had written the book himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world" and "the greatest book of the sea ever written". It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Ahab
Captain Ahab is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in Herman Melville's ''Moby-Dick'' (1851). He is the monomaniacal captain of the whaling ship '' Pequod''. On a previous voyage, the white whale Moby Dick bit off Ahab's leg and he now wears a prosthetic leg made out of ivory. The whaling voyage of ''Pequod'' ends up as a hunt for revenge on the whale, as Ahab forces the crew members to support his fanatical mission. When Moby Dick is finally sighted, Ahab's hatred robs him of all caution, and the whale drags him to his death beneath the sea and sinks ''Pequod''. Melville biographer Andrew Delbanco calls Ahab "a brilliant personification of the very essence of fanaticism". Scholar F. O. Matthiessen calls attention to the fact that Ahab is called an "ungodly god-like man". Ahab's "tragedy is that of an unregenerate will" whose "burning mind is barred out from the exuberance of love" and argues that he "remains damned". Writer D. H. Lawrence felt little sympathy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeru Joshima
is a Japanese musician and actor. He is the leader and main guitarist of Tokio, a musical group of Starto Entertainment formerly known as Johnny & Associates. Career As an artist Prior to debuting with Tokio, Joshima was a backup-dancer for various Johnny's Entertainment boy bands at the time. He also formed temporary music units during that time, such as the Joshima Band with other to-be Tokio members. In 1990 he became the leader and guitarist of Tokio, but it wasn't until 1994 that the band debuted. As an actor Joshima has had parts in various dramas since 1989. One of his first roles ever was as a supporting cast member in the show ''Gomendou Kakemasu'', where he acted alongside Kazuya Takahashi of Otokogumi and Naoto Endou of former Johnny's band Ninja A , or was a spy and infiltrator in pre-modern Japan. The functions of a ninja included siege and infiltration, ambush, reconnaissance, espionage, deception, and later bodyguarding.Kawakami, pp. 21–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Yamaguchi (actor)
is a Japanese former singer, television presenter, and bassist for the Johnny & Associates group Tokio. Career He has acted in several movies and television shows as well as being a co-star for Tokio's variety shows ''Tokio Kakeru'' and ''The Tetsuwan Dash''. On 25 April 2018, news broke that Yamaguchi had been referred to prosecutors for allegedly kissing a girl against her will at his home in Minato, Tokyo, in February 2018. At a hastily arranged news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on 26 April, Yamaguchi apologized for kissing and engaging in indecent behavior with a high school-aged girl. A lawyer representing Johnny & Associates, the talent agency that manages Tokio, announced that Yamaguchi would be indefinitely suspended from activities. On 6 May 2018, Johnny & Associates announced that they had terminated their contract with Yamaguchi. Personal life Yamaguchi married a former model in March 2008. On 5 August 2016, he announced that they had divorced. On September 22, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taichi Kokubun
is a Japanese keyboardist and actor. He plays keyboard for Tokio, a musical group of Starto Entertainment formerly known as Johnny & Associates. Early life Taichi Kokubun was born in Higashikurume, Tokyo. Career As an artist Before debuting with Tokio, Kokubun, like other Tokio members, was a backup-dancer for Johnny's Entertainment boy bands, including Hikaru Genji. In 1990 he became the keyboardist of Tokio, but it was not until 1994 that the band debuted. In 2004, Kokubun took a break from Tokio to form a temporary group with KinKi Kids member Tsuyoshi Domoto. Together they released the theme song to '' Fantastipo'', a movie in which they starred. As an actor Kokubun began his acting career with a role in ''Abunai Shōnen III'', a 1989 Japanese drama. Since 1993, he has played parts in drama shows and movies such as ''Fantistipo'' and ''Shaberedomo Shaberedomo''. He has hosted ''Gachinko!'' with other Tokio members. Currently Kokubun hosts ''Kaitai Shin Show' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoyama Theatre
The was a theatre at the in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... The theatre opened in November 1985, and had a capacity of 1,200 seats. It closed on 30 January 2015. References External links * Theatres completed in 1985 Former theatres in Japan 1985 establishments in Japan 2015 disestablishments in Japan Buildings and structures in Shibuya Theatres in Tokyo {{Japan-theat-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
