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Quiz $ Millionaire
, sometimes referred to as ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', is a Japanese quiz show based on the original program of the latter title created by Celador International and later 2waytraffic. It premiered on Fuji Television on April 20, 2000, and aired its final episode on January 2, 2013. The show was hosted by television personality throughout its entire run. The main goal of the game is to win ¥10,000,000 by answering fifteen multiple-choice questions correctly. There are three ''lifelines'' - , (a phone call to four supporters who are in one place), and . Whenever a contestant answers the fifth question correct, he is guaranteed ¥100,000. When a contestant answers the tenth question correct, he is guaranteed ¥1,000,000. This version has the distinction of having the most top prize winners in the worldwide ''Millionaire'' franchise. was the first announcer of the show before being replaced by in August of the show's debut year. Broadcast history The show was bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Knight
Steven Knight (born 5 August 1959) is a British screenwriter, producer, and director for film and television. He wrote the screenplays for the films ''Closed Circuit (2013 film), Closed Circuit'', ''Dirty Pretty Things (film), Dirty Pretty Things'', and ''Eastern Promises'', and also wrote and directed the films ''Locke (film), Locke'' and ''Hummingbird (film), Hummingbird'' (a.k.a. ''Redemption''). Knight is one of three creators of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', a game show that has been remade and aired in around 160 countries worldwide. He is also the creator of the BBC's ''Peaky Blinders (TV series), Peaky Blinders'' and ''SAS: Rogue Heroes'', and has written for ''Commercial Breakdown'', ''The Detectives (1993 TV series), The Detectives'', ''See (TV series), See'', and ''Taboo (2017 TV series), Taboo''. He has built a large film and television studio complex in inner-city Birmingham called Digbeth Loc., opening in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daichi Suzuki
(born March 10, 1967, in Narashino, Chiba) is a retired Japanese backstroke swimmer. He won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Japan's First Chief Commissioner of Sports Agency (2015 - 2020). Chair of Japan Swimming Federation (2013 - 2015, 2021 - ). Vice President of Asia Aquatics (2016 - ). Bureau Member of World Aquatics (2017 - ). Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Health and Sports Science at Juntendo University. Swimming Suzuki developed the swimming technique called underwater dolphin kick or what is known as the Berkoff Blastoff in the United States. This style in backstroke swimming was invented by either David Berkoff or Jesse Vasallo. However, it was Suzuki who finally developed the skill, allowing him to swim 25 meters underwater at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles. Four years later, he won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke at the 1988 Seoul Olympics where Berkoff also competed. Career In 2013, Daichi was the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misako Konno
Misako Konno (紺野 美沙子 ''Konno Misako''), born Misako Shinoda (篠田 美佐子 ''Shinoda Misako'', born September 8, 1960) is a Japanese actress and essayist. Her maiden name is Misako Satō (佐藤美佐子 ''Satō Misako''). In 2022, she became the third woman appointed in an organization linked to the Japan Sumo Association, by being appointed to the Yokozuna Deliberation Council The , sometimes called Promotion Council, and usually abbreviated in Japanese as , is an advisory board, advisory body to the Japan Sumo Association. The council considers candidates for promotion to sumo's top rank of , before passing its reco .... Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External linksOfficial site * Japanese actresses 1960 births Living people Japanese essayists Keio University alumni Asadora lead actors {{Japan-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewi Sukarno
, widely known in Japan as is a Japanese businesswoman, socialite, and television personality. She was one of the wives of the first President of Indonesia, Sukarno. Biography Naoko Nemoto was born on February 6, 1940, in Tokyo, to Heishichiro Nemoto and Masako Nemoto. Nemoto had a younger brother, Yasoo Nemoto, and her mother was constantly sick. Her father was a carpenter, who passed away when she was 15. To make ends meet, Nemoto worked at a famous club named "Copacabana". In 1959, Nemoto, who was 19, met Sukarno, who was 38 years her senior, at the Ginza hostess bar in Tokyo, near the Imperial Hotel. Nemoto was an arts student and entertainer, while the latter was on a state visit to Japan. Naoko married Sukarno in Indonesia in 1962 and converted to Islam. Sukarno gave her the Indonesian name "Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno"; derived from Javanese-Sanskrit which means "the jewel essence of a goddess". They had one daughter, Kartika (born March 11, 1967, and is now going by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandō Mitsugorō X
Bandō Mitsugorō X () (January 23, 1956 – February 2, 2015) was a Japanese television presenter and kabuki actor. He was the grandson of Bandō Mitsugorō VIII and son of Bandō Mitsugorō IX. Lineage Born into a renowned family of Kabuki actors from Tokyo, he comes from a long line of actors who originally focused on ''onnagata'' roles (i.e. female roles) but later became focused solely on '' tachiyaku'' roles (i.e. male roles). His great-grandfather, Bandō Shūchō II (二代目 坂東秀調) was a well-known ''onnagata'' who was a disciple of two well-known figures in Kabuki theater, Morita Kan'ya XII (the leading kabuki theater manager during the first half of the Meiji era) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV (one of the best tachiyaku actors of the 19th century). His grandfather Bandō Mitsugorō VIII (八代目 坂東三津五郎) was one of the greatest ''tachiyaku'' actors of the Showa era and his main specialty was the '' aragoto'' roles. His other grandfather (son of Band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dai Tamesue
is the first Japanese sprinter to win a medal in a track event at a World Competition. Current Japanese record holder for Men's 400 meter hurdle (as of July 2021). Bronze medalist of the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton and 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali .... Tamesue represented Japan in the Sydney, Athens, and Beijing Olympics. He started running professionally in 2003 and retired after 25 years of competitive athletics in 2012. Pursuing ways to pass on the benefits of sports into society through associate organizations; Samurai Co., Ltd. (Representative Director), Athlete Society (Representative Director, Founded 2010), Xiborg (Founded 2014 ). Assigned to Bhutan's Olympic Committee (BOC) ambassador in Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Asano
is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Japan Academy Prize for '' Kura''. Her biggest hit was "Sexy Bus Stop" released in 1976. It reached the No. 12 position on the Oricon chart list. Filmography Films * '' The Devil's Island'' (1977) * '' The War in Space'' (1977) * '' Sorobanzuku'' (1986) * '' Ruten no umi'' (1990) * '' Bloom in the Moonlight'' (1993) * '' Kura'' (1995) * '' Dora-heita'' (2000) * '' Oh! Oku'' (2006) * '' SPEC: Ten'' (2012) * '' SPEC: Close'' (2013) Television * '' Momotarō-zamurai'' (1981) * ''Shounen wa Tori ni Natta is a 2001 Japanese television film by TBS. Plot Cast * Tomohisa Yamashita as Ken Nagashima * Shunsuke Kazama as Koiichi * Risa Nishimura as Kira Mizusawa * Yūko Asano as Naoko Nagashima * Masato Furuoya was a Japanese actor. He won th ...'' (2001) * '' Kōmyō ga Tsuji'' (2006) as Nene * ''Totto-chan!'' (2017) as Sadako Sawamura References 1960 births Living people Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotaro Koizumi
is a Japanese actor and the eldest son of the 56th Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, and Kayoko Miyamoto. He studied economics at night classes of Nihon University, but dropped out. Filmography Television *''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' – won the maximum ten million yen on a celebrity special * ''Ninomiya Kotaro'' (Fuji, July 2024) (co-starring with Kazunari Ninomiya) TV dramas *''Nurseman'' (2002) *''Hatsu Taiken'' (2002) *''Shiawase No Shippo'' (2002) *''Kurutta Kajitsu 2002'' (2002) *''Home & Away'' (2002) *''Boku dake no Madonna'' (2003) *''Korogashi Ogin'' (2003) *''Igi Ari, Onna Bengoshi Oka Norie'' (2004) *''Division 1 \"Pink Hip Girl\"'' (Fuji TV, 2004) *'' Yoshitsune'' (2005) – Taira no Sukemori *''Slow Dance'' (2005) *''Tokyo Wonder Tours'' (2005) *''Gachi Baka'' (2006) *''Attention Please'' (2006) *''Fushin no Toki'' (2006) *''Haken no Hinkaku'' (2007) *'' Attention Please SP'' (2007) *''Hanayome to Papa'' (2007) *''Otoko no Kosodate'' (2007) *'' G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanako Oshima
is a Japanese singer and the daughter of actress Yukiko Kashiwagi and singer Kyu Sakamoto. Biography Oshima was born in Tokyo, and is a graduate of Toyo Eiwa University. When she was 11 years old, her father, Kyu Sakamoto, was killed in the August 1985 Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crash. In October 2006 it was revealed that she was going to get married. In January 2007 she married the head of a Brazilian jujitsu dojo in Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta .... On February 17, 2009, their first child, a boy, was born. Filmography * 1995 – Himeyuri no tō (''ひめゆりの塔'') Books * 1997, Egao no okurimono- Sakamoto Kyū shashinshū (''笑顔の贈り物―坂本九写真集/The gift of a smiling face – Kyu Sakamoto photograph collection'') Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukiko Kashiwagi
is a Japanese actress and was the wife of Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto from 1971 until his death in the August 1985 Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crash. In the 1970s, Kashiwagi retired from her career as an actress and instead presented a series of welfare performances with her husband in children's homes and nursing homes and on Japanese television. Filmography *1970 – ブラボー!若大将 (Toho) *2003 – "Aozora-e-shoot!" *2005 – 少年と星と自転車 "Shonen to hoshi to jitensha" *2009 – '' The Harimaya Bridge'' Television *1966–1967 -– これが青春だ( NTV) *1969 – 炎の青春 -( NTV) In popular culture *Yukiko Kashiwagi appeared in the documentary ''Seconds from Disaster ''Seconds from Disaster'' is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters from the 20th and early 21st centuries. Each episode aims to explain a single incident by anal ...'' Season 6: Episode 6 (2012) c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuo Tanaka (politician)
is a Japanese novelist and politician. He served as the governor of Nagano Prefecture from 2000 to 2006, became president of New Party Nippon, and has been elected to Japan's legislatures. Early life Tanaka was born in Musashino, Tokyo, and moved to Nagano at the age of 8 when his father became a professor at Shinshu University. He initially failed the university entrance exams in 1975 and spent the next year studying in Tokyo to retake them. In 1976 he entered the Faculty of Law at Hitotsubashi University. He received the Bungei Prize in 1980 for his first novel, ''Somehow, Crystal, Nantonaku, Kurisutaru'', while still a student. He graduated in the same year and briefly worked for the Mobil Oil Corporation for three months before leaving to continue his career as a writer. Tanaka married after graduating from university but divorced 11 months later. Political career In 2000, Tanaka was elected governor of Nagano Prefecture, a rural prefecture in Japan, standing as an indep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaaki Sakai
is a popular Japanese performer from Tokyo. He is best known to English-speaking audiences as the title star of the TV show ''Monkey''. Biography Masaaki Sakai is a Japanese actor, singer and martial artist. Born the son of , a famous comedian in Japan, Sakai initially came to fame by fronting the group sounds band The Spiders. This group, formed in 1962, was popular throughout the 1960s; they spawned several hit songs as well as thirteen situation comedy films featuring their music. He took the title role of ''Son Goku'' (literally meaning "Descendant Aware of Vacuity", but the Chinese character for "descendant" is a punning reference to a similar character meaning "Monkey") in the 1970s Japanese TV program '' Saiyūki'' (lit. "Journey to the West"). This gained him fame in many English-speaking countries in the early 1980s when it was dubbed by the BBC and retitled ''Monkey''. Due to his fame playing the mythical character ''Songoku,'' Sakai created a dance called "th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
