Signal (Japanese TV Series)
, also known as , is a Japanese television drama, Japanese Police procedural, police procedural television series starring Kentaro Sakaguchi, Michiko Kichise and Kazuki Kitamura. It is a remake of the Korean drama, South Korean drama Signal (South Korean TV series), of the same name written by Kim Eun-hee and aired every Tuesday at 21:00 Japan Standard Time, JST from April 10 to June 12, 2018, on Fuji TV. A sequel film, ''Signal the Movie'', was released in theaters in Japan on April 2, 2021. Cast Main *Kentaro Sakaguchi as Kento Saegusa *Michiko Kichise as Misaki Sakurai *Kazuki Kitamura as Takeshi Ooyama Supporting *Atsuro Watabe as Tsutomu Yamada *Yuichi Kimura as Tsutomu Yamada *Tetsuhiro Ikeda as Shinya Kojima *Masahiro Komoto as Kazuo Iwata *Kaede Aono as Rika Anzai *Fuju Kamio as Ryota Kato *Yuito Obara as Yōichi Ogawa Original soundtrack Boy group BTS (band), BTS from South Korea sang the opening theme song of the series entitled "Don't Leave Me (BTS song), Don't Leave ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Procedural Drama
A procedural or procedural drama is a cross-genre type of literature, film, or television program which places emphasis on technical detail. A documentary film may also be written in a procedural style to heighten narrative. A popular subgenre is the police procedural. Some dramas include a lab or high-tech conference room where the main characters meet to work out the problem. Shows usually have an episodic format that does not necessarily require the viewer to have seen previous episodes. Episodes typically have a self-contained (also referred to as stand-alone) plot that is introduced, developed, and resolved within the same episode. The procedural format is popular around the world. In 2011, the director of a TV consultancy said, "The continuing trend is for procedurals because they use a predictable structure." Due to their stand-alone episodic nature, they are more accessible to new viewers than serials. Self-contained episodes also make it easier for viewers to return to a sh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Horipro
is a Japanese talent agent, talent agency that manages actors, entertainers and musicians, as well as commercial and television productions. It has locations in Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville and Los Angeles in the United States. History It was founded in 1960 as Hori Productions (ホリプロダクション ''Hori Purodakushon'') and changed to its present name in 1990. In the 1970s, Hori Productions managed singer Momoe Yamaguchi. In 1989, Horipro purchased the publishing assets of rock band Kiss (band), Kiss. Next, the company moved on to invest in more catalogs. A year later, HoriPro Entertainment Group opened their first U.S. location in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the years, Horipro's songwriters would go on to write hits for country musicians. In the late 1990s, Horipro planned to create a "virtual idol", an electronic rendition using motion capture methods of Kyoko Date. The virtual idol based on Date wikt:chart#musicChart, charted in Tokyo in 1996, and provided in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Billboard Charts
The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, provides additional weekly charts, as well as year-end charts. The three most important charts are the Billboard Global 200, ''Billboard'' Global 200 for songs globally, the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for songs in the United States of America and the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 for albums in the United States of America, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100 or Billboard Global 200, Global 200 (though the latter globally) song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts. For the Billboard ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Syndicat National De L'Édition Phonographique
SNEP (, in English National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing) is the inter-professional organisation that protects the interests of the French record industry. Originally known under the acronym SNICOP, the organisation was established in 1922 and has 48 member companies. SNEP's responsibilities include collecting and distributing royalty payments for broadcast and performance, preventing copyright infringement of its members' works (including music piracy), and sales certification of silver, gold, platinum and diamond records and videos. SNEP also compiles weekly official charts of France's top-selling music, including singles and albums. Official charts History The first attempt at a French national chart of best-selling records originated from a request by the American music industry magazine '' Billboard''. The magazine's French correspondent, Eddie Adamis, compiled a top 10 list of the country's preferred format, the extended play (EP), for ''Billboard''s "Hits of t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gaon Chart
Gaon may refer to * Gaon (Hebrew), a non-formal title given to certain Jewish Rabbis ** Geonim, presidents of the two great Talmudic Academies of Sura and Pumbedita ** Vilna Gaon, known as ''the'' Gaon of Vilnius * Gaon Music Chart, record chart in South Korea * Yehoram Gaon, Israeli singer * ''Gaon'' (film), a 2018 Indian drama film * Gaon (restaurant), a restaurant in South Korea See also * Gao (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. Like North Korea, South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has Demographics of South Korea, a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the List of largest cities, ninth most populous metropolitan area in the world; other major cities include Busan, Daegu, and Incheon. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Gojoseon, Its first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early seventh century BC. From the mid first century BC, various Polity, polities consolidated into the rival Three Kingdoms of Korea, kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Sil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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BTS (band)
BTS (), also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The band consists of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook, who co-write or co-produce much of their material. Originally a hip hop group, they expanded their musical style to incorporate a wide range of genres, while their lyrics have focused on subjects including mental health, the troubles of school-age youth and coming of age, loss, the journey towards self-love, individualism, and the consequences of fame and recognition. Their discography and adjacent work has also referenced literature, philosophy and psychology, and includes an alternate universe storyline. BTS debuted in 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment with the single album '' 2 Cool 4 Skool.'' BTS released their first Korean and Japanese-language studio albums, '' Dark & Wild'' and '' Wake Up'' respectively, in 2014. The group's second Korean studio album, '' Wings'' (2016), was their first to sell one million copie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuito Obara
Yuito Obara (Japanese: 小原 唯和, born April 2, 2002) is a Japanese actor and fashion model. He was a finalist in the ''28th Junon Superboy Contest''. Career He entered the world of entertainment after becoming a finalist in the Junon Super Boy Contest in 2015. He is also a fashion model in the fashion magazine nicola. In 2017, he made his debut as an actor in the TV drama ''Anata no Koto ha Sorehodo'' as Mitsuru Arishima during middle school. Obara has played the roles of Towa and Ryusoul Green in the Super Sentai series. In 2019, he played in the television dramas '' Super Sentai Strongest Battle'' as Ryusou Green and in '' Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger'' as Towa and Ryusou Green. The same year he played Towa and Ryusou Green in the movie ''Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Kyōryū Panic!!''. In 2020, he played the same two roles in ''Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger VS Lupinranger VS Patranger'', and in 2021 in ''Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger Special Chapter: Mem ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fuju Kamio
Fuju ( zh, 复榘) or Fūju () is an Asian given name. Notable people with the given name include: * Han Fuju (韩复榘; 1890–1938), Chinese general * Fūju Kamio (神尾 楓珠; born 1999), Japanese actor See also * Fujū Station, a train station in Iwakuni, Japan {{given name Japanese given names Chinese given names Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Atsuro Watabe
is a Japanese actor. Career Born in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Watabe debuted as an actor on television in 1991 with the drama ''Seishun no mon''. He won awards of excellence in the best actor and new face categories at the 19th Japan Academy Prize in 1996 for the film ''Shizukana seikatsu,'' Juzo Itami's adaptation of his brother-in-law Kenzaburō Ōe's novel. Filmography Movies * ''A Quiet Life'' (1995) *''Zebraman'' (2004), Oikawa *''Love Exposure'' (2008), Tetsu Honda *'' Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva'' (2009), Jean Descole (voice) *'' The Flowers of War'' (2011), Colonel Hasegawa *'' Masquerade Hotel'' (2019), Inagaki *''Daughter of Lupin the Movie'' (2021), Takeru Mikumo *'' Masquerade Night'' (2021), Inagaki *''Bomb'' (2025), Kiyomiya Television *''Mōri Motonari'' (1997), Mōri Okimoto *'' Unsolved Cases'' (1999), Tōru Mayama *'' Beautiful Life'' (2000), Masao Machida *''Hōjō Tokimune'' (2001), Hōjō Tokisuke *'' Rookies'' (2008), Minoru Yoshida *'' Gaiji Keisats ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to as Tokyo Standard Time. Japan Standard Time is equivalent to Time in South Korea, Korean Standard Time, Time in North Korea, Pyongyang Time (North Korea), Time in Indonesia, Eastern Indonesia Standard Time, Time in East Timor, East-Timorese Standard Time, Time in Palau, Palau Time, and Yakutsk Time (Russia). History Before the Meiji (era), Meiji era (1868–1912), each local region had its own time zone in which noon was when the sun was exactly at its culmination. As modern transportation methods, such as trains, were adopted, this practice became a source of confusion. For example, there is a difference of about 5 degrees longitude between Tokyo and Osaka and because of this, a train that departed from Tokyo would arrive at Osaka 20 minu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Korean Drama
Korean drama (), also known as K-drama or Koreanovela, refers to Korean language, Korean-language television shows made in South Korea. These shows began to be produced around the early 1960s, but were mostly consumed domestically until the rise of the Korean Wave in the 1990s. They have since achieved significant international popularity, with millions of viewers across the world. Beginning around the 1970s, more and more households in South Korea owned televisions. Programs were often produced on low budgets and were mostly consumed domestically. The industry significantly developed in the 1980s, after the spread of color television. Beginning in the early 1990s, several Korean dramas began achieving significant international popularity, primarily in China and Japan. In addition, South Korean popular music ("K-pop") and Cinema of South Korea, films began seeing similar successes, which gave rise to rapid international adoption of South Korean media in a phenomenon commonly calle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |