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Switched (2018 TV Series)
''Switched'', known in Japan as ''Sora o Kakeru Yodaka'', is 2018 Japanese-language television series starring Miu Tomita, Kaya Kiyohara, Daiki Shigeoka, and Tomohiro Kamiyama. It is based on the 2014 manga series of same name by Shiki Kawabata. The series was directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama. It was ordered direct-to-series, and the first full season premiered on Netflix streaming on August 1, 2018. Premise High school student Ayumi Kohinata is blessed with a good life: childhood crush who confessed his love to her, a loyal friend, and a loving family. After her classmate Zenko Umine committed suicide in front of her, Ayumi finds herself and Zenko switched body. Ayumi has to live inside Zenko's body as she experiences the life that Zenko has been going through. The story follows the twists and turns of the character Umine and the reasons why she committed suicide, while social anxiety and depression are underlying themes throughout the series. Cast * Kaya Kiyohara as Ayumi Kohi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaya Kiyohara
is a Japanese actress, model and singer. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for the film ''In The Wake''. Biography Born in Osaka, Kiyohara joined Amuse Inc. in 2014. She has since starred in a number of dramas and films over the years. She made a cameo appearance in the film ''My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday''. Kiyohara had supporting roles in the live-action films, ''March Comes In like a Lion'' and ''March Goes Out like a Lamb''. She gained further recognition when she starred in the final part of the ''Chihayafuru'' live-action trilogy, ''Chihayafuru Part 3''. She had a cameo for ''We Made A Beautiful Bouquet'', which is the 8th highest grossing Japanese film of 2021. Kiyohara starred in NHK's 104th ''asadora'', ''Okaeri Mone'', and won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for the film ''In The Wake''. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links * - * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daiki Shigeoka
is a Japanese singer and actor. He is a member of the Japanese idol group West. (formerly known as Johnny's West), which is under the management of Starto Entertainment. Career Shigeoka joined Johnny & Associates, a talent agency that trains boys to become singers, in 2006. As a trainee, he was a member of the trainee group Hey! Say! 7 West (later called 7 West), which was the Kansai counterpart of Hey! Say! 7. Shigeoka made his acting debut in 2008 in an episode of ''Dramatic-J'', a Kansai Jr. television series. After several supporting roles, he landed his first lead role in the television series ''Shark: 2nd Season'' (2014). In April 2014, he debuted as a member Johnny's West West. (stylized as WEST.), formerly known as (stylized Johnny's WEST), is a boy band consisting of seven members formed under the Starto Entertainment talent agency. The members are Daiki Shigeoka, Junta Nakama, Takahiro Hamada, Akito Kiriyama .... Discography Filmography Film Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomohiro Kamiyama
is a Japanese actor, ''tarento'' and idol. He is a member of West, which is under the management of Starto Entertainment formerly known as Johnny & Associates. Biography In February 2004, Kamiyama joined Johnny & Associates was a Japanese talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962, which managed groups of male idols known as The company had a significant impact on pop culture with male idols and boy bands in Japan since the 1980s. Until 2019, the company w ... as a Kansai Lesson-sei and worked Johnny's Jr. units Kansai Boy's and Top Kids. On February 5, 2014, Kamiyama was announced as a member of the nascent boy band West. This day is said to be the formation day of West. He participated in his first marathon at the 5th Osaka Marathon on 25 October 2015. Although his knees were hurt, Kamiyama finished six hours, 37 minutes and fifteen seconds, but he could not achieve the goal of cutting four hours. Filmography TV dramas Films Stage References {{DEF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages. Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 301.6 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2025. By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2025, Netflix is the 18th most-visited website in the world, with 21.18% of its traffic coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 6.01%, Canada at 4.94%, and Brazil at 4.24%. History Launch as a mail-based renta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny's WEST
West. (stylized as WEST.), formerly known as (stylized Johnny's WEST), is a boy band consisting of seven members formed under the Starto Entertainment talent agency. The members are Daiki Shigeoka, Junta Nakama, Takahiro Hamada, Akito Kiriyama, Tomohiro Kamiyama, Ryusei Fujii, and Nozomu Kotaki. The group's name comes from the fact that it originated within the Starto Entertainment talent agency and that the members are from Kansai, the west region of Japan. They are the first group from Kansai Junior. that has debuted in ten years, the last being Super Eight. They debuted in 2014 with the single "". The group changed their name to West. before the 10th anniversary of their debut. Their new name was announced through an online stream on October 18, 2023. A period (.) in the new name is added to "declare" that they are (people from) the west (Kansai), and that "though it's a small dot, it's filled with infinite possibilities". Members Created based on the official website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiki Kawabata
Shiki Kawabata (Kanji: 川端 志 季; ''Kawabata Shiki'' b. in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese writer specializing in manga. She debuted as a manga artist in 2012 with ''08:05 no Hengao-san'', a short story published in a supplement of the magazine Bessatsu Margaret.'Kawabata Shiki' (n.d.) on Éditions Akata Her works are framed within the shōjo genre, which is mainly aimed at a young female audience. Her first series, which started in October 2014, was voted fifth best shōjo of 2015 in Japan. One of her most well known works is ''Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka'' (宇宙〈そら〉を駆けるよだか), first published, in serial format, in Bessatsu Margaret during 2014–2015; later compiled into three volumes by |
Hiroaki Matsuyama
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He managed the Bhutan national team. His brother Yoshiyuki Matsuyama is also former footballer. Playing career Matsuyama was born in Kyoto Prefecture on August 31, 1967. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1990. His brother Yoshiyuki Matsuyama also played this club then. However he could not play at all in the match. In 1991, he moved to Fujita Industries (later ''Bellmare Hiratsuka''). He became a regular player and the club won the champions in 1993 and was promoted to J1 League from 1994. However he could hardly play in the match from 1994 and he moved to Japan Football League (JFL) club Tosu Futures in June 1995. However he could hardly play in the match. In 1996, he moved to JFL club Consadole Sapporo. However he could not play at all in the match and he retired end of 1996 season. Coaching career After retirement, Matsuyama started coaching career at Consadole Sapporo in 1996. He coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Seki
(born 8 September 1985 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Notable movies that star her include ''Koi wa Go-Shichi-Go!'' (2005), ''Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge'' (2008) and ''Dragonball Evolution'' (2009). Filmography TV dramas * Ganbatte Ikimasshoi (2005) * Seishun Energy Mo Hitotsu no Sugar & Spice (2006) * Flight Panic (2007) *''Life'' (2007) * Aiba Monogatari (2008) *Sunao ni Narenakute (2010) *''Death Note'' (2015), Shoko Himura *Switched (2018) Movies *''Funny Bunny'' (2021) *''My Brother, the Alien'' (2023), Akari Nakano References External links * 1985 births Living people Actresses from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses Stardust Promotion artists {{Japan-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reika Kirishima
is a Japanese film and television actress active since 1997. Her first feature movie was '' Godzilla: Final Wars'' and first television show was ''Strawberry Night''. Filmography Film Television References External links *Reika Kirishima Ageon captionsnation.com 1972 births Living people Actors from Niigata Prefecture Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses {{Japan-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinji Rokkaku
is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Shinji Aoba (真司), perpetrator of the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack *Shinji Aoyama (真治), a Japanese film director *Shinji Aramaki (伸志), a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer *Shinji Hashimoto (真司), a Japanese game producer *Shinji Harada (真二), a Japanese pop music artist *Shinji Higuchi (真嗣), a Japanese storyboard artist *Shinji Hosoe (慎治), a Japanese composer *Shinji Hosokawa (伸二), a Japanese judoka * Shinji Inoue (信治), a Japanese politician *Shinji Ishihira (信司), a Japanese director *Shinji Kagawa (真司), a Japanese football player *Shinji Kajio (真治), a Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy *Shinji Kawada (紳司), a Japanese voice actor * Shinji Kazama (深志), a Japanese motorcyclist *, Japanese footballer and manager *Shinji Maejima (信次), a Japanese Orientalist *Shinji Maki (伸二), a Japanese comedian *Shinji Mikami (真司), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese-language Television Shows
is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages and the variously classified Hachijō language. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as Ainu, Austronesian, Koreanic, and the now discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals have gained any widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), extensive waves of Sino-Japanese vocabulary entered the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
