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Water Polo Yankees
is a 2014 Japanese television drama, starring Yuto Nakajima of Hey! Say! JUMP, Kento Yamazaki and Sakurako Ohara. It is the first drama to have water polo as their main sport. The drama aired from 12 July 2014 to 20 September 2014 with a total of ten episodes. Plot Naoya Inaba, who spends the majority of his adolescence abroad, returns to his hometown for his third year of high school. He enrolls in Saku High, which he admires thanks to one of its graduates, Yoshio Kurosawa, a yankee (20th century Japanese delinquent) who saved him from bullies and who encouraged him to never give up in pursuit of his dreams. However, to his dismay, he finds out that Saku High is inhabited by low-lives who resign to being underdogs in the town, and the school itself is about to be closed due to a lack of popularity. Naoya determines to resurrect the spirit of old Saku High by creating a water polo club to compete with Suiran High, a private rival high school whose successful water polo team br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Story
The school story is a fiction genre centring on older pre-adolescent and adolescent school life, at its most popular in the first half of the twentieth century. While examples do exist in other countries, it is most commonly set in English boarding schools and mostly written in girls' and boys' subgenres, reflecting the single-sex education typical until the 1950s. It focuses largely on friendship, honour and loyalty between pupils. Plots involving sports events, bullies, secrets, rivalry and bravery are often used to shape the school story. The popularity of the traditional school story declined after the Second World War, but school stories have remained popular in other forms, with a focus on state run coeducational schools, and themes involving more modern concerns such as racial issues, family life, sexuality and drugs (see Grange Hill). More recently it has seen a revival with the success of the ''Harry Potter'' series, which uses many plot motifs commonly found in the tradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taishi Nakagawa
is a Japanese actor, host, and model. He is best known for his leading role as Yuiji Kira in the live action ''Kyō no Kira-kun'', and Tenma Hase in the series ''Boys Over Flowers Season 2''. Biography Due to his sudden growth spurt, Nakagawa had roles that were much older than him. He starred in the drama re-enactment for the television documentary ''When I Was a Child'', featuring Japanese actors and actresses in their childhood. He has appeared in several dramas, including ''Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen'', ''Q10'', '' Gō'', and '' Ohisama''. He starred in the hit drama ''Kaseifu no Mita'' as one of the four children struggling to cope with the death of their mother. Nakagawa played the bullied student in the 2012 remake of ''Great Teacher Onizuka ''Great Teacher Onizuka'', officially abbreviated as ''GTO'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Sh� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarutoki Minagawa
is a Japanese actor. He worked with Suzuki Matsuo in the theater troupe, Otona Keikaku. Filmography Film *'' Drugstore Girl'' (2004) *'' Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims'' (2005) *''Death Note'' (2006) *''Pile Driver'' (2007) *'' Climber's High'' (2008) - Yasuo Ito *'' Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess'' (2008) *'' Lala Pipo'' (2009) *''No More Cry!!!'' (2009) *'' Kanikosen'' (2009) - job manager *'' Afro Tanaka'' (2012) - Shinji Nishida *''Maruyama, The Middle Schooler'' (2013) - Hosono *'' Joshi Zu'' (2014) - Kimihiko Domyoji *'' The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji'' (2014) - Doppo Fukuzumi *''Bakuman is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, the same creative team responsible for ''Death Note''. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from Augus ...'' (2015) - Takuro Nakai *'' A Farewell to Jinu'' (2015) - Aoto *'' The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio'' (2016) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Yokoyama
is a Japanese idol and singer, member of Super Eight (previously known as Kanjani Eight), which is under the management of Johnny & Associates. His image color in the group is black. Career Yokoyama entered Johnny's on Christmas 1996 where he met fellow members Subaru Shibutani and Shingo Murakami is a Japanese singer, presenter, variety tarento,''tarento'' and actor. He is the keyboardist of the Japanese male idol group Super Eight (previously known as Kanjani Eight). Early life In junior high school, a classmate who was a fan of V6 r .... The reason he entered Johnny's is because his mother briefly saw his classmate on TV and said, "My kid is better looking." Rare among Johnny's talent, Yokoyama has been given a stage name. This has been said due to the difficult kanji of his real name, . It is believed that "You" has been chosen by Johnny Kitagawa as it is easy to say. Although he has a stage name, nobody actually refers to him as "You", not even Johnny who is famou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukiya Kitamura
is a Japanese actor represented by Tom company. His father is actor Kazuo Kitamura and his wife is actress Shiho Takano. Biography While in Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Fuji High School, Kitamura was interested in theater and wants to be an aspiring actor. He later studied acting at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image and in 1998 he debuted in the stage play '' Spring Awakening'' and the film '' Dr. Akagi''. Kitamura perform at stage shows but he does not belong to a specific theater company and in recent years he appeared in a number of television drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...s. On 2016 his first starring film role was ''Taiyō no Futa''. On June 4, 2013, Kitamura married actress Shiho Takano after dating for four years. He later announced in hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Morimoto
Leo is the Latin word for lion. It most often refers to: * Leo (constellation), a constellation of stars in the night sky * Leo (astrology), an astrological sign of the zodiac * Leo (given name), a given name in several languages, usually masculine The terms Leo or Léo may also refer to: Acronyms * Lateral epitaxial overgrowth – a semiconductor substrate technology * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * ''Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity * Legal Ombudsman, often informally abbreviated to LEO or LeO in the UK. Arts and entertainment Music * L.E.O. (band), a band by musician Bleu and collaborators * ''Leo'' (soundtrack), soundtrack album by Anirudh Ravichander for the 2023 Indian film Film * ''Leo'' (2000 film), a Spanish film * ''Leo'' (2002 film), a British-American film * ''Leo'', a 2007 Swedish film by Josef Fares * ''Leo'' (2012 film), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kana Kurashina
is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency Sony Music Artists. Filmography TV series Films References External links * Official agency profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurashina, Kana Japanese actresses Japanese women television personalities Japanese gravure models Asadora lead actors 1987 births Living people People from Kumamoto Actors from Kumamoto Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miwako Kakei
is a Japanese actress, model and variety ''tarento''. Kakei is represented by Platinum Production and is an exclusive model for '' JJ''. Biography Miwako Kakei was born on 6 March 1994 in Tokyo. Her great-grandmother was Russian. Before her chance to debut, Kakei was in high school in 2011, and was later scouted by her friend from a fashion show. In May 2013, she joined the cast of the reality series '' Terrace House: Boys × Girls Next Door'' and later briefly appeared in the 2015 film '' Terrace House: Closing Door''. On 14 September 2013, Kakei was selected in the semi-Grand Prix at the One Life Model audition. Later on 23 September, she started the baseball ceremony at the final round of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters' baseball game. In 5 October, Kakei got 68,322 points by public viewing from the viewers, and was selected as the Thursday reporter of "Coco-chō" of '' Mezamashi TV'' Later on 19 December, her first official book ''Mīko Miwako Kakei 1st Official Book'' was pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinako Sano
''Weekly Playboy'' (Shueisha) (August 20, 2013) is a Japanese actress, model, and gravure idol who is affiliated with Horipro. Career Before becoming an actress, Sano was a magazine model. She appeared in the photo collection ''Hare Nochi Tsuintēru'', and served as a model i''After School Tails'' She was nominated in the Horipro Scout Caravan 2012 contest. Although Sano missed the Grand Prix, she was associated with Horipro. In March 2013, she graduated from Tama University Meguro High School. In April, Sano went on to attend a university. On July 13, 2013, she appeared in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' (Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ...) which marked her debut in gravure. In August 2014, Sano became an exclusive Beauty Muse of '' Vivi''. 2014年8月25日 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuyuki Suzuki (actor)
is a Japanese actor and member of EXILE's theater company (Gekidan EXILE). He is currently one of the two Guinness World Record holders for "Most marshmallows caught by mouth in one minute". He rose to fame by acting as a charming and handsome villain in several Japanese TV dramas and movies, such as ''Roosevelt Game, Water Polo Yankees, Wolf Girl and Black Prince'' and ''I love You Just a Little Bit.'' Nobuyuki is represented by LDH. Career Nobuyuki Suzuki was born on October 14, 1992, in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan, as the youngest of three brothers. He played baseball from the first grade of elementary school to the second grade of junior high school, but had to give up his path of becoming a professional player after breaking his elbow. He participated at the ''VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION 2'' held by LDH in February 2010 but failed. He was then scouted by the office and attended EXPG Tokyo School. In August of the same year, he passed the ''3rd Gekidan EXILE Audition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yua Shinkawa
is a Japanese actress and model. Career Shinkawa made her screen debut in the television drama ''Chōnan no Kekkon'' in 2008, and made her film debut in the 2010 film ''Matataki'' in which Keiko Kitagawa played the lead role. In 2010, she won the Miss Magazine 2010. Next year, she won the Miss Seventeen 2011. She was one of four winners chosen from 7,157 applicants. Then she started model activities as an exclusive model in the '' Seventeen'' magazine. On October 30, 2013, she debut as a singer with her first single ''de-light''. This song was used as the ending theme in the tokusatsu drama ''Shōgeki Gōraigan!!'' aired on TV Tokyo, and it reached 45th in Oricon chart. In May 2015, it was announced that she would graduate from ''Seventeen'', then subsequently contracted with the ''Non-no'' magazine. She appeared on the cover of the August 2015 issue of ''Non-no''. From October 2015, she will play the heroine in the NTV's midnight drama ''Seishun Tantei Haruya''. Personal li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Oomasa
Aya or AYA may refer to: Films * ''Aya'' (1990 film), an Australian film * ''Aya'' (2012 film), a short Places * Aya, Miyazaki, a town in Japan * Aya Biosphere Reserve, Japan * Aya Castle, a castle in Japan * Cape Aya, Black Sea coast, Ukraine *Aya or Agia (Meteora), a rock in Thessaly, Greece People * Aya (queen), an Egyptian queen * Aya (given name), a given name (including a list of people, fictional characters and a mythological goddess) * Aya (British singer), British singer, songwriter and actress * Aya (musician), English musician * Aya (Japanese singer), Japanese rock artist *Naoki "Aya" Okawa, guitarist of the Japanese group Psycho le Cému * Ibrahima Aya (born 1967), Malian writer * Ramzi Aya (born 1990), Italian footballer Other uses * AYA, acronym meaning adolescent and young adult and used in oncology * ''Aya'' (album), third studio album by French singer Aya Nakamura * AYA (band), Slovak rock band * Aya (exhibit), immersive experiential attraction, Wafi Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |