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Yui Aragaki
is a Japanese actress, model, singer and occasional radio show host. She has been selected several times as the most desired girlfriend and the most desired female celebrity face in Oricon's yearly survey. Early life She was born on June 11, 1988, in Naha, Okinawa. She is the younger of two siblings. After seeing an audition notice for the junior fashion magazine , she applied for it and won the Grand Prix award for the audition. In 2001, at the age of 13, she began her Nicola modelling career and was very well received as a Nicola model, having set a record for appearing on cover for 15 times. One of her co-models, actress Enomoto Ayako, gave her the nickname 'Gakky' as a take on her surname. She moved to Tokyo at 15 and enrolled at Horikoshi High School famous for being the academic base of many famous celebrities including Seiko Matsuda. She made her acting debut in Shibuya in 2005. She also became quite popular as in the Pocky commercials. She also expanded into voice actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
36th Tokyo International Film Festival
The 36th Tokyo International Film Festival is film festival that took place from October 23 to November 1, 2023. German filmmaker Wim Wenders served as jury president. The official poster for the festival was created by fashion designer Koshino Junko and features actor and filmmaker Eiji Okuda alongside his daughter, director Momoko Ando and pays homage to Yasujirō Ozu's film ''Tokyo Story'' on the 120th anniversary of his birth. The festival organisers plans to honour Ozu and showcase his films throughout the festival. The festival opened with Wim Wenders' ''Perfect Days'' and closed with Takashi Yamazaki's ''Godzilla Minus One''. Juries The juries consists of the following members: Main competition * Wim Wenders, German filmmaker, writer and photographer – Jury president * Albert Serra, Spanish director * Kunizane Mizue, Japanese producer * Trần Thị Bích Ngọc, Vietnamese producer * Zhao Tao, Chinese actress and producer Asian Future * Markus Nornes, American Profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54th Japan Record Awards
The took place at the New National Theatre Tokyo, New National Theater in Tokyo on December 30, 2012. The ceremony was televised in Japan on TBS Television (Japan), TBS. Presenters * Shin'ichirō Azumi (TBS commentator) * Yui Aragaki (actress) * Erina Masuda (TBS commentator) * Akiyo Yoshida (TBS commentator) ; Radio * Kengo Komada (TBS commentator) Winners and winning works Grand Prix * AKB48 — "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" Best Singer Award * Yoshimi Tendō Best New Artist Award * Leo Ieiri Best Album Award * Kana Nishino — ''Love Place'' New Artist Award The artists who are awarded the New Artist Award are nominated for the Best New Artist Award. * Leo Ieiri * Misaki Usuzawa * Erena Ono * Tīna Karīna Composer Award Raymond Matsuya - Dawn Blues (Singer: Hiroshi Itsuki) Lyricist Award Yasushi Akimoto - Uza (song), UZA, Gingham Check, Manatsu no Sounds Good!, etc. (Singer: AKB48) Arranger Award Yasutaka Nakata - Spice (Perfume song), Spice (Singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Code Blue (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama broadcast by Fuji TV. Season 1 ran in 2008 and season 2 ran in 2010. Season 3 began airing in July 2017. A movie was released in 2018. The theme song is ''Hanabi'' by Mr.Children. Synopsis Season 1 The " Doctor Helicopter" system was legalized in Japan in June 2007. A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. Four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system as " fellows". At the start of their "fellowship", they experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, witness the fragility of life, and they grow personally and professionally. Special After their suspension from the tunnel incident, the four "fellows": Aizawa, Shiraishi, Hiyama, Fujikawa together with nurse Saejima, are back on Shohoku's Emergency Medical Services. But as soon as they return, Kuroda suddenly hands in his resignation. Meanwhile, a train in Chiba meets a majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Policeman - Recovery Of Our Future
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Have A Song On Your Lips
is a 2015 Japanese film directed by Takahiro Miki and based on a novel of the same title by Eiichi Nakata (a/k/a Otsuichi) published in 2011. The original novel is inspired by a television documentary "''Greetings to a 15 year old - Students on the island who walked with songs''" (broadcast by NHK in May 2009), which depicts the interaction between Angela Aki (the songwriter of "'' Letter: Greetings to a 15 Year Old''" which was an assigned song for the NHK National School Music Competition in 2008) and junior high school students on Wakamatsu Island in the Goto Islands of Nagasaki Prefecture. The novel has been adapted into a novel for children as well as a manga of the same title (by Taishi Mori). The film was released on February 28, 2015. Plot Yuri Kashiwagi, a beautiful and talented pianist suddenly returns to her hometown in Goto Islands. She relieves her friend Haruko, who is on maternity leave, as the advisor for the school chorus. The choir aims to take part in NCon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wings Of The Kirin
is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiro Doi. Plot A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about... Cast * Hiroshi Abe as Kyoichiro Kaga * Yui Aragaki * Kiichi Nakai * Junpei Mizobata * Rena Tanaka * Tori Matsuzaka * Kento Yamazaki * Seiya * Seika Taketomi * Takahiro Miura * Hitori Gekidan * Meisa Kuroki * Natsuko Akiyama * Tsutomu Yamazaki (Special appearance) * Yutaka Matsushige * Shingo Tsurumi * Yutaka Matsushige * Tokio Emoto See also * Shinzanmono is a detective Japanese television drama, part of the Sprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanamizuki
is a 2010 Japanese romance drama film inspired by the lyrics of a Hanamizuki (song), love song of the same name by Yo Hitoto. The film is directed by Nobuhiro Doi, and its script was written by Noriko Yoshida. The film spans the ten-year period from 1996 to 2006, and it stars Yui Aragaki as Sae, a high school student who later grows into a young adult. Toma Ikuta also stars in this film, playing the role of Kouhei, Sae's boyfriend and an aspiring fisherman. When they were both in high school and happened to run into each other on a train, a romance begins. Later, when Sae needs to leave Hokkaido to go to Tokyo for studies, the two of them attempted to have a long-distance relationship. However, their bond is tested by multiple challenges facing the two of them. ''Hanamizuki'' was first released in Japanese cinemas on 21 August 2010. It subsequently made its international debut at the Hawaii International Film Festival, 30th Hawaii International Film Festival. The film received a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koizora (film)
is a 2007 Japanese film based on a cell phone novel of Koizora, the same name. The film is directed by Natsuki Imai and stars Yui Aragaki and Haruma Miura. ''Koizora'' debuted at the Japanese box office on 3 November 2007. It grossed a total of in both Japanese and international box office markets. Plot During her freshman year in high school, Mika Tahara loses her cell phone, but later finds it in the school library with the help of an unknown caller. Throughout the summer, Mika and the mysterious caller continue to communicate, and agree to meet each other once school starts again. The caller turns out to be Hiro, a delinquent-like boy that Mika is initially afraid of, who shows proof of his identity as the caller with a photo of the sky on his cellular phone. From her friends and through her first sexual encounter with Hiro, Mika learns that he had a girlfriend named Saki. Although Hiro reassures her that he broke up with her, Saki, who still is in love with Hiro, holds a ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Full-Time Wife Escapist
is a Japanese romance '' josei'' manga series written and illustrated by Tsunami Umino. The original title is from a Hungarian proverb , . It was published by Kodansha, with serialization in ''Kiss'' magazine since November 9, 2012 and eleven volumes released across the whole series timeframe. The series later got a live-action adaptation that began airing on TBS in October 2016, with Yui Aragaki and Gen Hoshino as the leads. Viki has licensed the series in North America. Aragaki and Hoshino, the leads, would go on to marry in real life. Characters ; :Portrayed by: Yui Aragaki :The 25-year-old protagonist. A graduate student who was recently fired from her temporary job. Mikuri studied psychology in graduate school and is a licensed clinical psychologist, and often internally psycho-analyzes Hiramasa. After losing her temp job, she is given the chance to become a housekeeper at Hiramasa's home, desperate for any source of income. After learning that her parents were about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Ribbon Awards
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan, established in 1950 by , established under the name of the "Association of Tokyo Film Journalists Award", which was formed mainly by film reporters from the Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, and Mainichi Shimbun. Currently The Association is made up of film reporters from seven sports newspapers in Tokyo: Sports Hochi (previously Hochi Shimbun), Sankei Sports, Sponichi, Daily Sports, Tokyo Sports, Tokyo Chunichi Sports, and Nikkan Sports. History Film reporters from the Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, and Mainichi Shimbun took the lead in calling other reporters to "look back on the film industry over the past year, discuss the results, and summarize them". The first award ceremony was held on March 22, 1951 at the Tokyo Theater in Chuo, Tokyo. Finances were scarce, and the only thing given to the winners was a handwritten certificate tied with a matching blue ribbon, hence the name "Blue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed Doubles (2017 Film)
is a 2017 Japanese romantic comedy film. The second co-project of director Junichi Ishikawa and screenwriter Ryota Kosawa after the 2015 film ''April Fools'', it stars Yui Aragaki and Eita. It was released October 21, 2017. Plot Tomita Tamako is a child table tennis prodigy. She has been undergoing vigorous table tennis training by her mom. But after her mom died, she quit the sport and never played again. She fell in love with her company's male table tennis player Ejima Akihiko. But Akihiko cheated on her when the company recruited a new female table tennis player, Airi Ogasawara, and they broke up. Dejected, she quit her job and returned to her hometown. She then discovered that her father, a taxi driver, is deeply in debt. He asked her to help him out. She initially worked in a canned food factory but was soon fired for her clumsiness. Left with no other option, she took over the family's rundown table tennis club which only has five members. Meanwhile, Hagiwara Hisashi, a di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
The was the 67th edition of NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen, held on December 31, 2016, live from NHK Hall from 19:15 (JST) to 23:45 (JST), with a 5-minute break for the latest news. This is the 28th Heisei Era edition. The broadcast schedule was announced on September 8. The won this event. The next year's theme was: 夢を歌おう ("Yume o Utaō", "Let's Sing a Dream"). For the last time, Hirao Masaaki, Masaaki Hirao conducted "Hotaru no Hikari", seven months before his death on July 21, 2017. Broadcast NHK revealed on September 8 that the 67th Kouhaku will air on December 31 (Saturday), starting from 19:15 JST and ending at 23:45 JST, with a 5-minute break for the latest news. In Japan, the broadcast takes place through NHK-G and Radio 1, and worldwide by NHK World Premium. In United States, the show is broadcast through TV Japan, starting around 15:10 (Eastern Time). Viewers outside Japan can watch Kouhaku on NHK World Premium, starting at 10:15 UTC, the same time as the NHK-G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
