Toma Ikuta

Toma Ikuta Ikuta Tōma, born October 7, 1984 is a Japanese actor. Ikuta is known for his roles in Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, Honey & Clover, Sensei!, Maou and Ouroboros. He also stars in feature films, notably Hanamizuki, Ningen Shikkaku and Brain Man. Contents   1Career 2Personal life 3Filmography 3.1Television 3.2Films 4Musicals 5Awards 6References 7External links Career The 2007, Fuji TV summer drama Hanazakari no

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara Fujiwara Tatsuya, born May 15, 1982 is a Japanese actor. Internationally, he is best known for his leading roles as Shuya Nanahara in the Battle Royale films, Light Yagami in the Death Note films, Kaiji Itō in the Kaiji films, and Rikuhiko Yuki in Hideo Nakata’s The Incite Mill. In 2014, he portrayed the villain Shishio Makoto in the live action Rurouni Kenshin films. Contents   1Early life

Chihiro Onitsuka

Chihiro Onitsuka Onitsuka Chihiro (born October 30, 1980) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. In 2000, Onitsuka released her debut single “Shine” and gained recognition when its follow-up “Gekkou” became a hit. Insomnia, her first studio album, released in the following year, topped the Japanese Oricon charts and sold more than a million copies. “Memai”, one of the singles from her debut

Chiaki Kuriyama

Chiaki Kuriyama Kuriyama Chiaki, born October 10, 1984 is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is best known in the West for her roles as Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku’s 2000 film Battle Royale and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1. Contents   1Life and career 2Discography 2.1Album 2.2Singles 3Filmography 3.1Television 3.2Films 3.3Voice roles 3.4Video

Bonnie Pink

Kaori Asada Asada Kaori, born 16 April 1973, known by her stage name Bonnie Pink, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. She writes and composes all her songs, and plays guitar and piano. Asada has said that the name Bonnie Pink is random and has no special meaning; she chose it because it was easy to remember

Beni (singer)

Beni Arashiro Arashiro Beni, born March 30, 1986 in Okinawa Prefecture is a Japanese R&B singer, who debuted in 2004 under the Avex Trax label. In 2008, Arashiro left Avex Trax and transferred to Universal Music Japan where she started to perform as simply Beni (stylized as BENI). She was initially best known for her 2004 single “Here Alone,” though later singles after her

Ayumi Hamasaki

Ayumi Hamasaki  Hamasaki Ayumi, born October 2, 1978 is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, spokesperson and entrepreneur. Through her entire career, she has written all her lyrical content, and has sometimes composed her music. Born and raised in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Hamasaki moved to Tokyo at fourteen in 1993 to pursue a career in singing and

Ayaka

Ayaka Iida  Iida Ayaka, born December 18, 1987, known simply as Ayaka, is a female Japanese singer, songwriter and record producer formerly signed to Warner Music Japan. Born in Osaka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a singing career. She married actor Hiro Mizushima on February 22, 2009. Contents   1Biography 1.1Early life 1.22006 1.32007 1.42008 1.52009 1.62010–2011 1.72012

Ayaka Hirahara

Ayaka Hirahara  Hirahara Ayaka, born May 9, 1984 in Tokyo) is a Japanese pop singer. She was affiliated with the Dreamusic label until 2013 when she moved to Universal Music Japan. Contents   1Biography 2Discography 2.1Studio albums 2.2Compilation albums 3Theme songs 4References 5External links Biography Hirahara comes from a musical family; her father, Makoto Hirahara, is a saxophone player, her grandfather,

Aya Matsuura

Aya Matsuura Matsuura Aya, born June 25, 1986 is a Japanese singer and actress from Himeji, Hyogo, Japan. Contents   1Career 1.12000–2009: Hello! Project 1.22008–Present: Graduation and Reshuffle 1.3Other appearances 2Personal life 3Discography and releases 3.1Studio albums 3.2Cover Albums 3.3Compilations 3.4Singles 3.5DVDs 3.6Videos 3.7Photobooks 4Acts 4.1Television variety shows 4.2TV drama 4.3Films 4.4Radio 4.5Commercials 4.6Video games