Keisuke Kuwata (Japanese: 桑田 佳祐, Hepburn: Kuwata Keisuke; born February 26, 1956) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and…
Keisuke Kuwata (Japanese: 桑田 佳祐, Hepburn: Kuwata Keisuke; born February 26, 1956) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as frontman of the rock band Southern All Stars. He also has a successful solo career and has worked as a record producer, film composer, and film director. In 2003, Southern All Stars was ranked No. 1 and Kuwata himself was ranked No. 12 on HMV Japan's list of the top 100 Japanese musical acts. In 2014, the Japanese government awarded Kuwata the Medal with Purple Ribbon for his contributions to the arts.
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Yasumasa Nagasaka (長坂 康正, Nagasaka Yasumasa; born 10 April 1957) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic…
Yasumasa Nagasaka (長坂 康正, Nagasaka Yasumasa; born 10 April 1957) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.
Yukie Ozeki (大関 行江, Ōzeki Yukie) is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
Atsuko Asano (Japanese: あさの あつこ, Hepburn: Asano Atsuko; born 1954 in Okayama Prefecture) is a Japanese writer. She…
Atsuko Asano (Japanese: あさの あつこ, Hepburn: Asano Atsuko; born 1954 in Okayama Prefecture) is a Japanese writer. She wrote the children's novel series Telepathy Shōjo Ran and the manga series The Manzai Comics. She started writing children's novels when she was in college. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University with the Bachelor of Letters degree. After that, she worked as a temporary teacher of the elementary school in Okayama for two years. She published Hotarukan monogatari as her first novel in 1991. She is married to a dentist and they have two sons and a daughter. Asano received the Noma Prize for Juvenile Literature in 1997 for the book series Battery, which has been adapted into a film. The same series won the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture Award in 2005. Her work frequently appears in literary magazines and she has also been featured in the Mainichi Shimbun. She is a supporter of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP).
Yumi Okumura (奥村 由美, Okumura Yumi; born August 15, 1963), better known by the stage name Yumi Asō (麻生 祐未, Asō Yumi), is…
Yumi Okumura (奥村 由美, Okumura Yumi; born August 15, 1963), better known by the stage name Yumi Asō (麻生 祐未, Asō Yumi), is a Japanese actress. She is a niece of singer Chiyo Okumura.
Christel Koizumi (小泉 クリステル, Kurisuteru Koizumi; née Takigawa; born 1 October 1977) is a French-Japanese television…
Christel Koizumi (小泉 クリステル, Kurisuteru Koizumi; née Takigawa; born 1 October 1977) is a French-Japanese television announcer and news presenter. She is married to Japanese politician Shinjirō Koizumi.
Kaoru Kakizakai (柿堺 香, Kakizakai Kaoru; born 1959 in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is an internationally…
Kaoru Kakizakai (柿堺 香, Kakizakai Kaoru; born 1959 in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is an internationally renowned performer and teacher of the shakuhachi, a traditional vertical bamboo flute of Japan. Kakizakai studied under and recorded with Yokoyama Katsuya. He graduated from the NHK Traditional Music Conservatory and is a past winner of the Kumamoto All Japan Hougaku competition. Kakizakai has performed widely in Japan and abroad, notably as shakuhachi soloist in Toru Takemitsu's November Steps with the NHK Symphony Orchestra. As of 2006, he is a research fellow at the Tokyo College of Music. He is also full-time instructor for the International Shakuhachi Kenshukan and NHK Culture Centre, and President of the International Shakuhachi Kenshu-kan Chichibu School and Oizumigakuen School. He is a member of the regular faculty of the Shakuhachi Summer Camp of the Rockies in Colorado.