Mina Kobayashi (小林 未奈, Kobayashi Mina; born July 20, 2002 in Kushiro) is a Japanese curler from Sapporo, Hokkaido. She…Mina Kobayashi (小林 未奈, Kobayashi Mina; born July 20, 2002 in Kushiro) is a Japanese curler from Sapporo, Hokkaido. She is the skip of the FORTIUS curling team. At the international level, she represented Japan at the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship and the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, winning silver in the mixed team competition.
Kazuko Fujita (藤田 和子, Fujita Kazuko) (born 18 March 1957 in Niigata, Japan) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She made…Kazuko Fujita (藤田 和子, Fujita Kazuko) (born 18 March 1957 in Niigata, Japan) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1977 in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic and she has written manga mainly for Flower Comics. She is best known for Makoto Call! about a girl who plays volleyball, for which she received the 1992 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo. In 2007, her Four Steps to Romance (ろまんす五段活用, Romance Godan Katsuyou) was dramatized on CTV in Taiwan as Romantic Princess. Other series by her include Silver and Gold. Silver is a manga adaptation of a book by Penny Jordan, bearing the same title. Gold is based on Ann Major's novel, Secret Child.
Hideo Murota (室田 日出男, Murota Hideo; 7 October 1937 – 15 June 2002) was a Japanese actor who specialized in playing…Hideo Murota (室田 日出男, Murota Hideo; 7 October 1937 – 15 June 2002) was a Japanese actor who specialized in playing villains and tough guys. In 1957, he signed a contract with Toei Studio and appeared in over 1000 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his role in Shinde mo ii.