Shizuko Kasagi (Japanese: 笠置 シヅ子, Hepburn: Kasagi Shizuko; August 25, 1914 – March 30, 1985) was a Japanese jazz singer…
Shizuko Kasagi (Japanese: 笠置 シヅ子, Hepburn: Kasagi Shizuko; August 25, 1914 – March 30, 1985) was a Japanese jazz singer and actress. At the peak of her fame in the immediate post-war era, she earned the nickname the "Queen of Boogie" (ブギの女王, Bugi no Joō). Kasagi frequently sang songs composed by Ryōichi Hattori, including 1947's "Tokyo Boogie-Woogie", which remains her best-known work. Yoshinori Gyobe, a professor at Nihon University, said that with Hattori's bright boogie rhythms and Kasagi's lively singing of melodies that did not exist in Japan, the duo changed the image of Japanese music.
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Ueno Yoshie (born Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a female Japanese flautist. Ms. Yoshie is a multiple…
Ueno Yoshie (born Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a female Japanese flautist. Ms. Yoshie is a multiple prize-winner who has performed in Japan before the emperor and empress, and also in the United States, Germany, France, Austria, Russia, Korea, China, and Taiwan. As of 2017 she was based in Paris, France.
Aki Irie (入江 亜季, Irie Aki) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for her work Ran and the Gray World (乱と灰色の世界, Ran to…
Aki Irie (入江 亜季, Irie Aki) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for her work Ran and the Gray World (乱と灰色の世界, Ran to Haiiro no Sekai). She was born in Marugame, Kagawa.
Jun Kaname (要 潤, Kaname Jun; born February 21, 1981) is a Japanese actor and tarento. He was born in Mitoyo, Kagawa and…
Jun Kaname (要 潤, Kaname Jun; born February 21, 1981) is a Japanese actor and tarento. He was born in Mitoyo, Kagawa and made his drama debut as an actor in 2001 in the Tokusatsu Series "Kamen Rider Agito". He appears not only in TV dramas but also in movies, commercial messages, variety TV programs, plays, and music videos. Kaname married a non-celebrity business woman on April 28, 2013, later revealed to be former celebrity Atsuko Matsufuji. They have two children together.
Masumi Aya (綾 真澄, Aya Masumi; born 1 January 1980) is a Japanese hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 67.26…
Masumi Aya (綾 真澄, Aya Masumi; born 1 January 1980) is a Japanese hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 67.26 metres, achieved in August 2006 in Toyama.