Ariana Mamiko Miyamoto (宮本・エリアナ・磨美子, Miyamoto Eriana Mamiko; born 12 May 1994) is a Japanese model and beauty pageant…Ariana Mamiko Miyamoto (宮本・エリアナ・磨美子, Miyamoto Eriana Mamiko; born 12 May 1994) is a Japanese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2015. She represented Japan at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant and placed in the Top 10. In 2015 she became the first hāfu or multiracial woman to be Miss Japan.
Hikaru Aoyama (青山 ひかる, Aoyama Hikaru; born June 13, 1993) is a Japanese gravure model and tarento. She is represented…Hikaru Aoyama (青山 ひかる, Aoyama Hikaru; born June 13, 1993) is a Japanese gravure model and tarento. She is represented by the talent agency 01familia.
Rika Adachi (足立 梨花, Adachi Rika; born October 16, 1992) is a Japanese tarento and actress. She was born in Nagasaki…Rika Adachi (足立 梨花, Adachi Rika; born October 16, 1992) is a Japanese tarento and actress. She was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, and raised in Mie Prefecture. She has appeared in several films, including Say "I love you" (2014) and Ghost Theater (2015), and has played leading roles in the TV Drama Kinkyori Renai: Season Zero (2014) and Yōkoso, Wagaya e (2015).
Riisa Naka (仲 里依紗, Naka Riisa; born October 18, 1989) is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at…Riisa Naka (仲 里依紗, Naka Riisa; born October 18, 1989) is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival. Naka became famous by appearing in Hachi One Diver (2008) and played the lead, Hana Adachi, in Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (2010). Naka also portrayed cousins Makoto Konno and Akari Yoshiyama who are the protagonists in respectively the 2006 anime film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and the 2010 live action movie Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, both of which are based on the 1967 novel Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo by Yasutaka Tsutsui.
Anza Ohyama (Japanese: 大山 アンザ, Hepburn: Ōyama Anza; born May 4, 1976), also known as simply Anza (stylized in all…Anza Ohyama (Japanese: 大山 アンザ, Hepburn: Ōyama Anza; born May 4, 1976), also known as simply Anza (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese singer and theater actress best known as vocalist of the heavy metal band Head Phones President and for playing Sailor Moon in thirteen separate musical productions.
Kaori Sakagami (坂上 香織, Sakagami Kaori; born 29 July 1974) is a former Japanese singer and actress who is noted for…Kaori Sakagami (坂上 香織, Sakagami Kaori; born 29 July 1974) is a former Japanese singer and actress who is noted for singing Platonic Tsuranuite, the first ending of Ranma ½. Also in Kiteretsu Daihyakka, she sang "Race no Cardigan" for the ending theme in the first season. In 1991, she portrayed Ai Amano in the live-action version of the popular manga series Video Girl Ai. She also portrays Deputy Captain Shinobu Mizuki in Ultraman Cosmos. She retired from the music industry at 15 years old. In 1993, she was in Japanese Playboy at the age of 19.
Tomoyo Harada (原田 知世, Harada Tomoyo; born November 28, 1967 in Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese actress, singer, and…Tomoyo Harada (原田 知世, Harada Tomoyo; born November 28, 1967 in Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese actress, singer, and lyricist, and was a popular idol in the 1980s.
Chigusa Nagayo (長与千種, Nagayo Chigusa; born December 8, 1964) is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her…Chigusa Nagayo (長与千種, Nagayo Chigusa; born December 8, 1964) is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the Crush Gals with long-time tag team partner Lioness Asuka. In 1995 she founded GAEA Japan and in 2014 created its successor Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling. Nagayo is often regarded as the most popular and one of the greatest and most influential female wrestlers of all time. Wrestling Journalist and historian Dave Meltzer has stated that in the 1980s, the Crush Gals reached a level of popularity in Japan equatable to Hulk Hogan in the United States in the same period, and thereafter Chigusa Nagayo was the most popular woman in wrestling for an extended period until her first retirement in 1989.
Shigeko Uchida (内田 滋子, Uchida Shigeko), known by the pen name Shungicu Uchida (内田春菊, Uchida Shungiku), is a Japanese…Shigeko Uchida (内田 滋子, Uchida Shigeko), known by the pen name Shungicu Uchida (内田春菊, Uchida Shungiku), is a Japanese manga artist, novelist, essayist, actress, and singer.
Ryōko Tateishi (立石 涼子, Tateishi Ryōko; 4 December 1951 – 2 August 2020), real name 立石凉子 (pronounced the same, but the…Ryōko Tateishi (立石 涼子, Tateishi Ryōko; 4 December 1951 – 2 August 2020), real name 立石凉子 (pronounced the same, but the third kanji is slightly different) was a Japanese stage, movie, television, and voice-over actress from Nagasaki, the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture. She appeared in many theatrical works directed by Yukio Ninagawa. She appeared in the Japanese television dramas Third Year Class B Mr. Kinpachi, From the North Country, and Downtown Rocket. She joined the Engeki Shūdan En troupe in 1976, staying with them until 2015, when she moved to Sis Company. She won an individual award at the 39th Kinokuniya Awards in 2004. Her final stage appearance was in a 2019 adaptation of Crime and Punishment. After being diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2019, Tateishi's health became worse in June 2020, and she died of lung cancer on 2 August 2020 in Tokyo at age 68.
Kazuko Shirakawa (白川 和子, Shirakawa Kazuko) (born September 30, 1947) is a Japanese actress who is best known for her…Kazuko Shirakawa (白川 和子, Shirakawa Kazuko) (born September 30, 1947) is a Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films during the 1970s. She appeared in Nikkatsu's first film in the Roman Porno series, Apartment Wife (1971), and is considered the first of the three "Nikkatsu Queens" of the 1970s. After 1976 she embarked on a successful career in mainstream film.
Keiko Tsushima (津島 恵子, Tsushima Keiko; 7 February 1926 – 1 August 2012) was a Japanese actress, whose real name was…Keiko Tsushima (津島 恵子, Tsushima Keiko; 7 February 1926 – 1 August 2012) was a Japanese actress, whose real name was Naoko Mori (森 直子, Mori Naoko). She was notable for her prominent role in Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai. She also starred in Japanese television series such as Sakura and Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki. Born in Nagasaki Prefecture, she married Ichio Mori, then director of Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), in 1957. She died of stomach cancer on 1 August 2012 at a hospital in Chuo, Tokyo, aged 86.
Haruna Kawaguchi (川口 春奈, Kawaguchi Haruna; born February 10, 1995) is a Japanese actress and model under Ken-On. She is…Haruna Kawaguchi (川口 春奈, Kawaguchi Haruna; born February 10, 1995) is a Japanese actress and model under Ken-On. She is best known for playing lead roles in Ouran High School Host Club (2012), POV: Norowareta Film (2012), Zekkyō Gakkyū (2013), Say "I Love You" (2014), and One Week Friends (2017).
Atsuko Yuya (湯屋 敦子, Yuya Atsuko; born September 1, 1968) is a Japanese actress and voice actress who works for Gekidan…Atsuko Yuya (湯屋 敦子, Yuya Atsuko; born September 1, 1968) is a Japanese actress and voice actress who works for Gekidan Subaru. Yuya is originally from Nagasaki. She voices Jill Valentine in the Resident Evil series and officer Miwako Sato in the long-running anime series Case Closed. She is the official Japanese voice dub-over artist for actresses Angelina Jolie and Natasha Henstridge.
