Akari Takaishi (髙石あかり, Takaishi Akari; born December 19, 2002) is a Japanese actress.
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Akari Takaishi (髙石あかり, Takaishi Akari; born December 19, 2002) is a Japanese actress.
Hokuto Yoshino (吉野北人, Yoshino Hokuto; born March 6, 1997), is a Japanese singer, performer and actor. He is a member of…
Hokuto Yoshino (吉野北人, Yoshino Hokuto; born March 6, 1997), is a Japanese singer, performer and actor. He is a member of J-Pop group The Rampage from Exile Tribe. Yoshino is represented with LDH.
Gille (ジル, Jiru; born January 4, 1987), stylized GILLE, is a Japanese singer originally from Saito, Miyazaki. She made…
Gille (ジル, Jiru; born January 4, 1987), stylized GILLE, is a Japanese singer originally from Saito, Miyazaki. She made her major debut in 2012, but had previously performed under the name TASHA gee. Gille made a name for herself by releasing videos of herself singing English language covers of Japanese pop songs on her YouTube channel appearing only in silhouette, including some English songs such as "Rolling in the Deep", featured on her debut EP Lead the Way. In June 2012, she released an English cover of AKB48's "Flying Get", and the group's creator Yasushi Akimoto remarked that Gille had a "diamond voice" and fully approved the cover. Gille made her debut with the album I AM GILLE. in July 2012, which eventually became certified as gold. Her debut single "Girls / Winter Dream" was released that October, and was noted to sample O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei". This was followed up by the single "Try Again" in January 2013 and the album GILLEsound Vol. 1.
Makoto Nishimoto (Japanese: 西本 誠, Hepburn: Nishimoto Makoto; born August 14, 1986), also known as "Super Crazy-kun"…
Makoto Nishimoto (Japanese: 西本 誠, Hepburn: Nishimoto Makoto; born August 14, 1986), also known as "Super Crazy-kun" (スーパークレイジー君, Sūpā Kureijī-kun) is a former Japanese politician. He was elected as city councillor of Toda, Saitama in 2021, but later the city election commission overturned his win due to a violation of the Japanese Public Offices Election Law in 2022. He was then elected as city councilor of Miyazaki City in 2023. He resigned after being arrested for sexually assaulting a female acquaintance in September 2023. He was charged with sexual assault in May 2024.
Ranko Kanbe (神戸 蘭子, Kanbe Ranko; born 14 April 1982, in Miyazaki, Miyazaki) is a Japanese fashion model, tarento and…
Ranko Kanbe (神戸 蘭子, Kanbe Ranko; born 14 April 1982, in Miyazaki, Miyazaki) is a Japanese fashion model, tarento and singer. She is represented with Next Satisfaction Factor. While moving to Tokyo from Miyazaki Prefecture, Kanbe was invited to the staff of the women fashion magazine JJ in Shibuya at the age of nineteen and became a reader model. She mainly worked as an "S-size" model for the magazine. Kanbe is left-handed (but she sometimes uses her right hand when writing with a pen). After graduating from university, she was employed to a textile company, but due to the promotion of its products, she continued to work as a reader model with company approval, and she fainted with pressure and retired, and continued to work as a free reader model for two years after that. Kanbe was later scouted by her former entertainment office, Artist-house Pyramid, in 2008, and became popular as a tarento after making appearances in television programmes, in which made regular appearances, and made other works such as her singing début with the Hexagon unit Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku, and publishing essay books.
Motohiro Hata (秦基博, Hata Motohiro; born 11 October 1980) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. He debuted under the major…
Motohiro Hata (秦基博, Hata Motohiro; born 11 October 1980) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. He debuted under the major label BMG Japan in 2006 with the single "Synchro" (シンクロ, Shinkuro).
Yoshikazu Mera (米良 美一, Mera Yoshikazu; born May 21, 1971 in Miyazaki) is a Japanese countertenor. His range is three…
Yoshikazu Mera (米良 美一, Mera Yoshikazu; born May 21, 1971 in Miyazaki) is a Japanese countertenor. His range is three and a half octaves. Originally wanting to become a pop singer, Mera now primarily sings classical music from the West but also classical Japanese music. He appears frequently as a soloist with the Bach Collegium Japan, which under its conductor Masaaki Suzuki performs Baroque music. His 1998 recital disc "Nightingale" on Sweden's BIS Records was a major success in Japan. It was revealed in a television documentary entitled "米良美一の實話" ("Yoshikazu Mera's true story") that he was born with congenital osteogenesis imperfecta.
Yui Asaka (浅香 唯, Asaka Yui; born December 4, 1969) is a Japanese singer, idol and actress. She debuted with the single…
Yui Asaka (浅香 唯, Asaka Yui; born December 4, 1969) is a Japanese singer, idol and actress. She debuted with the single "Natsu Shojo" in 1985 under Warner Music Japan, and made her acting debut with the main role in the third series of Sukeban Deka in 1987.
Matsuko Mawatari (馬渡 松子, Mawatari Matsuko; born December 17, 1967) is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter.
Miki Imai (今井 美樹, Imai Miki; born 14 April 1963) is a female Japanese pop singer and actress. She won the award for…
Miki Imai (今井 美樹, Imai Miki; born 14 April 1963) is a female Japanese pop singer and actress. She won the award for best newcomer at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Inuji ni Seshi Mono.
For the wrestler, see Keiko Saito (wrestler). Keiko Saito (斉藤 慶子, Saitō Keiko; born 14 July 1961) is a Japanese actress…
For the wrestler, see Keiko Saito (wrestler). Keiko Saito (斉藤 慶子, Saitō Keiko; born 14 July 1961) is a Japanese actress and tarento.
Chihiro Onitsuka (鬼束 ちひろ, Onitsuka Chihiro) (born October 30, 1980) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. In 2000, Onitsuka…
Chihiro Onitsuka (鬼束 ちひろ, 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 has sold more than a million copies. She won the prize for lyrics of the 43rd Japan Record Awards in 2001 with "Memai", one of the singles from her debut album. Onitsuka has suffered physical and mental illnesses, affecting her career. She put her recording career on hold until March 2007, after some confrontations with record labels and management during the mid-2000s. By 2019 Onitsuka had released seven studio albums, twenty singles, five compilations, and several DVDs, selling at least 4.1 million units.
Ino Hidefumi (猪野 秀史, Ino Hidefumi; born July 26, 1970) is a Japanese jazz, and electronic musician. He releases his…
Ino Hidefumi (猪野 秀史, Ino Hidefumi; born July 26, 1970) is a Japanese jazz, and electronic musician. He releases his music solely on Innocent Record, a label he created with the concept of "One label, one artist.”