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- Tokuma Nishioka began his career as a child actor but had to suspend his activities due to childhood asthma. He later resumed studying theater in Tamagawa Gakuen university and joined one of the most prestigious theater companies, Bungakuza, in Japan. Ten years later, he left the company and expanded his career into television dramas, movies, and stage performances.
- Kazuya Tanabe was born on 31 July 1985 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Tokyo Vice (2022), Kate (2021) and The Terror (2018).
- Misato Morita was born on 13 September 1996 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for City Hunter (2024), Missing (2021) and The Sacrifice Dilemma (2013).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
James was born in Yokohama and raised in rural Yamagata, Japan. He moved to the U.S. after high school and earned a BA in literature from Wheaton College and an MFA in acting and directing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
James is based in NYC, working as an actor, director, translator, and writer. Many fans know him as Robert Minoru from Marvel's Runaways. He has originated many roles on and off Broadway, including Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy, Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out (2003 Tony Award for Best Play), A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, John Guare's A Few Stout Individuals, and Julia Cho's Durango. His credits also include characters in world-premiere stage adaptations of literary classics, such as Yunioshi in Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's on Broadway and Toru in Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle at the Edinburgh Int'l Festival and the Singapore Arts Festival.
For the stage, he has directed My Friend Has Come for the Asian American Writers Workshop, Dancing with the Bird at the Japan Society in New York, "Clippy and Ms. U" for Ma-Yi Studios, and Ready or Not and It's a Jungle Out There for the 52nd Street Project Playmaking series. He made his filmmaking debut in '11 with Lefty Loosey Righty Tighty, which won Best Feature in the DIY film competition at Northside Festival, a trendsetter art festival in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
James was the conceiver of the theater benefit "SHINSAI: Theaters for Japan" which took place on March 11, 2012, the one-year anniversary of the disasters in Japan, with participation from nearly 100 theaters, internationally. He also collaborates frequently with Japanese artists, translating award winning contemporary Japanese plays and subtitling major Japanese studio films.
James is also a martial artist with black belts in judo and aikido.- Masanobu Andô was born on 19 May 1975 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Battle Royale (2000), Kids Return (1996) and Sukiyaki Western Django (2007). He has been married to unknown since 2014. They have one child.
- Hiroshi Abe was born on 22 June 1964 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Still Walking (2008), Godzilla 2000 (1999) and After the Storm (2016).
- Kosuke Tanaka was born on 31 July 1996 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Tokyo Vice (2022), One More Shot (2024) and Silent Parade (2022).
- Chiaki Kobayashi was born on 4 June 1994 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Ragna Crimson (2023), Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku (2023) and Wise Man's Grandchild (2019).
- Ryûsei Yokohama was born on 16 September 1996 in Kanagawa Prefecture. He is an actor, known for Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: Dinosaur Great Battle! Farewell, Eternal Friends (2014), Ressha Sentai ToQger (2014) and Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninjas in Wonderland (2016).
- Kotone Furukawa was born on 25 October 1996 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021), ACMA:GAME (2024) and Pending Train (2023).
- Nae was born on 12 May 1970 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Inland Empire (2006) and A Class to Remember (1993).
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Yôko Hikasa was born on 16 July 1985 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Infinite Stratos (2011), K-On! (2009) and Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online (2018).- Sei Shiraishi was born on 10 August 1998 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for I's (2018), Prince of Legend (2019) and Ooku (2023).
- Kenji Sahara was born Tadashi Ishihara on May 14, 1932 in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan. He came in second in the "Mr. Ordinary Contest" in 1953 and his cinema debut was as an extra in two small roles in Godzilla (1954), one as a ship passenger and one as a journalist. However, his break-through in Toho Studios' sci-fi films came when he portrayed the male lead Shigeru in Rodan (1956), where he changed his name to "Kenji Sahara." He would go on to become a familiar face in Toho's sci-fi films, playing a wide variety of heroes and villains. Appearing in films from all three of the Godzilla series, "Showa, "Heisei," and "Millennium," Sahara has appeared in Godzilla films more than any other actor. He is also a regular cast member in Japan's "Ultraman" television shows.
With his wife, who is fluent in English, they have visited the United States several times. - Aju Makita was born on 7 August 2002 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Shoplifters (2018), True Mothers (2020) and House of Ninjas (2024).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Tôru Furuya was born on 31 July 1953 in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Paprika (2006), Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) and Sailor Moon (1992). He has been married to Satomi Majima since March 1985. They have one child. He was previously married to Mami Koyama.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lynn was born in Kanagawa, Japan. She is known for The Promised Neverland (2019), Overwatch (2016) and High School Fleet (2016).- Yu Hayashi was born on 2 April 1983 in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Pom Poko (1994), Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021) and Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (2007).
- Tomoko Ai was born on 29 October 1954 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975), Ultraman Leo (1974) and Kaiju: Island of Fire.
- Tôri Matsuzaka was born on 17 October 1988 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for The Blood of Wolves (2018), Call Boy (2018) and Impossibility Defense (2017). He has been married to Erika Toda since 10 December 2020.
- Ami Tomite was born on 17 March 1994 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Antiporno (2016), Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) and Tag (2015).
- Director
- Actor
- Executive
Filmmaker, Comic actor and TV Presenter
Born in Japan and raised in Adelaide and Bangkok, Yujiro (YT) studied economics (Bachelors degree) at Keio University, Tokyo, before starting a career in show business.
His television credits include presenting and acting in a variety of programs on TV Tokyo, ITV (England), MBC (Korea) , Hunan TV (China), RTL (Holland) and the BBC. Neo-Japan Award Director for the Shortshorts Film Festival 2008. He is a big fan of MJ and the mighty British "Businessman of the year 1993" Keith Lemon from Leeds.
Finalist for the inaugural "Democracy Challenge" hosted by the U.S State Department. "Samurai Democracy" advocate.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Yumiri Hanamori was born on 29 September 1997 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kaguya-sama: Love is War (2019), Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku (2023) and Akudama Drive (2020).- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Saki Takaoka was born on 3 December 1972 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Crest of Betrayal (1994), Swimming Upstream (1990) and Kyoko (1996). She was previously married to Naoki Hosaka.- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
One goes to Atsugi to see the American war machine at work or see where one of Japan's leading pop singers was born. Born in Kanagawa just south of Tokyo in 1966, Koizumi Kyoko participated in and won the Staa Tanjo! ('A Star Is Born') television talent program in 1981 and subsequently released her first single in March of 1982. She shaved her hair at age 17 in 1984 in order to portray a different image than the other pop idols and defy her agent at Burning Production. She landed a number 1 hit in the Japanese charts in 1984 and quickly became a Japanese idol at age eighteen. She appeared on the annual New Year's Eve variety show Kohaku Uta Gassen in 1984. She ruled the Japanese charts for the next ten years. She introduced the JD Salinger novel Catcher In The Rye on the radio, which made the novel better-known in Japan. Ironically, she later admitted to having not read the book at the time. She also had her own radio show. She married character actor Nagase Masatoshi in 1995 and divorced in 2004. They had met at the magazine AnAn where she was a staff photographer. Kyoko shifted her focus to acting and was in films like Onmyoji in 2001, Tokyo Tower and the superlative Tenten both in 2007 and Tokyo Sonata in 2008 among others. She returned to the small screen to work with Kurosawa Kiyoshi of Tokyo Sonata on the Penance serial in 2012. She participated in the Yell From Nippon charity group to buy soccer balls for Eritrean children in 2006. She was romantically connected to Kazuya Kamenashi of the group KAT-TUN, who was half her age, in 2006. Koizumi and her two-decade long friends of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra performed a cover version of Makana Tayou ('Red Sun') by Misora Hibari in 2011. She won the award for Best Actress at the 66th Mainichi Film Awards for Mainichi Kaasan. She was back in the top ten of the Japanese charts when Shiosai No Memori ('Memories By The Waterside') from the NHK serial Amachan, in which she also acted, in 2013. She was dating actor Toyohara Kosuke, who was still married but separated, as of 2015. Like all celebrities she has pushed products like Shiseido, Lotte, JR, Suzuki and Kirin beer. She is self-managed.