Fumiko Orikasa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She has been the voice of Rukia Kuchiki in Bleach, Meyrin Hawke in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Chun-Li in Street Fighter, Kanade Minamino/Cure Rhythm in Suite PreCure, Lotte Yanson in Little Witch Academia and Riza Hawkeye in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
Beyblade, known in Japan as Explosive Shoot Beyblade, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki to promote sales of spinning tops called "Beyblades" developed as a co-production between Takara Tomy and Hasbro. The series focuses on a group of kids who form teams, which battle one another using Beyblades. Originally serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic from September 1999 to July 2004, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon volumes and was licensed for English-language release in North America by Viz Media. It was licensed for English releases in Singapore and in Australia and New Zealand by Chuang Yi.
Satomi Arai, is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture. She married voice actor Yoshimitsu Shimoyama in 2008 and had a son in 2010, but her husband's identity was not disclosed until 2016.
Yū Kobayashi is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Holy Peak. Some of her most prominent roles include that of Tadamichi Aoba in Dan Doh!!, Setsuna Sakurazaki in Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Dan Kuso in Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Misaki Hijiri in Saint October, Kaede Kimura in Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, Sasha Blouse in Attack on Titan, Lucina in the Japanese version of the Fire Emblem series, Luka Urushibara in Steins;Gate, and Charlotte Roselei in Black Clover, among others.
Shion no Ō, subtitled The Flowers of Hard Blood, is a Japanese manga series written by Masaru Katori and illustrated by Jiro Ando. It is published by Kodansha in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon, and is collected in eight bound volumes. It has been adapted as a twenty-two episode anime television series by Studio Deen, which aired in Japan between October 2007 and March 2008. A video game for the Nintendo DS was released on April 10, 2008, by Mainichi Communications.
Makoto Furukawa is a Japanese voice actor and singer previously affiliated with Space Craft Entertainment. He became a freelancer in September 2018. He joined the record label Toy's Factory in December 2018. He made his solo singer debut under Lantis in July 2018 with the song "miserable masquerade" produced by Satoru Kuwabara. He played Saitama in One-Punch Man, Miyuki Shirogane in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Banri Tada in Golden Time, Taiju Oki in Dr. Stone, Rider of Red/Achilles in Fate/Apocrypha, Shaddiq Zenelli in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and Tabito Karasu in Blue Lock. He also played two different versions of Sherlock Holmes in Moriarty the Patriot and The Tale of the Outcasts.
Soma Saito is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with 81 Produce and Sacra Music.
Yuma Uchida is a Japanese voice actor and singer who works for Intention. He is best known for his roles as Jun Sazanami in Ensemble Stars!!, Yuuma Kousaka in Gundam Build Fighters Try, Nagisa Kiryū in Classroom Crisis, Megumi Fushiguro in Jujutsu Kaisen, Eishirō Yabuki in The Asterisk War, Hayate Immelmann in Macross Delta, Ein Dalton in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Reo Mikage in Blue Lock, Iori Kitahara in Grand Blue, Kyo Sohma in Fruits Basket, and Ash Lynx in Banana Fish. He is currently voicing Kawaki in Boruto. He received the 11th Seiyu Awards for Best Male Newcomer with Setsuo Itō and Yusuke Kobayashi. In 2019, he won Best Male Lead Actor in the 13th Seiyu Awards. He made his singing debut in May 2018 under the King Records label. His older sister is voice actress Maaya Uchida.
Beyblade Burst is a Japanese manga and toyline created by Hiro Morita, based on Takara Tomy's Beyblade franchise. The third series of the franchise, the Beyblade Burst toyline launched on July 15, 2015, while the original manga was serialized in Shogakukan's children's manga magazine CoroCoro Comic from August 2015 to December 2021 and is compiled into twenty tankōbon volumes. Shogakukan's South East Asian branch began publishing it in English in April 2017.
Ryōta Suzuki is a Japanese voice actor. He is affiliated with TMS Music. He is best known as the voice of Yū Ishigami in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.
Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, also known as The Low Tier Character "Tomozaki-kun", is a Japanese light novel series written by Yūki Yaku and illustrated by Fly. Shogakukan has published the series since May 2016 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Eight Chida was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker from December 2017 to February 2021. It has been collected in six tankōbon volumes. The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by Project No.9 aired from January to March 2021. A second season aired from January to March 2024.
Ruriko Aoki is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Atomic Monkey. She voiced Riina Tada in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, for which she received a top-ten charting single. She also voiced Ranra in The World Is Still Beautiful, Yucho La in Idol Memories, Katrina in RoboMasters: The Animated Series, and Marin in Hyrule Warriors Legends.
Moriarty the Patriot is a Japanese mystery manga series with storyboards by Ryosuke Takeuchi and illustrated by Hikaru Miyoshi, based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series. It focuses on Holmes' nemesis, William James Moriarty. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump Square since August 2016, with its chapters collected in 19 tankōbon volumes as of February 2023.
Auto Boy - Carl from Mobile Land is a multimedia kids project by Aniplex and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. A manga adaptation began serialization on Shogakukan's Mebae magazine on April 1, 2020. An original anime television series produced by CloverWorks began airing from April 2020.
Shun'ichi Toki is a Japanese voice actor and singer from Tokyo, Japan affiliated with With Line.
Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout, abbreviated as Fabiniku (ファ美肉) is a Japanese manga series written by Yū Tsurusaki and illustrated by Shin Ikezawa. It has been serialized online via Cygames' Cycomi manga app and website since November 2019 and has been collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan. An anime television series adaptation produced by OLM aired from January to March 2022.
You Are Ms. Servant is Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotan. It began serialization on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry manga website in June 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by Felix Film premiered in October 2024.
Beyblade is a Japanese media franchise that consists of toys, manga, anime television series and films.
Beyblade X: Xone is an upcoming action game that is being developed by FuRyu. The game is set to release on 14 November 2024 on Nintendo Switch and Windows in Japan. The game will also feature both a single-player story mode and an online multiplayer mode. Online battles and local battles will be available. However, players will not be able to do cross-platform battles between the Nintendo Switch and Steam.
