NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, more commonly known simply as Kōhaku, is an annual New Year's Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on television and radio, nationally and internationally by the NHK network and by some overseas broadcasters who buy the program. The show ends shortly before midnight. Before the show began broadcasting on television in late 1953, the show was held on 3 January and only consisted of a radio broadcast.
Shirō Sagisu is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. With a career spanning over 40 years, he is best known for his works as a record producer for acts including various choir members Mike Wyzgowski, Misia, Satoshi Tomiie, and Ken Hirai. Sagisu has also worked as a film composer for several anime and films, being well known for his collaborations with Gainax, especially in the soundtrack of Hideaki Anno's series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Shiro, Shirō, Shirow or Shirou may refer to:
Komazawa University, abbreviated as 駒大 Komadai, is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Sōtō sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist traditions in Japan.
Galileo is a Japanese television drama based on the Detective Galileo novels by mystery writer Keigo Higashino. It narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, as the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases. A special episode titled "Galileo Episode 0", set 3 years before the television series, aired on October 4, 2008, on the same day as the release of the film Suspect X.
The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is a film festival held in Singapore and dedicated to Japanese cinema. It was first held in 1983 and then held annually from 1999 to 2016, and curated with Singapore audiences in mind, led by local programmers with a wide-ranging programme of film classics, Japanese independents and commercial releases. There was no festival in 2017. Under new direction from 2018 from the Japan Foundation in Tokyo, it has shifted its focus to screening mainly commercial releases from Japan.
Daimajin Kanon (大魔神カノン) is a Japanese tokusatsu television drama produced by Kadokawa Pictures and broadcast on TV Tokyo. The series premiered on April 2, 2010. The series retells the story of the original Daimajin film in a modern Japanese setting. Consisting of 26 episodes, the series was prefaced by a manga by Seijuro Mizu in Young Ace magazine. Writing for the series is shared by Shinji Ōishi and Naruhisa Arakawa.
The soundtracks of Neon Genesis Evangelion were produced for the 1995 anime series of the same name and its sequels, remakes and spinoffs. Shiro Sagisu composed the tracks under the direction of Hideaki Anno, director of the series. In addition to Sagisu's compositions, the soundtracks include pieces by Masami Okui, Kotono Mitsuishi and a wide repertoire of classical music, including symphonies by Beethoven, Bach, Giuseppe Verdi and other composers. Under the direction of Toshimichi Ōtsuki, a representative of King Records and one of the producers of the series, "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" was composed as the series' opening theme song. The series used "Fly Me to the Moon", originally written by Bart Howard, as the closing theme song. Different versions of the song were recorded by British singer Claire Littley, Yoko Takahashi and the anime's main female voice actors, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi and Yuko Miyamura.
Ai Yoshikawa is a Japanese actress. While working as a child actress she was represented by Moon the Child Agency. Her representative works includes the television series Oh! My Girl!!, Hanayome to Papa and Yamada Taro Monogatari. She is represented by Ken-On. Her former stage name was Riko Yoshida.
Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger is a Japanese tokusatsu comedy drama based on the Super Sentai Series. It is not part of the official line up in Toei Company's Super Sentai franchise, but is instead a self-parody geared towards adults as opposed to a general audience for the mainstream series. The show aired on BS Asahi starting April 6, 2012, and Tokyo MX starting April 9, 2012.
indigo la End is a Japanese rock band led by vocalist and songwriter Enon Kawatani. The band released their debut extended play in 2012 with independent label Space Shower Records, and were later signed by Warner sub-label Unborde.
Yua Shinkawa is a Japanese actress and model.
Rena Takeda nicknamed Renarena (れなれな), is a Japanese actress and model affiliated with Vithmic Co., Ltd.
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku is a 2020 Japanese romantic comedy film based on the webmanga series of the same name, directed by Yuichi Fukuda and distributed by Toho. It stars Mitsuki Takahata as Narumi and Kento Yamazaki as Hirotaka. It was released in Japanese theaters on February 7, 2020.
4 Week Continuous Special Super Sentai Strongest Battle!! is a Japanese tokusatsu minidrama based on the Toei's long-running Super Sentai metaseries featuring cast members from past installments and acts as a prelude to the events of Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger. It aired from February 17, 2019, following the finale of Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger, until March 10, 2019, alongside Kamen Rider Zi-O in the Super Hero Time line-up on TV Asahi affiliate stations.
Kamen Rider Reiwa: The First Generation is a 2019 Japanese superhero film in the Movie War line of the Kamen Rider Series. It serves as a crossover between the television series Kamen Rider Zero-One and Kamen Rider Zi-O and is the fourth film of the Generations series. The film also pays tribute to Kamen Rider Zero-One, the original Kamen Rider series and the entire Heisei Kamen Rider series as a whole. It also introduces Gai Amatsu as Kamen Rider Thouser.
Nezura 1964 is a 2020 Japanese crowdfunded kaiju biopic film directed by Hiroto Yokokawa. The film was based on Daiei's unfinished 1964 Gamera precursor, Giant Horde Beast Nezura and stars Yukijirō Hotaru as a character based on the president of Daiei, Mai Saito, Mach Fumiake, and Shirō Sano.
