Kiyoyuki Yanada was a Japanese freelance voice actor who was formerly affiliated with Kyu Production,81 Produce,and D-COLOR. As a child,he wanted to be a physical education teacher before becoming a voice actor in 1987. The first role he auditioned for was Shutendouji in Ronin Warriors. He took over some of the roles from the late YōYoshimura and Kazuyuki Sogabe. His hobbies included driving and sports such as baseball,soccer,and karate.
Katsu! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It centers on a freshman student,Katsuki Satoyama,as he discovers his near-legendary skill in boxing. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 2001 to March 2005,with its chapters collected in sixteen tankōbon volumes.
Gangan is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company re-branded as Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its anthologies are home to some popular Square Enix manga series which were adapted into anime series,like Fullmetal Alchemist,Moribito:Guardian of the Spirit,Nabari no Ou,Inu x Boku SS,The Case Study of Vanitas and Soul Eater. The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as Gangan Comics,Gangan Comics Joker and Young Gangan Comics,which identify the anthology of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by omitting any gekkan or shōnen in the magazine name and inserting Comics directly after the word Gangan.
Stand Up!! is a Japanese television drama which ran weekly for three months in 2003. The drama,which stars Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi and Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS,centers on the lives of the last four virgins left in their highschool as they struggle to lose their virginity over their final high school summer vacation. A 6-DVD box set featuring all eleven episodes,as well as six individual volumes,were released in Japan on December 18,2003.
Natsu no Arashi! is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. The manga was serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Wingshōnen manga magazine from August 2006 to September 2010,with its chapters collected in eight bound volumes. Natsu no Arashi! was also adapted into two anime television series by Shaft under the direction of Akiyuki Shinbo,Shin Oonuma,and Kenichi Ishikura and broadcast in Japan from April 5,2009 to December 27,2009. Maiden Japan licensed the series for US release on November 12,2019 on Blu-ray.
Kodomo no Jikan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaworu Watashiya. The story revolves around a grade school teacher named Daisuke Aoki,whose main problem is that one of his students,Rin Kokonoe,has a crush on him. It was serialized between May 2005 and April 2013 in Futabasha's Comic High! magazine and is compiled in 13 volumes. At one time,an English-language version of the manga was licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment for distribution in North America under the title Nymphet,but they ultimately decided not to publish it due to controversies over its content. It was then relicensed by Digital Manga,who released the series in English through e-book.
My Heavenly Hockey Club is a manga series written and illustrated by AI Morinaga. It is published by Kodansha in Japan and Del Rey Manga in America. The series ran for 14 volumes,ending in 2005. The first eight volumes were released in North America.
Astro Fighter Sunred is a Japanese manga created by Makoto Kubota. It started serialization on Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from December 3,2004 to December 19,2014. An anime adaptation produced by AIC A.S.T.A. aired from October 3,2008 to March 27,2009 in Japan. The second season of the anime started airing on October 3,2009. Each manga chapter and anime episode is referred to as a FIGHT.
Heaven's Lost Property,is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Suu Minazuki. The plot revolves around Tomoki Sakurai,a boy who desires to live a peaceful life but encounters a fallen girl with wings,named Ikaros,who becomes his servant.
Kazuma Suzuki is a Japanese stage,film,television actor,film director,fashion designer,and former model.
My Wife Is the Student Council President is a Japanese manga series by Yumi Nakata. It began serialization in Ichijinsha's shōnen manga magazine Comic Rex and ran from 2011 to 2018 and collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes. The story originally started in 2007 as a hentai manga called Okusama wa Seito Kaichō (奥さまは生徒会長),which published in a single tankōbon volume by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha,Ltd. in 2007. An anime television series adaptation produced by Seven aired from July to September 2015. A second season aired from October 2 to December 18,2016.
Water Polo Yankees is a 2014 Japanese television drama,starring Yuto Nakajima of Hey! Say! JUMP,Kento Yamazaki and Sakurako Ohara. It is the first drama to have water polo as their main sport. The drama aired from 12 July 2014 to 20 September 2014 with a total of ten episodes.
Juken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger is team up crossover,film featuring Gekiranger vs Boukenger. It was directed by Noboru Takemoto and written by Naruhisa Arakawa. The film was released on March 14,2008. It is the first team-up to be in wide-screen,appropriate as Boukenger and Gekiranger were the first Sentai series to be themselves shown in wide-screen. The film is dedicated to Machiko Soga who died in 2006
The King in Love is a South Korean historical drama directed by Kim Sang-hyeop with screenplay by Song Ji-na,Park Chan-kyung and No Sun-jae,based on the novel of the same name by Kim Yi-ryung. It stars Im Si-wan,Im Yoon-ah and Hong Jong-hyun. The pre-produced drama aired on MBC from July 17,2017,to September 19,2017,on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Blue Birthday is a South Korean drama web series produced by Naver subsidiary Playlist Studio. Directed by Park Dan-hee and co-written by Goo So-yeon and Moon Won-young,the series stars Kim Ye-rim as Oh Ha-rin and Yang Hong-seok as Ji Seo-jun. The series is a fantasy romance thriller drama in which the female protagonist,Oh Ha-Rin,revisits the past through mysterious photos left by her first love,who died on her birthday 10 years ago. It premiered on July 23 through Naver TV and WeTV and airs every Friday and Saturday at 19:00 (KST). It premiered on August 6 through YouTube for international audiences. However,it can only be accessed by audiences from South Korea.
