Shingo Katori is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, radio personality. He was the youngest member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy band in Asia. After the group's disbandment on 31 December 2016, Katori has been pursuing his solo career. He left Johnny & Associates on 9 September 2017, together with two other SMAP members, Goro Inagaki and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and entered CULEN, a Japanese talent agency. On 22 September 2017, they launched a new project, "atarashiichizu" as their common fan site, supported by various Japanese leading creators. Since then, Katori has been extending his activities also into artistic fields.
Kasou Taishou is a semi-annual Japanese television variety show that is run on Nippon TV and first aired in 1979.
Tomohisa Yamashita, also widely known as Yamapi, or Tomo, is a Japanese singer, actor, and TV host.
Kitty GYM was a temporary Japanese idol unit formed in 2006 to promote the 2006 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. The group consisted of Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS, Thai pop duo Golf & Mike, and members of the Johnny's Jr. group Kitty. The name of the group came from the first letters of the members surnames, and the Thai members pseudonyms.
Kyaeen is a Japanese comedy duo (kombi) consisting of Udo Suzuki (ウド鈴木) and Hiroyuki Amano (天野ひろゆき). They are employed by Asai Kikaku, a talent agency based in Tokyo.
Haruka Ayase is a Japanese actress, model and singer who started her career as a gravure idol in 2000. She has since become a leading actress in television and film.
Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki is a 2011 Japanese computer-animated film that is loosely based on the Japanese children's novel Naita Aka Oni by Hirosuke Hamada. It is directed by Takashi Yamazaki and Ryuichi Yagi. The film's script was also written by Yamazaki. SMAP member Shingo Katori and actor Koichi Yamadera voiced characters in the film.
Kengo Kora is a Japanese actor.
Ami Kikuchi is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento and radio personality from LesPros Entertainment. She is from Kitami, Hokkaido, and is a second generation member of the idol group Idoling. Her nickname is 'Amimi'.
Shingo is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Shingo Ishikawa, nicknamed "Dynamite Shingo", is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder of the Chiba Lotte Marines for the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played in NPB for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and Yomiuri Giants.
Kimiko Yo is a Japanese actress. She was given Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 and the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival ceremonies. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 32nd and at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for Departures and Dear Doctor respectively.
Mayu Matsuoka is a Japanese actress.
Dr.Rintarō is a Japanese television drama series based on the novel by Shinkai Sei. It premiered on NTV on 15 April 2015, starring Masato Sakai in the lead role. It received the viewership rating of 12.7% on average.
Death Note is a Japanese television drama series based on the manga series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. It was directed by Ryūichi Inomata, who directed the television drama Kaseifu no Mita in 2011, and Ryō Nishimura known by the special version of the 2014 drama Kamen Teacher. The show stars Masataka Kubota as Light Yagami, Kento Yamazaki as L, and Mio Yūki as Near / Mello and focuses on the story of an intelligent yet reserved college student named Light Yagami, who finds a mysterious black notebook known as the Death Note, which can kill anyone whose name is written within its pages. Intrigued with the notebook's god-like abilities, he begins to use the Death Note to kill those whom he sees as unworthy of life, in a bid to change the world into a utopia. Soon, the student/vigilante finds himself pursued by an enigmatic international detective, known only as: "L".
Kana Kurashina is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency Sony Music Artists.
Kazoku no Katachi is a 2016 Japanese television drama created by Noriko Goto, starring Shingo Katori, Juri Ueno, Kiko Mizuhara, Jun Fubuki and Toshiyuki Nishida. It premiered on TBS on Sundays at 21:00 (JST) from January 17, 2016 to March 20, 2016.
Shingo Yanagisawa is a Japanese actor, tarento and comedian. He graduated from Matsuda High School. He is nicknamed Shingo-chan (慎吾ちゃん). He is represented with Hercules.
Koji Matoba is a Japanese actor and tarento.
