The Asahi Shimbun is one of the five national newspapers in Japan. Its circulation, which was 7.96 million for its morning edition and 3.1 million for its evening edition as of June 2010, was second behind that of Yomiuri Shimbun.
Named after Osamu Tezuka, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan.
Kuniko Ishigami, better known by her stage name Satomi Ishihara, is a Japanese actress from Tokyo.
Inoue Hisashi was a leading Japanese playwright and writer of comic fiction. From 1961 to 1986, he used the pen name of Uchiyama Hisashi.
Kō Kojima was a Japanese manga artist. He was best known for penning Sennin Buraku, the longest running comic by a single artist. He attended the private Kawabata Art Academy in Koishikawa, after which he began attending Taiheiyō Fine Arts Academy before dropping out partway through school.
Kiyoshi Nishiyama was a versatile Japanese amateur photographer who specialized in landscapes.
Kaho is the professional name of Kaho Indō, a Japanese actress and fashion model. Kaho has won multiple Japanese entertainment industry awards, including a Hochi Film Award, a Nikkan Sports Film Award, and a Japan Academy Prize.
The Akihabara massacre was an incident of mass murder that took place on Sunday, 8 June 2008, in the Akihabara shopping quarter for electronics, video games, manga and anime in Sotokanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
Ichimatsu Tanaka was a prominent Japanese academic, an art historian, curator, editor, and sometime public servant who specialized in the history of Japanese art. He was born in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture (山形県鶴岡市).
Maryjun Takahashi is a Japanese actress and model of Japanese and Filipino ethnicity who has appeared in CanCam magazine and various television commercials.
Tsubasa Honda is a Japanese actress and model.
Rena Nōnen is a Japanese actress and fashion model from Kamikawa, Hyōgo Prefecture. She is best known for her lead roles on the NHK drama series Amachan (2013). In July 2016, it was announced that she changed her stage name to "Non".
Yu Takahashi is a Japanese actress and model represented by the Asia Promotion talent agency.
Rio Uchida is a Japanese gravure idol and actress who is affiliated with LesPros Entertainment. She is best known for her role as Kiriko Shijima, the main heroine of the Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Drive.
Mitsu Dan is the professional name of Shizuka Saitō, a Japanese actress, gravure idol, and writer. She has played multiple lead roles in television and film, including Naoko in the 2013 erotic thriller Amai Muchi, for which she received a Newcomer of the Year award at the 37th Japan Academy Prize ceremony.
Hiroyuki Igarashi is a Japanese dancer and producer. He is the leader of Exile and the creative leader of LDH World.
Nana Seino is a Japanese actress. She has played Sunmi in Tokyo Tribe, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi in the TV Asahi adaptation of Kuroyanagi's autobiography Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, and Yuko Komiya in the 98th NHK asadora Hanbun, Aoi, among numerous other TV and film roles.
Yūki Yamato is a Japanese screenwriter and director. She has adapted and directed film versions of Hot Gimmick and Drowning Love, and was named Best New Director at the 24th Japan Film Professional Awards. She has also directed music videos for Nogizaka46, Momoiro Clover Z, and Radwimps.
Satoru Noda is the pen name of Satoshi Noda, a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Golden Kamuy, for which he won the 2016 Manga Taishō and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
