Reina Tanaka is a Japanese singer and musical actress. She is the leader of the Japanese rock band Lovendor. From 2002 to 2013, she was one of the main vocalists of the girl group Morning Musume and participated in other music acts under the Hello! Project name.
Yoshiko Tanaka was a Japanese actress. She was also famous as a member of the pop group Candies. While a member of Candies, Tanaka was known by the nickname "Sue". Still at the height of its popularity, the group disbanded in 1978. Tanaka was also the sister-in-law of the well-known actress Masako Natsume.
Claymore is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi. It debuted in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump in June 2001, where it continued until the magazine was shut down in June 2007. The series was transferred to the newly launched Jump Square, serialized from November 2007 to October 2014. Its chapters were collected in 27 tankōbon volumes.
Princess Comet is a multimedia franchise beginning with a Japanese television drama series created and produced by International Television Films, a division of the film company Toho. Directed by Ōtsuki Yoshikazu and written by Mamoru Sasaki, it stars Japanese singer and actor Yumiko Kokonoe in its lead role as Comet, a mischievous girl from the Beta Star sent to Earth after causing mischief who must learn responsibility while using her magical powers to solve her problems. The series aired on TBS from July 3, 1967, to September 24, 1979. A short associated manga series created and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama was released from June 10, 1967 to November 11, 1967.
Sylvie Françoise Meis, known for sometime as Sylvie van der Vaart, is a Dutch television personality and model based in Germany.
Good Morning Call is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Yue Takasuka that ran in the monthly magazine Ribon from 1997 to 2002. Part of the story has been adapted into an OVA. In 2007, a sequel manga, Good Morning Kiss, was serialized in Cookie. As of December 2019, eighteen volumes have been released.
Mao Inoue is a Japanese actress. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as Akane Imai in Kids War, as Makino Tsukushi in the Boys Over Flowers series, and as Sugi Fumi in the 54th taiga drama Burning Flower. She also appeared in a number of films including I Give My First Love to You, Rebirth and The Snow White Murder Case.
Ritsuko Matsumoto, known by the pseudonym Hinako Ashihara, was a Japanese manga artist.
Yasuko Matsuyuki is a Japanese actress and singer signed to Stardust Promotion.
Sweet Blue Flowers is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Takako Shimura. It was serialized between November 2004 and July 2013 in Ohta Publishing's manga magazine Manga Erotics F, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The story focuses on Fumi Manjōme, a lesbian high school girl, and her close childhood friend Akira Okudaira, who tries to keep her friends happy through difficult times.
Suspect X is a 2008 Japanese mystery-thriller film based on the novel, The Devotion of Suspect X, directed by Hiroshi Nishitani. The film was a continuation of the popular Japanese serial drama Galileo and included the same cast. It topped Japan's box office for four consecutive weeks and was the third-highest-grossing Japanese movie in 2008. The soundtrack was released on October 1, 2008. Suspect X was the first of several film adaptations of The Devotion of Suspect X, followed by Perfect Number (2012) from South Korea and Kolaigaran (2019) and Jaane Jaan (2023) from India.
Yasuko Sawaguchi is a Japanese actress.
Natsuna Watanabe, better known as just Natsuna, is a Japanese actress.
JOAX-DTV, branded as Nippon Television (NTV) is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System. It is owned-and-operated by the Nippon Television Network Corporation, a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.
Hotaru no Hikari is a Japanese josei manga series by Satoru Hiura. It has been adapted as a television drama series (2007–2010), followed by a live action feature film released on 9 June 2012. Kodansha USA licensed the manga for North America. The manga spinoffs are Hotaru no Hikari SP (2014–2017) and Hotaru no Hikari BABY (2017–2021).
Kiniro Mosaic, also known by the abbreviation Kinmoza (きんモザ), is a Japanese four-panel manga written and illustrated by Yui Hara. The series began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Max magazine in June 2010 issue and is licensed in English by Yen Press. An anime television adaptation by Studio Gokumi aired in Japan between July and September 2013, with a second season airing between April and June 2015. An original video animation was released in November 2016, and an anime film premiered on August 20, 2021.
Mina Tanaka is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Utah Royals and the Japan women's national team. She has previously played for Nippon TV Beleza, Bayer Leverkusen, and INAC Kobe Leonessa.
Minami Tanaka is a Japanese freelance announcer and tarento who is a former Tokyo Broadcasting System Television announcer.
Hanbun, Aoi. is a Japanese television drama series and the 98th Asadora series, following Warotenka. It premiered on April 2, 2018, and concluded on September 29, 2018. Mei Nagano was cast in the lead role of Suzume Nireno after an audition of 2366 women.
The Sun Never Sets is a 2000 Japanese television series. Starring Hideaki Takizawa, Yasuko Matsuyuki and Yūka, it aired from 13 April to 22 June 2000 on Fuji TV.
