Sola Aoi is a Japanese former AV idol, nude model, and film and television actress. Starring in more than 600 adult films between 2002 and 2011, Aoi is widely considered one of the most famous AV idols of the 2000s, with her popularity as an adult video actress leading to celebrity status as a media personality both in Japan and abroad.
Kimio Yanagisawa is a Japanese manga artist. His real name is pronounced the same way, but is written with the kanji 柳澤 公夫. He graduated from Niigata Prefectural Muramatsu High School two years prior to Yoshifumi Kondō. After graduation, he attended Wakō University where he studied fine arts.
Maria Ozawa is a Japanese model and a former pornographic film actress of Canadian and Japanese ancestry. Early in her career as a model, she also used the name Miyabi.
Yuri Ebihara is a Japanese model and actress. She is a graduate of Kyushu Sangyo University, where she studied fine arts.
Kosaku Shima is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane. It depicts the growth and career of a fictional salaryman named Kōsaku Shima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Morning, starting with the first series Kachō Shima Kōsaku in 1983 and has currently been divided into eight parts. The current part, Shagai Torishimariyaku Shima Kōsaku, began in 2022.
Mitsu Murata is a Japanese actor, fashion model and DJ/music producer, best known for his roles as Douji in the 2005 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Hibiki and Bishop in the 2008 series Kamen Rider Kiva. As a DJ, Murata goes under the name "MITSUU", and has released remixes for artists such as HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR and JYONGRI. He is currently employed by Orions Belt. His blood type is A. He was married to Sayaka Kanda on April 26, 2017 until their divorce in 2019.
Hotaru Akane also known as Anna Akizuki and Hotaru (ほたる) was a Japanese actress, HIV/AIDS activist, and AV idol. She was active in many media formats in Japan including mainstream theatrical film, and was a popular blogger. Her adeptness at female ejaculation in adult videos (AV) earned Akane the title, "Shiofuki Queen". She retired from AV work in 2008.
Takaya Kamikawa is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor.
An Nanba also known as Ann Nanba is a former Japanese adult video (AV) actress who had a long and prolific career in the adult entertainment industry. At the beginning of 2009, the DMM and Amazon sites both listed more than 250 DVDs available under her name. She retired from AV work in 2008.
Hitoshi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Drifters is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. The manga started serialization in Shōnen Gahosha's magazine Young King Ours in April 2009. It focuses on various historical figures summoned to an unknown world where their skills and techniques are needed by magicians in order to save their world from total destruction. An anime television series adaptation aired between October and December 2016; three additional original video animation (OVA) episodes were released from December 2017 to November 2018.
Karneval is a Japanese manga series by Tōya Mikanagi which originally started serialization in the monthly Josei Manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum published by Ichijinsha on August 28, 2007. There are currently twenty-eight volumes released in Japan. The series follows Nai and Gareki, who join a defense organization called Circus in hopes of finding a man named Karoku. However, they are unaware that Karoku belongs to a secret organization called Kafka, which is responsible for performing human and animal experiments called Varugas. A 13-episode anime adaptation by Manglobe aired between April and June 2013.
Mihiro Taniguchi, real name Hiromi Yamase, is a Japanese actress, singer, fiction writer, TV entertainer and former adult video (AV) actress.
Saori Hara is a former Japanese AV idol, model and actress who has also used the name Mai Nanami and most recently Miyabi Matsunoi or Miyavi Matsunoi.
Lady Love is a Japanese manga series by Hiromu Ono. It won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga in 1984.
Haruna Yabuki is a Japanese actress, gravure idol, and TV personality from Tokyo. Since 2009, she has used the stage name Mari Abe.
Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), formerly the Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd., is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines such as Monthly Asuka and Monthly Shōnen Ace, and entertainment magazines such as Newtype. Since its founding, Kadokawa has expanded into the multimedia sector, namely in video games and in live-action and animated films.
AIBOU: Gekijō-ban II is a 2010 Japanese suspense mystery film directed by Seiji Izumi. The film is the second instalment in the film series based on the television series AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo, being preceded by the 2008 film AIBOU: The Movie and followed by the 2013 film AIBOU: The Movie III. The film was released on December 23, 2010.
Kazumi Urano is a Japanese singer and tarento. She is represented by Production Ogi and is a former provisional member of the female idol group Watarirouka Hashiritai 7, and former member of AKB48 and SDN48.
Tatsuya Nōmi was a Japanese actor associated with Ohta Production. He is best known for playing Tengensei Daigo/ShishiRanger in Gosei Sentai Dairanger.
