Keiji Fujiwara was a Japanese actor and voice actor.
Yū Kobayashi is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Holy Peak. Some of her most prominent roles include that of Tadamichi Aoba in Dan Doh!!, Setsuna Sakurazaki in Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Dan Kuso in Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Misaki Hijiri in Saint October, Kaede Kimura in Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, Sasha Blouse in Attack on Titan, Lucina in the Japanese version of the Fire Emblem series, Luka Urushibara in Steins;Gate, and Charlotte Roselei in Black Clover, among others.
109 is a department store in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. The store is operated by SHIBUYA109 Entertainment Corporation, a subsidiary of the Tokyu Group.
Kanda Shrine, is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The shrine dates back 1,270 years, but the current structure was rebuilt several times due to fire and earthquakes. It is situated in one of the most expensive estate areas of Tokyo. Kanda Shrine was an important shrine to both the warrior class and citizens of Japan, especially during the Edo period, when shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu paid his respects at Kanda Shrine. Due in part to the proximity of the Kanda Shrine to Akihabara, the shrine has become a mecca for technophiles who frequent Akihabara.
The Akihabara massacre was an incident of mass murder that took place on 8 June 2008, in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The perpetrator, 25-year-old Tomohiro Katō of Susono, Shizuoka, drove into a crowd with a rented truck, initially killing three people and injuring two; he then stabbed at least twelve people using a dagger, killing four other people and injuring eight.
A butler café is a subcategory of cosplay restaurant that originated in Japan. In these cafés, waiters dress as butlers and serve patrons in the manner of domestic servants attending to aristocracy. Butler cafés proliferated in reaction to the popularity of maid cafés and serve as an alternative category of cosplay restaurant intended to appeal to female otaku.
The 1st Seiyu Awards ceremony was held on March 3, 2007 at the Akiba 3D Theater in Akihabara, Tokyo. General voting categories had 10 nominations each for Best Lead (actor/actress), Best Supporting (actor/actress), Rookie (actor/actress), Singing, and Personality. Special Achievement, Achievement, and Synergy Awards were selected by the event without nominations. The period of general voting lasted from October 21, 2006 to January 10, 2007.
The 3rd Seiyu Awards ceremony was held on March 7, 2009 at the UDX Theater in Akihabara, Tokyo, and was broadcast on BS11 on May 3, 2009. The period of general voting lasted from October 1, 2008 to January 1, 2009.
Miho Arakawa is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.
"Babymetal / Kiba of Akiba" is a joint single by Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal and otailish death pop band Kiba of Akiba. The single was first released in Japan on March 7, 2012 to promote the album Sakura Gakuin 2011 Nendo: Friends.
AnimeJapan is a Japanese anime consumer show held annually at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center in Tokyo since March 2014. It was created from the merger of the Tokyo International Anime Fair with the Anime Contents Expo.
TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd., formerly known as the Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie division or TMS-Kyokuichi is a Japanese animation studio owned by Sega Corporation.
Kaiju Girls is a Japanese series of web anime shorts that first aired September 27, 2016, provided by the Docomo Anime Store service. These shorts are part of the Ultra Monsters Anthropomorphic Project, a moe anthropomorphism project made by Tsuburaya Productions based on past monsters/aliens that have appeared in the Ultra Series. Other than the short series, a manga series, a novel series and other projects are being considered in development. A second season premiered in 2018. A sequel film, titled Kaiju Girls (Black), was released on November 23, 2018.
Maidreamin is one of the largest maid café restaurant chains in Japan, owned by Neodelight International, Inc. The restaurant chain employs over 500 maids at 18 restaurants in Japan and Thailand.
Madoka Asahina is a Japanese voice actress from Shizuoka Prefecture who is affiliated with 81 Produce. She is known for her roles as Nene Sakura in New Game! and Liones Yelistratova in Hina Logi: from Luck & Logic.
iii Icecrin is a Japanese 3D CGI short anime series produced by Shin-Ei Animation and TIA in collaboration with Okinawan ice cream chain Blue Seal Ice Cream and toy company Takara Tomy. It is directed by Juria Matsumura and written by Hiroko Fukuda with character designs done by Aya Matsui. It aired on TV Tokyo through its Kinder TV children's variety program from April to June 2021. A second season premiered in July 2022.
Akari Nibu is a Japanese singer, voice actress, and television presenter, represented by Sony Music Records. She is a member of the idol group Hinatazaka46.
Fanworks Inc. is a Japanese animation studio based in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo. The studio was founded on August 8, 2005, and has produced anime works including Aggretsuko, Dinosaur Biyori, Please Take My Brother Away!, and Ore, Tsushima.
Akiba Maid War is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Cygames and P.A. Works. It was directed by Sōichi Masui and written by Yoshihiro Hiki, and features character designs by Manabu Nii and music by Yoshihiro Ike. It aired from October to December 2022 on Tokyo MX, BS11, KBS Kyoto, and SUN. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series, and is available for streaming on HIDIVE. In Europe, Crunchyroll licensed this series.
Yoichi Ochiai is a Japanese academic and media artist. He has a doctorate from the University of Tokyo. He is also an associate professor at the University of Tsukuba Library, as well as an Information and Media Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Digital Nature Development and Research. Specially-appointed professor at Digital Hollywood University, visiting professor at Osaka University of Arts and Kyoto City University of Arts, Visiting Professor at Kanazawa College of Art.
