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Shinnosuke Abe was born on 19 February 1982 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for 13 Assassins (2010), Chouseishin Gransazer (2003) and Kamen Rider 555 (2003).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Kenjirô Tsuda was born on 11 June 1971 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Yi Yi (2000), ID:Invaded (2020) and Sabikui Bisco (2022).- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
MIYAVI's a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer & actor. His music career began in 1999 w/ the Visual Kei band Dué le Quartz. After its disbandment, he debuted as a solo artist in 2002. He's known for his finger-slapping style of playing the guitar & has toured worldwide multiple times. In 2009, he founded his own company, J-Glam. His Hollywood acting career began with Unbroken in 2014.- Director
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Ryûhei Kitamura was born on 30 May 1969 in Osaka, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for The Midnight Meat Train (2008), Azumi (2003) and Versus (2000).- Actress
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- Director
Ayako Fujitani was born on 7 December 1979 in Osaka, Japan. Ayako is an actor and writer, known for Tokyo! (2008), Mozart in the Jungle (2014) and The Last Ship (2014). Ayako has been married to Javier Gullón since 2016.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Isuzu Yamada was born on 5 February 1917 in Osaka, Japan. She was an actress, known for Throne of Blood (1957), Yojimbo (1961) and A Cat and Two Women (1956). She was married to Tsutomu Shimomoto, Yoshi Katô, Kazuo Takimura, Ichirô Tsukida and Teinosuke Kinugasa. She died on 9 July 2012 in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan.- Director
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- Editor
Junta Yamaguchi was born on 8 March 1987 in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. Junta is a director and cinematographer, known for Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020), River (2023) and 36,000 Seconds in a Day (2022).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Machiko Kyô was born on 25 March 1924 in Osaka, Japan. She was an actress, known for Rashomon (1950), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) and Gate of Hell (1953). She died on 12 May 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.- Writer
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yamada Yoji graduated Tokyo University in 1954, the year he joined Shochiku as an assistant director. In 1969, he launched the popular "Tora-san" series, the world's longest theatrical film series. "The Twilight Samurai" (The Twilight Samurai (2002)) marks his 77th film as well as his 41th year as a director since his first film in 1961: Nikai no Tanin (Stranger Upstairs).- Kazuki Kitamura was born on 17 July 1969 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Signal: The Movie (2021), Folklore (2018) and Kera (2016).
- Actor
Pîtâ was born on 8 August 1952 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Ran (1985), Death Note: The Last Name (2006) and The Lightning Tree (2010).- Actor
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- Stunts
Hwang Jang-Lee is the ultimate bootmaster. Known for his powerful and deadly kicks on screen as well as off, Hwang has a reputation as the Lord of the Superkickers. Born in Japan, Hwang's family moved back to their native Korea, where at the age of 14, Hwang began taking the national martial art of Tae Kwon Do. Hwang went on to teach the Korean Army TKD, and during his service, he killed a Vietnamese knife fighter in self defense. Hwang began his film career in his native Korea. In 1976, Ng See-Yuen, the founder of Seasonal Films, hired Hwang to play the villain Silver Fox in The Secret Rivals, where he goes toe to toe with Chinese superkicker John Liu. Hwang went on to establish himself as the best on screen kicker anyone has seen. He even played the villain in the two films that boosted Jackie Chan's career, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master. In 1980, after playing the villain for so long, Hwang directed, produced and starred as the hero in Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
After making many films, Hwang retired in 1990, where at first he ran a golf-tee manufacturing company and hotel in Seoul. He also suppsedly ran a bodyguard agency. Nevertheless, Hwang has established and stamped his Hong Kong career as the king of the Bootmasters. In 1994, Hwang starred in two low budget Korean films while running a hotel as well as a bodyguard service.- Yoshihiro Akiyama a.k.a. Choo Sung-Hoon in both Korean and Japan, is a fourth-generation Korean-Japanese MMA (Mixed Martial Artist), television celebrity and actor in both South Korea and his home country of Japan. Born to Korean-Japanese "zainichi" parents in Osaka, Japan in 1975, he was raised in the traditional martial arts from the age of 3 as his father was a judo instructor and his mother was a champion swimmer. His paternal great-grandfather, Choo Jeong-Won, was originally from Jeju County, on Jeju Island, now known as Jeju City.
During the Japanese Occupation of Korea (1910-45), his paternal great-grandfather, Choo Jeong-Won, and his family emigrated to Japan, and became permanent residents in the city of Osaka while maintaining their Korean citizenship and names. Choo, was born in Osaka in 1975, and starting from the age of three, began training in the martial arts under his father's tutelage, who himself was a Judo Champion too. As a middleweight Judoka, he climbed the ranks of the judoka system in Japan to become a Third-Dan Black Belt in Judo, later acquiring a black belt in gaidojutsu too. Before he embarked on his professional MMA career in 2004, he was already heavily trained in karate, kickboxing, wrestling and submission fighting.
His highest honors in his judo career include winning the Gold Medal at the 2001 Asian Judo Championships representing South Korea. He also won the 2002 Gold Medal in Judo at the 2002 Asian Games representing Japan under his legal Japanese name, Yoshihiro Akiyama, which he acquired after becoming a Japanese citizen at the age of 16.
In the 2003 World Judo Championships in Osaka, Japan, Akiyama reached the semi-finals in the 81 kg light-middleweight, but did not proceed further after losing two matches in a row and placing third overall.
In 2004, Akiyama switched from judo to MMA where he debuted in the K-1 Premium 2004 Dynamite event where he defeated boxer, Francois Botha in the first round. As of 2010, his MMA record stands at 14 wins, six losses, and two no-contests. In 2006, he became the K-1 Heroes Light-Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament champion.
In 2009, he opened his own gym called the "Akiyama Dojo" in Tokyo, which teaches both judo and MMA.
In his personal life, Akiyama married Japanese fashion model Shiho Yano (stylized "SHIHO") in March of 2009, after a two-year courtship that began with being introduced by a mutual friend. They have since had one child, a girl named "Sarang" (Korean for "love"), who co-stars with them in the South Korean reality TV-show "Return of Superman" where cameras record the family's lives at their home in Tokyo and Seoul as well as at the grandparent's home in Osaka. - Nana Mori was born on 31 August 2001 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Weathering with You (2019), Insomniacs After School (2023) and Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom (2019).
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- Visual Effects
Screaming Mad George was born on 7 October 1956 in Osaka, Japan. He is known for Predator (1987), The Abyss (1989) and The Guyver (1991).- Actor
- Director
Etsushi Toyokawa was born on 18 March 1962 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor and director, known for Midway (2019), Love Letter (1995) and The 8-Tomb Village (1996).- Actor
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Kengo Kawanishi was born on 18 February 1985 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for March Comes in Like a Lion (2016), Aldnoah.Zero (2014) and Naruto: Shippuden (2007).- Isao Hashizume was born on 17 September 1941 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013), Space Battleship Yamato (2010) and Mr. Rookie (2002).
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Yûji Sakamoto was born on 12 May 1967 in Osaka, Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Monster (2023), Yûri (1996) and In Love and Deep Water (2023). He has been married to Yôko Moriguchi since 1998. They have one child.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Mao Ichimichi was born on 1 February 1992 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle (2011), Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie (2013) and Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen (2012).- Writer
Ai Yazawa was born on 7 March 1967 in Osaka, Japan. She is a writer, known for Nana (2005), Last Quarter (2004) and Paradise Kiss (2011).- Actor
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Munetaka Aoki was born on 14 March 1980 in Yao, Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for The Roundup: No Way Out (2023), Godzilla Minus One (2023) and Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021). He has been married to Yûka since 27 June 2016.- Yuriko Yamaguchi was born on 21 November 1965 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997), Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) and Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).
- Chikako Aoyama was born on 7 July 1968 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Robotrix (1991), Two Punks (1996) and Nemurenai yoru wo kazoete (1992).
- Kaya Kiyohara was born on 30 January 2002 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Mamorarenakatta mono tachi e (2021), Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020) and The Door Into Summer (2021).
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- Producer
Naoyuki Tomomatsu was born in 1967 in Osaka, Japan. He is a director and writer.- Riko Fukumoto was born on 25 November 2000 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight (2022), Love Me, Love Me Not (2020) and Secret Unrequited Love (2019).
- Kentaro Seagal was born on 3 October 1975 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Death Trance (2005), Seamless (1999) and Pî-Pî kyodai (2001). He has been married to Tze, Yin since 2005. They have one child.
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Toshikazu Nagae was born on 11 February 1966 in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Hôsô kinshi the movie: sennô jaakunaru tetsu no image (2014), Banned from Broadcast (2004) and Banned from Broadcast 2: A Damned Big Family (2004).- Actor
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Jô Shishido or Joe Shishido a.k.a. Joe The Ace (esu no Jô) owing to his role in 1961's Fast-Draw Guy entered acting following an audition for the Nikkatsu Studio and being one of the few to be picked and offered a contract via its New Face contest. Having signed with Nikkatsu in 1954 he began acting in drama films before drifting into yakuza sub-genre of action and crime films and ultimately finding fame through Nikkatsu director's Seijun Suzuki in Branded To Kill. This recognition was slow in developing, however, as upon its initial release reaction was mute and box office success was limited, which eventually lead to Suzuki's firing from the studio. Shishido worked further in television and for other studios and has over 160 films to his name. Wanting a more distinct look Shishido underwent cheek augmentation surgery resulting in a look described as being akin to a chipmunk. Shishido died at his Setagaya, Tokyo home at age 86 in January 2020.- Actor
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- Manager
Ken'ichi Suzumura was born on 12 September 1974 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor and manager, known for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005), Ouran High School Host Club (2006) and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny (2004). He has been married to Maaya Sakamoto since 8 August 2011. They have one child.- Director
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- Cinematographer
Toshiaki Toyoda was born on 10 March 1969 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Blue Spring (2001), 9 Souls (2003) and I'm Flash! (2012).- Honoka Matsumoto was born on 5 February 1997 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Sore ga Iru Mori (2022), Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo (2016) and Mio on the Shore (2019).
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Okiura left high school at the age of 16 and entered the animation industry as a member of the studio Anime R, where he studied under Moriyasu Taniguchi and which Taniguchi superintends.He is known for his detailed effects animation in, for example, the chopper attack scene in Patlabor 2: The Movie, and more recently his highly realistic character animation in works such as the opening credits to Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and several Production I.G features. His debut work as a director, Jin-Roh, completed in 1998, was the recipient of the Minami Toshiko Award at the 11th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 2000.
Okiura's next written and directed feature film, A Letter to Momo, premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, about 11 years after his first film. It was in-development for seven years.- Actress
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Yûko Tanaka was born on 29 April 1955 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Monster (2023), Amagi Pass (1983) and Hibi (2005). She has been married to Kenji Sawada since 1989.- Kanako Urai (born September 26, 1981) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Asuka. She started her professional wrestling career in the AtoZ promotion in June 2004 under the ring name Kana. She remained there until retiring in March 2006. She returned to the ring a year and a half later, starting to work as a freelancer for promotions such as JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Wave, Reina Joshi Puroresu, Smash and Wrestling New Classic. Her achievements include winning the JWP Openweight Championship, NEO Tag Team Championship, Reina World Women's Championship, Smash Diva Championship and Wave Tag Team Championship.
In August 2015, Urai signed a developmental deal with WWE. After spending two years in WWE's developmental branch NXT, where she is a former NXT Women's Champion (with her reign of 510 days being the longest of any title in WWE's post-national expansion era) as well as the Female Competitor of the Year (2016, 2017) and Overall Competitor of the Year (2017) NXT Year-End Award winner, Asuka was moved to the promotion's main roster in September 2017. In addition, the company has billed her as having the "longest undefeated streak in WWE history" at 914 days. In January 2018, she was the inaugural winner of the women's Royal Rumble match.
In December 2015, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter stated that Urai "may be the best worker in WWE, man or woman". In 2017, Asuka became the first Japanese female wrestler to top Pro Wrestling Illustrated's (PWI) annual PWI Female 50 list. Her techniques include various kicks and submission holds, leading to a reputation for a stiff wrestling style. Urai has also worked as a freelance graphic designer and video game journalist and through her work with Microsoft she has been sponsored by the company, wearing an Xbox 360 logo on her gear. - Actress
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Born in Higashiosaka east of Osaka, Japan on the 14th of December 1991, Takahata Mitsuki attended Tokyo's Hosei University. She made her way onto the small screen in 2007, silver screen in 2013 and a win at the 40th Japan Academy Prize as Newcomer Of The Year in 2017. She has appeared in several videos, released her own album through Warner Music Japan and advertised for Panasonic, Glico and other corporate entities. She is signed to Horipro Talent Agency.- Keigo Higashino was born on 4 February 1958 in Osaka, Japan. He is a writer, known for Jaane Jaan (2023), Shippû rondo (2016) and Laplace's Witch (2018).
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Tomoyuki Tanaka was born on April 26, 1910 in Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan. He graduated from Kansai University in 1940 and joined Toho Studios the same year. After four years with the company, he became a producer, with his first film production being Kita no san-nin (1945). He was set to begin work on a Japanese-Indonesian film called "Eiko no Kanatani" (Behind the Glory); however, the Indonesian government did not grant work visas to the Japanese cast and crew. As a result, he had to think of something big enough to replace the scrapped movie. During a trip home to Japan, Tanaka peered out the airplane window and gazed towards the dark ocean below, wondering what lay beneath those waves. Then, he got the brilliant idea: make a film about a gigantic monster. Thus, Godzilla was born!
With a respected team of crew members including Director Ishirô Honda, Special Effects Man Eiji Tsuburaya and Composer Akira Ifukube, these "Four Fathers" created the first ever Godzilla (1954) movie, which would go on to become one of the highest-grossing films in Japan of all time and would feature a monster that would be a most recognizable and lasting icon of pop-culture not only in Japan, but in countries around the world. Tanaka would go on to produce 21 of the many sequels to Godzilla (1954), and other Toho sci-fi films such as Rodan (1956), The Mysterians (1957), Varan (1958), Mothra (1961) and Atragon (1963). Tanaka has produced or oversaw every Toho sci-fi film up to 1997 and has also produced six films with acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa.
Tanaka passed away in Tokyo on April 2, 1997 at the age of 86.- Ayami Nakajô was born on 4 February 1997 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Let's Go Jets (2017), Seto and Utsumi (2016) and Love You as the World Ends (2021).
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Ryô Horikawa was born on 1 February 1958 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Dragon Ball Z (1989), Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988) and Super Smash Bros. (1999).- Director
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Female director and screenwriter Yukiko Mishima's career spans nearly three decades, having started by writing and directing human documentaries for television. Her first feature film, The Tattoer, was released in 2009 and is based on Junichiro Tanizaki's literary classic. Since then, Mishima had directed a further seven feature films, Bread of Happiness (2012) and A Drop of the Grapevine(2014) as well as A Stich of Life (2015) which was screened as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2017. Dear Etranger (2017), also one of the feature films in this year's Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme, is Mishima's sixth film which won the Special Grand Prix of the Jury Award at the 2017 Montreal World Film Festival.- Actor
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Takashi Fujii was born on 10 March 1972 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Babel (2006), Lost in Translation (2003) and 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008). He has been married to Otoha since 30 July 2005.- The Japanese actress Yumi Aso is a well known and popular performer who has worked on numerous movies and television programs in Japan, and around the world.
Perfect Days (2023) Don't Cry Mr.Ogre(2019)movie Tetto Musashino Sen(1997)movie JIN(2009)TV Series Watashi o Hanasanaide "Never Let Me Go "(2016) TV Series Tonbi(2013)TV Series Carnation (2011-2012)TV Series Towering Waves (2006)TV Movie - Haru Kuroki was born on 14 March 1990 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Wolf Children (2012), The Great Passage (2013) and The Little House (2014).
- Yûki Morinaga was born on 29 June 1996 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Alice in Borderland (2020), Live (2014) and Chihayafuru Part I (2016).
- Kenta Kiritani was born on 4 February 1980 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Beck (2010), Zettai reido: Tokushu hanzai sennyû sôsa (2011) and Cyborg She (2008).
- Ryo Nishikido was born 3 November, 1984 in Kadoma, Osaka. He is an actor, singer-songwriter and television presenter. He joined as a trainee with Johnny's Entertainment in 1997 and made his official début with boy groups NEWS and Kanjani 8 in 2003 and 2004 respectively. As an actor, he first gained attention as the devoted classmate of a girl coping with an incurable disease in Japanese drama 1 Litre of Tears (2005) followed by the role as an abusive boyfriend in Last Friends (2008). He left NEWS in 2011 and started focusing on his activities with Kanjani 8, doing nationwide tours and co-hosting variety shows. He went on to take on leading roles in movies and dramas, such as Chonmage Purin (2009), Zenkai Girl (2011), Dakishimetai: Shinjitsu no Monogatari (2014) and Gomen ne Seishun (2014).
- Actress
Keiko Seiko was born in 1983 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Hostel (2005), Natural Born Killers (1994) and The Spanish Prisoner (1997).- Nakamoto Yuta, better known as Yuta, is a singer, rapper, and dancer, born in Osaka, Japan on October 26, 1995. He is part of the main dancers and sub-vocalists of NCT 127, and is one of two Japanese members in NCT. He was part of the show "Abnormal Summit" before he debuted as the Japanese representative. He has one older sister and one younger sister. He was part of SM global audition in 2012, and debuted with NCT 127 in 2016 with "Firetruck".