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- Tokuma Nishioka began his career as a child actor but had to suspend his activities due to childhood asthma. He later resumed studying theater in Tamagawa Gakuen university and joined one of the most prestigious theater companies, Bungakuza, in Japan. Ten years later, he left the company and expanded his career into television dramas, movies, and stage performances.
- Kazuya Tanabe was born on 31 July 1985 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Tokyo Vice (2022), Kate (2021) and The Terror (2018).
- Misato Morita was born on 13 September 1996 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for City Hunter (2024), Missing (2021) and The Sacrifice Dilemma (2013).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
James was born in Yokohama and raised in rural Yamagata, Japan. He moved to the U.S. after high school and earned a BA in literature from Wheaton College and an MFA in acting and directing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
James is based in NYC, working as an actor, director, translator, and writer. Many fans know him as Robert Minoru from Marvel's Runaways. He has originated many roles on and off Broadway, including Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy, Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out (2003 Tony Award for Best Play), A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, John Guare's A Few Stout Individuals, and Julia Cho's Durango. His credits also include characters in world-premiere stage adaptations of literary classics, such as Yunioshi in Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's on Broadway and Toru in Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle at the Edinburgh Int'l Festival and the Singapore Arts Festival.
For the stage, he has directed My Friend Has Come for the Asian American Writers Workshop, Dancing with the Bird at the Japan Society in New York, "Clippy and Ms. U" for Ma-Yi Studios, and Ready or Not and It's a Jungle Out There for the 52nd Street Project Playmaking series. He made his filmmaking debut in '11 with Lefty Loosey Righty Tighty, which won Best Feature in the DIY film competition at Northside Festival, a trendsetter art festival in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
James was the conceiver of the theater benefit "SHINSAI: Theaters for Japan" which took place on March 11, 2012, the one-year anniversary of the disasters in Japan, with participation from nearly 100 theaters, internationally. He also collaborates frequently with Japanese artists, translating award winning contemporary Japanese plays and subtitling major Japanese studio films.
James is also a martial artist with black belts in judo and aikido.- Masanobu Andô was born on 19 May 1975 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Battle Royale (2000), Kids Return (1996) and Sukiyaki Western Django (2007). He has been married to unknown since 2014. They have one child.
- Hiroshi Abe was born on 22 June 1964 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Still Walking (2008), Godzilla 2000 (1999) and After the Storm (2016).
- Kosuke Tanaka was born on 31 July 1996 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Tokyo Vice (2022), One More Shot (2024) and Silent Parade (2022).
- Chiaki Kobayashi was born on 4 June 1994 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Ragna Crimson (2023), Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku (2023) and Wise Man's Grandchild (2019).
- Actress
- Producer
Rina Hoshino is a bilingual Japanese-American actress, award-winning voiceover artist and singer. Born in Yokohama, Japan and having spent her adolescence in Seattle, Hoshino trained at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Los Angeles.
In 2019, Hoshino voiced Mewtwo in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019) which was a world-wide sensation and became one of the most successful Live-Action Film Adaptation of a Video Game. She also voiced Bunko in World War Z (2019) which sold a million copies in its 1st week of release. Hoshino was a Lead in the short film: And Then, which has won several film festivals globally including Short Shorts Film Festival, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, Toronto Ellensburg Film Festival and has been nominated to multiple Oscar-Qualifying festivals.- Ryûsei Yokohama was born on 16 September 1996 in Kanagawa Prefecture. He is an actor, known for Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: Dinosaur Great Battle! Farewell, Eternal Friends (2014), Ressha Sentai ToQger (2014) and Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninjas in Wonderland (2016).
- Kotone Furukawa was born on 25 October 1996 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021), ACMA:GAME (2024) and Pending Train (2023).
- Nae was born on 12 May 1970 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Inland Empire (2006) and A Class to Remember (1993).
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Yôko Hikasa was born on 16 July 1985 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Infinite Stratos (2011), K-On! (2009) and Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online (2018).- Sei Shiraishi was born on 10 August 1998 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for I's (2018), Prince of Legend (2019) and Ooku (2023).
- Kenji Sahara was born Tadashi Ishihara on May 14, 1932 in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan. He came in second in the "Mr. Ordinary Contest" in 1953 and his cinema debut was as an extra in two small roles in Godzilla (1954), one as a ship passenger and one as a journalist. However, his break-through in Toho Studios' sci-fi films came when he portrayed the male lead Shigeru in Rodan (1956), where he changed his name to "Kenji Sahara." He would go on to become a familiar face in Toho's sci-fi films, playing a wide variety of heroes and villains. Appearing in films from all three of the Godzilla series, "Showa, "Heisei," and "Millennium," Sahara has appeared in Godzilla films more than any other actor. He is also a regular cast member in Japan's "Ultraman" television shows.
With his wife, who is fluent in English, they have visited the United States several times. - Aju Makita was born on 7 August 2002 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Shoplifters (2018), True Mothers (2020) and House of Ninjas (2024).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Tôru Furuya was born on 31 July 1953 in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Paprika (2006), Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) and Sailor Moon (1992). He has been married to Satomi Majima since March 1985. They have one child. He was previously married to Mami Koyama.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lynn was born in Kanagawa, Japan. She is known for The Promised Neverland (2019), Overwatch (2016) and High School Fleet (2016).- Yu Hayashi was born on 2 April 1983 in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Pom Poko (1994), Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021) and Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (2007).
- Tomoko Ai was born on 29 October 1954 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975), Ultraman Leo (1974) and Kaiju: Island of Fire.
- Tôri Matsuzaka was born on 17 October 1988 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for The Blood of Wolves (2018), Call Boy (2018) and Impossibility Defense (2017). He has been married to Erika Toda since 10 December 2020.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Miki Sugimoto is almost inseparable from fellow 1970s Toei film star Reiko Ike. Both stared in numerous "sukeban" films throughout the 1970s and helped build a generation of "Toei porn".
A fashion model and star of "Go Go Girl in All Night Fuji" (a Japanese TV program), she made her film debut in "Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha" (Onsen mimizu geisha (1971)) and was later known for her film "Zero Woman - Red Handcuffs" (Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)), one of the most over-the-top Japanese crime films of the 1970s. She left the film industry in 1978 to marry a former classmate-turned-businessman and become a nursery school teacher.- Ami Tomite was born on 17 March 1994 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Antiporno (2016), Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) and Tag (2015).
- Actor
- Producer
Akira Terao is the son of the famous actor Jukichi Uno. After graduating from Bunka Gakuin University, he formed a rock band "The Savage" which experienced brief success thanks to their hit 'Itsumademo, Itsumademo'. In 1967, Kei Kuma hired him to play alongside his father in his film 'Tunnel of Kurobe'. Terao then signed a contract with Ishihara Productions for which he appeared in several films. Akira Kurosawa chose him to play in two of his films, 'Ran' (1985) and mainly, as Kurosawa himself, in 'Dreams' (1990). On the other hand Terao continues to write and sing songs and his song 'Ruby no Yubiwa' was awarded the 'Record Taisho' prize for 1986. He also regularly works for television, notably for Ishihara TV Productions.- Director
- Actor
- Executive
Filmmaker, Comic actor and TV Presenter
Born in Japan and raised in Adelaide and Bangkok, Yujiro (YT) studied economics (Bachelors degree) at Keio University, Tokyo, before starting a career in show business.
His television credits include presenting and acting in a variety of programs on TV Tokyo, ITV (England), MBC (Korea) , Hunan TV (China), RTL (Holland) and the BBC. Neo-Japan Award Director for the Shortshorts Film Festival 2008. He is a big fan of MJ and the mighty British "Businessman of the year 1993" Keith Lemon from Leeds.
Finalist for the inaugural "Democracy Challenge" hosted by the U.S State Department. "Samurai Democracy" advocate.