Hiromi Oka decides to join the high school tennis club from the moment she saw the star player Reika's excellent and smashing play. However, once the tennis lesson began, Hiromi finds herself bored in the succession of simple practice swings. One day, Munakata becomes appointed as the new head coach of the tennis team. His special training was nothing but original, extreme, and severe. In addition, he suddenly chose Hiromi, a tennis beginner, to be a member of the upcoming tennis tournament. Not only Hiromi but also her teammates become confused and take the odd situation unfair. Jealousy of her friends and teammates mounted, and they started to talk behind her back. Finally, Hiromi decides to leave the team and run away from the uncomfortable reality, but the coach strongly refused. Instead, he gave her an even more severe and personalized training.
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After her passionate portrayal of a high school student with Gender Identity Disorder in the 6th series of the long-running classroom drama Kinpachi sensei, "3-nen B-Gumi Kinpachi Sensei 6" (2001), endeared her to the Japanese nation, she was able to pursue a solo music career with her first single, "Pureness", released in August 2002. It was this performance that also convinced cult movie director Ryohei Kitamura to cast her in the title role of Azumi (2003).
With the film's release date coinciding with the sale of her debut album "AYAUETO" in the spring of 2003, Aya was set for super-stardom. Her famous smile has since earned her increasing numbers of commercial contracts and magazine covers - all-important exposure for any idol - combined with starring roles in a number of popular television dramas have meant she is rarely out of the limelight and has cemented her position as one of Japan's top entertainers.
She has been married to Hiroyuki Igarashi (HIRO of EXILE) since September 14, 2012. Their first daughter was born on August 19, 2015. On July 27, 2019, the birth of their second child, a boy, was announced. On Jun 23, 2023, the birth of their third child, a boy, was announced.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/4rQw6_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yoshizawa Hisashi", "alternateName": "吉沢悠", "birthDate": "August 30, 1978", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Hisashi Yoshizawa, born in Tokyo, is a Japanese actor managed by Ten Carat. Yu Yoshizawa was his stage name when he first started performing in 1997. After taking a year off from performing, he returned to the stage in June 2006 under his birth name, Hisashi Yoshizawa.
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She debuted as a regular on the popular children's show Oha-Suta in 1999 reading out the English names of various Pokémon characters in a section of the show called "Pokémon: The World."
She became a popular mascot of the show, and eventually started landing spots on various Japanese variety shows. On television, she has also appeared in numerous commercials and has lent her voice to the characters of many anime shorts and movies.
She graduated from Tokyo's Asia University with a degree in business administration on March 15, 2006. In 2008 she was named by Japan Today as the most popular female TV personality because she appeared in more commercials (14) than any other female in Japan. Australian airline Jetstar used her in advertisements and promotions aimed towards Japanese audiences.
Becky is best friends with actress Aya Ueto (who also coincidentally held the title of CM queen in 2007), whom she first met on the set of Oha-Suta. They became friends five years later, on the set of Ueto's drama Ace wo Nerae!. They have made many TV appearances together since then.
On 13 February 2019, Becky announced that she had married Yomiuri Giants coach Yasuyuki Kataoka.
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She debuted as a fashion model in 1994, when she was only 11, using the stage name of Megumi Matsumoto (松本恵, Matsumoto Megumi).
Shortly after she appeared in various commercials and tv shows. In 1999 she announced her withdrawal from the entertainment business in order to continue her studies.
She came back in 2002 with the new stage name Rio Matsumoto, and one year later she played her first role in a movie, Cosmic Rescue: The moonlight generations. In 2005 she got her first important role, that of Tomie Kawakami in J-Horror Tomie: Beginning, directed by Ataru Oikawa, and based on the manga by Junji Ito.
In 2008 she worked with director Takashi Miike, in the sci-fi comedy God's Puzzle.
As a singer, she recorded her single Seraphita no Komoriuta in 2004
In 2007 Rio Matsumoto made her debut as a fashion stylist, creating wedding gowns. .
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