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": "Oguri Shun", "alternateName": "小栗旬", "birthDate": "December 26, 1982", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Shun Oguri is a Japanese actor, voice actor and film director, son of stage director Tetsuya Oguri, and the youngest of 3 siblings, including older brother Ryo, who is also an actor.
He started in small roles as extra in the works in which his father and brother worked. He began his official acting career at the age of 13 in the 1995 TV drama, "Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune". With over 100 credits to his name, Oguri has an extensive Japanese filmography. He directed his first film in 2010, Surely Someday, a drama in which he had a cameo role. Oguri made his Hollywood debut in "Godzilla vs. Kong", released in 2021.
As a voice actor, in 2005, he lent his voice in "Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa" as Alfons Heiderich, as well as other characters in other series.
Shun Oguri married actress and model Yu Yamada on March 14, 2012. They met during the filming of an NHK Taiga drama in 2012. They have 4 children, a daughter born in 2014, second child in 2016 , a third child in June 2020 and a fourth child in spring 2022.
(Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/jYAAB_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nagayama Eita", "alternateName": "瑛太, 永山瑛太, えいた, ながやま えいた, , Eita Nagayama", "birthDate": "December 13, 1982", "nationality": "Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan", "description": "Nagayama Eita is a Japanese actor from Tokyo, Japan. He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series Water Boys. He also appeared in Summer Time Machine Blues and Tokyo Friends: The Movie. In 2009, Eita was cast in his first theatrical role playing a human in a romantic relationship with a female ghost. Not long after in August 2009, it was announced that Eita had been cast as the lead in the play Tokyo Gekko Makyoku, playing a mysterious character living in the early Showa era. It was his first time playing the lead in a theatrical production. On June 1, 2010, it was announced that Eita would marry singer Kaela Kimura, who was already five months pregnant, that summer after becoming engaged in late 2009. Eita and Kimura announced that they submitted their marriage registration on September 1, 2010. They have a son (born October 2010, though without a disclosed exact birthdate or name), and a daughter (born October 2013). (Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/eita.png" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sakaguchi Tak", "alternateName": "坂口拓", "birthDate": "March 15, 1975", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Tak Sakaguchi is a Japanese actor, director, fight choreographer, and stuntman. He is best known for his role in Ryuhei Kitamura's cult film, Versus. Sakaguchi is a talented martial artist: he is purportedly skilled in Bajiquan, Shorinji Kempo, boxing, and kick boxing.
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