Maeda is skilled in the piano, Tate (fighting battles on the movie set) and the English language (Ai studied abroad in Canada for a year in 2000). She stars currently in the 3-D Ghost horror film Shock Labyrinth 3D,[1] which was directed by Takashi Shimizu.[2]
She is also a graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University (Faculty of Economics, International Politics and Communications).", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/p6qyB_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tsugawa Masahiko", "alternateName": "津川雅彦", "birthDate": "January 2, 1940", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Tsugawa Masahiko (January 2, 1940 - August 4, 2018) was born in Nakagyo District, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, whose real name is Kato Masahiko. He is a right-wing actor, film director, acting producer, and critic. He was affiliated with the entertainment firm Grand Pa Production, and served as the company's chairman.
He graduated from Kyoto Rakusei Junior High School but dropped out of high school affiliated to Waseda University. He graduated from Nakano High School affiliated with Meiji University and graduated from Bunka Gakuin Junior College of Culture. He engaged in film director activities as Makino Masahiko, and his first work is "The Night Watch Rhapsody". After having starred in many TV shows and films, including the film "Heaven and Earth" in Takeda Shingen and NHK River drama " Aoi Tokugawa Sandai " in the Tokugawa Ieyasu, he became well known to the people. In March 2019, he won the 42nd Japan Film Academy Awards President’s Special Award.
On August 4, 2018, Masahiko Tsugawa died of heart failure in a hospital in Tokyo at the age of 78.
(Source: Baidu)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/Z3YEkc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Toda Erika", "alternateName": "戸田恵梨香", "birthDate": "August 17, 1988", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Toda Erika is a Japanese actress born in Nada-Ku, Kobe City, Hyogo prefecture.
Toda began her performing arts activities in the fifth grade of elementary school and debuted as a gravure model by the age of 13. She moved to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school and started her acting career in earnest. Her film debut was in 2006, and she attracted attention by playing the role of Amane Misa in the movie "Death Note" live-action.
After that, Toda appeared in the live-action adaptation of the manga series “LIAR GAME” as Kanzaki Nao and TBS drama "Ryusei no Kizuna" which granted her 3 awards for Best Supporting Actress in the 2nd Tokyo Drama Awards, 59th Television Drama Academy Awards, and 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix. Toda is also known for her lead roles in the “Code Blue” series as Hiyama Mihoko and as Touma Saya in the “Keizoku 2: SPEC” series. Most recently, she played the role of heroine in 2019 NHK asadora "Scarlet".
Toda usually speaks with Kansai dialect and is represented by the agency FLaMme.
On December 10, 2020, Toda announced her marriage to fellow actor Matsuzaka Tori. On May 5, 2023, she announced the birth of her first child.
(Source: Wikipedia, Tokyohive)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/vx77p_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Katase Nana", "alternateName": "片瀬那奈", "birthDate": "November 7, 1981", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "She's a model, actress and singer born in Tokyo. Her album Telepathy came out in 2003.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/ZbAwW_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fujiwara Tatsuya", "alternateName": "藤原竜也, ふじわら たつや, Tatsuya Fujiwara", "birthDate": "May 15, 1982", "nationality": "Chichibu, Saitama, Japan", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/fujiwara-tatsuya.png" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitsushima Hikari", "alternateName": "満島ひかり, 滿島光, 满岛光, みつしま ひかり, 미쓰시마 히카리, Hikari Mitsushima", "birthDate": "November 30, 1985", "nationality": "Okinawa Prefecture, Japan", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/hikari-mitsushima.png" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kaga Takeshi", "alternateName": "鹿賀丈史", "birthDate": "October 12, 1950", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Kaga Takeshi is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV. His real name is Katsuta Shigekatsu.
Kaga was born in the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. His first experience on stage was at the age of seven when he joined the Kanazawa City Boys choral group.
In 1972, he joined the Japanese theatrical company Gekidan Shiki. While with the company, he played the role of Jesus in the Japanese stage production of Jesus Christ Superstar (1976) and the role of Tony in West Side Story. In 1980, he left SHIKI to play the role of Sanada in the movie Yaju Shisubeshi. He starred in several movies throughout the 1980s, but his most famous role would be that of "Chairman Kaga", the eccentric and flamboyant host of Ryori no Tetsujin, a cooking competition show (1993-1999). It became very popular, not only in Japan but around the English-speaking world.
Despite his international fame with the show, he has not given up his love for musicals. In 1987, he starred in the popular Japanese production of Les Miserables as Jean Valjean and Javert. He reprised his role as Valjean in 1995 as the representative of Japan during the encore of the 10th Anniversary Concert of Les Miserables at the Royal Albert Hall in London. During the encore, Valjeans from 17 different countries joined the cast on stage. He also starred in Macbeth in 2000, and in Jekyll and Hyde as well as in The Threepenny Opera in 2001. In 2009, he starred in a Japanese language version of La Cage aux Folles.
He has also lent his voice to Japanese anime. Notably, he voiced Jirarudan, an antagonist, in 1999's Pokemon the Movie - Revelation Lugia, the second Pokemon movie, and also sung his theme song, "Ware wa Collector". He also notably voiced Dr. Kiriko in 2005's Black Jack: The Two Doctors of Darkness.
After Iron Chef ended, he returned to acting in movies and dramas. He also hosted Time Shock 21, a quiz show on Asahi Television in Japan. In 2005, Kaga performed as the lead in the Japanese production of Michael Frayn's Democracy and starred in the blockbuster film Sengoku Jieitai 1549. Kaga also appeared in both installments of the highly successful Death Note film series as Soichiro Yagami.
His most recent role, as of December 2007, is that of Emperor Kinkaku (King of the Golden Horn) in the film adaptation of the TV series Saiyuki. He also provided the voice for Golbez in the Nintendo DS remake of Final Fantasy IV and has reprised the same role in Dissidia: Final Fantasy for the PSP. He is also the Official Japanese voice actor for Teridax in Japanese Bionicle Media as of 2004.
(Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/d0ypDe_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Okuda Tatsuhito", "alternateName": "奥田達士", "birthDate": "August 10, 1968", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/Q45Kg_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aoyama Sota", "alternateName": "青山草太", "birthDate": "September 17, 1979", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Aoyama Sota is a Japanese actor. He is best known for originating the role of Sadaharu Inui of the first generation Seigaku cast of the Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu, and also played the role of Kaito Toma, the human host of Ultraman Max in the 2005 Ultraman Max series.
He is also known as Matsuda Tota a detective in the 2006 and 2016 version of Death Note.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/jQykKy_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nakamura Ikuji", "alternateName": "中村育二", "birthDate": "December 21, 1953", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Nakamura Ikuji is a Japanese actor.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/WXZ0p_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matsuyama Kenichi", "alternateName": "松山ケンイチ", "birthDate": "March 5, 1985", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Matsuyama Kenichi, who is known for his affinity for strange character roles, was born in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture in 1985. In 2001, Kenichi started his career as a model. In 2002, he made his debut as an actor landing a small role in the NTV drama "Gokusen" as Kenichi Mori. In 2003, Kenichi expanded to movies and landed his first supporting role in "Bright Future". Kenichi's acting career expanded with his role as Shin in the 2005 movie "Nana".
His major breakthrough came in 2006 with Kenichi's charismatic performance as "L" in "Death Note" and "Death Note: The Last Name". Since then he has performed in a variety of different roles like the shy death metal rocker in "Detroit Metal City" and the youth that falls in love with an older woman in "Don't Laugh at My Romance". More recently, Kenichi has worked with foreign directors like Korean-Japanese director Yoichi Sai in "Kamui Gaiden", Vietnamese director Anh Hung Tran in "Norwegian Wood" and American director Hans Canosa in "Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac".
On April 1st, 2011, he married actress Kato Koyuki who co-starred with him in Kamui Gaiden. They welcomed the birth of their first child, a son, on January 5, 2012, then their second child, a daughter, on January 10, 2013. They welcomed the birth of their third child on July 8th, 2015
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