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Abe's model career began during his college days. By winning "Shueisha 3rd Nonno Boyfriend Award" in 1985, his image as a charismatic model was established and appeared exclusively for "Nonno" and "Men's Nonno" magazines. In his last year of college, Abe made his debut in acting with the movie "Haikara-san ga Toru". His first TV drama leading role came in 1990. Abe achieved a breakthrough in 1994 by winning the Japanese Professional Movie Special Award for "Kyoju Luger P08", and one other work. In his 30-year long career, Abe has starred in many series and movies, and the most notable works include "TRICK" series, "Dragon Zakura", "Kekkon Dekinai Otoko", "Shinzanmono" series, "Thermae Romae", and multiple works directed by Koreeda Hirokazu - "Still Working" and "After the Storm".
In 2009, Abe won the award for Best Actor at the 63rd Mainichi Film Award for his performances in "Still Walking" and "Aoi Tori". He has also won Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor Award twice - at the 36th edition for "Thermae Romae", and at the 38th edition for "Cape Nostalgia". In 2012, he won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for his performances in "Kirin no Tsubasa", "Thermae Romae", and "By Rule of Crow's Thumb". Abe has also won the Television Drama Academy Award a total of six times - four as Best Actor and twice as Best Supporting Actor.
In his private life, he remained single beyond 40, making him synonymous with the character he played, Kuwano Shinsuke, from "Kekkon Dekinai Otoko". On November 20, 2007, Abe held a press conference at TV Asahi to announce his engagement. His fiancée is an office lady (28 at the time) and 15 years younger than him. He even stated that "The man who can't get married is getting married!" (referring to Kuwano Shinsuke) during the press conference. Abe and his fiancée registered their marriage in February 2008. The couple has two daughters - the eldest one was born on June 23, 2011, and the second child was born on November 1, 2012.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/6wwg0_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nagasawa Masami", "alternateName": "長澤まさみ", "birthDate": "June 3, 1987", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Nagasawa Masami, born in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actress. She is also known as "Ma-chan" or, as Yamashita Tomohisa calls her, "Maa-tan". On her radio show, she introduces herself as "Gasawa", a nickname chosen by fans. She is the daughter of Nagasawa Kazuaki, the former manager of the J. League team Jubilo Iwata; she was born on the season when they won their first league championship.
In 2002, her appearance in the Nabisco CM earned her the title of "The Pretty Girl from the Nabisco CM" in magazines and TV shows, as her name was not yet well-known at the time.
In 2003, she had her very first leading role in the movie, Robokon and Masami commented that it was this movie that first brought out her acting skills and that it remains one of her favourite works to this day.
In 2004, Masami starred as the heroine of the story, a teenage girl who died of leukemia, in the big hit movie, Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World. The movie was a box office hit in Japan, earning 8.5 billion Yen in total. It was in this movie that she decided to shave off all her hair to accommodate her role as a leukemia patient. Her outstanding performance in this movie gave her recognition as an actress and earned her numerous awards including the Best Supporting Actress Prize (the youngest ever) in the 28th Japanese Academy Awards.
Nagasawa graduated from Horikoshi High School, which also counts among alumni performers like Hamasaki Ayumi, Haruka Ayase, Ueto Aya, Matsumoto Jun, Yuya Tegoshi, Yamashita Tomohisa, Toma Ikuta and Koki Tanaka.
For three consecutive years since 2005, she has been the cover girl for Toho Calendar, which has a history of over 50 years.
In April 2007, she co-starred with Yamashita Tomohisa for the second time in the fantasy love comedy, Proposal Daisakusen (first time was in Dragon Zakura), featuring the former model Eikura Nana. The show enjoyed high ratings, and the cast also swept the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Awards for Spring of 2007, winning in all 5 categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Drama.
In summer 2007, Masami was ranked 9th in 2007 Most Influential People In Japan and was the only female in the ranking. The order is as follows: Takuya Kimura, Takeshi Kitano, Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, Monta Mino, Sanma Akashiya, Shingo Katori, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Nagasawa Masami, Masahiro Nakai, according to magazine Flash.
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On December 21, 2022, she joined the brand-new HYBE Japan Label "NAECO" as their first artist. On August 8, 2024, the exclusive contract ended.
On September 1, 2024, it was announced that she has signed with "Cloud Nine Inc." as an artist.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/dJ64g_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Takahashi Kaito", "alternateName": "髙橋海人", "birthDate": "April 3, 1999", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Takahashi Kaito is a Japanese actor, singer and member of the idol group King & Prince.
Kaito started learning to dance when he was in nursery school. In 2008, he formed a dance group and participated in contests. He later left the dance group and studied dancing under dancer NOPPO (s**t kingz) during junior high school.
In May 2018, he made his debut as a member of King & Prince with the single "Cinderella Girl" (シンデレラガール) and made his first appearance at the 69th Kohaku Uta Gassen. He also made his debut as a manga artist in the shoujo manga magazine "Betsukomi."
In 2023, he won the 116th Television Drama Academy Award for Best Actor for the drama "Daga, Jyonetsu wa Aru!" (だが、情熱はある).
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