Comedians / Comediennes

• Hayashiya Shōzō
  Shozo Hayashiya (9th)
  , formally known as is a Japanese rakugoka, tarento and voice actor. He is an associate professor of humanities at Josai International University. He is the son of Sanpei Hayashiya.-Radio:*Hayashiya Shōzō no Sengaku Banrai...
  
  
• Hamada Masatoshi
• Hiroshi
  Hiroshi (Owarai)
  , real name , is a Japanese comedian famous for his dismal stand-up act.Originally a member of a kombi called Babies , he started working as a host in Tokyo under the host name Ken Saegami when Babies dissolved...
  
  
• Hisamoto Masami
  Masami Hisamoto
  , is a Japanese comedian, actress, singer and tarento from Osaka, Hirano Ward, belonging to the Wahaha talent agency. She is also, as of 2007, the head of the fine arts department of Soka Gakkai International...
  
  
• Kitano Takeshi
• Matsumoto Hitoshi
• Sakai Masaaki
• Sumitani Masaki
• Tashiro Masashi
• Kōichi Yamadera
  Koichi Yamadera
  is a Japanese voice actor, actor, tarento, narrator, master of ceremonies and impressionist from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school, and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with the Tokyo Actor's...
  
  

Idols (male)

• Daiki Arioka
  Daiki Arioka
  is a Japanese actor, tarento and singer as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture.- Career:...
  
  
• Goro Inagaki
  Goro Inagaki
  is a Japanese musician and actor from Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. Inagaki is a member of the Japanese pop group SMAP. His career began while he was in junior high school, when his sister submitted his picture to a talent company; he was subsequently chosen to join SMAP, which has a considerable...
  
  
• Hikaru Yaotome
  Hikaru Yaotome
  is a Japanese singer and songwriter as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Miyagi and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area....
  
  
• Hiroki Uchi
  Hiroki Uchi
  is a Japanese idol singer, songwriter, actor and model. He was born in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Biography:Uchi Hiroki auditioned for Johnny & Associates on May 1999, at the age of twelve...
  
  
• Jin Akanishi
  Jin Akanishi
  is a Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, actor, seiyū, and former radio host. Akanishi is a former member of the J-pop group, KAT-TUN, and was one of the two lead vocalists...
  
  
• Jun Matsumoto
  Jun Matsumoto
  , often called by the portmanteau nickname , is a Japanese idol, singer, actor and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi and is best known to Japanese television drama audiences for his portrayal as Tsukasa Dōmyōji in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which he won GQ Japan's Man Of...
  
  
• Junnosuke Taguchi
• Junichi Okada
  Junichi Okada
  is a member of Japanese boy band V6, which is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He joined Johnny & Associates at the age of 14.- Music career :...
  
  
• Kanata Hongo
  Kanata Hongo
  is a Japanese actor and model. He is part of Stardust Talent agency and has appeared several times in music videos, movies, TV series, and magazines. His major breakthrough role was as the anime character Ryoma Echizen in the film adaptation of The Prince of Tennis, and became even more widely...
  
  
• Katori Shingo
• Kazunari Ninomiya
  Kazunari Ninomiya
  , often called , is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi and is best known to movie audiences for his portrayal as Private Saigo in the 2006 Clint Eastwood war film Letters from Iwo Jima.Ninomiya began his career in the...
  
  
• Kazuya Kamenashi
  Kazuya Kamenashi
  , often called Kame, is a Japanese idol, singer–songwriter, actor, television personality, producer, radio host and occasional model. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12 and was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist of...
  
  
• Kei Inoo
• Keiichiro Koyama
  Keiichiro Koyama
  is a Japanese musician and member of the Johnny's Entertainment group NEWS.-Biography:Koyama, born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa as the youngest of two children, is the oldest member of NEWS and is often seen as the mother figure of the group...
  
  
• Keita Tachibana
  Keita Tachibana
  is a Japanese musician. He is the lead singer and main choreographer of the pop boy band w-inds.- Career :Tachibana came to national attention as the only male finalist in the 2000 Kyushu-Okinawa Starlight Audition. After that experience he joined forces with two dancers from Sapporo, Ryuichi...
  
  
• Keito Okamoto
  Keito Okamoto
  is a Japanese singer and member of the J-pop group Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Tokyo to Kenichi Okamoto, a former member of the rockband & Johnny's group Otokogumi and model Nishi Katsue....
  
  
• Kimura Takuya
• Koichi Domoto
  Koichi Domoto
  is a Japanese idol, singer, singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, television personality, seiyū and actor. Along with Tsuyoshi Domoto , he is a member of KinKi Kids, which is a Japanese duo under the management of Johnny & Associates.- Career :Born in Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan, Domoto joined the...
  
  
• Koike Teppei
• Kota Yabu
  Kota Yabu
  Kota Yabu , is a Japanese singer as well as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan and currently lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.On September 23, 2001, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee...
  
  
• Kusano Hironori
• Masahiro Nakai
  Masahiro Nakai
  is a singer, actor and host for music events and variety shows such as the long-running music show Utaban. He is the leader of the Japanese idol group SMAP.-Early life:...
  
  
• Masaki Aiba
  Masaki Aiba
  is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, television personality and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi.Aiba began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 at the age of...
  
  
• Ryutaro Morimoto
  Ryutaro Morimoto
  is a Japanese singer as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He is the youngest boy in the group.-Career:On August 12, 2004, when he was 9 years old, Morimoto appeared on the variety show Ya-ya-yah, where his audition for Johnny and Associates was aired along...
  
  
• Shingo Murakami
  Shingo Murakami
  , also known as Hina, is Japanese idol, singer, actor and radio host. He is also a member of Japanese boy band Kanjani Eight.-Discography:-Drama:*1999: Kowai Nichiyōbi*1999: Mamachari Detective*2001: Neverland*2004: Hagure Keiji Junjoha...
  
  
• Ryo Nishikido
  Ryo Nishikido
  is a Japanese actor and singer. He is a member of the Johnny & Associates boy band Kanjani Eight and was a member of boy band NEWS.- Biography :Ryo Nishikido was born in Hyogo on November 3, 1984 and raised in Osaka. He made his major debut in 2004 as an actor and a singer. Nishkido belongs to two...
  
  
• Ryohei Chiba
  Ryohei Chiba
  , born November 18, 1984, is a Japanese singer from Sapporo, Japan. He rose to fame as a member of a Japanese pop group w-inds. as the group's back-up dancer, back-up vocal, and rapper.-Early life:...
  
  
• Ryuichi Ogata
  Ryuichi Ogata
  is a member of a Japanese pop group w-inds. originating from Sapporo, Japan. He rose to fame as the group's back-up dancer, back-up vocalist, and rapper.- Early life :Ogata began taking dance classes at Sapporo, at the request of his older sister...
  
  
• Ryosuke Yamada
  Ryosuke Yamada
  is a Japanese tarento, actor, singer, dancer, and a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates and currently resides in Kanagawa Prefecture.-Career:...
  
  
• Satoshi Ohno
  Satoshi Ohno
  is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, artist, and radio host. He is the lead vocalist and leader of Japanese boy band Arashi, hence his nickname ....
  
  
• Shigeaki Kato
  Shigeaki Kato
  is a member of the J-pop group NEWS, from Johnny's Entertainment, Inc.- Biography :Kato Shigeaki joined Johnny's Entertainment on April 17, 1999 when he was 11.As a junior he was a member of the organizations:* Best Beat Boys （B.B.B.）...
  
  
• Shingo Murakami
  Shingo Murakami
  , also known as Hina, is Japanese idol, singer, actor and radio host. He is also a member of Japanese boy band Kanjani Eight.-Discography:-Drama:*1999: Kowai Nichiyōbi*1999: Mamachari Detective*2001: Neverland*2004: Hagure Keiji Junjoha...
  
  
• Shintaro Morimoto
  Shintaro Morimoto
  Shintaro Morimoto is a japanese actor and singer. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates.- Career:...
  
  
• Sho Sakurai
  Sho Sakurai
  is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, newscaster, host and former radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi....
  
  
• Shota Yasuda
  Shota Yasuda
  is a member of the popular Japanese male idol unit Kanjani8 of Johnny & Associates. He is the group's guitarist, and one of its main rappers. He was previously guitarist of Kansai Johnny's Jr unit V.WEST before it was absorbed to form Kanjani8.-History:...
  
  
• Subaru Shibutani
  Subaru Shibutani
  is a Japanese idol, singer, actor and lyricist. He is also the lead singer of Japanese male idol group Kanjani Eight, which debuted with modern enka. Shibutani was already a singer in his own right before the group's debut, immensely popular among Johnny's Jr. fans as the top Kansai Jr...
  
  
• Takahisa Masuda
  Takahisa Masuda
  is a Japanese idol from Johnny's Entertainment.-Biography:Masuda joined Johnny's Entertainment in November 1998. During his junior days, Masuda backdanced for many of his seniors in the agency, such as KAT-TUN, and participated in many Johnny's junior photoshoots...
  
  
• Tanaka Koki
• Tatsuya Ueda
  Tatsuya Ueda
  Tatsuya Ueda , born on October 4 1983, is a Japanese singer from the Japanese idol group KAT-TUN. Born in Kanagawa in Japan, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates in 1998.- Group Participation :* B.B.A.* M.A.D.* B.B.D....
  
  
• Tsuyoshi Domoto
  Tsuyoshi Domoto
  is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, television personality, writer and illustrator. Along with Koichi Domoto , he is a member of KinKi Kids, which is a Japanese duo under the management of Johnny & Associates.- Biography :Born in Nara, Domoto joined the...
  
  
• Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
  is a Japanese entertainer. Kusanagi is a member of the popular Japanese idol group SMAP and has also appeared in a number of television dramas, variety shows and movies.-Background:Kusanagi grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan....
  
  
• Tomohisa Yamashita
  Tomohisa Yamashita
  , also widely known as Yamapi, is a Japanese idol, actor, and singer.Yamashita joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 at the age of 11 and made his official CD debut with NEWS in 2004. He debuted as a solo artist in 2006 with the hit single "Daite Senorita". His first solo...
  
  
• Toma Ikuta
  Toma Ikuta
  is a Japanese talent artist part of Johnny's Jr. under the supervision of Johnny & Associates.-Career :Ikuta Toma used to be in a variety show for kids called Tensai Terebi kun. Being a member of a then all-children band called Strawberry Parfait, he was popular with the audience...
  
  
• Yu Yokoyama
  Yu Yokoyama
  is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host and lyricist. Yokoyama is also a member of Kanjani Eight.-Career:Yokoyama entered Johnny's on Christmas 1996 where he met fellow members Subaru Shibutani and Shingo Murakami...
  
  
• Yuichi Nakamaru
• Yuma Nakayama
  Yuma Nakayama
  is a Japanese actor and singer. He was a member of the temporary J-pop groups Nakayama Yuma w/B.I.Shadow, TOP KIDS and Hey!Say!7 West from Johnny's Entertainment and currently performs as a member of NYC.-Biography:...
  
  
• Yuto Nakajima
  Yuto Nakajima
  is a Japanese actor and dancer, as well as a singer from the group Hey! Say! JUMP .-2004: Joined Johnny's Entertainment :Nakajima joined Johnny's Jr. on March 28, 2004, in his 5th year of elementary school...
  
  
• Yuuri Chinen
  Yuuri Chinen
  , is a Japanese actor, talent and singer as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area...
  
  
• Yuya Tegoshi
  Yuya Tegoshi
  is a member of Japanese boy band NEWS and its subgroup Tegomass, both under Johnny & Associates.-Career:Tegoshi entered Johnny's Jimusho during December 2002. He participated in various Johnny's Junior activities for eleven months before becoming a member of NEWS in 2003...
  
  
• Yuya Takaki

Idols (female)

• Akiyama Rina
  Rina Akiyama
  is a Japanese actress, gravure idol, and tarento from Tokyo. Her most notable appearances are in two Kamen Rider Series, namely Kamen Rider Agito and Kamen Rider Den-O. She also has a cameo appearance in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater in which she is featured in a poster on one of the levels...
  
  
• Airi & Meiri
  Airi & Meiri
  are a Japanese gravure idol and AV idol duo of twin sisters. Their presentation was based on Japanese double singing idols, a concept where two singers with similar appearance and actions appear together.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Aya Ueto
  Aya Ueto
  is a Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality. Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Ueto was discovered when she participated in the 7th Japan Bishōjo Contest, where she won the special jury prize...
  
  
• Koike Eiko
• Nakagawa Shoko
• Natsukawa Jun
• Uehara Takako
• Yamamoto Azusa
• Maeda Atsuko
  Maeda Atsuko
  is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She is in Team A and is one of the most prominent members in the group, being voted number one in the 2009 and 2011 Senbatsu Elections. In the 2010 Senbatsu Election, however, she lost to fellow member Yuko Oshima, who was the lead for their 17th...
  
  
• Yuko Oshima
  Yūko Ōshima
  is a member of Japanese idol group AKB48's Team K, and a subunit of the group Not yet. She has been a contributing member for all of AKB48's singles since "Aitakatta" in October 2006, except for 2010's "Chance no Junban". Oshima has participated in four number 1 singles: "River", "Ponytail to...
  
  
• Itano Tomomi
• Chise Nakamura
  Chise Nakamura
  is a Japanese actress and gravure idol from Fukuoka, Fukuoka.-TV roles:* Natsuki Mamiya in GoGo Sentai Boukenger .* Matsushiro Hikaru in Mei-chan no Shitsuji .-Anime roles:* Dragonaut -The Resonance-...
  
  

Models

• Aki Hoshino
  Aki Hoshino
  is a Japanese bikini idol. She has appeared in various men's magazines, such as Sabra and television shows.She married horse racing jockey on September 25, 2011.-Book:...
  
  
• Riyo Mori
  Riyo Mori
  is a Japanese dance instructor and model who won the Miss Universe 2007 title in May 2007.-Early life:...
  
  
• Ebihara Yuri
• Fujiwara Norika
• Horiuchi Yoko
  Yoko Horiuchi
  is a Japanese model mainly working in Japan. Horiuchi has belonged exclusively to a fashion magazine "CanCam", which is the highest sales female fashion magazine in Japan, since she was a college student...
  
  
• Inoue Waka
• [Mariya Nishiuchi]]
• May J.
  May J.
  , better known by her stage name May J., is a R&B and pop singer from Yokohama, Japan. Born to a mother of Iranian descent and to Japanese father, May J. made her major label debut under Sony Music Japan on July 12, 2006 with her first mini-album All My Girls.-Early life:May J. was born on June...
  
  
• Meisa Kuroki
  Meisa Kuroki
  , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress, model and singer born in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. She is represented by the agency Sweet Power and is signed to Sony Music Japan. She made her acting debut in 2004. She has modeled for the popular Japanese fashion magazine JJ, among others, and...
  
  
• Oshikiri Moe
  Moe Oshikiri
  is a Japanese model best known her work with fashion magazine AneCan and its sister magazine CanCam which Oshikiri was a former top model for. She is also a designer, starting her own Kimono line branded under her name, as well as a hosiery line with CanCam model Yuri Ebihara called f*ing...
  
  
• Umemiya Anna
  Anna Umemiya
  is a Japanese television personality and model. Born in Tokyo, she is the daughter of a Japanese father and an American mother, herself a former model...
  
  
• Yamada Yu
• Josh Snow
• Sharnya Yoshihara
• Kanata Hongo
  Kanata Hongo
  is a Japanese actor and model. He is part of Stardust Talent agency and has appeared several times in music videos, movies, TV series, and magazines. His major breakthrough role was as the anime character Ryoma Echizen in the film adaptation of The Prince of Tennis, and became even more widely...
  
  
• Tao Okamoto
  Tao Okamoto
  Tao Okamoto is a Japanese model who was the face of Ralph Lauren.-Career:Okamoto's first agency was Elite to which she signed on in 2006. She made her first runway debut on the Emanuel Ungaro and Martin Grant shows in Paris that same year. The next year, she walked her first New York Fashion Week...
  
  
• Suzuka Morita
  Suzuka Morita
  is a Japanese model and actress who is a 2nd generation member, number11, of Idoling!!!. She is also the 7th generation member of Hop Club. Morita is best known for playing Shinken Yellow in the TV series Samurai Sentai Shinkenger...
  
  

Musicians / Singers (male)

• Gackt
  Gackt
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and author. Usually referred to by his mononymous stage name, he is known for his career as a solo artist and as the former vocalist for the defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer....
  
  
• Go Hiromi
• Kuwano Nobuyoshi
• Miyavi
  Miyavi
  , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese visual kei musician. His work as guitarist for Dué le Quartz and his successful solo career have established him as an accomplished musician in the Japanese music scene.- Early life :...
  
  
• Matsumoto Hideto
• Saijo Hideki
• Hayashi Yoshiki
• Hyde (singer)
  Hyde (singer)
  is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as vocalist for the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel, as well as for Vamps. While in L'Arc-en-Ciel his name is stylized as hyde, whereas in his solo work and Vamps it is stylized as HYDE....
  
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Musicians / Singers (female)

• Ai Otsuka
  Ai Otsuka
  is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and actress from Suminoe-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit "Sakuranbo," which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks.A piano...
  
  
• Ai Takahashi
  Ai Takahashi
  is a Japanese pop singer formerly associated with Hello! Project, and best known as leader of Morning Musume and Hello!Project until 2011, and former member of its popular subgroup, Mini Moni...
  
  
• Aiko Kayo
  Aiko Kayo
  is a popular idol singer. She has released 12 singles and 2 albums on the Avex Trax label in Japan. She has also performed with the musical units and a☆girls.-About:Aiko Kayō was born on December 11, 1985 in Kanagawa Prefecture....
  
  
• Akiko Wada
  Akiko Wada
  is a female Japanese singer and television performer of Korean ancestry, originally hailing from , Ikuno-ku, Osaka. Born Kim Bok-Ja , like many Zainichi Koreans, she also had a name for everyday use, which was Japanicized . On her selection of Japanese citizenship, her name became , which upon...
  
  
• Alisa Durbrow
  Alisa Durbrow
  is a Japanese model, actress, and singer from Saitama Prefecture. She is most famous for her role as Mio Kuroki in the Sailor Moon live action show Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. Her mother is of Japanese descent, while her father is an American of English descent. She is fluent in both English and...
  
  
• Angela Aki
  Angela Aki
  , born Kiyomi Angela Aki on September 15, 1977, is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist from Itano, Tokushima, Japan.-Early life:...
  
  
• Anna Tsuchiya
  Anna Tsuchiya
  is a Japanese singer, lyricist, actress and semi-retired model.Tsuchiya was born to a Japanese mother and an American father of Polish-Irish descent from Buffalo, New York. In her earliest years, she spoke English and Japanese...
  
  
• Airi Suzuki
  Airi Suzuki
  is a Japanese pop singer and currently member of idol groups C-ute, Buono! and Hello! Project Kids. Both of her parents, Tōru and Kyoko Suzuki, are professional golfers, although her mother has already retired.- Career :...
  
  
• ARIA
• Asami Fujimura
• Aya Hirano
  Aya Hirano
  from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who has had roles in several anime, visual novels, and TV commercials in Japan. She was contracted to Space Craft Produce, a branch of the Space Craft Group, for her voice acting career, and for her singing career,...
  
  
• Aya Matsuura
  Aya Matsuura
  is a Japanese pop singer from Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.-2000–2009: Hello! Project:Aya auditioned in 2000 for the fourth Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition and was selected along with Sheki-Dol to become a part of what was later known as Hello! Project. It is a common...
  
  
• Aya Ueto
  Aya Ueto
  is a Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality. Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Ueto was discovered when she participated in the 7th Japan Bishōjo Contest, where she won the special jury prize...
  
  
• Ayaka Hirahara
• Ayaka Komatsu
  Ayaka Komatsu
  Ayaka Komatsu is a Japanese model/actress. She was born on July 23, 1986 in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture.-Modeling career:Her modeling agency is Amuse inc. She was a regular model of the now defunct Candy magazine...
  
  
• Ayaka
  Ayaka
  is a Japanese female singer formerly signed to Warner Music Japan. Born in Osaka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a singing career. She married actor Hiro Mizushima on February 22, 2009.-2006:...
  
  
• Ayumi Hamasaki
  Ayumi Hamasaki
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
  
  
• Ayumi Kinoshita
  Ayumi Kinoshita
  is a Japanese actress and gravure idol managed by Stardust Promotions. Born in Mie, Aichi Prefecture, she landed her first leading role in the 2004 television series Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger.-Filmography:-Television:-External links:* *...
  
  
• Beni Arashiro
  Beni Arashiro
  Beni Daniels , is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter, who debuted in 2004 under the Avex Trax label under the name...
  
  
• Bonnie Pink
  Bonnie Pink
  , known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. She lived in New York during 1998 and speaks English . She writes and composes all her songs, and plays guitar and piano...
  
  
• Chiaki Kuriyama
  Chiaki Kuriyama
  is a Japanese actress, singer and model. She is best known in the West for her roles in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Volume 1 and the Japanese film Battle Royale .- Biography :...
  
  
• Chihiro Onitsuka
  Chihiro Onitsuka
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter.In 2000, Onitsuka released her debut single "Shine" and gained a recognition with its follow-up "Gekkou" which became a hit. Insomnia, her first studio album released in following year topped the Japanese Oricon chart and sold more than a million copies...
  
  
• Chisaki Hama
  Chisaki Hama
  is a Japanese model, actress, and singer. She formerly used the stage name when she was with Snow Rabbits Productions. After Izumi returned to the modeling world in 2008, she used both 泉里果 and 泉里香 as stage names; both are pronounced "Izumi Rika"....
  
  
• Chitose Hajime
  Chitose Hajime
  is a singer from Japan. She is from Amami Ōshima and sings in a style particular to that region, with distinctive falsetto effects.-Early life:Chitose Hajime began learning shamisen under her mother's encouragement from a young age...
  
  
• Crystal Kay
  Crystal Kay
  Crystal Kay Williams , known by her stage name Crystal Kay, is a singer and songwriter from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan...
  
  
• Erika Sawajiri
  Erika Sawajiri
  is a Japan-based actress, model, and musician. Her alias in her music career was Kaoru Amane, but she has recently started her own project under the name Erika...
  
  
• Emi Hinouchi
  Emi Hinouchi
  is a Japanese urban music singer-songwriter. She was formerly signed under King Records' sub-label Venus-B and Taku Takahashi's Tachytelic Records. She is best known for writing songs for Heartsdales and for her collaborations with M-Flo....
  
  
• Emi Maria
  Emi Maria
  is a Japanese R&B singer songwriter. She debuted in 2007 with the EP "Between the Music."-Biography:Emi Maria was born in 1987 in Papua New Guinea. Her father is Papua New Guinean, while her mother is Japanese...
  
  
• Emyli
  Emyli
  is a Japanese pop singer. Her debut album Flower of Life was released from BMG Japan label in 2003. Since the release of her first album, she has performed with popular acts such as M-Flo and Shinhwa...
  
  
• Garnet Crow
  GARNET CROW
  Garnet Crow is a Japanese pop/rock band formed in 1999 and associated with the Giza Studio record label. Members include Yuri Nakamura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Nana Azuki, and Hirohito Furui, with Nakamura leading on vocals...
  
  
• Goto Maki
• Hagiwara Mai
• Halna
• Hikaru Nishida
  Hikaru Nishida
  is a Japanese J-pop singer and actress. She was born in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and made her singing debut with the release of the single Fifteen on April 6, 1988, named after her age at the time....
  
  
• Hiro
  Hiro
  Hiro may refer to:* Hiroo, Hokkaido, a town in Japan* Hiro Naval Arsenal at Kure, Hiroshima* Hiroshima, a city in Japan* Hiro , a Canadian short film-People:* Hiro Yamagata , Japanese painter/artist...
  
  
• Hiroko Anzai
  Hiroko Anzai
  is a Japanese actress, model and gravure idol, who has appeared in various magazines and photo albums.Her first photo album was released in 1996 and titled Mystic....
  
  
• Hiroko Shimabukuro
  Hiroko Shimabukuro
  Hiroko Shimabukuro , best known mononymously as hiro, is a Japanese singer. She debuted as a member of the popular girl group Speed in 1996. In 1998, hiro released her first solo song "Mitsumete Itai" as a B-side to Speed's single "All My True Love"...
  
  
• hitomi
  Hitomi
  better known by her stagename , is a Japanese singer and songwriter. She began her career as model, and after meeting Tetsuya Komuro he began managing her career as a pop singer...
  
  
• Ikue Sakakibara
  Ikue Sakakibara
  is a female Japanese actress and a J-pop singer.Her Peter Pan stage play was very popular and continued for over 20 years.- External links :*...
  
  
• Imai Eriko
• JASMINE
  Jasmine
  Jasminum , commonly known as jasmines, is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family . It contains around 200 species native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Old World...
  
  
• JAMOSA
• Jun Natsukawa
  Jun Natsukawa
  Jun Natsukawa - born September 19, 1980 is a Japanese gravure idol model from Hiroshima, Japan.-Career:*The spectacle society debuts with "Weekly young jump" gravure in 1999 .*In 2003 star work with Pyramid Art House...
  
  
• Junko Sakurada
  Junko Sakurada
  is a Japanese singer and actress. She was part of a music trio in 1973, which included Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori. Sakurada then became successful in a solo music career. In 1979 Sakurada appeared in a film made by the production company Toho, and became popular as an actress...
  
  
• JYONGRI
  Jyongri
  Jyongri is a Japanese pop singer of Korean ancestry currently signed with EMI Music Japan.- Background and early life :...
  
  
• Kaela Kimura
  Kaela Kimura
  , born , is a Japanese pop rock singer, songwriter, model, and TV presenter.- Career :Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a British father and Japanese mother, Kaela started working as a model in 2002 for the Japanese magazine Seventeen...
  
  
• Kanako Enomoto
  Kanako Enomoto
  Kanako Enomoto is a Japanese actress and model.-Biography:Kanako first attracted public attention at age 12 when she was selected the Astel phone company's spokesmodel. By 14, she had become one of the many "J-Idol" girls with the publication of her first photobook, "Fourteen"...
  
  
• Kanbe Miyuki
• Kanon Wakeshima
  Kanon Wakeshima
  is a Japanese singer and cellist. Produced by Mana, Wakeshima debuted under the DefStar Records label on May 28, 2008 with the single "Still Doll", the ending theme for the anime adaptation of the manga series Vampire Knight. She also provided the voice for a maid that appears in the eighth episode...
  
  
• Kawabe Chieco
• Kawase Tomoko
• Keiko Kitagawa
  Keiko Kitagawa
  is a Japanese actress and former model. She was an exclusive model for the Japanese Seventeen magazine from late 2003 to mid 2006, and left modeling when she left the magazine. Her first acting role was Sailor Mars in the Sailor Moon live action show Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon , and after her role...
  
  
• Kia Sakara
• Kumi Koda
  Kumi Koda
  , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video game...
  
  
• Kusumi Koharu
• Lia
  Lia
  Lia is a feminine given name. It may be a variant of Leah or a diminutive of various names including Amelia, Cornelia, Ophelia, Rosalia, Natalia or Aurelia.-People with the name Lia:* Lia , Japanese singer...
  
  
• Lisa Yamaguchi
• Maaya Sakamoto
  Maaya Sakamoto
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, and voice actress. She made her debut as a voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in the anime series Little Twins, but is more well known for her role as Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne...
  
  
• Maeda Atsuko
  Maeda Atsuko
  is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She is in Team A and is one of the most prominent members in the group, being voted number one in the 2009 and 2011 Senbatsu Elections. In the 2010 Senbatsu Election, however, she lost to fellow member Yuko Oshima, who was the lead for their 17th...
  
  
• May J.
  May J.
  , better known by her stage name May J., is a R&B and pop singer from Yokohama, Japan. Born to a mother of Iranian descent and to Japanese father, May J. made her major label debut under Sony Music Japan on July 12, 2006 with her first mini-album All My Girls.-Early life:May J. was born on June...
  
  
• Mari Amachi
  Mari Amachi
  is a Japanese female singer and actress, who was famous in 1970s' Japan. On October 1, 1971, she debuted with the single "Mizuiro no Koi." She was born as Mari Saito in Omiya, Saitama Prefecture. She got five Oricon number one songs, a record as a female singer which was later broken by Seiko Matsuda...
  
  
• Masako Mori
• Meisa Kuroki
  Meisa Kuroki
  , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress, model and singer born in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. She is represented by the agency Sweet Power and is signed to Sony Music Japan. She made her acting debut in 2004. She has modeled for the popular Japanese fashion magazine JJ, among others, and...
  
  
• Megumi Odaka
  Megumi Odaka
  started her career in 1984 as a voice-actress for the animation-TV-Series Fushigi na koala Blinky aka Noozles aka The Wondrous Koala Blinky , where she played the character Sandy Brown...
  
  
• Megumi
  Megumi
  is a Japanese feminine given name meaning blessing. "Meg" is often a nickname of Megumi.It may refer to:-People:*Megumi Fujii - mixed martial artist*Megumi Hayashibara - seiyū, lyricist and singer*Megumi Kawamura - tallest model in Japan...
  
  
• Megumi Hayashibara
  Megumi Hayashibara
  is a Japanese voice actress, singer, radio personality, and lyricist from Tokyo. She is currently affiliated with Aksent. Her nicknames include: Megu-san, Megu-nee, Bara-san, Kakka, and Daijin...
  
  
• Melody.
  Melody.
  , better known by her stage name melody. is a Japanese-American pop singer and TV host. She debuted on February 19, 2003 with the song "Dreamin' Away", under Toy's Factory. In October 2008, melody. announced on her blog that she will end her career as a music artist and instead focus on pursuing...
  
  
• Mew Azama
  Mew Azama
  , born December 26, 1986 in Hiroshima Prefecture and raised in Okinawa Prefecture, is a Japanese model and actress. Azama signs her name "Mew" using romaji characters. She explains it in her : "美優 is read Mew. I was named from Kyōko Koizumi's famous song 'MEW of dawn'. So, the inscription is...
  
  
• MiCHi
  Michi
  is the twenty-third single of Japanese pop band Exile. It was released on February 14, 2007 and was limited to 100,000 copies. The song has been certified as being downloaded more than 1,000,000 times as a ringtone by the RIAJ, and more than 250,000 times as a full-length download to cellphones.-...
  
  
• Mihiro Taniguchi
  Mihiro
  , also known as , is a Japanese model, singer, TV personality and award-winning adult video actress.-Life and career:Mihiro was born in Niigata prefecture on May 19, 1982. She began a career as a softcore nude model as early as May 2001 when her video Dream was released followed by the...
  
  
• Miho Komatsu
  Miho Komatsu
  , is a Japanese pop singer. She was in the band Keyboard when a demo tape had been sent to Giza Studio. They signed her, and with her debut single, "謎" , she became an immediate success. Four of her songs were included in The Best of Detective Conan, a soundtrack album for the anime Detective...
  
  
• Miho Nakayama
• Miho Yoshioka
• Miki Fujimoto
  Miki Fujimoto
  , professionally known by her birth name , is a Japanese pop singer and television actress. After failing the audition to join girl group Morning Musume with the fourth generation members, Fujimoto debuted as solo artist within Hello! Project in 2002 with the single "Aenai Nagai Nichiyōbi"...
  
  
• Miliyah Kato
• MINMI
  Minmi
  is a Japanese hip-hop, soca, and reggae musician, as well as a singer-songwriter and record producer. She is the first soca artist from Japan. Since 2007, she has been married to , a member of Japanese reggae group Shōnan no Kaze....
  
  
• Miyu Sawai
  Miyu Sawai
  is a Japanese model, actress, and gravure idol.-Live-action:*Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon *Kids Wars 5 *Shun *Chain 2...
  
  
• Mizuki Nana
• Momoe Yamaguchi
  Momoe Yamaguchi
  is a former Japanese singer, actress, and idol whose career lasted from 1972 to 1980. In that time, she became one of the most notable singers in Japanese music, and an acclaimed actress. She withdrew from the entertainment business at the peak of her career to marry her frequent costar, fellow...
  
  
• Myco
  Myco
  myco is a framework for developing software applications in the Perl programming language.- Features :The myco is based on microPlatform framework and supports:* Object "lifecycle" services:** accessors** data validation** persistence...
  
  
• Mika Nakashima
  Mika Nakashima
  is a Japanese singer, model, and actress. She has achieved five number-one albums in Japan and also embarked on an acting career, most notably in the live-action movie Nana, based on the manga of the same name.- Early life and debut :...
  
  
• Namie Amuro
  Namie Amuro
  is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...
  
  
• Natsuyaki Miyabi
• Noriko Sakai
  Noriko Sakai
  is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She was born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She married in 1998, and divorced on July 31, 2010. She and Yūichi have one son, born in 1999. She is particularly popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan...
  
  
• Reina Tanaka
  Reina Tanaka
  is one of the sixth generation members of the J-pop group Morning Musume. Her professional first name is spelled in hiragana to distinguish her from the Japanese actress Rena Tanaka, whose name is spelled using the same kanji , who is similarly from Fukuoka Prefecture.- Biography :Tanaka auditioned...
  
  
• Reon Kadena
  Reon Kadena
  , also known as Leon Kadena or Minamo Kusano, is a Japanese model and actress. Kadena is a female Japanese idol whose photobooks and films largely feature her in revealing costumes, underwear and bikinis.-Filmography:...
  
  
• Ribbon
  Ribbon
  A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily for binding and tying. Cloth ribbons, most commonly silk, are often used in connection with clothing, but are also applied for innumerable useful, ornamental and symbolic purposes...
  
  
• Ryōko Hirosue
  Ryoko Hirosue
  is a Japanese actress and pop star, best known in the West for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures. She also starred in a comedy series Yasuko to Kenji in 2008.- Early life :...
  
  
• Saori Minami
• Sayaka
• Sayumi Michishige
  Sayumi Michishige
  is a sixth generation member of the J-pop group Morning Musume and has the third longest tenure of any member in the group ....
  
  
• Seiko Matsuda
  Seiko Matsuda
  is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Due to her popularity in the 1980s and her long career, she has been dubbed the "Eternal idol" by the Japanese media.- Biography :...
  
  
• Sharnya Yoshihara
• Shoko Nakagawa
  Shoko Nakagawa
  is a Japanese idol, tarento, actress, voice actress, illustrator, and singer. She is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday. She is the daughter of Katsuhiko Nakagawa, a celebrity in Japan in the 1980s....
  
  
• Takako Ohta
• Takako Uehara
  Takako Uehara
  is a Jpop singer, actress, and former radio host. She is a member of the group Speed. Uehara was born in Okinawa, Japan.Her highly anticipated first solo single 'My First Love' was released in January 1999, and was produced by legendary pop/rock superstar Ryuichi Kawamura ."My First Love" was the...
  
  
• Thelma Aoyama
  Thelma Aoyama
  , born October 27, 1987, is a Japanese pop and R&B singer. She is part Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese.She is probably best known for her collaboration song with SoulJa, "Koko ni Iru yo", and her answer song "Soba ni Iru ne"...
  
  
• Tomomi Itano
  Tomomi Itano
  is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, as well as a soloist.- Biography :In 2005, she joined the all-female Japanese idol group AKB48. After becoming a model for the popular woman's fashion magazine Cawaii!, she released her first photo book titled T.O.M.O.row in April 2009. In early 2010...
  
  
• Tsugunaga Momoko
• Utada Hikaru
  Utada Hikaru
  , known by her stage name Utada in America and Europe, is a Japanese-American singer, song writer, arranger, and producer. Since the release of her Japanese debut album First Love, which went on to become the best-selling album in Oricon history, Utada has had three of her Japanese studio albums...
  
  
• Waka Inoue
  Waka Inoue
  Waka Inoue is a Japanese idol, tarento and actress. She was born in Meguro, Tokyo as Naoko Aramura . Her mother is former actress Kyoko Saga.Waka's main claim to fame in the tarento circles is her bustline...
  
  
• Yui
  Yui (singer)
  , stylized as YUI, is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, and radio personality. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she played live at various locations in her home town before being noticed by Sony Music Japan when she was 17 and released her debut single months later...
  
  
• Yui Makino
  Yui Makino
  is a Japanese voice actor, actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for her work in the anime Tsubasa Chronicle and Aria. She can speak basic English. She is well known as a nice, caring, polite and a down-to-earth person, according to her fans. Her fans sometimes call her "Yucchi",...
  
  
• Yukiko Okada
  Yukiko Okada
  was a singer and winner of the talent show, Star Tanjō! in Japan.-Early life:Okada was born on August 22, 1967, the second daughter of the Satō family in the Ichinomiya Hospital and later moved to Nagoya. At elementary school, Okada loved to read books, especially comic books and she was a talented...
  
  
• Yuko Ogura
  Yuko Ogura
  is a Japanese gravure idol and model who typically aims for the cute, innocent schoolgirl look. In Japan, she is mostly called by her nickname .Ogura regularly, if not entirely seriously, claims to be one "Princess Apple-Momoka" of the apple-shaped planet Korin . This is apparently an in-joke...
  
  
• Yuna Ito
  Yuna Ito
  is an American pop singer-songwriter and actress who is active in Japan.She was born in Los Angeles and was raised in Hawaii. Ito made her musical debut in Japan with the single, "Endless Story", which was used as one of the theme songs for the popular 2005 film Nana; she also starred in the film,...
  
  

Tarento

• Aya Ueto
  Aya Ueto
  is a Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality. Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Ueto was discovered when she participated in the 7th Japan Bishōjo Contest, where she won the special jury prize...
  
  
• Becky
• Kazushige Nagashima
  Kazushige Nagashima
  is a Japanese actor, sports commentator and former professional baseball player. His father is Japanese baseball legend, Shigeo Nagashima.-Biography:...
  
  
• Kano sisters
  Kano sisters
  and , known collectively as the , are Japanese celebrities.-Early life and background:The Kano Sisters say they are half-sisters with different mothers. There is also a 3rd "sister" who initially made appearances with the two. She eventually withdrew from the scene, according to industry sources,...
  
  
• Obi Tenaka
• Mina Fukui
  Mina Fukui
  is a Japanese actress, tarento & model from Nabari, Mie Prefecture. She works under the Horipro talent agency.- Career :Even though she had been featured as a guest or assistant in several shows during the 1990s and early 2000s, it was after the first Mōdoru Audition in 2003 that she effectively...
  
  

Actors

• Eita
  Eita
  is a Japanese actor from Tokyo, Japan. His birth name is . He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series Water Boys...
  
  
• Kamakari Kenta
• Fujiwara Tatsuya
• Ishihara Yujiro
• Ikuta Toma
• Matsudaira Ken
• Oguri Shun
• Ryuhei Matsuda
  Ryuhei Matsuda
  is a Japanese film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in Japanese films such as Taboo and Nana.-Early life:Matsuda was born on 9 May 1983 in Tokyo to Yusaku Matsuda, a Japanese actor, and Miyuki Matsuda , a Japanese actress. He has two siblings, one of whom is Japanese actor Shota...
  
  
• Sato Takeru
• Seto Koji
• Satoshi Tsumabuki
  Satoshi Tsumabuki
  is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize...
  
  
• Shota Matsuda
  Shota Matsuda
  is a Japanese actor. His parents are the actors Yusaku Matsuda and Miyuki Matsuda, his older brother is the actor Ryuhei Matsuda, and his aunt is the actress Mami Kumagai. Matsuda is 181 cm tall. His father, Yusaku Matsuda was half-Korean, thus Shota and Ryuhei are a quarter Korean.Matsuda has...
  
  
• Watanabe Ken

Actresses

• Aya Ueto
  Aya Ueto
  is a Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality. Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Ueto was discovered when she participated in the 7th Japan Bishōjo Contest, where she won the special jury prize...
  
  
• Ito Misaki
• Karina
  Karina
  Karina is a pop-ballad singer-songwriter and actress from Venezuela.Her first major appearance was singing one of the roles in Karol Wojtyla's "El Taller del Orfebre", which was a Venezuelan made musical adaption of his play "The Jeweller's Shop", singing the song "Zapatos de tacón alto" Karina...
  
  
• Koyuki
  Koyuki
  , better known as , is a Japanese model and actress.Koyuki was born in Zama. She started her modeling career in 1995 and has since starred in various Japanese dramas, TV and magazine ad campaigns and films. She frequently appears in Japanese print and television campaigns for the electronics...
  
  
• Maki Horikita
  Maki Horikita
  is a Japanese actress and endorser. She debuted in 2003 as a U-15 idol and has since starred in Japanese television dramas, television and magazine advertisements, and movies.- Childhood:...
  
  
• Mao Inoue
  Mao Inoue
  is a Japanese actress. She debuted as a U-15 idol in 1999. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as in and Makino Tsukushi in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which she won Best Actress in the 47th Television Drama Academy Awards and received a newcomer award at the 16th Hashida...
  
  
• Meisa Kuroki
  Meisa Kuroki
  , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress, model and singer born in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. She is represented by the agency Sweet Power and is signed to Sony Music Japan. She made her acting debut in 2004. She has modeled for the popular Japanese fashion magazine JJ, among others, and...
  
  
• Mika Nakashima
  Mika Nakashima
  is a Japanese singer, model, and actress. She has achieved five number-one albums in Japan and also embarked on an acting career, most notably in the live-action movie Nana, based on the manga of the same name.- Early life and debut :...
  
  
• Satomi Ishihara
  Satomi Ishihara
  is a Japanese actress.Popular mostly among Japanese fans, she gained recognition for her acting talent. She started taking parts acting in Japanese dramas in 2003. Also, she appeared in various commercial events also known as public relations...
  
  
• Yonekura Ryoko
• Yui Aragaki
  Yui Aragaki
  is a Japanese idol, model, actress, singer, seiyū and occasional radio show host of Ryukyuan ancestry.She is particularly recognized for her beauty and her movie projects.- Overview :...
  
  
• Yukie Nakama
  Yukie Nakama
  is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer , and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday ."In 2000,...
  
  

TV / Radio Personalities

• Iijima Ai
• Kano sisters
  Kano sisters
  and , known collectively as the , are Japanese celebrities.-Early life and background:The Kano Sisters say they are half-sisters with different mothers. There is also a 3rd "sister" who initially made appearances with the two. She eventually withdrew from the scene, according to industry sources,...
  
  
• Mino Monta
• Sharnya Yoshihara
• Shinohara Tomoe
• Sugita Kaoru
• Mao Inoue
  Mao Inoue
  is a Japanese actress. She debuted as a U-15 idol in 1999. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as in and Makino Tsukushi in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which she won Best Actress in the 47th Television Drama Academy Awards and received a newcomer award at the 16th Hashida...
  
  

See also

• List of Japanese actors
• List of Japanese actresses
• List of Japanese comedians
• :Category:Japanese models
• :Category:Japanese variety television personalities
• :Category:Tarento