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- Aaron Wolf was born on 25 February 1996 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Aarre Karén was born on 29 November 1932 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Drifting Clouds (1996), Linna (1986) and Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa (1982). He was married to Kirsti Kaarina Vasara and Eira Jauckens. He died on 8 August 2021.- Actress
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She was born in Shibuya, the commercial zone of Tokyo in 1969. Graduated Keio Gijuku University, and was part of the editorial team of the Japanese edition of the French movie magazine "Cahiers du cinema" since 1991. She wrote a lot of critical articles for Cahiers.- Music Department
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ado is a Japanese singer. In 2020, at the age of 17, she made her debut with the digital single titled Usseewa. The song peaked at number 1 on Billboard Japan Hot 100, Oricon Digital Singles Chart, Oricon Streaming Chart, and Spotify Viral 50 Japan. The music video of the song on her YouTube channel reached 100 million views in 148 days after its release. Reaching 100 million plays on Billboard Japan after 17 weeks from charting-in was the sixth fastest in history and the youngest for a solo singer.
In the Summer of 2022, She played a major role in a movie for the popular anime "One Piece" as she released an album dedicated to the movie. The Album was a big success and appeared everywhere on musical charts and broke numerous record throughout the process. Notably, every song in the album all individually placed very highly on every Japanese musical chart including Spotify, Billboard and Apple Music. the very latter of which saw her have seven songs take up the top seven spots on August 14th. Impressively, she is the only Japanese Artist in history to occupy all the top 5 spots on a musical chart with songs from the same album.- Agatha was born on 3 October 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Konna otona no onnanoko (2007). She has been married to Kenta Hamano since June 2012. They have two children.
- Aguri Suzuki was born on 8 September 1960 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Ai Hazuki was born on 22 September 1995 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Jikuu Keisatsu Wecker Signa (2007), Onechanbara: The Movie (2008) and Bit Bullet (2008).
- Actress
- Writer
Iijima Ai was born in Koto Ward, Tokyo. Her birth name was Matsue Ookubo, but she would later also use Ai Candy and Mitsuko Ishii as stage names. She had a troubled childhood, according to her autobiography, where she hated her parents so much that she ran away from her home and lives on the streets. She lost her grandfather at a young age and despite doing well at elementary school could not pass to enter high school from junior high. She made a living as a hostess at night clubs, engaging in compensated dating and working at a karaoke bar. She began her adult video acting in 2002 and in one year became Japan's top porn star. She concurrently made the transition to TV by appearing on TV Tokyo's Gilgamesh Night, which was an erotic early morning show. She released a music single called Naisho De Ai Ai bizarrely involving uncoordinated children dancing, an up-skirt shot, soldiers in uniform and her with a tank and obtained a regular spot on a TV talk show. She also appeared in the mainstream movie Purupuru Tenshi Teki Kyujitsu as an angel in 1993. Her 2000 novel Platonic Sex was a bestseller in Japan selling over a million copies. She would incorporate many autobiographical details in it. Fuji TV made a four-hour mini-serial and Toho a movie based on the book. Both were toned down. She was a regular on TV on a show called KinSuma (SNAP band's Friday program). By now she had become an AIDS activist, something which is rare in Japan, and had worked with the United Nations and the Japanese government among others. By 2006 she was in ill health and had taken time off from appearing in variety shows. There was a report that her talent agency, or employee thereof, had ripped off the equivalent of a million dollars from her and she was in emotional and physical pain. These lead to her retirement from television with the announcement coming on TBS' Sunday Japan. She was 34. She had suffered from kidney and urinary tract infection. She was found dead in hey Shibuya, Tokyo apartment in on December 24th, 2008. The autopsy report assessed that she had been dead for a week. She was 36 when police reported cause of death as pneumonia. Others suspected and reported suicide or aids-related illness. Her legacy likely remains her openness and honesty regarding herself, her life and others.- Actress
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Ai Iwamura was born on 4 March 1984 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Battle Royale (2000), Battle Royale II (2003) and Digimon Tamers (2001).- Ai Kanzaki was born on 30 May 1954 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Samurai Reincarnation (1981), Hunter in the Dark (1979) and The Wicked (1980).
- Actress
- Music Department
- Art Department
Ai Kayano was born on 13 September 1987 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Guilty Crown (2011), The Promised Neverland (2019) and Sword Art Online (2012).- Ai Kobayashi was born on 25 May 1973 in Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001), Appleseed (2004) and Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007).
- Maeda Ai has been in several iconic films including Battle Royale. She was born in Tokyo on October 4th, 1983. She was a child actress who started in the world of advertising before expanding her horizons to both on-camera and voice acting. She debuted in a McDonald's commercial at age ten in 1993 with her younger sister Aki who would also become an actress. She was in elementary school when shooting her first commercial. She would sign with the Crayon talent agency and appear in Appare Sanma Dai Sensei as a schoolgirl. She would change her management company to Granpapa in 1997. That same year she was in the pop group Pretty Chat and release the video and single Wake Up Girls. That was the act's sole record. She also had a song with her sister called Don't Cry in 1998. She would continue modelling, including with her sister, until age sixteen when she would earnestly move into the world of feature-length film. She would move to Vancouver, Canada for almost a year to study English in 2000. She subsequently graduated from the Tokyo-based Christian college Aoyama Gakuin University. She married actor Nakamura Kankuroo in October 2009. She had met him when she was 17, and he was 19, while filming Hikari No Teikoku. At first she was not convinced of the need for marriage, but following several familial and personal problems and his help she would come around. They have two sons. One was born in 2011 and the second was born in 2013. Both sons have appeared on the kabuki stage. Ai cites piano as a skill. As of this writing she has nine photo books. She should not be confused with the voice actress with the same name, although this Maeda Ai has also ventured into that territory.
- Ai Mikami was born on 26 October 2000 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Girl Gun Lady (2021), Fujimi Lovers (2024) and More Than Words (2022).
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Ai Orikasa was born on 12 December 1963 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Tenchi Muyo! (1992), Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: Dinosaur Great Battle! Farewell, Eternal Friends (2014) and Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013).- Ai Satô was born on 12 February 1955 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), Death Note (2006) and The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (1992).
- Tokyo native Shinozaki Ai is a gravure adult model, singer, former member of all-girl quartet Aell and actress. She began modelling and acting in 2006 at age 14 and was immediately popular for her looks including her voluptuousness. She has been the subject of multiple photo books, DVDs, magazine covers and acted in diverse movies from drama and horror to romance genres. Ai Shinozaki was the subject of a crowdfunding effort in order to develop AI Shinozaki, the virtual version of the idol in 2015. In the same year, she was the subject of a rumour that had her dating FT Island's Lee Hongki, which both quickly denied. Ai cites karaoke as a favourite pastime, dried squid and strawberry as snacks and is represented by Shining Will.
- Ai Takabe was born on 16 August 1988 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Joshikôsei zonbi (2010), Looking for Anne (2009) and Mayonaka no shojo-tachi (2006).
- Ai Tomioka was born on 6 October 2002 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Ai Uchida was born on 4 May 2003 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013), Hitori Shizuka (2012) and Legal High (2012).
- Ai Yasunaga was born on 8 July 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Chounouryoku-sha - Michi eno tabibito (1994), Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988) and Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties (1995).
- Ai Yoshikawa was born on 28 October 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Honey Lemon Soda (2021), My Undead Yokai Girlfriend (2024) and 12 Suicidal Teens (2019).
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Aidan D'Arcy was born on 27 November 2002 in Tokyo, Japan. Aidan is an editor and producer, known for Sunny's Mansion, Roman Xavier: Flowers Bloom (2023) and Live from St. Kilda with Ben Murphy! (2021).- Aiko Morishita was born on 8 April 1958 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series (2003), Kisarazu Cat's Eye (2002) and Jun to Ai (2012).
- Born in Tokyo, Japan, Aiko is a stand-up comedian, actress and TV personality. She first appeared in the theatrical film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and was featured in the Justin Lin mockumentary film Finishing the Game, about Bruce Lee's last film. Aiko has been featured on The Jim Jeffries Show and The Howard Stern Show, and most recently in Comedy Central Stand-Up Asia! Live.
- Aimi Nakamura was born on 8 January 1983 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998), Step Up Love Story (2011) and Gore from Outer Space (2001).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Aimi Tanaka was born on 28 April 1992 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Himouto! Umaru-chan (2015), Beatless (2018) and Active Raid (2016).- Aimi Yamazaki was born on 30 December 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Marco & The Galaxy Dragon (2020).
- Aira was born on 8 December 2002 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Aisha Harumi Tochigi was born on 4 January 1996 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Akane Hisano was born on 19 July 1907 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kai dempa satsujin kôsen - Dai ippen: Ningen tanku shutsugen (1936), Kai dempa satsujin kôsen - Dai sampen: Seiun kaiketsu-hen (1936) and Kai dempa satsujin kôsen - Dai nihen: Tenkû no kyôi (1936).
- Akane Hotta was born on 26 October 1992 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Impossibility Defense (2017), Isekai Izakaya, Nobu (2020) and Todome no seppun (2018).
- Akane Kanazawa was born on 27 March 1977 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Blue Fake (1998) and Shutsudou! Minisuka police (2004).
- Akane Matsui was born on 28 December 1980 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), Starfield (2023) and Thermae Romae (2012).
- Akane Takada was born on 18 April 1990 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Nutcracker (2009), Giselle (2014) and Limen (2011).
- Akane Tomonaga was born on 2 December 1975 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for ChäoS;HEAd (2008).
- Akari Hayami is a Japanese actress, model and former idol singer known as a former member and sub-leader of the female musical group Momoiro Clover Z. Her image color in the band was blue.
Akari Hayami was scouted near her graduation from elementary school and was signed to the agency Stardust Promotion. On November 23, 2008, together with Yukina Kashiwa and Ayaka Sasaki she was added to her agency's girl group Momoiro Clover Z. The group existed since 2008 and its name signified that they were "innocent girls who wanted to spread happiness".At the time, group performed on the walkways in Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, but with the release of its first indie single in summer of the next year the group quickly rose to fame. On January 16, 2011, at a launch event for the single "Mirai Bowl", set for release on March 9, Akari announced that she would leave the group in April. The announcement came sudden to the 500 fans that were present. As for group leader Kanako Momota, she only learned about it three days prior. Her last concert was to be held on April 10 at Nakano Sun Plaza. As Akari recalled later, one year after leaving group, she entered entertainment industry with the aim to be an actress and a model. In her days in the group, she struggled with being known as an idol. Rather than "idol Akarin", she wanted to be "actress and model Akari Hayami".
After leaving the group, Akari Hayami was mainly active as a fashion magazine model. She also starred in the Universal Music Japan cheer-leading movie Cheerfu11y (2011), which came out on October 22, 2011.
In November 2012, Momoiro Clover Z was invited to the Kohaku Uta Gassen, an annual New Year's Eve music show on NHK. To qualify for Kohaku had been the girls' dream and common goal as a group also when Akari was member. She congratulated her former band-mates in her blog and expressed the desire to appear at Kohaku together with them. In homage to her wish, group performed the song Ikuze! Kaito Shojo in Kohaku with the version that included her name on it.
In May 2014, Akari Hayami appeared in her first leading role in a feature film called My Pretend Girlfriend (2014).
In 2015, she was selected as the seventh assistant for the talk show "A-Studio" (TBS TV), hosted by Shofukutei Tsurube, and served until March 2016 She played her first starring role in a drama series in "Ramen Daisuki Koizumi San (2015)" (Fuji TV), which started June 27.
In 2016, she played her first starring role on stage in "Dream Play - Dream Play"
In 2017 she participated in the Live Action Gintama Live Action the Movie (2017) based on the popular Manga of the same name.
On July 22, 2018, she announced that she would marry a company employee in his early 30s by the end of the year, and held an engagement press conference the following day on July 23. At the press conference, she revealed that she agreed to marry him after proposing for the fourth time; on December 10, she announced through her agency that she had submitted the marriage certificate.
In May 2020, he became an ambassador for the fermented skincare "SophisTance" together with the members of Momoiro Clover Z. On May 24, he appeared with the members of Momoiro Clover Z in a live broadcast on the brand's YouTube channel. members of Momoiro Clover Z on the brand's YouTube channel. She announced during the broadcast that she was pregnant with her first child and expected to give birth in the fall, and reported the birth of her first child, a baby girl, on SNS at the end of October.
In 2022 she appears in the film Shin Ultraman (2022), based on the famous Japanese superhero Ultraman. - Actress
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Akari Kiyama was born in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Love & Peace (2015), Sant Martí (2018) and The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2020).- Akari Matsuoka was born on 27 March 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Akari Satô was born on 13 January 1995 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000), Skate gutsu no yakusoku (2013) and World Trigger (2014).
- Akari Yoshida was born on 2 January 2004 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Jun-kyôju Takatsuki Akira no suisatsu (2021), Kono Subarashiki Sekai (2023) and Nani ka okasii (2022).
- Actress
Akemi Kita was born on 3 March 1940 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Atragon (1963), Aa bakudan (1964) and Black Tight Killers (1966).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Akemi Negishi might never have become an actress but for Josef von Sternberg. The legendary director was in Japan looking for a woman to play the seductress who leads a bunch of soldiers astray in his upcoming (and as it turned out, last) movie _Anatahan (1954)_. But Sternberg spotted Negishi one night, dancing on the cabaret stage, and chose her at once. This was the first in a long string of exotic roles, most unusual for the average Japanese actress, but which became her trademark, in films as various as _Kingukongu tai Gojira (1962)_ and Dodes'ka-den (1970). She was a favorite actress of both Akira Kurosawa and Ishirô Honda, both directors seeing beyond the kind of role in which she was usually typecast, and thereby encouraging her to some of the best work any Japanese actress did in the 1950s and 1960s. Her most memorable roles are probably for Kurosawa, in The Lower Depths (1957) and Dodes'ka-den (1970); but she is probably best known outside Japan for playing the woman who leads the dance of tribute to Kong in _Kingukongu tai Gojira (1962)_. Negishi was an unusual presence in Japanese film at that time, since her presence was so aggressively, obviously sensual. This militated against her becoming a major star in the conservative Japanese atmosphere of the time, but she was fortunate to be able to do excellent character work throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Following her arresting cameo as the beautiful lone housewife in Dodes'ka-den (1970), it appears that Negishi retired.- Actress
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Akemi Okamura was born on 12 March 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for One Piece (1999), Porco Rosso (1992) and The Legend of Dragoon (1999).- Animation Department
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Perhaps one of the most prolific animé character designers of the 1980s, Akemi Takada designed characters for the legendary Rumiko Takahashi when she worked on the Urusei yatsura (1981) and Maison Ikkoku (1986) animated TV series, as well as most of the Urusei yatsura animated movies. She also worked on the very popular Kimagure Orange Road (1985) and the original TV series Mobile Police Patlabor: The Early Days (1988).- Aki Hoshino was born on 14 March 1977 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kekko Kamen Returns (2004), Kekko Kamen: Surprise (2004) and Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! (2007).
- Aki Isoyama was born on 7 October 1967 in Tokyo, Japan. Aki is a producer, known for The Lady Shogun and Her Men (2010), Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000) and The Castle of Crossed Destinies (2012).
- Aki Maeda was born on 11 July 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Battle Royale (2000), Battle Royale II (2003) and The Cat Returns (2002).
- Aki Mizusawa was born on 5 December 1954 in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ultraman Gaia (1998), Jin (2009) and Danchizuma no sakebi (1983). She was previously married to Guy Cihi.
- Aki Nakada was born on 8 May 1973 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Yûkan kurabu (2007), Hero (2001) and Sararîman neo gekijouban (Warai) (2011).