#Wakabayashi Takuya

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Shiono Akihisa & Wakabayashi Takuya in KASHIMASHI MESHI (2023)

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The Parades

Movies watched in 2024

The Parades (2024, Japan)

Director & Writer: Michihito Fujii

Mini-review:

Wow, what a beautiful film. It's true that there are similar stories out there, but this one is told with such warmness and gentleness that I couldn't help but fall in love with it. If anything, my only complain is that it should have been a miniseries or something like that, cause I wanted to spend more time in this world and with these characters. But truly, this star-studded cast does one hell of a job, even the actors with less scenes or smaller roles. And the cinematography is simply stunning. The whole movie looks gorgeous, to the point of being awe-inspiring, and it has quite a few unforgettable shots. Oh, there are also a couple of triggering moments, so be careful with that. But yeah, I loved The Parades so, so much. I'll have to look up more of this director's work.

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Posting my doodles [Part II]

Fun Fact:

- The one one left from Lizard Skull is her wife.

- Ice Cream Cake is obviously a dad.

- Takuya's beta personality is being shy and gentle and was replaced by his hot-headed and some shit

- Both him and Torataro were inspired by Mondo Oowada.

- The Haino twins comes from a very medieval-like traditional family who sometimes keep up with modern stuffs. Such as televisions.

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THE IDOLM@STER M@STERS OF IDOL WORLD!!!!! 2023

Information regarding the MOIW 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 11th and 12th of February 2023. This live will feature all five brands of IDOLM@STER on the stage together after 8 years.

The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1&2

IDOLM@STER 765PRO ALL STARS 　Eriko Nakamura (Haruka Amami), Asami Imai (Chihaya Kisaragi), Akiko Hasegawa (Miki Hoshii), Azumi Asakura (Yukiho Hagiwara), Mayako Nigo (Yayoi Takatsuki), Hiromi Hirata (Makoto Kikuchi), Naomi Wakabayashi (Ritsuko Akizuki), Asami Shimoda (Ami/Mami Futami), Manami Numakura (Hibiki Ganaha), Rie Kugimiya (Iori Minase)

DAY 1 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Triad Primus [Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Eriko Matsui (Nao Kamiya), Mai Fuchigami (Karen Hojo)], Eldritch Loreteller [Haruka Chisuga (Ryo Matsunaga), Chiyo Ousaki (Koume Shirasaka)], Cyber Glass [Mina Nagashima (Haruna Kamijo), Rui Tanabe (Hina Araki)], Foreign Seaside [Nao Toyama (Mizuki Kawashima), Miharu Hanai (Tomoe Murakami)], from U149 [Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba)]

IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Strawberry Pop Moon [Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki)], TIntMe! [Eri Inagawa (Tamaki Ogami), Akari Harashima (Iku Nakatani), Keiko Watanabe (Momoko Suou)], HanaSakuya [Yuu Kahara (Emily Stewart), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi)], Cleasky [Asuka Kakumoto (Elena Shimabara), Chouchou Kiritani (Miya Miyao)]

IDOLM@STER SideM 　DRAMATIC STARS [Shugo Nakamura (Teru Tendo)], Jupiter [Takuma Terashima (Toma Amagase), Daichi Kanbara (Hokuto Ijuin)], Beit [Shun Horie (Pierre), Tomohito Takatsuka (Minori Watanabe)], MofuMofuEn [Shogo Yano (Nao Okamura), Keisuke Furuhata (Shiro Tachibana)], C.FIRST [Yuri Ise (Shu Amamine), Masaya Miyakaze (Momohito Hanazono), Takeo Otsuka (Eishin Mayumi)]

IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　 Hokago Climax Girls [Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa)], Straylight [Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi)], noctchill [Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa)]

DAY 2 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Threat Sign [Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Teru Ikuta (Natalia)], Dimension-3 [Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Shiki Aoki (Asuka Ninomiya)], flamme martini [Maki Kawase (Tsukasa Kiryu), Sayaka Harada (Miyu Mifune), Satsumi Matsuda (Syoko Hoshi), Minori Suzuki (Hajime Fujiwara)], HappyHappyTwin [Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Rei Matsuzaki (Kirari Moroboshi)], miroir [Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Rika Nagae (Hayate Hisakawa)]

IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Chrono-Lexica [Yuka Saito (Subaru Nagayoshi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Rika Abe (Mizuki Makabe)], Senkou☆HANABIDAN [Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayam), Nana Hamasaki (Noriko Fukuda), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama), Eri Ozeki (Minako Satake)], 4 Luxury [Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Minami Takahashi (Konomi Baba)]

IDOLM@STER SideM 　FRAME [Kentaro Kumagai (Hideo Akuno), Kento Hama (Ryu Kimura), Takuya Masumoto (Seiji Shingen)], Café Parade [Sho Karino (Yukihiro Kamiya), Takuya Kodama (Makio Uzuki), Daiki Kobayashi (Saki Mizushima)], F-LAGS [Yuko Sanpei (Ryo Akizuki), Shunya Hiruma (Kazuki Tsukumo), Takehiro Urao (Daigo Kabuto)]

IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Illumination Stars [Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya)], L’Antica [Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku)], ALSTROEMERIA [Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama)], SHHis [Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)]

SPECIAL GUEST 　ZWEIGLANZ [Minori Chihara (Leon), Rie Takahashi (Shika)]

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Scams. 8

Story: 8

Acting: 9

Chemistry: 9

So the storyline in this was really really really good the first handful of episodes, but steadily declined thereafter unfortunately. I’m not sure if it was the pacing or just the overall entire execution of it🤷‍♀️it was missing something, especially towards the ending. Maybe it could of used more episodes since it’s such a short drama.

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Taka-Talk 2019 Review

I was lucky enough to get tickets for two out of his three sessions in Tokyo (sessions 1 and 3), and died of cute.  Full synopsis under the Read More for those who are interested!

Session 1 Even though we had tickets for the first session in Tokyo, I already felt like I was behind?  Takato did his Taka-Talk in five cities total this year, placing them conveniently as Engeki Haikyuu hopped between cities.  And since I couldn’t go to Osaka or Nagoya or Sendai or Hakata, I walked in going, what did I even misssssss???  There was a postcard with a crossword where you could fill in the keywords by attending EVERY session where the keywords were given, and then you could mail it in later for special bromide prizes.  I had no shot at winning that obviously lol.  

Anyway, session one started with him walking down the aisle toward the stage, walking past us as we did.  We had aisle seats for the first session, and he did pause for a little while to mess with my friend’s pull-out desk (the venue was a lecture hall so each chair had a pull-out desk) before going to the stage.  One girl walked in a little bit late, rushing to her seat as he got up onto the stage.  When he asked if anyone had attended other sessions in other cities, people raised their hand.  When he asked who lived the closest to this venue, several people raised their hands.  The first girl said it took her 20min by train, another said 15, and then the girl that was late said that she lived one station away.  And Takato, being the little shit that he is, just CALLED HER OUT, and was like, 

“So you live the closest and got here the latest?” 

But she explained that she got here, then realized she’d forgotten her ticket, and rushed back home to get it and came back.   That exchange probably feels a bit innocuous, but it’s kind of rare for actors at fan events to be THAT casual?  Takato often forgets to use polite forms in his Japanese, defaulting to casual forms not just with his guests but even with us, and sometimes he’ll correct himself, sometimes he doesn’t.  

He also asked who came from furthest away, and I did raise my hand but there wasn’t time to call on everyone, but there was a girl in the back who answered that she’d come from Taiwan!  And oddly, Takato heard it correctly, that she said Taiwan, but a group of fans in the front tried to correct him, because they heard her say “Hawaii.”  So he was like, “Eh? Eh?? Wait, no, say it again.”  And she answered louder, ‘Taiwan’ and he just draaaagged that section lololol.  He was like, “See!!  I was right!  You were trying to correct me, but I was right, aren’t YOU embarrassed?!!” 

Then he called out the first guest of the day, who was Ishigami Ryuuya, who is the new actor for Fukunaga from The Tokyo Battle.  My god he was so cute and shy.  He was sort of obviously very nervous, especially at first, but the more Takato talked to him and the more they got into telling stories about the tour, the more he loosened up.  

Apparently, Ryuuya calls Takato ‘oyabun’ which roughly translates to like... boss... but in like a criminal setting.  So more like ‘don.’  When Takato asked Ryuuya, “Why do you call me that again?”  And he just stammered, “W-well, y-you told me to.”  

Takato did NOT remember this lololol, but it was apparently as they were starting Engeki rehearsals.  Ryuuya, being new and inexperienced, was trying to figure out what to call him.  Nagata-san?  Takato-san?  And Takato was like nahhh just call me Takato-kun.  But Ryuuya felt really uncomfortable with that, but then he realized how even Takato-san might be too formal now.  So Takato joked that he should just call him ‘boss’ and Ryuuya latched onto it and that’s what stuck.  

The Takato film that he prepared for our session was a personal challenge to himself.  He would wait in Shibuya in Hachiko square, hoping that someone walking by would recognize him as an actor and start talking to him.  But twenty minutes apparently went by with nobody approaching him so then he decided to start approaching random groups of people to ask if they might know him.  Since his recent TV Drama is the one with the most reach, he’d start out by asking people if there were any dramas they’d been watching recently, had they watched HajiKoi maybe... then he clarified which character he played.  Unfortunately 3 out of 5 groups did not know him at all so he failed his personal challenge and had to eat bugs again.  There was one group where they did, in fact, watch the drama, but they didn’t remember who he was even so.  And another group where they said they watched the drama, and when he pointed out who he played, they were like, “Oh no way, really?!?”  

As is traditional of Taka-Talk films, there’s always a credits page where it’s just like: 

Starring: Nagata Takato Director: Nagata Takato Producer: Nagata Takato Script: Nagata Takato Editing: Nagata Takato Cinematography: Nagata Takato

More stories from Ryuuya and Takato, although a good chunk was about how much Yugioh they played in their downtime and how much time the two of them spent together.  In trying to remember all the times they played, Ryuuya said that Takato won maybe 80 times and lost 10.  He’s very good at YGO apparently.  Before Ryuuya left the stage, he did an acrobatic sequence for us and we cheered so loud, Takato got jealous and went, “That’s the loudest you guys have been!!” 

Then there’s the Takastagram portion where he walks through the crowd and we’re allowed to take photos of him (hence the photos above).  

Then he sang three songs for us (which is the reason for the penlights).  He sang a guitar ballad cover of a song he’s been liking recently, he sang “Try” again from last year’s Taka-Talk, the one that he and Kazuma wrote together, and then a more upbeat pop song that SURPRISE had 4 back-up dancers!  They were all 4 other guys from his agency, Cube, including Kanda Masakazu (who played Kunimi in The Strongest Team).  

At one point he asked them to list one thing they liked about him, and they all picked fairly shallow reasons like hair color, the color of his clothes today... Kanda was a little less shallow since he said he liked Takato’s accent/dialect.  The last of them said that he liked Takato’s black shoelaces lololol.  

To close it out, we got to give him high fives as we left, with staff pushing us along so that we didn’t linger lol.  I just told him, ‘thank you’ in English and he opened his eyes wide and said, “Thank you!” back.  It’s a bit fun for me that he’s shorter than I am.  

Session 3 So the evening session was like, almost 2 hours long, essentially double the length of the first session, but it is the last Taka-Talk of his five-city tour, so I guess the goal was to make it extra special.  This session was supposed to have a ‘secret guest’ and truthfully he had about three, although he did announce Yuushin beforehand.

The fun part was that the secret guest was originally supposed to be someone else, but his managed messed something up and they became unavailable or couldn’t make it, so the secret guest ended up a secret to even Takato!  He was like, “We had to get someone else, and even I don’t know who it is, so... I’m gonna hide over here, and you guys let me know when I can look!”   His first secret guest was a co-star from the drama HajiKoi, which I haven’t seen, so I did not shriek with the rest of the crowd when he walked in the door lololol.  It was Wakabayashi Takuya, who plays Kisa in the drama.  

Takato was just crouching on the left corner of the stage, hiding his face behind the curtains, and once Takuya ended up more or less center stage, we called out to Takato that it was fine, he could look, and he was super surprised to see him there.  Of course, because his own guest was a surprise, his emcee cards were also covered in sticky notes so that he couldn’t see what his own agenda for the session was going to be, and he kept peeling those off as the session went on to figure out what he was supposed to do lololol.  He kept whining at the staff the entire time, but he was also just having the time of his life, and he was just like, “I love surprises!  This is so fun!”  

The guest event involved playing back scenes from HajiKoi, and then beeping out certain lines and then Takato and Takuya had to guess (with their little boards and markers) what the bleeped line was.  To make it extra difficult, literally none of the bleeped lines were anything that either of their characters said.  It was always someone else’s line, so they kept getting stuck and would just start writing down nonsense answers instead.  So honestly, nobody won, but Takato was just like, “I won, right?  It was me?”  And Takuya, being a gracious guest, just conceded lol.  Takuya also kept apologizing that he wasn’t Ryusei, who’s the actor who plays the pink-haired lead in HajiKoi, since he was sure more of the girls would’ve preferred to see him, but honestly the crowd seemed pretty happy either way.  They also decided to give away the little boards they wrote their answers on, so they’d call out random seat numbers or go for whoever rose their hand first.  Just like last year, a girl sitting right behind me won one of the prizes, and she was pretty thrilled.  

And then the second secret guest was another actor from Cube, Isaka Ikumi, nicknamed Ikumin.  I actually know Ikumin from another show (Yuugeki) so I could follow the conversation a little bit better this time.  Takato was hiding again, but Ikumin decided he would go up on the stage and then just go straight to Takato and hug him from behind, so we didn’t have to give any cues before Takato looked to see who it was lol.  

Ikumin confessed that he’d always always always wanted to be a guest at Taka-Talk, so when the staff approached him about it, he was super excited and said yes immediately, but then they told him that he’d be the second secret guest of the last session and then he got super nervous about it.  But Ikumin was basically the type of guest Takato loves to have, aka, the type that extols his immense love for Takato and sings his praises to his face.  

The game that they played was truths and lies.  So they picked cards that gave them themes, and then between them, one of them would would tell us something true, and the other one would lie.  We had to decide who the liar was, and they got us good because we got it wrong both times and nobody had to play the penalty game of eating bugs lol.  

One of Ikumin’s lies though, he said that he went to go see the press preview of Engeki Haikyuu, and sat in the 8th row and got super excited when Takato looked at him at the end of the play during the last dance sequence.  That was a lie; the truth was that he sat in the 3rd row, and wanted Takato to looks his way the entire time but Takato never did.  lololololol We thought Takato was lying when he said that he’d never once lost to Shouri in playing Yugioh, but it turns out that was the truth!  And Takato is very very proud of this fact.  

Ikumin was like, “Really?”  And Takato was like, “Well Shouri’s so good at everything, ya know?  Like his athletics, his height, but you know, he could never beat me at Yugioh.  We’d start playing, and he’d put a card face down, and then I’d play a card face down, and then he’d put down a monster--” and he started rambling, and Ikumin just interrupted, “Just send that story to Takahashi Kazuki!”  Takahashi Kazuki is the YGO manga-ka.  

Then there was another video to show us the secret word for that session and it showed Takato visiting Tokyo Tower, because that’s where there is a special One Piece space, which has the One Piece Live Attraction show.  Takato made his acting debut with that show playing Luffy, so it was framed as a sort of, going-back-to-his-roots, walk-down-memory-lane type of video.  He was getting teary-eyed at certain points in the video, so it was really sweet, and the end of it had him thanking all of us for supporting him and being his fans.  

Then he came out to wrap up with the music session, and he tried to lighten the mood again by saying things like, “The staff told me to look super nostalgic while going through the One Piece areas, but I don’t actually remember half of what I touched.”  

He sang a different ballad from the first session with Yuushin, this one being an original they wrote together.  It was a song about love, but they both had the intention of writing it from a woman’s point-of-view, so that was interesting.  They’re always a wonderful duet to listen to~  After that, Takato asked Yuushin if he had any upcoming events/shows he wanted to promote or announcements to make, and Yuushin had this long pause before he was like, “Well it’ll be announced tomorrow.”  

And I was just thinking in my head, YES HELLO NEW ENNOSHITA.  I’VE SEEN THE LEAKS.  I KNOW IT’S YOU.  

A final round of high-fives, and then I went back to the goods table for ONE MORE set of bromides to try my luck, and it turned out that Takato was handing out those purchases, so he handed me my final set of purchased bromides and ughhhhhhh he really does have the most adorable smile~!!!  

Couldn’t quite get every bromide (and it was impossible because he had city-specific bromides too); they were random.  But I also have that penlight and his little tote bag.  

He did also announce that he’s doing his first birthday event this year, on Aug. 25th, and he hinted that we could bring these penlights again for that, and then there’s the C.I.A. Mission in Summer event (with nearly all the actors from Cube), and since he’s going to be in that event too, he hinted that we should bring his penlights to that too.  I’m honestly not strictly sure that it would be allowed for the CIA event, given that it’s going to have several different people, but who knows lololol.  I can only imagine how annoyed the other actors might get at him seeing Takato’s bright red penlights in the crowd.  XDDDDD

So another wonderful Taka-Talk, and four total times high-fiving Takato adding in my experiences from last year~  ^_^ 

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                                      STAGE 66: YAKUZA

Yakuza, known in Japan as Ryū ga Gotoku (Like a Dragon, Japanese), is an action-adventure beat ’em up video game franchise created, owned and published by Sega.

The series originated from Toshihiro Nagoshi’s desire to create a game that would tell the way of life of the yakuza.

The series primarily focuses on the yakuza Kazuma Kiryu from the Tojo clan.

While Kiryu often assists the Tojo clan, the series has also featured him searching for another way of life in the form of raising orphans and helping those in need. The gameplay of Yakuza has the player controlling Kiryu and various other characters depending on the story, in the city of Kamurocho, a fictionalized version of the real life Kabukichō district in Tokyo, where he can encounter an enemy, perform an activity or participate in its various available sub-stories, which often complement the main game story and reward the player with extra EXP to better enhance your fighting style, resilience and gameplay.

This game is also well known for its various mini-games, which range from things like bowling, darts, and arcade games, to much more involved things like hostess club management which can take a number of hours over the course of several sessions in themselves to complete, all to some hilariously amusing results.

The franchise has become a commercial and critical success, and as of 2017, Sega has reported that the Yakuza franchise has sold a combined total of 10.5 million units in physical and digital sales since its debut in 2005. Strong sales of the games in its original Japanese market has led to the franchise’s expansion to other mediums, including film adaptations.

A great Beat ‘em up series that not only has had popularity over its home country of japan, but has gotten a big following in the united states and in Europe.

So it is why this STAGE of the Retro VGM Revival Hour, you better set up which fighting style works better as you are about to journey through the streets of Kamurocho taking down some thugs with these selected tracks from the Yakuza game series.

                                          Full track listing:         =======Game – Composer – Title - Company========

1.) Yakuza 0 – Hidenori Shoji, Zenta Tsuchihashi , Kensuke Inage, Yoshiji Kobayashi, Karasuya-sabou, Saori Yoshida, POPHOLIC, Yasuyuki Matsuzaki, Hiroaki Watanabe, Sachio Ogawa, Fumiyoshi Shimohara, Yuri Fukuda, Keisuke Hattori, Takehiro Mamiya, yuyoyuppa, Hirotaka Kumagawa & Kiyo – “Force Addiction, La-Di-Da, Ultimate Road Rage, One-Eyed Slugger, Oath of Enma, JUDGEMENT (w/ vocals by Takaya Kuroda) & 24 hour Cinderella (w/ vocals by Hidenari Ugaki)“ – March 12, 2015 – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega – Windows PC, PS3 & PS4

2.) Yakuza – Hidenori Shoji, Sachio Ogawa, Keitaro Hanada, Fumio Ito, Yuri Fukuda & John Newton – “Funk Goes On, Scarlet Scar, ID & Poison Pill” – December 8, 2005 – Sega – PS2, PS3 & Wii U (Japan Only)

3.) Yakuza 2 – Hidenori Shoji, Hideki Sakamoto, Franz Gruber, Norihiko Hibino & Takahiro Izutani – “As a man/As a brother, Push Me Underwater, Blockhead Boy, Face To Face & Evil Itself“ – December 7, 2006 – Sega – PS2, PS3 & Wii U (Japan Only)

4.) Yakuza 3 – Hidenori Shoji, Kentaro Koyama, Takahiro Kai, Hiroyoshi Kato, Love Sound System, Yoshio Tsuru & Hideki Sakamoto – “Fly, Bruise, Ryu-Kyu Humming, Crush and Strike, Test Your Imagination & D 2 A (w/ vocals by Chihiro Aoki)” – February 26, 2009 – Sega – PS3 & PS4

5.) Yakuza 4 -Hidenori Shoji, Kenichi Tokoi, Yuri Fukuda, Yoshio Tsuru, Ryohei Kohno, Mitsuharu Fukuyama, Yasuhiro Takagi, Yuichi Kanatani, Chihiro Aoki, Takashi Izeki, Takahiro Kai, Minako Seki, Flarewave Sound System, Eiji Kawai, Shigemitsu Goto, Love Sound System & Hideki Sakamoto – “Underground Dazzling Star(Neo), The Myth, Fighting Fighter & MachineGun Kiss” – March 18, 2010 – Sega – PS3 & PS4

6.) Yakuza 5 – Kyosuke Himuro, Yukihide Takekawa, Mitsuharu Fukuyama, Hidenori Shoji, Chihiro Aoki, Yasuyuki Matsuzaki, Hiroaki Watanabe, a-fei, Takeshi Isozaki, Zenta Tsuchihashi, DIG, Yuya Saito, Junya Tanaka, POPHOLIC, Yuri Fukuda, Atsuhiro Watanabe, Shunsuke Minami, Atsushi Yamaji, Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Akiko Akiyama & Saori Yoshida – “Hailstorm, I believe in you, Receive and Slash You, The COOL GUY SOSUKE, Comin’at ya/My girl, Noodle shop Ryuya & Loneliness loop (w/ vocals by Rie Kugimiya)“ – December 5, 2012 – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega – PS3 & PS4

7.) Yakuza 6: The Song of Life – Chihiro Aoki, Hidenori Shoji, Yuri Fukuda, Saori Yoshida, Fumiyoshi Shimohara, Kenichi Tokoi, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Yasuyuki Matsuzaki, Hiroaki Watanabe, Kiyo, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Shunsuke Minami , Shunsuke Yasaki, Masahiko Iida & Akiko Akiyama – “Bonds, Seakillers, Town Bully, Bloodstained Philosophy, Lots of Lights & Like A Butterfly (w/ vocals by Takaya Kuroda & Saki)“ – December 8, 2016 – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega – PS4

8.) Yakuza Kenzan (Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!) – Hidenori Shoji, Hideki Sakamoto, Hiroyoshi Kato, Keisuke Ito & Yuri Fukuda – “Water and Melon, Blood Maker, Immortality & Masochism“ – March 6, 2008 (Japan Only) – Sega – PS3

9.) Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō – Mitsuharu Fukuyama, Hidenori Shoji, Yasuyuki Matsuzaki, Hiroaki Watanabe, Yukie Sugawara, skankfunk, Itsuki Onagi, Kentaro Ishii, Kouji Kinoshita, Heigo Tani (wall5) & Eigo Natsui – “Die anyway, DIGITALIZED, Kill city, YOUR KNIFE FEELS GOOD & SO UNUSUAL“ – September 22, 2010 (japan Only) – Sega & Syn Sophia/Sega – Playstation Portable

10.) Project X Zone 2 – Yoko Shimomura, Masami Ueda, Thomas Parisch, Laurent Ziliani, Kinuyo Yamashita, Masakazu Sugimori, Kohei Tanaka, Hidenori Shoji, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Rio Hamamoto, Akihiro Namba, Chikayo Fukuda, Hiroyuki Kawada & Takuya Hanaoka – “Funk Goes On“ – November 12, 2015 – Monolith Soft/Bandai Namco Entertainment – Nintendo 3DS

11.) Yakuza: Dead Souls (Ryū ga Gotoku OF THE END) – Mitsuharu Fukuyama, Takahiro Kai, Takeshi Isozaki, Yuri Fukuda, Susumu Tsukagoshi, Chihiro Aoki, Yuichi Kanatani, Daniel Lindholm, Hiroshi Furukawa & ABOTTO Leo – “Inescapable Battle, Cry, Akiyama Battle Theme & Gary’s Boot Camp“ – June 9, 2011 – Sega – PS3

12.) Yakuza Ishin – Chihiro Aoki, Hidenori Shoji, Daisuke Anayama, Keitaro Hanada, Takatsugu Wakabayashi, Sachio Ogawa, Saori Yoshida, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Yusuke Sawai, Yasuyuki Matsuzaki, Hiroaki Watanabe, Ryohei Kohno, Yuri Fukuda, Shunsuke Yasaki & Tsuyoshi Kaneko – “Shika Flower, Sad sword, Roar, Willow’s Riff & Destroyed“ – February 22, 2014 (japan Only) – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega – PS3 & PS4 (Both Japan Only)

13.) Judgment (Judge Eyes)- Hidenori Shoji, Yuri Fukuda, Saori Yoshida, Rio Hashikawa, Chihiro Aoki, Hiroaki Watanabe, Yasuyuki Matsuzaki, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Jin Senbonmatsu, Hideyuki Ono, Shunsuke Yasaki , Yuki Kobayashi, Kiyo, Charles François Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach – “Drumfire, Moth, Line of sin, Final decision, BUZZY, Darkness & The Last Assassin XIV: Symphony of The Judgment“ – December 13, 2018 – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega – PS4

14.) Yakuza Kiwami – Hidenori Shoji, Yuri Fukuda, Saori Yoshida, Keitaro Hanada, Sachio Ogawa, Syunsuke Minami, Shunsuke Yasaki, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Kiyo – “Funk Goes On, Flirt With Bomb, Ideal For Violence, The End Of The Dogma & Cherry blossoms 2000“ – January 21, 2016 – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega – PS3, PS4 & Windows PC

15.) Yakuza Kiwami 2 – Hidenori Shoji, Yuri Fukuda, Saori Yoshida, Keitaro Hanada, Sachio Ogawa, Syunsuke Minami, Shunsuke Yasaki, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Kiyo – “The End Of The Dogma, Amusing Octagon, Update With Gunfire & The Wicked“ – December 7, 2017 – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega – PS4 & Windows PC

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かしましめし KASHIMASHI MESHI (2023) | EP 7 clips - "Eiji, you're very beautiful"

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On a Starry Night

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2023

On a Starry Night (2023, Japan)

Directors: Yoshihiro Fukagawa & Daisuke Yamamoto

Writer: Shizuka Oishi

Mini-review:

I finally got around to watching this drama starring two of my favorite Japanese stars, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. First of all, I was surprised by how objective it was when it came to handling sensitive issues related to motherhood and pregnancies. J-dramas tend to be heavy-handed with this type of stuff, but not this one (not always, at least). The rest of the writing was a bit messy, with many of the characters acting way more stupidly than they're supposed to be. However, the cast is so good that it didn't bother me too much. Tbh my biggest complaint about the writing is that the male lead is too pushy and hot-headed, even if this is my favorite Takumi Kitamura performance so far. And thankfully, the character does get better as the show goes on, and I loved that the writer didn't fall into the "saintly, innocent disabled character" trope that's usually found in many Asian dramas. Anyway, On a Starry Night is far from perfect, but it made me laugh and cry, and I don't ask for much more these days.

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EVENT UPDATE

The Bandai Namco Ent. Festival 2nd Live artists have been announced! The event will occur on the 6th and 7th of February 2021! All the idolm@ster brances will be appearing on both days (so the full cast list will be posted for posterity)

FEBRUARY 6TH STAGE

IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls 　LOVE LAIKA: Aya Suzaki (Minami Nitta), Sumire Uesaka (Anastasia) 　ENJIN: Yuko Hara (Takumi Mukai), Mayumi Kaneko (Rina Fujimoto), Haruka Chisuga (Ryo Matsunaga), Tomo Muranaka (Aki Yamato), Kiyono Yasuno (Natsuki Kimura) 　Dimension-3: Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Shiki Aoki (Asuka Ninomiya)

IDOLM@STER Million Live 　Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadakoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki), Yukiyo Fujii (Megumi Tokoro), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi), Yuu Kahara (Emily Stewart), Megumi Toda (Ayumu Maihara), Rika Abe (Mizuki Makabe), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi)

DEEN, misono, BACK-ON

Aikatsu! 　Aikatsu!/Aikatsu Stars!: Waka Kirishima, Ruka Endo, Sena Horikoshi, Risuko Sasakama, Rie Fujishiro 　Aikatsu Friends!: Akane Matsunaga (Aine Yuki), Ibuki Kido (Mio Minato) 　Aikatsu Parade!: Rin Aira (Raki Kiseki) 　Aikatsu Planet!: Kaya Date (Mao Otoha/Hana), Rio Ogura (Ruli Tamaki/Ruli), Mizuki (Ayumi Tsukishiro/Q-PIT), Shizune Nagao (Kyoko Umekoji/Beat),  Rion Watanabe (Shiori Motoya/Shiori), Amy (Ann Kurimu/Ann), Narumi Uno (Meisa Hinata/Rose), Rurika Uno (Sala Itoi/Sala)

FEBRUARY 7TH STAGE

IDOLM@STER 765PRO ALL STARS 　 Eriko Nakamura (Haruka Amami), Asami Imai (Chihaya Kisaragi), Mayako Nigo (Yayoi Takatsuki), Naomi Wakabayashi (Ritsuko Akizuki), Chiaki Takahashi (Azusa Miura), Rie Kugimiya (Iori Minase), Hiromi Hirata (Makoto Kikuchi), Akiko Hasegawa (Miki Hoshii)

IDOLM@STER SideM 　Café Parade: Sho Karino (Yukihiro Kamiya), Takuya Kodama (Makio Uzuki), Daiki Kobayashi (Saki Mizushima) 　S.E.M: Yoshiki Nakajima (Jiro Yamashita) 　THE Kogado: Junta Terashima (Takeru Taiga), Daiki Hamano (Michiru Enjoji)   　Legenders: Jun Kasama (Amehiko Kuzunoha),  Fumiyoshi Shioya (Sora Kitamura), Wataru Komada (Chris Koron)

IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors 　Illumination Stars: Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Reina Kondo (Hiori Kazano), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya) 　L’Antica: Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suganuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Runa Narumi (Yuika Mitsumine), Mizuki Yuina (Kiriko Yukoku) 　Houkago Climax Girls: Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa) 　Alstoremeria: Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama) 　Straylight: Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi) 　Noctchill: Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa) 

DENON-BU 　Sotokanda Literature: Yuuka Shidomi (Reina Hidaka LIVE set), Miho Amane (Kazyne Shinonome LIVE set), Sena Horikoshi (Futaba Kayano LIVE set) 　Jungumae Sandou: Yurie Kozakai (Mimito Sakurano LIVE set), Nichika Omori (Hina Minakami LIVE set), Rena Hasegawa (Shina Inubosaki LIVE set)

TAKANORI NISHIKAWA

LOVE LIVE! SCHOOL IDOL PROJECT 　AZALEA: Nanaka Suwa (Kanan Matsuura), Arisa Komiya (Dia Kurosawa), Kanako Takatsuki (Hanamaru Kunikida) 　Riko Sakurauchi&You Watanabe: Rikako Aida (Riko Sakurauchi), Shuka Saito (You Watanabe) 　Hanamaru Kunikida&Ruby Kurosawa: Kanako Takatsuki (Hanamaru Kunikida), Ai Furihata (Ruby Kurosawa) 　SAINT SNOW: Asami Tano (Sarah Kazuno), Hinata Sato (Leah Kazuno)

LOVE LIVE! NIJIGASAKI SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　 Aguri Onishi (Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (Kasumi Nakasu), Kaori Maeda (Shizuku Osaka), Miyu Kubota (Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashita), Tomori Kusunoki (Setsuna Yuki), Maria Sashide (Emma Verde), Chiemi Tanaka (Rina Tennoji), Moeka Koizumi (Shioriko Mifune)

[genkinahito]

Hold Me Back 私をくいとめて Director: Akiko Ohku (2020) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Hold Me Back 私をくいとめて Director: Akiko Ohku (2020) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021] #NYAFF @NYAFF

Hold Me Back    私をくいとめて 「Watashi o Kuitomete」 Release Date: December 18th, 2020 Duration: 135 mins. Director: Akiko Ohku Writer: Akiko Ohku (Script), Risa Wataya (Original Novel) Starring: Non, Kento Hayashi, Asami Usada, Ai Hashimoto, Hairi Katagiri, Takuya Wakabayashi, Tomoya Nakamura, Website IMDB Director Akiko Ohku’s Hold Me Back won the Best Film prize at the 2020 edition of the Tokyo…

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New "Captain Tsubasa" TV anime visual!! Airs april 2nd. 

Captain Tsubasa is the passionate story of an elementary school student whose thoughts and dreams revolve almost entirely around the love of soccer. 11-year-old Tsubasa Oozora started playing soccer at a very young age, and while it was mostly just a recreational sport for his friends, for him, it developed into something of an obsession. In order to pursue his dream to the best of his elementary school abilities, Tsubasa moves with his mother to Nankatsu city, which is well-known for its excellent elementary school soccer teams. But although he was easily the best in his old town, Nankatsu has a lot more competition, and he will need all of his skill and talent in order to stand out from this new crowd. He encounters not only rivals, but also new friends like the pretty girl Sanae Nakazawa and the talented goalkeeper, Genzo Wakabayashi, who shares the same passion as Tsubasa, and will prove to be a treasured friend in helping him push towards his dreams. Representing Japan in the FIFA World Cup is Tsubasa’s ultimate dream, but it will take a lot more than talent to reach it.

STAFF

Director: Toshiyuki Kato

Series Composition: Atsuhiro Tomioka

Character Designer: Watanabe Hajime

Chief Animation Director: Watanabe Hajime

Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Music: Hayato Matsuo

OP Theme: Johnny’s West

Animation Production: David Production

CAST

Yuuko Sanpei

Ken'ichi Suzumura

Ayaka Fukuhara

Mutsumi Tamura

Takuya Satou

Katsuyuki Konishi

Sayuri Hara

Mutsuki Iwanaka

Koudai Sakai

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Taro Kiuchi

Megumi Han

Yuuichirou Umehara

Ayako Takeuchi

Watanabe Yurina

Soma Saito

Wataru Hatano

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New anime character visuals for "Captain Tsubasa (2018)." Broadcast premiere April 2nd (David Production)

-Synopsis-

“Captain Tsubasa is the passionate story of an elementary school student whose thoughts and dreams revolve almost entirely around the love of soccer. 11-year-old Tsubasa Oozora started playing soccer at a very young age, and while it was mostly just a recreational sport for his friends, for him, it developed into something of an obsession. In order to pursue his dream to the best of his elementary school abilities, Tsubasa moves with his mother to Nankatsu city, which is well-known for its excellent elementary school soccer teams. But although he was easily the best in his old town, Nankatsu has a lot more competition, and he will need all of his skill and talent in order to stand out from this new crowd. He encounters not only rivals, but also new friends like the pretty girl Sanae Nakazawa and the talented goalkeeper, Genzo Wakabayashi, who shares the same passion as Tsubasa, and will prove to be a treasured friend in helping him push towards his dreams. Representing Japan in the FIFA World Cup is Tsubasa’s ultimate dream, but it will take a lot more than talent to reach it.”

-Staff-

Director: Toshiyuki Kato

Series Composition: Atsuhiro Tomioka

Character Designer: Watanabe Hajime

Chief Animation Director: Watanabe Hajime

Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Music: Hayato Matsuo

OP Theme: Johnny’s West

PV: https://youtu.be/uUK4zTkcz1U

Animation Production: David Production

-Cast-

Yuuko Sanpei

Ken'ichi Suzumura

Ayaka Fukuhara

Mutsumi Tamura

Takuya Satou

Katsuyuki Konishi

Sayuri Hara

Mutsuki Iwanaka

Koudai Sakai

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Taro Kiuchi

Megumi Han

Yuuichirou Umehara

Ayako Takeuchi

Watanabe Yurina

Soma Saito

Wataru Hatano

Source: http://ball-ha-tomodachi.com/

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hey there, i sent this in a while back and i think it was just before your inbox purge; i was hoping you could direct me to that one directory of all the japanese fcs or help cast sapphire from sailor moon? thank you so much

Hey anon! There’s a masterpage by japanesefcs but an anon a while back said it was unavailable and at the time of posting this it’s still unavailable. According to one website Sapphire is seventeen and we don’t offer faceclaims for minors but since you’ve sent this more than once it means you’ve read our rules so I’m assuming he’s now older in canon? Somebody please tell me if he’s still a minor. Adachi Yuto has had blue hair but he’s recently appropriated black hairstyles and I don’t know anybody else near that age range who has had blue hair so here are some other suggestions:

Meguro Ren (1997) 

Wakabayashi Takuya (1997) 

Nakagawa Taishi (1998)

Kyle Takano (1998)

Iwakami Shunya (1998)

Tamamoto Fumito (1999) 

Yoshida Chihiro (1999) 

Shimizu Hiroya (1999) 

Furukawa Tsuyoshi (2000)

Usa Takuma (2000) 

Okuno Sou (2000)

Hidaka Mahiro (2001)

-C

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“Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple”

Film anime, 3 marzo 2018

Pellicola tratta dal manga “Bungo Stray Dogs” di Kafka Asagiri e Harukawa35, edito in Italia da Panini Comics, sequel della serie tv in due stagioni andata in onda nel 2016.

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-STAFF-

Regia: Takuya Igarashi

Studio di animazione: BONES

Sceneggiatura: Yoji Enokido, Kafka Asagiri 

Character design/Direttore delle animazioni: Nobuhiro Arai 

Mechanical design: Fumihiro Katagai 

Musiche: Taku Iwasaki 

Distribuzione: Kadokawa Animation 

Direttore artistico: Yumiko Kondou

Assistente direzione artistica: Hiroko Tanabe (Kusanagi)

Colorazioni: Yukari Goto

Direttore della fotografia: Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi

Montaggio: Shigeru Nishiyama

Direttore del suono: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi

Produzione sonoro: Glovision

Sigla di apertura: GRANRODEO “Deadly Drive” 

-CAST-

Atsushi Nakajima: Yuuto Uemura 

Osamu Dazai: Mamoru Miyano

Ryuunosuke Akutagawa: Kensho Ono 

Chuuya Nakahara: Kishou Taniyama 

Una serie tv anime basata sul manga è stata trasmessa fra la stagione primaverile 2016 (prima parte) e quella autunnale (seconda parte). In Italia è disponibile sulla piattaforma di streaming Crunchyroll.  

Con il 13° volume del manga, in uscita il 14 agosto 2017, sarà allegato un OVA.

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