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Sumire Uesaka was born on 19 December 1991 in Kamakura, Japan. She is an actress, known for This Art Club Has a Problem! (2016), Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga (2021) and Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012).

is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Io Shirai who is currently signed to the WWE, performing on their developmental brand NXT, where she is a former NXT Women's Champion.

Making her debut in March 2007, Io spent several years working as a tag team wrestler, teaming with her older sister Mio, with whom she would wrestle for various promotions across Japan and Mexico, winning the TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Championship in the process. In June 2010, the Shirais came together with Kana to form the Triple Tails stable, which would last for fifteen months, before Io broke out of the group and started her singles career with the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. In April 2013, she won the promotion's top title, the World of Stardom Championship, which she would hold for over fifteen months.

She is currently in her record sixth reign as one third of the Artist of Stardom Champions, while also being a former two-time World of Stardom Champion and a one-time Goddess of Stardom, Wonder of Stardom, High Speed and SWA World Champion. She is recognized as the "ace" of Stardom, and was named the 2015 and 2016 women's wrestler of the year by Tokyo Sports.

Filmmaker, Comic actor and TV Presenter

Born in Japan and raised in Adelaide and Bangkok, Yujiro (YT) studied economics (Bachelors degree) at Keio University, Tokyo, before starting a career in show business.

His television credits include presenting and acting in a variety of programs on TV Tokyo, ITV (England), MBC (Korea) , Hunan TV (China), RTL (Holland) and the BBC. Neo-Japan Award Director for the Shortshorts Film Festival 2008. He is a big fan of MJ and the mighty British "Businessman of the year 1993" Keith Lemon from Leeds.

Finalist for the inaugural "Democracy Challenge" hosted by the U.S State Department. "Samurai Democracy" advocate.

Akiyuki Nosaka was born on 10 October 1930 in Kamakura, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Tomuraishi tachi (1968) and The Pornographers (1966). He was married to Nosaka Yoko. He died on 9 December 2015 in Tokyo, Japan.

Hiroshi Koizumi was born on August 12, 1926, in Kamakura City, Japan. He graduated from Keio University in 1948. He joined NHK television as an announcer and was selected to be part of the third-annual Tôhô New Face acting class in 1951. The following year, Koizumi made his acting debut in Tôhô Studios' The Man Who Came to Port (1952). When the studios' sci-fi films took flight, Koizumi became a regular in those films, first starring as pilot hero Shoichi Tsukioka in Godzilla's first sequel, Godzilla Raids Again (1955). After appearing in the film, he became most notable for portraying doctors, professors, or scientists.

It is interesting to note that Koizumi appeared in Godzilla's 10th-, 20th-, and 30th-anniversary films: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964), Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) and Godzilla 1985 (1985), starring as a professor or a scientist. Koizumi is one of the few actors to appear in more than one Godzilla movie as the same character. He played Professor Miura in Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) and Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) (or Professor Murai). In the 1990s, Koizumi worked on a few films as producer and also served as host of Japan's long-running game show "Quiz Grand Prix."

Masayuki Yui was born in 1947 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for Ran (1985), Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980) and Dreams (1990).

From Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Misaki learned modern ballet from the age of 3. She joined a children's theater company at the age of five, and was active as a child actor on stage and on television, mainly in musicals. Her special skills are jazz, dance, Japanese traditional dance, tap, vocal music, pantomime and sword fighting in addition to modern ballet.

Misuzu Kanno was born on 25 February 1966 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress and producer, known for Mukoku (2017), Antihero (2024) and Vise (2019).

Shunji Fujimura was born on 8 December 1934 in Kamakura, Japan. He was an actor, known for Death Note (2006), Death Note: The Last Name (2006) and Death Note: L Change the World (2008). He died on 25 January 2017 in Japan.

Kuriko Namino was born on 1 December 1945 in Kamakura, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kantô mo hirou gozansu (1967), Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974) and I Am a Cat (1975).

Kiyo Murakami was born on 16 March 1928 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Castle of Sand (1974), Miyamoto Musashi (1973) and Eden no umi (1950).

Kazuhito Naganuma was born on 12 April 1950 in Kamakura, Japan.

Yasuko Agawa, born Yasuko Sato on October 16, 1951. She is a well renowned Japanese jazz singer and former actress . While her stint as an actress was rather limited she is still well known for stand out roles in big studio films such as Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen (1974), Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) and Evil of Dracula (1974).

Han-Kun was born on 27 January 1979 in Kamakura, Japan. He is an actor, known for Boys on the Run (2012), Black Panther 2: Yakuza Azura (2012) and Footgolf Journey (2020).

Yoko Arisaka was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.

Haruyo Shimamura was born on 4 March 1992 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.

Yuri Obitani was born in 1964 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He is a director and editor, known for Correspondence Yuri Obitani/Ming-Yu Lee (2021) and Ensei Fufu (2000). He is married to Yukie Saito.

Mayu Tsuruta was born on 25 April 1970 in Kamakura, Japan. She is an actress, known for Cheap Love/II (1999), Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends (1995) and Toyotomi Hideyoshi tenka wo toru! (1995). She has been married to Daisuke Nakayama since December 2002.

Chika Hiramatsu was born on 20 July 1985 in Kamakura, Japan.

Kaz Hosaka was born on 22 November 1958 in Kamakura, Japan. He was married to Roxanne Wolf. He died on 23 June 2024 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA.