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Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Composer · Known for Hachi: A Dog's Tale, Unfaithful
Jan Andrzej Paweł Kaczmarek was a Polish composer. He wrote scores for more than 70 feature films and documentaries, including Finding Neverland, for which he won an Oscar and a National Board of Review Award. Other notable scores were for Hachi: A Dog's Tale, Unfaithful, Evening, The Visitor, and Washington Square.
Robert Capron
Cast · Known for Frankenweenie, Elementary
Robert Capron (born July 9, 1998) is American actor who starred in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film adaption trilogy (2010-2012) as Rowley Jefferson. He started off with a role in Bride Wars (2009) and later had small parts in Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) and the Disney film The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010).
Tora Hallström
Cast · Known for Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Tora Hallstrom born 1995, is an American actress, and is the daughter of renowned director Lasse Hallstrom and actress Lena Olin, she also has two half-brothers: Johan Hallstrom and F. Auguste Rahmberg. Hallstrom made her film debut at age 13, when her father chose her to portray Heather, a student, in the movie Hachi: A Dog's Tale. Four years later she would play the role of a waitress in the film Safe Haven, also directed by Lasse.
Riisa Naka
Cast · Known for Plastic Beauty, Document 72 Hours, Alice in Borderland
Riisa Naka (born on October 18, 1989 in Nagasaki prefecture) is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival. Naka became famous for appearing in Hachi One Diver.
Takaya Hashi
Cast · Known for Fist of the North Star, Kiki's Delivery Service
Takaya Hashi (土師 孝也 Hashi Takaya, September 8, 1952 – August 27, 2025) was a veteran Japanese voice actor and actor affiliated with Apte Pro. His real name was Takaya Katō (加藤 孝也 Katō Takaya).
Nobuo Yoshihashi
Nobuo Yoshihashi is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in 2008 with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he currently performs under the ring name YOSHI-HASHI. As one half of Bishamon with Hirooki Goto, he is a four-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, one-time STRONG Openweight Tag Team Champion, three-time World Tag League winner in 2021, 2022, and 2023, and co-winner of the Tokyo Sports Best Tag Team Award in 2023. He is also a one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Hirooki Goto and Tomohiro Ishii, with that trio holding the record for the longest reign at 454 days.
Hirooki Goto
Cast · Known for Street Fighter
Hirooki Goto is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted in 2003 and has competed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling throughout his career. A former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, he has also held the NEVER Openweight Championship five times, the IWGP Intercontinental Championship twice, and both the IWGP Tag Team and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships once each. He also won the G1 Climax in 2008, the New Japan Cup in 2009, 2010, and 2012, and the World Tag League in 2012 with Karl Anderson, in 2014 with Katsuyori Shibata, and in 2021, 2022, and 2023 with YOSHI-HASHI. His partnership with YOSHI-HASHI as Bishamon earned the Tokyo Sports Best Tag Team Award in 2023, and he later received the publication's Best Bout Award in 2024 for his match against Yota Tsuji on March 20. Goto was also ranked No. 5 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI 500 in 2025 and portrayed E. Honda in the 2026 film Street Fighter.
Saki Takaoka
Saki Takaoka (高岡 早紀) is a Japanese actress born as Sakiko Takaoka (高岡 佐紀子). Her uncle is the jazz pianist Yōsuke Yamashita. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Hochi Film Award for Crest of Betrayal.
Masato Sakai
Cast · Known for Vivant, KochiKame
Masato Sakai (堺雅人) is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio and The Chef of South Polar and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at the 33rd Hochi Film Award and at the 51st Blue Ribbon Awards. He also received a nomination for best supporting actor at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize. He is married to Japanese actress and J-pop singer Miho Kanno.
Mayumi Ogawa
Mayumi Ogawa (小川眞由美) was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 3rd Japan Academy Prize and at the 4th Hochi Film Award for Vengeance Is Mine and The Three Undelivered Letters.
Hitomi Kuroki
Hitomi Kuroki is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Shoko Ichiji (伊知地 昭子 Ichiji Shōko) née Egami (江上 昭子 Egami Shōko). Kuroki was a cast member of the Takarazuka Revue, belonging to the Moon Troupe (Tsuki). Kuroki was the voice of Helen Parr/Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible in the Japanese dub of The Incredibles. She won the award for best actress at the 22nd Hochi Film Award for Lost Paradise.
Mario Casas
Cast · Known for The Invisible Guest, Three Steps Above Heaven
Mario Casas Sierra (born 12 June 1986) is a Spanish film and television actor. Known for his roles in Spanish cinema and television, he has received various accolades, including a Goya Award, two Gaudí Awards, and three Feroz Awards. In 2006, after featuring in minor credits in Motivos personales and Obsesión, Casas landed his first television main role in the teen drama SMS: Sin Miedo a Soñar and also debuted on the big screen in Summer Rain. Casas acquired a larger clout owing to his appearance in the television series Los hombres de Paco, as part of a popular love triangle together with Hugo Silva and Michelle Jenner. His early film career, featuring in box-office darlings such as Sex, Party and Lies (2009), Brain Drain (2009), and Three Steps Above Heaven (2010), consolidated after his performance as bad boy Hache in the latter title, which earned him wide popularity in Spain. He also starred in the television series El barco (2011−13). He went on to feature in starring roles in films such as Unit 7 (2012), I Want You (2012; the sequel to Three Steps Above Heaven), The Mule (2013), Witching & Bitching (2013), Ismael (2013), My Big Night (2015), Palm Trees in the Snow (2015), Toro (2016), The Invisible Guest (2016), The Bar (2017), The Skin of the Wolf (2017), The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018), Bye (2019), The Occupant (2020), and The Paramedic (2020). He also appeared in English-language international projects Eden and The 33. Casas' leading performance in Cross the Line (2020) earned him his first Goya Award for Best Actor. He made his debut as a director with Caged Wings (2023). He received renewed industry recognition for his leading role in Away (2025).
Takanori Jinnai
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Takanori Jinnai is a Japanese actor, film director, and singer. He was born August 12, 1958 in Okawa, Fukuoka. He made his directorial debut with Rockers, a 2003 film based on his years as vocalist for the punk rock band The Rockers . He was nominated best actor for a Japanese Academy Award three times, once in 1988 and twice in 1989. He won the award for Best Actor at the 12th Hochi Film Awards for Chōchin. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takanori Jinnai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Naomi Nishida
Cast · Known for One Year to Live, Buy a Man, Document 72 Hours
Naomi Nishida (born 16 February 1972 in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan) is an actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival and at the 25th Hochi Film Award for her performance in Nabbie's Love. She married a Japanese shoe designer in 2005, and gave birth a girl on April 7, 2008. She has announced that she will continue working as an actress.
Akira Emoto
Cast · Known for Black Kite, Shin Godzilla
Old good "Emo-chan" of modern Japanese cinema. Emo's father was a close friend of legendary episode player Taji Tonoyama in elementary school days. His mother's grandfather ran a shamisen store in Ginza, Tokyo. Both parents like movies and theaters. After graduating from Machinery Department of Tokyo Industrial High School, Emoto got a job at a trading company. However, he became an actor and became a student of the acting classes of the theater company "Marui", which is headed by Nobuo Kaneko, and met Yusaku Matsuda who was in the same class. In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Dr. Akagi. He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for Dotonbori River and Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san.
Mitsuko Baisho
Mitsuko Baisho (born 22 November 1946 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) is a noted Japanese actress, whose most internationally known work has been for director Shohei Imamura, from 1979 up to the director's final film in 2002. Baisho has also been in films of Akira Kurosawa. She also won the awards for best actress at the 10th Hochi Film Award for Love Letter and Ikiteru uchi ga hana nano yo shindara sore made yo to sengen.She also won the award for best supporting actress at the 8th Hochi Film Award for The Geisha and at the 22nd Hochi Film Award for Tokyo Lullaby. Her sister is actress-singer Chieko Baisho.
Chieko Baisho
Cast · Known for Howl's Moving Castle
Chieko Baisho (倍賞 千恵子, Baishō Chieko, born June 29, 1941) is a Japanese actress and singer. In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" series from 1969 until 1995. In addition, she has acted in many films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s. She won the award for best actress at the 5th Hochi Film Award for "A Distant Cry from Spring".
Juan Diego Botto
Cast · Known for The Suicide Squad
Juan Diego Botto Rota (born 29 August 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish film, stage and television actor. Born in Argentina, he moved to Spain with his mother (the actress and acting coach Cristina Rota) in 1978. Following early film appearances as a child actor, he landed a breakthrough role in the 1995 film Stories from the Kronen. He has since starred in films such as Martín (Hache) (1997), Plenilune (2000), Broken Silence (2001), Obaba (2005), Go Away from Me (2006) and Ismael (2013). He has also worked as a stage director and playwright and debuted as a film director with the 2022 social drama thriller On the Fringe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Juan Diego Botto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Joseph Michael Roth
Joe Roth was one of the top stunt performers in the industry, having worked with Bruce Willis, Nicolas Cage, and Arnold Schwartzenegger to name a few. He is also a talented actor having appeared in many films and television shows. He has produced many award-winning films, among them Hatchi-Ko, Eye of the Dolphin, and Beneath the Blue. He also produced the documentaries, The Dolphin Chronicles, and Muscle Beach Then and Now.
Yōhei Komatsu
Cast · Known for New Japan Pro Wrestling
Yōhei Komatsu, better known by his ring name YOH, is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted on November 19, 2012, and is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). After returning from excursion in Mexico, he formed the junior heavyweight tag team Roppongi 3K with SHO, becoming a six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and winning the Super Junior Tag League in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022. He is also a one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion alongside Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi. In singles competition, YOH won the Best of the Super Junior tournament in 2026, earning an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match at Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jo Hall. There, he defeated DOUKI to win the title, ending his 251-day reign and capturing his first IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter named him Rookie of the Year in 2013, while Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked Roppongi 3K No. 10 in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2020 and YOH No. 129 in the PWI 500 in 2025.
Shima Iwashita
Cast · Known for Harakiri
Shima Shinoda, better known as Shima Iwashita (born January 3, 1941, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She was married to film director Shinoda Masahiro. She won the award for best actress at the 2nd Hochi Film Award for Ballad of Orin. In junior high school, she aspired to become a psychiatrist, but gave up on that dream when she was 16-17 years old and suffered from childhood rheumatism and was hospitalized for a long time. To divert her energy , she appeared in the 1958 NHK drama Bus Street Back. This was the beginning of her acting career. She made her film debut two years later in 1960. In 1999, she launched her brand "Kimono Shima" with kimono manufacturer Kyoto Marubeni, and made her debut as a kimono designer. In 2004, she was awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal. In 2012 , she was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.
Mieko Harada
Cast · Known for Ran
Mieko Harada (原田 美枝子, Harada Mieko, born on December 26, 1958) is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She has played various roles in many motion pictures, television shows and television dramas since her debut in 1974. She most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film Ran, and further collaborated with him in his 1990 film Dreams. Harada also most notably provided the voice for Kaguya in the 2002 anime film InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass. She is currently working on television dramas as of 2007. She won the award for best actress at the 21st Hochi Film Award for Village of Dreams and at the 23rd Hochi Film Award for Begging for Love. Harada is married to Ryo Ishibashi since 1987 and has three children.
Yoshiko Tanaka
Yoshiko Tanaka (田中 好子, Tanaka Yoshiko, April 8, 1956 – April 21, 2011) was a Japanese actress. She was also famous as a member of the pop group Candies. While a member of Candies, Tanaka was known by the nickname "Sue" Still at the height of its popularity, the group disbanded in 1978. Tanaka was also the sister-in-law of the well-known actress Masako Natsume. Tanaka was born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. In her Candies period her nickname was Sue. She also had a role in Godzilla vs. Biollante, portraying Asuka Okouchi. She won the award for best actress at the 14th Hochi Film Award for Black Rain. In 1991, she married golfer Kazuo Odate, and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992. In October 2010, Tanaka's cancer relapsed and she died on April 21, 2011. She was 55 years old at the time of her death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yoshiko Tanaka, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Leon White
Leon Allen White better known by his ring names Big Van Vader or Vader, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. White is best known for his time with New Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, WWE and All Japan Pro Wrestling in the 1990s. A super-heavyweight wrestler capable of aerial maneuvers such as the moonsault and the dropkick, White was both a face and a heel in several professional wrestling promotions. During his career, he became an eight time world champion, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship three times, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship three times and the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship twice. Vader returned to Japan, wrestling at a NJPW Wrestle Land show. He also worked in the independent circuit as Big Van Vader, including a tag match against Samoa Joe and Dan Maff in Jersey All Pro Wrestling with Mike Awesome as his tag team partner. On May 12, 2007, Vader faced Brutus Beefcake at Spartan Slamfest, a World Wrestling Coalition charity show. The match was held at the Kingston Armory in Kingston, Pennsylvania. After wrestling his last match in 2007, White began working as a high school football coach. O April 29, 2010, White made a return to wrestling under his Vader ring name at the event Vader Time 5 Return of the Emperor. At the event, he teamed with his son Jesse and former tag team partner 2 Cold Scorpio to successfully defeat Makoto Hashi, Tamon Honda and Tatsumi Fujinami in the main event. In May 2016, Will Opsreay and Ricochet faced each other during the NJPW tournament Best of the Super Juniors. During the match, both wrestlers performed a high flying, fast paced sequence. When Vader saw the sequence, he complained in social media about the current direction pro wrestling is taking. During the following weeks, Vader and Ospreay feuded in Twitter, so England-based promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) booked a match between them. The match took place on August 12, 2016, where Vader defeated Ospreay. Two days later, he made an appearance in Colchester, England for the XWA Wrestling (XWA) promotion, where he defeated "Savvy" Sid Scala. On April 20, 2017, Vader made an appearance in Japan at Korakuen Hall as part of the Dradition show to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the debut of Tatsumi Fujinami. Following a six-man tag team match, Vader collapsed due to being dropped on his head during the match, but he was able to walk backstage under his own power and he remained in Japan as he was scheduled to work two more shows in Fukuoka and Osaka.[On April 22, Vader, Takuma Sano, and Yoshiaki Fujiwara lost a six man tag team match to Koji Kanemoto, Shiro Koshinaka and Tatsumi Fujinami. On April 23, Vader, Riki Choshu, and Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Shiro Koshinaka, Takuma Sano, and Yoshiaki Fujiwara. The final match of his career took place May 25, 2017 at WrestleJam V, where Vader defeated The Ironman. Return to AJPW (2011–2012) In the aftermath of the 2011 natural disasters in Japan, Vader and his son Jesse wrestled on special tribute cards for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Zero1. On December 7, 2012, Vader returned to AAJPW, teaming with Keiji Mutoh and Kenso to defeat Bambi Killer, Franz Dynamite and Mazada in a six-man tag team match.