February 22, 2009

Leah Dizon

Leah Dizon

Leah Dizon atau Leah Donna Dizon (lahir pada 24 September 1986) adalah model sekaligus penyanyi Jepang. Berdarah campuran Perancis-Cina-Filipina, dan lahir di Las Vegas, Nevada, Amerika Serikat. Ia sudah mulai menyanyi di Amerika, tetapi kurang begitu terkenal sehingga memutuskan untuk pindah ke Jepang. Ternyata ia lebih terkenal di Jepang. Ia jjjuga sering berpose sebagai model dengan bikini atau baju-baju seksi.Ia dikabarkan sudah menikah dan sedang mengandung anak dan menyebabkan ia ingin berhenti menyanyi tetapi ia janji akan kemabali bernyanyi kepada para fansnya.

June 21, 2008

Matsumoto Jun

Filed under: Asian Stars, Japanese, Male

Jun

Name: Matsumoto Jun (松本潤)

Nick Name: Matsujun, Junji, King [By all Arashi], Jun-Chan, Matsumoto-kun, Do-S

Profession: actor, singer, host

Jpop Group: Arashi

Date of Birth: August 30, 1983

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Height: 173cm

Weight: 58kg

Blood type: Arh-

Zodiac: Virgo

Family: Father, mother & an elder sister

Interests: acting, music, dance, theatre, photography

Favorite Food: Noodles, dry plums, mango

Favorite Colors: White, black and blue

Favorite smiley: m(_ _)m

Favorite Sport: baseball

Enjoys: go to the beach and play with dogs… even though he doesn’t have a dog, shopping and buy clothes, likes to change his hairstyle.

TV Shows

* Bambino! as Ban Shogo (NTV, 2007)
* Hana Yori Dango 2 as Domyoji Tsukasa (TBS, 2007)
* Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari Imakiyo-san (Fuji TV, 2006)
* Hana Yori Dango as Domyoji Tsukasa (TBS, 2005)
* Propose (NTV, 2005, ep1)
* Kimi wa Pet as “Momo” Goda Takeshi (TBS, 2003)
* Yoiko no Mikata as Sawada Shin (NTV, 2003, cameo)
* Gokusen as Sawada Shin (NTV, 2002)
* Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 3 as Kindaichi Hajime (NTV, 2001)
* Kowai Nichiyobi (NTV, 1999)
* Bokura no Yuuki ~Miman Toshi~ as Mori (NTV, 1997)

Movies

* Kakushi Toride no San Akunin / The Last Princess (http://www.kakushi-toride.jp/index.html) (2008)
* Hana Yori Dango -Final- (http://www.hanadan-final.jp/index.html) (2008)
* Kiiroi Namida / Yellow Tear (http://www.kiiroi-namida.com) (2007)
* Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru / I Love My Younger Sister (http://www.bokuimo-themovie.com) (2007) as Yori
* Tokyo Tower as Koji (2004)
* Pika*nchi Life is Hard Dakedo Happy 「ピカ☆ンチ Life is Hard だけど Happy」 as Bon
* Shinjuku Tanteidan Shonen (Shinjuku Boy Detectives) (1998)

Recognitions

* 53rd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor for Bambino! (2007)
* 10th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jan-Mar 07): Best Supporting Actor for Hana Yori Dango 2 (2007)
* 47th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Hana Yori Dango (2005)
* 33rd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Gokusen (2002)

Trivia

* Jpop group: Arashi
* Hobbies and interests: Music, DVDs, photography, and reading
* Specialty: Baseball

June 1, 2008

Masi Oka

Filed under: Asian Stars, Japanese, Male

Masi Oka

Biography

Early life

Oka was born in Tokyo, Japan. His parents divorced when he was one month old; he was raised in a single parent family and has never met his father. His mother moved to Queens, New York, United States when he was six. At age 8, he appeared on CBS-TV game show Child’s Play. In 1987, a 12-year-old Oka was featured on the cover of Time Magazine titled “Those Asian-American Whiz Kids”. Though he was not featured in the article itself, he was acquainted with the photographer who conducted the shoot. His IQ had been measured at a score of 180. He attended elementary school at The Mirman School and graduated high school from Harvard-Westlake School in 1992. He graduated from Brown University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and mathematics.

Oka landed his first job after graduation at Industrial Light & Magic, George Lucas’s motion picture visual special effects company, with the hope of one day earning an Oscar for technical work on a motion picture. His first major project was co-developing a computer program to generate water effects, which was first used for A Perfect Storm but also used in later films such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. He later created programs for computational fluid dynamics and surface-cracking, which have been used in multiple projects. He also worked on the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Acting career

Oka first tried his hand at acting in 2000. He earned a Screen Actors Guild card by appearing in industry films, then moved to Los Angeles. ILM stipulated in his contract that he could work at its Los Angeles branch, but would have to return to Marin if he did not get cast for a recurring role that season. Oka did get cast for a pilot. Although the show was not picked up, it did satisfy the contract’s requirements and he was allowed to stay in Los Angeles. He decided to continue pursuing acting. He landed several guest spots and then a recurring role as Franklyn on the NBC comedy Scrubs. He was also featured in a PS2’s Shinobi commercial, with the catch phrase ‘Shinobi’s Back’. Oka guest starred in the Yes, Dear episode Dances with Couch, aired April 8, 2002.

In 2006, Oka was cast for the role of Hiro Nakamura in Heroes. Oka translates his dialogue from the show’s scripts from English to Japanese; English subtitles accompany his Japanese dialogue on the show. Additionally, Oka’s real voice is closer to that of “Future Hiro” than the higher-pitched voice he uses as “Present Hiro” as heard during his appearances on television shows like Heroes.

His portrayal of the role earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination that year in the “Best Supporting Actor on a TV Series” category. In addition to his work on the show, he continues to work at ILM up to three days a week as a Research and Development Technical Director, writing programs that create special effects. He will play the role of Bruce in the big screen version of Get Smart.

He recently signed on to play a real estate broker who is trying to sell to Sean William Scott’s character in Steve Conrad’s Quebec. The film was originally slated to hit theatres in May 2007, but new scenes and characters have been added.

He was named the “Coolest Geek” at the Spike TV Guys’ Choice Awards on June 13, 2007. In 2007, he presented an award with Heroes co-star Hayden Panettiere on the 20th annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.

Oka has a 20 second spot in Austin Powers Goldmember when he states that ‘Due to international copyright laws it, in fact, is not. [Godzilla]’

Interests

Oka is fluent in Japanese, English and Spanish. His hobbies include kendo where he carries the rank of shodan, playing video games, watching and writing romantic comedies, playing the piano, and singing. He avidly collects manga; his current favorites include Eyeshield 21, One Piece and PLUTO, and he professes to be a big fan of Naoki Urasawa’s other works.

May 23, 2008

Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis (lahir di Tokyo, 22 Oktober 1981) adalah model dan bintang film serta pemain sinetron berkebangsaan Kanada.

Mike tinggal di Indonesia karena ikut ayahnya yang bekerja sebagai diplomat di Jakarta. Namun kemudian tinggal untuk berkarier dan kuliah di Indonesia. Mike merupakan salah satu model yang tergabung dalam Kliks Models milik desainer Samuel Watimena. Mike bergabung dengan agensi tersebut sejak 2004. Namun nama Mike mulai melambung awal tahun 2007 saat dirinya digosipkan sebagai orang ketiga dalam hubungan Tamara Bleszynski dan Teuku Rafly Pasha.

Film Suster Ngesot (2007) merupakan film pertamanya sebagai bintang utama. Sebagai persiapan, Mike telah mengambil kelas akting 10 bulan di Kanada. Cowok berdarah Kanada-China-Malaysia itu sebelumnya pernah bermain dalam film 5 Sehat 4 Sempurna arahan Richard Buntario.

Setelah dikabarkan menjadi orang ketiga Tamara-Rafly, Mike lagi-lagi dikabarkan menjadi orang ketiga dalam hubungan Nia Ramadhani dan Bams personel grup band Samsons. Retaknya hubungan mereka disinyalir akibat cinta lokasi antara Mike dan Nia saat bermain dalam Suster Ngesot. Namun keduanya kompak membantah kabar tersebut. Kabar tersebut terdengar lagi saat Nia dan Mike membintangi sinetron Cinta Jangan Buru-Buru. Hubungan Nia dan Bams akhirnya tak dapat dipertahankan, meski menurut mereka putusnya jalinan kasih itu bukan karena orang ketiga. Selain sinetron bersama Nia, Mike juga bermain dalam sinetron Cinta Fitri bersama Teuku Wisnu dan Shireen Sungkar.

May 18, 2008

Anna Ohura

Filed under: Asian Stars, Japanese, Female

Anna Ohura

Anna Ohura (大浦あんな, Ōura Anna?) is a Japanese AV (adult video) performer and model, known for her prodigious (100-centimeter, metric I-cup) natural breasts. In 2003, according to the Taipei Times, she claimed to have the largest breasts in the Japanese adult film industry.

Life and career

Early life

Anna Ohura was born in Hokkaidō, the northern-most of the four main islands of Japan, on May 30, 1980 to a French father and Japanese mother. Ohura claims that most people think she most closely resembles her father. She says that her grandmother is the person she most respects.

Ohura is left-handed and has poor eyesight, wearing contact lenses. She enjoys drinking, but smokes only occasionally. She likes udon noodles, but dislikes soba noodles. Ohura’s favorite subjects in school were social studies and Japanese, while English and mathematics were her worst. As a child, she wished to become a comic book writer, and she has commented that if she had not gone into the adult entertainment field, she would like to have worked as an assistant to a comic book writer.

AV career

The AV (adult video) companies in Japan can be divided into two groups: the “pro” companies, and the “indie” companies. The “pro” companies work with the Japan Software Morality Association, also known as “Sof-Rin”, while the “indie” companies work outside of that organization. Anna Ohura debuted with the “pro” AV company, Venus, in the February 24, 2000 release Delicious Juicy Fruit (たわわな果実 - Tawawana Kajitsu).

Ohura’s AV-acting style has been described as that of “a traditional Japanese porn star… In true Japanese fashion, Anna-chan acts demure and somewhat shy, even as she’s willingly thrusting her chest out to be touched by a porn star, or opening her legs to receive cunnilingus.”

After several more videos with Venus during her debut year, she began working for Alice Japan in December. Her first video for that company, Maximum Bust, featured cosplay, S&M, and bukkake. She also made several videos with the “pro” company, TMA.

In 2002, Ohura appeared in a photo book focusing on bondage. During the shooting of this volume of photos, the photographer, “bondage master” Haruki Yukimura, suggested that he and Ohura make a video together. The result of this next Ohura/Yukimura collaboration was the September 2003 DVD, Secret Feelings, which Yukimura directed. Ohura and Yukimura would team up for another bondage video, Big Tits Restrict, which was re-released on a 2-video DVD in March 2005.

According to the JList website, in these “pro” videos Ohura’s “amazing body and erotic style… won her many fans around the world.” As a sign of her international and mainstream fame, Ohura appeared in Taipei in 2003, where she was a highlight of an international furniture exposition.

Some critics claim that the “indie” companies, working outside the “Sof-Rin” system, create a more interesting product. Not only do they have greater freedom, but they are also able to attract the better directors and performers. Ohura’s debut with the “indie” label, Wanz Factory, was in the DVD Super Angle of Oppai. This DVD was praised by comparing it with Ohura’s work for “pro” studios, which were judged, “somewhat vanilla and boring, with straight sex and little innovation on the part of the creators.” In contrast, Ohura “really shines in this great new indies release.

Movies

* Type-G (Venus, VN-17)
* Beautiful Super Cup Menu (VENUS, VN-24)
* Complete Bust (Venus, VN-92)
* Grade A Breast Attack (Grace, GR-28)
* Angle of Super Big Tits (WAAP, SO-114)
* Anna with a Change of Costume - Anna Ohura (TMA, TVR-016)
* Busty Breasts - Anna Ohura (A-Class Breast Attack, Grade A Busty Animal, TMA, TWV-035)
* Contrary Soap Heaven, The (Babylon, KR-9164)
* Heartful Summer
* Super Angle Of Oppai (Wanz Factory, WAAP, SO-110)
* Ultra Boing (V&R Planning, VO-222)
* Tease Fetish Angels (TMA)

May 12, 2008

Yamashita Tomohisa (Yamapi)

Filed under: Asian Stars, Japanese, Male

Yamapi

Profile

* Name: 山下智久 (やました ともひさ)
* Name (romaji): Yamashita Tomohisa
* Former name: 青木智久 / Aoki Tomohisa
* Nicknames: Yamapi, Tomo-chan, TomoPi, Pi, P-chan
* Profession: Actor and singer
* Birthdate: 1985-Apr-09
* Birthplace: Chiba, Japan
* Height: 175cm* (http://i18.tinypic.com/4z0te7t.jpg)
* Weight: 60kg* (http://i18.tinypic.com/4z0te7t.jpg)
* Star sign: Aries
* Blood type: A
* Family: Mother (Naomi) and younger sister (Rina)
* Talent agency: Johnny’s Entertainment (http://www.johnnys-net.jp)

TV Shows

* Proposal Daisakusen SP as Iwase Ken (Fuji TV, 2008)
* Proposal Daisakusen as Iwase Ken (Fuji TV, 2007)
* Byakkotai as Sakai Shintaro & Sakai Mineji (TV Asahi, 2007)
* Kurosagi as Kurosaki (TBS, 2006)
* Nobuta wo Produce as Kusano Akira (NTV, 2005)
* Dragon Zakura as Yajima Yusuke (TBS, 2005)
* Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no you ni… as Fukazawa Takuma (TBS, 2004)
* Budo no Ki (Grapevine) as Shindo Yosuke (2003)
* Stand Up!! as Iwasaki Kengo (TBS, 2003)
* Lunch no Joou as Nabeshima Koshiro (Fuji TV, 2002)
* Long Love Letter as Otomo Tadashi (Fuji TV, 2002)
* Shounen wa Tori ni Natta as Nagashima Ken (TBS, 2001)
* Kabachitare as Tamura Yuta (Fuji TV, 2001)
* All Star Chushingura Matsuri as Asano Takumi (2000)
* Shijo Saiaku no Date as Okamura Yuki (2000, ep1)
* Ikebukuro West Gate Park as Mizuno Shun (TBS, 2000)
* Kiken na Kankei as Miyabe Satoshi (Fuji TV, 1999, ep10-11)
* Kowai Nichiyobi (NTV, 1999, ep13)
* P.P.O.I. as Amano Tairo (NTV, 1999)
* Nekketsu Renaido (NTV, 1999, ep7)
* Shounentachi as Kakuda Shinya (NHK, 1998)

TV Shows Theme Songs

* Colorful (カラフル), Dragon Zakura insert song (2005)
* Seishun Amigo, Nobuta wo Produce opening theme song, with Kamenashi Kazuya (2005)
* Daite Senorita, Kurosagi opening theme song (2006)

Movies

* Kurosagi (http://www.kurosagi-movie.jp/) (2008)
* Shinrei Surfer no Shi (1996)

Endorsements

* RUSS-K (http://russ-k.com/)
* LAWSON (http://www.lawson.co.jp/index.html/) (2008)
* Toshiba (http://dynabook.com/pc/index_j3.htm) Toshiba Note PC
* Weider in Jelly (http://www.weider-jp.com/index.html)
* Kikko man (http://www.kikkoman.co.jp/) Rakubeji
* Misau Home
* MOW
* Pringles
* Kiss Mint
* Coca Cola
* TBC Beauty Salon
* TBC Yoga Classroom
* TBC 30th Anniversary
* TBC Dressing Room
* TBC Summer
* TBC Live Naturally

Recognitions

* 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-June 07): Best Actor for Proposal Daisakusen
* 9th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (2005-06): Best Actor for Nobuta wo Produce
* 4th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (2000-01): Best Newcomer for Ikebukuro West Gate Park
* Annual Junior Awards: ‘Best Boyfriend’, ‘Most Beautiful’, etc. (2000)

Trivia

* Associated Jpop groups: B.I.G., 4TOPS, NEWS, Shuji to Akira, Kitty GYM
* Currently studying at Meiji University (Business)

Akanishi Jin

Filed under: Asian Stars, Japanese, Male

Akanishi Jin

Profile

* Name: 赤西仁
* Name (romaji): Akanishi Jin
* Nicknames: Bakanishi
* Profession: Singer and actor
* Birthdate: 1984-July-04
* Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
* Height: 176cm
* Weight: 64kg
* Star sign: Cancer
* Blood type: O
* Family: Younger brother (Akanishi Reio)
* Talent agency: Johnny’s Entertainment

TV Shows

* Yukan Club as Shochikubai Miroku (NTV, 2007)
* Anego as Kurosawa Akihiko (NTV, 2005)
* Gokusen 2 as Yabuki Hayato (NTV, 2005)
* Xmas Nante Daikirai as Kitagawa Sho (NTV, 2004)
* Omae no Yukichi ga Naiteiru (TV Asahi, 2001)
* Haregi, Koko Ichiban (晴れ着、ここ一番) (NHK, 2000)
* Taiyo wa Shizumanai (Fuji TV, 2000, ep6)
* Best Friend (TV Asahi, 1999)
* Kowai Nichiyobi (NTV, 1999)
* P.P.O.I. as Kimura Hisashi (NTV, 1999)

Recognitions

* 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Oct-Dec 2007): Best Actor for Yukan Club

Endorsements

* NTT Docomo [FOMA902i series]
* SKY PerfecTV!
* Lipsbalm Rohto Mogitate
* Nintendo Gamcube Dance Dance Revolution (together with Kamenashi Kazuya)
* Oronamin C
* Lotte Gum +X (Green Apple, Blue Citrus, Pink Berry)
* Crunky Chocolate

Trivia

* Jpop group: KAT-TUN
* When he was younger, one of his family members pushed him overboard on a cruise, and he nearly drowned.


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