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Takashi Shimizu was born on 27 July 1972 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Ju-on: The Grudge (2002), The Grudge (2004) and Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003).- Actress
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Atsuko Tanaka was born on 14 November 1962 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ghost in the Shell (1995), Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) and Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008).- Animation Department
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Naoko Yamada is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working at Kyoto Animation, she directed the K-On! and Tamako Market anime series and the anime film A Silent Voice.
Yamada was born in Gunma Prefecture. As a child she enjoyed drawing images from the Patlabor and Dragonball anime series.- Actor
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Toshishiro Obata was born on 20 October 1948 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) and Demolition Man (1993).- Keita Machida was born on 4 July 1990 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for Alice in Borderland (2020), Meet Me After School (2018) and Unknown (2023).
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Eijirô Tôno was born on 17 September 1907 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Yojimbo (1961) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). He died on 8 September 1994.- Actress
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Ryôko Shinohara was born on 13 August 1973 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (2018), Sakura Guardian in the North (2018) and High-Speed Task Force Turboranger (1989). She has been married to Masachika Ichimura since 8 December 2005. They have two children.- Actor
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Rentarô Mikuni was born on 20 January 1923 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Harakiri (1962), Vengeance Is Mine (1979) and Tsuribaka nisshi (1988). He died on 14 April 2013 in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan.- Director
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Born in Tatebayashi city. After working in a PR firm, joined Shin'Ei Animation Company in 1982. After doing animation tasks for the TV series "Doraemon" (created by Fujiko-Fujio), he was promoted to chief director with others TV series of the same creators, "ESPer Mami" (1987-88) and "21-Emon" (1991-92). Debuted as a film director with the theatrical version of "ESPer Mami, the Starry Sky Dancing Doll" in 1988, followed by a Doraemon spin-off, "Dorami-chan, The Highway Boys Band" in 1991. From 1992 he began to direct, produce and write episodes of the TV series "Crayon Shin-chan", and starting in 1993 also the yearly theatrical films based on its characters.- Katsumi Chô was born on 11 August 1951 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for The Boy and the Beast (2015), Final Fantasy X-2 (2003) and The Cat Returns (2002).
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Yume Shinjo was born on 27 April 1998 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for Mashin Sentai Kiramager (2020), Kikai Sentai Zenkaijâ Tai Kirameijâ Tai Senpaijâ (2022) and Denei Shojo: Video Girl Mai 2019 (2019).- Additional Crew
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Shigesato Itoi was born on 10 November 1948 in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for My Neighbor Totoro (1988), EarthBound (1994) and EarthBound Beginnings (1988). He has been married to Kanako Higuchi since 1993.- Director
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Chûsei Sone was born on 1 October 1937 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Angel Guts: Red Classroom (1979), Branded to Kill (1967) and Demon's Room (1982). He died on 26 August 2014 in Usuki, Oita, Japan.- Actor
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Atsushi Sakurai was born on 7 March 1966 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor and writer, known for The Last Supper (2005), Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) and Trinity Blood (2005). He died on 19 October 2023 in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.- Actor
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Keiju Kobayashi was born on 23 November 1923 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor, known for Godzilla 1985 (1985), The Return of Godzilla (1984) and Sanjuro (1962). He died on 16 September 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.- Director
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Kôhei Oguri was born on 29 October 1945 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Muddy River (1981), The Sting of Death (1990) and Sleeping Man (1996).- Actress
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Tarako was born on 17 December 1960 in Ota, Gunma, Japan. She was an actress, known for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Noir (2001) and Dragon Ball Z (1989). She died on 8 February 2024 in Japan.- Kiyohiko Shibukawa was born on 2 July 1974 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Wasabi (2001), Ichi the Killer (2001) and Tokyo 10+01 (2003).
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Yûka Eda was born on 2 March 1994 in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan. She is a director and writer, known for Girls' Encounter (2017), Cool Doji Danshi (2023) and 21 seiki no onna no ko (2019).- Actor
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Chiezô Kataoka was born on 20 March 1903 in Yabuzukahonmachi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He was an actor, known for Mitsu-kubi-tou (1956), Zoku Shimizu minato (1940) and Jiraiya (1937). He died on 31 March 1983.- Karen Ohtomo was born on 9 October 1999 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger 20th: The Unforgivable Abare (2023), Eien no kinô (2022) and Hyena (2023).
- Atsushi Imaruoka was born on 23 May 1972 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for Overwatch (2016), Super Street Fighter IV (2010) and Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (2005).
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He was born in Isesaki City (Gunma prefecture) and debuted in manga in 1970 in the "Deluxe Shounen Sunday" after being finalist in a contest promoted by monthly magazine "Com" in september of 1967 (he was only 16 years old). In the 80s many of his comics become best-sellers and they are converted in animation or live-action TV series and films. After "Miyuki" (serialized in "Shounen Big Comic" in 1980), he did "Nain" ("Nine"), which was his first animation film adaptation; "Tacchi" ("Touch", serialized in the "Weekly Shounen Sunday" in 1981), made into three animation films between 1986 and 1987; and "Hyatari Ryoko" (made into an animation film 1988).- Makiko Kuno was born on 21 February 1967 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Guard from Underground (1992), Ultraman Gaia (1998) and The Mars Canon (2002).
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Akitarô Daichi was born on 15 January 1956 in Gunma, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Fruits Basket (2001), Grave of the Fireflies (1988) and Now and Then, Here and There (1999).- Junpei Kusami was born on 11 July 1956 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for Yoshitsune (2005), Office Love: Behind Closed Doors (1985) and The Horizon (1984).
- Enver Altenbay was born on 12 April 1925 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kamen Rider (1971), Ultraseven (1967) and Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series (1966). He died in 2004.
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Sakae Nitta was born on 16 May 1938 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is a director and actor, known for Mibôjin ryokan: Nikuyoku nyotai mori (1997).- Tsuyoshi Nakano was born on 13 December 1966 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for Death Note: The Last Name (2006), Zonbi jieitai (2006) and Kamen Rider Kiva (2008).
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Atsuko Kubota was born in Kiryu, Gunma, Japan. She is known for Better Life (2000), Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011) and Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (2001).- Actress
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Saori Yuki was born Akiko Yasuda in Gunma, central Japan and raised in Yokohama and was known as such for the first four years of her official career before opting for the alias. She is primarily a singer; however, has been intermittent in her appearances, something which could also be said regarding her foray into acting. She debuted at seventeen with the single Hitchhike Musume ('Hitchhiking girl'), which appeared on King Records. Commercial success would have to wait. At twenty one she had her first bona fide hit when Yoake No Scat ('Scat At Dawn') hit the radio. The single sold one and a half million copies. She followed it with Tegami ('The Letter'), which became the number one single in Japan. She garnered the 12th Japan Record Awards. It would not be her last award. She was a regular on NHK's Koohaku Uta Gassen, the annual year-end variety show. She would also appear on a number of talk shows in the country. She had also branched out into acting as a teenager, but it was for her role as Chikako Numata - where she played the role of a mother of two contrasting sons in the prototypical Japanese family - in The Family Game that she won for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in the Japan Academy Awards in 1983. She and her sister Sachiko toured Japan in 1985 performing a mix of children's songs and pop music. The sisters' collaboration has been ongoing. A collaboration album with the independent jazz/classical orchestra Pink Martini entitled 1969 was released in November 2011. Audiogram distributed the album in Canada.- Yuki Kitazume was born on 15 September 1959 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Lady Battle Cop (1990) and Rouge (1984).
- Nisan Takahashi joined Daiei Studios in 1950 by winning one of their scriptwriting contests. He proceeded, over the next twenty-one years, to produce dozens of film and TV scripts for the company, most famously for the entire original GAMERA series (1965-1980). However, at the time of Daiei's financial collapse in 1971, Takahashi was still owed a great deal of money by the company. Studio chief Masaichi Nagata drew up some papers giving Takahashi legal rights to the Gamera character. The new company that claims rights to Gamera claims Takahashi's rights lapsed when Daiei fell, but nonetheless, the writer was able to publish his very own Gamera novel in 1995, in defiance of the new series of films that began that year. Though reportedly a recluse, he remains a prolific writer to this day.
- Masaki Katô was born on 11 March 1979 in Gunma, Japan. He is an actor, known for Ichi (2008), Crows Zero (2007) and Kunoichi nimpoden: Mamono no yakata (2001).
- Born in Gunma, as Fusa Nakamura, in 1921 Kazami Akiko died at age 95 on September 28th, 2016 due to old age after spending time being hospitalized at a hospital in Tokyo. She had begun acting, based on a suggestion by her father, in advance of the golden age of Japanese cinema and by the time she was ninety-years old was still working, which contributed to her fame. She was called 'The Mother Of Japan' due to length of her career as an actress and also due to taking on the role of a mother on the screen. After her husband's death she lived with her younger sister. Her son is a resident of the USA. Her hobbies were drawing and illustrating.
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Yutaka Negishi was born on 23 May 1968 in Gunma, Japan. Yutaka is known for Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005), Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002) and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (2004).- Actress
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Misato Tachibana was born on 9 January 1981 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for Silver Hawk (2004), Kamen Rider Kiva (2008) and Masûru hîto (2002).- Yuriko Abe was born on 11 June 1933 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for Youth of the Beast (1963), Kwaidan (1964) and The Long Darkness (1972).
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Kiichi Ichikawa was born on 30 November 1922 in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan. He was a producer and writer, known for The Face of Another (1966), Woman in the Dunes (1964) and The Inugami Family (1976). He died on 31 March 2006 in Tokyo, Japan.- Masao Nakasone was born in 1935 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series (1966) and Super Jetter (1965).
- Hisayo Yanai was born on 29 February 1980 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Matinee (2019), Mega Man ZX (2006) and Shining Force EXA (2007).
- Anna Tsuihiji was born on 21 September 2000 in Gunma, Japan. She is an actress, known for Extremely Inappropriate! (2024), The Method of Repulsing the Dove (2021) and Haken no hinkaku (2007).
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Takashi Annô was born on 19 August 1950 in Gunma, Japan. He is a director, known for Urusei yatsura (1981), Chogattai majutsu robot Ginguiser (1977) and The Ultraman (1979).- Michiko Hayama was born on 26 March 1902 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. She was an actress, known for Amachua kurabu (1920), Dakuryû (1921) and Shindai no boken (1922). She died on 23 June 1996.
- Shunsuke Nishikawa was born on 4 April 1994 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Gekijôban Dôbutsu Sentai Jûôjâ Tai Ninninjâ Mirai kara no Messêji Furomu Sûpâ Sentai (2017), Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninjas in Wonderland (2016) and Shuriken Sentai Ninninger (2015).
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Shôgo Kusano was born on 18 April 1984 in Kiryû, Gunma, Japan. Shôgo is a director and writer, known for Kanojo no sukinamonowa (2021), Empty (2011) and Mogera wogura (2009).- Writer
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Masaru Igami was born on 14 July 1931 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is a writer, known for Kamen Rider (1971), Return of Ultraman (1971) and Yûsei ôji (1958).- Wataru Ômae was born on 14 February 1934 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Mothra (1961), Ultra Q (1965) and Atragon (1963). He has been married to May Smith since 7 January 1970. They have five children.
- Takashi Sue was born on 31 July 1921 in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He was an actor, known for Seven Color Mask: King Rose: Devil's Rose (1959), Korosareta suchuwâdesu - Shiro ka kuro ka (1959) and Jun'ai monogatari (1957). He died on 26 December 2010 in Japan.
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Nobuaki Nobusawa is a composer Born in Gunma Prefecture in 1989. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Music, Department of Composition.
After graduating, along with composing activities, he also worked as an orchestrator/arranger on many theater accompaniment productions. Performs music production using synth programming with a focus on orchestral arrangements.