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- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Kudoh Yuki is an accomplished Japanese singer, former teen idol and actress whose resume includes more than half a dozen records, starring roles in Japanese, Japan-Iran and Japan-Canada films, stage and anime productions. She was only seventeen when she was working overseas, in the USA, filming a movie called Mystery Train, a film she has cited as her favourite role. Born on January 17th, 1971, Kudoh won acclaim as early as 1984 as the Best Newcomer at the sixth Yokohama Film Festival for her first feature length appearance, which was for the film The Crazy Family. Kudoh has spoken both about feminism and breaking free from Japan's male-dominated culture and simultaneously pleaded in favour of distinct Japanese values and aesthetics in film and culture.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Hidetoshi Nishijima was born on 29 March 1971 in Hachioji, Japan. He is an actor, known for Drive My Car (2021), The Wind Rises (2013) and License to Live (1998).- Machiko was born in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. She had humble upbringings and was raised to be a singer, though her talents were with acting. She was "discovered" after doing a play in Tokyo Center. From that night on, her life would forever change as she met many important figures in the world of Japanese television.
Her mother died when she was a child; she was raised by her father. She had two brothers and a sister. One of her brothers died during the Second World War; the other is still alive. Her father died of cancer in 1991. In 1973, she went to study in Italy for two years.
After taking jazz dance lessons for a number of years, her first roles were mainly radio and voice character roles. She made her debut on NHK's radio drama Chorinmura to Kurumi no Ki (1961), and later gained fame as the first voice actress to portray the lovable ghost Q-taro in Obake no Q-taro (TBS, 1965-1968).
However, she is best known to fans of tokusatsu for her villainous roles in the Super Sentai franchise such as Queen Hedrian in Denziman and Sun Vulcan, she also appeared in Maskman portraying Tube Empire's field commander, Baraba's mother for one episode, as well as the evil sorceress Bandora in Zyuranger, better known to audiences in English speaking countries as Rita Repulsa in the American adaptation of Zyuranger, Power Rangers. In an odd twist, she soon found herself re-dubbing her own lines as Rita when Power Rangers was broadcast in Japan after the show became a surprise hit in America. Her final tokusatsu role was Magiel, Queen of the Sky Saints in Magiranger, which incidentally was one of her few non-villainous roles. In her memory, the producers of Power Rangers: Mystic Force used footage of Soga as Magiel to depict a reformed Rita Repulsa in the two-part final episode of Mystic Force, "Mystic Fate".
Her very final role was in the PlayStation 2 game Space Sheriff Spirits as the voice and the "face" of Ankoku Ginga Jyoou (Dark Galaxy Queen), last boss and original character of this game inspired to the 80s Metal Hero series. Soga also played the voices of Cyborg 007 in the 1968 Cyborg 009 anime series and the sidekick Ball Boy in 1984 series Machineman. Machiko also ran her own shop, selling jewellery, antique clothing, and tapestries among other goods.
In early August 2005, it was revealed that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer about two years earlier. On the morning of May 7, 2006, she was found dead by a friend visiting her home. She was 68 years old. Her interment was in Fuchu, Tokyo's Tama Cemetery. - Actor
- Music Department
Tetsu Inada was born on 1 July 1972 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen (2012), Kamen Rider Movie War Mega Max: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO (2011) and Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z (2013).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Shôtarô Morikubo was born on 25 February 1974 in Hachioji, Japan. He is an actor, known for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005), Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) and Mega Man X7 (2003). He was previously married to Yu Asakawa.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Toshiyuki Toyonaga was born on 28 April 1984 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016), Yuri!!! On Ice (2016) and Gamers! (2017).- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Hideo Jôjô was born on 2 September 1975 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. He is a director and assistant director, known for Ajimishitai hitozumatachi (2003), Lovely Chubby (2018) and Asebamu binyû tsuma otto ni somuita hirusagari (2016).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Kentarô Itô was born on 3 January 1974 in Hachioji, Japan. He is an actor, known for Mega Man X4 (1997), The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014) and Fullmetal Alchemist (2003).- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Takumi Furukawa was born on 27 March 1917 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Gyangu no shôzô (1965), Hei ying (1967) and Season of the Sun (1956). He died on 4 October 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.- Actress
- Producer
Hachiooji, Tokyo is known mostly for its hiking trails and views of the city, but some know it as where Morishita Yuuri was born. She has two older brothers. She was raised there and in Saitama Prefecture to the north from where her father hailed. She then spent six years at a protestant Christian school in Hiroshima until graduation. She attended Atomi University in Tokyo and gravitated towards a life as an entertainer becoming a model, gravure idol and race queen in 2003. She used the Akagi Maiko at this time. She had initially imagined herself as a stewardess. She joined Nasa Entertainment and worked as a club hostess in Tokyo. She is later represented by Asche. Yuri has half a dozen photo books to her name, done stage work and appeared in numerous magazines. She married Murakami Naoya in June 2017 and ceased her gravure work. She gave birth to a girl in 2018. Yuri's favourite food is Chinese.- Rio Uchida was born on 27 September 1991 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kamen Rider Super Movie War Genesis: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive (2015), Kamen Rider Movie War Full Throttle: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim (2014) and Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future (2015).
- Roland was born on 27 July 1992 in Hachioji, Japan. He is an actor, known for Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000) and Tantei Monogatari (2018).
- Minami Takahashi was born on 8 April 1991 in Hachioji, Japan. She is an actress, known for Majisuka gakuen (2010), Densen uta (2007) and Yume haruka (2014).
- Music Artist
- Music Department
- Actress
Yumi Matsutôya was born on 19 January 1954 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. She is a music artist and actress, known for The Wind Rises (2013), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) and Bye Bye Jupiter (1984). She has been married to Masataka Matsutôya since 1976.- Hiromu Takahashi was born on 4 December 1989 in Hachioji City, Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Kamen Rider Outsiders (2022), New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015) and My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler (2018).
- Hiromi was born on 13 February 1965 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Kare (1997), Christmas Eve (1990) and Soshite, daremo inakunatta (2016). He has been married to Iyo Matsumoto since 1993. They have two children.
- Teiji Ômiya was born on 30 August 1928 in Hachioji, Japan. He was an actor, known for Speed Racer (1967), Gatchaman (1972) and Bubblegum Crisis (1987). He died on 23 December 1994 in Japan.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Kôyô Maeda was born on 16 August 1968 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Rock Requiem (1988), Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (2011) and Hangure vs. Yakuza (2013). He has been married to Tomoko Unabara since 16 August 2006. They have one child. He was previously married to Yuma Nakamura.- Asa Ito was born on 18 May 1979 in Hachioji, Japan.
- Haruna Iikubo was born on 7 November 1994 in Hachioji, Japan. She is an actress, known for Talio: Avenger Buddies (2020), Keishicho Outsider (2023) and Byoshitsu de Nembutsu o Tonaenaide Kudasai (2020).
- Miho Miyazaki was born on 30 July 1993 in Hachioji, Japan. She is an actress, known for Girls Don't Cry (2018), Goose Bumps: The Movie (2012) and Adrenaline no yoru (2015).