Japanese Actors, Actresses and Musicians: Today's top celebrities from Japan

Tomohisa Yamashita or Yamapi is a member of the J-pop boyband NEWS and is a popular TV drama and movie actor. He is also launching his solo singing career via an Asian concert tour within the next few months so stay tuned for that!

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Kenichi Matsuyama is an actor known for choosing strange character roles such as his breakthrough role - the oddball super-detective L in the Death Note films. Filmmakers have taken note of his talent and are now casting him in lead roles left and right.

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Oguri Shun is one of the most popular actors in Japan today. He has been acting in Jdramas since he was 13, eventually moving on to movies. Now with dozens of projects under his belt, he is exploring a career behind the camera as a film director.

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Jun Matsumoto or MatsuJun is a Johnny's Entertainment talent and is a member of popular J-pop boy band Arashi. He's been acting in Jdoramas since 1997 but his breakthrough role came in 2005 as F4 leader Domyouji Tsukasa in Hana Yori Dango.

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Tamaki Hiroshi has been acting since he was 18 but he shot to international fame for his role as Shinichi Chiaki in the Nodame Cantabile live-action franchise. He is also a pop singer with several albums under his belt.

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Eita can switch playing roles in suspense thrillers, romance-comedies and heavy dramas effortlessly. He's best known as the rocker-violinist Mine in Nodame Cantabile but he charmed everyone with his role as the sensitive, endearing Takeru in Last Friends.

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Ryo Nishikido is an actor, singer and J-pop idol, being a member of popular Johnny's boybands NEWS and Kanjani8. Nishikido is also known for his breakthrough roles in the TV series One Litre of Tears and Last Friends.

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Ikuta Toma is a Johnny's Entertainment talent and he has been singing on stage since he was 12. He has also acted in several TV dramas and stage plays but his biggest break was his role as the charming Nakatsu in Hanazakari no Kimitachi e.

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Hiro Mizushima is a young Japanese actor who recently quit making movies to pursue a writing career. His first novel Kagerou is a bestseller and has already reached a circulation of one million since its release in 2010.

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Satoshi Tsumabuki is an award-winning Japanese actor who has appeared in blockbuster movies and has even had a cameo role in the Hollywood film The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift. His breakthrough role was as Suzuki in Waterboys.

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Juri Ueno first caught the audience's attention and affection with her award-winning performance in the Shinobu Yaguchi film Swing Girls but she shot to international stardom via her role as the sweet and charming title character in Nodame Cantabile.

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Keiko Kitagawa is a former Japanese Seventeen exclusive model and actress. You might know her as Sailor Mars in the live-action Sailor Moon TV series though she has appeared in several other films and TV series in leading roles.

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Maki Horikita started out as a U-15 idol (Junior Idol) in Japan and has since appeared in various TV dramas and movies. Her breakthrough role is the gender-bending Mizuki Ashiya in the successful Hanazakari no Kimitachi e.

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The now-defunct Cibo Matto was a New York City-based band formed by two Japanese women, Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori, in 1994. I loved them and their music back in the 90s and so this fanpage is my tribute to the band that was.

Yuka Honda is a Japanese musician based in New York City. She was co-founder of the eclectic band Cibo Matto but has since gone on to have a career as a solo musician and producer, working with Yoko Ono and her ex-boyfriend Sean Lennon to name a few.

Miho was the vocalist of Cibo Matto and is also known as the first person to provide the voice behind Noodle of The Gorillaz. She has since released a solo album and has been collaborating with other musicians such as Beck, Smokey Hormel, and The Beastie Boys.