Japanese Actors, Actresses and Musicians: Today's top celebrities from Japan
A lensography of my Japanese celebrity fan pages.
Being a fan of Japanese movies, Jdramas, J-pop, and Shibuya-kei, I've managed to make a number of lenses (pages) about Japanese celebrities on Squidoo. Below is a collection of fan pages I have made for Japanese actors, actresses & musicians. I will be adding more to this list so please keep visiting to see new stuff. If you have a lens or page on a Japanese celebrity, please feel free to add the link to the plexo. Don't forget to check out the 2011 calendars featuring Japanese celebrities!

Swing Girls (Japanese Movie)
Why you should watch the 2004 Japanese film "Swing Girls"
Swing Girls (Suwingu Garuzu) is a charming Japanese movie by Shinobu Yaguchi about the efforts of five high school students -- four girls and a boy -- to form a jazz band. Above anything, the movie is all about teamwork and overcoming challenges to reach a shared goal. The comedy film stars Yuta Hiraoka (Takuo, the band leader), Juri Ueno (Tomoko), Shihori Kanjiya (Yoshie), Yuika Motokariya (Sekiguchi) and Yukari Toyashima (Naomi). One of the best things about this movie is that the actors a...

Nodame Cantabile (Japanese Drama)
A smart, funny and highly entertaining Japanese drama
Nodame Cantabile revolves around the relationship between two exceptional music students, Noda Megumi ("Nodame") and Chiaki Shinichi and their experiences as aspiring classical musicians at Momogaoka College of Music in Tokyo, Japan. The live action Nodame Cantabile drama is based on a manga by Tomoko Ninomiya and is one of the most unique TV series I've seen. It fuses together the exaggerated aspects of Japanese anime with realistic live drama and surprisingly it works well. It also helps t...

The Death Note Films
All about the Death Note trilogy: Synopses, Cast lists, videos, and more
Have you heard of the Death Note movies? Death Note or Desu Noto is a series of two Japanese films and a spin-off based on the Death Note manga and anime by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The live action movies were released in 2006 and were a commercial success in their native Japan. The story revolves around university student Light Yagami who chances upon a a supernatural notebook that can kill anyone whose name is written on it. At first the young Light only targets criminals who have e...

Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e) Japanese Drama
All about Hana Kimi and why you should watch this entertaining Jdorama!
If you're looking for a fun Japanese drama series to watch, give Hana Kimi (or Hanazakari no Kimitachi e) a try. Literally translated as For You in Full Blossom, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e is based on a popular manga by Nakajo Hisaya. The story follows the chaotic, troublesome and bizarre situations that ensue in a boys' boarding school after a girl who disguises herself as a boy enrolls as a student. Now why on earth would she do that? If you want to find out more about the wacky and campy ...

Nodame Cantabile The Final Score
The Final Movement in the Nodame Cantabile J-drama Series
Our peek into Nodame and Chiaki's European musical journey ends with the two-part Nodame Cantabile Movie, The Final Score (also known as The Final Movement). The movie picks up where the Nodame Cantabile Shinshun Special in Europe left off. Nodame's piano recital was a success but it seems that her beloved Chiaki-senpai, now a full-fledged conductor, is advancing in his music career by leaps and bounds and so she struggles to catch up with him. They face many challenges along the way and as ...

Waterboys (Japanese movie)
Why you should watch the 2001 Japanese film "Waterboys"
Waterboys (Wota Boizu) is a delightful Japanese movie by Shinobu Yaguchi about five boys who start a synchronized swimming team at their high school. More than anything, it's a movie about teamwork and beating the odds to attain success. It was a huge success in Japan and was nominated for eight awards at the Japan Academy Prize, winning for "Best Newcomer" and "Best Music Score". The comedy film stars Satoshi Tsumabuki (as Suzuki, the team leader), Hiroshi Tamaki (Sato), Akifumi Miura (Ohta...

Nodame Cantabile in Europe (Shinshun Special)
Nodame Cantabile Shinshun Special in Europe
Let's follow Nodame and Chiaki-senpai to Europe! In a heart-tugging scene towards the end of the Nodame Cantabile Jdorama series, Chiaki Shinichi asks Nodame to join him in Europe. She doesn't say yes at first but in the end, she agrees. The Nodame Cantabile two-part New Year TV special takes off during their graduation and follows the unlikely lovebirds to Paris and Prague where both of them realize their dreams of becoming top caliber musicians. It's not all wine and roses though, challeng...