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Did you know that in the mid-19th century, one of Japan’s most successful artists was gender-nonconforming painter Okuhara Seiko?

Check out our podcast on Seiko to learn more!

In 1865, Seiko arrived in Tokyo and held a ‘coming out’ party, which debuted not only their artistic career, but also their new gender-neutral name – Seiko – which they would use for the rest of their life.

In 1891, Seiko retired to the village of Kamikawakami with their lifetime companion, the female artist Watanabe Seiran.

[Images: Wikimedia Commons 1; 2; 3]

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Canon/Headcanon Voice Cast

//So I have a whole page on the blog talking about the headcanon voice actors, but I'm making a post here so people can access it easier, especially since I'm starting to realize that Tumblr has, for some reason, made editing the pages themselves a lot more complicated.

//This website continues to suck ass, but hey, we roll with the punches as per usual.

Danganronpa 1: Makoto Naegi - Bryce Papenbrook Kyoko Kirigiri - Erika Harlacher-Stone Byakuya Togami - Jason Wishnov Aoi Asahina - Cassandra Lee Morris Yasuhiro Hagakure - Kaiji Tang Toko Fukawa - Bennett Abara Genocide Jill - Erin Fitzgerald Sayaka Maizono - Dorothy Fahn Leon Kuwata - Grant George Chihiro Fujisaki - Dorothy Fahn Alter Ego - Dorothy Fahn Mondo Owada - Keith Silverstein Kiyotaka Ishimaru - Sean Chiplock Hifumi Yamada - Lucien Dodge Celestia Ludenburg/Taeko Yasuhiro - Marieve Herington Sakura Ogami - Jessica Gee George Mukuro Ikusaba - Bennett Abara Junko Enoshima (All Versions) - Bennett Abara & Erin Fitzgerald Monokuma - Brian Beacock

Danganronpa 2:

Hajime Hinata - Johnny Yong Bosch Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu - Derek Stephen Prince Kazuichi Soda - Kyle Hebert Sonia Nevermind - Natalie Hoover Akane Owari - Anairis Quinones Ultimate Imposter - Jessie James Grelle Teruteru Hanamura - Todd Haberkorn Mahiru Koizumi - Carrie Keranen Peko Pekoyama - Janice Kawaye Ibuki Mioda - Julie Ann Taylor Hiyoko Saionji - Kira Buckland Mikan Tsumiki - Stephanie Sheh Nekomaru Nidai - Patrick Seitz Gundham Tanaka - Chris Tergliafera Nagito Komaeda - Bryce Papenbrook Chiaki Nanami - Christine Cabanos Izuru Kamukura - Jonny Yong Bosh Usami - Rebecca Forstadt

Danganronpa 3 (the anime):

Seiko Kimura - Erin Fitzgerald Ryota Mitarai - Justin Briner Miaya Gekkogahara - Amber Lee Conners Daisaku Bandai - Tia Ballard Koichi Kizakura - Kaiji Tang Kyosuke Munakata - Ricco Fajardo Chisa Yukizome - Colleen Clinkenbeard

Danganronpa V3:

Shuichi Saihara - Grant George Maki Harukawa - Erica Mendez Himiko Yumeno - Christine Cabanos Kaede Akamatsu - Erika Harlacher-Stone Ryoma Hoshi - Chris Tergliafera Kirumi Tojo - Kira Buckland Angie Yonaga - Cassandra Lee Morris Tenko Chabashira - Julie Ann Taylor Miu Iruma - Wendee Lee Kaito Momota - Kyle Hebert Kokichi Ouma - Derek Stephen Prince Tsumugi Shirogane - Dorothy Fahn K1-B0/Keebo - Lucien Dodge Gonta Gokuhara - Kaiji Tang Rantaro Amami - Johnny Yong Bosch Korekiyo Shinguji - Todd Haberkorn Monodam - Jason Wishnov Monosuke - Brian Beacock Monotaro - Sean Chiplock Monophanie - Natalie Hoover Monokid - Patrick Seitz

Ultra Despair Girls:

Komaru Naegi - Cherami Leigh Monaca Towa - Christina Vee Nagisa Shingetsu - Erica Mendez Masaru Daimon - Tara Jayne Sands Kotoko Utsugi - Erika Lindbeck Jataro Kemuri - Michelle Ruff Yuta Asahina - Michelle Ruff Taichi Fujisaki - Tony Oliver Haiji Towa - Matthew Mercer Hiroko Hagakure - Jessica Straus

Danganronpa Another Despair Academy/Another 2:

Sora - Rachel Chau Yoruko Kabuya - Jeannie Tirado Yuki Maeda - Yuri Lowenthal Tsurugi Kinjo - Crispin Freeman Rei Mekaru - Laura Post Mikako Kurokawa - Brittany Cox Teruya Otori - Kyle McCarly Setsuka Chiebukuro - Elizabeth Maxwell Ryutaro Maki - Zach Aguilar Midori Yamaguchi - Jackie Lastra Keisuke Iranami - Liam O’ Brien Minako Tomori - Allegra Clark Iroha Nijiue - Sarah Williams Syobai Hashimoto - Mark Whitten Mikado Sannoji - Doug Erholtz Kanata Inori - Felicia Angelle Kanade Otonokoji - Ashley Johnson Akane Taira - Tara Platt Hikaru Ando - J. Michael Tatum Hibiki Otonokoji - Amalee Yamato Kisaragi - Max Mittelman

Danganronpa Blowback:

Akeru Yozora - Sarah Miller-Crews Yukari Koime - Erika Lindbeck Mikihiko Koyasunaga - Alejandro Saab Yosaku Fujita - Brook Chalmers Kana Ise - Laura Stahl Misako Rokuhana - Suzie Yeung Kanjiro Hayamoto - Kirk Thornton Seina Datenashi - Kayli Mills Shozo Asayoru - Zeno Robinson Ryo Koumori - Khoi Dao Chinami Hasami - Erin Ebers Mai Yurino - Lauren Landa Kazuki Watanabe - Sarah Natochenny

RebirthVoices:

Akira Tsuchiya - Kellen Goff Narumi Osone - Jenny Yokobori Misuzu Aisaka - Megan Taylor Harvey Kazuomi Samejima - Ben Balmaceda Ayumu Fujimoru - Johnny Yong Bosch Marin Mizuta - Christine Cabanos Mikoto Itsuki - Brianna Knickerbocker Kego Sakuma - Christian Banas Aruma Todoroki - Alexis Tipton Mitsunari Koga - Aaron Dismuke Seishi Yodogawa - Xander Mobus Nico Himuro - Chadni Parekh Zen Katagiri - Xander Mobus

Project: Eden’s Garden:

Eloise Taulner - Hannah Magers

Original Characters:

Kuripa Kurafto - Valentine Stokes Uchui Porosen - Christian La Monte Kibin Hatsudoki - Ashleigh Ball Eje Karma - Clifford Chapin Matta Gyalusetsu - Connor Colquhoun Kotoko Kurafto - Morgan Lauré Garrett Tsutsuji Magahara - Molly Zhang

Danganronpa V2: New World Order: All people listed below are the usernames of the original VA's. Actual names are unknown. M11-YU - Echo Mona - Bearpuff4 Dash - hi im stel Pierce - Silavent Blaise - 1412Destroyer Eden - Crash

Hyper Danganronpa H2O: Abandoned By Hope: Maya Canzanilla - Eden Riegal Four Kaiden - Kayleigh McKee Hunter Rosenhall - Ray Chase Kouji Ito - Shannon McKain Leona Vasquez - Macy Anne Johnson Oliver Feng - Erik Kimerer Emilia Feng - Genevieve Simmons

Master Detective Archives: Rain Code:

Yomi Hellsmile - Howard Wang

Other Characters:

Yui Samidare - Lizzie Freeman Kanon Nakajima - Cherami Leigh Natsumi Sato Kuzuryu - Corina Boettger

Joke Characters (Anti-Plot):

Lune - Aoi Yuki Steve - N/A Monoshado - Keanu Reeves (why not? XD) Monika - Jillian Ashcraft S-Sister - Cherami Leigh S-Animator - Valentine Stokes S-Writer - Bennett Abara S-Fiend - Erin Fitzgerald S-Luck - Bryce Papenbrook S-Divine - Yuri Lowenthal S-Pianist - Erika Harlacher-Stone S-Detective - Grant George S-Hope - Johnny Yong Bosch S-AI - Rachel Chau S-Barista - Eden Riegal

[shiroasada]

All Sailor Pluto Actresses in Sera Myu

Bandai Myu

Fun Fact: In Usagi Ai no Senshi e no Michi Sailor Pluto appeared as a silhouette, but it was the Sailor Jupiter actress holding the Garnet Rod.

Miwa Hosoki (1994 - 1995) appears in only Musical but don't recorded.

Henshin - Super Senshi e no Michi

Rei Saitou (1995 - 1998) appears in 8 Musicals, two of them not recorded. She is the second longest Sailor Pluto actress.

Henshin - Super Senshi e no Michi (Kaiteiban, not recorded)

Yume Senshi - Ai - Eien ni

Yume Senshi - Ai - Eien ni...Saturn Fukkatsu Hen

Special Musical Show (not recorded, exist only fan recordings)

Sailor Stars

Sailor Stars (Kaiteiban)

Eien Densetsu

Eien Densetsu (Kaiteiban) - The Final First Stage

Yuki Kamiya (1998) appears in only Musical. (It's a pity she doesn't stay longer) Yuki is a formerly Takazuka.

Shin Densetsu Kourin

Seiko Nakazawa (1999) appears in two Musicals

Kaguya Shima Densetsu

Kaguya Shima Densetsu (Kaiteiban) Natsuyasumi! Houseki Tankentai

Teruyo Watanabe (2000) appears in only Musical

Shin/ Henshin Super Senshi e no Michi - Last Dracul Jokyoku

Yuuko Hosaka (2000 - 2004) appears in 10 Musicals. Yuuko is the longest Sailor Pluto actress. She is the only Pluto who sings the image song "Forbidden Hades". She is very close with Marinamoon. Some other actors called her "mother" in reference to her role.

Kessen/Transylvania no Mori - Shin Toujo! Chibi Moon wo Mamoru Senshi-tachi

Kessen/Transylvania no Mori (Kaiteiban) Saikyou no Kataki Dark Cain no Nazo

Last Dracul Saishuu Shou - Chou Wakusei Death Vulcan no Fuuin

Tanjou! Ankoku no Princess Black Lady

Tanjou! Ankoku no Princess Black Lady (Kaiteiban) - Wakusei Nemesis no Nazo

10th Anniversary Festival - Ai no Sanctuary

Mugen Gakuen - Misstress Labyrinth

Mugen Gakuen - Misstress Labyrinth (Kaiteiban)

Starlight - Ryuusei Densetsu

Kakyuu - Ouhi Kourin - The Second Stage Final

Yukiko Nakae (2004) now know Yuki Nakae appears in only Musical

Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu

Miho Yokoi (2005) appear in only Musical. Miho is the last Bandai Sailor Pluto actress.

Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu (Kaiteiban) - Marinamoon Final

New Myu:

Mikako Ishii (2014 - 2017 as Sailor Pluto) (as Tuxedo Mask 2018 - 2019) appears in 4 Musicals (I know I already talked about her as Tuxedo Mask but whatever. I really like her so I'd like to say it again.) She is the third longest Sailor Pluto. She sing the Image song "Chronos Guadian". She was the first Pluto with green hair. Mikako is a fashion model and appeared in several anime musicals/ play/stage since 2014, such as Jujutsu Kaisen, Doremi and Lycoris Recoil.

Petite Éstrangère

Un Nouveau Voyage

Amour Eternal

Le Mouvement Final

Chisato Minami (2021 - 2022) appears in 2 Musical Chisato was a member & leader of the Idol Group "Idol College" until 2024.

Kaguya-hime no Koibito

30th Anniversary Musical Festival - Chronicle

DISCLAIMER: Of course, I don't have any rights to Sailor Moon. These belong to Bandai, Nelke Planning, Toei Animation, PNP and especially to the creator Naoko Takeuchi.

[the-monkey-ruler]

Dinosaur King (2007) 古代王者恐竜キング

Director: Sunrise(company) Screenwriter: Yasushi Hirano Starring: Megumi Matsumoto / Mizumi Mizuguchi / Tomoko Kobashi / Winonica Taylor / Sebastian Arcelus / Kether Donahue /Asuka Tanii / Seiko Tamura / Yuriko Fuchizaki / Tetsuo Goto /Watanabe Misa /Junichi Endo / Kenio Horiuchi / Daisuke Hirakawa / Yuka Nakaji Genre: Action / Animation / Family / Adventure Official website: http://dinosaurking.com.tw/ Country/Region of Production: Japan Language: Japanese/English Date: 2007-02-04 Also known as: Ancient Ruler Dinosaur King DKidz Adventure / 古代王者 恐竜キング Dキッズ・アドベンチャー / 古代王者 恐龙王 古代王者 恐竜キング IMDb: tt1524993 Type: Crossover

Summary:

Max Taylor is the son of paleontologist Dr. Spike Taylor. After falling out of bed early one morning and witnessing a meteor fall from the sky, Max sets out with his friends Rex Owen and Zoe Drake into a forest where the meteor had crashed. They find stones with the symbols for lightning, wind, and grass on them and a card with a picture of a Triceratops on it. The Triceratops that is later named Chomp is accidentally activated when Max rubs the card on the stone. The D-Team meet their new enemies in the Alpha Gang consisting of Dr. Z, Ursula, Zander, Ed, Seth, Laura, Rod, Helga, and the Alpha Droids. The Alpha Gang plans to obtain the Dinosaur Cards that were lost when their time machine exploded and stranded them in the present. Rex activated a Carnotaurus card which was named Ace and Zoe activated a Parasaurolophus which was named Paris. The D-Team and Alpha Gang often clash for possession of dinosaurs that are activated when their cards are activated. In the finale, Seth turns on his comrades with his Black Tyrannosaurus which is ultimately defeated. Seth attempts to bring Chomp back to the past which fails and Seth is sent into the past alone. The D-Team surrender their dinosaurs to Rex's original parents, with many tears.

Source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6126434/

Link: https://www.netflix.com/title/80007912

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📣 Artists from Watanabe Music Publishing are now available for Streaming overseas on Spotify

🎉 We're thrilled to announce that MANY Japanese artists, whose works were previously unavailable for streaming outside Japan, are FINALLY available, totally or partially, on Spotify! 🇯🇵🎵

All of these are coming from Watanabe Music Publishing 💿

Agnes Chan

Ann Lewis

Hitomi Ishikawa

Kenji Sawada

KIX•S

Koji Kikkawa

Kumiko Yamashita

Miki Seiko

Rumiko Koyanagi

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The reunion of Onyanko Club

12 former Onyanko Club members

In case Onyanko Club is reunited, we don't need Nitta Eri, Kokushō Sayuri, Kudō Shizuka and Double Watanabes(Minayo and Marina), who still continue their entertainment activities. The same goes for the members who made a name for themselves in the past, such as Kawai Sonoko, Takai Mamiko, and Yūyu. Those members who were unilaterally dismissed or forced to quit by Fuji TV and consequently didn't have a graduation ceremony, they're the ones who should reunite Onyanko Club. It'd be a good idea for them to be given the spotlight as members of Onyanko Club for once.

Okuda Mika Membership Number 1

Okuda was photographed by Shūkan Bunshun's paparazzi criminal at a decisive moment while smoking a cigarette.(Geinōkai P85) The other members weren't photographed smoking themselves, but only admitted to being habitual smokers, yet, like Okuda, they couldn't avoid being fired.(OnyankoC P22) However, unlike the other members, for some reason, only Okuda wasn't punished by school.(Schola) Kihara Aki, who was there as well as the five others who were fired, escaped dismissal thanks to her stubborn denial of smoking and her relative with connections to Fuji TV.(TreasureB P60) Okuda, as she herself positively admitted, had a very strong temperament and loved her personality.(Gorō86 P22-23) Okuda often got into trouble with her classmates at Tokyo Metropolitan Kurume High School, and she had such a temper that she brutally beat her up after an argument with a female classmate.(Gorō86 P22-23) She admitted that she was a yankee before joining Onyanko Club, and also claimed to love a wild guy who could beat and subdue her, who had a ferocious personality.(Gorō86 P22-23) Therefore, even if she had stayed with Onyanko Club, there's no small possibility that she woulda caused other troubles besides smoking. She was the only member of the smoking group to continue her entertainment activities after her dismissal, exposing herself naked in Monthly Playboy magazine.(TreasureA P63) In 1991, she and Chīko, a former member of the idol group Shōjo-tai, started a company related to Dial Q2.(Schola) In the mid-2000s, she worked at Shimamura, a home improvement store in Higashimurayama.(Human 495) She had around five children of different dads, and she and her boyfriend at the time weren't registered their marriage in order to receive child-rearing allowance.(Human 495) Note that single mothers are entitled to child-rearing allowance from the authorities.(Human 475) Therefore, Okuda and her boyfriend's act of not daring to marry for the money was condemned on the Internet as extremely shameful.(Human 475,527)

Enokida Michiko Membership Number 2

Enokida was the leader of the smoking group and publicly stated on Yūyake Nyan Nyan that she was very fond of Okuda Mika.(TV Enokida) She went to discos, which had been banned, despite warnings from the program staff, and she didn't participate in dance lessons and other activities, saying they were ridiculous and uncool.(TV Enokida) She called herself the most badass member of Onyanko Club.(TV Enokida) However, she was badly hated by the boy delinquents at Saitama Prefectural Shiki High School.(Kamifukuoka 354835) MECKEY, who was high school friends with Enokida, wrote various things about her high school days on his blog and Onyanko Club-related websites, so she may be relatively well known compared to other members of the smoking group.(Kamifukuoka) Enokida wasn't afraid to speak out on matters of an obscene nature, and after the program showed the engagement press conference of Matsuda Seiko, the biggest female idol of the time, and the famous actor Kanda Masaki, she remarked with a laugh, “Have these two had sex yet?” which caused quite a stir among the other performers.(DVD) Also, she even asked MECKEY an outrageous question without hesitation:“Are there any members of Onyanko Club that you have ever jacked off to?”(Sideline) When Takai Mamiko married Akimoto Yasushi, Enokida called MECKEY, who had been estranged from her since graduating from high school, to a bar for some reason, and apparently they talked incoherently in their cups.(Kamifukuoka 9356142) Enokida was still very interested in the entertainment industry, but it seems that she didn't formally continue her entertainment activities as did Okuda.(TV Enokida) Still, she auditioned for the variety show ASAYAN more than a decade after her dismissal, and even gave interviews to some magazines and tabloids.(Current) In 2017, Enokida appeared on the famous TV show“Bakuhō! The Friday”and reunited with Tomoda Mamiko for the first time in 32 years, and they've apparently remained in touch ever since.(TV Enokida) In stark contrast to Tomoda, who still smokes to this day, Enokida is said to have been involved with the anti-smoking movement.(Flash) In 2023, She ran for the Saitama city council election, but received far from the votes needed to win.(Election)

Yoshino Kayoko Membership Number 3

Yoshino had the most cheerful personality of all the Onyanko Club members, not just the smoking group, and was also being very naughty.(Special) She even called herself Massage Parlor in front of the TV camera without hesitation, but of course, there was no way she actually did such a thing.(Special) However, despite her flamboyant language and behavior, she apparently had a sincere nature at heart. The members of Onyanko Club, including Nitta Eri, who by her own admission was a country girl and far from fashionable, wore nail polish ostentatiously, but Yoshino was the only one who didn't.(DVD) Some of the members wore rings, earrings, and piercings, but she simply wore a cheap wristwatch that looked like something an elementary school student would wear.(DVD) Her clothes were also rather plain, and she wore the same clothes again just after two days, despite the fact that she was on TV.(DVD) While subsequent activities of the other dismissed members have been revealed, for some reason, little is known about Yoshino's activities after her graduation from Saitama Prefectural Niiza kita High School.(2ch1 382) The only thing that's clear is that the store her family owned (we don't know what kinda store it was) was already closed as of 2005.(etc 52) In addition, the following article appeared in a cooking magazine.(Changib 402,405) “In the mid-1990s, a former Onyanko Club member sometimes stopped by the Harajuku boutique that Satō Mayumi managed with her child.” Since the member who was friends with Satō the most was obviously Yoshino, it seems most likely that Yoshino was the one who stopped by Satō's store. On the other hand, some say that Yoshino was married in 2002 and was a housewife in Asaka as of 2011.(tv2ch 703)(Wiki Yoshino) There's no compelling evidence to determine which is true or neither is true.

Tomoda Mamiko Membership Number 7

Tomoda was the only one of the five dismissed who wasn't a high school student, but a student at Bunka Gakuin, an upper secondary specialized training school.(OnyankoA P98) Apparently, there she was classmates with Toyota Maho, a celebrity model-turned-actress.(Wiki Bunka) She was the most fashionable girl among the original Onyanko Club members, wearing several rings, as well as earrings and piercings.(Special)(DVD) It is said that had she not been fired, she would have become the ace of Onyanko Club.(Sponichi) This theory was made public in 2016 when she appeared on the popular TV show “Bakuhō! The Friday,” but we don't know if it's really true.(Sponichi) Kokushō Sayuri, who was the de facto leader of Onyanko Club, agreed with the theory.(Sponichi) On the other hand, none of the Onyanko Club members other than Kokushō, nor Yūyake Nyan Nyan officials, have mentioned this matter. The theory that Fukunaga Satomi, who was affiliated with Bond Planning, an entertainment agency that was deeply involved in the program from the very beginning, was considered the initial ace had been most widely supported up to that point.(OnyankoC P34) In fact, Kasai Kazuji, the chief director of Onyanko Club, claimed that Fukunaga had been the most well-liked member among those involved in the program.(OnyankoB P40) Btw, long after she was dismissed, she made a name for herself by making handmade bags.(Sponichi) This led her to join an entertainment agency called AINT, of which the famous entertainer Endō Kumiko was once a member.(Aint) It musta been largely due to the power of her agency that she was featured on a popular nationally televised program in 2016.(Aint) She apparently smokes at least 10 cigarettes a day, long before she became a member of Onyanko Club and up to date.(Flash)

Satō Mayumi Membership Number 10

Satō didn't have the appearance of an idol by any stretch of the imagination.(Special)(DVD) At first glance, she looked like a typical yankee of the time, as represented by her pine-cone hairstyle.(Special)(DVD) However, according to Satō's junior high school classmate, she only looked mature at the time and wasn't a yankee.(2ch1 867) Satō somehow hated Nitta Eri and showed blatant antipathy toward her.(2ch1 859) On the other hand, Satō was very good friends with Yoshino Kayoko, and the two were usually together on the program.(Special)(DVD) She seems to have been the only one of the five dismissed who was also expelled from high school.(OnyankoA P98) Satō was reported by some media outlets to have won runner-up at the Miss Ice Cream contest the year after she was fired, but apparently that was a false claim.(DUNK86 P76) The runner-up of the contest was apparently another woman with exactly the same name as hers.(2ch1 862) After all, both her first and last name are really commonplace, so this is very likely. On the other hand, it seems true that Satō raised her three children while working as the manager of a boutique in Harajuku though.(changi 402,405) She seems to have quit smoking after the birth of her child.(2ch1 867)

Teramoto Yōko Membership Number 20

Teramoto became a member of Onyanko Club in July 1985, when she was a freshman at a private high school.(OnyankoC p41) However, she dropped out of high school at the beginning of September after the summer break.(OnyankoC p43) The distance from her high school to Fuji TV wasn't easy to commute, which was apparently one of the reasons she dropped out.(2ch1 662) Also, she seemed to have been bullied at her high school.(2ch1 663) However, a prerequisite for maintaining membership of Onyanko Club was to be involved in the group's activities while attending high school.(OnyankoC p43) Therefore, she was forced to quit the group.(OnyankoC p43) Still, she continued her own showbiz activities, as did Okuda Mika.(Current) It is said that in addition to her entertainment activities, she once worked part-time at a local McDonald's.(Rumors P152) Note that she enrolled in another high school after being dismissed from the group, but it seems that she dropped out of that high school as well.(2ch1 663) She wanted to be a bus tour conductor, but she couldn't become one cuz she did't have a high school diploma.(2ch1 660) She seems to have left show business in 1996 to get married.(Current)

Gomioka Tamaki Membership Number 21

Gomioka became a member of Onyanko Club in July 1985, when she was a freshman at Atsugi Kita High School.(OnyankoB P41) However, she left the group in September 1985.(OnyankoC p38) According to Kasai, this is because she claimed that she didn't enjoy the Onyanko Club activities at all, that she was simply sleepy.(OnyankoB P43) It's extremely hard to believe that she really said such a thing at that time when Onyanko Club was at its most vigorous, just about to become a superstar. Btw, Ishibashi Takaaki, one of the popular comedy duo Tunnels, often teased her for her round, tropical face and her distinctive surname.(OnyankoC p38) Some say she took it as bullying and quit cuz she couldn't take it anymore, which is also hard to believe.(2ch1 692) She resumed her show biz activities in the summer of 1987, two years after quitting Onyanko Club.(OnyankoB P43) She was scheduled to make her record debut on King Records in November of that year, but that was canceled.(OnyankoB P43) In June of the following year she was scheduled to make a new debut on BGM Victor, but that was also canceled.(OnyankoB P43) Some explain that it was because Pony Canyon, which released many Onyanko Club records, interfered with her record debut.(changi 487) However, why did they have the need to do such a thing to her after Onyanko Club disbanded? She retired from show business shortly thereafter and apparently got married and had a baby when she was around 20 years old.(Current)

Akasaka Yoshie Membership Number 25

Akasaka became a member of Onyanko Club in September 1985, when she was a junior at a private high school.(OnyankoB P43-45) However, she was forced to leave the group after only one week.(OnyankoB P43-45) She auditioned without school permission, and her high school complained to Fuji TV.(OnyankoB P43-45) Kasai claimed that she left the group in accordance with the bylaws, which state that in case of complaints from school, one should quit.(OnyankoB P43-45) She was reportedly expelled from that high school and transferred to another.(changi 828) On the other hand, some say that she was able to stay in that high school cuz she quit Onyanko Club.(changi 828) It ain't clear which theory is correct. After graduating from high school, she worked for a company while also modeling at the same time.(Current) In 1994 she married an employee of a publishing company who was the same age as her.(Current)

Matsumoto Aki Membership Number 26

Matsumoto became a member of Onyanko Club in October 1985, when she was a freshman in high school.(OnyankoB P43-45) However, she quit Onyanko Club without a single day of activity because, like Akasaka, her high school complained about it.(OnyankoB P43-45) On the other hand, Matsumoto had been involved in show business before becoming a member of Onyanko Club, and it is said that she volunteered to withdraw from the group cuz she unexpectedly was accepted at an audition she entered as an understudy.(2ch1 680) She continued her entertainment activities, including occasional appearances on mimicry shows.(Current) In 1992, she became a singer as well as a cocktail waitress at a nightclub in Shinjuku.(Current) She gave birth to a baby girl the following year, but apparently didn't marry.(Current)

Mikami Chiaki Membership Number 30

Mikami auditioned in September 1985, when she was a freshman in high school, but wasn't accepted.(OnyankoB P43-45) In November 1985, she auditioned again and this time she was accepted.(OnyankoB P43-45) Despite her high motivation and her parents' eagerness to support her, she left the group in early March 1986.(OnyankoB P43-45) Kasai only explained that one of the reasons she quit was because she was busy with high school club activities.(OnyankoB P43-45) It's so hard to believe that she quit for that reason, given her extremely positive attitude toward Onyanko Club activities.(2ch1 47) Apparently, Mikami was a member to be downsized along with Yajima Yūko, who became a member at the same time.(changi 551) It ain't clear why both were targeted for downsizing, rather than Yamamoto Susan Kumiko, who was apparently disliked by producer Ishida Hiroshi.(2ch1 521) Yajima quit immediately, but Mikami intended to resist and stay with the group.(changi 551) However, there was no way she could do such a thing in reality, and she eventually quit as well. According to program officials, the first three months as a member of Onyanko Club are defined as an apprenticeship period.(OnyankoA P63) During that period, she's screened for various suitability as a member.(OnyankoA P63) “Can she work well with other members of the group?” “Can she be attentive to the other members?” “Can she keep up her normal girlish ways?” “Isn't she tardy or absent from the program without notice?” “Aren't her school grades worse than they were before she became a member?” and so on. If she doesn't meet the above criteria, she won't be able to maintain her membership. Therefore, Mikami and Yajima might not have been able to satisfy the criteria. However, the internal rules weren't disclosed until about five months after the two had left the group.(OnyankoA P63) It's not certain whether the rules really existed at the time the two were members of the group. Btw, Mikami subsequently seems to have become a flight attendant for JAL.(Current) She was relatively fluent in English, having lived in Singapore for three years when she was in elementary school because of her father's work there.(Myōjōb P212) In addition, her nickname was Chamie.(Myōjōb P212)

Yajima Yūko Membership Number 31

Yajima was accepted at a special audition in November 1985, when she was a junior in high school, along with Watanabe Minayo, Yokota Mutsumi, and Mikami Chiaki.(OnyankoB P43-45) She enjoyed baton twirling, but was reportedly a poor dancer in spite of this.(Myōjōb P212) She seems to have shown a positive attitude toward the Onyanko Club activities, but quit in February 1986.(OnyankoB P43-45) Kasai simply explained that Yajima quit for the same reason as Mikami.(OnyankoB P43-45) According to a housewife who met Yajima in person and interviewed her about her Onyanko Club days, Sakama Kazuo, one of the advanced program directors, told both Yajima and Mikami to quit after the March 1986 concert tour.(changi 551) She quit immediately without waiting for that tour.(changi 551) Some say that Yajima subsequently became an otolaryngologist.(Kohada 207) Few fans know where Yajima went to high school, but some members were apparently surprised to learn that a student from such an academically advanced high school had joined Onyanko Club.(Kohada 202) If the reason she readily agreed to quit was to study for the exams, we could well be convinced. Taking university entrance exams, especially those for the faculty of medicine, which are considered the most difficult, requires unimaginably hard work, so it was almost impossible for her to balance her studies with her Onyanko Club activities. To be fair, if it was true that an Onyanko Club member became a doctor, some media outlets would definitely report the fact, but none of them have mentioned it. So it's still unclear whether Yajima really became a doctor. In the past, a memoir of Yajima's experience in getting into medical school was posted on the Internet, but we don't know if it's really hers or not.(Kohada 229) Note that when she was a member of the group, there was an article that mentioned that she was good at English but not at all good at math, and that her goal was to go to junior college.(Myōjōb P212)

Ōnuki Kaori Membership Number 37

Ōnuki became a member of Onyanko Club in May 1986, when she was a freshman in high school.(OnyankoB P93) However, she was active for only one day.(OnyankoB P93) Both she and Kasai claimed that she was forced to leave the group because of complaints from her high school.(OnyankoB P45) However, it's doubtful that their claim is true, since she was involved in entertainment before she became a member of Onyanko Club and continued her entertainment activities after she quit.(Current) Ōnuki subsequently exposed herself naked and made a name for herself with her role as a dominatrix in V-Cinema.(Current) Of all the members of Onyanko Club, she is arguably the one whose appearance has changed the most since then. Despite being a member of Onyanko Club for only one day, she was the one who made the most of her status as a former Onyanko Club member.(Current)

[lemon-allergies]

Rules: coming soon

Muses, canon:

Kiyotaka Ishimaru

Gundham Tanaka

Mikan Tsumiki

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu

Kaede Akamatsu

Hajime Hinata

Izuru Kamukura

Chiaki Nanami

Ibuki Mioda

Hiyoko Saionji

Celestia Ludenberg

Nagito Komeada

Tenko Chabashira

Miu Iruma

Maki Harukawa

Angie Yonaga

Komaru Naegi

Kokichi Ouma

Seiko Kimura

Muses, ocs:

Naoko Suto

Raijin Hirose

Kaori Takushi

Yukino Kimura

Tsuyoshi Nishio

Giichi Kutsuki

Takumi Igurashi

Ume Watanabe

Sumiko Honda

Akihito Terai

Etsuko Ueharo

Hayato Sakimori

Habiki Suzuki

Rei Nakamure

[solarmiracle-makeup]

My Sera Myu Sailor Pluto ranking (1995-2017)

[sailorzakuro]

I swear to queen Serenity if anyone backlashes after this I’m gonna go mad XD

[myutoni]

After looking at Le Mouvement Final pics online can we just appreciate that it’s been all these years and Setsuna is still wearing that labcoat on the myu stage XD

Includes: Rei Saito - Eien Densetsu Kaiteiban (1998), Yuki Kamiya - Shin Densetsu Kourin (1998), Seiko Nakazawa - Kaguya Shima Densetsu (1999), Teruyo Watanabe - Last Dracul (2000), Yuuko Hosaka - Transylvania no Mori (2000), Mikako Ishii - Le Mouvement Final (2017)

[kimonobeat]

some of my favorite 80′s idol stages

I’ve posted all of these on my blog before, but I wanted to post the videos like this so people would actually watch them!

this performance of “Hitomi wa Diamond” is one of my personal favorites. the silver confetti is just... WOW... so beautiful and wintery!

another honorable mention as far as Seiko stages go is this super ridiculous underwater stage they did for “Natsu no Tobira”

I frickin’ LOVE this gawdy space station they made for Yukiko’s song “Kuchibiru Network”! the first time I saw it, I was impressed with all the moving parts and sculptures they made just for this performance. plus I love seeing her smile around the ~1:00 mark when the robots are both ramming into her legs haha

this whole stage is such a CONCEPT... I can’t believe they made her an entire heckin’ JAZZ CLUB for this performance! it’s a little bit of a bummer that you can see the cameraman in some of the shots but Akina more than makes up for it with the close-ups she gave him haha

I also REALLY love the sunken ship stage of “Nanpasen” I posted recently (skip to 3:00)! there was a really neat neon light stage for “LIAR” I posted a while ago too but the video is gone :(

I also came across this video completely by accident and was totally blown away that they built Minayo an entire house, a backyard, AND gave her fake snow???? this is the pretty much the pinnacle of 80′s excess in my opinion lmfao

other than a couple of other videos that’ve been deleted, those are the ones I could think of just off the top of my head! anybody else have favorite stages they want to share? :)

[calacuspr]

Calacus Weekly Hit & Miss – Tom Daley & Kentaro Kobayashi

Every Monday we look at the best and worst communicators in the sports world from the previous week.

HIT – TOM DALEY

Tom Daley is finally an Olympic champion.

After 13 years of trying, Daley, alongside diving partner Matty Lee, won Team GB’s second gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with victory in the men’s synchronised 10 metres platform.

"I still can't honestly believe what is happening.” Daley said. “That moment, being about to be announced as Olympic champions, I was gone. I was blubbering. To finally have this around my neck, I've been diving over 20 years.

"Lots of people would have counted me out but I'm in the best shape and with the support with Matty, we've had that unstoppable mentality this year and that's the first time I've ever been able to think like that.”

After winning Olympic gold medal at the fourth attempt, Daley must feel like an enormous weight has been lifted from his shoulders.

Ever since he burst onto the international stage at the Beijing Games in 2008, aged just 14, he has been in ever-present in the British media, not least as a result of the huge expectations he has faced from such a young age, but also because of his private life.

From the media attention about moving schools after being bullied in the wake of his initial diving success, to losing his dad Robert, who died following a battle with brain cancer, Daley has faced so many challenges on his long journey to Olympic glory.

The public eye has also constantly scrutinised his sexuality. Speaking on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs in 2018, Daley admitted that he often felt inferior to everyone because of his uncertainty regarding his sexuality.  

But since coming out as gay in 2013, Daley has been a real inspiration and role model for so many young, gay people.

After winning gold, he said: “I came out in 2013 and when I was younger I always felt like the one that was alone and different and didn’t fit. There was something about me that was never going to be as good as what society wanted me to be.

“I feel incredible proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion.”

He added: "I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion. And I feel very empowered by that because when I was younger I felt I was never going to achieve anything because of who I was."

Olympic gold arrives in Daley’s first Games since become a father to son Robbie - who is named after his late father.

“Being a father was a massive turning point in my career as an athlete,” Daley admitted. “I realised whether I did really well or terribly I can go home to a husband and son who love me regardless.

“Feeling that and knowing that love is unconditional, I can take that pressure off myself, enjoy it and say I'm doing it because I love to do it.”

Speaking about his husband and his child in front of the world media, next to athletes from China, a country where neither would be permitted for a gay man, Daley continues to act as a key spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ community and for LGBTQ+ rights.

His words have been widely praised by sporting stars, with Gary Lineker tweeting: “Absolute inspiration to so many. Well said and well played @TomDaley1994”.

Two-time Olympic champion rower James Cracknell also praised Daley on Twitter, saying: “So pleased for @tomdaley pioneered for his sport, was overwhelminghly supportive when other divers won GB’s first diving gold in 2016. But backed himself to perform in @tokyo2020 enjoy it and well done @mattydiver”.

Daley has overcome so many obstacles in his journey to achieving Olympic success, which highlight just how mentally strong and how much of role model he is.

Still just 27, he has played a vital role in transforming the sport of diving in the UK over the years and continues to inspire the next generation of athletes.  

Tom Daley has captured the hearts of a nation and is a deserved Olympic hero.

MISS – KENTARO KOBAYASHI

The Olympic Games may be somewhat different this year, given the delays and lack of crowds and visitors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

But the Games have always stood for inclusion, friendship and respect for others.

So it was no surprise that the show director of the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony was dismissed a day before the event was held after offensive comments were discovered from the 1990s.

Footage emerged of Kentaro Kobayashi, a former member of a popular comedy duo Rahmens , in which he appeared to make jokes about the Holocaust and was quoted saying “Let’s play massacre the Jews.”

Given the terrible loss of life to military and civilians, including a quarter of a million people killed by the nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kobayashi’s comments could not have been less appropriate.

Kobayashi at least issued a statement responding to his dismissal and said: “It should never be the job of an entertainer to make people feel uncomfortable.

“I understand that my choice of words at the time was wrong, and I regret it. I would like to apologise for making people feel uncomfortable. I am very sorry.”

The Simon Wiesenthal Center condemned the anti-Semitic ‘jokes’ with Global Social Action Director, Rabbi Abraham Cooper saying: “Any person, no matter how creative, does not have the right to mock the victims of the Nazi genocide.

“The Nazi regime also gassed Germans with disabilities. Any association of this person to the Tokyo Olympics would insult the memory of six million Jews and make a cruel mockery of the Paralympics.”

Kobayashi’s departure is the fourth senior Tokyo 2020 executive to depart ahead of the Games.

Earlier last week, one of the event’s composers, Keigo Oyamada, resigned after old magazine interviews resurfaced in which he joked about bullying other children at school, including classmates with intellectual disabilities.

In March, creative chief Hiroshi Sasaki quit after suggesting that plus-size comedian Naomi Watanabe could appear as an ‘Olympig’ while in February, Yoshiro Mori was forced to resign as the head of the organising committee after he made remarks that women talked too much and that meetings with female board directors would “take a lot of time.”

Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto said of Kobayashi’s dismissal: “We found out that Mr. Kobayashi, in his own performance, has used a phrase ridiculing a historical tragedy.

“We deeply apologise for causing such a development the day before the opening ceremony and for causing troubles and concerns to many involved parties as well as the people in Tokyo and the rest of the country.”

Another embarrassing scandal in Japan revolving around the Olympic Games can be an opportunity, according to Sayuri Shirai, a professor of economics at Japan's Keio University.

“Discrimination was never a major issue, so many people are careless. A lot of foreign media pay so much attention (to the Olympic Games), so every negative issue is under the spotlight...

“People are starting to be more sensitive about discriminatory expression," she said, adding that the scandals was a “good opportunity for Japan” to think more about discrimination and diversity.

[rnegitsune]

I loved how when they announced red team winning on Kouhaku, Su and Moa were so hyped, like, totally enjoying their time there. And also, loved those little interactions with other artists/grupos! on that part, the woman in the middle of them was Matsuda Seiko, prob the biggest j idol of all time, and behind them was Watanabe Risa from Sakurazaka46, they showed a bit of them talking with Sakuzaraka on some show the other day

They really did seem like they were having a blast the whole time!!! Hopefully they get more opportunities/shows like this moving forward. And that's really cool! I didn't know the other people there other than perfume

[recentanimenews]

SEIKO and Sunrise Tell the Time with Cowbop Bebop Wrist Watches

  No one can escape the past or turn back the hands of time, but now some fortunate fans will be able to wear a bit of science fiction anime history on their wristes, because SEIKO and Sunrise have teamed up to create a limited production run of wrist watches designed with a Cowboy Bebop visual theme.

      The Cowboy Bebop x SEIKO COLLABORATION 2020 watches are limited to a production run of 300 individually numbered pieces. The watches feature a design inspired by the iconic red, black, and gray color scheme of the Cowboy Bebop opening credits as well as a rose, a pistol, and the show's logo engraved on the back.

      Cowboy Bebop is directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and features animation production by Sunrise. Funimation distributes the series in the United States, and describes the story of Cowboy Bebop as follows:

  Explore the galaxy in this undeniably hip series that inspired a generation—and redefined anime as an indisputable art form. The Bebop crew is just trying to make a buck, and they’re the most entertaining gang of bounty hunters in the year 2071.

  The Cowboy Bebop x SEIKO COLLABORATION 2020 watches retail for 36,300 yen (about $346 US) and are currently available for order on the Premium Bandai website, with the final product scheduled to beging shipping later this month.

  Source: Anime! Anime!

  Copyright notice: © Sunrise

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

By: Paul Chapman

[danganronpedits-archived]

salutations! may i... request a kin matchup? any sources are absolutely fine, but in case that's troubling, uh, cookie run/dr/yttd/bnha/fnaf works, because i know about them (and a few other of your sources, but i tried to keep it short so that it was less complicated. i'm an ambivert who leans towards introvert and i like theorizing and thinking. i enjoy reading and drawing as well as learning things about people, especially my friends. i can be very weird with how i type or speak (1/?)

(2/?) i'm too excited to care. of course, i also type like this when i let myself think before i speak. or type, haha! i'm commonly describes as kind and/or cursed/weird, depending on which friend you ask. i personally think that my kindness is more of a pathetic dislike of disappointing others. otherwise, strangers take my first impressions on them and usually think that i am mature and smart. i don't usually act that mature around my friends, though. and i don't like acting like a know-it-all. (3/4) i honestly think too much and that's where my weakness lies. i overthink, then i panic when it's late, and then i am disappointed in myself again. alright! that was sounding a bit d-pr-ss-ng. positive aspects of myself. my empathy is a quiet thing that enjoys making me feel happy when my friends are happy and vice versa. i'm somewhat good at understanding someone's body language, but subconsciously. i hyperfixate on random things and you can't judge me for it. i am carefree for the most (4/4) part. i ramble a lot like this sometimes. i can ramble like this because of self-introspection. people tell me that my talking to myself is annoying, but they'll have to deal with it because i only do that with the people i'm comfortable with. thanks for reading this thing that took four asks. i, uh, apologize in advance, haha...! and thank you!

sure!!! totally!! don’t worry about too many asks ^_^! you guys are my priority whenever i’m filling out requests. the bolded names are the characters i think fit you best!! hope this is helpful, but remember u know urself best!!!

★ echo pine, art campopiano, sei konno (danganronpa: lapse) ☆ kai satou, shunsuke hayasaka, reko yabusame (your turn to die) ★ blackberry, chestnut, mustard, snow sugar, earl grey and werewolf cookie (cookie run) ☆ momo yaoyorozu, mashirao ojiro, sen kaibara, shota aizawa, koji koda,  (my hero academia) ★ kisho gakusha, ishi majimera (danganronpa: welcome to camp despair) ☆ kyoko kirigiri, mahiru koizumi, hajime hinata, seiko kimura, shuichi saihara, kirumi tojo, tsumugi shirogane (main series danganronpa) ★ yuki maeda,  (danganronpa another series) ☆ madoka kaname (puella magi madoka magica) ★ misaki okusawa, yukina minato, moca aoba (bandori) ☆ kosuke watanabe (personal fanganronpa. i’m sorry you just fit them to a t) ★ rwqfsfasxc, marionette/puppet, fritz smith, phone guy (fnaf)

-mod tsu (mukuro)