Japan

Misia, born on July 7, 1978, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, is a Japanese R&B singer. Her real name is Misaki, not to be mistaken with the actress Misaki Itō. Her current record label is BMG Japan and she belongs to Rhythmedia management company. She debuted on February 21, 1998, with the song “Tsutsumikomu Yō...
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Hikaru Utada known by her stage name Utada in America and Europe, is a Japanese-American singer, song writer, and producer.
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Emiri Henmi is a Japanese actress and singer. Her mother is the singer Mari Henmi.
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Ayumi Hamasaki (born October 2, 1978) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Also called Ayu by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the “Empress of Pop” due to her popularity and widespread influence in Japan. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment. In...
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Namie Amuro is a Japanese singer, entertainer, and former actress, who, at the height of her popularity, was referred to as the “Teen Queen ” and is referred to as the “Queen of Japanese pop music”. Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of fourteen as an idol in the girl...
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Juri Ueno is an award-winning Japanese actress from Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. She was one of six actors to receive the "Newcomer of the Year" prize at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2005 for her role in Swing Girls.
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Kyoko Fukada (深田 恭子, Fukada Kyōko?, born November 2, 1982, in Tokyo, Japan) is an actress and singer. In Japan, her name is sometimes contracted to the nickname Fukakyon. Fukada Kyoko debuted in 1997 with her first appearance in the television drama Sore ga Kotae da! as Kazune. Fukada appeared in her first movie...
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