Ko Hideo

Ko Hideo, born Yoshida Hideo (吉田英男) in Tomari, Sakhalin, Russia, was a Japanese singer and actor. The youngest of eight siblings, he was adopted by his maternal aunt's family shortly after birth. Both his biological and adoptive families were involved in the paper industry and had connections…

Kubota Joji

Kubota Joji was a Japanese children's literature writer born in Shimada, Goya, Okayama, Japan. He was also a member of the Japan Art Academy. His father, Heitaro, managed the Shimada Textile Mill, which produced items such as lamp wicks. However, his father passed away when Joji was eight years old…

Nakahara Junichi

Nakahara Junichi was a Japanese painter, fashion designer, editor, illustrator, and doll maker born in Shiratori Honmachi, Okawa, Kagawa, Japan. In 1915, his family moved to Funabamachi, Tokushima, due to his father's job. He later relocated several times, moving to Yumimachi, Tokushima, in 1920, then…

George Wang

George Wang, born named Wang Chun Yang (王春陽), was a Chinese-born Taiwanese actor, producer, and director. In 1935, he entered the Department of Economics at National Northeastern University, later transferring to the Department of History. After the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, he joined the…

Yamada Kosaku

Yamada Kosaku, formerly known as Yamada Kosaku, was a Japanese composer and conductor. He left numerous works in Japanese music history with melodies that utilize the intonation of the Japanese language. He also worked to spread Western music in Japan, founding the country's first orchestra. Additionally,…

Arnold Fanck

Arnold Fanck was a German film director and pioneer of the mountain film genre, born in Frankenthal, Germany. Together with Odo Deodatus Tauern, Bernhard Villinger, and Rolf Bauer, Fanck established the company "Berg- und Sportfilm GmbH Freiburg" in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1920. Fanck, who held a PhD…

Jung Yu Ji

Jung Yu Ji is a South Korean singer, dancer, musical actress and former member of EXID (이엑스아이디) and BESTIE (베스티). She graduated from Lila Art High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Practical Music from the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She made her debut in February 2012…

Jung Jung Kyun

Jung Jung Kyun is a South Korean producer, singer, dancer, former member of TACHYON (타키온), N-TRAIN (엔트레인) and BIGFLO (빅플로) and current member of WE:A (위아). He made his debut in 2007 as TACHYON's lead vocalist and maknae with their first single, "Feel Your Breeze". Unfortunately,…

Yamanaka Sadao

Yamanaka Sadao was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Hinoshitacho, Takakuradori Matsubarashita, Shimogyo, Kyoto, Japan. He is known as one of the representative directors of Japanese cinema in the 1930s, during the transition from silent films to talkies, and is recognized as a talented…

Chu Chen Lung