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Voice Actress Minami Tanaka Announces Marriage
Voice actress and singer Minami Tanaka announced her marriage on her X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday. She began her voice acting career in 2013 as Minami Katayama in the Wake Up, Girls! anime series. She stayed as an active member of the group until 2019. Other notable...
Voice Actress Hibiku Yamamura, Musician Yuyoyuppe Announce Marriage
Voice actress Hibiku Yamamura and musician Yuyoyuppe both announced their marriage on their respective X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. "I, Hibiku Yamamura, am pleased to announce that I have married Yuyoyuppe. He is a wonderful husband who gently and tenderly embraces me and lea...
BUCK-TICK Vocalist Atsushi Sakurai Dies at 57
BUCK-TICK vocalist Atsushi Sakurai died on October 19 at 11:09 p.m. from a brainstem hemorrhage. He was 57. A funeral was held by his immediate family, and a public memorial by his agency is planned for later. BUCK-TICK was scheduled to perform a fan club concert at KT Zepp Yokoh...
Voice Actress Nichika Oomori, Musician Yunomi Announce Marriage
Voice actress Nichika Oomori and musician Yunomi both announced their marriage on their respective X (formerly Twitter) accounts on Tuesday. "We, Yunomi and Nichika Oomori, have had the first experience of resonating with each other's way of life through our respective creative...
Voice Actors Atsumi Tanezaki, Yuu Miyazaki Announce Marriage
Voice actors Atsumi Tanezaki and Yuu Miyazaki both announced their marriage on their respective X (Twitter) accounts on Monday. "I, Atsumi Tanezaki, have married voice actor Yuu Miyazaki. Please take a look at my beloved cat Serubu, who was already rich in expression, has become...
'Beastars' Manga Author Paru Itagaki Announces Marriage
Manga author Paru Itagaki announced her marriage on her official X (Twitter) account on Sunday. "I got married!" Itagaki posted. "The foods journaled in my 'cooking diary' for the past three years were actually made by my husband. I would like to continue drawing fun manga fueled...
'Cobra' Manga Author Buichi Terasawa Dies at 68
Manga author Buichi Terasawa, best known for his manga Cobra (Space Adventure Cobra), died on September 8 due to a myocardial infarction. He was 68 years old. The announcement was made Monday on Terasawa's work official Twitter by Manabu Furuse, representative of Terasawa Product...
Music Unit EGOIST Ends Activities
Music unit EGOIST, known for their performances in Guilty Crown and Psycho-Pass, announced on Saturday that it will end its activities. Vocalist chelly will continue as a solo artist under the name "reche." The group will hold its final live concert at the Grand Cube Osaka (Osaka...
Art Director Nizou Yamamoto Dies at 70
The official website of the Kaieisha art studio announced on Monday that art director Nizou Yamamoto died due to stomach cancer on August 19. He was 70. Yamamoto was born in June 1953 in Fukue-shi, Nagasaki prefecture. After studying architecture, he began his career by joining t...
'Sakamoto Desu ga?' Manga Author Nami Sano Dies at 36
Manga author Nami Sano, known for creating Sakamoto Desu ga? (Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto), died of cancer on August 5. She was 36. Sano's family held a funeral on August 7 and 8. The announcement was made by Harta magazine's official Twitter on Wednesday. According to her fa...
Voice Actress Azumi Waki Announces Marriage
Voice actress and singer Azumi Waki announced her marriage to a man outside of the industry on Thursday. In a handwritten post, Waki thanked everyone involved and everyone who supported her. She also wrote, "Although I am still inexperienced, I would like to continue to grow as a...
Voice Actress Risa Kubota Announces Retirement
Voice actress Risa Kubota announced her retirement from the industry on her official Twitter account on Monday. In a handwritten post, Kubota stated that she had conflicting feelings on the matter but decided to retire in the end. She thanked her fans, saying, "The time I spent w...
Voice Actress Minako Kotobuki Announces Marriage
Voice actress and singer Minako Kotobuki announced her marriage to a man outside of the industry on Monday. "Although it is a private matter, I would like to inform you that I have registered my marriage with a non-celebrity man whom I have been dating for some time," Kotobuki wr...
Music Composer Ryuuichi Sakamoto Dies at 71
Acclaimed music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto died on March 28. He was 71. Sakamoto was diagnosed with rectal cancer in June 2020, but continued musical activities at his home studio while undergoing treatment. His family already held a funeral service. Sakamoto was diagnosed with o...
Anisong Artist Maon Kurosaki Dies at 35
Anisong singer Maon Kurosaki, best known for performing Highschool of the Dead (High School of the Dead) and Toaru Majutsu no Index II (A Certain Magical Index II) ending themes, died on February 16 due to a worsening of her chronic illness. She was 35. In a statement on Tuesday,...
Voice Actor Shouzou Iizuka Dies at 89
Voice actor Shouzou Iizuka, best known for his roles as Keiichi Ikari in Mousou Dairinin (Paranoia Agent) and Nappa in Dragon Ball Z, died on February 15 at 9:14 a.m. from acute heart failure. He was 89. The funeral was held privately by his close relatives. Born in Tokyo in May...
Rock Band ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D Returns from Hiatus
The official Twitter of the ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D rock band announced on Thursday that the band will be resuming their activities with their appearance at the "Day of the Dead Vol.27" event on April 15. The band entered an indefinite hiatus in March 2019 due to problems that happened...
Manga Author Leiji Matsumoto Dies at 85
Acclaimed manga author Leiji Matsumoto died on February 13 at 11:00 a.m. due to acute heart failure at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 85 years old. Born Akira Matsumoto in Kurume, Fukuoka in January 1938, he began his career under his real name in 1954 with Mitsubachi no Bouken (Hon...
Voice Actress Ayaka Suwa, Manga Creator Kotoba Inoya Announce Marriage
Voice actress Ayaka Suwa and manga creator Kotoba Inoya both announced their marriage on their respective Twitter accounts on Sunday. "It's a personal matter, but at this time, I have gotten married. My partner is Kotoba Inoya, with whom I worked on Runway de Waratte. I want to...
Voice Actor Nobunaga Shimazaki Announces Marriage
Voice actor Nobunaga Shimazaki announced his marriage to a woman outside of the industry on his Twitter on Sunday. "Happy new year. Thank you for your warm consideration. I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that I, Nobunaga Shimazaki, have gotten married," he wrot...
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