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A Japanese vocalist who is well known for his work in the soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu produc

A Japanese vocalist who is well known for his work in the soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu productions, most notably Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan, Kinnikuman, and Uchuu Keiji Gavan. His nickname from his fans is Kussy (???? ,Kusshi?). His real given name i

A Japanese vocalist and actor currently part of the J-pop group Run&Gun. He was born in Sakai, Osaka

A Japanese vocalist and actor currently part of the J-pop group Run&Gun. He was born in Sakai, Osaka. He was part of the casts of Musical Air Gear with his fellow band members, a seiyu for Lovely Complex, and he also portrays Seigi Ozaki in the tokusatsu

A Japanese free jazz, saxophonist.He trained as a marine biologist. He joined the Yamashita Yosuke T

A Japanese free jazz, saxophonist.He trained as a marine biologist. He joined the Yamashita Yosuke Trio from 1972 till 1979 and toured internationally with them. In 1986, he performed with Last Exit with Bill Laswell. This performance was released as 1987's Noise of Trouble: Last Exit Live in Tokyo. Laswell went on to play bass on and produce Sakata's Fisherman's.com.[1]

A Japanese female rock vocalist. She is arguably best known for her work as the vocalist and lyrics

A Japanese female rock vocalist. She is arguably best known for her work as the vocalist and lyrics writer for SEKIRIA, the band that did the music for the anime Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 and play live in the movie Shuto Kousoku Max. Sudou provides the

Japanese musician and movie actor.Terao was known mostly in Japan for his album Reflections (???????

Japanese musician and movie actor.Terao was known mostly in Japan for his album Reflections (?????????), which sold in 1980s in Japan in more than one and a half million copies and the hit song Ruby No Yubiwa (???????).As an actor he debuted as Kenichi in ’’Chikadô no taiyô made’’ - a film directed by Kei Kumai in 1968. In 1985 he started to work with Akira Kurosawa in Ran. Five years later he appeared as "I" in Kurosawa's Dreams. He has also worked with director Takashi Koizumi in After the Rain and The Professor's Beloved Equation. As for dramas, Terao has acted with Kazunari Ninomiya in Yasashii Jikan as well as in the latest Takuya Kimura helmed drama, Change (Spring 2008).

In 1984, Toriyama was responsible for developing Dragon Ball which was initially serialized in Weekl

In 1984, Toriyama was responsible for developing Dragon Ball which was initially serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. It became an instant accomplishment—primarily selling over 35,000,000 copies in Japan, Dragon Ball eventually became a record-breaking best seller with over 120,000,000 copies sold. Aside from the Japanese fame, the series was equally successful internationally as well, including in the United States and Latin America.

A Japanese illustrator, animator, character designer, game designer and mecha designer, who works un

A Japanese illustrator, animator, character designer, game designer and mecha designer, who works under the pen name "Akiman".Yasuda was formerly an employee of the video game company Capcom (joining in 1985) and has worked on many Capcom games, taking on various design roles for works such as Final Fight and the Street Fighter II series of games under the pen name Akiman. He has also been involved in anime production, most notably ? Gundam, Overman King Gainer and Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. He officially left Capcom in 2003 and started working as a freelance artist.

Is a Greek musician, arranger and record producer.[1] Katsoupakis has been working as a professional

Is a Greek musician, arranger and record producer.[1] Katsoupakis has been working as a professional keyboardist and piano player since 1989. After playing with several bands, in 1994 he joined Nikos Ioakimides's newly formed band Maskes, which turned out to be one bands of the so-called indie rock scene of Thessaloniki.[2].

Akkitham Narayanan received a Diploma in Painting from the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Che

Akkitham Narayanan received a Diploma in Painting from the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai, India. He then studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris on a Government scholarship. He has won the Tamil Nadu State Lalit Kala Akademi Award thrice. He is the recipient of the IV International Festival of Painting Award, in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. Narayanan's works have been exhibited widely in India and internationally. Akkitham Narayanan lives and works in Paris.

A Japanese seiyu (voice actor), born on September 27, 1968 in Kyoto, Japan. Her blood type is B. She

A Japanese seiyu (voice actor), born on September 27, 1968 in Kyoto, Japan. Her blood type is B. She is 158 cm tall and weighs 46 kg. Her four sizes are 80/60/87/2.5. She is currently associated with the Ricomotion seiyu agency. Sogi is noted for her role

Was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national

Was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic (illustration, below). His work was considered very important for the Finnish national identity.Gallen-Kallela was born Axél Waldemar Gallén in Pori (in Swedish Björneborg), Finland. His father Peter Gallén worked as police chief and lawyer.[1] At the age of 11 he was sent to Helsinki to study at a grammar school, because his father opposed his ambition to become a painter. After his father's death in 1879, Gallen-Kallela attended drawing classes at the Finnish Art Society.

Is a musician, record producer and sound engineer from Lahti, Finland. He plays drums in the metal b

Is a musician, record producer and sound engineer from Lahti, Finland. He plays drums in the metal band Entwine[1] and vocals and drums in the group Tuoni. Hanttu is also involved with Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, which has worked with artists such as Nightwish, Reflexion, Soulrelic and the Belarusian 2009 Eurovision Song Contest entry Petr Elfimov. He mixed the album, Fuel for the Fire by Finnish Idols winner, Ari Koivunen. He was a co-writer on Julma Satu, the debut album of Villieläin and also provided backing vocals on most of the tracks, as well as helping to produce it at Wave Sound Studios in Aatolike.

Was an American cartoonist best-known for the satiric comic strip Li'l Abner. He also wrote the comi

Was an American cartoonist best-known for the satiric comic strip Li'l Abner. He also wrote the comic strips Abbie an' Slats and Long Sam.Capp spent five years at Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut without receiving a diploma. The cartoonist liked to joke about how he failed geometry for nine straight terms. His formal training came from a series of art schools in the New England area, including Designers Art School in Boston, the last before launching his amazing career.

Was an American artist considered as one of the most important Fluxus figures. He was a Norwegian Am

Was an American artist considered as one of the most important Fluxus figures. He was a Norwegian American.Hansen was a frequent visitor to The Factory, Andy Warhol's studio in New York. Hansen also studied with and worked with the composer John Cage at the New School for Social Research in New York City. Hansen was perhaps best known for his performance pieces, his participation in Happenings, and for his collages in which he often used cigarette butts and candy bar wrappers as the raw materials, among them numerous variations of a sculpture referring the Venus of Willendorf.

Was an American Abstract expressionist painter. He was particularly well known for his large scale H

Was an American Abstract expressionist painter. He was particularly well known for his large scale Hard-edge paintings.After his first solo Abstract expressionist exhibition in 1959, Held's large-scale paintings of colourful, simple abstract geometric forms gained increasing recognition in America and Europe. In 1962, he was appointed to the Yale University Faculty Of Art (where he would teach until 1980). In 1965, the critic Irving Sandler curated the critically acclaimed Concrete Expressionism show at New York University featuring the work of painters Al Held and Knox Martin and the sculptors Ronald Bladen, George Sugarman and David Weinrib.[1] In 1966, Held was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and received the Logan Medal of the arts.

Was a guitarist and songwriter, who has had success with "Rock N Roll Mercenaries", a song that was

Was a guitarist and songwriter, who has had success with "Rock N Roll Mercenaries", a song that was recorded by Meat Loaf and John Parr in 1986. Hodge co-wrote the song with the American, Michael Ehmig.

Is an award winning American cartoonist. He is best known for his work in MAD Magazine, including hi

Is an award winning American cartoonist. He is best known for his work in MAD Magazine, including his trademark feature, the Mad Fold-in, which has appeared in almost every issue since 1964. In 2006 he was given an 85th birthday cake on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report by Stephen Colbert. In honor of Al Jaffee's famous MAD Magazine foldouts Colbert cut the cake in thirds to show a new message.

Was a highly acclaimed American singer, comedian and actor of Jewish heritage whose career lasted fr

Was a highly acclaimed American singer, comedian and actor of Jewish heritage whose career lasted from 1911 until his death in 1950.

Is an Cuban-American musician best known as the founder and frontman of the industrial metal band Mi

Is an Cuban-American musician best known as the founder and frontman of the industrial metal band Ministry. He is sometimes credited as Alain Jourgensen, Alien Jourgensen, Hypo Luxa (his alias as a music producer), Dog, Alien Dog Star and Buck Satan. He is a member and/or founder of several industrial bands, working as a singer, guitarist or keyboard player.

Is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his 1976 single "Year of the Cat"

Is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his 1976 single "Year of the Cat" and its 1978 follow-up "Time Passages" (both of which were produced by Alan Parsons).

A Canadian songwriter and folksinger.Tuck was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, the son of e

A Canadian songwriter and folksinger.Tuck was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, the son of editorial cartoonist and Anglican cleric Canon Robert Tuck. Al Tuck attended the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and began appearing i

The most celebrated Iraqi painter, sculptor and plastic surgeon. His works of art have been shown in

The most celebrated Iraqi painter, sculptor and plastic surgeon. His works of art have been shown in several international exhibitions in, for example, France (Paris, Cagnes-sur-Mer), the United Kingdom and Ireland (London, Dublin), Austria (Vienna), Germany (Bonn), Yugoslavia (Belgrade), Italy (Rome), Russia (Moscow), Qatar (Doha), Morocco (Rabat), Libya (Tripoli), India (New Delhi), Tunisia (Tunis), Egypt (Cairo), the United States (New York, 1976 American tour) and Iraq (Baghdad).

She has been singer most famous as one of the two members of the Polish girl group Blog 27. On Octob

She has been singer most famous as one of the two members of the Polish girl group Blog 27. On October 18, 2006, Alicja announced her departure from Blog 27 and went to develop a solo career. On October 27th 2008, Ala's solo album Higher was released in Poland, with first single "Angel"In 2005 Boratyn, along with Tola Szlagowska shot to fame as a member of the Blog 27 with the release of "Uh La La La". The debut album "LOL" was a success in a few countries like Poland, Germany, Austria, Japan or Hungary. Blog27 debuted while Tola Szlagowska and Alicja Boratyn (Ala) were 13 years old in the summer of 2005 with a cover version of Alexia's hit "Uh La La La"; it became one of the biggest Polish hits of the season. Their second single "Hey Boy (Get Your Ass Up)" was released later the same year and the album LOL sold over 100,000 copies and peaked at #1 in Poland, becoming double platinum. Their singles also did very well on the Polish charts,

Is a French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor.

Is a French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor.

Is a French singer.He was a promising pianist in his youth, and the piano became his instrument of c

Is a French singer.He was a promising pianist in his youth, and the piano became his instrument of choice. His first band, "The Dreamers" had minor success as a repertory jazz outfit, and was followed by a time in a typically sixties rock music group "Murator".