Hideyuki Nakayama

Born in Fujioka City,　Gunma Prefecture in 1967.

Since his debut on Fuji Television’s "Itadakimasu" in April, 1985,
he has been an active and well-known actor.

★ Current Main Activities ★
The 30th Annual “Best Father” Awards: Yellow Ribbon winner
«Regular program »
Fuji Television: “Come to my ‘home sweet home’”
(Sun) 12：00～13：00
NTV “Sunday Countdown Show”
(Sun) 8：00～9：55
NTV “Acting like I don’t understand, and asking questions”
(Tue) 23：58～24：28
«Radiobroadcast»
TOKYO FM
「Nakayama Hideyuki’s JAPAN RHYTHM ～JAPAN RHYTHM～」 (Sat) 9：30～9：55

Date of appearance：12th Aug（Fri）
Official Homepage

Maggy Shinji

Born in Kesen'numa City, Miyagi Prefecture, 1973.

Interested in magic since he was a grade school student, and after graduating from high school set out on his own to the United States where he spent a year learning the art of magic through training under a professional magician. After returning to Japan, in 1994 he became the 3rd apprentice under Maggie Shiro and set his goal to become a professional magician. Thereafter, he started his activities under the stage name of “Maggy Shinji”, and achieved 10 successive victories at the NHK “Outburst Laughter On-air Battle.” In 2005, he won the Rookie of the Year award at the 21th Annual Performance Grand Prize Asakusa. "Maggy Shiro style performance Talks" and the "Pretending Not to Know" humorous magic shows are widely seen by live audiences and on television, and radio, and he appears on many TV commercials. Recently, he’s active in relief and rebuilding efforts for the areas hit by the 2011 earthquakes and tsunami as the “Miyagi Dream Ambassador” and “Ke sen'numa Ambassador.” Other activities: The Bowling Media Grand Prize in 2007, children’s TV shows, and magic books release.

Date of appearance: 12th Aug (Fri)
Official Blog

Kyoko Uchida

Born in Yokohama city,1976.

After her career as an announcer at Fuji Television, she is working mainly “Tensai wo tukuru! Galileo No-Ken (Making a genius ! Galileo’s Brain Training )” on TV Asahi.
She is also active on radio, writes (including regular magazine columns), and translates.

Date of appearances: 12th Aug,(Fri) and 20th Aug,(Sat)
Kyoko Uchida’s official website

Koichi Yamadera

Voice Actor / Talent / Narrator

Popular voice-actor known by the nickname "Yama-chan".
He is famous for playing a variety of characters from Stitch to Jim Carry, Brat Pitt, and Tom Hanks.

Date of appearance: 12th Aug (Fri)
Koichi Yamadera`s Profile

Rei Sakuma

Voice Actor

Leading Japanese voice actress who is well-known for playing Batako in "Anpanman", Gigi in "Kiki's Delivery Service", Mee in "Moomin", and Melody in "Onegai My Melody".

Date of appearance: 12th Aug (Fri)
Rei Sakuma`s official Homepage

Jon Kabira

Newscaster／DJ／Radio personality

Jon’s comments about the festival: “How fantastic! Both children and adults can enjoy this festival. Bringing laughter and tears from around the world to the festival’s screen. I’m really looking forward to seeing films myself!”

Date of appearance: 12th Aug (Fri)

Toshikazu Fukawa

Born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, 1965. Popular celebrity known by the nickname “Fukkun.”
Joined the Johnny’s Talent Agency at the age of 15 in 1980, and made his debut appearance in 1981 on the TV drama "Teacher Senpachi at B class of grade 2”.
He also debuted in 1982 as a singer in the group "Shibugakitai" and continues his singing career as solo artist.

Date of appearance: 18th Aug (Thu)
Toshikazu Fukawa’s official HP

Lou Oshiba

Born in Shinjuku, Tokyo in 1954. He is a comedian who is known for his comic character who speaks the "Lou language" – a language that combined together English and Japanese. He launched his blog in 2006 and which soon became popular especially among young people. He started carrying around his own chopsticks and bag after being inspired by the song "Mottainai! (What a waste!)" on the NHK program "Minnanouta (Everyone`s Song)." This song was also a catalyst for his activities to promote environment protection including the cleaning of the woodlands at Mt. Fuji and regional trash pickup events, etc. He has many hobbies such as collecting fish like the Japanese killifish and loach, and has the title of associate-master of the Enshu style tea ceremony. In July, 2010 he assumed the position of guest professor at Yamano Beauty and Art Junior College.

Date of appearance: 21th Aug. (Sun)
Lou Oshiba`s Official Blog

Miki Shiraishi

Born in 1982 in Tokyo. She has been reporting on the TBS program "King’s Brunch" as a Brunch Reporter for a record-holding five years and two months. She is widely popular among both men and women. She is active in many fields including the NHK serial television dramas, movies, live stages, magazines, and the radio. Miki is multi-talented playing piano for 10 years and has many hobbies including running marathons, playing golf, and photography. Currently she is a regular on the TBS Television program "The World`s Mysterious Discovery."

Date of appearance: 18th Aug (Thu)
Miki Shiraishi`s Official Blog

Kahimi Karie

Born in 1968.
Since her debut in 1991, her music has been released both in Japan and abroad. Kahimi also writes as a regular reviewer of movies and is a radio personality on NHK FM. She released her new album "It`s Here" in June and produced her mom & baby body-care brand "Preens" based on her own experience as a mother.

Date of appearance: 19th Aug. (Fri)
Kahimi Karie`s Official Website

Ryoko Tunoda

Born in Gunma Prefecture in 1976
The 18th generation "Utano onee-san (Song singing big-sister)" of the NHK Television program "Okaa-san to issho (Together with My Mom)"

Date of appearance: 13th Aug. (Sat)
Ryoko Tunoda`s Official Website

Yumiko Kobayashi

Voice Actress, Born in Chiba Prefecture

Popular actress known by her wide repertoire of voice performances including Gaspard in "Gaspard et Lisa", Wilson in "Chuggington" and Micah in "HEROES."

Date of appearances: 13th Aug.(Sat) 21th Aug.(Sun)
Yumiko Kobayashi`s Official Website
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Kumiko Higa

Well-known and loved for her voice-acting as Thomas in "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends," Also performs Chibikuri-Chan in "Tottoko hamuTaro" and Makiko Tanaka in "Nodame Cantabile."

Date of appearances: 18th Aug. (Thu) 19th Aug. (Fri) 20th Aug. (Sat)
Kumiko Higa`s Official Website

Yu Mizutani

Born in 2000. 11years old gifted singer and songwriter

A popular child singer, Yuu came under the spotlight after her auditions at Tokai television program "You are the leading character! Wandaho kids" in 2010, and Nippon Television’s "Star-draft conference" in 2011. Her major debut release has been announced.

Date of appearances: 12th Aug. (Fri) 13th Aug. (Sat)
Yu Mizutani`s Official Website

Galileo

Director. Born in Sapporo City.

Music, illustrative and visual producer.
He learned animation through self-study, and "Konekono Ponta" is his first directed work.

Date of appearance: 18th Aug.(Thu)
"Konekono Ponta" Official Website

※ We are grateful to the special guests who came to this year’s programs!