Toei, the company that makes the popular Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series, has revealed the start of a new project, “Toei Hero Next,” using the actors that have starred in those series.  PIECE ~Kioku no Kakera~ (directed by Ten Shimoyama) is the first film and features Shu Watanabe (20) and Ryosuke Miura (25) who starred […]
Super Hero War ranked 3rd in its second weekend at the box office. Â Here’s the full ranking, new movies in bold: Thermae Romae Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero War We Were There (part 2) Chronicle of My Mother SPEC ~Heaven~ Crayon Shin-chan: Me and the Space Princess Battleship […]
Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero War topped the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. Â 355,985 people saw it on 292 screens for a total of ï¿¥41,0038,450. The full ranking (movies that opened this week in bold): Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero War Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker We Were There […]
The funeral service for actor Shigeru Araki (63), known for his role in Kamen Rider Stronger, was held on April 18. Â He died of pneumonia on April 14.
The wake for actor Shigeru Araki (63), who died April 14 from pneumonia, Â was held on April 17 in a funeral hall in Tokyo. Â He was known for his role in Kamen Rider Sronger, among others. Â He was the drummer for his college rock band Four Saints, and it was revealed that he was had […]
Papa’s family nickname in the Kagoshima dialect was Ikunchan. They called him by it, and he went to meet them. Papa was mischevious, full of himself, clumsy. The last time he spoke when he was awake, he said, “Maybe, maybe it’s too late, but I don’t want to leave you and Masami. Masami is my […]
Shigeru Araki, Kamen Rider Stronger, passed away. The last time we met was when he invited me to be a guest at his concert. We hadn’t seen each other in about 2 years then. We took this picture when he stopped by my hotel a couple of years ago. In the Toei show Chojin Bibyun […]
I still can’t believe it. At 5:02pm on April 14, Kamen Rider Stronger’s actor Shigeru Araki passed away. I heard about it from his family. I’m still so shocked I can’t believe it. Let us all pray that he rest in peace. Translated from the original entry.
Heaven called Stronger. He was 63 years old… born in 1943, he was the same age as me. I wonder what Stronger was thinking about when he moved on. Â Did he have regrets? Were there things he wished he’d done? Did he think, “It’s my time, I’ve done all I wanted”? We didn’t really speak […]
On April 15, Sports Houchi asked Hiroshi Fujioka (66) for comment on the passing of Shigeru Araki (63) on the 14th. Â He responded, “He was like a younger brother to me. Â It was far too soon.” Fujioka loved Araki like a younger brother from before Araki’s debut. Â “He was always cheerful and positive, and he […]
