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He won a gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games.
Sinikka Marianna Nopola (26 November 1953 – 13 January 2021) was a Finnish children's writer.
She published 80 books from 1987 until her death.
Nopola's popular series were series Hayflower and Quiltshoe and Ricky Rapper.
Nopola was born in Helsinki.
She worked as a journalist for the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.
Antonello da Messina (born 1429 or 1430 in Messina – died 1479) was an Italian painter from the 15th century.
His real name was Antonio di Giovanni de Antonio, the da Messina simply refers to his origin.
He was the first to use light in his paintings.
With this, he was able to add some of what the Dutch painters of the time did already.
Today, he is mostly known for portraits.
A Wicked Woman is a 1934 American drama movie directed by Charles Brabin and was based on the novel of the same name by Anne Austin.
It stars Mady Christians, Charles Bickford, Betty Furness, Zelda Sears, Robert Taylor, Sterling Holloway and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The Return of October is a 1948 American comedy movie directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Glenn Ford, Albert Sharpe, Terry Moore, James Gleason, Dame May Whitty, Lloyd Corrigan.
Bernhard "Bernd" Kannenberg (20 August 1942 – 13 January 2021) was a West German race walker.
He won the 50 km event at the 1972 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal.
Kannenberg was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, Nazi Germany.
After retiring from competitions he coached the German race walking team.
A comic book convention, often called comic con is an event where people gather to talk about comic books.
Fans of comic books will come to comic book conventions to meet other comic book fans, to meet with comic book authors, or to participate in many other activities related to comic books.
The first comic book convention was held in 1964, and was called New York Comicon.
Tadanobu Asano is a Japanese actor, musician, painter.
He  was born in Kanagawa on November 27 in 1973.
At the age of 16, he played a role in the Japanese famous TV show Kinpachi Sensei in 1988.
It was the start of his career as an actor.
He is also active on social media and has 255,000 followers on Instagram.
Movies and awards
His film debut was Bataashi Kingyo in 1990.
And then, he acted in various roles and appeared in many movies, and thus he has built his career as an actor.
His performance is highly appreciated by people not only in Japan but also in overseas countries.
He received film awards, for example, the Upstream Prize for Best Actor at the 2003 Venice Film Festival for his role in Last Life in the Universe and the award for Best Actor at the 36th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in My Man in 2014.
He has also appeared in Hollywood's movies.
His first appearance in Hollywood's movie was a marvel movie “Thor” in 2011.
In addition to that, he acted on Battleship in 2012, Silence that was directed by Martin Scorsese in 2015, Midway in 2019.
Music and painting
In addition to work as an actor, Asano is also known as a musician.
He is a band member of SODA!,
which formed in 2013, and he is the vocalist.
He paints pictures and posts it frequently on instagram and twitter.
In 2018, he held a solo exhibition that introduced 700 of his paintings.
And also, he published three books of his paintings “error” in 1999, “BUNCH” in 2003 and “Everlasting Fountain” in 2018.
He draws with acrylic paints, crayons and pencils, and draws on the papers and even on the back of the envelopes.
His paintings are drawn in many different ways.
These look like scribble art, comic books, abstract art and so on.
He often posts his outfits on Instaglam and WEAR, which is an app that people can watch and post fashion photography.
His outfits in photos are almost all casual style, but he coordinates many patterns and colors well-balanced.
Moreover, he has his own fashion brand.
He is creating clothes that he wants to wear.
He changed his brand name to "TADANOBU ASANO" from "JEAN DIADEM."
Japanese actors
New Hope Club is a British pop band formed in 2015.
The members are Reece Bibby, Blake Richardson, and George Smith.
All are multi-musicians; they play instruments, sing and write songs.
Bibby plays guitar, bass and drums.
Richardson plays guitar, ukulele and piano.
Smith plays guitar and eight other instruments.
The album Welcome To The Club Pt.
2 released in October 2018 reached first place in iTunes in 10 countries.
The song "Let Me Down Slow", released in January 2020, also received attention.
The 2017 debut EP "Welcome to the Club" made them popular.
Shota Yasuda is a Japanese actor and singer.
He is a member of idol group Kanjani∞, which is managed by Johnny & Associates.
He was born in Japan, Hyogo prefecture Amagasaki city on September 11, 1984.
His sister was a fan of Masaki Aiba who is a member of Japanese famous idol group Arashi which is managed by Johnny & Associates.
So he tried Johnny & Associates‘s audition and he passed it.
So he entered Johnny & Associates in 1997 when he was a 1st grade junior high school student.
On September 22, 2002, Kanjani∞ （eight）was formed.
And he was elected a member of Kanjani∞. On September 22, 2004, their CD debut was “Naniwa Irohabushi'' which is their first single CD.
Now, Kanjani∞ became one of the most famous Japanese idol groups.
He plays guitar and makes songs.
He is called Kanjani∞‘s guitarist.
And he has held concerts as Kanjani∞ at Japanese biggest 5 domes in recent 5 years.
He is also appearing in many dramas and theater productions.
He suffered from meningioma, which is a kind of brain tumor.
He had surgery in February 2017.
The surgery took 12 hours.
The company did not tell the public until months later.
And he joined one Kanjani∞ concert tour that was held at 5 biggest Japanese domes and one stage that he is principal in hiding his sickness.
In 2018, he broke his back bones because of lightheadedness of his sickness.
So he opened to the public about his sickness.
But he joined one Kanjani∞ concert tour that was held at 5 biggest Japanese domes with broken bones for 2 months.
Now he has to wear color glasses because of meningioma’s sequelae.
And he published his own photo album named “LIFE IS” to share with many people about his experience of sickness in September 2020.
TV programs, movies and theater productions
He also works as an actor.
He has joined 15 dramas and 4 movies and 7 theater productions.
His first drama as principal was Jitennsyasyounennki.
His first movie as a main character was Eight Ranger.
His first theater production as a main character was Orebushi.
He also acted in many commercials and variety programs.
He is Kanjani∞'s guitarist.
He can make songs and lyrics.
He made 37 Kanjani∞ songs and lyrics for 8 Kanjani∞ songs.
Ushiro Keisuke is a Japanese athlete.
He competes in decathalon, discus, javelin, long jump and pole vault.
When he was in elementary school, he belonged to the dodgeball club.
He ​belonged ​to the track and field club at Oasa Higashimachi Junior High School, engaged in hurdle running in the first grade, 100m, push out and high jump in the second grade.
He grew from 168cm in first year to 183 cm in second year and 188 cm in third year.
And he was unable to practice as much as he could because of Osgood’s, which induces knee pain.
However, his height later became a very strong weapon in competing within the world.
After entering high school, Osgood’s disease was completely cured, and he started the octathlon with the recommendation of the track and field manager.
His sense of octathlon is by far the beat, and he finished second in the final inter high school competition.
His father is a throwing player in high school, and his father specializes in the high jump and hurdles, and has also participated in Japan Incare as a relay.
Partly due to the influence of his parents, ke started track and field.
He went on to Kokushikan University after his brother and sister went through Tokyo High School.
Also his hobby is folk guitar, and he used to play live on the street in high school.
He has been involved i​n decathlon form university and won the Japan Championship for the first time in 2010 when he was in the 4th grade.
The following year, in 2011, he set a record for the Japanese track and field world to break the Japanese record for the first time in 18 years.
And he p​articipated​in his first world track and field.
In 2012, he participated in the London Olympic Games for the first time in 48 years as a Japanese player, and in 2014 he set a new record in Japan.
Originally from the training organization of the world famous football club FC Barcelona.
At that time, he was called “Japanese Messi” and “Left handed Iniesta” because his play style is similar to Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta.
His number one feature is ball control skill.
Due to his great dribbling these nicknames are well-deserved.
Career before becoming a professional
He began to play soccer at 3 years old.
In August 2009, he saw an advertisement saying that Barcelona Camp would be held in Japan and you could play against Barcelona if you could become an MVP there.
In April 2010, he participated in a tournament held in Belgium as a Barcelona school selection and was selected as a tournament MVP.
After that, he belonged to the subordinate organization of Kawasaki Frontale.
In August 2011, he passed the trial match of FC Barcelona’s subordinate organization Cantera and went to Spain.
He played soccer in Spain until 2015, but an accident happened and he returned to Japan.
And then he joined FC Tokyo’s subordinate organization.
In May 2017, he made his debut at a top team.
And he became the first J-League player born in the 21th century.
Career after becoming a professional
In November 2017, it was announced that he had signed a professional contract with FC Tokyo.
He made his first team debut in the match on November 26, and became the third youngest player in J.League history.
However, he gradually lost the opportunity to participate in the match and transferred to Yokohama F. Marinos for a limited time in order to improve the quality of his performance.
He had played there for 5 months.
He returned to FC Tokyo in 2019 and played for half of a year.
Then in June 2019 he moved to Real Madrid's B team.
His technique was highly evaluated and he was promoted to the top team.
In the Spanish newspaper Maruka, he was selected as the first place in the evaluation ranking.
In August 2019, he transferred to Mallorca for a limited time.
In August 2020, it was announced that he transferred to Villarreal for a limited time.
And recently it was announced that he would leave Villarreal.
In May 2017, at the age of 15, Kubo was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2017 U-20 World Cup.
In October 2017, he also played for the Japan U-17 national team for 2017 U-17 World Cup.
On June 9, 2019, he debuted for the Japan national team against El Salvador.
He also participated 2019 Copa América.
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Toshizo Hijikata lived in Japan during the late Edo  period.
He was a member of Shinsengumi.
They guarded the Shogun.
And he was a Vice President of Shinsengumi.
He supported the president, Isami Kondo.
He was a very strict person.
So he was feared as a Vice President of the ogre.
He died in Hokkaido at the age of 35.
In 1835, he was born in Musashino Kuni (Hino city, Tokyo).
He was the tenth child and he was the youngest in his family.
But he wanted to do martial arts and be a samurai.
So he made an effort to practice swordfighting.
As a child, he was a very naughty boy.
Also he was a smart boy.
When he was 11 years old, he started to work in the dry goods dealer (Ito Gofukuten).
But he quarreled with the leader for a trivial matter and walked back about 40 kilometers to his house.
He was so stubborn that he wouldn’t return to the shop even if his family persuaded him.
Hijikata met Isami Kondo when he was 25 years old.
He joined Shieikan which Isami Kondo ran.
After that, he applied for the Roshigumi to protect Tokugawa Iemochi, the 14th Shogun of the Edo Shogunate.
And he went to Kyoto with members of Shieikan.
Shinsengumi started in 1863 because they succeeded there.
He was a Vice President of Shinsengumi.
So he was feared by all as a Vice President of the ogre.
But just before he died in Hakodate, he was kind to everyone.
Ikedaya case
In 1864 July 8th, Ikedaya case happened.
Shinsengumi beat Sonno Joi ha (supporters of the doctrine of restoring the emperor and expelling the barbarians).
When he heard that Isami Kondo’s army had found Sonno Joi ha, he immediately joined forces.
But he didn’t storm Ikedaya immediately and ambushed around there.
The achievements of the Shinsengumi in the Ikedaya case were very great.
So the prize was exceptional.
Immediately after the Boshin War began, Isami Kondo was arrested.
He tried to save Isami Kondo, but Isami Kondo was executed.
When the war of Utsunomiya castle happened, he won temporarily.
But it was inferior to a modern weapon of the new government troop with swords and spears.
He escaped in Goryokaku, but his stomach was shot and he died.
He was 35 years old.
Hijikata's sword was returned to Tokyo.
People come to look at it every year.
The Hijikata Toshizo Museum opened in Hino City in 1994.
It is in the same building where Hijikata grew up.
Demon Slayer is a Japanese manga series, became one of the representative comic books in 2020.
Not only Japanese people but also people all over the world are fascinated by the comic book.
And it expanded the range of success from 2019 to 2020, so it was featured on a great deal of media.
Details of Demon Slayer
“Demon Slayer” is one of a comic book which started to serialize from Weekly Shonen Jump in 2016 on No.11.
It was written by Gotouge Koyoharu.
The book is completed from 1 to 23.
It is a fight story between humans and demons.
Demons appear in various places to catch and eat humans.
However people who were trained specially confront demons.
Even though it is simply a fight story, it is composed of stories that are laughing, moving, powerful.
Tanjiro Kamado decided to embark on a journey because his sister Nezuko Kamado was made to be a demon.
Then, he entered an organization which is called “Kisatsutai”.
People can attend it over an audition, so there are many strong people in it.
Begging with Tanjiro and members who have each “breathing”.
Tanjiro has breathing of water, Zenitsu Agatsuma who is synchronous to Tanjiro has breathing of thunder, and Inosuke Hashibira who is also synchronous to Tanjiro has breathing of animals.
In addition, there are 9 of the strongest slayers who are called “Hashira”.
On the other hand, there is the worst and strongest demon which is called Muzan Kibutsuji.
Demon Slayer started from a comic book, and it expanded various things.
Anime started in 2019, and the movie started in 2020 as the “Mugen train” version.
In addition, a smartphone app started in 2020, and a home video game is going to start in 2021.
Furthermore, there is a stage of the orchestra which performs with pictures of the story of Demon Slayer.
In the summer of 2021, the stage of Demon Slayer is going to be held.
The comic book of Demon Slayer became popular since anime started in 2019.
So the comic book made 34 times more sales in half of one years.
Eventually, the comic book was published 120 million.
In addition, the movie sales recorded 32.4 billion on December 28 in 2020, and it was over the sales of Spirited away which had been the most sales in Japan.
On the other hand, Demon Slayer combined with Kurazushi and Gindako, and the sales increased by more than 100% year-on-year.
Movie song of Demon Slayer is “Homura” which was sold December 14 in 2020.
Anime song of Demon Slayer is “Gurenge” which was sold July 3 in 2019.
Both of them were sung by Japanese singer LiSA.
They were the first and second songs that were sung in Karaoke of DAM in 2020.
In addition, “Demon Slayer” was nominated for the Bussword Award in 2020.
The name of the cartoonist is Koyoharu Gotoge.
An interview with the person concerned said the writer is female.
She is from Fukuoka in Japan and was born in 1989.
She has never been seen publicly, and her true identity is unknown.
She started her work as a cartoonist in 2013.
Demon Slayer is her fifth product.
She is also called "crocodile teacher(In Japanese;Wani Sensei)" because of her self-portrait of a crocodile which wears glasses.
2010s manga
2016 manga
Works about siblings
King Gnu is a Japanese alternative rock band.
The band is made up of 4 members: Daiki Tsuneta (guitar & vocal), Satoru Iguchi (keyboard & vocal), Kazuki Arai (bass) and Yu Seki (drum).
The band, Mrs.Vinci was formed by centering on Daiki Tsuneta in 2013.
2 years later, Mrs.Vinci renamed Srv.
After reorganization of members, they renamed King Gnu in 2017.
It is what they are now.
The band made their major debut in January 2019 by releasing their 2nd album “Sympa”.
The band is called “tokyo new mixture style” because each member of the group is influenced from music in various fields and they create their own music style which has overwhelming original sense and high perfection in both their sound and visual.
In terms of music, the band creates songs that incorporate elements from a wide range of genres such as R&B, jazz, J-POP, as well as rock.
Daiki Tsuneta (May 15, 1992)
is the reader of the band.
All King Gnu songs are produced by him.
He mainly plays guitar and sings as a vocalist with Satoru Iguchi.
And he can play piano, bass, cello, drum and so on.
He attended Tokyo University of the Arts and majored in cello.
He also belongs to PERIMETRON which is a creative group making music videos, jacket pictures, or something making videos.
King Gnu’s video and pictures are also created by them.
His work covers a wide range of topics.
He also works as a record producer.
A project called millennium parade, a group of musicians, is led by him.
Satoru Iguchi (October 5, 1993)
is in charge of vocals and keyboard.
He also attended Tokyo University of the Arts and belonged to the vocal music department.
He is also an actor and narrator.
Kazuki Arai (October 29, 1992)
is a bassist and he plays bass, synth bass, and contrabass.
And he is in charge of chorus.
He also acts in the millennium parade.
He started bass when he was 14 years old, and he learned jazz bass.
He had lived with Satoru Iguchi.
Yu Seki (September 2, 1992)
is a drummer.
His parents are professional musicians and he hit an electronic drum when he was young.
He also attended dance school.
The goodness of his sense of rhythm comes from it.
He acts in the millennium parade.
After the band was renamed King Gnu, they appeared on FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL in July.
They released their first album “Tokyo Rendez-vous ” in October. “
Vinyl”, which is recorded in the album, is designated as a television CM song.
In April, their first radio program whose name derived from their band name had  started.
The radio program title is “RADIO GNU”.
In September, they released “prayer X”.
And the song is appointed anime’s ending song.
In January, a new single “Hakujitsu '' was released as the theme song of a television drama.
The song made them popular.
And in January, they released their second album “Sympa”. “
Hikotei”, which is recorded in the next album, is appointed as a television CM song.
SLAM DUNK is a manga from Japan.
It is about basketball.
It was written by Takehiko Inoue and serialized in Weekly Shonen jump from 1990 to 1996.
This comic caused a big basketball boom in the 1990's.
As of August 2018, the cumulative circulation of the domestic series has exceeded 120 million.
It was made into 31 comic books and 101 animations.
Its animations were broadcast on TV Asahi from 1993 to 1996.
The comics have been printed in 17 countries.
In 2020, Slam Dunk was voted the third most popular manga in Japan.
It ended up in comic books for a long time.
But recently it was decided that SLAM DUNK would become a movie.
There is a basketball club in a high school.
The main character is Hanamichi Sakuragi.
He likes girls and fights.
He sees that the girls he liked in middle school all liked basketball players.
He is angry and did not like basketball.
But in high school he falls in love with Haruko Akagi, who says he should play basketball.
Hanamichi joins a basketball club/
There is a basketball club called Shohoku Basukebu.
The captain is Takenori Akagi.
His nickname is "Gori" because he looks like a gorilla.
He is a third year student who loves basketball and is good at it and at his studies.
Kaede Rukawa is a freshman student, like Hanamachi.
He has been a famous person at basketball since he was in middle school.
He had his own fan club "Rukawa Sineitai."
He has a cool personality.
Mikinobu Kogure is a third grade student.
He does not have special skills.
Ryota Miyagi is a second year student.
He is a small player but really fast.
Ayako is Shohoku Basukebu's manager.
She is a cheerful person and sometimes like a mother.
Hisashi Mitsui is a third grade student.
He was an MVP player in middle school.
He is good at three point shooting.
He had problems at first but became a good member.
Anzai teacher is a coach of Shohoku basketball club.
He was called "white hair devil" in his youth.
He was famous for enthusiasm and his strict practice style.
But now, he is called "white hair Buddha" because he is kind.
1990s manga
NiziU is a Japanese idol girl group.
In the word NiziU, “Nizi” means the symbol of the audition project, and “U” means you, that is to say, members and people who like this group.
In the group, there are nine members.
Japanese music company called “Sony Music” and, Korean entertainment agency called “JYP” began a project called “Nizi Project”.
This is an audition program, and it was held in Japan and Korea.
The producer of NiziU is J.Y Park (박진영).
He is a record producer, and founder of the JYP and also one of the singers in Korean.
He is famous as a wheeler-producer.
There are a lot of artists who became big artists thanks to him.
They were elected from 100,000 people.
(Name)               (Birthday)
Mako Yamaguchi　　   April 4th, 2001 – Leader, main dancer, lead vocalist
Rio Hanabashi               February 4th, 2002 – Main dancer
Maya Katsumura            April 8th, 2002 – Lead dancer
Riku Oe             October 26th, 2002 – Lead vocalist
Ayaka Arai          June 20th, 2003 – Visual
Mayuka Ogou       November 13th, 2003 – Lead rapper
Rima Yokoi             March 26th, 2004 – Main rapper
Miihi Suzuno           August 12th, 2004 – Lead vocalist, lead dancer
Nina Hillman             February 27th, 2005 – Lead vocalist, youngest
Discography＆Performance
This is one of the songs in the Digital Mini Album.
It is famous for being used in the nizi project.
The song was released as the pre-debut song on only music streaming.
The release day was before their debut.
However the album became a big hit.
Also the dance of this song is very famous for “Nawatobi Dance”.
Step and a Step
This is the first debut single.
It was released on December 2nd in 2020.
The dance is famous for “Rabbit Dance”.
The high point of this song means that it’s ok to make progress on our own pace if the pace is slower than other people.
The lyrics mean we don’t need to be upset about the  people’s step around us.
LOTTE [Fit’s] ( December 8th, 2020 - )
Coca-Cola ( December 14th, 2020 - )
KOSE ( January 16th, 2020 - )
Record of Awards
Best Dance Video Award - MTV VMAJ 2020
Special Award - The 62nd Japan Record Awards
VOGUE JAPAN Women of the Year 2020
People who love this group and members are called “WithU”. “
U” means, of course, you ( = fans ), and that fans usually think of NiziU. Also, there is a meaning behind “WithU”.
It is that NiziU works toward the world with fans.
In addition to the above information, there are the featuring guide videos on YouTube.
The featuring videos are the lecture videos of shouts and calls during the song.
In the video, NiziU members lecture the shouts and calls for “WithU”, which they want “WithU” to sing the song together during their performance. “
WithU” can find pleasure in the moment with NiziU members.
Terrigal is the coastal town in Australia.
Terrigal is famous for some places and beaches.
Location of the Terrigal
Terrigal is the coastal town in the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.
It i​s l​ocated on the Central Coast 87km north of Sydney.
There is no direct connection between Sydney and Terrigal.
But it doesn’t take a lot of time to get Terrigal from Sydney.
History of the name Terrigal
There is a history of the name “Terrigal.”
Terrigal means “uncertain” or based on the Aboriginal words.
Or the first European settler, John Gray who arrived in 1826, called his property Tarrygal.
This is one of the theories of Terrigal.
There are various theories though.
Therefore,​this place i​s called ​Terrigal by people.
Now, many different spellings still exist.
Famous Beach at Terrigal
There are beaches on the Central Coast.
And Terrigal beach i​s the best known beach on the Central Coast.
If you visit there, you can see a beautiful view of the Terrigal beach and you can swim or do some water activities there.
Surprisingly, the length of the sand is 4km.
It is quite enough to enjoy the beach.
Terrigal beach ​has been visited by more than 7two million people in the last 2 years.
There are a lot of places to visit in Terrigal.
First is The Skillion which is a local landmark of Terrigal.
The Skillion i​s known for a famous sightseeing place in Terrigal.
Second is Australian Reptile Park.
This park is Australia’s original hands-on zoo.
More than 2000 animals a​re kept at the park.
Last is of course Terrigal Beach.
Terrigal beach i​s known for its length of the sand and a lot of kinds of water activities.
At the Skillion, climb the Skillion which is a landmark of Terrigal.
If you hike to the top, you may h​ave the opportunity to see an amazing view from there.
And book the hotel to enjoy an amazing view around there.
At the Australian Reptile Park, join at least one tour and get some experiences of zookeepers.
Australian Reptile Park has many kinds of tours and experiences.
It would be an unforgettable memory if you join at least one of them!
And a​n annual pass is sold on the internet so you can visit there anytime.
At Terrigal Beach, do the water activities (surfing, diving tour, fishing and so on) and swim there.
The strength of the sand is 4km so absolutely you can enjoy doing water activities and swimming there.
And there are some shops at Terrigal Beach.
Clothes, candles, jewellery, soaps, relishes, chutneys a​re sold by people.
"Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze" was the anthem of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
It used the tune of "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" which was a personal hymn for Emperor Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire.
Grace Avery VanderWaal (born January 15, 2004) is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
She is known for her ukulele performances and for winning the 11th season of America's Got Talent.
VanderWaal was born in Lenexa, Kansas.
She then moved to Suffern, New York.
She has been writing and singing her songs since she was three years old.
She starred in the 2016 American popular show America's Got Talent and performed her original song "I don't my name".
She advanced the further rounds after winning the golden buzzer.
She performed the original song "Beautiful things" that sang about her sister in the quarterfinals.
And she made it to the semi-finals, and she performed the original song "Light the Sky" in the semi-finals.
She also won the most votes in the audience polls, winning Season 11 of America's Got Talent.
In December 2016, she released her debut mini-album "perfectly imperfect" and won 9th place on the US Billboard album chart for the first time.
She went on to release her first full-length album "Just the beginning" in 2017 and a mini-album "LETTERS: Vol 1" in December 2019.
In March 2020, she made her debut as an actress by appearing in the Disney+ movie Star Girl.
2018 Documentary about VanderWaal by UPROXX
VanderWaal's "Tiny Desk Concert" at NPR
One of the strangest events takes place around Akita.
It is called Namahage.
Namahage is a traditional culture in Akita prefecture.
The main event of namahage is very terrible for children.
The frightfully dressed men portray Namahage equipped with masks, knives and traditional capes made of straw during a New Year's ritual of the Oga peninsula.
On New Year’s Eve, they march along a street and make inhabitants go back to their homes.
Then they visit houses door to door, scolding children who may be guilty of laziness or bad behavior.
The Purpose of Namahage
One of the purposes is to advise children to obey their parents and to behave themselves.
They say  "Are there any crybabies around?"
or "Are naughty kids around?"
in the local dialect.
If parents want Namahage to encourage or tell off their children by giving a specific original way, parents can ask them in advance to give special lessons to their children.
It lasts until children heavily cry or leave their house.
Some researchers suggest that it relates to a belief in deities to take away bad luck and bring fortune for the new year.
Meanwhile, others say it is an ancient agricultural custom.
The Actors Getting Older
Oga Peninsula’s one is the most famous and was designated as an important intangible folk cultural property by the country in 1978.
It was once carried out in most villages on the peninsula, but gradually decreased.
According to Oga City, nearly half of the town associations didn’t hold festivals in 2011.
Therefore, they established a subsidy system for the neighborhood association in the next year.
Its aim is to motivate people to implement Namahage, to inherit the tradition.
Nevertheless, only six local associations revived Namahage at the end of last year.
The biggest reason is the decrease in the number of young people who play the leading role.
So even 70s villagers are dressed up as Namahage.
Some citizens are concerned that the custom will inevitably be lost in the long run.
Covid19 Circumstance
This year, because of covid-19, almost all associations decided to call off the festival.
While one of them implemented the festival taking countermeasures to prevent infection.
In Kobukata area, actors did neither enter houses nor eat any alcohol or dishes which were yearly served as hospitality.
One of the actors said “The most important thing is how to maintain the traditional culture to a new era."
Thanks to their efforts, they could manage to maintain the tradition and take measures at the same time.
In 2020, a new K-pop boys group was born.
The name is ENHYPEN.
They belong to Belift Lab.
Their fan name is ENGENE.
ENHYPEN is produced by Bang Si-hyuk who is the director of Big Hit Entertainment that BTS belongs to.
They already gathered attention from all over the world before debut.
Because there were applications to audition from around the world.
And, the seven members were chosen.
They are from an audition program called "I-LAND" (June 26 - September 18, 2020).
twenty-three people were selected as a participant in the audition.
Then, seven people were chosen by voting from producers and fans all over the world in about three months, and their debut was decided.
On September 19, they opened official social media, for example, Twitter, Instagram, and so forth.
They announced their fan name on October 8.
Then, their membership opened on October 12.
On October 28, their first album, BORDER : DAY ONE was announced.
Their first reality show that was shown until their debut started on November 11.
On November 30, they finally debuted and released the first album.
They appeared at Mnet Asian Music Awards on December 6.
Jungwon  is the leader of ENHYPEN.
His birthday is February 9, 2004.
He is from Korea.
Heeseung is the oldest member.
He was born on October 15, 2001 and from Korea.
Jay had lived in America but his nationality is Korea.
His birthday is April 20, 2002.
Jake is from Australia, but his parents are Korean.
He was born on November 15, 2002.
Sunghoon is a former skater.
He retired from figure skate to be a K-pop idol.
His birthday is December 8, 2002 and from Korea.
Sunoo was selected as a debut member even though he had the shortest trainee period.
He was born on June 24, 2003 and from Korea.
NI-KI is the main dancer.
He is still 15 years old, but he debuted.
And, he is from Japan.
There were three other Japanese members at "I-LAND", but he was the only one to make his debut.
His birthday is December 9, 2005.
They released BORDER : DAY ONE on November 30, 2020.
Intro : Walk the Line, Given-Taken, Let Me In (20 CUBE), 10 Months, Flicker, and Outro : Cross the Line are included in this album.
Given-Taken is the title song.
There are music videos of Given-Taken,  Let Me In (20 CUBE) and Outro : Cross the Line.
The albums sold 229,991 copies on the first day.
In Japan, it won the 1st place on the iTunes "Top Album" chart, and on December 4, it also won the 1st place on "The Real-Time Top 100" chart of LINE MUSIC.
On December 12, 2020, they won the "Next Leader Award" at The Fact Music Awards.
And nowadays, they won the "Rookie Artist Of The Year" at The Golden Disc Awards on January 10, 2021.
Just Dance is a video game series made by Ubisoft.
Just Dance was named after a song sung by Lady Gaga.
The first Just Dance was released in 2009 in North America, Europe, and Australia.
It was Just Dance Wii for the Nintendo Wii.
Just Dance is a motion-based television game.
From one to four people could play it.
The included songs are very popular.
Game players mirror the choreographies on the screen during each song.
In addition, players sometimes should pose for getting more scores.
After dancing, players are ranked based on how well they danced.
There are 13 main series of this game in total.
This is the first game of this series released on November 17, 2009 with the songs including MC Hammer, The Beach Boys, Iggy Pop, Baha Men, Spice Girls, Gorillaz and others.
Just Dance 2 was released in October 2010.
The second installment features 43 soundtrack including DLC-tracks, and for the first and only ionstallment to date up-to 8-player sessions.
It has over 40 tracks by Kesha, Outkast, The Pussycat Dolls, WHAM!,
Avril Lavigne, MIKA, Rihanna, and others.
Just Dance 3 released on October 7, 2011.
The third installment at Ubisoft E3 conference, on June 6, 2011.
And for the first installment of Just Dance series on Xbox 360 (with Kinect support), and PlayStation 3 (with PlayStation Move support).
It includes over 40 tracks by Jessie J, Katy Perry, Gwen Stefani, A-ha, Robin Sparkles, Lenny Kravitz, The Black Eyed Peas, and others.
Just Dance 4 released on October 9, 2012.
It is the 4th game of this series.
It is the first Just Dance for Wii U and It includes over 40 tracks by Carly Rae Jepsen, P!nk, The B-52's, Rihanna, Flo Rida, and others.
Just Dance 2014 released October 8, 2013.
It is the 5th game of this series.
It was the first Just Dance game to be released on XBOX One and Playstation 4 and It includes over 40 tracks by Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, PSY, One Direction, Chris Brown, Ariana Grande, ABBA, George Michael, Ricky Martin, and others.
Just Dance 2015 released October 21, 2014.
It is the 6th game of this series.
It includes over 40 tracks by Pharrell Williams, John Newman, Katy Perry, Iggy Azalea, Maroon 5, and others.
Just Dance 2016
Just Dance 2016 released October 20, 2015.
It is the 7th game of this series.
It includes over 40 tracks by Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Meghan Trainor, Britney Spears, Mark Ronson, Shakira, Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato.
Just Dance 2017
Just Dance 2017 released October 25, 2016.
It is the 8th game of this series, and It includes over 40 tracks by Justin Bieber, Queen, DNCE, and others.
It was the first released on Steam and Nintendo Switch.
Just Dance 2018 released October 24, 2017.
It is the 9th game of this series.
It includes over tracks by Bebe Rexha, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, Big Freedia, Shakira, Clean Bandit, Dua Lipa, Tomska, Luis Fonsi, Selena Gomez, and others.
Just Dance 2019 released October 23, 2018.
It is the 10th game of this series.
It includes over tracks by Bruno Mars, BIGBANG, BLACKPINK, Sean Paul, J Balvin, Camila Cabello, Daddy Yankee, and others.
Just Dance 2020 released November 5, 2019.
It is the 11th game of this series.
It includes over tracks by Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Ed Sheeran, 2NE1, Panic!
at the Disco, Khalid and others.
Just Dance 2021 released November 12, 2020.
It is the 12th game of this series.
It includes over tracks by Dua Lipa, TWICE, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Eminem, NCT 127, BLACKPINK, Selena Gomez and others.
Just Dance 2022 released November 4, 2021.
It is the 13th game of this series.
It includes over tracks by Todrick Hall, Anuel AA, Imagine Dragons, Ciara, Meghan Trainor, Camila Cabello, Olivia Rodrigo, Bella Poarch, Pabllo Vittar and others.
video game for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia and Nintendo Switch.
This is the first Japanese version of Just Dance.
It was developed by Ubisoft Paris and edited by Nintendo.
It has 16 J-pop songs and 12 songs from prior Just Dance titles.
The songs of EXILE, Kara, Koda Kumi and others are included.
Just Dance Wii 2
This is the second Japanese version.
It was released on 26 July 2012.
It was made only for the Wii.
Just Dance Wii U
The third Japanese version of Just Dance.
It was announced by Nintendo directly and released on 3 April 2014.
There are some other kinds of Just Dance series.
One is a Disney Series, that was named Disney Party.
There are two versions of the series.
The first one was released on 23 October 2012 and then the second one was released on 20 October 2015.
They include some Disney film music and songs sung in Disney channel series on television.
Others are the Experience Series.
One of the Experience Series is Michael Jackson : The Experience.
It was released on 23 November 2010, and it contains 26 famous songs sung by Micheal Jackson.
And also Just Dance Kids
On January 14, 2019, Deadline reported Screen Gems collaboration with Ubisoft Film & Television named Just Dance: The Movie with Margaret Boykin and Jason Altman set to produce movie alongside Jodi Hildebrand and Will Gluck.
Stadia games
Gen Hoshino is a Japanese singer-songwriter.
His songs are very famous and used in various TV shows.
Meanwhile, he has been famous for his acting in Japanese dramas and films.
He also improves his career by publishing some books and broadcasting his own radio channel.
Therefore, he has been rewarded for his efforts with gaining his fame.
He was born in Saitama Prefecture January 28th, 1981.
His blood type is AB, and his height is 1.68m.
He started his career as a musician in 2000.
These days, not only as a musician he does well, but also as an actor.
His music agent is Amuse, and his acting one is Otona Keikaku.
His music genre is J-pop, folk and dance.
He usually sings but sometimes plays the guitar and marimba.
He has been a member of Sakerock which consisted of his friends from his high school since 2000.
He played the guitar and marimba there, but this instrumental band was dissolved in 2015.
Then he continued his music career as a solo artist.
He became a well-known artist by his 8th single song, “SUN.”
Because of this song, he took part in Kohaku Uta Gassen, which is broadcasted on New Year’s Eve in Japan every year.
Later, he acted in various Japanese dramas and films.
For example, “The Full-Time Escapist” was famous for the story, actors’ acting skills and his song, “Koi.”
In this TV drama, he was one of the main casts.
His first drama acting was “Water Boys” in 2003, but he wasn't a main character.
When he acted as the main character for the first time, he appeared on “Dr. Storks” in 2015.
The story of this drama was the life of doctors who worked at obstetrics.
Next year, 2016, he acted as a single man, Hiramasa Tsuzaki who employed a housekeeper.
This drama was “The Full-Time Wife Escapist” and became popular.
Two years later, he appeared on “Idaten” which was one of NHK (Taiga) historical dramas.
In 2020, he appeared as a main character on “MIU404.”
His first film acting was “64” in 2004.
In 2017, he acted on “Night Is Short, Walk on Girl” by only his voice, because this movie was Japanese animation movie.
Two years later, he acted as a samurai in “Samurai Shifters.”
In addition, his latest movie was “The Voice of Shin” in 2020.
He became popular for his 8th single song, “SUN.”
This song was the theme song of Fuji TV drama, and this song got the 1st place of iTunes Weekly Ranking in July 2015 and January 2016.
In 2016, he released his 9th single song, “Koi” which was the theme song of TBS drama, “The Full-Time Wife Escapist.”
Moreover, “Koi dance,” the dance of this song, became very popular, especially among teenagers.
In 2020, he composed an encouraging song, “Uchi de Odoro,” during Japanese lockdown due to COVID-19.
This song urged many people to stay at home.
1st album: Baka no Uta(2010)
2nd album: Episode(2011)
3rd album: Stranger(2013)
4th album: Yellow Dancer(2015)
5th album: Pop Virus(2018)
Higashine city is one of the cities of Yamagata prefecture in Japan.
It is on the border of Yamagata prefecture and Miyagi prefecture and it is basin.
In February 2020, 47,910 people lived there.
The size is 206,94 square kilometer.
Higashine is especially famous for many kinds of fruits.
There is an airport called ‘Oishi Yamagata airport’ built in 1964.
There were charter flights from Taiwan until 2019 and many Taiwanese visited Higashine city by boarding them.
There is a big old tree called ‘Okeyaki’ at Higashine elementary school.
The age of it is said to be more than 1500 years and it has been designated as a national nature treasure.
Higashine onsen is famous for relaxing.
There is also a foot bath in the onsen street.
Their hotels are also used for many kinds of gatherings like after the coming of age ceremony.
Marathon competition called ‘Sakuranbo Marathon’ is held every June.
Anyone can join it , so many people from all over Japan, about 9000 people ran in the race in 2019.
Runners can choose to run from 3km, 5km, 10km, and 21km, so it is easy to join even from children to a wide range of ages.
Higashine city is famous for some kinds of fruits and is called ‘kingdom of fruits’.
Its early summer cherries are very popular.
Higashine grows the most cherries in Japan and one of the breed, ‘Satonishiki’ was born here.
Satonishiki was born in 1928.
And now ‘Higashine Sakuranbo’ was classified as GI (geographical indication) in 2017 and it is found as a gift.
There are reasons this city is suitable for growing cherries.
There has not been so much rain and sunlight time in June.
Also the drainage is good and the temperature is suitable.
That is why the environment is the best to culture cherries.
La France is another famous fruit.
It is fruit that you can enjoy in fall seasons.
80% of the La France production in Japan is in Yamagata prefecture.
The image character of Higashine city, ‘Tanto-kun’ is a La France motif.
Higashine is the only city where the population is increasing in Yamagata.
It is because they put effort into making the environment for raising children.
‘Asobia-land’ is a kind of park where children can enjoy exercise built in 2013.
Many little children gather there and enjoy playing outside.
‘Tantokuru center’ is a community center and place where children can exercise inside.
Children to elderly visit as a place to interact with civilians.
In 2015, Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress visited there .
Touohgakkan junior & senior high school is next to the city hall.
It was built in 2016.
Tamagotchi is a handheld video game.
It was created in 1996 by Aki Maita and sold by Bandai.
The main characters are also called Tamagotchi.
The Tamagotchi are electronic pets, and the player takes care of them as part of the game.
A new version of Tamagotchi was released in 2020.
The player uses the handheld device to take care of the fictional pet.
The player can feed it or let it go hungry, train it or abuse it.
The tamagotchi will grow up strong, weak or run away depending on how the player acts.
The first Tamagotchi was released in 1996 as a mobile digital pet.
This game became popular in Japan.
From 1997 to 1998 other types of Tamagotchi game were released.
About 40 million games sold around the world.
In 2004, Tamagotchi''' became popular again.
The 2004 version of the game had infrared communication.
The 2006 version could connect with mobile phones and personal computers.
In 2006, a Tamagotchi-themed school game was released.
In this game, the player could make a class using a communication function.
In 2007, Tamagotchi started to live with its family in the device.
In 2008, the game was released with a colored screen and download items and mini games.
In 2012, the communication function was made more complicated.
The Tamagotchi has stayed popular in Japan, but in the West it is sometimes popular and sometimes not.
Bandai America sells Tamagotchi in a larger package in the United States because they want the buyer to believe it is worth the price, US$59.99.
There are also Tamagotchi'' arcade games, animations, movies, comic books, books, and apps.
Costco Wholesale Corporation (), which is Costco for short, is an American operator of discount stores known as warehouse clubs or wholesale clubs.
Abundance of products are sold with deeply discounted prices to club members who need to pay annual membership fees.
Costco is based in Issaquah, Washington and one of the largest retailers in the world.
Costco has a history of over 40 years.
Date back to 1976, Sol Price, a pioneer in warehouse club retailing, opened the first Price Club which an airline hangar was remodeled in San Diego, California.
In 1983 Jeffrey H. Brotman and James D. Sinegal opened the first Costco in Seattle, Washington.
Ten years later, The Price Company and Costco merged into Price/Costco.
They changed it into Costco Wholesale Corporation on October 30, 1999.
Costco spread and was constructed  in several countries, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Far East, and Australia.
In warehouses, gas stations are in most, pharmacies, hearing aid centers, optometrists, eye and sunglass centers, photo processors, and tire garages.
In some countries, there are liquor stores.
There is a mechanism for Costco.
When you enter the warehouse, employees check a membership card.
Shopping carts that are used in warehouses are large in size and the paths inside stores are wide so that shopping carts pass easily.
Conveyor belts are utilized at checkouts.
They enable cashiers to check out mass products smoothly.
They don't provide plastic bags, so their own bags or cardboards are needed.
After that, employees check recipes to prevent shoplifting and mistakes at the cash before exiting the store.
A variety of products are sold on Costco.
For example, groceries, appliances, automotive supplies, sporting goods, jewelry, housewares, health and beauty aids, garments, furniture, office supplies.
Products are usually available only in bulk quantities.
In addition, there are seasonal products and high quality national and regional brands, and inventory is updated constantly.
in addition, it sells Kirkland Signature products such as juice, cookies, coffee, housewares, luggage, garments, and detergent which are Costco's brand.
Kirkland Signature products are associated with quality and value to maintain member's satisfaction and Costco's reputation.
Non Costco's members can use this service by means of creating an account.
However, certain promotions and steeply discounted items are for just members.
If you buy a product online and find that it becomes cheaper than you purchased within 30 days, you can request a Price Adjustment.
If you buy a product at a store, you can adjust it in the store or on costco.com.
The return policy is applied too.
There is a food court indoor or outdoor depending on the stores.
Each store has a different menu.
Hot dogs with drinks, which is one of the most popular items, pizza, frozen yogurt, Pepsi beverages, baked items (such as the chicken bake), and sandwiches are common menu items.
A seasonal menu is sometimes sold.
United States and Puerto Rico: 543
Canada: 100
Mexico: 39
United Kingdom: 29