Author: Video Ichiban

AKB48’s Yuki Kashiwagi and Totoro

Yuki Kashiwagi (柏木 由紀 Kashiwagi Yuki, born July 15, 1991 in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture), is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now a member of Team B.

AKB48 is named after Akihabara (Akiba for short), the area in Tokyo where the group’s theater is located.

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.

Dioscorea opposita (nagaimo, Chinese yam, Korean yam) is a type of yam (Dioscorea) that may be eaten raw. The jelly-like substance made from grating the yam, tororojiru (Japanese: とろろ汁), is often served in, or alongside, a number of other dishes. However, during the Edo period, tororojiru…was…considered improper for it to be eaten by a woman.

Modern Day Samurai

Samurai (侍) were the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan.

Historically, katana (刀) were one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (日本刀 nihontō) that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan, also commonly referred to as a “samurai sword”.

Shimeji (Japanese language： シメジ, 占地) is a group of edible mushrooms native to East Asia, but also found in northern Europe.

London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō (ロンドンブーツ1号2号, meaning “London Boots #1 #2”) are a Japanese comedy duo (kombi) that originally performed manzai-style stand-up, but now are mainly known for their TV appearances and as hosts of a handful of off-the-wall variety shows. The two members are Atsushi Tamura (田村淳) and Ryō Tamura (田村亮), and though they have the same surname, there is no relation and they in fact come from very different backgrounds. By the late 90’s, London Boots, or Lonboo (ロンブー, ronbÅ«) as they are often called in Japan, had already landed a spot as the hosts of their own show.

Dramatic Sony Cat

BRAVIA is an in-house brand owned by Sony which produces high-definition LCD televisions, projection TVs and front projectors, home cinemas and the “BRAVIA Home Theatre” range for its parent company Sony KK. The name is an acronym of “Best Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture”.

[Dramatic Cat] is a popular Internet comedy viral video, [based on the earlier Dramatic Chipmunk]. The audio used in Dramatic Chipmunk is taken from the score of the 1974 Mel Brooks film Young Frankenstein, which was composed by two-time Oscar nominee (and longtime Brooks collaborator) John Morris, and orchestrated by Morris and EGOT recipient Jonathan Tunick.