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Ashika Ranganath
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Ashika Ranganath (born August 5, 1996) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Kannada cinema, alongside appearances in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her feature film debut in *Crazy Boy* (2016), earning a nomination for the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Kannada.
Her early releases included *Mass Leader* (2017), *Mugulu Nage* (2017), *Raju Kannada Medium* (2018), and *Raambo 2* (2018). She won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Kannada for *Madhagaja* (2021). Over the following years, her Kannada credits included *Avatara Purusha* (2022), *Raymo* (2022), and *Avatara Purusha 2* (2024). For her performance in the medical thriller *O2* (2024), she won a second SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Kannada.
Outside Kannada cinema, Ranganath made her Tamil debut in *Pattathu Arasan* (2022), followed by the romantic comedy *Miss You* (2024). She made her Telugu debut with *Amigos* (2023), later appearing in *Naa Saami Ranga* (2024), *Gatha Vaibhava* (2025), and *Bhartha Mahasayulaku Wignyapthi* (2026).
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Yûki Maeda
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前田有紀 (Maeda Yuki) is a former Japanese singer, stage actress, and radio host. She started her career under the management of enka singer Itsuki Hiroshi in 1994, before joining Hello! Project as a soloist in 2000, debuting her first single "Naki Usagi" under the renowned enka label Teichiku Records. She graduated with the rest of the Elder Club in March 2009, but continued her singing career as part of UP-FRONT AGENCY. In June 2012, she announced on her Twitter account that she was five months pregnant and would retire to focus on being a mother. She slowly started her career again in 2022 when she became more active on YouTube and started acting in stage plays leading up to the release of her 12th single the same year.
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Asami Kimura
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木村麻美 (Kimura Asami), is a YouTuber under the moniker Achami (あちゃみ), and a former Japanese pop singer. She is a former member of Hello! Project as a member of Country Musume., in which she was the groups second leader. She was also a member of Hello! Project's futsal team, Gatas Brilhantes H.P.. She graduated from Hello! Project at the Hello! Project 2007 Winter ~Shuuketsu! 10th Anniversary~ concert on January 28, 2007, alongside fellow member Miuna. According to her graduation comments, she was very fond of dogs, so she considered pursuing a career involving animals, and planned on staying in Tokyo. She later, however, returned to Hokkaido and became a YouTuber.
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Anurag Kashyap
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Anurag Kashyap is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is often regarded as the face of an emerging new wave cinema for producing numerous independent films with newcomers. For his contributions to film, the Government of France awarded him the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) in 2013. After writing a television serial, Kashyap got his major break as a co-writer in Ram Gopal Varma's crime drama Satya (1998), and made his directorial debut with Paanch, which never had a theatrical release due to censorship issues.
Apart from filmmaking, Kashyap serves as the Member of board of the Mumbai-based NGO, Aangan, which helps protect vulnerable children around India. He is the founder of two film production companies: Anurag Kashyap Films, which is run by Guneet Monga, Phantom Films with partnership from directors Vikramaditya Motwane and Vikas Bahl and producer Madhu Mantena.
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Maki Goto
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後藤真希 (Goto Maki) is a Japanese pop singer, talent, and model currently signed to Avex Trax's sub-label rhythm zone. Goto originally made her debut in 1999 as part of Hello! Project, and was the only third generation member of Morning Musume.. Her combined CD and DVD sales exceed 2 million copies in Japan alone. She was the second best-selling solo artist in Hello! Project. Early in summer 2008, Goto left Hello! Project and moved to the rhythm zone label. Goto's highest selling single is "Ai no Bakayarou" selling 434,790 copies and her lowest selling single is "Secret" selling 14,861 copies. Goto put her singing career on hold when she went on hiatus in January 2012. She began working as a model and talent for endorsements when she returned in June 2014, but she has not released new music since 2011, though she occasionally appears in special Morning Musume. OG performances.
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Masae Otani
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大谷雅恵 (Otani Masae) is a Japanese pop singer. She is a former idol under Hello! Project as a member of Melon Kinenbi. After Melon Kinenbi disbanded in 2010, Otani started as a solo singer under the name Otani Masae aka Himawari, a name she chose after announcing a competition on her blog for a new stage name. Her last release under this name is the 2013 single BOY'S. In addition to her activities as a solo artist, she was also a member of the Korean pop cover group 4C Crew under the name MELODY from 2016 to 2017. She also worked as an instructor, in both vocals and dance, for the idol-themed café AKIHABARA Backstage pass.
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Atsuko Inaba
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稲葉貴子 (Inaba Atsuko) is a Japanese singer, actress, coreography instructor, MC, and TV personality. She started her musical career as a member of the group Osaka Performance Doll (OPD) in 1993, moving on to the Hello! Project group Taiyou to Ciscomoon in 1999. After the group disbanded in 2000, she remained a part of Hello! Project until her contract expired in 2009. In 2014, she teamed up with a fellow former OPD member to create the group Pirit Color. They released their first CD in 2020.
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Ayumi Shibata
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柴田あゆみ (Shibata Ayumi) is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a former member of Melon Kinenbi, Tanpopo, and Gatas Brilhantes H.P.. She had been an active member of Hello! Project since 1999, participating in Hello! Project's many shuffle groups, concerts, and special events. She graduated from Hello! Project with the rest of the Elder Club in 2009, then leaving Melon Kinenbi as they disbanded in 2010. She embarked on a solo career, which was put on hiatus in 2016 when she announced her pregnancy.
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Remya Nambeesan
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Remya Nambeesan is an Indian film actress. She made her career debut in 2000 with Sayahnam. Following performances as a child artist in several Malayalam films during the early 2000s, she went on to play minor supporting roles, before essaying starring roles since 2006. In 2008, she appeared in her first non-Malayalam project, while receiving critical acclaim for her performances in the films Traffic (2011) andChaappa Kurish (2011). Besides acting, Remya has occasionally worked as a television presenter and singer as well.
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Mai Satoda
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里田まい (Satoda Mai) is a Japanese pop singer. For a long time she was the only member of the group Country Musume.. After the group was revived as Country Girls, she became its supervisor. Satoda was also a member of the Hello! Project futsal team Gatas Brilhantes H.P. and its associated music group Ongaku Gatas, and she was captain of the Hokkaido-based futsal team, Sapporo CEREBIES. She was a frequent guest on the Japanese television quiz show Quiz! Hexagon II, as part of the units Pabo, Aladdin, and Satoda Mai with Gouda Kazoku (also called Satoda Mai with Gouda Kyoudai). The show came to an end in September 2011, after host Shinsuke Shimada was forced to retire from show business due to his connections with the Yamaguchi-gumi.
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