The first episode of Netflix’s Rilakkuma and Kaoru has the stop-motion anime’s human protagonist looking forward to meeting up with her friends for their annual picnic. First, though, she’s got to get ...

Kaoru Watanabe is a Brooklyn based composer and musician, specializing on the Japanese taiko drum and shinobue flutes. He has spent decades artfully blending the sounds of Japanese instruments with ...

Dir En Grey just wrapped up a North American tour and we were able to catch up with guitarist Kaoru for a brief interview prior to the band's gig at New York City's Irving Plaza (check out our recap ...

A sense of panic takes over Kaoru when she receives a ransom note demanding a stack of pancakes in exchange for the safe return of Rilakkuma. During a sudden power outage, Kaoru and her friends are ...

"Nyaight of the Living Cat," a series set in a world grappling with a "Nyandemic"—a virus that transforms people into cats upon touch—is finally receiving an anime adaptation! The show delves into the ...

Brighton & Hove Albion head coach Fabian Hurzeler says Kaoru Mitoma “has everything” after the left-winger’s influential role in the 3-1 win at Manchester United. Mitoma restored Brighton’s lead in ...

EXCLUSIVE: 108 Media, the production, finance and distribution company headquartered in Toronto and London, has boarded Noriko Yuasa’s upcoming Japanese tragicomedy Performing Kaoru’s Funeral. The ...

Kaoru Mitoma has signed a new four-year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion to keep him at the club until 2027. The Athletic reported earlier this month that the 26-year-old was in the process of ...

Kana shodo is one of the few remaining scripts shaped predominantly by women in the world. By melding it with modern art forms, Japanese artist Kaoru Akagawa is intent on keeping the ancient Japanese ...

Kaoru Abe was a Japanese jazz pianist, guitarist and saxophonist. Kaoru Abe was a free jazz saxophonist, who was nearly unknown outside of Japan, and who generally played solo. During the 1970s, he ...