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3rd Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival - Day 5

3rd Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival - Day 5

BIARRITZ, FRANCE - JUNE 28 Koji Fukada attends the LOVE ON A TRAIL photocall during the 3rd Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival on June 28, 2025 in Biarritz, France. Photo by Agence Franck Castel ABACAPRESS.COM

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3rd Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival - Day 5

3rd Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival - Day 5

BIARRITZ, FRANCE - JUNE 28 Koji Fukada attends the LOVE ON A TRAIL photocall during the 3rd Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival on June 28, 2025 in Biarritz, France. Photo by Agence Franck Castel ABACAPRESS.COM

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3rd Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival - Day 5

3rd Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival - Day 5

BIARRITZ, FRANCE - JUNE 28 Koji Fukada attends the LOVE ON A TRAIL photocall during the 3rd Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival on June 28, 2025 in Biarritz, France. Photo by Agence Franck Castel ABACAPRESS.COM

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Snowboarding: World championships

Snowboarding: World championships

Japanese athletes pose for a photo after their podium finishes at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025, with (from L, top, clockwise) Mari Fukada, Kokomo Murase and Reira Iwabuchi winning bronze, gold, silver, respectively in the women's big air event while Taiga Hasegawa and Ryoma Kimata winning silver and gold, respectively in the men's competitions.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Snowboarding: World championships

Japanese snowboarders -- (from L) Reira Iwabuchi, Kokomo Murase and Mari Fukada -- pose for photos after winning silver, gold, bronze, respectively, in the women's big air event at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Snowboarding: World championships

Mari Fukada of Japan competes in the women's big air final at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World championships

Snowboarding: World championships

Japanese snowboarders -- (from L) Reira Iwabuchi, Kokomo Murase and Mari Fukada -- celebrate on the podium after winning silver, gold, bronze, respectively, in the women's big air event at the snowboarding world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 28, 2025.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Flachau

Snowboarding: World Cup in Flachau

Zoi Sadowski Synnott (C) of Australia poses after winning the women's slopestyle event at a World Cup snowboarding meet on March 14, 2025, in Flachau, Austria, alongside Annika Morgan (L) of Germany and Mari Fukada of Japan, who finished second and third, respectively.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Flachau

Snowboarding: World Cup in Flachau

Japan's Mari Fukada poses with her trophy after coming third in the women's slopestyle event at a World Cup snowboarding meet on March 14, 2025, in Flachau, Austria.

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French Freestyle Skier Tess Ledeux Wins Gold - Beijing

French Freestyle Skier Tess Ledeux Wins Gold - Beijing

Fukada Mari of Japan competes during the women's snowboard final at the 2024-2025 FIS Snowboard & Freeski Big Air World Cup in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 1, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese snowboarder Fukada

Japanese snowboarder Fukada

Screenshot shows teenage Japanese snowboarder Mari Fukada speaking during an online interview in December 2022.

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Lyricist Yu Aku dies at 70

Lyricist Yu Aku dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - Lyricist Yu Aku (file photo taken in June, 2005), famous for writing many popular hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, died of urethral cancer on Aug. 1. He was 70. Aku, whose real name is Hiroyuki Fukada, debuted as a songwriter in 1967 and produced many popular lyrics in various categories from enka (Japanese ballads) to pops.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Colorado

Snowboarding: World Cup in Colorado

Japan's Mari Fukada competes en route to winning her first snowboard World Cup event in the women's big air on Dec. 17, 2022, at Copper Mountain in Colorado.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Colorado

Snowboarding: World Cup in Colorado

Japan's Mari Fukada competes en route to winning her first snowboard World Cup event in the women's big air on Dec. 17, 2022, at Copper Mountain in Colorado.

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Snowboarding: World Cup in Colorado

Snowboarding: World Cup in Colorado

Japan's Mari Fukada smiles after winning her first snowboard World Cup event in the women's big air on Dec. 17, 2022, at Copper Mountain in Colorado.

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Tokyo international film festival opens

Tokyo international film festival opens

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Actresses Kyoko Fukada, Hitomi Kuroki, Kaoru Yachigusa, Shinobu Otake and Rie Fukatsu walk into the venue during an opening ceremony of the 16th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo's Shibuya on Nov. 1.

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(1) South Korean Movie Star

(1) South Korean Movie Star

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actor Won Bin (L) with his Japanese co-star in "FRIENDS," Kyoko Fukada, in Seoul. The photo was taken Nov. 14, 2001. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Fukada receives Un Certain Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival

Japan's Fukada receives Un Certain Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival

Japanese film director Koji Fukada receives the Un Certain Jury Prize for his film "Fuchi Ni Tatsu" (Harmonium), a thriller about a man just released from prison who causes havoc in the family life of an old acquaintance, at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 21, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lyricist Yu Aku dies at 70

Lyricist Yu Aku dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - Lyricist Yu Aku (file photo taken in June, 2005), famous for writing many popular hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, died of urethral cancer on Aug. 1. He was 70. Aku, whose real name is Hiroyuki Fukada, debuted as a songwriter in 1967 and produced many popular lyrics in various categories from enka (Japanese ballads) to pops. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo international film festival opens

Tokyo international film festival opens

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Actresses Kyoko Fukada, Hitomi Kuroki, Kaoru Yachigusa, Shinobu Otake and Rie Fukatsu walk into the venue during an opening ceremony of the 16th Tokyo International Film Festival in Tokyo's Shibuya on Nov. 1. (Kyodo)

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