Japan Stories

A heartbroken fashion designer escapes to Tokyo to be an assistant on a movie set, only to get caught up in an illicit, whirlwind romance with the lead actor. ***** After discovering her fiance is cheating on her, heiress and fashion designer Lily Porter is whisked away to Tokyo to help a production company adapt one of her great-aunt's novels. She isn't thrilled about lying about being her aunt's assistant until it throws her into the path of the movie's lead actor, who is enough of a distraction to keep her mind off her ex for good. But can there really be a future for them when their relationship is built on lies, false identities, and a secret engagement? [[Wattys' Longlisted]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

How far must you run from your roots to find yourself? And what price do you pay for dreams in a world that constantly rewrites the rules? When Midorii Madeline Takemura came into the world, no one assumed her life would turn out this way. Growing up in the shadow of family expectations, tradition, and preordained roles, she was meant to be just another obedient piece in a perfect puzzle. Fate, however, had other plans. Her desire for freedom and her own voice hurled her into the brutal world of show business, a place where the glare of the spotlights can blind you, and every attempt to be yourself becomes a fight for survival. On the other hand, when Michael Joseph Jackson stood on stage as a child, the world saw a wunderkind born to change the history of music. Yet, few noticed that beneath the mask of genius and a flawless smile lay a man trapped in the golden cage of his own fame. Condemned to constant judgment, hounded by the media, and stripped of his privacy. In these two tragic, pain-filled stories, no one could have predicted that amidst the blinding flash of cameras and omnipresent falsehood, two such vastly different stars would see in each other something more than just a media image. In a world that feeds on their suffering, will they manage to find sanctuary? Or will the destiny that brought them together prove to be their greatest curse? (slow-burn.)

❝ 𝙞'𝙢 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚-𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 ❞ - IN WHICH, Lizzie Skiendiel's dreams are crushed on a live stream for thousands to see. But she is soon recruited to a new girl group under YG. [ fame - katseye ] [ fem!oc x daniela avanzini ] [ fem!oc x megan skiendiel ] [ fem!oc x sophia laforteza ] [ published - 10.20.25 ] [ completed - ??? ] cover by @dollbvgs #1 in devon aoki as of 12.25.25 #1 in pop star academy as of 10.28.25 #1 in yg as of 11.11.25 #1 in girl group as of 01.21.26 #1 in bailey sok as of 03.17.26 #1 in diego tinoco as of 02.12.26 #1 in hybexgeffen as of 02.12.26

❝𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵.❞ 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐈 𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐊𝐀 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦-𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘬𝘺𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 "𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴." 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴, 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝐍𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐈 𝐒𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐑𝐔 - 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭, 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦- 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Synopsis After transmigrating into a supernatural crossover world of anime and manga, Gin finds himself in a modern age where order is collapsing and the boundary between day and night has been rewritten-humans rule the day, while yokai dominate the night. In this dangerous new reality, he awakens a role-playing system and begins with the identity of the legendary founder of Onmyodo, Abe no Seimei. As his power grows, the entire supernatural world is thrown into chaos. Shuten-doji trembles in fear. "How can Abe no Seimei still be alive?!" The Onmyoji world is shaken to its core. "The founder of Onmyodo... has returned in the modern era?!" Hagoromo Gitsune gazes at him with motherly affection. "Seimei... my child, so you really have reincarnated..." Tamamo-no-Mae grits her teeth in hatred. "Abe no Seimei... my mortal enemy!" And as figures like Tsuchimiya Kagura, Eriri, and Shinomiya Kaguya are drawn into his orbit, Gin Tsumugi must rise in a world where monsters, curses, and ancient legends are returning one after another. In an age where darkness devours the night, can he truly become the modern Abe no Seimei-and stand above both humans and yokai?

Irie Campbell didn't move to Tokyo to fall in love - she moved to teach, to start over, and to prove to herself she could build a life somewhere nobody knew her name. Then a foul ball at a baseball game lands her face-to-face with Japan's most famous player, and weeks later, an anonymous late-night chat with a stranger online becomes the one place she feels truly seen. She has no idea it's him. He has no idea the "new teacher" everyone's been talking about is her. When the truth comes out, their connection is real - but the world isn't always kind to a Jamaican woman falling for Japan's golden boy. Strike Zone is a story about love that crosses oceans, language, and everything people think you're not supposed to be together.

His eyes lock with yours, his heart pounding in his chest. He leans back down toward your neck, lips ghosting your skin. Oikawa could feel the heat radiating from your body, his own body getting warmer by the second. He didn't know why he did it or what he expected the outcome to be, but it felt right in the moment. He kisses your neck gently, eyes squeezed shut. He pulls away, pressing his forehead against your shoulder. He looks over at you again, expression soft. "I can't stand you most of the time. You're stubborn and annoying. You've got a bad attitude and you talk a lot. You piss me off and frustrate me and do things to make me crazy-" "But I *like* it. I like seeing you. I like seeing you smile and hearing you laugh. You're so pretty, so damn pretty. I look for you everywhere I go. I think about you when I'm not with you. I wonder what you're doing or how you feel. I wonder if you even spare a glance in my direction. I wonder if you hate me like I deserve." - - - "It hurts to be something, it's worse to be nothing with you." -Laufey - - - SLOWBURN updates every Friday, every other Wednesday -This fic is lowk 2020-2022 style (bc it started in2022 but it's heavily edited) but written in a much more modern way (I do not have any rights to the characters or anything that has to do with haikyuu, only my personal characters and events that I make occur!) (Art on cover is not mine! It's by KEIID)

America has 50 kids that no one knows about not even the U.N. The country can take care of them but they make it harder to take care of himself. He usually only gets 30 minutes to 3 hours of sleep if he's lucky and despite his cocky exterior he's emotionally a pile of crap. (Aint in fandom anymore, keep this up for my resume)

'The Last Samurai' meets 'Shōgun', meets 'The King and I'... For years she believed herself to be cursed. Every time she grew close to someone they were taken away from her, paying the ultimate price. And now the curse struck again... Lottie has been falsely accused of her uncle's murder. She must escape or she will hang. It's 1854 and America's lawless West is not a place where a lonely woman can count on justice. Then, by the turn of fate, she is given a chance to revisit Japan and seek the people who raised her. In Imperial Japan, divided between isolationists and modernists, she finds an unexpected love and a new sense of belonging. She also finds someone else. Someone from her past... What will she choose? Where will her loyalties lie? Cover design by More Visual Ltd.

Y/N was not like other boys. His existence was unique, for he was the first and only Umamusuko in the world. An extraordinary destiny awaited him on the racetrack, where he would have to face the fiercest competitors of his generation to achieve glory. Also known as Deep Impact, his talent destined him to be one of the greatest in Japanese history. However, the world saw him only as an anomaly, but Y/N is determined to prove that his existence isn't a mistake.

Stories often depict connections to another world. But even if something like that really existed, it would still just be someone else's problem, something that had nothing to do with me. I was supposed to simply build the scale models I loved and create my ideal diorama. Or at least, that's how it should have been. But the scene now spreading out before my eyes was unmistakably the landscape of the very diorama I had built, made real. In the harbor were the warships I had crafted... at the airport were the airplanes... at the base were tanks and trucks... Every single one had materialized, asserting its physical presence. Because the diorama had become real, the history of the island had been rewritten. This place was the main island of Mashigana. And because it had connected to another world, I found myself being drawn into it. Into a battle that would decide the fate of a nation called the Fusou Federation, a country in another world resembling Japan. And that battle was about to grow into an even greater conflict that would engulf the entire world. RELEASE: 2018 (TL INCOMPLETE)

"𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵" With tensions flaring up in aussie open; Kyle said some things he regretted to his own stepsister. Things that a brother should never say. Danielle felt who she was as a person was wrong; something in her eyes needed to change. Until she met Robbie Eagles and Zack Sabre Jr., she became the only female to ever be brought into Tmdk. Tmdk became her new family away from home. I do not allow my work to be used for any reason at all. Of you are not me do not copy my work at all. If you use any of my work as inspiration 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩, these stories do take me awhile to write 💫 I am not affiliated with Njpw or the wrestlers mentioned in this story, they belong to Njpw! The only thing i own is my oc Danielle Robinson ˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔ | Robbie Eagles fan fic Robbie Eagles x fem oc started: ended: tbd

Vaeda Bennett has spent her whole life dreaming about visiting Japan. When she finally books her first trip to Kyoto, she's determined to fulfill a promise that means more to her than anyone knows. She's hoping to take hundreds of photos, see beautiful places, and maybe find a little adventure. What she doesn't expect is to keep crossing paths with the same stranger. Kaito Hoshino doesn't speak any English, and Vaeda doesn't speak Japanese, meaning that communicating with each other doesn't come easily. Translation apps become their lifeline, and the simple gestures between them end up saying more than words ever could. Somewhere between shared adventures, quiet moments, and learning to understand each other one smile at a time, they discover that maybe love has nothing to do with speaking the same language.

That Starry Night

"Grief is a tsunami that is rude enough to drown you but not kind enough to kill you." "I suck at apologies, so... unfuck you... or whatever." This story is set in their first year of UA High. The age of consent in Japan in 16 so don't come for me pls xxx Katsuki Bakugo x Keiko Ikari -Rude language -Violence -Grief -Talk of death -Probably smut -Slight angst All characters belong to the original creator of MHA, Kōhei Horikoshi, EXCEPT Keiko Ikari, who is an original character of mine. Credits to the creator of the Bakugo fanart used for the cover.

In 1940, two hearts from different worlds found each other. Before history tore them apart... they fell in love. Before the War Separates Us

[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger x Senran Kagura Crossover!] After the Ninja Sentai Kakuranger seal the Youkai inside the gates, and they finally take a rest. Kenji Mitsugi and Kojiro Konjo are lost their Best Friend & Arch Nemesis who was a Ninja. Kojiro tells Kenji that they meet a person named Kappo who offers them that he knows the location. Kojiro and Kenji distrust the man but decide to follow them and go to the island. But it was trick whole time! They accidentally open the gate of Youkai and the Youkai are free again. Suddenly Sasuke and a girl in a Miko outfit appear, he tell them that they need to come with him. They arrived at the Japanese room and meet Sasuke and Origa Red. They explain of what's happen and Sasuke chose them to become next Kakuranger. They accept the offer and Sasuke know where are their old friend as they will find him in another world. Here come legendary Ninja! Kakuranger, Kenzan!

Kyuro, a young woman ventures one night in search of knowing more about the stories that her mother tells her since she was a child, discovering that the reality of her world is not as it seems, beginning to doubt what was the truth that her mother never told her. A story that begs for answers to questions you might ignore.

After leaving everything behind in England, William Bell arrives in Japan with a new name: Roku Beru. Inspired by the idol who once touched millions of hearts, Roku dreams of becoming a musician who can create the same connection through his own songs. But entering the world of idols, actors, and entertainment isn't as simple as chasing a dream. With new friends, old tragedies, and a past he can't escape, Roku discovers that the spotlight can reveal both the brightest hopes... and the darkest secrets. An Oshi no Ko fanfiction following an original character's journey through music, friendship, love, and the world behind the stage. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 This fanfic is based on the anime Oshi No Ko. I do not own any of the characters, places, nor music I may reference in this story. William Bell/Roku Beru is an original character. For use of my character in your own stories, you must include me in the stories description. Less serious note... I'm looking forward to see how this story turns out! I love Oshi No Ko as it connects to me and my love of music and acting. So I hope I'm able to transcribe those items into this fanfic! Be sure to follow and save for regular updates!

The Otherworlders never came. In 1941, facing economic sanctions from the United States, the Empire of Japan resolves to go to war and opens hostilities against the US, Britain, the Netherlands, and Australia. While the Southern Operation and the attack on Pearl Harbor mark the beginning of the conflict, the Magitek Research Department, which had been preparing its military forces against a possible invasion from another world, finds that no such enemy appears. Instead, it joins the war as part of Japan's military strength. The Magitek Research Department revives warships sunk during World War II-including the battleship Tosa, as well as Bismarck, Hood, and numerous aircraft carriers and other vessels-using technologies and magical techniques from another world. Armed with these resurrected weapons, it sails the world's oceans in battle against the Allied powers. Thus, this alternate World War II follows a path different from that of real history... RELEASE: 2026 (TL INCOMPLETE)