Dear John is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1988 to 1992. The series was originally based on the British sitcom of the same name. Dear John was retitled Dear John USA when it was shown in the UK. During its four-season run, the series was bounced to and from various time periods on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. When the series moved from its post-Cheers slot on Thursdays to a post-Night Court slot on Wednesdays in 1990, series regular Jere Burns appeared in a network promo side-by-side with John Larroquette of Night Court.

Reruns were syndicated to various local stations shortly after Dear John ended its run in 1992, which continued until 2004. The series also aired on E! for a brief period in the late-1990s. The show has not been seen in the United States since then.

Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens.

Tomomi Itano (板野 友美, Itano Tomomi^?, born July 3, 1991) is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, as well as a soloist. Her talent agent is Horipro.

In 2005, she joined the all-female Japanese idol group AKB48. After becoming a model for the popular woman's fashion magazine Cawaii!, she released her first photo book titled T.O.M.O.row in April 2009. In early 2010 she played Shibuya in the AKB48 TV Tokyo dorama "Majisuka Gakuen". She had a recurring role on Kamen Rider W as Queen, alongside friend Tomomi Kasai, until the show ended in late 2010. Together, they made up the sub-unit Queen & Elizabeth.

Itano ranked 4th place in the second AKB48 Senbatsu election (June 2010).

She released her first single, "Dear J", on January 26. It currently holds 3rd place in Recochoku (largest Japanese ring tone site) Chaku Uta ranking. It reached number 1 on the Oricon daily ranking and number 2 on the Oricon weekly ranking, selling 204,981 copies. In April, she returned to her role as Shibuya on the "Majisuka Gakuen" sequel, "Majisuka Gakuen 2". Her first digital single "Wanna Be Now" ranked number 2 on the daily Recochoku charts and number 6 on the weekly charts.

Rino Sashihara (指原 莉乃, Sashihara Rino^?, born November 21, 1992) is a member of Japanese idol group AKB48 Team A produced by Yasushi Akimoto.

In October 2007, she auditioned and was chosen as a trainee for AKB48. She was promoted to a regular member of former Team B. She was chosen as a "Senbatsu" member for first time on the single "Ōgoe Diamond", followed by other songs, including "Under Girls". On August 2009, it was announced that she would transfer to Team A. She transferred in July 2010.

On December 4, 2010, she attempted to upload 100 articles in a day on her official blog, with the number of page views reaching 35 million on the same day.

Since January 2011, Sashihara has appeared on a half-hour TV program with her nickname, "Although You Are Sashiko (This Program Is Totally Unrelated to AKB)" (さしこのくせに〜この番組はAKBとは全く関係ありません〜, Sashiko no Kuseni (Kono Bangumi wa AKB to wa Mattaku Kankei Arimasen)^?), broadcast by TBS, which features her "Hetare" (ヘタレ^?, means somewhat cowardly, incompetent, impatient) character, and subtitled "A variety program to train Sashiko" (さしこ育成バラエティ, Sashiko Ikusei Variety^?).

Lee Seung Gi (Hangul: 이승기, Hanja: 李昇基) was born on 13 January 1987. He is a South Korean singer, actor and MC. He is well known as the MC for television programme Strong Heart, from 2009 to March 2012.

Scouted by singer Lee Sun Hee, Lee Seung Gi trained for 2 years before debuting on 5 June 2004 at the age of 17. "Because You're My Girl", his debut song from his first album The Dream Of A Moth, was a ballad which created "liking older women" syndrome in South Korea. With this song, he won the 'Best Newcomer award in various music awards ceremonies in 2004 (such as M.net KM Music Festival, SBS Music Awards and MBC Best 10 Singers Music Festival). In 2007, he also won the "Best Male Solo Artist" award in the M.net KM Music Festival with his song "White Lie" from his third album Story Of Separation.

Lee Seung Gi released a digital single Will You Marry Me in 2009. With this single, he received the "Digital Single Bonsang" award in the 24th Golden Disk Awards. In 2010, he recorded a duet version of his 2007 song Smile Boy with South Korean figure skater Kim Yuna, and the song was the official 2010 FIFA World Cup commercial song in South Korea. He also received the "Digital Single Bonsang" award for the second consecutive time in the 25th Golden Disk Awards with his song "Love Taught Me To Drink".