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Hori (surname)
Hori (written: or ) is a Japanese surname. People with the name Notable people with the surname include: *Hori (entertainer) (Hirohito Hori (堀 裕人), born 1977), Japanese impressionist *, Japanese writer *, Japanese professional shogi player *, Japanese singer, actress, and entertainer *, better known by her stage name Pile, Japanese singer, actress and voice actress *, Japanese artist *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese kickboxer *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese idol and model, member of Japanese girl group Nogizaka46 *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese dollmaker * Shigeyuki Hori, Japanese automotive engineer *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese writer, poet and translator *, Japanese politician *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese chief executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hori (entertainer)
is a Japanese impressionist (''monomane tarento''). His real name is . Hori is represented with Horipro Com of Horipro. Biography Hori was part of the handball club when he was at high school. He was also part of an advertising group during his college years and served as chairman during his third year. After graduating from university and worked as a salary worker at a sales promotion company Hori entered the entertainment industry. His first television appearance '' Waratte Iitomo!s Shirōto monomane Corner. Hori also has experience as an anime voice actor and appeared in some works. His voice acting debut was Kinyō Road Show's '' Angel Tactics'' in 2005. Hori later voiced Junpei Takiguchi's "evil boss" roles in the ''Time Bokan Series'' after he died in 2011. On 16 April 2005 during his final appearance in ''TV Oja Manbō'' he announced that he was married. From 20 February to 20 April 2006 Hori performed MSN's ''Hori no Bakushō monomane 100 Renpatsu'' As Shiroi City f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miona Hori
, is a Japanese actress and fashion model. She is a former second generation member of the Japanese idol, idol girl group Nogizaka46, and a regular model for the fashion magazine ''ar''. Life and career On March 28, 2013, Hori successfully auditioned for the second generation of Nogizaka46, debuting in the theater play ''16-nin no Principal Deux'', which showcased the newly added second generation members. Hori was chosen as the center for the group's seventh single Barrette (song), "Barrette" and has been a core member of the group since. She continues to be active as an idol and on various television programs. In 2019, Hori debuted as a film actress in a leading role in the film ''Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy'', an adaptation of Miki Aihara's manga ''Hot Gimmick'', playing the role of Hatsumi Narita. Her performance won the Asian New Talent Award - Best Actress category at the Shanghai International Film Festival that year. On November 27, 2020, Hori released her solo song , an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horimiya
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroki Adachi, under the pseudonym Hero. It was self-published as a webcomic on Hero's website, ''Dokkai Ahen'', from February 2007 to December 2011 in a four-panel format. The series received a print publication by Square Enix, who compiled the chapters in 10 volumes under its imprint ''Gangan Comics'' from October 2008 to December 2011. Additional side-story chapters were compiled in 15 volumes from July 2012 to July 2021 as . Daisuke Hagiwara adapted the manga under Hero's supervision under the title , which was serialized in '' Monthly G Fantasy'' from October 2011 to March 2021 and was compiled in 16 volumes. A seventeenth volume containing new chapters was released in July 2023. ''Horimiya'' is published in English by Yen Press. ''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun'' was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) series from September 2012 to May 2021. An anime television series adaptation of ''Horimiya'' produced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dig Dug
is a maze arcade video game released by Namco in 1982. It was distributed in North America by Atari, Inc. The player digs underground tunnels to attack enemies in each level, by either inflating them to bursting or crushing them underneath rocks. ''Dig Dug'' was planned and designed by Masahisa Ikegami, with help from '' Galaga'' creator Shigeru Yokoyama. It was programmed for the Namco Galaga arcade board by Shouichi Fukatani, who worked on many of Namco's earlier arcade games, along with Toshio Sakai. Music was composed by Yuriko Keino, including the character movement jingle at executives' request, as her first Namco game. Namco heavily marketed it as a "strategic digging game". Upon release, ''Dig Dug'' was well received by critics for its addictive gameplay, cute characters, and strategy. During the golden age of arcade video games, it was globally successful, including as the second highest-grossing arcade game of 1982 in Japan. It prompted a long series of sequels and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukitoshi Hori
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Setagaya, Tokyo. He is the elder brother of fellow voice actor Hideyuki Hori and is currently represented by Aoni Production. He is most known for the roles of Tokumaru Tatsumi (''Saint Seiya''), Dodoria, Android 19 (''Dragon Ball Z''), Gin (''Detective Conan''), and Robert McGuire (''Crayon Shin-chan''). Filmography Television animation * ''Fist of the North Star'' (1984), Jadou * '' Highschool! Kimengumi'' (1985), Danji Kai * ''Saint Seiya'' (1986), Tokumaru Tatsumi * '' Sakigake!! Otokojuku'' (1988), Gekkou, Student No.2 * ''Tsuide ni Tonchinkan'' (1988), Unba * ''Soreike! Anpanman'' (1988), Amagumora (1st), Denkinamazuman, Hasamikuwagata, Toudaiman (2nd) * ''Dragon Ball Z'' (1989), Android #19, Dodoria * '' Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku'' (1990 special), Dodoria * '' Oniisama E...'' (1991), Physician (ep 29) * '' Kinnikuman: Kinnikusei Oui Soudatsu-hen'' (1991), Neptuneman/The Samurai * '' Dragon Quest: Dai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshito Hori
(born March 28, 1962) is a Japanese businessman, educator, and venture capitalist. He is the founder and president of Globis Corporation and Globis University Graduate School of Management. He is also founder and managing partner of Globis Capital Partners, president of the G1 Institute and the Kibow Foundation, and owner of the Ibaraki Robots basketball team and radio broadcaster LuckyFM Ibaraki Broadcasting System. Early life Yoshito Hori was born in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture on March 28, 1962. Hori spent most of his early youth at Tōkai, Ibaraki where his father worked as a nuclear researcher. At age 3 he moved to New York in the United States with his family. About 2 years later his family moved to Michigan. Hori moved back to Japan during the second grade of elementary school. Around the end of sixth grade his family relocated to Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. Hori attended in his hometown of Mito, which he graduated in 1981. After high school he entered Kyoto Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teikichi Hori
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the early twentieth century. During the interwar period, Hori was a prominent member of the Treaty Faction of the Navy, and opposed war against the United States and the United Kingdom. Hori was a close friend and mentor of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Biography Teikichi Hori was born as the second son of Yasaburo Yano, who came from a samurai family from Ōita. At the age of 10, he was adopted into the Hori samurai family from Kitsuki by Masaharu Hori. Early career Hori entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in the 32nd class, and graduated in 1904 as the best of his class. There he became close friends with his classmate Isoroku Yamamoto, who would become a prominent admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. An accomplished student, he was admired by his peers. During the Russo-Japanese war, Hori served in Tōgō Heihachirō's flagship '' Mikasa'', and participated in the Battle of Tsushima. 1920s–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Hori
is a Japanese politician. He was director of the Hokkaidō-Kitami University. From 1995 he served as governor of Hokkaidō for two terms totalling 8 years. He was chairman of the board of Sapporo University. He was associate professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture. Summary Tatsuya Hori originally comes from Tomakishi, Karafuto ( Vakhrushev, Sakhalin). He was raised in Engaru, Hokkaidō in Okhotsk Subprefecture is a Subprefectures of Hokkaido, subprefecture of Hokkaido, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was renamed from the earlier Abashiri Subprefecture on April 1, 2010. Abashiri Subprefecture was established in 1897. Etymology Abashiri Prefecture was n .... In 1958 he graduated from Hokkaidō University Department of Agriculture and entered service in the Hokkaidō government. Under Governor Takahiro Yokomichi, he was assistant director of the Public Works Department, room monitor for the governor, and municipal utility administrator. He served as lieutenant governo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuo Hori
was a Japanese translator and writer of poetry, short stories and novels. Early life Born in Tokyo, Hori studied Japanese literature at Tokyo Imperial University under Saisei Murō and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. In addition to Japanese writers of the time, he read the works of Rainer Maria Rilke, Ivan Turgenev, Gerhart Hauptmann and Arthur Schnitzler, the French symbolists, and the philosophical writings of Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche. While still a student, he contributed translations of modern French poets and also his own writings to the literary journal ''Roba'', published and edited by critic Tsurujirō Kubokawa. He regarded himself as a disciple of Akutagawa, but also showed influences of Raymond Radiguet and Marcel Proust, and the Proletarian Literature Movement. His later works reflect a move towards modernism. Literary career In 1930, Hori received recognition for his short story '' Sei kazoku'' (lit. "The Holy Family"), which was written under the impr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takafumi Hori
is a Japanese football manager and former footballer he is the currently assistant manager of J2 League club Yokohama FC. His brother Naoto Hori is also a footballer. Playing career Hori was born in Atsugi on September 10, 1967. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Toshiba in 1990. He became a regular player as offensive midfielder from first season. He moved to Urawa Reds in 1992. Although he played many matches as defensive midfielder, he was converted to defensive midfielder by new manager Holger Osieck in 1995. He lost opportunity to play in 1998 and he moved to Bellmare Hiratsuka (later ''Shonan Bellmare'') in 1999. He played many matches and supported the club with many young players due to financial strain end of 1998 season. He retired end of 2001 season. Coaching career After retirement, Hori started a coaching career at Shonan Bellmare in 2002. He moved to Urawa Reds in 2005. He mainly managed youth team. Top team performance was bad in 2011, and manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeyuki Hori
Shigeyuki Hori is the principal designer of Toyota's acclaimed Hybrid Synergy Drive hybrid motor system which is in use by several vehicles including the Prius and Lexus RX Hybrid. An executive chief engineer in Toyota Motor Corporation, Dr. Hori served as chief engineer for more vehicles simultaneously than any other person in the company's history, by taking charge of the Prius, Celica, MR2, Caldina, Opa, Avensis, and Scion tC development efforts in the early to mid-2000s. Career Shigeyuki Hori spent nine years studying at the University of Tokyo, where he earned a PhD in bioengineering Biological engineering or bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically viable products. Biological engineering employs knowledge and expertise from a number .... At Toyota Motor Corporation, he developed the Toyota Cost Calculation System, a method of determining the cost of each part that goes into a veh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryūjo Hori
(born Matsue Yamada) was a Japanese dollmaker of traditional dolls. Biography Hori started her career as a painter, but switched to doll making after an epiphany with a piece of gum; seeing the half-chewed gum she was fiddling looked something like a human face caused her to become interested in three-dimensional representations of the human form. She began to construct dolls from flour and newspaper paste, using chopsticks as a structural base. In 1930 she joined Yumeji Takehisa's ''Dontakusha'' group of artists and subsequently focussed her entire output on doll-making; that same year she had her first exhibition at the '' Hina Matsuri'' Festival. Early on in her career, she studied under the famous doll-makers Goyo Hirata and Juzo Kagoshima, both Living National Treasure of Japan. Her creation of a new style of ''kimekomi-ningyō'' doll resulted in her own appointment as a Living National Treasure of Japan in 1955; she was both the first woman to be awarded this accolade an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
