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soft rush, lit. ''
well
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grass
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'') is a Japanese name. It may refer to:
Place name
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Igusa High School, a high school in
Nerima
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City.
, the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population density of 15,013 persons ...
, Tokyo
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Igusa, former village in
Saitama Prefecture
is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 Square kilometre, km2 ( ...
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Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo with
Kami-Igusa (Upper Igusa) and
Shimo-Igusa (Lower Igusa) train stations in
Suginami
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Suginami City in English.
As of June 1, 2022, Suginami has an estimated population of 588,354 and a population density of 17,274 pe ...
, Tokyo
Surname
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Jun-ichi Igusa ( ''Igusa Jun’ichi''), d. 2013, Japanese mathematician at
Johns Hopkins University
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Kiyoshi Igusa
Kiyoshi Igusa (born November 28, 1949) is a Japanese-American mathematician and a professor at Brandeis University. He works in representation theory and topology.
Education and career
He studied at the University of Chicago and Princeton Unive ...
, Japanese-American mathematician and professor at
Brandeis University
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, son of
Jun-ichi Igusa
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Mutsuko Igusa, current publisher of ''Nihon Tarento Meikan'', a directory of Japanese
television personalities
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Shigetaro Igusa, founder of "''Leisure Tsūshin-sha''", now "VIP Times", publishers of ''Nihon Tarento Meikan''
Fictional characters
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Igusa, green-haired character from the light novel, manga, and anime series
Inukami!
is a Japanese light novel series written by Mamizu Arisawa, with illustrations by Kanna Wakatsuki. The series originally started serialization in volume seventeen of ASCII Media Works' now-defunct light novel magazine ''Dengeki hp'' on Apr ...
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