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Chie Imiazumi
is a Japanese feminine given name. Written forms The name Chie can be written multiple ways depending on the kanji used. Some possible ways to write Chie include: *智恵, "wisdom, blessing" *千絵, "thousand, pictures" *千枝, "thousand, branches" *千恵, "thousand, blessings" *知恵, "wisdom, blessing" *智栄, "wisdom, prosperous" *茅江, "miscanthus, estuary" *致依, "cause, do, reliable" *稚慧, "young, wise" *地絵, "ground, earth, picture" *知映, "knowledge, shine" *治映, "govern, shine" *千映, "thousand, shine" *千栄, "thousand, prosperous" It can also be written using hiragana or katakana. People Those with the name Chie include: * Chie Kajiura (チエ・カジウラ), Japanese singer *, Japanese field hockey player *Chie Kōjiro (神代知衣, born 1960), Japanese voice actress *Chie Mukai (向井千恵, born 1953), Japanese composer and improv musician *Chie Nakamura (中村千絵, born 1979), Japanese voice actress *Chie Nakane (中根千枝), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived Syllabary, syllabic scripts of and . The characters have Japanese pronunciations; most have two, with one based on the Chinese sound. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as , by a process similar to China's simplified Chinese characters, simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the general public. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characters that exist. There are nearly 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chie Tanabe
is a Japanese stuntwoman and suit actress (an actress in a full-body rubber suit). She was formerly associated with Japan Enterprise Action. Biography Tanabe's married name is . In 1998, she became the first woman to complete Stage 1 of '' Sasuke'' (known as ''Ninja Warrior'' franchise globally), during the 2nd Competition. She could not, however, complete the Spider Walk in Stage 2, as she was not tall enough to properly negotiate the obstacle. This accomplishment would not be matched until the 34th Competition, when Jessie Graff (another stuntwoman and frequent competitor of its United States version) surpassed the accomplishment by reaching Stage 3. Tanabe also competed in ''Kunoichi'', the women's version of ''Sasuke'', but failed in Stage 3 after a misstep. She initially did not plan to compete again due to her plans of having a baby, but she later competed in the 4th Competition, where she failed Stage 1's Hop Rocket, and in the 5th Competition, where she failed the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarinko Chie
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsumi Haruki. It was serialized by Futabasha in ''Manga Action'' between 1978 and 1997 and collected in 67 tankōbon, bound volumes, making it the 45th List of manga series by volume count, longest manga released. ''Jarinko Chie'' received the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. ''Jarinko Chie'' was adapted twice, first as an anime Jarinko Chie (film), theatrical film produced by TMS Entertainment, Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Toho and directed by Isao Takahata, which premiered in Japan on April 11, 1981. This was followed by a 64-episode anime television series also produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and directed by Takahata, which was broadcast in Japan between October 3, 1981, and March 25, 1983. A sequel anime television series with 39 episodes followed on October 19, 1991, to September 22, 1992. The official English title of the anime is ''Downtown Story''. Characters Chie Takemoto A girl with a short temper. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persona 4
is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the ''Persona (series), Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise, and was released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan in July 2008, North America in December 2008, and in Europe and Australia in March 2009, being one of the final major exclusives for the system. It was re-released as a PlayStation 2 Classic for the PlayStation 3 in April 2014. ''Persona 4'' takes place in a fictional Japanese countryside and is indirectly related to earlier ''Persona'' games. The Yu Narukami, player-named protagonist is a high-school student who moves into the countryside town of Inaba from the city for a year. During his year-long stay, he becomes involved in investigating mysterious murders with a group of friends while harnessing the power to summon physical manifestations of their psyches known as a Persona (series)#Personas, Persona. The plot of ''Persona 4'' was inspired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chie Satonaka
is a fictional character from the 2008 video game ''Persona 4''. There, she appears as a high school student who starts investigating a dimension labeled as the TV World alongside her friends. The kidnapping of her best friend Yukiko Amagi leads Chie to join the Investigation Team in working in a murder case where the victims are sent to the TV World to be killed by creatures known as Shadows. Besides printed and animated adaptations of the ''Persona 4'' game, Chie has also appeared in the fighting games ''Persona 4 Arena'' and ''Persona 4 Arena Ultimax'', the dungeon crawler ''Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth'', and the rhythm game ''Persona 4: Dancing All Night''. Critical reception to the character has been positive due to her fighting-related and feminine traits. However, critics were differing when commenting on the English voice acting from Chie featured in the games. Character creation In the designing of the character, various sketches were made with some of them being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daitetsujin 17
is a 1977 ''tokusatsu'' series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. It revolves around a giant battle robot commanded by a young boy who fights the giant robots of an evil organization bent on world conquest. It is similar to ''Giant Robo'' in premise and how it ends. The opening theme was performed by Ichirou Mizuki, Koorogi '73 and The Chirps. Popy manufactured several toys based on the series - notably a transforming Chogokin version of the robot One-Seven (later released in America for the ''Godaikin'' line), vehicles based on One-Seven's Flying Fortress mode, the Sub Machine Flying Car, the Shigcon Tank and the Shigcon Jet, and a three-inch version of One-Seven, which was later released as "17" in Mattel's '' Shogun Warriors'' line. Story Brain is the world's greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One day, Brain decides to abandon its terrestrial moorings, and it is up to The Red Mufflers to track it down. Unfortunately, Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzumaki
is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Appearing as a serial in Shogakukan's weekly manga magazine '' Big Comic Spirits'' from 1998 to 1999, the chapters were compiled into three bound volumes published from August 1998 to September 1999. In March 2000, Shogakukan released an omnibus edition, followed by a second omnibus version in August 2010. In North America, Viz Media serialized an English-language translation of the series in its monthly magazine ''Pulp'' from February 2001 to August 2002. Viz Media then published the volumes from October 2001 to October 2002, with a re-release from October 2007 to February 2008, and published a hardcover omnibus edition in October 2013. The series tells the story of the denizens of Kurouzu-cho, a fictional town which is plagued by a supernatural curse involving spirals. The story for ''Uzumaki'' originated when Ito attempted to write a story about people living in a very long terraced house, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My-Otome
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it is a spinoff of the '' My-HiME'' anime series and as such ''My-Otome'' takes place in a new setting with new main characters. The series originally premiered on TV Tokyo from October 6, 2005 to March 30, 2006. An OVA sequel to the series, '' My-Otome Zwei'', has been made and released in Japan, and a prequel, '' My-Otome 0: S.ifr'', has been completed. The series was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment. Zwei leaves the story open for future sequels, and Sifr for future prequels. At Otakon 2013, Funimation Entertainment had announced that they have rescued ''My-Otome'', along with a handful of other former BEI titles. They also announced at the 2017 New York Comic Con that they will release ''My-HiMe'', ''My-Otome'', and the ''My-Otome Zwei'' + ''My-Otome 0: S.ifr'' pack, all as Blu-Ray + DVD combo packs on January 8, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My-HiME
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks, Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino (screenwriter), Hiroyuki Yoshino, it premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2004 to March 2005. The series focuses on the lives of HiMEs—girls with the capacity to materialize photons—gathered at Fuka Academy for secret purposes. The series was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment and European distribution by Bandai's European subsidiary, Beez, with the first American DVD released in March 2006. Bandai released the Complete Collection DVD set in America on October 7, 2008. It is also shown on iaTV in the mid-2000s and on Comcast’s Anime Selects on Demand for a limited time. At Otakon 2013, Funimation had announced that it acquired the series, along with a handful of other former BEI titles. They also announced at the 2017 New York Comic Con that they would release ''My-HiMe'', ''My-Otome'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chie Harada
Fictional characters who appear in the ''My-HiME'' series are as follows. Note that while most of these characters appear in both the ''My-HiME'' anime and manga series, their roles and relationships differ. Fuka Academy students High school First year students ; : :Mai is portrayed as a self-reliant person, hesitant to tell others about her problems. She is a first-year high school student, and her roommate is Mikoto Minagi. Her stated hobbies are working part-time jobs and taking care of Takumi.My-HiME anime, episode 19 :In the first episode, Mai and her brother Takumi chan take a ferry to their new school, Fuka Academy. On the trip, Mai meets Yuuichi Tate, with whom she begins a love-hate relationship. Mai CPR, resuscitates a girl who was found in the river, Mikoto Minagi. Mikoto and a mysterious attacker (later shown to be Natsuki Kuga) battle on the ferry, revealing magical powers; during this battle, Mai finds out she has powers similar to the two. Mai meets and befriends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chie Yamayoshi
Chie Yamayoshi is a Los Angeles-based video artist and filmmaker. Yamayoshi was raised in Japan, where she worked as a TV director and newscaster. After leaving commercial industry and starting an avant-garde art-making practice, Yamayoshi moved to the US under the Japanese Government Overseas Programme for Artists. She received an MFA in Film and Video from CalArts, and a MFA in Studio Art from UC, Irvine. She has shown her work prolifically and internationally including, Laguna Art Museum The Laguna Art Museum (LAM) is a museum located in Laguna Beach, California, on Pacific Coast Highway (California), Pacific Coast Highway. LAM exclusively features California art and is the oldest cultural institution in the area. It has been kno ..., UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, REDCAT Theater, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Art Chicago, Collectif Jeune Cinéma in Paris, "Kino Pavasaris" at Vilnius in Lithuania, A Street in Poznan, Poland, and Gallery Suzuki at Kyoto, Japan.'' Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chieko Utsumi
Chie Utsumi (1903 – died after 1976), known as Chieko Utsumi, was a Japanese physical educator, trained at Wellesley College. She was recognized for her contributions to women's physical education in 1976, with a Fourth Class of the Order of the Precious Crown from the emperor of Japan. Early life and education Utsumi was born in 1903. Her father was a professor at Meiji University, and the school's basketball coach. She graduated from Woman's Christian College of Japan, and attended Wellesley College as a special student beginning in 1928, sponsored by the YWCA. She was still at Wellesley in 1930 to assist at Japanese-themed parties given at Wellesley College and the Cosmopolitan Club, and in spring 1931, when the Prince Takamatsu visited the school, and she presented a bouquet to Princess Takamatsu. She was awarded a certificate in hygiene and special education from Wellesley in June 1931. Career After returning to Japan in the 1930s, Utsumi taught physical education and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
