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Chiharu
is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally used by men. Written forms Chiharu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *千春, "thousand, spring" *千晴, "thousand, sunny weather" *知春, "wisdom, spring" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name * Chiharu Araki (千陽, born 1982), Japanese politician *Chiharu Icho (千春, born 1981), Japanese wrestler * Chiharu Igaya (千春, born 1931), Japanese Olympic alpine skier * Chiharu Kawai (千春, born 1973), Japanese actress, model, and voice actress * Chiharu Kitaoka (千陽, born 1988), Japanese voice actress * Chiharu Matsuyama (千春, born 1955), Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese businesswoman and singer * Chiharu Nakamura (知春, born 1988), Japanese rugby sevens player *Chiharu Niiyama (千春), a Japanese actress and gravure idol *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese male boxer * Chiharu Saiguchi (千晴, born 1938), Justice of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiharu Shiota
(born 1972) is a Japanese performance and installation artist and belongs to a generation of young artists who have gained international attention in recent years for body-related art. Shiota has lived and worked in Berlin, Germany since 1996. Educated in Japan, Australia, and Germany, Shiota interweaves materiality and the psychic perception of the space to explore ideas around the body and flesh, personal narratives that engage with memory, territory, and alienation. Her signature installations, which consist of dazzling, intricate networks of threads stretching across gallery rooms, made the artist rise to fame in the 2000s. Shiota has exhibited worldwide. She made her debut in Japan at the Yokohama Triennale in 2001 with ''Memory of Skin'' and represented Japan in the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. Early life, education and teaching Shiota was born in Osaka. Her parents ran a business manufacturing fish boxes, producing a thousand wooden boxes a day. She wanted to be an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiharu Mihara
This article covers the major characters of Clamp's manga ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' and its respective anime and movies. The manga and anime focused on Japanese schoolgirl Sakura Kinomoto who finds the magical Clow Book in her father's basement study, accidentally unleashing the magical Clow Cards loose across her hometown Tomoeda. Dubbed the Cardcaptor by the cards' guardian Cerberus (better known as Kero-chan), Sakura must wield the Clow Staff to capture the card spirits and turn them back into cards for her use. Sakura is aided by her best friend and cousin Tomoyo Daidouji, who creates battle costumes for her as well as videotaping her ventures as Cardcaptor; and later by Syaoran Li, a Chinese boy who is a descendant of the Clow Cards' creator Clow Reed. The anime also introduced a fourth companion, Meiling Li (sometimes spelled as Meilin Li), Syaoran's cousin. The rest of the characters are mostly oblivious to Sakura's magical life, aside from her brother Toya who has his own magi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovely Complex
is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Aya Nakahara. It was published by Shueisha in ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2001 to 2007, with its chapters collected in 17 volumes. The series is about the romance between a tall girl and a short boy who are treated as a comedy duo by their classmates. The story has been adapted as a live-action film released in 2006, a 24-episode anime television series broadcast in 2007, and an adventure game released for PlayStation 2 released in 2006. Two drama CDs have also been produced. The manga and the live-action film were licensed in North America by Viz Media. The anime series was later licensed by Discotek Media, who also re-licensed the live-action film. Two spin-off stories, ''Love Com Deluxe'' (published in ''Deluxe Margaret'' in 2009) and ''Love Com Two'' (published in ''Betsuma Two'' in 2012), were collected in a single volume in 2012. In 2004, ''Love Com'' received the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boys Be
''Boys Be...'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anthology manga series written by Masahiro Itabashi and illustrated by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Three different manga series were serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'': ''Boys Be...'' (1991–1996), ''Boys Be... 2nd Season'' (1996–2000), and ''Boys Be... L Co-op'' (2000–2001), totaling 58 volumes. Four other manga series have been published: ''Boys Be... Pre-season'' (2009), ''Boys Be... Next Season'' (2009–2012), ''Boys Be… Adult Season'' (2012–2013), and ''Boys Be... Young Adult'' (2017–2018). In North America, the second manga series was licensed by Tokyopop. A 13-episode anime television series by Hal Film Maker was broadcast on Wowow in 2000. The anime series was licensed for English release in North America by The Right Stuf International. Overview ''Boys Be...'' is an anthology series of short romantic comedy stories. The title refers to the quote "Boys, be ambitious" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiken (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Seiji Matsuyama. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from April 2001 to August 2004, with its chapters collected in 18 volumes. The story depicts the life of schoolboy Densuke Mifune after he is forced into the mysterious Eiken Club. It was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) produced by J.C.Staff. Both the manga and the OVA were licensed for English release in North America by Media Blasters. Plot Densuke has just enrolled at the exclusive Zashono Academy. He is very eager to participate in extracurricular activities, but never expected to join the mysterious Eiken Club. Strangely enough, every other member is a busty co-ed, and many of the club's activities involve bikinis. But Densuke is not interested in anyone except for the shy and beautiful Chiharu Shinonome. Characters ; : :The red-headed Chiharu is considered one of the most attractive girls at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiharu Igaya
is a former Olympic alpine ski racer and silver medalist from Japan. He competed in three Winter Olympics (1952, 1956, 1960). Ski racing Born in Tomari, Kunashiri ( ja), Hokkaidō, Igaya attended college in the United States at Dartmouth in New Hampshire, where he raced for the Big Green and graduated in 1957. "Chick" won the U.S. national title in slalom in 1954 at Aspen, Colorado, and took a third consecutive NCAA title in slalom, his sixth individual, in 1957 at Snowbasin, Utah. At the Olympics in 1952, Igaya finished eleventh in the slalom, 20th in the giant slalom, and 24th in the downhill. Four years later in 1956, he won the silver medal in the slalom, was eleventh in the giant slalom, but did not finish in the downhill. All three events were won by Toni Sailer of Austria. Igaya became the first ever Japanese and the first ever Asian to become a medalist at Olympic Winter Games. He remeins the only Japanese to win a medal at an Alpine skiing Olympic event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiharu Sawashiro
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Stay Luck. After working as a stage actor, he used connections from his sister to become a voice actor and made his debut as Masamune Shiga in '' Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters''. Since ''Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters'', some of his more prominent roles include Nishiki Sasa in ''Love Kome'', Ritsu Shikishima in ''Caligula'', and Taiga in ''Tribe Nine''. Biography Chiharu Sawashiro was born in Tokyo on December 20, 1987. Chiharu is the younger brother of voice actress Miyuki Sawashiro. Miyuki had been voice acting since she was in middle school. At first, Chiharu was a bit skeptical of voice acting, since it was a lot less popular at the time. However, as voice acting got more popular, his peers continued to ask him questions about his sister. Chiharu later became a stage actor during college before he decided to give voice acting a try after voicing additional voices in the '' Dog & Scissors'' series with the Dead Stock Unit. Using connection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Got Game
''Girl Got Game'', originally published in Japan as ''Power!!'', is a manga series written and illustrated by Shizuru Seino. Originally serialized in '' Bessatsu Friend'' from 1999 until 2002, the individual chapters have been collected and published in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. The series focuses on Kyo Aizawa, a girl forced by her father to live as a boy so she can be on her new school's boys' top-ranked basketball team. It is licensed for an English language release in North America by Tokyopop, which completed releasing the series in August 2005. Characters * – a high school girl who wants a cute boyfriend and to wear the lovely Seisyu High School girl's uniform. Unfortunately, ever since her father tore his Achilles tendon, he hoped and planned for her to fulfill his dream of being a basketball star. Grudgingly, she attends Seisyu as a boy and proves to be an invaluable member of the boys' basketball team though she is also the shortest member. She is very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiharu Matsuyama
Chiharu Matsuyama (松山千春, born December 16, 1955) is a Japanese folk singer and songwriter. He made his debut with the single ''Tabidachi'' in 1977, and success soon followed with the two hits ''Toki no Itazura'' and ''Kisetsu no Nakade.'' Matsuyama has been portrayed in film by Shunsuke Daitō is a Japanese actor, talent and fashion model. He was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. Currently, he is employed by the Top Coat subsidiary of Watanabe Productions is a multimedia management company in Japan dealing in recordings, films, televi .... Daitō played him in a 2008 film based on Matsuyama's autobiographical work ''Ashoro Yori'', published in 1979. References External linksMatsuyama Chiharuat Columbia Music Japan 1955 births Japanese male singer-songwriters Living people Japanese folk singers Musicians from Hokkaido 20th-century Japanese male singers 20th-century Japanese singers {{Japan-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiharu Shida
is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with the Saishunkan team. She is the bronze medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Shida was part of the Japan winning team in the 2020 Asia Team Championships. She reached a career high as world number 2 in the BWF World rankings on 8 November 2022 with her current partner Nami Matsuyama. Shida is the bronze medalist at the Asian and World Junior Championships in 2014 and 2015. Shida won her first international title at the 2016 Vietnam International, and claimed her first BWF World Tour at the 2018 Chinese Taipei Open. Career 2018–2020: Chinese Taipei Open–first World Tour title Shida starterd the 2018 season as a semi-finalists in the Swiss Open in the women's doubles with Matsuyama. She then reached the mixed doubles final with Yunosuke Kubota in the Osaka International, losing to Kim Won-ho and Lee Yu-rim. She for the first time reached the final in the BWF World Tour, the Singapore Open, but she and her partner Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiharu Muto
is a Japanese businesswoman and singer. She is the creative director of the fashion brand "Blixzy". She is a former member of Flower and E-girls. Biography She went to the Exile Professional Gym (EXPG) in Tokyo. In 2011, she passed the vocal division of "Vocal Battle Audition 3" and joined Flower and E-girls. On 12 October 2014 she announced to withdraw from Flower and E-girls to study abroad. On 26 October, with the Exile Tribe live performed at Kyocera Dome The (official name: ) is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. Opened in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. In 2005, the stadium became one of the homes of the Orix Buffaloes, a result of the merg ... Osaka, she withdrew from E-girls. On 13 November, she later withdrew from Flower with a commemorative event of the single "Akikaze no Answer" at Ikebukuro Sunshine City. On 16 February 2015, she announced the establishment of her own fashion brand "Blixzy". She is a creati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiharu Suzuka
is a Japanese voice actress. She was born in Kita-ku, Kyoto. Notable voice roles Anime roles *Sakura Hanasaki in (Ep 1, 4) Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedding Peach DX *Kumi Honjo in Ai Yori Aoshi *Juna's mother in Arjuna *Skyress in Bakugan Battle Brawlers *Skyress in Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia *Keneesh in Banner of the Stars *Keneesh in Banner of the Stars II *Ayako (ep 71), Reiko Andou (ep 255) in Detective Conan *Manley (ep 15) in Cowboy Bebop *Makali in Crest of the Stars *Kamimura in Dai-Guard *Isabella in Paradise Kiss *Alicia in Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai *Sailor Lead Crow in Sailor Moon Sailor Stars *Natasha Kazamatsuri in Stellvia of the Universe *Additional voices in Sukeban Deka *D's Mother in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust *Sakura Hanasaki in (eps 14,45) Wedding Peach *Ruka in YuYu Hakusho Dubbing roles *''The Distinguished Gentleman'' (Celia Kirby (Victoria Rowell)) *''Dumb and Dumber'' (Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly)) *'' Two Much'' (Liz Kerner (Daryl Hannah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
