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Chris Reed (figure Skater)
Chris Reed (July 7, 1989 – March 14, 2020) was an American-born Japanese ice dancer. With his sister Cathy Reed, he became a seven-time Japan Figure Skating Championships, Japanese national champion (2008–2011, 2013–2015) and the Figure skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games, 2011 Asian Winter Games silver medalist. They competed at two Winter Olympics (2010, 2014) and reached the final segment at nine ISU Figure Skating Championships, ISU Championships. With Kana Muramoto, Reed was the 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2018 Four Continents bronze medalist, the Figure skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games, 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist and a three-time Japanese national champion (2016–2018). They competed in the final segment at five ISU Figure Skating Championships, ISU Championships and the Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dancing, 2018 Winter Olympics. Early life Chris Reed was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His mother wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February, a day before the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, opening ceremony. Pyeongchang was selected as the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, Winter Games at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa on 6 July 2011. This marked the second time that South Korea had hosted the Olympic Games (having previously hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul), as well as the first time it hosted the Winter Olympics. The 2018 Games marked the third time that an Asian country had hosted the Winter Olympics, after Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972 and Nagano (city), Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics, 1998, both in Japan. It was also the first Winter Olympics held in mainlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton, Michigan
Canton Township (commonly known simply as Canton) is a charter township in Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western Metro Detroit, suburb of Detroit, Canton is located roughly west of downtown Detroit, and east of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ann Arbor. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the township had a population of 98,659, making it Michigan's second most-populated township (after Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan, Clinton Township) and List of municipalities in Michigan (by population), ninth most-populated municipality overall. The township is ranked as the 96th highest-income place in the United States with a population of 50,000 or more, and is consistently ranked as one of the safest communities in the United States. Communities *Canton is an unincorporated community within the township, although the name often refers to the whole township itself. It is located just south of M-153 (Michigan highway), M-153 (Ford Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 U
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon also has 6 edges as well as 6 internal and external angles. 6 is the second smallest composite number. It is also the first number that is the sum of its proper divisors, making it the smallest perfect number. It is also the only perfect number that doesn't have a digital root of 1. 6 is the first unitary perfect number, since it is the sum of its positive proper unitary divisors, without including itself. Only five such numbers are known to exist. 6 is the largest of the four all-Harshad numbers. 6 is the 2nd superior highly composite number, the 2nd colossally abundant number, the 3rd triangular number, the 4th highly composite number, a pronic number, a congruent number, a harmonic divisor number, and a semiprime. 6 is also the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Japan Times
''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo. History ''The Japan Times'' was launched by on 22 March 1897, with the goal of giving Japanese people an opportunity to read and discuss news and current events in English to help Japan participate in the international community. In 1906, Zumoto was asked by Japanese Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi to lead the English-language newspaper '' The Seoul Press''. Zumoto closely tied the operations of the two newspapers, with subscriptions of ''The Seoul Press'' being sold in Japan by ''The Japan Times'', and vice versa for Korea. Both papers wrote critically of Korean culture and civilization, and advocated for Japan's colonial control over the peninsula in order to civilize the Koreans. The newspaper was independent of government control, but from 1931 onward, the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Nationality Law
Japanese Nationality Law details the conditions by which a person holds nationality of Japan. The primary law governing nationality regulations is the 1950 Nationality Act. Children born to at least one Japanese parent are generally automatically nationals at birth. Birth in Japan does not by itself entitle a child to Japanese nationality, except when a child would otherwise be stateless. Foreign nationals may acquire citizenship by naturalization after living in the country for at least five years and renouncing any previous nationalities. Terminology The distinction between the meaning of the terms citizenship and nationality is not always clear in the English language and differs by country. Generally, nationality refers a person's legal belonging to a country and is the common term used in international treaties when referring to members of a state; citizenship refers to the set of rights and duties a person has in that nation. The term is used in Japanese to refer to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Reed
Allison Lynn Reed (born June 8, 1994) is a Lithuanian-American ice dancer who currently competes for Lithuania with Saulius Ambrulevičius. They are the European Figure Skating Championships, 2024 European bronze medalists, three-time ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, ISU Grand Prix bronze medalists, and seven-time ISU Challenger Series medalists (two golds, five silvers). They have finished in the top ten at three World Figure Skating Championships, World Championships (2022 World Figure Skating Championships, 2022, 2023 World Figure Skating Championships, 2023, 2024 World Figure Skating Championships, 2024). She previously skated with Otar Japaridze for Georgia (country), Georgia and with Vasili Rogov for Israel. With Japaridze, she competed at the Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympics. Biography Allison Reed was born on June 8, 1994, in Kalamazoo, Michigan to a Japanese mother and an American father. She is the younger sister of Japanese ice danc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figure Skating At The 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice Dancing
Figure may refer to: General *A shape, drawing, depiction, or geometric configuration *Figure (wood), wood appearance *Figure (music), distinguished from musical motif *Noise figure, in telecommunication *Dance figure, an elementary dance pattern *A person's figure, human physical appearance *Figure–ground (perception), the distinction between a visually perceived object and its surroundings Arts *Figurine, a miniature statuette representation of a creature *Action figure, a posable jointed solid plastic character figurine *Figure painting, realistic representation, especially of the human form *Figure drawing *Model figure, a scale model of a creature Writing *figure, in writing, a type of floating block (text, table, or graphic separate from the main text) *Figure of speech, also called a rhetorical figure *Christ figure, a type of character * in typesetting, text figures and lining figures Accounting *Figure, a synonym for number *Significant figures in a decimal numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figure Skating At The 2017 Asian Winter Games
Figure skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games was held in Sapporo, Japan between 23–26 February at the Makomanai Ice Arena. A total of four events were contested: men's and women's singles, pairs and ice dancing. China finished first in medal table, winning two gold medals. Schedule Medalists Medal table Participating nations A total of 75 athletes from 17 nations competed in figure skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Australia as guest nation, was ineligible to win any medals. References External linksOfficial website {{2016–17 in figure skating [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
The 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships were held in Taipei, Taiwan on January 22–28, 2018. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Qualification This competition is open to skaters from all non-European member nations of the International Skating Union. Skaters must have reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2017 to participate. The corresponding competition for European skaters is the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships. Each National Federation from the four represented regions are permitted to send up to three skaters/couples for each discipline. National Federations can select their entries based on their own criteria, as long as the selected skater/couples attains a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international senior event prior to the Four Continents. Minimum TES The ISU stipulates that the minimum scores must be achieved at an ISU-recognized senior international competition in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ISU Figure Skating Championships
The International Skating Union organizes six annual Championships for figure skating. It is at the discretion of each member country which skaters, pairs or synchronized skating teams are sent to which championship. No skater in Single skating, men's single skating, Single skating, women's single skating, pair skating and ice dancing can compete at all four competitions in one season, but some skaters have competed at all four over the course of their careers. The Championships for men's singles, women's singles, pair skating and ice dancing are: * World Figure Skating Championships, World-level competition for senior-level skaters. * World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World-level competition for junior-level skaters. * European Figure Skating Championships, the oldest ISU Championship, open to skaters from European countries. * Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the newest ISU Championship, open to skaters from non-European countries. The Championships for syn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figure Skating At The 2011 Asian Winter Games
Figure skating was featured as part of the 2011 Asian Winter Games at the Saryarka Velodrome in Astana, Kazakhstan. Events were held on between the third and fifth of February 2011. Skaters competed in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dance. Schedule Medalists Medal table Participating nations A total of 49 athletes from 12 nations competed in figure skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games: * * * * * * * * * * * *References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Figure Skating Championships
The Japan Figure Skating Championships () are an annual figure skating competition organised by the Japan Skating Federation to crown the national champions of Japan. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior level, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. Junior-level skaters compete at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships. The results are among the criteria used to determine the Japanese entries to the World Figure Skating Championships, World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and Winter Olympics, as well as the members of the Japanese national team. Nobuo Satō currently holds the record for winning the most Japan Championship titles in men's singles (with ten), while Midori Ito holds the record in women's singles (with nine). Narumi Takahashi and Ryuichi Kihara are tied for winning the most championship titles in pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
