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Chūichi Araga
Chūichi, Chuichi or Chuuichi (written: 忠一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese politician *, Japanese politician *, Japanese admiral *, Japanese admiral {{DEFAULTSORT:Chuichi Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...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] |
Chūichi Ariyoshi
was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician. He was born in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture. He was the first president of Keijō Imperial University in Seoul, Korea, from May to July 1924 during the period when Korea was under Japanese rule. He served as governor of Chiba, Miyazaki, Kanagawa, Hyogo. He was mayor of Yokohama from 1925 to 1931. Career He was born on 2 June 1873 into a Samurai family in Kyoto. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1896 with a degree in English Law, and started working for the Home Ministry. After spending some time in Europe, he served as governor of four prefectures: Chiba, Miyazaki, Kanagawa, and Hyogo. He held senior roles in the Government-General of Chōsen. During his six-year tenure as Mayor of Yokohama, he played a central role in rebuilding and reorganising the earthquake-struck city, including the decision to build Yamashita Park. File:Yamashita Park 1930s.jpg, Yamashita Park, a central piece in Ariyoshi's Yokohama reconstruction pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chūichi Hara
was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Heavier and taller than the average Japanese person, he was nicknamed "King Kong" by his friends earlier in his career (after 1933, when the film ''King Kong'' premiered). Biography Hara was born in Matsue city in Shimane Prefecture. He graduated from the 39th class of the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1911, ranking 85th out of his class of 149 cadets. As a midshipman, he served on the cruiser and the battlecruiser . After his promotion to ensign, he was assigned to and then to the . After attending both torpedo school and naval artillery school, Hara was promoted to sublieutenant and then he served on the destroyer , followed by the cruiser , and then the battleship during World War I. However, it does not appear that he saw action. After the end of World War I, Hara returned to naval school again for advanced study in torpedo warfare during 1918–19. Then he served as the chief torpedo off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chūichi Nagumo
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Nagumo led Japan's main carrier battle group, the ''Kido Butai'', in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and over the next months in successful raids on Darwin in Australia and in the Indian Ocean. In June 1942, he participated at the Battle of Midway, where his strike force suffered a crushing defeat. Nagumo was re-assigned to another fleet during the Guadalcanal campaign, and later stationed in the Japanese home islands. In 1944, he was deployed to a naval command in the Mariana Islands, where he committed suicide during the Battle of Saipan. Early life Nagumo was born in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, in northern Japan in 1887. He graduated from the 36th class of the IJN Academy in 1908, with a ranking of 8 out of a class of 191 cadets. As a midshipman, he served in the protected cruisers and and the armored cruiser . After his promotion to ensign in 1910 he was assigned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Masculine Given Names
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japanese studies , sometimes known as Japanology in Europe, is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, history, culture, litera ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
