Hajime
is the Japanese word meaning . In Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males. In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) is a surname. Written forms Hajime can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *始め, "beginning" or "start" *初め, "beginning" or "first" ;as a given name *一, "first" *元, "beginning" or "origin" *始, "beginning" or "start" *肇, "beginning" *基, "fundamental" *創, "genesis" *孟, "beginning" or "chief" *甫, "beginning" or "great" The name can also be written in hiragana as はじめ and katakana as ハジメ. People Given name *, Japanese politician *, Japanese musician, actor and comedian *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese politician *, Japanese football player *, first doctor to discover the Minamata disease *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese manga artist; creator of manga ''Attack on Titan'' *, Japa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Attack On Titan
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as Titans; the story follows Eren Yeager, who vows to exterminate the Titans after they bring about the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother. It was serialized in Kodansha's monthly magazine ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' from September 2009 to April 2021, with its chapters collected in 34 volumes. An Attack on Titan (TV series), anime television series was produced by Wit Studio (seasons 1–3) and MAPPA (studio), MAPPA (season 4). A 25-episode first season was broadcast from April to September 2013, followed by a 12-episode second season broadcast from April to June 2017. A 22-episode third season was broadcast in two parts, with the first 12 episodes airing from July to October 2018 and the last 10 episodes airing from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hajime Isayama
is a Japanese manga artist. His first series, ''Attack on Titan'' (2009–2021), became one of the best-selling manga series of all time with 140 million copies in circulation as of November 2023. He was awarded the Kodansha Manga Award in 2011, a Harvey Award in 2014, and was honored with the Fauve Spécial award at the 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2023. Early life and career Isayama was born in Ōyama, Ōita Prefecture, Japan, which is now part of Hita. He was attending Hita Rinko Senior High School when he began submitting manga works to contests. After graduating, he matriculated in the manga design program of the arts department at Kyushu Designer Gakuen. In 2006, he applied for the Magazine Grand Prix known as MGP promoted by Kodansha Ltd. and a short version of ''Attack on Titan'' (''Shingeki no Kyojin'') was given the "Fine Work" award. This one-shot would later be included with the first Blu-ray of the anime adaptation. At age twenty, he moved to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hajime Hosogai
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Thespa Gunma. He is a flexible player, able to play as a full-back or defensive midfielder. He made 30 appearances for the Japan national team scoring once. Club career Hosogai was amongst the most promising players of Urawa Red Diamonds. Having helped the Red Diamonds to the AFC Champions League in 2007, he played for Urawa at the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. On 23 December 2010, he left Japan and transferred to the German club Bayer 04 Leverkusen, who promptly loaned him out to FC Augsburg. On 9 September 2011, he scored his first Bundesliga goal against Leverkusen. Playing for the newly promoted Bavarian club, Hosogai helped avoiding relegation before returning to Bayer Leverkusen for the 2012–13 season. On 25 July 2016, Hosogai moved to VfB Stuttgart. He joined Kashiwa Reysol on 24 March 2017. On 6 December 2018, it was confirmed that Hosogai would join the Thai league club Buriram United for the 2019 season. On 12 D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hajime Moriyasu
is a Japanese football manager and former player he is the currently head coach of Japan national football team. He made more than 250 appearances in 14 years with Sanfrecce Hiroshima, including a year on loan to Kyoto Purple Sanga, before spending his final season as a professional with Vegalta Sendai. He was capped 35 times for the Japan national team. His brother Hiroshi and his sons Shohei and Keigo have also been footballers. Moriyasu has been coach of the Japanese national team since 2018, leading the team to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Final before losing to Qatar. He then achieved a round of 16 appearance at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and a quarter-final loss in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Club career Moriyasu was educated at and played for Nagasaki Nihon University High School. After finishing his school, he joined Japan Soccer League side Mazda in 1987. New manager Hans Ooft rated him highly and established him as an anchoring midfielder in the team. In April 1990, Moriyasu had ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hajime Kazumi
(born December 14, 1971) is a Japanese karateka. Born in Kanagawa prefecture, Kazumi is a karate fighter who played an active part in the full-contact karate tournaments hosted by Kyokushinkaikan from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. He started Kyokushin karate at age of fifteen and at age twenty Kazumi defeated many top fighters to reach the finals of the 24th All Japan Championship in 1992. Since then Kazumi has never finished outside of the top two places in any tournament. His effective punching and kicking combinations helped him reach the finals of six All Japan Tournaments in a row, winning four of these to break Keiji Senpai's record. He also reached the finals of two World Open Tournaments where he lost to Francisco Filho on boards and Kenji Yamaki, training partner and fellow student of Tsuyoshi Hiroshige's Jonan Branch. Kazumi is recognized as one of Kyokushin Karate's most successful full-contact fighters. He is currently director of Hajime Kazumi Dojo, wher ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hajime Ishii
was a Japanese politician who served in the Diet (national legislature) for 39 years between 1969 and 2013. A native of Kobe, Hyogo, he attended Konan University as an undergraduate and University of California, Los Angeles as a graduate and received a master's degree in political science from Stanford University. During his time in the Diet he served as the head of the National Land Agency for six months in 1989–1990 and as Minister for Home Affairs for two months in 1994. Political career Ishii was elected to the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party in the December 1969 general election as one of four representatives elected by the Hyōgo 1st district, after unsuccessfully contesting the same district in the January 1967 general election. He served five consecutive terms as a representative of the district before losing his seat in the December 1983 general election, finishing sixth in a contest for five seats and being replaced by Kazuhito ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hajime Funada
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, who serve as a member of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature) and a former Minister of Economic Planning. A native of Utsunomiya, Utsunomiya, Tochigi he attended Keio University both as undergraduate and graduate. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1979. Family *Motoda Hajime (his great-grandfather) *Naka Funada (his grandfather) *Kyoji Funada (his great-uncle) *Sensuke Fujieda (his great-uncle) *Yuzuru Funada (his father) *Kei Funada (his wife) Political positions *parliamentary vice-minister of education *parliamentary vice-minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications *Director General of the Economic Planning Agency *Acting Chairman, Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision to the Constitution Political affiliations Funada is affiliated to the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hajime Katoki
is a Japanese mecha designer. A member of the studio Sunrise, he worked on the ''Gundam'' series as well as his work on video games, such as the '' Virtual On'' series and '' Policenauts''. Biography Born in 1963, Katoki created designs for the graphic novel '' Gundam Sentinel''. He then worked in the OVA series '' Gundam 0083'', where he designed the majority of the mobile suits in the series, including the RX-78GP03 Gundam Dendrobium Stamen and Orchis mobile weapons. His next prominent work was '' V Gundam'', where he was the main mechanical designer, creating the main mobile suits Victory Gundam, V2 Gundam and the V2 Assault Buster Gundam. After that, he worked on '' G Gundam'', now in design of the antagonist mobile suits. His next work was on ''Gundam Wing'', where most of the enemy mobile suits, including the popular Tallgeese, were designed by him. He also created the mobile suits designs for '' Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz'', and re-designed the Gundams with a more fanta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hajime Kawakami
was a Japanese Marxist economist of the Taishō and early Shōwa periods. Biography Born in Yamaguchi, he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University. After writing for ''Yomiuri Shimbun'', he attained a professorship in economics at Kyoto Imperial University. Increasingly inclined toward Marxism, he was involved in the March 15 incident of 1928 and was expelled from the university as a subversive. The following year, he joined the formation of a political party, Shinrōtō. Kawakami went on to publish a Marxist-oriented economics journal, ''Studies of Social Problems''. After joining the outlawed Japanese Communist Party, he was arrested in 1933 and sent to prison. After his release in 1937, he translated ''Das Kapital'' from German to Japanese. Kawakami spent the remainder of his life writing essays; novels; poetry; and his autobiography, ''Jijoden'', which was written secretly between 1943 and 1945 and serialized in 1946. It became a best-seller and was "extravagantly ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hajime Mizoguchi
is a Japanese cellist and composer. Mizoguchi started playing piano at the age of 3, and the cello at the age of 11. From 1978–1985 he attended the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music where he majored in violoncello. In 1986, he released his first album, ''Half Inch Dessert'', being listed as a composer, arranger, and performer. From then on, he has released over 20 albums including motion picture soundtracks. Career Mizoguchi is noted for his compositions for animation, namely, the soundtrack to the animated feature film '' Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade'' and a collaboration with Yoko Kanno on the animated series ''The Vision of Escaflowne'' and its subsequent film, ''Escaflowne''. He also collaborated with Keishi Urata on the animated series ''Texhnolyze''. In 2006, he composed the music for '' Tokimeki Memorial Only Love'' (along with Teruyuki Nobuchika) '' Jyu Oh Sei and the'' Fuji TV noitamina series . He composed and performed the opening and ending themes fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hajime Hana
was a Japanese actor. He was the leader of the comic jazz band The Crazy Cats, which featured such talent as Hitoshi Ueki and Kei Tani, and which starred in a series of film comedies (such as the "Irresponsible" (Musekinin) series at Toho) and in TV variety shows such as "Shabondama Holiday." He won the award for best actor at the 31st Blue Ribbon Awards for '' Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You''. Filmography *'' Ten Dark Women'' (1961) (as himself) *'' Alone on the Pacific'' (1963) *'' The Water Margin'' (1973) (TV series) *''Shinsho Taikōki'' (1973) (TV series) *'' Graveyard of Honor'' (1975) *'' Hokuriku Proxy War'' (1977) *'' Proof of the Man'' (1978) - Detective Yokotawashi *'' Hunter in the Dark'' (1979) *'' Tantei Monogatari'' (1980) (TV series) - episode 18, Gonzaburo Shinoda *'' A Distant Cry from Spring'' (1980) *''Tokugawa Buraichō is a Japanese ''jidaigeki'' or period drama, that was broadcast in 1992. Plot Matsudaira Tadateru the sixth son of Tokugawa Ieya ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hidenokuni Hajime
is a former professional sumo wrestler, who was active from 1989 until 1990. The highest rank he reached was ''jonidan'' 89. He was the first, and so far only, professional sumo wrestler from the United Kingdom. Career A former photographic printer from Edgware, London, he was inspired to join sumo after seeing broadcasts on Channel 4. After months of training in martial arts techniques with Syd Hoare of the British Sumo Association, he went to Japan and joined the Azumazeki stable run by former ''sekiwake'' Takamiyama, who had already taken on a number of foreign recruits from Hawaii. Strange had written a number of letters to Azumazeki Oyakata asking to join. The name Hidenokuni was chosen to acknowledge his pioneering status as the first ever ''rikishi'' from the United Kingdom: the first and last characters of ''Hidenokuni'' together mean ''England''. ''Hajime'' is a common given name in Japan, and can be taken to mean ''start'' or ''beginning''. He found it difficul ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |