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Junko
is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following: *純子, "pure, child" *順子, "order, child" *淳子, "pure, child" *潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child" *準子, "conform, child" *洵子, "truth, child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People *Junko (manga artist) (ぢゅん子), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actress *, Japanese singer *Junko Chodos (born 1939), Japanese-American contemporary artist *, Japanese torture and murder victim *, Japanese former competitive figure skater *, Japanese Paralympic judoka *, Japanese actress and voice actress represented by Production Baobab *Junko Itō, American linguist *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese singer *, Japanese television announcer *, Japanese actress * Junko Minagawa (純子, born 1975), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese actress *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese metalwork sculptor *, Japanese composer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Minagawa
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Haikyo. Her best-known role is Ryoma Echizen, the title character in ''The Prince of Tennis'' anime series. She sang some of the show's theme songs, insert songs, and character singles, some of which have charted in Oricon's single rankings. Other major roles include Ayaka Yukihiro in the ''Negima'' series, Akira in ''Aria'', Cao Chun Yan in '' Fighting Beauty Wulong'', Cornelia Li Britannia in ''Code Geass'', Khamsin in ''Shakugan no Shana'', Yoshitaka Nakabayashi in ''He Is My Master'', Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus in '' Sailor Moon Crystal'', Mereoleona Vermillion in '' Black Clover'', and Yun in '' Yona of the Dawn''. Biography Before becoming a voice actor During childhood, Junko actively participated in school plays. In kindergarten, she plays the difficult role of a duck in ''The Ugly Duckling'', and in elementary school, she was in ''Kaguya-hime''. During junior and senior high school, Junko devoted herself to volleyball club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Sakurada
is a Japanese singer and actress. She was part of a music trio in 1973, which included Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori. Sakurada then became successful in a solo music career, with 18 top ten singles in the 1970s. Her acting career ran from 1973 to 1993. She received multiple awards for her acting roles, including the Hochi Film Award, Award of the Japanese Academy, Kinema Junpo Award, and Mainichi Film Concours. Following her marriage, in a Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church in 1992, she retired from performing. In 2013, Junko Sakurada made a comeback. Biography Sakurada was born in 1958. She is a singer and actress. In 1973, she was part of "a hit female trio", which also included musicians Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori. The music trio became popular as part of the television program ''Producing the Stars'' ('' Star Tanjō!''); they were known as "The Trio of Third-Year Junior High School Students" ("Hana no Chu 3 Trio"). According to ''Japan Pop!: Insid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Iwao
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Her most notable role is in ''Cardcaptor Sakura'', providing the voice to Sakura's best friend and cousin, Tomoyo Daidōji. She also voiced lead character Mima Kirigoe in ''Perfect Blue'', Ceres in ''Ceres, Celestial Legend'', and Kikyo in '' Hunter x Hunter''. In video games, she voiced Pai Chan in ''Virtua Fighter'', Carole Pepper in ''Honkai Impact 3rd'', Mint in ''Tales of Phantasia'' and Serika in ''To Heart ''To Heart'' is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Leaf and released on May 23, 1997 for Windows. It was later ported to the PlayStation and given voice acting. A second PC version, titled ''To Heart PSE'' was released contain ...''. Filmography Anime Film Overseas dubbing Video games Drama CDs * ''Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru'' series 2: ''Doctor Wa Inu wo Kau'' (Mihou) Discography Albums References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Iwao, Junko 1970 births Living people Voice actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Tabei
was a Japanese mountaineer, author and a teacher. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and the first woman to ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent. Tabei wrote seven books, organized environmental projects to clean up rubbish left behind by climbers on Everest, and led annual climbs up Mount Fuji for youth affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. An astronomer named asteroid 6897 Tabei after her and in 2019, a mountain range on Pluto was named Tabei Montes in her honour. Early life Junko Ishibashi was born on 22 September 1939 in Miharu, Fukushima, the fifth daughter of seven children. Her father was a printer. She was considered a frail child, but nevertheless she began mountain climbing at the age of ten, going on a class climbing trip to Mount Nasu. She enjoyed the non-competitive nature of the sport and the striking natural landscapes that came into view upon reaching the top of the mountain. Although she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Mizuno
is a Japanese manga artist. Her drawing style is often termed as ''Gothic kawaii'' or ''kawaii noir'' style. Art style Mizuno's drawing style, which mixes childish sweetness and cuteness with terror and erotica, has often been termed a ''Gothic kawaii'' or ''kawaii noir'' style. However, Mizuno has stated that she does not feel comfortable about those terms, as she doesn't want to label her work with words because it keeps changing and is influenced by many different genres. Mizuno has stated that her work is influenced by shōjo manga works; this influence is exhibited through her use of bright colorization and the large eyes she provides for her characters. Her art has a decidedly pop-art and psychedelic flair, and a sizable proportion of her published work is colored, rather than the black and white format typical of most Japanese comics. A part of Mizuno's oeuvre revolves around fairy tales, showing titles such as ''Cinderalla'', ''Princess Mermaid'' and ''Hansel&Gretel'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Itō
Junko Itō (born 1954) is a Japanese-born American linguist. She is emerita research professor of linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she served as chair of the department from 1999-2006. Itō received her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1986 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the supervision of Alan Prince. Itō's research focuses on phonology and morphology. She is primarily known for her work on syllable structure within an optimality theoretic framework. Her work has addressed the phonology of the Japanese language, including the rendaku phenomenon. Her work has been published in Linguistic Inquiry amongst other peer-reviewed research journals in linguistics. She often collaborates with her UCSC colleague and husband Armin Mester. A Festschrift in their honor, ''Hana-bana'', was published by UC-Santa Cruz in 2018. She is the daughter of mathematician Kiyoshi Itō Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Furuta
was a Japanese high school student who was abducted, raped, tortured and then subsequently murdered. Her case was called the , due to her body being discovered in a concrete drum. The abuse was mainly perpetrated by four male teenagers (Hiroshi Miyano, Jō Ogura, Shinji Minato, and Yasushi Watanabe) over a period of 40 days from 25 November 1988 to 4 January 1989. The crime has been described as the worst case of juvenile delinquency in post-war Japan. The perpetrators' sentences ranged from juvenile detention to 20 years in prison. Background Furuta was born in Misato, Saitama Prefecture. She lived with her parents, her older brother, and her younger brother. As a teenager, she attended Yashio-Minami High School, and worked part-time at a plastic molding factory during after-school hours since October 1988. She did this to save up money for a graduation trip she had planned. Furuta also accepted a job at an electronics retailer, where she planned on working after graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Chodos
Junko Chodos (born 1939) is a contemporary artist born and educated in Japan and residing in the United States since 1968. Her works represent a wide variety of techniques and styles, ranging from pencil, pen, and collage, to works done with acrylic. Chodos has had solo exhibitions featured at the Tokyo Central Museum, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the USC Pacific Asia Museum, the Fresno Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art in St. Louis, and numerous other museums and galleries in Japan and in the United States. Life and career Junko Chodos was born Junko Takahashi in Tokyo, Japan, in 1939. Her experience during World War II affected her later life and art. She grew up in a household where Shinto, Buddhism and Christianity were strong influences. She was a member of the first post-war generation of "commoners" allowed to attend the Gakushūin, the Imperial school. Chodos studied at Tokyo's Waseda University from 1963-1968. She graduated with a BA in Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Mori
(born 1974) is a Japanese artist based in Wales. Working primarily in Metalworking, metalwork sculpture, Mori’s works are aggregate pieces usually connected thematically and visually to her observations of living matter, particularly plants. Her choice of metal varies widely from silver to mild steel, as does the size and scale of her works, which range from smaller tabletop pieces to largescale sculptures. She has exhibited widely internationally throughout the past several decades, and her work can be found in the collections around the world, including British Museum, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Honolulu Museum of Art. Early life and education Mori was born in 1974 in Yokohama. Her mother was a school nurse, and her father worked as a mechanical engineer who designed video recording devices. Growing up, Mori has stated that both of her parents’ professions had a profound impact on her own interests: her mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Miyashita
is a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema. Career Junko Miyashita was born in Tokyo on January 29, 1949. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in ''Pink films''. Her debut film was in July 1971 with . Her work in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno genre included eight entries in the ''Apartment Wife'' series from 1972 until 1974. She worked with leading ''pink film'' director Kōji Wakamatsu, and some of the best directors in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films, including Noboru Tanaka, and Tatsumi Kumashiro. Among the highlights of her early career were starring roles in Tanaka's ''Showa Trilogy'' ('' A Woman Called Sada Abe'' (1975), '' Watcher in the Attic'' (1976), and '' Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture!'' (1977)). An exceptionally good actress for the genre, she was nominated for a Japanese Academy Award for best new actress in her roles in Kihachi Okamoto's film ''Dynamite Bang Bang'' and Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Kubo
is a television presenter and announcer in Japan. Her nicknames are Kubojun and Junjun. Born the daughter of two Nippon Television announcers, Junko spent four years in England during elementary school, and lived in the United States during her some of high-school years. She graduated from Keio University with a degree in English and American literature. Her professional career began when she joined NHK in 1994. She was described as an "idol-announcer." Junko has one child. She took child-rearing leave, and in 2002 returned as a contract employee. The contract expired in 2004, whereupon she became a freelance announcer. NHK career When she was at NHK, Junko was the sports presenter on ''NHK News 11'' and ''NHK News Ohayō Nippon'' (NHK News Good Morning Japan). She emceed the music show ''Pop Jam'' and served as narrator for the ''asadora'' and ''Watashi no Aozora.'' She hosted ''Project X: Chōsensha-tachi'' and the quiz show ''Otakara Eizō Quiz: Mireba Nattoku.'' On the natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko (manga Artist)
is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted professionally in 2009, producing '' yaoi'' manga for various magazines. Her 2010 series, ''Kimi Note'', became her first breakthrough hit. In 2013, Junko released her first '' shōjo'' series ''Kiss Him, Not Me'', which won Best Shōjo Manga at the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards. Career Junko grew up reading '' yaoi'' manga and also drew ''yaoi'' fan art. She debuted professionally in 2009, creating manga for various ''yaoi'' magazines, and in 2010, ''Kimi Note'' became her first breakthrough hit. A staff member from '' Bessatsu Friend'' invited her to work on a series for their magazine after reading her works. After deciding on an ''otome'' game concept with, under Eiki Eiki's suggestion, jokes about the '' fujoshi'' culture, Junko created ''Kiss Him, Not Me''. ''Kiss Him, Not Me'' was critically acclaimed, winning Best Shōjo Manga at the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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