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Katsuo Unno
Katsuo (written: , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese actor *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese long-distance runner and politician *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese sumo wrestler *Cleyton Katsuo (クレイトンカツオ, born 1988), Brazilian woodworker and developer *, Japanese politician Fictional characters *, a character in the manga series ''Sazae-san'' See also *Katsuo, Japanese name for Skipjack tuna and occasionally its substitute bonito *Katsuō-ji is a Buddhist temple in Minō city, north of Osaka, Japan. According to an English language brochure given out at the temple, the site was first occupied late in the Nara period by two priests, Zenchū and Zensan. The Miroku-ji temple was erec ..., a Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan {{g ... [...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] |
Katsuo Tokashiki
Katsuo Tokashiki (渡嘉敷 勝男, born July 27, 1960, in Okinawa, Japan) is a Japanese former WBA Light flyweight champion. He currently works as an actor and television persona, and runs his own boxing gym in Tokyo, Japan. Childhood & Early career Tokashiki was born in Okinawa, but was raised in Takarazuka, Hyogo. He caused all sorts of trouble from an early age, and was infamous in his local town by the time he reached high school. He dropped out of school to begin training as a professional boxer, and traveled to Tokyo, where he entered the Kyoei boxing gym. The WBA Light flyweight champion Yoko Gushiken also trained at the Kyoei gym during the same period. Tokashiki made his professional debut in December, 1978. Professional career Tokashiki was a short (even for a light flyweight) and quick fighter, and quickly emerged as one of Japan's best youngest boxers. He did not mark a KO victory until his 12th professional fight in 1980. Tokashiki compiled a record of 13-1-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuō-ji
is a Buddhist temple in Minō city, north of Osaka, Japan. According to an English language brochure given out at the temple, the site was first occupied late in the Nara period by two priests, Zenchū and Zensan. The Miroku-ji temple was erected in 765 CE. The name "Katsuō-ji" was given by the Emperor Seiwa. The temple was burned in 1184 CE. The present Main Hall and Temple Gate were rebuilt by Hideyori Toyotomi. Katsuō-ji is the 23rd temple in the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage. "Winner's Luck" and Daruma The word "katsu" in the temple's name refers to winning. People buy daruma doll A is a hollow, round, Japanese traditional dolls, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen tradition of Buddhism. These dolls, though typically red and depicting the Indian monk, Bodhidharma, vary greatly in c ...s hoping to obtain "winner's luck".(Source: English language brochure given out at the temple.) If the wish is fulfilled, the daruma is often retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonito
Bonitos are a tribe of medium-sized, ray-finned, predatory fish in the family Scombridae, which it shares with the mackerel, tuna, and Spanish mackerel tribes, and also the butterfly kingfish. Also called the tribe Sardini, it consists of eight species across four genera; three of those four genera are monotypic, having a single species each. Bonitos closely resemble the skipjack tuna, which is often called a bonito, especially in Japanese contexts. Etymology The fish's name comes from the Portuguese and Spanish ''bonito'' (no evidence has been found for the origin of the name), identical to the adjective meaning "pretty", but the noun referring to the fish seems to come from the low and medieval Latin form ''boniton'', a word with a strange structure and an obscure origin, related to the word ''byza'', a possible borrowing from the Greek βῦζα, "owl".''Oxford English Dictionary'', 3rd edition, 2018''s.v.''/ref> Species * Genus '' Sarda'' ( Cuvier, 1832) ** Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skipjack Tuna
The skipjack tuna (''Katsuwonus pelamis'') is a perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae, and is the only member of the genus ''Katsuwonus''. It is also known as katsuo, arctic bonito, mushmouth, oceanic bonito, striped tuna or victor fish. It grows up to in length. It is a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan pelagic fish found in tropical and warm-temperate waters. It is a very important species for fisheries. It is also the namesake of the nuclear submarine USS Skipjack (SSN-585), USS ''Skipjack''. Description It is a streamlined, fast-swimming pelagic fish common in tropical waters throughout the world, where it inhabits surface waters in large Shoaling and schooling, shoals (up to 50,000 fish, often in combination with other Scombridae, scombridaes), feeding on fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, and Mollusk, mollusks. It is an important prey species for sharks and large pelagic fishes and is often used as live bait when fishing for marlin. It has no scales, except on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sazae-san
is a Japanese ''yonkoma'' manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the , on April 22, 1946. When the ''Asahi Shimbun'' wished to have Hasegawa draw the four-panel comic for their paper, she moved to Tokyo in 1949 with the explanation that the main characters had moved from Kyūshū to Tokyo as well. The first ''Sazae-san'' strip run by the ''Asahi Shimbun'' was published on November 30, 1949. The manga dealt with everyday life and contemporary situations in Tokyo until Hasegawa retired and ended the series, with the final comic published on February 21, 1974. As of 1999, the manga had over 86 million copies in circulation, making it one of the List of best-selling manga, best-selling manga series of all time. An anime television adaptation by TCJ (later renamed Eiken (studio), Eiken) began airing in Japan in October 1969 and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running animated television series. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuo Yakura
Katsuo Yakura (January 11, 1975) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan. Career He graduated from the University of Tokyo and from University of California, Los Angeles and has worked in various legal industries. He was elected in 2013 and 2019 representing Saitama Prefecture is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 Square kilometre, km2 ( .... References 1975 births University of Tokyo alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni Living people {{Japan-politician-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleyton Katsuo
Cleyton is a name. People with that name include: *Boka (footballer) Cleyton Coelho dos Santos (born May 12, 1988), known as Boka, is a Brazilian Association football, football player. Career Boka played J2 League club Thespakusatsu Gunma in 2016. References External links * 1988 births Living people B ... (born 1988), Brazilian football forward, full name Cleyton Coelho dos Santos * Cleyton Amaral (born 1989), Brazilian football midfielder, full name Cleyton da Silva Reis * Cleyton (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian-Greek football midfielder, full name Cleyton Alexandre Henrique Silva * Cleyton (footballer, born 1984), Brazilian football forward, full name Cleyton Campos de Melo * Cleyton (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian football midfielder, full name Cleyton Rafael Lima da Silva See also * Clayton (other) * Cleiton (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yutakayama Katsuo
Yutakayama Katsuo (born 18 August 1937 as Katsuo Uchida) is a former sumo wrestler from Niigata, Japan. His highest rank was '' ōzeki.'' Although he never won a top division tournament championship he was a runner-up on eight occasions. Before wrestling professionally he was an amateur champion at Tonodai University and he was the first former collegiate competitor to reach the ''ōzeki'' rank. After retirement he was head coach of the Tokitsukaze stable. From 1998 until 2002 he was the chairman (''rijichō'') of the Japan Sumo Association. Career Born in Shibata, he attended the Tokyo University of Agriculture, and in amateur sumo earned the Collegiate Yokozuna title. He made his professional debut at the age of 23 in May 1961, joining Tokitsukaze stable, run by the former ''yokozuna'' great Futabayama. Due to his amateur achievements he was given ''makushita tsukedashi'' status and began in the third '' makushita'' division, fighting under his real name of Uchida. He rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuo Takaishi
was a Japanese swimmer, swimming coach and sports administrator. Takaishi was born in Osaka and graduated from Waseda University. During the 1923 Far Eastern Games held in Osaka, he won all three freestyle swimming events, which secured him a place on the Japanese Olympic team. At the 1924 Olympics, Takaishi placed fourth in the Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay and fifth in the Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle, 100 m freestyle and in the Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle, 1500 m freestyle event. Although he did not win a medal, it was the first time that a swimmer from Asia finished next to the podium. From 1924 to 1928, Takaishi won every international competition he attended, except when racing against Johnny Weissmuller. At the 1928 Olympics, as the leader of the Japanese swimming team, Takaishi won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuo Bai
is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq .... References 1940 births Living people Japanese men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Japan Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuo Osugi
was a Japanese professional baseball first baseman in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Toei Flyers / Nittaku Home Flyers / Nippon Ham Fighters from 1965 to 1974 and the Yakult Swallows from 1975 to 1983. He was the Japan Series MVP in 1978 and was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame The , commonly known outside of Japan as the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, is a hall of fame and museum in Tokyo dedicated to professional baseball, with a prominent focus on professional baseball in Japan. The Hall is intended to honor and co ... in 1997. Osugi's 486 career home runs places him ninth on the all-time NPB list. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Osugi, Katsuo 1945 births 1992 deaths Baseball people from Okayama Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball infielders Toei Flyers players Nippon Ham Fighters players Yakult Swallows players Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches Japanese Baseball Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
