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Kazuhiro
Kazuhiro is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Kazuhiro Fujita, Japanese manga artist *Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Japanese anime director and supervisor *Kazuhiro Hamanaka, professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter *Kazuhiro Haraguchi (born 1959), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan *Kazuhiro Inoue (born 1973), Japanese mixed martial artist * Kazuhiro Kawata (born 1982), Japanese football player *Kirishima Kazuhiro (born 1959), former sumo wrestler from Makizono, Kagoshima, Japan *Kazuhiro Kiuchi (born 1960), Japanese manga artist and film director * Kazuhiro Kiyohara (born 1967), former professional baseball player in Japan *Kazuhiro Kokubo (born 1988), Japanese snowboarder * Kazuhiro Koshi (born 1964), Japanese skeleton racer who has competed since 1991 *Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro (born 1984), sumo wrestler * Kazuhiro Maeda (born 1981), Japanese long-distance runner * Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (born 1962), javelin thrower from Japan * Kazuhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Sano
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor best known for his ''pink films'' of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Takahisa Zeze, Toshiki Satō and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the . Sano's films differ from those of other ''Pink film'' directors of the time in that, while not necessarily optimistic or upbeat, they are more concerned with relationships and romance than violence and sadism. He has the distinction of winning the Best Director prize three consecutive years at the Pink Grand Prix. He has also been given two Best Actor awards, two Best Actor second place awards, and a Best Screenplay award at this ceremony. Life and career Kazuhiro Sano was born in 1956 and studied at Meiji University. It was while at university that he first became involved in film, acting in director Sogo Ishii's student film ''Crazy Thunder Road'' (1980). Toei Studios later released this film theatrically. Noticing Sano in the film, veteran ''pink film'' director Mamoru Watan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Fujita
is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Nihon University. He made his professional manga debut in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' in 1989. He is most famous for the manga ''Ushio & Tora'', for which he won Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1992 and the Seiun Award#Best Comic of the Year, Seiun Award in 1997, and the long-running ''Karakuri Circus''. Influences Fujita stated that he wanted to become a manga artist after reading Rumiko Takahashi's . He also named Yōsuke Takahashi, and Daijiro Morohoshi as influences. Works * , 1990–1996, 33 volumes, Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' * , 1995 (collection of short stories published in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' and ''Shōnen Sunday S, Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'' from 1988 to 1994) * 1997–2006, 43 volumes, Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' * , 2004 (collection of short stories published in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' and ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from 1996 to 2003) * , 2006–2007, one volume, Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Spir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Inoue
Kazuhiro Inoue (born January 31, 1973) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 4-6-3 , Sotaro Yamada , Technical Submission (rear naked choke) , Pancrase: Spiral 9 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:51 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 4-5-3 , Ippo Watanuki , Submission (kneebar) , Pancrase: Brave 9 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:51 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 4-4-3 , Stephen Palling , Decision (split) , Warriors Quest 7: Tap Out or Knock Out , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Honolulu, Hawaii, United States , , - , Draw , align=center, 4-3-3 , Tetsuo Katsuta , Draw , Shooto: Treasure Hunt 8 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Draw , align=center, 4-3-2 , Naoya Uematsu , Draw , Shooto: Gig Central 1 , , align=center, 3 , align ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Nakata
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Ken Production. He played Bear in '' .hack//Sign'' and Fei-Wang Reed in '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle''. Biography He became interested with voice acting, while studying university, when at one point he was assigned to be a chairman of a radio drama production at the festival. Filmography Television animation *''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' (1993) – Duker Iq *''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (1994) – Gentle Chapman *''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'' (1995) – Rashid Kurama *''Virtua Fighter'' (1995) as Lee Coleman *''After War Gundam X'' (1996) – Nomoa Long *'' Cowboy Bebop'' (1998) – Morgan *''Gear Fighter Dendoh'' (2002) – Altair the Black Knight *''Kasumin'' (2001) – Kirinobito *'' .hack//Sign'' (2002) – Bear *'' Witchblade'' (2006) – Masaya Wado *'' Fate/stay night'' (2006) – Sōichirō Kuzuki *'' Demonbane'' (2006) – Ness *''Baccano!'' (2007) – Senator Manfred Beriam *'' Idolmaster: Xenoglossia'' (2007) – Joseph Shin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Nishikawa
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6- dan. Nishikawa's father Kenji was also a professional shogi player. Early life Nishiyama was born on April 2, 1986, in Kobe, Japan. Although his father Keiji was a professional shogi player A professional shogi player (将棋棋士 ''shōgi kishi'' or プロ棋士 ''puro kishi'' "professional player") is a shogi player who is usually a member of a professional guild of shogi players. There are two categories of professional player ..., he only really became interested in shogi when he was a first grade elementary school student after reading a beginner's book written by shogi professional . Nishiyama was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6- kyū as a student of his father in 2001, promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1995, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2008 after finishing the 43rd 3-dan League (April 2008September 2008) with a record of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Furuhashi
is a Japanese anime director and supervisor. He is amongst anime's most foremost directors, having directed and helmed the '' Rurouni Kenshin'' series (including the original television series, and its subsequent much-lauded OVA iterations), '' Zipang'', ''GetBackers'', '' Hunter × Hunter (1999 series)'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn'', ''Dororo'', and most recently, '' Spy × Family''. Early career and biography He began his career as an animator with the anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's '' Urusei Yatsura'' and subsequently into episode direction and as a director with Studio Deen's anime adaptation of another Rumiko Takahashi work, '' Ranma ½''. Furuhashi is particularly well known for realistic portrayals and first person views shown in his directorial and storyboard works and has obtained a good reputation as a director. Furuhashi has often collaborated and supervised numerous extensive and high-quality anime productions with animators Norio Matsumoto, Atsuko Nakaji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Kiuchi
is a Japanese manga artist, film director and novelist. As a manga writer, he is best known for the series '' Be-Bop High School'', which won the 1988 Kodansha Manga Award for the general category and was adapted as series of live-action movies and as a 7 episode anime OVA series. He was director of one segment of '' Killers''. Manga series * '' Be-Bop High School'' (1983 – 2003) * Saru Banchō (1996 – 1997) * MI-4 (1998 – 1999) Films * ''Karurosu'' (1991) * '' Be-Bop High School'' (1994) * ''Joker'' (1996) * ''Tetsu to Namari'' (1997) * ''Kyōhansha'' (1999) * ''Pay Off'' ('' Killers'') (2003) * ''Out and Out'' (2018) Novels *, 2004 (Film: ''Shield of Straw'', directed by Takashi Miike is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent a ..., 2013) **English translation: ''Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro
is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler. Wrestling for Sadogatake stable, he made his professional debut in 2002, and reached the top division in 2005. In 2011 he achieved the standard for promotion to the second highest rank of '' ōzeki'' by winning 33 bouts over three tournaments, and was formally promoted by the Japan Sumo Association on 28 September. On 24 January 2016 he became the first Japanese-born wrestler in ten years to win a top-division tournament. He had a long-standing rivalry with Kisenosato against whom he fought a record 66 times, the most between two wrestlers in sumo history. He continued to fight after losing his ''ōzeki'' rank in January 2017, and in March 2020 became the oldest active ''sekitori''. He announced his retirement from active competition on 14 November 2020. Kotoshōgiku earned seven special prizes in his career, won one top division tournament, and was runner-up in three others. Early life and sumo background Kikutsugi was one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Nakamura
Kazuhiro Nakamura ( , born July 16, 1979) is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist who competed as a Middleweight in DREAM, and is a former DEEP Middleweight Champion. He fought out of the Yoshida Dojo and also competed in the Pride Fighting Championships, the Ultimate Fighting Championship and the Sengoku Raiden Championship. His primary style is judo, in which he holds a third '' dan'' black belt under Hidehiko Yoshida. Career Starting judo at 10 years old, Nakamura went to train under Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki and enter the Fukuyama University team. He became a professional judoka under the sponsorship of Keiyo Gas and competed at national and international level, placing third at the Japanese championships at 100+. His career in judo lasted until 2002, when he met Hidehiko Yoshida and became a member of his Yoshida Dojo.Snowden, Jonathan. ''MMA Encyclopedia'', ECW Press, 2010 PRIDE Fighting Championships Nakamura made his MMA debut at PRIDE 25 against Antônio Rogério ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Kiyohara
is a Japanese television personality, YouTuber and former professional baseball player. He played in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league for 23 seasons. He retired following the 2008 season. Born in Kishiwada, Osaka in 1967, his family were baseball fans. He began his career when he joined his high school baseball team in the 1980s that subsequently won two Japanese High School Baseball Championships. He became a widely respected high school player and was selected by Seibu Lions in 1985. During his time in Lions, the team won six Japan Series titles and he tied the rookie HR record for Japanese professional baseball. In 1996, he joined the Yomiuri Giants, and was an integral part of their 2000 and 2002 Japan Series championship squads. He later joined the Orix Buffaloes, before retiring in 2008. He has been dubbed "The Uncrowned King" as he never won a major batting title, despite being widely regarded as one of NPB's greatest hitters. In 2014, Kiyohara was hospitalized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Hamanaka
is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He fought for the Tokyo Sabres in the International Fight League. Career Hamanaka began his mixed martial arts career in 2003 with a victory over Antonio Schembri at PRIDE 26. After losing to Ryan Gracie in PRIDE Bushido 1, he made stints in other organizations such as K-1. Over his mixed martial arts career, Hamanaka has trained with IFL coaches Matt Lindland and Dan Henderson, as well as UFC legend Randy Couture. Kazuhiro currently resides in Tokyo. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 5–7–1 , Shunsuke Inoue , TKO (punches) , Pancrase: Changing Tour 6 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:52 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 5–6–1 , Alavutdin Gadjiev , DQ (illegal knee) , GCM - Cage Force & Valkyrie , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 1:04 , Tokyo, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 4–6–1 , Karl Amoussou , KO (flying knee) , M-1 Challenge 14: Japan , , a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Takahashi
is a Japanese ice sledge hockey player. He was part of the Japanese sledge hockey team that won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. He injured his spinal cord during a snowboard Snowboards are boards where the user places both feet, usually secured, to the same board. The board itself is wider than most skis, with the ability to glide on snow."snowboarding." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 17 Mar ...ing accident when he was 21. References External links * 1978 births Living people Japanese sledge hockey players Paralympic sledge hockey players of Japan Paralympic silver medalists for Japan Ice sledge hockey players at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Ice sledge hockey players at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Ice sledge hockey players at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Para ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Sportspeople from Tokyo People from Nishitōkyō, Tokyo People with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
