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Kimura Ryohei
Kimura (written: or lit. "tree village") is the 17th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname *, Japanese novelist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese botanist *, Japanese idol and singer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese singer *, also known as Yuka Inokuchi, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese hurdler *, Japanese erotic artist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese rower *, Japanese painter *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese film director and cinematographer * Darren Kimura (born 1974), American businessman * Doreen Kimura (1933–2013), Canadian psychologist * Dustin Kimura (born 1989), American mixed martial artist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese audio director *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese actress *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese general *, Japanese writer, artist and animator *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese video game designer *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Yasuda Life
is a Japanese life insurance company, which is headquartered in Tokyo and created in 2004 from the merger of Meiji Life and Yasuda Life. The company is one of the oldest and largest insurers in Japan. The Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a member of the Mitsubishi and Fuyo Group, Fuyo groups and participates in the former's Friday Conference. It is the main sponsor of the J1 League since 2015. History In 1881, entrepreneur Zenjiro Yasuda founded the Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company, making it part of the Yasuda zaibatsu. On January 1, 2004, Meiji Mutual Life Insurance Company and Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company merged to create the Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. References External links * * Meiji Yasuda Life, Insurance companies based in Tokyo Mutual insurance companies Mitsubishi companies, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company Japanese brands Fuyo Group Financial services companies established in 1881 1881 establishments in Japan Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Kimura
Doreen Kimura (February 15, 1933 – February 27, 2013) was a Canadian psychologist who was professor at the University of Western Ontario and professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University. Kimura was recognized for her contributions to the field of neuropsychology and later, her advocacy for academic freedom. She was the founding president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship. Biography Kimura was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and grew up in the village of Neudorf, Saskatchewan. Kimura was finishing her final year of high school via correspondence while teaching in a one-room schoolhouse in Northern Manitoba when she applied to and won an entrance scholarship to McGill University in Montreal. Kimura went on to earn bachelor's, master's, and doctoral (in 1961) degrees from McGill. Woodburn Heron supervised her master's thesis. She conducted her doctoral research at the Montreal Neurological Institute under the supervision of neuroscientist Brenda Milner (co-supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihei Kimura
was a Japanese photographer, known for his portrayal of Tokyo and Akita Prefecture. Life and work Born on 12 December 1901 in Shitaya-ku (now Taitō, Tokyo, Taitō-ku), Tokyo, Kimura started taking photographs when very young but his interest intensified when he was around 20 and living in Tainan City, Tainan, Taiwan, where he was working for a sugar wholesaler. He opened a photographic studio in Nippori, Tokyo in 1924. In 1930, he joined the advertising section of the soap and cosmetics company Kao Corporation, Kaō, concentrating on informal photographs made with his Leica Camera, Leica camera. In 1933, he joined Yōnosuke Natori and others in forming the group Nippon Kōbō ("Japan workshop"), which emphasized "realism" in photography using 35mm format, 35mm cameras; but this rapidly broke up and Kimura formed an alternative group, Chūō Kōbō ("central workshop") with Nobuo Ina and others. During the war, Kimura worked in Manchukuo and for the publisher Tōhō-sha. He edite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitoshi Kimura
was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kumamoto Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the i ... from 1958 to 1991. After teaching, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998. Kimura died in Tokyo on 15 November 2023, at the age of 89. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisashi Kimura
was a Japanese astronomer originally from Kanazawa, Ishikawa. He devoted his career to the study and measurement of variation in latitude, building upon the work of Seth Carlo Chandler, who discovered the Chandler wobble. In 1899, he became the first director of the International Latitude Observatory at Mizusawa, Japan. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1936. He was one of the first people to be awarded the Order of Culture when it was established in 1937. The crater Kimura on the Moon is named after him, the same for the asteroid 6233 Kimura. References External links Awarding of RAS Gold MedalObituary(National Diet Library The is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to ...) 1870 births 1943 deaths 20th-century Japanese astronomers People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Kimura
is a Japanese video game director and producer who works for Nintendo. Kimura joined the company as a trainee in 1988, and designed the characters of '' Super Mario Bros. 3''. After that, he was originally assigned to Gunpei Yokoi and the Nintendo R&D1 team. Kimura designed a variety of games for Nintendo including several of the NES Zapper software and the ''Metroid'' series. Shortly after working on '' Super Metroid'', Kimura was transferred to Shigeru Miyamoto and the Nintendo EAD group. He is also the manager of Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development (EPD) Group No. 10, which oversees the ''Super Mario'' 2D games and the ''Pikmin is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin to collect items by destroying obstacles, avoiding hazards, ...'' franchise. Works References 1965 births Japanese video game producers J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Kimura
is a former chairman of Japan Tobacco, a Nikkei 225 The Nikkei 225, or , more commonly called the ''Nikkei'' or the ''Nikkei index'' (), is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). It is a price-weighted index, operating in the Japanese yen, Japanese Yen (JP¥), and its compone ... company. In 1976, Kimura started working for the Japan Tobacco & Salt Public Corporation (current name 'Japan Tobacco'). He became the president for this company on June 23, 2006. Mitsuomi Koizumi became the president of this company in June 2012, and became chairman.Macroaxis.coHiroshi KimuraRetrieved on August 22, 2012 References 1954 births Living people Japanese businesspeople Japan Tobacco {{Japan-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidefumi Kimura
is a Japanese artist, writer and animator. He is a member of gímik, along with Keiji Gotoh and Megumi Kadonosono, and is responsible for composing the scenarios and writing most of the episodic screenplays for their anime, and for writing some of the related manga and light novels. Some of his major works in illustration include '' Generator Gawl'', ''Kiddy Grade'', and ''Avenger''. Works Anime television series * '' Generator Gawl'' (1998): Series composition, screenplay * '' Space Pirate Mito'' (1999): screenplay * '' Dai-Guard'' (1999): Science fiction concept, screenplay (episodes 14, 19, and 20) * ''Love Hina'' (2000): screenplay * ''Sister Princess'' (2001): stage manager * ''Full Metal Panic!'' (2002): screenplay * ''Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi'' (2002): setting design * ''Kiddy Grade'' (2002): Series composition, Screenplay (episodes 1–3, 6, 8, 10–11, 15–17, and 20–24), Storyboards (episodes 9, 14, 16, and 20), Key animation (episodes 1, 10, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heitarō Kimura
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by hanging. Biography Kimura was born in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, but was raised in Hiroshima prefecture, which he considered to be his home. He attended military schooling from an early age, and graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1908. He went on to graduate from the Army War College in 1916 and was commissioned into the artillery. He served during the Japanese Siberian Intervention of 1918–1919 in support of White Russian forces against the Bolshevik Red Army. He was subsequently sent as a military attaché to Germany. From the late 1920s Kimura was attached to the Inspectorate of Artillery and an instructor at the Field Artillery School. He was selected as a member of the Japanese delegation to the London Disarmament Conference from 1929 to 1931. On his return to Japan, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned command of the IJA 22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Kimura
was a Japanese professional wrestler. She worked for Japanese promotions such as World Wonder Ring Stardom and Wrestle-1, in addition to making appearances for foreign companies such as Ring of Honor, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, and some independent promotions in Mexico. She was a List of family relations in professional wrestling, second-generation wrestler as the daughter of Kyoko Kimura. Kimura was a cast member on the Fuji Television and Netflix reality television series ''Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020''. Following a series of troubling Tweet (Twitter), tweets in which she addressed online bullying directed at her from ''Terrace House'' viewers, she died from suicide via hydrogen sulfide inhalation at her Tokyo apartment on May 23, 2020, at the age of 22. Early life Kimura was born in Yokohama on September 3, 1997, the daughter of professional wrestler Kyoko Kimura. Before she was one year old, her parents separated. While the identity of her father is not publicly known, her mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumino Kimura
is a Japanese actress. Filmography Film * ''Kaze no Dadu'' (2006), Ayumi Asano * ''Adan'' (2006), Adan * ''Paradise Kiss'' (2011) * ''Run60'' (2011), Maki * ''Gokudō Meshi, Sukiyaki'' (2011), Shiori Mizushima * ''Ramo Trip'' (2012), Mari Ijichi * ''Chips'' (2012), Wakaba Ōnishi * ''Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu, Love for Beginners'' (2012), Nana * ''Bokutachi no Koukan Nikki, Bokutachi no Kōkan Nikki'' (2013), Maiko Utagawa * ''Jōkyō Monogatari, I Hate Tokyo'' (2013) * ''It All Began When I Met You'' (2013), Yukina Yamaguchi * ''The Little House (2014 film), The Little House'' (2014), Yuki * ''Nishino Yukihiko no Koi to Bōken'' (2014), Tama * ''Taiyō no Suwaru Basho'' (2014), Kyōko Suzuhara * ''Kuchibiru ni uta o (film), Have a Song on Your Lips'' (2015), Haruko Matsuyama * ''Initiation Love'' (2015), Miyako Ishimaru * ''Piece of Cake (manga), Piece of Cake'' (2015), Nanako * ''The Cross'' (2016), Sayuri Nakagawa * ''Reminiscence (2017 film), Reminiscence'' (2017), Mari Tadokor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumikazu Kimura
is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Professional career Saitama Seibu Lions On November 21, 2006, Kimura was drafted by the Seibu Lions first overall pick high school draft in the 2006 Nippon Professional Baseball draft. On August 31, 2007, he made his debut as a relief pitcher in the Pacific League against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. In the match against the Orix Buffaloes on July 31, 2011, Kimura pitched as a relief pitcher and earned his first win. From 2007 to 2012 season, he pitched 41 games in the Pacific League. In 2013, Kimura converted from pitcher to an outfielder. On May 23, he recorded his first hit. And he recorded his first home run and RBI against the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in the Interleague play on May 28. He played in 11 games in the Pacific League. In the 2014 season, Kimura finished the regular season in 100 games with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
