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Kishin
Kishin may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Kishin Shinoyama (born 1940), Japanese photographer * Kishin Kawabata, ring name of Hikaru Kawabata (born 1965), Japanese professional wrestler * Kishin Liger and Jushin Liger, ring names of Keiichi Yamada (born 1964), Japanese professional wrestler Fictional characters * Kishin Alba, a protagonist in ''Cloverfield/Kishin'', a prequel manga to the 2008 film ''Cloverfield'' * Kishin, a term for an evil god in the manga and anime series ''Soul Eater'' * Sagume Kishin, a character from the video game franchise, ''Touhou Project'' Other uses * Chinkon kishin (鎮魂帰神), a Japanese religious practice * Kishin Line is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between Himeji, Hyōgo and Niimi, Okayama, Japan. The name of the line comes from the first kanji of Himeji () and Niimi () which the line connects. Stations *S: Trains stop *s: ..., a Japanese railway line See also * '' Kishin Corps'', a series of light nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloverfield/Kishin
is a manga and cross-media tie-in to the 2008 film ''Cloverfield''. The '' Shōnen Ace'' magazine published the manga on Kadokawa Shoten's website. It was released once a month and consists of four chapters. The story details the lives of two students seeking shelter before what may seem to be the Chuai incident seen in the film's viral marketing material, and their internal conflicts when the ''Cloverfield'' monster makes an appearance. One of the students is being tracked by a cult that has connections to both the monster and the fictional Japanese drilling company Tagruato. Plot The story introduces two teenagers, Kishin Aiba and Aiko Sasahara, struggling to learn more about an incident that takes place before the Chuai incident and the events of Cloverfield, as Tokyo comes under attack from a monster. Inside Tagruato headquarters, Mr. Aiba warns about the events set to unfold. After hearing it on a news broadcast, Kishin and Aiko set off for shelter, bonding along t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishin Shinoyama
was a Japanese photographer. He is well-known for having photographed the covers for John Lennon and Yoko Ono's albums, ''Double Fantasy'' and ''Milk and Honey (album), Milk and Honey''. Before his marriage to Saori Minami in 1979, he took a majority of the photographs for her album covers with CBS/Sony. Life and work Shinoyama graduated from Nihon University. He worked with the Light Publicity agency while still a student, and freelanced after graduation. Shinoyama put out a large number of books of photographs of girls, dressed, mostly undressed, and nude. On November 10, 2009, Shinoyama's home and office were searched by police on suspicion of public indecency. The searches stemmed from concerns regarding nude photos he allegedly took in public of two women in August 2008 for his book ''20XX TOKYO''. On May 26, 2010 the court found Shinoyama guilty of public indecency and defiling a place of worship for photographing at Aoyama Cemetery. He was fined 300,000 Yen. Shinoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jushin Liger
, better known as and later , is a Japanese retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a trainer. He is the longest-tenured member of the NJPW roster, having worked for the company since his professional wrestling debut in 1984. Throughout his career, which spanned three-and-a-half decades, he wrestled over 4,000 matches and performed in major events for various promotions across the globe. Debuting under his real name for NJPW in 1984, he was given the gimmick of Jushin Liger in 1989, based on the Jushin Liger (TV series), anime series of the same name. Becoming Jushin "Thunder" Liger the following year, he saw unprecedented success in the Cruiserweight (professional wrestling), junior heavyweight division when he won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship a record 11 times and set the record for its longest reign during his second reign, which lasted for 628 days. Liger was the first three-time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legacy Of Lunatic Kingdom
is a scrolling shooter game developed and published by Team Shanghai Alice. It is the 15th installment in the ''Touhou Project'' series. The story centers around the chosen heroine traveling to the Moon to stop an invasion and purification of Earth by the Lunarians. The demo was first released on May 10, 2015 with a full release on August 14, 2015 at Comiket 88. It was released on Steam on April 1, 2019. Gameplay The gameplay fundamentals of ''Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom'' are identical to previous games in the series: the player fights various common enemies in a stage with potential for a midboss encounter, and then a boss, who use Spell Cards to attack the player by firing bullets in specific patterns. Four characters can be selected this time around, each with their own unique storyline and dialogue. In ''Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom'', shot types have been tied to characters and cannot be chosen. However, ''Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom'' also differs greatly from the previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishin Line
is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between Himeji, Hyōgo and Niimi, Okayama, Japan. The name of the line comes from the first kanji of Himeji () and Niimi () which the line connects. Stations *S: Trains stop *s: Some trains stop *｜: Trains pass Rolling stock New KiHa 122 series, KiHa 122 and KiHa 127 series diesel multiple units (DMUs) were introduced on the line between Himeji Station, Himeji and Kōzuki Station, Kōzuki from spring 2009. Journey times were reduced from spring 2010 after the entire fleet of new trains had been delivered. , JR West press release, 26 August 2008. Retrieved on 27 August 2008. History The first section of the line opened was from Tsuyama to the nor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikaru Kawabata
Hikaru Kawabata (川畑輝) (born April 29, 1965) is a Japanese professional wrestler, who wrestles as Kishin Kawabata (川畑輝鎮). He is best known for his time in Pro Wrestling Noah. Career A former college sumo wrestler, Kawabata joined Super World Sports' dojo in February 1991. On September 16, 1991, he made his debut teaming with Nobukazu Hirai against Akira Katayama and Tetsuya Yamanaka. After SWS closed in June 1992, he moved on to successor company Network of Wrestling run by his trainer Kazuo Sakurada. On January 8, 1993, he received serious injuries when a truck in which he was riding crashed. In the same crash, fellow rookie wrestler Toshimitsu Naoi was killed. After NOW closed he worked as a freelancer, for independent companies including Tokyo Pro Wrestling. Kawabata made his debut for Noah on December 23, 2000. Initially remaining a freelancer, he signed a contract in 2001. At the end of 2009, his contract ended and he became a freelancer once more, moving b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touhou Project
The , also known simply as , is a bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series created by Indie game, independent Japanese Doujin soft, soft developer Team Shanghai Alice. The team's sole member, ZUN (video game developer), Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, has independently developed programming, graphics, writing, and music for the series, publishing 19 mainline games and 13 Spin-off (media), spin-offs since 1997. ZUN has also produced related Doujinshi, print works and Doujin music, music albums, and collaborated with developer Twilight Frontier on seven of the official spin-offs, six of which are fighting games. The first five games were developed for the Japanese PC-98 computer, with the first, ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'', released in August 1997; the series' signature mechanics were introduced in the second game, ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'' (also 1997). The release of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' in August 2002 marked a shift to Microsoft Windows. Numerous sequels followed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Eater (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ohkubo. Set at the "Death Weapon Meister Academy", the series revolves around three teams, each consisting of a weapon meister and at least one human that can transform into a weapon. Trying to make the latter a "death scythe" and thus fit for use by the academy's headmaster Shinigami, the personification of death, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, in that order; otherwise, they will have to start all over again. The manga was preceded by three separate one-shots published by Square Enix in 2003; the first two published in two '' Gangan Powered'' special editions and the last one in '' Gangan Wing''. ''Soul Eater'' was regularly serialized in Square Enix's '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' magazine from May 2004 to August 2013. Its chapters were collected in 25 volumes. A 51-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Bones was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 2008 to March 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinkon Kishin
is a Japanese religious practice that consists of two components, (, i.e. meditation) and (, i.e. spirit possession). It originated in Japan during the 19th century and was first taught and practiced by Honda Chikaatsu, Chikaatsu Honda. In 1898, Onisaburo Deguchi, the founder of the Oomoto religion, learned ''chinkon kishin'' from Honda's disciple and popularized it during the early 20th century. ''Chinkon kishin'' was widely practiced in Oomoto from 1916 to 1921, during which the phrase began to be widely used. The basic practices of several Shinto-based Japanese new religions are derived from ''chinkon kishin''. ''Chinkon kishin'' is still practiced in more or less its original form in Shintō Tenkōkyo and Ananaikyo, whereas it is highly modified in present-day Oomoto. During ''kishin'', or spirit possession, a mediator known as the ''saniwa'' (:ja:審神者, 審神者) questions the deity in the possessed person (spirit medium), known as the ''kannushi'' (神主) (note th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
