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Masahiko Nakahira
Masahiko (written: 正彦, 雅彦, 誠彦, 昌彦, 允彦, 政彦, 真彦, 正比古 or まさ彦) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army imprisoned for his involvement in the Amakasu Incident *, a Japanese mathematician best known as an essayist *, a Japanese ski jumper *, a Japanese footballer *, a Japanese football player *, a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party *, a Japanese columnist, photographer, and pundit *, a Japanese judoka (Judo practitioner) *, a bonsai master *, a chef specializing in Italian cuisine *, or Matchy is a Japanese singer, lyricist and actor *, a Japanese former football player *, a Japanese anime producer and president of Bones *, a linguistics professor at San Francisco State University *, Japanese baseball player *, a Japanese ''Magic: The Gathering'' player *, a Japanese film director *, a former Japanese football player *, a Japanese theatre and film actor *, ... [...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] |
Masahiko Nagasawa
Masahiko Nagasawa (長澤 雅彦 ''Nagasawa Masahiko'', born 28 February 1965 in Akita, Japan) is a Japanese film director. He was given a Best New Director award for his film ''Koko ni irukoto'' at the 2002 Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, .... Filmography #Killing Angel (? on trans.) (皆殺しの天使) (1997) (Video) #Being Here (''Koko ni iru koto'', ココニイルコト) (2001) #Seoul (ソウル) (2002) #Graduation (''Sotsugyou'', 卒業) (2002) #Thirteen Steps (13階段) (2003) #Way of Blue Sky (''Aozoranoyukue'') (2005) #Night Time Picnic (''Yoru no pikunikku'') (2006) #Faraway Heaven (''Tengoku wa mada tôku'') (2008) External links *Masahiko Nagasawa's JMDb Listing (in Japanese) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nagasawa, Masahiko 1965 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Yamada
is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) between 1993 and 1996, and between 2003 and 2012. A native of Fukue, Nagasaki, a Roman Catholic, and graduate of Waseda University Waseda University (Japanese: ), abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, prime ministe ..., he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after unsuccessful runs in 1979, 1986 and 1990. Before running for office, he worked as a rancher and a lawyer. References * External links * in Japanese. 1942 births Living people Democratic Party of Japan politicians 20th-century Japanese lawyers Japanese Roman Catholics Ministers of agriculture, forestry and fisheries of Japan Politicians from Nagasaki Prefecture Ranchers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Urano
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8- dan. Early life and apprenticeship Urano was born in Osaka Prefecture on March 14, 1964. In October 1977, he was accepted into entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the tutelage of shogi professional . He was promoted to 1-dan in 1990 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1983. Shogi professional Urano won his 400th game as a professional in February 2005. In March 2017, Urano voluntarily declared himself as a '' free class'' player, thus leaving the Meijin tournament league. During the 75th Meijin Class C2 League season (April 2016March 2017), Urano lost all ten of his games and received a demotion point as a result. This was a continuation of a series of poor results in Meijin Class League play73rd Meijin Class C1 (1 win and 9 losses) and 74th Meijin Class C1 (2 wins and 8 losses)and rather than risk automatic demotion to free class play, Urano d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Tsugawa
, born Masahiko Katō (加藤 雅彦 ''Katō Masahiko''; January 2, 1940 – August 4, 2018) was a Japanese actor and director. Career Tsugawa was born January 2, 1940, in Kyoto, Japan. After acting as a child, he made his major debut at 16 in the Kō Nakahira film '' Crazed Fruit'' in 1956. Tsugawa's family was deeply rooted in the film industry since before his birth. Tsugawa attended school until dropping out of Waseda University Graduate School to pursue acting. Tsugawa gained popularity playing villain roles in TV jidaigeki drama series as the ''Hissatsu'' series and appeared in films like '' Otoko wa tsurai yo: Watashi no Tora-san'' and '' Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack''. He became a favorite actor of director Juzo Itami, appearing in nearly all his films since '' Tampopo''. In television, Tsugawa portrayed Tokugawa Ieyasu five times, including in the 2000 '' Aoi Tokugawa Sandai'' becoming the oldest lead actor in a Taiga drama. Ts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Toyoyama
(born Osaka, 16 July 1976) is a Japanese former rugby union player who played as prop. Career After graduating from high school in 1995, Toyoyama joined Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences' rugby club, with which he played in the All-Japan University Rugby Championship. In 1999, he graduated from university and joined Toyota Motors club. He first played for Japan against Fiji, in Tokyo, on 20 May 2000. He was also present in the 2003 Rugby World Cup squad coached by Shogo Mukai, playing three pool stage matches in the tournament. His final cap for Japan was against United States, in Gosford Gosford is a waterfront city at the northern end of Brisbane Water on the Central Coast in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Gosford Waterfront is known for its boating and scenic views on the shores of Brisbane Water. Gosford is ..., on 27 October 2003, earning 24 caps, 15 points and 3 tries scored in aggregate. In 2008, Toyoyama left Toyota Verblitz, retiring as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Togashi
was a Japanese jazz percussionist and composer. Togashi grew up in a musical household; his father was a double-bassist in a swing jazz ensemble, and Togashi learned violin and drums, playing the latter in his father's band. He worked with Sadao Watanabe, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Tony Scott in the 1950s, then founded the ensemble Jazz Academy in 1961 with Hideto Kanai, Masabumi Kikuchi, and Masayuki Takayanagi. Togashi was an early free jazz leader in Japan: his 1965 quartet with Kazunori Takeda, Yosuke Yamashita and Kuniro Takimoto used words as triggers for each player to perform his thoughts about that word. Togashi and Yamashita were part of Watanabe's band in 1966, but Yamashita and Togashi disagreed about rhythms, leading to the pianist leaving. Togashi also performed with American musicians such as Ornette Coleman, Blue Mitchell, Lee Morgan, and Sonny Rollins on Japanese tours. Early in 1969, Togashi and Hiroshi Suzuki co-led a quintet that recorded the album ''Variation''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Tanaka
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is known for voicing Gauron from '' Full Metal Panic!'', Ryo Mashiba from '' Hajime no Ippo'', and Kyoichi Sudo from '' Initial D''. Filmography TV animation *'' Initial D'' (1998) (Kyoichi Sudo) *'' The Candidate for Goddess'' (2000) (Headmaster) *'' Hajime no Ippo'' (2000) ( Ryo Mashiba) *''Digimon Tamers'' (2001) ( Mihiramon) *''Shaman King'' (2001) ( Ryu and Mohamed "Turbine" Tabarsi) *'' Full Metal Panic!'' (2002) (Gauron) *''GetBackers'' (2002) (Fudou Takuma) *''Naruto'' (2003) (Rasa/The Fourth Kazekage) *''Stellvia'' (2003) (Carl Hutter) *''Monster'' (2004) (Dr. Boyer) *''Fafner in the Azure'' (2004) (Fumihiko Makabe) *''Black Lagoon'' (2006) (The Captain) *'' Rin~Daughters of Mnemosyne'' (2008) (Tajimamori) *''Future Diary'' (2011) (Keigo Kurusu) *''Tiger & Bunny'' (2011) (Muramasa Kaburagi) *''Naruto Shippuden'' (2012) (Rasa/The Fourth Kazekage) *''Attack on Titan'' (2013) (Dot Pixis) *'' Hajime no Ippo: Rising'' (2013) (Ryo Mashib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Takeshita
Lt. Col. was the head of the domestic affairs section of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. In August 1945, he helped plan a '' coup'', the Kyūjō incident, along with Major Kenji Hatanaka and a handful of others. The intent of the attempted ''coup'' was to prevent the Emperor's announcement of Japan's surrender from being broadcast. As one of the most senior officers involved in the ''coup'', he was, at times, the leader of the group. He believed, as did his co-conspirators and many others, that emperor Hirohito had to be separated from his peace-seeking advisors and convinced to change his mind. They believed that the costs of repelling an Allied land invasion would not be devastating, and that, ultimately, Japan would be better off under military rule, with his brother-in-law, Minister of War Korechika Anami as ''shōgun''. Takeshita had a close relationship with Anami, and was among the few who had the Minister's ear; Anami c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Suzuki
is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the bantamweight division of RISE. He is the former RISE Bantamweight Champion, having held the title between 2018 and 2023. As of August 2023, he is ranked as the third best flyweight (-56.7kg) kickboxer in the world by Combat Press and the third best super flyweight (-55kg) kickboxer by Beyond Kickboxing. Between October 2019 and August 2020, he was ranked in the strawweight top ten by Combat Press, and as a top ten flyweight since September 2020. Kickboxing career DEEP KICK Early career Suzuki made his professional debut against Shohei Morishita at DEEP☆KICK 15 on May 12, 2013. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout, as he needed just 17 seconds to force a referee stoppage. Suzuki was booked to face Ryusei Narukawa at DEEP☆KICK 16 on July 14, 2013, in his second professional appearance. He won the fight by a narrowly contested unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 30–29 in his favor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Shimada
is a Japanese writer. He has won the Noma Literary New Face Prize, the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, the Itō Sei Literature Prize, and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award. His work has been translated into English. Biography While studying Russian at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Shimada published a story called ' that was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. The next year he won the 6th Noma Literary New Face Prize for his novel '. ' was published in Japan in 1989, with an English translation by Philip Gabriel following in 1992. In her review for ''The New York Times'', Julia Just praised ''Dream Messenger'' as "proof that the Japanese novel is taking some fantastic turns in the hands of a new generation of writers." A 2017 retrospective review by Stephen Mansfield of ''The Japan Times'' described ''Dream Messenger'' as "existential novel that manages to remain firmly grounded within the parameters of a compelling narrative." The same year that ''Dream Messenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Shibayama
is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (6th term), Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party and Chairman of the Federation of Saitama Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party. He served as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology from October 2018 to September 2019. Early life He was born in Nagoya, Aichi and grew up in Saitama Prefecture. He graduated from the University of Tokyo and joined Sumitomo Real Estate in 1990, but resigned thereafter to study for the Japanese bar examination, which he passed in 1998. In 2000, he was admitted as an attorney and joined the Toranomon Chuo Law Firm in Tokyo. Political career He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2004, in a special election in Saitama to replace Masanori Arai, who had been arrested for campaign finance violations. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
