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Minako Okamuro
is a Japanese feminine given name. Minako can be written using different kanji characters: *美奈子, "beauty, apple tree, child" *美那子, "beauty, unknown, child" or "beauty, child" *美菜子, "beauty, (green) vegetable, child" *美名子, "beauty, name, child" *美梨子, "beauty, pear, child" *聖名子, "holy, name, child" *聖奈子, "holy, apple tree, child or holy child" *皆子, "everybody/all, child" *水奈子 "water, apple tree, child" or "water, child" *実奈子 "truth, apple tree, child" *実菜子 "truth, (green) vegetable, child" *実那子 "truth, unknown, child" or "truth, child" *実名子 "truth, name, child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People *Minako (美奈子), a member of the Japanese musical group ''Kome Kome Club'' *, Japanese singer *, Japanese singer *, a Japanese illustrator, game character designer, and manga artist *, Japanese gravure model *, a Japanese voice actress and singer *, a Japanese contemporary artist *, Jap ... [...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] |
Minako Nishiyama
is a Japanese contemporary artist whose works have dealt with cultures, customs, and the representations of young females in Japanese media and popular culture. Her work is identified with an initial stage of the artistic transformation of post-modern Japanese "cute culture" in which cute images were appropriated and used for critique. Nationally she has had many solo shows in Okayama, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Nishinomiya. In addition to a solo show at the Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot in Paris, France she has participated internationally in group shows in Beijing, China; Madrid, Spain; Rimini, Italy and Portland, Oregon, Minneapolis and Miami in the United States. Since the beginning of the 1990s she has been making sculptures, paintings and installations using a transient material such as sugar with a bright luscious pink red to pink color that evaporate and dissolve over time. Her used of sugar and bright pink color refer to the stereotypical representations or images o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boogiepop
The of Japanese light novels is written by Kouhei Kadono and illustrated by Kouji Ogata. It includes titles from different media, each connected by repeating characters and related plots. Presented in vignettes, each chapter presents the reader with only snapshots of what is happening, leaving them to find clues to understand the greater plot. ''Boogiepop'' is best characterized as young adult fiction; by March 2000, two million copies of Kadono's Boogiepop light novels works were in print. Kadono has published fourteen light novels and has serialized short stories in '' Dengeki hp'', many of which have been published as a four-volume series about Pete Beat, a member of the Towa Organization. Two manga serials have been drawn for this series, which were serialized in '' Dengeki Daioh'' and ''Dengeki Animation''. In 2000, the anime series '' Boogiepop Phantom'' aired on Japanese television; a drama CD, featuring Kaori Shimizu, was released to promote this series. Later t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minako Yurihara
is a Japanese feminine given name. Minako can be written using different kanji characters: *美奈子, "beauty, apple tree, child" *美那子, "beauty, unknown, child" or "beauty, child" *美菜子, "beauty, (green) vegetable, child" *美名子, "beauty, name, child" *美梨子, "beauty, pear, child" *聖名子, "holy, name, child" *聖奈子, "holy, apple tree, child or holy child" *皆子, "everybody/all, child" *水奈子 "water, apple tree, child" or "water, child" *実奈子 "truth, apple tree, child" *実菜子 "truth, (green) vegetable, child" *実那子 "truth, unknown, child" or "truth, child" *実名子 "truth, name, child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People *Minako (美奈子), a member of the Japanese musical group ''Kome Kome Club'' *, Japanese singer *, Japanese singer *, a Japanese illustrator, game character designer, and manga artist *, Japanese gravure model *, a Japanese voice actress and singer *, a Japanese contemporary artist *, Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persona 3 Portable
is a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Atlus that is the fourth main installment in the ''Persona'' series, which is part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise. It was originally released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan in 2006 and in North America in 2007. It has received several enhanced re-releases and ports: ''Persona 3 FES'', an extended version featuring a new playable epilogue and other changes, was released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan in 2007 and worldwide in 2008. An abridged PlayStation Portable version in the form of a visual novel, ''Persona 3 Portable'', was released in Japan in 2009, North America in 2010, and Europe in 2011, and ported to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One in 2023. ''Persona 3 Reload'', a remake of the core game for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S was released on February 2, 2024. In ''Persona 3'', the player assumes the role of a high school student who joins the "Specializ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protagonist (Persona 3)
is a character from ''Persona 3'', a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Atlus. In the game, the protagonist is an orphan who transfers to Gekkoukan High School in Iwatodai City and discovers a phenomenon called the Dark Hour during which supernatural entities called Shadows roam freely. After awakening an ability called Persona, the protagonist joins their classmates in forming the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (S.E.E.S.), dedicated to eliminating the Dark Hour and the threat of the Shadows. In the original release of ''Persona 3'' as well as the updated versions ''Persona 3 FES'' and ''Persona 3 Reload'', the protagonist is male; for ''Persona 3 Portable'', Atlus added the option to play as a female, to provide more options to returning players and attract a new female demographic. Both protagonists were designed by Shigenori Soejima, who aimed to create ordinary youth who the player could relate to. In Japanese, the male protagonist is voiced by Akira Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor V
is a manga created by Naoko Takeuchi. The series revolves around the character Minako Aino, a cheerful schoolgirl who finds out that she has magical powers that she must use to protect the people of the Earth. ''Codename: Sailor V'' is the basis for its sequel, '' Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon''. Plot Minako Aino is a 13-year-old young middle school student who is slightly distracted, out-spoken and dreams about someday finding her true love and boyfriend. One day, she encounters a talking white cat with a crescent moon on its forehead named Artemis. He reveals that Minako possesses the magical ability to transform into a much stronger, more powerful, and more beautiful girl than anyone. He calls her "Sailor Venus" and tells her she has a mission to protect Earth in the name of her guardian planet Venus. To help her with her new mission, Artemis gives her two items, a crescent moon shaped compact and a magical pen. The magical pen allows her to transform into the Soldier of Jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor Moon
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's Shōjo manga, ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 60 individual chapters (later reorganized into 52), along with several side stories, were compiled in 18 Tankōbon, volumes. The series follows the adventures of a schoolgirl named Sailor Moon (character), Usagi Tsukino as she transforms into the eponymous character to search for a magical artifact, the . She leads a group of comrades, the Sailor Soldiers, called Sailor Guardians in later editions, as they battle against villains to prevent the theft of the Silver Crystal and the destruction of the Solar System. The manga was adapted into Sailor Moon (TV series), an anime series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast in Japan from 1992 to 1997. Toei also developed three animated feature films, a television special, and three short films based on the anime. A live-action television ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor Venus
, better known as , is a fictional character in the ''Sailor Moon'' and '' Codename: Sailor V'' manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi. Minako is her sailor form's alternative human identity as part of the Sailor Guardians (of which she is their leader), female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil. Minako is the fourth Sailor Guardian to be discovered by Usagi Tsukino, although she was the first Sailor Guardian to awaken her powers, even before Usagi did. She possesses powers associated with love and beauty, light, and golden material metal. In the manga and anime series, she dreams of becoming a famous idol, but in the live-action series, her character is already a well-known celebrity. Minako is introduced as the protagonist of Naoko Takeuchi's much-shorter manga series '' Codename: Sailor V'', the predecessor to ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon.'' In it (and the early part of ''Sailor Moon''), she goes by the pseudonym , short for "Venus", and is giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
