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Namioka (surname)
Namioka (written: 波岡) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Isaac Namioka Isaac Namioka (April 25, 1928 - September 25, 2019) was a Japanese-American mathematician who worked in general topology and functional analysis. He was a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Washington. He died at home in Seatt ... (1928–2019), Japanese-American mathematician * Lensey Namioka (born 1929), Chinese-born American writer *, Japanese actor {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Namioka
Isaac Namioka (April 25, 1928 - September 25, 2019) was a Japanese-American mathematician who worked in general topology and functional analysis. He was a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Washington. He died at home in Seattle on September 25, 2019. Early life and education Namioka was born in Tōno, not far from Namioka in the north of Honshu, Japan. When he was young his parents moved farther south, to Himeji.. He attended graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, earning a doctorate in 1956 under the supervision of John L. Kelley. As a graduate student, Namioka married Chinese-American mathematics student Lensey Namioka, later to become a well-known novelist who used Namioka's Japanese heritage in some of her novels. Career Namioka taught at Cornell University until 1963, when he moved to the University of Washington. There he was the doctoral advisor to four students. He has over 20 academic descendants, largely through his student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lensey Namioka
Lensey Namioka () ( or ; born June 14, 1929) is a Chinese-born American writer of books for young adults and children. She writes about China and Chinese American families, as well as Japan, her husband's native country. Early life and education She was born as Lensey Chao in Beijing, the daughter of linguist Yuenren Chao and physician Buwei Yang Chao. The family moved frequently in China. In 1937, the Chaos were living in Nanjing, and fled westward in the face of the Japanese invasion. They eventually made their way to Hawaii, then to Cambridge, Massachusetts. When she moved to the United States from China at age of nine, Lensey Chao initially knew no English. Because it used the same numerals regardless of languages, math seemed easier to her than other school subjects. Lensey Chao attended Radcliffe College and the University of California at Berkeley,. where her father was a professor of Asian Studies, to study mathematics. Here she met and married Isaac Namioka, a fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuki Namioka
is a Japanese actor. He made his acting debut in the television series ''Pride''. He appeared in Hiroshi Shinagawa's 2009 debut film ''Drop''. He also co-starred with Kōji Yakusho in Takashi Miike's '' 13 Assassins''. Filmography Films * ''Break Through!'' (2005) * ''Densha Otoko'' (2005) * '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006) * ''Waiting in the Dark'' (2006) * ''Midnigth Eagle'' (2007) * ''Hero'' (2007) * ''Crows Zero'' (2007) * '' Tokyo Sonata'' (2008) * '' Chameleon'' (2008) * '' L: Change the World'' (2008) * ''Fish Story'' (2009) * ''Yellow Kid'' (2009) * '' Crows Zero 2'' (2009) * ''Drop'' (2009) * '' 13 Assassins'' (2010) * ''Golden Slumber'' (2010) * ''Space Battleship Yamato'' (2010) * '' Helldriver'' (2010) * '' Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City'' (2010) * ''Parade'' (2010) * '' The Detective Is in the Bar'' (2011) * ''Shodo Girls: Blue Blue Sky oi Aoi Sora' (2011) - Kazuki Yatsushiro * '' Gaku: Minna no Yama'' (2011) * ''Ninja Kids!!!'' (2011) * '' Hara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
