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Natsuko Akashi
is a feminine Japanese given name. Written forms Natsuko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *夏子, "summer, child" *懐子, "reminiscence, yearn, child" *捺子, "press, print, affix a seal, stamp, child" *奈津子 "Nara (city), Nara, harbor, child" *菜津子 "vegetables, harbor, child" *那津子 "what, harbor, child" The name can also be written in hiragana なつこ, or katakana ナツコ. People ;with the given name Natsuko * Natsuko Aso (麻生 夏子), Japanese actress and J-pop actress * Natsuko Doi (born 1979), Japanese snowboarder * Natsuko Fujimori (藤森 奈津子), women's professional shogi player * Natsuko Godai (伍代夏子, born 1961), Japanese enka singer * Natsuko Hara (原 菜摘子), Japanese Women's soccer, football midfielder who plays for NTV Beleza in the L. League * , Japanese concubine * Ichiyō Higuchi, Natsuko Higuchi (樋口 夏子), Japanese author during the Meiji period and Japan´s first prominent woman writer of ... [...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] |
Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Central midfielder, central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which Formation (association football), formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the Defender (association football), defensive units and Forward (association football), forward units of a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futari Wa Pretty Cure
, also sometimes stylized as ''PreCure'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the first installment in the '' Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by Izumi Todo. It aired on ANN, with 96 episodes across two seasons. The first season, directed by Daisuke Nishio, aired from February 1, 2004 to January 30, 2005, in the same timeslot as Izumi Todo's previous series, '' Ashita no Nadja''. It received an English-dubbed version, which aired in Canada from March 2009 to July 2010. In the season, two middle school students gain the power to transform into the “protectors of light”, Pretty Cure, and are tasked with collecting the Prism Stones to restore the Garden of Light while fighting against the forces of the Dark Zone, who caused its destruction. A second season, , aired in Japan from February 6, 2005, to January 29, 2006. It introduces another member of the group, Shiny Luminous, and follows the Cures’ efforts in collecting the twelve Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cutie Honey The Live
is a Japanese tokusatsu production of the popular manga and anime series, ''Cutie Honey'' by Go Nagai. It was directed by Makoto Yokoyama and mostly written by Toshiki Inoue. It first aired on TV Tokyo on October 2, 2007. The title character, Honey Kisaragi, is portrayed by gravure idol Mikie Hara. [1] Discotek Media published the show on Blu-ray in 2021.[2] Premise Honey Kisaragi is an android posing as a high school student. Her father, a scientist, implants her with a device that allows her to transform into Cutie Honey. He is then killed by the evil organization Panther Claw, whose leaders exploit and kill innocent civilians and want to obtain Honey's power. Honey uses this power to fight back. Characters Honey Kisaragi/Cutie Honey is an Android (robot), android girl who can transform into the titular by tapping on her heart necklace and saying the words . Her powers come from the installed in her body, also known as the . The Honey System allows the creation of objects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsuko Yokosawa
is a Japanese actress and comedian from Itoigawa, Niigata. She is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency in Tokyo from Yoshimoto Kogyo. She graduated from NSC NSC may refer to: Banking and investment * National Sort Code, an Irish bank code * Nomura Securities Co, an investment bank Computing * National Software Centre, an Irish organization * National Supercomputer Centre in Sweden * NetShow Channe ... in Tokyo. She is equally synchronised with comedy duos Matenrō and Dennis. Filmography Current appearances Former regular appearances Other former appearances Neta series Variety series TV drama Films Radio Advertisements References External links * Official agency profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Yokosawa, Natsuko 1990 births Living people Actors from Niigata Prefecture 21st-century Japanese comedians 21st-century Japanese actresses Japanese impressionists (entertainers) People from Itoigawa, Niigata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsuko Yamamoto
Natsuko Yamamoto (山本奈津子 ''Yamamoto Natsuko'') is a Japanese actress. Filmography #セーラー服百合族 (''Seiraafuku yurizoku'') (1983) #セーラー服百合族2 (''Seiraafuku yurizoku 2'') (1983) # (1984) #夕ぐれ族 (''Yuugurezoku'') (1984) #不純な関係 (''Fujun na kankei'') (1984) #ロリータ妻 微熱 (1984) #OL百合族 19歳 (''OL yurizoku jyukyu sai'') (1984) #''The Shogunate's Harem'' (大奥十八景; ''Ooku jyuhakkei'') (1986) #春らんまん結婚記 (''Haruranmen kekkon-ki''?) (1987) #花園の迷宮(1988) # #絶対やせる 電エース 宇宙大怪獣ギララ登場！/宇宙怪獣小進撃！(2007) External linksOfficial site (in Japanese)* Japanese actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsuko Toda
is a Japanese subtitler and film industry interpreter. She has been called "the most famous film translator in Japan ..unquestionably" and the "Subtitle Queen". She has subtitled more than 1,000 English-language films in Japanese. Biography Natsuko Toda was born in Tokyo on July 3, 1936. She graduated from Tsuda College in 1958 and started working as a secretary in a life insurance company, but left after about a year. She learned the craft of subtitling under the eminent Japanese subtitler Shunji Shimizu. She found a part-time job at the Japanese arm of United Artists through Shimizu. At United Artists she performed miscellaneous tasks including translation. Later, Haruo Mizuno, the advertising manager at the time, asked her to work as an interpreter for movie people from abroad. She has been active as both a subtitler and an interpreter for many visiting stars and filmmakers. She has worked on many high-profile films, including Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence and The Last Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsuko Takahashi
is a Japanese anime screenwriter. After learning about the profession of screenwriting in middle school, in university she entered a contest. Although her entry did not fit the theme of the contest, the examiners liked it so much that they gave her a position working on television dramas. Using contacts she made while working on dramas, she was given opportunities to start working on various anime series. Some of the more popular series she has worked on include ''Bleach'', '' Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo'', '' Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan'', and ''Farewell, My Dear Cramer''. Biography Takahashi first learned about screenwriting when she was just entering middle school. Takahashi herself was a fan of drama and anime series and learned how to do screenwriting through them. Later in middle school, she read a book by a scriptwriter whom she admired, which inspired her to become one herself. While she was attending university, Takahashi submitted a scenario in a writing con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsuko Sone
is a female Japanese competitive eater and singer. Her popularity has helped produce a resurgence in Japanese competitive eating, or ''ōgui'', after the outcry following the death of a Japanese schoolboy imitating an eating stunt in 2002 resulted in a three-year hiatus for major Japanese eating contests. Contest history In TV Tokyo'"Gluttonous King"contest held in the fall of 2005, open to both men and women, Sone qualified for the finals and beat out Miyuki Iwata, then considered the leading Japanese female competitive eater after the legendary (and currently inactive) Takako Akasaka, fosixth placeby just 6 grams of bread. TV Tokyo followed up its mixed gender contest with women's only contestin the spring of 2006 in Okinawa. Sone easily won the event and had a comfortable enough lead in the final contest that she could afford to fix her makeup while the contest clock was running. Gal Sone improved to 3rd from 6th in the fall 200"Gluttonous King"contest, held in Hokkaidō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsuko Matsuda
is a Japanese former swimmer. She competed in the women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq .... References External links * 1947 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Japanese female medley swimmers 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsuko Kuwatani
is a Japanese voice actress who works for I'm Enterprise as of March 1, 2008. Her major roles are in anime shows and they include Yue Ayase in '' Negima'', Fiore in ''Chrono Crusade'', Alph in '' Nanoha'', Michiru in '' Magikano'', Suiseiseki in ''Rozen Maiden'', Yae Shinatsuhiko in '' Yozakura Quartet'' and Sae Kawano in '' Yurumates''. In video games she voices Kasuga in ''Sengoku Basara''. On September 30, 2023, Kuwatani left I'm Enterprise after fifteen-year belongings and started her freelance career. Filmography Anime ;2001 * ''Kokoro Library'' (Usagi) * ''Sister Princess'' (Karen) * '' Najica Blitz Tactics'' (Kirara Mitsuboshi) ;2002 * '' Kiddy Grade'' (Tweedledee) * ''Getbackers'' (Himiko Kudou) * '' Sister Princess: Re Pure'' (Karen) ;2003 * ''Chrono Crusade'' (Florette "Fiore" Harvenheit) * '' Scrapped Princess'' (Farfel) * '' Dokkoida?!'' (Karen) * '' The World of Narue'' (Rei Otonashi) * '' Last Exile'' (Alistia Agrew) ;2004 * '' Aqua Kids'' (Rio) * '' Inuyasha' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Period
The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization by Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations. The period corresponded to the reign of Emperor Meiji. It was preceded by the Keiō era and was succeeded by the Taishō era, upon the accession of Emperor Taishō. The rapid modernization during the Meiji era was not without its opponents, as the rapid changes to society caused many disaffected traditionalists from the former samu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
