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Nobuo Shimada
Nobuo (written: , , , , , in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine, Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese professional Go player *, Japanese film director and film producer *, Japanese basketball player *, Warrant Flying Officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese economist *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor *, Japanese politician * , Japanese writer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese politician *, Japanese computer pioneer * , Japanese historian * , Japanese film director *, Japanese actor *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese business scholar * , Japanese economist *, Japanese handball player * , former Japanese figure skater and current coach *, Japanese sculptor * Nobuo Suga (born 1933), Japanese biologist, known for hearing research * , former executive director of the International Energy Agency * Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi (1911–1943), war participant * , Japanese voice actor * , Japanese ... [...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] |
Nobuo Mii
Nobuo Mii (=Mii Nobuo; July 4, 1931 – July 14, 2015), often called Nobi by English speakers, was a Japanese computer pioneer who made various contributions, working for NHK and IBM, and also is an investment fund executive. Early life and education Nobuo Mii was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on July 4, 1931. He studied at Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan Senior High School and Kyushu University, graduating from the latter in 1955.Nobuo Mii, "Unseen Country, Unseen Rules" (Tokyo: Diamond Sha, 1998, 237 pages) ; in Japanese, 三井 信雄(著), 『見えない国 見えないルール』, ダイヤモンド社) In senior high school, he was the manager of Wireless Communications Club. In 1949, he successfully lead the club members to make a television system for the first time in Kyushu, mainly using the electronic parts thrown away by the U.S. Armed Forces stationed in Fukuoka City, ahead of Kyushu University's Engineering School or NHK's Fukuoka Broadcasting Station. His televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Tobita
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Ibaraki Prefecture. He is represented by Arts Vision. He is most known for the roles of Kamille Bidan ('' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam''), Albert Heinrich/004 ('' Cyborg 009'' (2001)), and Sueo Maruo ('' Chibi Maruko-chan''). His debut role is Bob in the 1982 anime television series '' Cybot Robotchi''. He has also voiced many characters for the story CDs in ''Sound Horizon''. Filmography Television animation ;1982 *'' Cybot Robotchi'' (Bob) ;1983 *'' Captain Tsubasa'' (Ken Wakashimazu) ;1985 *'' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' (Kamille Bidan) ;1986 *'' Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' (Kamille Bidan) ;1987 *'' Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari (Little Women)'' (Theodore "Laurie" Laurence) ;1991 *'' Goldfish Warning!'' (Aoi) ;1993 *''Dragon League'' (Announcer, Deken, White Dragon, Golden Dragon) *'' Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' (Mathis Walker) *''Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō'' (Mr. Meemee, Karakusa) ;1994 *'' Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (Ulube Ishikawa) ;1995 *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi
, sometimes mistakenly referred to as Nebu Tatsuguchi (August 31, 1911 – May 30, 1943), was a Japanese soldier and surgeon who served in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. He was killed during the Battle of Attu on Attu Island, Alaska, United States, on May 30, 1943. A devout Seventh-day Adventist, Tatsuguchi studied medicine and was licensed as a physician in the United States (US). He returned to his native Japan to practice medicine at the Tokyo Adventist Sanitarium, where he received further medical training. In 1941, he was ordered to cease his medical practice and conscripted into the IJA as an acting medical officer, although he was given an enlisted rather than officer rank because of his American connections. In late 1942, Tatsuguchi was sent to Attu, which had been occupied by Japanese forces in June 1942. On May 11, 1943, The United States Army landed on the island, intending to retake American soil from the Japanese. Throughout the ensuing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Tanaka
is a Japanese official and the former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency. Biography He was born on 3 March 1950 in Japan. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in the field of economics in 1972, and has an MBA from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (1979). In 1973 he began his career with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI). In 1989 he joined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as the Deputy-Director for Science, Technology and Industry, and served in 1991–1995 as the Director for Science, Technology and Industry. In 1995 he returned to METI where he served as Director for Industrial Finance Division and as Director for Policy Planning and Coordination Division. In 1998–2000 he was posted at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C., as Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry. After returning to Japan in 2000 he took a post of the Executive Vice President for the Research Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Suga
Nobuo Suga (born December 17, 1933) is a Japanese biologist noted for his research on the neurophysiology of hearing, and echolocation in bats. Life After earning a bachelor's degree in biology at Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1958, Nobuo studied for his doctoral thesis on the neurophysiology of hearing with Yatsuji Katsuki at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University. His early research attracted the attention of Vincent Wigglesworth of Cambridge University, a prominent insect researcher, and Donald Griffin of Harvard University, who studied bats. From there, his career took him to UCLA and UC San Diego School of Medicine, before finally arriving at Washington University in St. Louis. Suga became a U.S. citizen in 1993, prompted by an incident at St. Louis Lambert International Airport where a customs agent couldn't recognize Suga's picture on his green card, issued in 1966. Work Suga's work revealed much about the location and function of auditory system in the brain. Whilst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Sekine
was a Japanese sculptor who resided in both Tokyo, Japan, and Los Angeles, California. A graduate of Tama Art University, he was one of the key members of Mono-ha, a group of artists who became prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Mono-ha artists explored the encounter between natural and industrial materials, arranging them or interacting with them in mostly unaltered, ephemeral states. Sekine’s signature materials included earth, water, stone, oilclay, sponge, steel plates, among others. His ''Phase—Mother Earth'', consisting of a hole dug into the ground, 2.7 meters deep and 2.2 meters in diameter, with the excavated earth compacted into a cylinder of exactly the same dimensions, is considered to have initiated the Mono-ha movement. Later credited as the "big bang" Groom, Simon. "Encountering Mono-ha", ''Mono-ha: School of Things''. Kettle’s Yard, 2001, p.8 of the movement, the work not only attracted the attention of fellow Tama students but also Lee Ufan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Satō
is a Japanese figure skater and coach. He is a ten-time Japanese national champion. He represented Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where he placed 14th, and at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where he placed 8th. His best finish at the World Championships was 4th in 1965. He is married to Kumiko Okawa, and as of 2011 the couple lives near Yokohama. Their daughter is Yuka Sato, the 1994 World Champion. Along with Machiko Yamada, he is one of the most successful coaches in Japan. His current and former students include Miki Ando, Mao Asada, Shoko Ishikawa, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Takahiko Kozuka, Yukari Nakano, Yuka Sato, Marin Honda, Kao Miura, Wun-Chang Shih, and Fumie Suguri. In February 2010, he was elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame serves as a repository for the sport of figure skating. The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame is where the greatest names in the history of the sport are honored. It is located at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Sasaki
is a Japanese former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the .... References External links * 1956 births Living people Japanese male handball players Olympic handball players for Japan Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Okishio
was a Japanese Marxian economist and emeritus professor of Kobe University. In 1979, he was elected President of the Japan Association of Economics and Econometrics, which is now called Japanese Economic Association. Okishio studied mathematical economics under Kazuo Mizutani. In 1950 he graduated from Kobe University and later taught there. He soon began to doubt the premises and results of modern economics, and decided to search for alternatives by studying Marxian economics. Okishio worked to clarify the logic of Karl Marx’s economic system, offering formal and mathematical proofs for many Marxian theorems. For example, in 1955, he gave the world's first proof of the “ Marxian fundamental theorem”, as it was later named by Michio Morishima, which is the theory that the exploitation of surplus labor is the necessary condition for the existence of positive profit. Concerning Marx’s Falling Rate of Profit, Okishio considered that his famous theorem would not deny it. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Noda
was a prominent Japanese business scholar professor of management at the Seikei University and president of the Seikei University in Tokyo, known as one of Japan's longstanding leaders in the field of management theory,Asian Productivity Organization. ''APO Translation Series,'' Nr. 1-14. 1963. p. 189 a specialist in productivity matters. Biography Youth, education and early career Noda was born in Nagano, Nagano in 1893.''The Japan Who's who,'' 1950. p. 314 He graduated from Tokyo University in 1921 in literature and economics.International Council for Scientific Management. Indo-Pacific Council. ''II IPCCIOS conference, 1965,'' 1965. p. After his graduation in 1921 Noda joined Mitsubishi Electric, where he joined the Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute. In those early days at Mitsubishi, Noda made studies of the time and motion work of the Westinghouse Electric Company. Further career and honours In 1949 Noda was appointed deputy director of the Economic Stabilization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Nashiro
is a Japanese professional boxer in the super flyweight (115 lb) division as well as the WBA super flyweight champion. Early life Nashiro took an interest in boxing during elementary school, when his father took him to a boxing match for the first time. He became a fan of WBC Bantamweight champion Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, and entered his school's track team to build up his stamina. He was finally allowed to begin boxing in high school, and continued to Kinki University, but dropped out to begin his professional career. His brother Yuji Nashiro is a professional kickboxer. Early career Nashiro made his debut in Osaka in July 2003, knocking out his opponent only 32 seconds into the first round. He won three more fights, and fought Hidenobu Honda in August 2004. Honda was a world ranker at the time, and had challenged Pongsaklek Wonjongkam and Alexander Muñoz in world title matches. Nashiro won by 10 round unanimous decision, becoming a world ranker in only his 5th professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
