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Reiko Sumi
Reiko is a feminine Japanese given name. A few possible ways to spell the name in Japanese are: (れいこ, レイコ, 麗子, 怜子, 伶子, 玲子, 令子, 礼子, 禮子, 冷子). Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese women's basketball player *Reiko Aylesworth (born 1972), an American actress *, J-pop idol *, Japanese actress * Reiko Douglas (Hashimoto) Japanese singer and comic, wife of Emmy-winning comedy writer Jack Douglas *, Japanese sprinter *Reiko Fujita (born 1972), Japanese archer *, Japanese av actress *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese actress *Reiko Katsura, an actor *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese figure skater and coach *, Japanese Go player *, a Japanese singer with the group Maher Shalal Hash Baz *, Japanese chemist and professor at University of Tokyo *, Japanese actress *, Japanese mathematician and professor *, Japanese shōjo manga artist *, Japanese novelist and playwright *, Japanese actress an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Language
is the principal language of the Japonic languages, Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages and the variously classified Hachijō language. There have been many Classification of the Japonic languages, attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as Ainu languages, Ainu, Austronesian languages, Austronesian, Koreanic languages, Koreanic, and the now discredited Altaic languages, Altaic, but none of these proposals have gained any widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), extensive waves of Sino-Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Kuroda
International Council for Science (ICSU) , candidate presentations, p. 22 is a Japanese who is a professor at the Department of Life Sciences at the . Early life and education Kuroda was born in Akita but grew up in Miyagi, on the island of Honshu, Japan. She obtained her MSc (1972) and PhD (1975) in Chemistry from the University of Tokyo. Her doctorate focused on determining the stereochemistry of meta ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Ōmori
is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop idol singer who voiced the title character (Miho Shinohara A.K.A. Fancy Lala) in Fancy Lala ''Fancy Lala'', known in Japan as , is a magical girl anime series produced by Studio Pierrot in 1998, following an OVA released in 1988. A two-volume manga adaptation by Rurika Kasuga ran in ''Ribon''. The original designs were created by A ... and also sang the opening and ending themes. External links Reiko Omoriat Hitoshi Doi's seiyuu database 1984 births Japanese women television personalities Living people Voice actors from Hakodate Voice actresses from Hokkaido 21st-century Japanese singers {{Japan-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Okuyama
, née, was a Japanese animator, notable for being one of the first female Japanese animators. She has also been credited as and . The 2019 asadora Natsuzora is loosely based on her life and career. Early life Okuyama spent much of her early life confined to bed due to a series of illnesses. She developed her interest in drawing during this time. After the end of World War II, she entered mission school. After graduation, she entered Tohoku University as per her father's wishes, but she eventually dropped out and left her home town to work in Tokyo. She had various jobs in Tokyo. A few years later, her uncle referred her to a job at Toei Animation. Career In 1957 Okuyama applied for a position with Toei Doga, mistakenly believing that they were publishers of children's books. Her drawing skills were enough for her to be hired as an in-betweener. Her first work was on the landmark feature-length anime ''Hakuja den'' (released in the US as '' The Tale of the White Serpent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Okutani
is a Japanese businesswoman, founder and chief executive of the temporary personnel service company The R. She serves on the board of Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. A graduate of Konan University is a university on the slopes of Mount Rokkō in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan. It was founded by business tycoons of major companies for their children. A private university with approximately 10,000 students, it offers a wide variety of progra ..., she is best known for her criticism of " gap-widening society". She also presented the 120th GRIPS Forum on the challenges for Japanese women in the workforce. References External links Reiko's style(personal page) 1950 births Japan Post Holdings Japanese chief executives Japanese anti-communists Living people People from Kobe 20th-century Japanese businesswomen 20th-century Japanese businesspeople Konan University alumni 21st-century Japanese businesswomen 21st-century Japanese businesspeople {{Japan-busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Okano
is a Japanese manga artist. Career Okano was born in Ibaraki Prefecture. She attended a graphic design school after graduating from high school and has never worked as a manga assistant. Her first published work as a professional manga artist was ''Esther, Please'' in 1982 in the shōjo manga magazine ''Petit Flower''. In the same magazine, in 1984, she started publishing the series ''Fancy Dance'' about a Buddhist monk who is trained in becoming the new head of the temple. In 1989, she won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the ''shōjo'' category for ''Fancy Dance''. The same year, the series was adapted into a live-action film directed by Masayuki Suo. In the 1990s, she published manga in magazines like '' Big Comic Spirits'', '' Comic Tom'' and '' Comic Burger''. For the series '' Onmyōji'', based on an original work by Baku Yumemakura, she received the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2001 and the Seiun Award in 2006. It was also selected by the jury of the Japan Media Arts Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Ohara
was a Japanese actress. She is best known for her roles in the Taiga drama, ''taiga'' dramas ''Kasuga the Court Lady'' (1989) and ''Tokugawa Yoshinobu'' (1998), television drama ''Rikon Tomodachi'' (1980), and film ''Ohan (film), Ohan'' (1984). Her life was adapted into the television drama ''Actress Reiko: Like a Flame'' in 2013. Biography Early life Ohara was born on November 13, 1946, in Bunkyō, Tokyo to a family that sold Japanese confectionery in the Hongō, Tokyo, Hongō area. When she was eight, her parents divorced due to her father's affair; she and her mother moved to Akabane, Tokyo, Akabane while her younger brother stayed with their father. Career She was scouted by Nao Ōno, the president of Tokyo Broadcasting and the eldest son of Banboku Ōno. She had a bit part in ''Let's Meet in a Dream'' in 1962, though she made her debut two years later in ''Happiness Exam'' and joined Toei Company, Toei the year after that. Alongside Yuki Jōno, who had joined Toei aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Obata
Reiko Obata is a Japanese-American koto performer and composer, based in Southern California, United States. Background Reiko Obata began studying koto in 1980 after studying flute and piano as a child. She studied koto under masters in the United States and Japan including Mde. Kayoko Wakita in Los Angeles and composer and virtuoso Shinichi Yuize in Tokyo. Obata has a music master's degree from San Diego State University and her daishihan (grand master) degree from Seiha Conservatory of Japanese Music. She plays koto, bass koto and shamisen. Career Obata has performed with jazz saxophonist Hollis Gentry III, classical symphony musicians, and traditional Japanese artists. She has performed koto at the Temecula Temecula (; , ; Luiseño: ''Temeekunga'') is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States. The city had a population of 110,003 as of the 2020 census and was incorporated on December 1, 1989. The city is a tourist and ... and Idyllwild J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Nakano
Reiko Nakano (born 1983) is a violinist, founder of Strings by Reiko, and director of Sound Roads Music (music school). Early life Nakano was born in Tokyo, Japan. At age three, Nakano began playing the violin. She studied classical music. Nakano was an accomplished violinist in classical music. Education At age 18, Nakano traveled from Japan to Boston, Massachusetts, United States to study contemporary music. In 2005, Nakano earned a bachelor's degree in music from Berklee College of Music. Nakano's study was in the field of jazz and world music. Career While Nakano was a student, she performed with many pop, rock, R&B, and rap artists including Kenny Barron, Michael Brecker, Gary Burton, Kelly Clarkson, P. Diddy, Richard Evans, Ariana Grande, Dave Grusin, Charlie Haden, Oliver Heldens, Elton John, Donna McElroy, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, T-Pain, Dianna Reeves, Lee Ritenour, Snoop Dogg, Steven Tyler, Kanye West, and John Williams. In January 2010, Nakano founded Strings by R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Nakamura
is a Japanese Olympic and Asian record-holding swimmer. She swam in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, winning the bronze medals in the 200m backstroke at both editions. In doing so, she became the first Japanese woman in 72 years to win medals at consecutive Olympic games. She retired shortly after achieving this, in October 2008. At the 2008 Olympics, Nakamura set the Asian Records and Japanese Records in both the 100 and 200 backstrokes (59.36 and 2:07.13). At the 2007 World Championships, she swam to a new Japanese Record in the 100 back (1:00.40) in finishing third. Eight days later, she lowered the mark to 1:00.29 in winning the 2007 Japan Championships. published 2007-04-06; retrieved 2009-07-13. See also * |
Reiko Mutō
was a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She is best known for being the Japanese voice of Elizabeth Taylor, and playing main characters in '' Marvelous Melmo'' (as Melmo), ''Astro Boy'' as Uran (Astro Girl in the English version), and ''Moomin'' (as Non Non). As a child, she found she enjoyed acting after joining the child acting troupe Gekidan Komadori. Mutō died of acute heart failure on October 29, 2006, in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Roles Anime television series *'' Mighty Atom'' (1963–1966, Uran) *'' Ribbon Knight'' (1967–1968, Hecate, Venus) *'' Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae'' (1968–1969, Midori) *''Star of the Giants'' (1968–1971, Kyōko) *'' Dororo'' (1969, Mio) *'' Kamui the Ninja'' (1969, Tone (ep.8)) *''Moomin'' (1969–1970 and 1972, Non Non) *'' Attack No. 1'' (1969–1971, Michiru Sanjō) *'' Andersen Stories'' (1971, Psyche (eps. 49)) *''Lupin III'' (1971–1972, Linda) *'' Marvelous Melmo'' (1971–1972, Melmo) *''Mokku of the Oak Tree'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Mori (novelist)
Reiko Mori (森禮子; July 7, 1928 March 28, 2014) was a Japanese novelist and playwright. She was awarded the Akutagawa Award for her book ''Mokkingubado no iru machi'' (モッキングバードのいる町) in 1979. Early life and education Mori was born Reiko Kawada on July 7, 1928 in Fukuoka, Japan. Her father died in 1933, and her one of her sisters died in 1945. Mori was a sickly child, and while ill in bed, would often read. However, the family did not have much money, so she could not afford to go to university. She but was able to audit classes while working at the Seinan University library, and began writing after meeting a group of poets while working at the library. She became a Baptist Christian in 1947. Career In 1952, moved into the house next door to Mori's. He published her poems, stories, and essays in his literary magazine, the Kyushu Bungaku. She wrote under the penname "Reiko Mori". Mori moved to Tokyo in 1956, and was encouraged to continue publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
