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Sakura (name)
Sakura (さくら, サクラ) is a common feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname. Possible writings Sakura can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: ;as a given name * 桜, "cherry blossom" ( morphologically derived from 櫻) * 櫻, "cherry blossom" * 咲良, "bloom, good" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. ;as a surname * 佐倉、桜、沙倉 People Given name *, Japanese women's basketball player * Sakura Fujiwara (藤原 さくら, born 1995), Japanese singer-songwriter and actress *, Japanese shogi player *Sakura Miyawaki (宮脇 咲良, born 1998), Japanese singer and member of South Korean girl group Le Sserafim *, Japanese table tennis player * Sakura Nogawa (野川 さくら, born 1978), Japanese voice actress * Sakura Oda (小田 さくら, born 1999), a Japanese singer and member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume * Sakura Tange (丹下 桜, born 1973), Japanese voice actress and si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of 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 syllabic scripts of '' hiragana'' and '' katakana''. 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 World War II, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as shinjitai, by a process similar to China's simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the common folk. 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 3,000 kanji used in Japanese names and in comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura Oda
is a Japanese pop singer and dancer. She is an 11th-generation member of the pop group Morning Musume. Prior to joining Morning Musume, Oda was a Hello! Pro Egg member. Career In the summer of 2011, Sakura Oda took part in the S/mileage 2nd generation audition, but did not pass. In November 2011, she was added to Hello! Pro Egg, a Hello! Project trainee group, which was later renamed "Hello! Pro Kenshūsei". In the middle of 2012, Sakura Oda participated in the 11th generation audition for Morning Musume, in which 7,000 applicants took part. She advanced to the final round, with 5 other girls. On 14 September 2012, at a public dress rehearsal of Morning Musume 15th Anniversary Concert Tour held at Harmony Hall Zama in Kanagawa (Sakura's home prefecture), it was announced that Sakura Oda was the only one chosen to join the group. Personal life Her nickname in Hello! Pro Kenshūsei is Sakura. She admires Ai Takahashi and Risa Niigaki in terms of singing, and Saki Nakajima from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock M
Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales * Rock, Cornwall, a village in England * Rock, County Tyrone, a village in Northern Ireland * Rock, Devon, a location in England * Rock, Neath Port Talbot, a location in Wales * Rock, Northumberland, a village in England * Rock, Somerset, a location in Wales * Rock, West Sussex, a hamlet in Washington, England * Rock, Worcestershire, a village and civil parish in England United States * Rock, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Rock, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Rock, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town in southern Wisconsin * Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, a town in central Wisconsin Elsewhere * Corregidor, an island in the Philippines also known as "The Rock" * Jamaica, an isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura Candle
, better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. Originally trained by the now defunct JDStar promotion, Ohka now works for Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave. She is a former two-time Wave Single Champion, while also being a former Oz Academy Tag Team Champion and Wave Tag Team Champion. She is the managing director of Zabun Co., Ltd., which owns Pro Wrestling Wave. Professional wrestling career JDStar (2001–2007) After originally working as a voice actress, Abe, with a sports background in judo, transitioned to professional wrestling, making her debut under the ring name Yumi Ohka on August 19, 2001, in a tag team match, where she teamed with Chiaki Kashiwada against Keiko Furuta and Teruko Kagawa. Afterwards, Ohka entered the training dojo of the JDStar promotion, where she was trained by Jaguar Yokota as part of the "Athtress" program, which aimed at building physically attractive women into not only professional wrestlers, but also mainstream celebriti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Arc~en~Ciel
L'Arc-en-Ciel (French: 'The Rainbow', stylized as L'Arc~en~Ciel), also known as Laruku, is a Japanese rock band, formed in Osaka in 1991 by bassist tetsuya and vocalist hyde. Following the departure of original members hiro and pero, guitarist ken and drummer sakura were recruited to replace them in 1992 and 1993, respectively. While they first got their start as a visual kei band, L'Arc-en-Ciel have not had any association with the movement since their major label debut in 1994. sakura left the band in 1997 and was replaced by yukihiro in January 1998, completing the current line-up. With a reported 40 million records sold, L'Arc-en-Ciel were the first Japanese act to headline at Madison Square Garden. In 2003, they were ranked 58 on a list of the top 100 Japanese pop musicians by HMV Japan. History 1991–1997: Formation, major label debut and sakura's departure In February 1991, bassist tetsuya (then known as TETSU) recruited vocalist hyde (then known as HIDE),As used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura (musician)
, known by his stage name Sakura, is a Japanese musician. He is perhaps best known as former drummer of the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel from 1993 to 1997. After leaving them he formed the supergroup Zigzo, the trio Sons of All Pussys, and his solo project Lion Heads. Currently Sakura performs with the bands Rayflower, the reformed Zigzo, The Madcap Laughs, and Gibkiy Gibkiy Gibkiy. Life and career Sakura was born in Nerima, Tokyo, the youngest of three children. He started taking piano lessons when he was a child. When he was in junior high school he became very interested in rock music, later taking formal music training. Initially he wanted to play guitar but soon changed his mind and devoted himself to percussion. When Sakura was in high school, he was already playing in the percussion and brass sections for three different school bands. He started working as a roadie for well-known heavy metal band Dead End, when he was eighteen. Soon he began playing drums professionally and jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nichole Sakura
Nichole Sakura O'Connor (born December 15, 1989), formerly credited as Nichole Bloom, is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Cheyenne in the NBC sitcom ''Superstore (TV series), Superstore.'' Career She had the recurring role of List of Shameless (American TV series) characters#Amanda, Amanda on ''Shameless (American TV series), Shameless'' from 2014 to 2016. In 2015, she was added to the main cast of the NBC sitcom ''Superstore (TV series), Superstore'' as Cheyenne, a 17-year-old store employee who is pregnant at the start of the series. Personal life Sakura is of Irish people, Irish and Japanese descent. She initially identified in the industry as Nichole Bloom (the last name derived from her Japanese name Sakura, which means "Cherry Blossom"), but stated in an Instagram post in August 2020 that she had changed her name and would be known professionally as Nichole Sakura. Filmography Film Television Video games References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayane Sakura
is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Her roles included Natsumi Koshigaya in '' Non Non Biyori'', Secre Swallowtail in '' Black Clover'', Ochaco Uraraka in '' My Hero Academia'', Tsubaki Sawabe in '' Your Lie in April'', Iroha Isshiki in '' My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected'', Suzuka Dairenji in '' Tokyo Ravens'', Nagato-class, Sendai-class, Kuma, Tama, Shimakaze in Kantai Collection, Cocoa Hoto in '' Is the Order a Rabbit?'', Ran Mitake in '' BanG Dream!'', Clarisse in '' Granblue Fantasy'', Yotsuba Nakano in '' The Quintessential Quintuplets'', Hasuki Komai in '' Boarding School Juliet'', Nao Tomori in '' Charlotte'', Rinne in '' Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live'', '' King of Prism'', Yae Sakura in '' Honkai Impact 3rd'', Prinz Eugen in '' Azur Lane'', Gabi Braun in '' Attack on Titan: The Final Season'', Ephnel in '' SoulWorker'' and Yae Miko in '' Genshin Impact''. She has performed theme, and character songs for each series. Saku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emi Sakura
, better known by the ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler performing for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). After starting her career in International Wrestling Association of Japan in August 1995, Sakura worked for several promotions across Japan, winning numerous titles, before founding her own promotion, Ice Ribbon, in early 2006. Sakura not only wrestled for the promotion, but was also solely responsible for training wrestlers for the promotion, where she went on to become a two-time ICE×60 Champion and a five-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion. During 2009, Sakura held not only both the ICE×60 and International Ribbon Tag Team Championships, but also the Daily Sports Women's and JWP Tag Team Championships and the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships, which led to the '' Tokyo Sports'' magazine naming her the 2009 ''joshi'' wrestler of the year. After six years with Ice Ribbon, Sakura left the promotion for "personal reasons" in January 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momoko Sakura
(8 May 1965 – 15 August 2018) was the pen name of a Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She was best known as the creator of the long-running manga ''Chibi Maruko-chan''. Biography Miki Miura, was born 8 May 1965. She revealed very little about her private life, including her real name. Sakura made her debut as an artist in 1984 and the ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' was published in '' Ribon'' from 1986 to 1996. The series, which was based on her own childhood, was set in 1974 in suburban Japan. An anime series based on the ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' aired from 1990 to 1992 while the current second series, which debuted in 1995, continues to this day. Sakura also made the more surreal fantasy series ''Coji-Coji'', which ran from 1997 to 1999. She also worked with Marvelous Interactive on creating the Dreamcast title, ''Sakura Momoko Gekijō Coji-Coji'', and with Nintendo on creating the Game Boy Advance title, '' Sakura Momoko no Ukiuki Carnival''. In 2005, she de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura Ando
is a Japanese actress. Career Ando won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival 2010 for ''Love Exposure'', ''The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio'' and '' Tsumitoka batsutoka''. She was also nominated for the award for best supporting actress at 4th Asian Film Awards 2010 for ''A Crowd of Three''. She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama ''Penance''. She has also appeared in films such as ''The Samurai That Night'', ''Our Homeland'', and '' Petal Dance''. In 2015, Ando received the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film at JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film in New York. In 2018, Ando received high praise for her performance as Nobuyo Shibata in director Hirokazu Kore-eda is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including ''Nobody Knows'' (2004), '' Still Walking'' (2008), and '' After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura Tsukuba
is a Japanese manga artist born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Biography Tsukuba made her professional debut as a manga artist by winning the 'Outstanding Work' award in the 5th LaLa Mangaka Grand Prix held in 1994 for her work, . Her winning work was later published in the July 10th issue of LaLa DX in the same year. After ''Hikari no Dokeki Haru no Hi ni'', she published a one-shot titled, in the October issue of LaLa in the same year. Her next work, was published in the March 10th issue of Lunatic LaLa, one of LaLa's special issue in 1995. ''Mermaid Moon'' was Tsukuba's next one-shot was published in the January 10th issue of LaLa DX in 1996. Four months later, was published in the May 10th issue of the same magazine that published ''Mermaid Moon''. It was later compiled into the second volume of her first series, ''Mekakushi no Kuni''. Another one-shot, was published in the November 10th issue of LaLa DX. This was compiled into the first volume of ''Mekakushi no Kuni''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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