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Sakura Nomura
is a Japanese female mixed martial artist and kickboxer. Background Nomura was born on in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Martial arts training While attending the Takaoka University of Law, Nomura achieved third place in 1996 and second place in 1998 at the All Japan Student Judo Championships in the -56 kg and -57 kg categories, respectively. At a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Asia Open held on September 11 and 12, 2010 at the Tokyo Budokan, Nomura won first place in the blue belt category. Mixed martial arts career Nomura made her professional MMA debut with the Jewels promotion on at '' Jewels 7th Ring''. She defeated Yuko Kagoshima by technical submission after the referee stopped the fight when Nomura caught Kagoshima with an armbar in the second round. In her second fight, Nomura participated in Deep's event ''Club Deep Toyama: Barbarian Festival 8'' on , defeating Abe Ani Combat Club member Rina Tomita by unanimous decision. In an upset, Nomura defeated Jewels hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishikawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the east, Gifu Prefecture to the southeast, and Fukui Prefecture to the south. Kanazawa is the capital and largest city of Ishikawa Prefecture, with other major cities including Hakusan, Komatsu, and Kaga. Ishikawa is located on the Sea of Japan coast and features the most of the Noto Peninsula which forms Toyama Bay, one of the largest bays in Japan. Ishikawa Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region and formerly an important populated center that contained some of the wealthiest '' han'' (domains) of the Japanese feudal era. Ishikawa Prefecture is home to Kanazawa Castle, Kenroku-en one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, Nyotaimori ("body sushi"), and Kutani ware. History Ishikawa was formed in 1872 from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rina Tomita
Rina or RINA may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Rina (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Kento Rina, Indian politician * Mahfuza Rahman Rina, Bangladeshi politician * Tongam Rina (born 1979), Indian journalist and human rights activist * Ita Rina, stage name of Yugoslav actress Tamara Đorđević (1907-1979) * Rina (rapper), Kosovo-Albanian rapper, singer and songwriter Rina Balaj * A member of South Korean girl group Weki Meki * Rina (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler Acronyms * Recursive Internetwork Architecture, a computer network architecture proposed as an alternative to the TCP/IP model * Registro Italiano Navale, the Italian shipping register * Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London Other uses * ''Rina'' (EP), the debut extended play by British-Japanese singer Rina Sawayama * ''Rina'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela, or its main character * Hurricane Rina (2011), which made landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshimi Ohama
Yoshimi is a unisex Japanese given name and can also be used as a surname. Possible writings *佳美, meaning "excellent, beautiful" *良美, meaning "good, beautiful" *好美, meaning "like, beautiful" *芳美, meaning "fragrant, beautiful" People with the given name * Yoshimi (吉見), a guitarist and composer from the pop rock band Funta *, Japanese actress and singer *Yoshimi Hayashi (1923–2006), American lawyer * Yoshimi Ishibashi (石橋義三, born 1949), a Japanese professional race car driver * Yoshimi Iwasaki (岩崎良美), a Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese softball player *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese long-distance runner * Yoshimi P-We or Yoshimi Yokota (横田佳美, born 1968), a Japanese musician and drummer of the rock band Boredoms *, Japanese politician People with the surname *, Japanese ice hockey player Fictional characters * Agent Yoshimi, a character from the television series ''Duck Dodgers'' * Yoshimi Akashi (明石 好美), a character fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewels 10th Ring
''Jewels 10th Ring'' was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by MMA promotion Jewels. The event took place on at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Koto, Tokyo, Japan. It hosted the opening round of the second Rough Stone Grand Prix. Background On , Jewels announced that the event would begin the second Rough Stone Grand Prix. The first fights were announced on , along with the announcement that Seo Hee Ham's conflicting schedule led Jewels to release her. Ham's replacement was to be determined with the bout between Celine Haga and Saori Ishioka. More fights were announced on . Sixteen-year-old kickboxer Mizuki Inoue made her mixed martial arts debut on the card as part of the -56 kg bracket of the Rough Stone Grand Prix. The weigh-ins were held one day prior to the event. It was later announced that Ham would return to Jewels in December to reclaim her place in the Lightweight Queen Tournament semi-final. As a result, the bout between Ishioka and Haga was changed to a regular match. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Tōhoku Earthquake And Tsunami
The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six minutes, causing a tsunami. It is sometimes known in Japan as the , among other names. The disaster is often referred to in both Japanese and English as simply 3.11 (read in Japanese). It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900. The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that may have reached heights of up to in Miyako in Tōhoku's Iwate Prefecture, Yomiuri Shimbun evening edition 2-11-04-15 page 15, nearby Aneyoshi fishery port (姉吉漁港)(Google map E39 31 57.8, N 142 3 7.6) 2011-04-15大震災の津波、宮古で38.9 m…明治三陸上回るby okayasu Akio (岡安 章夫) and which, in the Sendai area, travele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Economy of Japan, Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewels 12th Ring
''Jewels 12th Ring'' was a planned mixed martial arts (MMA) to be held by MMA promotion Jewels (mixed martial arts), Jewels. The event was planned to be held on at Shinjuku Face in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan but it was cancelled a few hours before the start due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Background The first two bouts of the event were disclosed on . Four more bouts were announced on , including the addition of People of the United States, American fighter Lisa Ellis (fighter), Lisa Ellis as an opponent for Jewels lightweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki in a special rules non-title bout. The rest of the card was revealed on , which included the debut in MMA of Koreans, South Korean boxing, boxer Ji Yun Kim and a kickboxing match. It was announced the next day that Ellis had suffered an injury in training and that fellow Bellator Fighting Championships, Bellator Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Three, season three semi-finalist Jessica Aguilar wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ji Yun Kim
Ji or JI may refer to: Names and titles * Ji (surname), the pinyin romanization of a number of distinct Chinese surnames * Ji (Korean name), a Korean surname and element in given names (including lists of people with the name) * -ji, an honorific used as a suffix in many languages of India * J.I the Prince of N.Y, American rapper also known as J.I. * Ji (or Hou Ji), legendary founder of Zhou dynasty Places in China * Jì (冀), pinyin abbreviation for the province of Hebei * Jí (吉), pinyin abbreviation for the province of Jilin * Ji (state), an ancient Chinese state * Ji City (other), several places * Ji County (other), several places * Ji Prefecture (Shandong), a prefecture in imperial China * Ji Province, one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China * Ji River, either of two former rivers Organizations * Jamaat-e-Islami (other), several organizations * Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a Southeast Asian militant Islamist rebel group * Jurong Institute (JI), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayaka Hamasaki
is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, judoka and submission grappler. She is the former Rizin Super Atomweight Champion. She has fought in MMA promotions '' Shooto'', Jewels and Rizin in Japan, and Invicta FC in the United States. Hamasaki won the first Jewels Queen tournament to become the first lightweight champion of the promotion. Hamasaki vacated her title due to injuries on . She is a former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion. Hamasaki is the first Asian to win a North American premier MMA promotion title. Fight Matrix and ''MMARising.com'' list her as the number 2 atomweight fighter in the world, and one of the top 10 pound for pound female fighters in the world. Personal life Hamasaki was born on in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Outside of fighting, Hamasaki enjoys time with her dogs and going for walks. Martial arts training Hamasaki practiced judo for 8 years, achieving 2nd dan. She stopped practicing judo after finishing college and was working in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewels 11th Ring
''Jewels 11th Ring'' was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by MMA promotion Jewels. The event took place on at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The event hosted the Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament semi-finals and final along with the Rough Stone GP 2010 finals. It also held the retirement match of Miki Morifuji. Background For the first time at the Korakuen Hall, Jewels first announced the semi-finals of the Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament and the finals of the Rough Stone GP 2010. Two more fights were announced on , one of them was Miki Morifuji retirement match. On , along with two other matches, it was announced that Hiroko Yamanaka was slated to fight against 2008 Olympic bronze medallist American Randi Miller. On , a reserve match for the Lightweight Queen tournament was announced, with Saori Ishioka and Yuko Oya as participants, along with a grappling bout added to the card. Replacing Randi Miller who withdrew from the event on , it was announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewels 9th Ring
''Jewels 9th Ring'' was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by MMA promotion Jewels. The event took place on at Shinjuku Face in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan. Background On , Jewels announced that the event would hold the first round of the Jewels Lightweight Queen Grand Prix; an 8-woman tournament to crown the first lightweight (-) champion. Shizuka Sugiyama was added to the card along with some other fighters for the tournament on . More fighters for the lightweight tournament were announced on . It was announced on that Sugiyama would fight in a shoot boxing match against Mongolian pro-wrestler Esui, plus two more matches were added to the card. The rest of the fighters were announced on . On , it was announced that Sugiyama would not participate in the event due to injury and Esui would fight in a regular MMA match instead of shoot boxing against Mayumi Aoki. The order of the fights was revealed on . The weigh-ins took place one day later. Results *1st match: Jewels offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
