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Seki (other)
Seki may refer to: Places * Seki, Gifu, a city in Japan * Seki River, a river in Japan * Şəki, a city and provincial capital in Azerbaijan * Şəki (village), a village and municipality in Azerbaijan * Šeki, a small town in Slovenia * Seki, Bismil * Seki, Ilgaz, a village in Turkey * Seki, İskilip * Seki, Osmancık * Seki, Tavas Other uses * Seki, a term in the game of Go *SEKI, an acronym for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California *Sushi Seki, a Japanese sushi restaurant in New York City People with the surname *, Japanese soprano * Atsuko Seki (born 1964), Japanese pianist * Deniz Seki (born 1970), Turkish female pop singer * , Japanese politician *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese handball player * , Japanese politician * Koji Seki (other), multiple people *, Imperial Japanese Navy officer *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese actress *, Japanese film actor and comedian *, Japanese vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seki, Gifu
is a city located in Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 89,020 and a population density of 190 persons per km2 in 35,366 households. The total area of the city was . Geography Seki is located in central Gifu Prefecture at the northern tip of the Nōbi Plain, approximately 40 kilometers north of Nagoya. Due to various municipal mergers, the city has a "U" shape, almost enclosing the city of Mino. Also as a result of the merger, the population center of population in Japan now is located in Sekiuchi (former Mutsumi-cho area). Mount Takinami is the highest point in the city, with an elevation of . The Nagara River and Itadori River flow through the city. Climate The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Seki is 15.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2090 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Seki
Jun Seki (born May 9, 1961) is a Japanese businessman. After serving as president of Dongfeng Nissan, deputy COO of Nissan, and CEO of Nidec, he joined Hon Hai Technology Group in February 2023 as chief strategy officer (CSO) of the electric vehicle (EV) business. Biography Seki was born in Sasebo, and graduated from Nagasaki Prefectural Sasebo Minami High School in 1980. When he was in high school, he was a sprinter of the track and field team. He served as student council president. In 1980, he entered the National Defense Academy of Japan. His motivation was that he didn't want to burden his parents with school fees and that he wanted to become a fighter jet pilot. In 1984, he graduated from the department of science and engineering, course of mechanical engineering. His contemporaries included Masahiro Origuchi, the founder of the TechnoPro Holdings, Yoshihiro Murai, Governor of Miyagi prefecture, Goro Yuasa, chief of staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Daisaku S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seki Takakazu
, Selin, Helaine. (1997). ''Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures,'' p. 890 also known as ,Selin, was a Japanese mathematician and author of the Edo period. Seki laid foundations for the subsequent development of Japanese mathematics, known as ''wasan''. He has been described as "Japan's Newton". He created a new algebraic notation system and, motivated by astronomical computations, did work on infinitesimal calculus and Diophantine equations. Although he was a contemporary of German polymath mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz and British polymath physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton, Seki's work was independent. His successors later developed a school dominant in Japanese mathematics until the end of the Edo period. While it is not clear how much of the achievements of ''wasan'' are Seki's, since many of them appear only in writings of his pupils, some of the results parallel or anticipate those discovered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzuko Seki
, nee , is a Japanese gymnast. She competed in seven events at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and wrote an article entitled ''Deep Emotions from the Hinomaru,'' describing her thoughts on Japanese identity represented by the waving of Japanese flags at the Olympics just a few short years after the end of the Second World War. Shintani was due to participate in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome for the Japanese contingent, but was prevented from doing so by a herniated disc that caused paralysis in her right leg. Instead, she went on to study in the United States, graduating with a master's degree from Northwestern State University Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU) is a public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and general campuses in Leesville/Fort Polk and Alexandria. It is a part of the Univ .... In 1962, Shintani worked as an assistant to gymnast Joanne Giannini (nee Pasquale). In 1970, she publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsue Seki
is a Japanese former athlete. She competed in the cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� .... References External links * 1966 births Living people Japanese female cyclists Japanese female speed skaters Olympic cyclists of Japan Olympic speed skaters of Japan Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Speed skaters at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 1990 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Winter Games Sportspeople from Hokkaido Asian Games medalists in speed skating {{speedskating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanami Seki
is a rather popular feminine Japanese given name which is also used as a surname. Possible writings Nanami can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: ;as a given name *七海, "seven, sea" *七美, "seven, beauty" *七実, "seven, fruit" *七生, "seven, life" *奈波, "what, wave" *奈々美, "what, beauty" *奈々実, "what, fruit" *奈々生, "what, life" *菜々美, "greens, beauty" *菜々実, "greens, fruit" *菜々未, "greens, not yet" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. ;as a surname *名波, "name, wave" People with the name *, Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer *, Japanese voice actress *Nanami Inoue (奈々朱, born 1989), Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese handball player *Nanami Ohta (ななみ, born 1993), a Japanese actress *Nanami Sakuraba (ななみ, born 1992), Japanese actress * Nanami Shiono (七生, born 1937), Japanese author and novelist *Hiroshi Nanami (名波, born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misao Seki
Misao Seki was a film actor and comedian who worked in Japan and Hollywood from the 1910s through the 1940s. He appeared in more than 100 films over the course of his career. Biography Seki was reportedly born in Yokohama, Japan, into a well-known family of actors; he began acting around the age of 5. He attained a level of fame as an actor and comedian in his native country before moving briefly to the U.S. as a young man. After appearing in vaudeville shows in Seattle and San Francisco, he took on roles in a string of English-language films in Hollywood. Later in his career, he appeared mostly in Japanese films. Selected filmography * ''Kaigun'' (1943) * '' Flowers of Patriotism'' (1942) * ''Capricious Young Man'' (1936) * '' Mumyodô'' (1930) * '' Nâniwa kâgamî'' (1930) * ''Crossroads'' (1928) * ''A Page of Madness'' (1926) * ''Zoku Amateur Club'' (1923) * ''The Vermilion Pencil'' (1922) * ''Five Days to Live'' (1922) * ''Where Lights Are Low'' (1921) * '' The Outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Seki
(born 8 September 1985 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Her movies include ''Koi wa Go-Shichi-Go!'' (2005), ''Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge'' (2008) and '' Dragonball Evolution'' (2009). Filmography TV dramas * Ganbatte Ikimasshoi (KTV, 2005) * Seishun Energy Mo Hitotsu no Sugar & Spice (Fuji TV, 2006) *Flight Panic (Fuji TV, 2007) * Life (Fuji TV, 2007) *Aiba Monogatari (Fuji TV, 2008) *Sunao ni Narenakute (Fuji TV, 2010) *Switched Switched may refer to: * Switched (band), an American music group * ''Switched'' (novel), first book in the young adult Trylle series by Amanda Hocking * ''Switched!'' (American TV series) * ''Switched!'' (Singaporean TV series) * "Switched" (' ... (Netflix, 2018) Movies *Koi wa Go Shichi Go! (2005) *8 gatsu no Kurisumasu (2005) *Warau Michael (2006) *Hachimitsu to Clover (2006) *Curling Love (2007) *Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge (2007) *Mirai Yosouzu (2007) *Houtai Club / Bandage Club (2007) *Ahiru Kamo no Coin Locker (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masako Seki
was an international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1961 to 1965 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. Her eight World Championship medals included four gold medals; two in team event, one in the doubles with Kimiyo Matsuzaki at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships and one in the mixed doubles with Koji Kimura at the 1965 World Table Tennis Championships. She died at the age of 77 on September 18, 2019. See also * |
Mamoru Seki
was a dive bomber pilot officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. He is best known for being the commander of the dive bomber squadron of carrier '' Shōkaku'' and for leading strikes against United States Navy (USN) carriers in both Battle of the Eastern Solomons and Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, where they severely damaged ''Enterprise'' on two occasions. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Early career Mamoru Seki came from a military family; his father was a Captain in IJN and participated in Battle of Tsushima, while his uncle on his mother's side was Vice Admiral Sakonji Seizō. He enrolled in the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1926 and graduated from the 58th class in November 1930. In April 1932, he was commission as Ensign. In 1933, he was selected for the navy pilot training program at Tateyama Air Group. He became one of the first pilots in IJN that specialized in dive bombing and conducted pioneering re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koji Seki (other)
Koji Seki or Kōji Seki may refer to: *Koji Seki (born 1972), former Japanese football player *Kōji Seki ''aka'' (born September 20, 1911, date of death unknown) was a Japanese film director, known for his pioneering work in the ''pink film'' genre. Among the accomplishments of Seki's career: he directed the first ''pink films'' for Kokuei, the o ... (born 1911), Japanese film director See also * Koji (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyohide Seki
was a Japanese politician. He was governor of Saga Prefecture (1898–1901), Gunma Prefecture (1901–1902) and Nagano Prefecture (1902–1905). Awards *1907 – Order of the Rising Sun The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government, created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge features rays of sunlight ...『官報』号外「叙任及辞令」1907年3月31日。 References 1851 births 1927 deaths Governors of Saga Prefecture Governors of Gunma Prefecture Governors of Nagano Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun {{Japan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
