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Taeko Yoshida
Taeko is a Japanese language, Japanese female given name. It can have various meanings depending on the kanji used. Possible written forms include: 妙子 "mysterious child" 多恵子 "many blessings, child" People * Taeko Fukao, Japanese jazz singer * Taeko Hattori (b. 1949), a Japanese stage, film, and television actress * Taeko Ishikawa (b. 1975), Japanese softball player * Taeko Kawasumi (b. 1972), Japanese football player * Taeko Kawata (b. 1965), a Japanese voice actress * Kōno Taeko, Taeko Kono (b. 1926), a Japanese novelist and essayist * Taeko Kubo (b. 1949), Japanese diver * Taeko Kunishima, Japanese jazz pianist * ''Taeko Kuwata'' (b. 1945), half of the classical piano duo Duo Crommelynck * Taeko Nakanishi (b. 1931), a Japanese voice actress * Taeko Namba, a Japanese table tennis player * Taeko Onuki (b. 1953), a Japanese singer * Taeko Oyama (b. 1974), Japanese basketball player * Taeko Takeba (b. 1966), Japanese trap shooter * Taeko Todo (b. 1968), Chinese-born tabl ... [...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] |
Taeko Takeba
is a Japanese trap shooter. She won a gold medal in the women's trap at the 2001 ISSF World Cup final in Doha, Qatar, achieved a fifth-place finish at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and represented her nation Japan in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). During her sporting career, Takeba trained full-time for the Ehime Clay Shooting Association under her personal coach Atsushi Otsuke Takeba made her official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she wound up to sixteenth in the inaugural women's trap with a score of 56 hits, narrowly escaping from the last spot in a field of seventeen shooters by four points. Shortly after the Games, Takeba rose to a sporting fame with a gold medal victory over Russian shooter and world record holder Elena Tkach at the 2001 ISSF World Cup final with a remarkable score of 88 targets. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Takeba qualified for her second Japanese squad, as a 38-year-old, in the wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yandere Simulator
''Yandere Simulator'' is an upcoming stealth action video game for Windows. The story follows obsessively lovesick schoolgirl Ayano Aishi, nicknamed " Yandere- chan", who takes it upon herself to eliminate (through either violent or non-violent means) anyone she believes attracting the attention of her " senpai", Taro Yamada. A 1980s-set prequel game mode, ''Yandere Simulator: 1980s Mode'', following the similar story of Ayano’s parents, was soft-launched on October 10, 2021. The non-canon ''Yandere Simulator: Mission Mode'' follows Ayano as an assassin pursued by a hunter named Nemesis. The game began development in 2014 by YandereDev, an American independent game studio led by Alex Mahan, previously known for work as associate designer of the fighting game '' Girl Fight''. It achieved significant of attention online the following year, leading to millions of downloads of pre-release versions of the game, as well as crossovers and spin-offs. ''Yandere Simulator'' has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coppelion
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomonori Inoue. The story follows three high school girls who were genetically engineered to be impervious to radioactivity and sent to Tokyo after the city was contaminated by a nuclear accident. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from June 2008 to May 2012, and later in ''Monthly Young Magazine'' from May 2012 to February 2016, with its chapters collected in twenty-six ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime adaption by GoHands aired from October to December 2013 in Japan with a simulcast airing on the same day in Asia on Animax Asia. Viz Media has licensed the anime for streaming and home video release in North America. Plot In 2016, a catastrophe occurs after a nuclear meltdown from the nearby Odaiba nuclear power plant contaminates Tokyo, forcing the government to order its citizens to evacuate. Twenty years later, in the year 2036, Tokyo has now become a ghost town due to the high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trigger Happy Havoc
is a visual novel adventure game developed and published by Spike. The first installment in the ''Danganronpa'' series, it was originally released for the PlayStation Portable in Japan in November 2010. It was ported to Android and iOS in August 2012. NIS America localized and published the game internationally on PlayStation consoles. The player controls a high school student named Makoto Naegi who finds himself involved in a battle royale in Hope's Peak Academy, where the robot bear Monokuma gives the students the chance to escape from the establishment if they murder another student and are not voted as the killer in a trial. Combining elements from dating simulations and third-person shooters, the game sees Makoto interact with other students to solve "class trials" by shooting at arguments displayed on the screen. The game originated from writer Kazutaka Kodaka's idea to generate a new type of game, as he believed the original adventure games were no longer popular. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knight In The Area
is a Japanese manga series written by Hiroaki Igano and illustrated by Kaya Tsukiyama. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from April 2006 to March 2017, with its chapters collected in 57 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A 37-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Shin-Ei Animation was broadcast on TV Asahi from January to September 2012. Plot Kakeru Aizawa is the younger brother to Suguru Aizawa, a soccer prodigy belonging to Japan's under-15 national team. Prior to the series, Kakeru quits his position as a forward after a traumatic experience prevented him from playing with his left leg and settles for a managerial position. After the two are hit by a truck, Suguru dies and has his heart transplanted into Kakeru. With it, Kakeru returns to soccer to achieve his brother's dream of winning the World Cup. Characters ; : :Suguru's younger brother. He plays as a forward. As a sixth grader, and after causing an inj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ai Yori Aoshi Characters
is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga written and illustrated by Kou Fumizuki and serialized from 1998 to 2005 in Hakusensha's ''Young Animal''. The manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters. The male protagonist is Kaoru Hanabishi, a university student, is the eldest son of Yūji Hanabishi, the head of the Hanabishi Zaibatsu. The female protagonist is Aoi Sakuraba. Aoi is the only daughter of the owner of the Sakuraba Dry Goods Store (later renamed to Sakuraba Department Store). Kaoru's family and Aoi's family had expected for Kaoru to marry Aoi, but after Kaoru walked out, the marriage was canceled. Main characters Kaoru Hanabishi ; : : The male protagonist of the series. Kaoru is a fairly average person and he does not fit the mold of the stereotypical male protagonist in most harem anime series; for instance, he does not struggle with his studies, nor is he prone to emotional outbursts. He is generally well liked and is a member of the photography club a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is This A Zombie?
, also known as for short, is a Japanese light novel series by Shinichi Kimura, with illustrations by Kobuichi and Muririn. Since January 2009, 19 volumes have been published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. There are five different manga adaptations based on the universe of ''Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?''. A 12-episode anime adaptation produced by Studio Deen aired in Japan from January 11, 2011, to March 31, 2011, on Television Saitama and other networks. A second season, titled , aired in Japan from April 5, 2012, to June 7, 2012, on Tokyo MX and other networks. Plot Ayumu Aikawa is a zombie who was once an ordinary high schooler resurrected by a necromancer named Eucliwood Hellscythe after being murdered by a serial killer. As he tries to make the best of his undead life, he encounters a named Haruna and inadvertently takes her magic powers, being forced to become a Masō-Shōjo (and therefore crossdress) in the process. With Eucliwood, Haruna, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only Yesterday (1991 Film)
is a 1991 Japanese animated drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata, based on the 1982 manga ''Omoide Poro Poro'' by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone. Produced by Toshio Suzuki, it was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Hakuhodo, and distributed by Toho. The film follows a twenty seven year-old Taeko Okajima as she takes a holiday with her relatives in the country, during the course of her trip she reminisces about her life when she was ten. The ending theme song is a Japanese translation of Amanda McBroom's composition " The Rose". The film was released on July 20, 1991. A surprise box office success, it attracted a large adult audience and became the highest-grossing Japanese film of 1991 in the country. It has also been well received by critics outside of Japan—maintaining a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. To celebrate the film's 25th anniversary, GKIDS released the film for the first time in an English-language format on Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Makioka Sisters (novel)
is a novel by Japanese writer Jun'ichirō Tanizaki that was serialized from 1943 to 1948. It follows the lives of the wealthy Makioka family of Osaka from the autumn of 1936 to April 1941, focusing on the family's attempts to find a husband for the third sister, Yukiko. It depicts the decline of the family's upper-middle-class, suburban lifestyle as the specter of World War II and Allied Occupation hangs over the novel. It was translated into English by Edward G. Seidensticker, and published by Alfred A. Knopf. Patrick McCoy of the ''Japan Times'' described the book as being "Tolstoyan in length and scope." Story Title The novel's title, , means lightly falling snow and is also used in classical Japanese poetry. The image suggests falling cherry blossoms in early spring—a number of poets confess to confusing falling cherry blossoms with snow. Falling cherry blossoms are a common symbol of impermanence, a prevalent theme of the novel. The in ''Sasameyuki'' is the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
