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Tōru (given Name)
Tōru is a masculine Japanese given name. Written forms Tōru can be expressed with several kanji. Some examples: * 徹, "penetrate" * 透, "transparent" * 享, "enjoy" * 亨, "smoothly" * 暢, "freely" The name can also be written in hiragana とおる or katakana トオル. Notable people with the name * , Japanese actor * , Japanese karateka * , Japanese water polo player * , Japanese politician * , Japanese manga artist * , Japanese voice actor * , Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator * , Governor of Osaka Prefecture * , American electrochemist * , Japanese ice hockey player * , Japanese video game designer * , Japanese mezzotint engraver and painter * , Japanese former sumo wrestler * , Japanese astronomer * (born 1977), Japanese badminton player * , Japanese voice actor * , Japanese baseball player * , Japanese voice actor and narrator * , Japanese ice hockey player * , Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator * Toru "Tiger" Okoshi, Japanese-American trumpet player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toru Abe
TORU or Toru may refer to: *TORU, spacecraft system *Tōru (given name), Japanese male given name *Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *Tõru Tõru is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish () was a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality of Estonia, ..., village in Kaarma Parish, Saare County, Estonia * Toru River, river in North Sumatra, Indonesia {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toru Takahashi (baseball)
is a former Japanese professional baseball pitcher who played for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. Early life Born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Takahashi attended Otsu Junior High School and Yokohama So-Gakukan High School. He was selected in the third-round of the 2004 draft by the (then named) Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. Professional career Takahashi spent seven years with the Hawks organization. In 2010, the sixth year of his professional career, he received a call-up to the club's first team and made his debut appearance on April 28, 2010 against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He pitched the 9th innings and allowed one run. He made his second (and final) first-team appearance on May 10, 2010 against the Orix Buffaloes The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōru Shinohara
is a Japanese manga artist. He was born in Niihama, Ehime. After graduating from high school in 1955, he started working at a factory in Osaka making car parts but quit after only ten months. He studied manga via a mail-offered course and wrote to various manga magazines. In 1958, came his first commercially printed work ''Fukumenhakushi'' (覆面博士) and he began his career as a manga artist. He is best known for ''Nippon Keibaden'' that detailed the history of Japan's horse racing industry and its horses. He is also known for beautiful amazon-like heroines who are never daunted by the hardship they endure. Since 1970, he has written a series of works titled ''Sasori'', lit. scorpion, which is the name for a female inmate and heroine. Director Shunya Ito started a series of ten films starring Meiko Kaji is a Japanese actress and singer. Since the 1960s, she has appeared in over 100 film and television roles, most prominently in the 1970s with her most famous roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Okoshi
Toru "Tiger" Okoshi (born March 21, 1950) is an American jazz fusion trumpeter born in Ashiya, Japan. After studying at Kwansei Gakuin University, Okoshi moved to the U.S. in 1972. In 1975 he completed studies at the Berklee College of Music. Okoshi collaborated in the 1970s with Gary Burton, and played with the Mike Gibbs Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 1974. Following this he toured with Buddy Rich. In the early 1990s, he played in George Russell's Living Time Orchestra and recorded with Bob Moses. In the early 2000s he recorded several songs on the album ''Orpheus Again'' by Bruce Arnold. Discography As leader * ''Tiger's Baku'' (JVC, 1981) with Vinnie Colaiuta, Gerry Etkins, Steve Forman, Robert Gonzales, Quinous Johnson, Tim Landers, Mike Stern * ''Mudd Cake'' (JVC, 1982) * ''Face to Face'' (JVC, 1989) with Gerry Etkins, Rikiya Higashihara, Takayuki Hijikata, Koh Shimizu * ''That Was Then, This Is Now'' (JVC, 1990) with Gerry Etkins, Rikiya Higashihara, Takayuki Hijika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōru Ōkawa
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. While he went to a College of Art, Nihon University, he started his career as a stage actor, but after he moved to Mausu Promotion, his current agency, he came to focus on voice acting. Filmography Television animation ;1995 *''Virtua Fighter'', Chris ;1996 *''Chōja Reideen'', Leaper *'' You're Under Arrest'', Tower Employee B *'' The Vision of Escaflowne'', Gaddes *''Midori no Makibao'', Fried Chicken ;1997 *'' Virus Buster Serge'', Captain Rick, Man A, Petri's Subordinate B, Simon *'' Berserk'', Bartender, Sir Laban *'' YAT Anshin! Uchu Ryokou'', Boss, Man A *'' Flame of Recca'', Hanabishi Shigeo, Homura, Kondō, Narrator, Setsuna ;1998 *'' Gasaraki'', Gowa Operator, Kiou Watanabe, Kiyomu Yonetani, Takeharu Gowa, Tatsumi Wakisaka *'' Shadow Skill'', Zal Zachary *''Neo Ranga'', Makoto Kageyama ;1999 *'' Kakyuusei'', Haruhiko Satake *'' Kyoro-chan'', Dementon, Maya's Father *''The Big O'', The Thug *'' Power Stone'', Okuto *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toru Okajima
is a Japanese ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournaments at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside .... References 1943 births Living people Japanese ice hockey players Olympic ice hockey players for Japan Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from Hokkaido {{Japan-icehockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōru Ōhira
was a Japanese narrator and voice actor from the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. He was the founder of Ōhira Production and was also attached to 81 Produce. One of his best-known roles was the dub voice of Darth Vader in '' Star Wars'', on the series' home video releases and playing the title character Moguro Fukuzō in the original The Laughing Salesman. He was also known for his many narration roles, most notably in the '' Super Sentai'' series. Overview Ōhira was a very influential figure in the dubbing industry during the Shōwa period. After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan University Jōnan Senior High School (in which he was also the supervisor of the school's volleyball team), he went on to graduate from the Meiji University Department of Political Science and Economics. In 1954, he joined the Nippon Broadcasting System, in which he became an announcer and producer. In 1955, with the opening of the Tokyo Broadcasting System, he enlisted in its theatrical compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōru Nimura
is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder and pitcher. He played for the Chunichi Dragons and Chiba Lotte Marines. He has been a coach since 1998 being on the payroll of his former club the Chunichi Dragons and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. On 25 September 2019, Nimura was invited to fill the role of farm team manager with his former team, the Chunichi Dragons The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011 .... On 28 September, Nimura was officially unveiled as the second team manager for the 2020 Western League season. External links References 1961 births Living people Baseball people from Saitama Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball infielders Chunichi Dragons players Chiba Lotte Marines players Japanese baseball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōru Nara
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Kenyu Office. Biography Nara was born on May 7 in Shiraoka, Saitama. Filmography Anime *''Ace Attorney'' as Masashi Yahari (Larry Butz) *'' Allison & Lillia'' as Pilot (ep 15) *'' Aria the Natural'' as Akatsuki's brother (senior high) (ep 22) *''Attack on Titan'' as Koslow *''Bakkyuu HIT! Crash Bedaman'' as Masao * '' Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-'' as Kevidubu *'' BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad'' as Yuji Sakurai/Saku *''Beyblade Burst'' as Hoji Konda *''Black Lagoon'' as Kageyama's Son (ep 2) *'' Blade of the Immortal -Immortal-'' as Shira *'' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' as Hassaku Onomichi *'' Btooom!'' as Sōichi Natsume; Yoshiaki Imagawa *''Cap Kakumei Bottleman DX'' as Seimei Usami *''Cardfight!! Vanguard'' as Ishida Naoki *''Chihayafuru'' as Yūsei Nishida *'' Cross Game'' as Takuro Oikawa *'' Danball Senki'' as Kensuke Yuuki *''Delicious in Dungeon'' as Kuro *''Dorohedoro'' as Matsumura *'' Dragon Quest: The Adventure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōru Matsumoto
Tōru Matsumoto (; Matsumoto Tōru; born 14 July 1977) is a retired Japanese people, Japanese badminton player from NTT East Badminton Club. He studied in Hieizan High School graduated from and Waseda University. After playing 8 years in club, he served as a manager for 3 years before finally retiring in 2015. Achievements IBF International ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' References 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Mie Prefecture Japanese male badminton players 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toru Kobayashi
is/was a Japanese astronomer. He was active in the 1970s, working at Imadate in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. He co-discovered Comet C/1975 N1 (Kobayashi-Berger-Milon). He should not be confused with another Japanese astronomer, Takao Kobayashi, who discovered the periodic comet P/1997 B1 (Kobayashi), as well as more than 2000 asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the Solar System#Inner Solar System, inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids). As ...s. References 20th-century Japanese astronomers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{japan-astronomer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |