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Yamada (山田, ) is the 12th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese model, actress and idol *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese illustrator and manga artist *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese philosopher *, Japanese politician and samurai *, Japanese writer *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese beauty pageant winner *, Japanese writer *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese general *, Japanese softball player *, Japanese Mahayana Buddhist * Fernando Yamada (born 1979), Brazilian footballer *, Japanese voice actress *, pen name of Seiya Yamada, Japanese writer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese admiral * Hiroki Yamada (other), multiple people *, Japanese chef *, Japanese long jumper *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese c ...
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Etai Yamada
The Most Venerable was the 253rd head priest of the Japanese Tendai school of Mahayana Buddhism. In 1986, Yamada was invited by Pope John Paul II to be one of the few non-Christian religious leaders to attend the World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi, Italy. In 1987, he held a religious summit meeting on Mount Hiei near Kyoto. This event has been held annually to the present day, inviting religious leaders to gather to pray for worldwide peace and reconciliation. Yamada conducted ecumenical dialogues with religious leaders around the world based on his interpretation of the Lotus Sutra The ''Lotus Sūtra'' ( zh, 妙法蓮華經; sa, सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकसूत्रम्, translit=Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, lit=Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, italic=) is one of the most influ ... which culminated in a 1987 summit. He also used the Lotus Sutra to move his sect from a "temple Buddhism" perspective to one based on social e ...
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Hiroshi Yamada
is a Japanese politician born on January 8, 1958. He is a former member of the House of Representatives and was the inaugural Secretary-General of the Party for Future Generations, an opposition party formed in August 2014. A graduate of Kyoto University (with a major in law), In April 2010 Yamada became chairman of the Spirit of Japan Party, which he founded for the Upper House election, with Hiroshi Nakada, the former mayor of Yokohama, and Hiroshi Saitō, the former governor of Yamagata. The party won a few seats at the prefectural and municipal level in the regional elections in 2011, and broke up in the fall of 2012 to join the Japan Restoration Party of the former governor of Tokyo Shintaro Ishihara, and later joined his Party for Future Generations. He lost his seat in the Diet in the December 2014 general election. In September 2015 it was announced that he would contest the 2016 House of Councillors election as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Like Ishihar ...
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Hiroomi Yamada
was a Japanese long jumper who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... Yamada was the first Asian to jump eight metres, doing so with a leap 8.01 at Odawara on June 7, 1970.Personal best jumps over 7.82 metres
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Hiromi Yamada
is a Japanese chef, specializing in Italian cuisine. He was a top chef in Japan until, in a 1991 car accident, he killed two people and injured several others. The accident propelled him into financial ruin and disgrace. Out of the limelight, he worked in relative obscurity for several years. In 1994, he began a public comeback on an episode of the popular Japanese cooking show, ''Iron Chef'', where he won the Cabbage Battle against Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi , whose name is often romanized Chin Kenichi in Japanese sources, is a chef best known for his role as the Iron Chef Chinese on the television series '' Iron Chef'' (料理の鉄人). Nicknamed The Szechuan Sage, he wears a yellow outfit and ri .... References 1953 births Living people Japanese chefs Chefs of Italian cuisine People from Taitō {{japan-bio-stub ...
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Hiroki Yamada (other)
Hiroki Yamada may refer to: * Hiroki Yamada (ski jumper) (born 1982), Japanese ski jumper * Hiroki Yamada (footballer) is a Japanese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Júbilo Iwata. Career In May 2017, following Karlsruher SC's relegation from the 2. Bundesliga in the 2017–18, Yamada announced his decision to leave the club end ... (born 1988), Japanese footballer * Hiroki Yamada (baseball) (born 1988), Japanese baseball pitcher * Hiroki Yamada (composer) (born 1967), Japanese composer {{hndis, Yamada, Hiroki ...
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Hikohachi Yamada
was a Japanese Vice Admiral of the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. He was known for being the commander of the Seventh Division of the Third Fleet during the Battle of the Yellow Sea and the Battle of Tsushima. Biography Hikohachi was born on April 15, 1855, at the Kagoshima Castle within the Satsuma Province. His father was Aritsune Yamada who was a feudal retainer of the Satsuma Domain while his mother, Suma, was the younger sister of Toshimichi Ōkubo and his brothers were and . Under the advice of his uncle Toshimichi Ōkubo, he moved to Tokyo and enrolled in the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1871. During his education, he took part in the Satsuma Rebellion as part of the crew of the '' Asama''. He graduated in July 1878 as part of its 5th Class and made an ensign in January 1881. Beginning in October 1884, he became a squad leader of the '' Kongō'' and became a member of the 2nd Naval Division of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff, being g ...
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