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Yonamine
Yonamine (written: 與那嶺 or 与那嶺) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Yonamine Chiru Yonamine Chiru was an Okinawan martial artist in the 1800s and the wife of Matsumura Sōkon. Nicknamed Tsuru-San (“crane”) or Yonamine no Bushi Tsuru (“Yonamine the crane warrior”), she was well-regraded as an Okinawan sumo wrestler and con ..., Japanese martial artist *, Japanese cyclist *, American athlete {{surname, Yonamine Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Yonamine
, was a Japanese American multi-sport athlete who played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Early life Kaname Yonamine, a Nisei Japanese American, was born in Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii to parents Matsusai (September 1, 1890 – July 31, 1988) and Kikue (February 14, 1901 – February 26, 1999). Matsusai was an '' uchinānchu'' immigrant and Kikue came from Hiroshima. Yonamine attended Lahainaluna and Wallace Rider Farrington High School. The name of his high school was the origin of his nickname, originally Wallace, but quickly changed to Wally, which would later become his legal name. Professional football career Yonamine signed a $14,000 contract, playing running back for the San Francisco 49ers in their second season (1947). Doing so, he became the first football player of Japanese American ancestry to play professional football (Walter Achiu was the first Asian-American). In his one season with the team, he had 19 carries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eri Yonamine
is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Yonamine only switched from tennis to cycling when in college at Tsukuba University, and quickly achieved success in Japan, coming in second in both the Japanese National Road Race Championships and the Japanese National Time Trial Championships in 2012 at age 21. The next year, she won both the national road race and time trial championships. In the spring of 2016, she signed a short-term contract with the American UCI team , and later repeated her victory in the national time trial. Yonamine was selected to represent Japan in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Major results ;2012 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial ;2013 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 2nd National Cyclo-cross Championships : 8th Road race, Asian Road Championships ;2014 : 1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships : 2nd Time trial, Asian Road Championships : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonamine Chiru
Yonamine Chiru was an Okinawan martial artist in the 1800s and the wife of Matsumura Sōkon. Nicknamed Tsuru-San (“crane”) or Yonamine no Bushi Tsuru (“Yonamine the crane warrior”), she was well-regraded as an Okinawan sumo wrestler and considered a “tomboy” for her love of fighting. She may have had a hand in developing the Matsumura Orthodox version of the kata Seisan, which is said by the Takae-Ryu Karate-Do Association to allow women to fight with a baby on their backs. In addition to her studies of sumo wrestling and tegumi, she was known for her skills with weightlifting. She was the daughter of a wealthy business owner and she came from a prominent martial arts family, but she could not find a spouse because of her love of fighting. As she aged, her parents increasingly raised the dowry to marry her, but found few takers until Matsumura learned about her. While some legends describe a wrestling match between the two, Shōshin Nagamine was an Okinawa karate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
