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Yoshiko Tagami
Yoshiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Written forms The name Yoshiko can have a variety of different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Over 200 possible variations of the name exist. Some of the most common variations of Yoshiko include: * 良子; good, child * 佳子; agreeable, child * 美子; beautiful, child * 義子; moral and just, child * 吉子; fortunate, child * 悦子; joyful, child * 祥子; auspicious, child * 芳子; fragrant, child * 慶子; jubilant, child * 好子; fond and pleasing, child Japanese royalty * Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Saga (786–842) * Fujiwara no Yoshiko (died 807), consort of Emperor Kanmu * Yoshiko (1122–1133), daughter of Emperor Toba * Yoshiko, daughter of Emperor Reigen (1654–1732) * Princess Yoshiko (Kōkaku) (1779–1846), empress consort of Emperor Kōkaku * Princess Yoshiko (Arisugawa-no-miya) (1804–1893), mother of the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu * Yoshiko Kawashima (1907–1948), prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adopting a Japanese name, are able to choose which pronunciations they want for certain kanji, the same written form of a name may have multiple readings. In exceptional cases, this makes it impossible to determine the intended pronunciation of a name with certainty. Even so, most pronunciations chosen for names are common, making them easier to read. While any jōyō kanji (with some exceptions for readability) and may be used as part of a name, names may be rejected if they are believed to fall outside what would be considered an acceptable name by measures of common sense. Japanese names may be written in hiragana or katakana, the Japanese language syllabaries for words of Japanese or foreign origin, respectively. As such, names written in hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Kuga
was a Japanese actress. She starred in '' The Woman in the Rumor'' (1954), ''Equinox Flower'' (1958), and '' An Inlet of Muddy Water'' (1953). She won a Mainichi Film Award in 1954, and a Blue Ribbon Award in 1956. She was the wife of actor Akihiko Hirata. Early life and education Kuga was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her father Marquess Michiaki Koga was a member of the House of Peers. In 1946, while still attending Gakushuin Junior High School, she became an actress for Toho studios. Career In June 1946, Toho had sponsored a search for "new faces", choosing Kuga as one of 48 new actresses and actors from 4,000 applicants. In 1947, she made her debut as one of the lead actresses in the omnibus movie . She was one of the actors active in the 1948 union strike at Toho studios. In the 1950s, she started working independently and starred in many productions of the Shochiku studios under the direction of Keisuke Kinoshita. She acted in '' The Woman in the Rumor'' by Kenji Miz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Tamura
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. Tamura was trained by the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion, made her debut in September 1994 and worked for the promotion for three years, winning the AJW Junior Championship, before taking part in a mass exodus led by Kyoko Inoue and following her to the newly founded NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promotion. Recognized as the "Ace" of NEO, Tamura performed with the promotion from its first event to the last, in the process becoming its most accomplished wrestler, winning the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships a record seven times and the NEO Tag Team Championship three times. All in all, Tamura held the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships for 2,074 days and successfully defended them 38 times. After being inducted into the NEO Hall of Fame, Tamura ended her sixteen-year career on December 31, 2010, retiring at the end of NEO's final event. Professional wrestling career All Japan Women's P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Takano
is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in four events at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valley .... References 1942 births Living people Japanese female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Japan Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Nagano Prefecture 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Takamatsu
is a retired Japanese breaststroke swimmer who won the 100 m and 200 m events at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo. She competed in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ..., but failed to reach the final, while her 4×100 metres medley relay team finished seventh. References 1938 births Living people Japanese female breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Japan Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games swimmers for Japan Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1958 Asian Games Sportspeople from Wakayama (city) 20th-century Japanese sportswomen Asian Games gold medalists in swimming {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Shirata
"Cindy" Yoshiko Shirata (born 2 December 1952) is a Japanese accounting scholar who specialized in corporate bankruptcy prediction. She is best known for her SAF2002 bankruptcy prediction model. Her bankruptcy prediction model has been used by major banks and rating companies in Japan. She is considered one of the most well-known experts to develop bankruptcy prediction models in Japan. Early life After graduating from high school, Shirata first worked for Japan Airlines (JAL) as a cabin attendant in the 1970s. She then worked as an assistant to the Software Engineering Manager of Pr1me Computer Japan, and an advisor to the President of Spalding Japan, and as advisor to the vice-president of Teikoku Data Bank. Subsequently, she worked as a Managing Associate of Coopers and Lybrand Japan Co., Ltd.Shirata graduated from the Doctoral Program in Management and Public Policy, University of Tsukuba. In 1994 she was awarded a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and in March 1999, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Shiotani
was the governor of Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture t ... in Japan from 2001 to 2009. She was Kumamoto's first female governor and the second in Japanese history. She is a member of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church. References 1939 births Living people Politicians from Saga Prefecture Governors of Kumamoto Prefecture Women governors of Japan Japanese Lutherans {{japan-politician-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Shigekane
was a Japanese writer from Hokkaido. She won the Akutagawa Prize in 1979, and her work has been adapted for film. Early life Shigekane was born in Hokkaido, Japan on March 7, 1927. Her father worked for a mining company. Throughout her childhood she had problems with her hips dislocating, requiring multiple surgeries to address and providing experience that she would later incorporate into her story ', about a child with similar problems who has a troubled relationship with her mother. The family later moved to Fukuoka. In 1946 Shigekane was baptized as a Protestant, and the next year she married her husband, with whom she subsequently had three children. Career After raising her children Shigekane started taking writing courses. In 1978 she published her first story in a literary journal, with ''Sui-i'' appearing in ''Bungakukai'', and received her first nomination for the Akutagawa Prize, for her story ''Baby Food''. The next year Shigekane was nominated again for the Akut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Shibaki
was a Japanese writer of short stories and novels. She was awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Women's Literature Prize. Biography Early life Shibaki was born in Tokyo on 7 May 1914 into a merchant family. From an early age on, she was trained in traditional Japanese arts like the tea ceremony, writing tanka and painting, and was taken to see kabuki plays. She graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Daiichi High School in 1932 and started studying English at Surugadai YWCA Women's Academy. After her father's death, she aborted her studies and started working at the Mitsubishi Center for Economic Studies to support her family. In 1941, she married economist Kiyoshi Oshima. Career Shibaki started contributing to literary magazines such as ''Reijokai'' and ''Wakakusa'' in 1935 after her mother's death. She was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1941 for her short story "Seika no ichi" (青果の市, lit. "The fruit and vegetable market"), making her the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Sakurai
is a Japanese journalist, TV presenter, writer, and political activist. She is also president of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals, established in 2007. Biography Sakurai was born to Japanese parents in Vietnam. After returning with her family to Japan, she graduated from Nagaoka High School. Later, she graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, majoring in history. Sakurai started her career as a journalist for the ''Christian Science Monitor'' in Tokyo. She served as a news presenter on Nippon Television's late night news programme ''Kyō no Dekigoto'' from 1980 to 1996. She worked on the HIV-tainted blood scandal (Japan), HIV-tainted blood scandal in Japan during the 1990s. Affiliated with the openly Historical negationism, revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, Sakurai denies sexual slavery by the Japanese imperial military during World War II (i.e. "comfort women"). She promoted 2015 Scottsboro Girls film in Japan and the United States, a revisionist film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Sakakibara
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. Career In 1981, Yoshiko made her voice acting debut as Flore in '' Six God Combination Godmars''. In addition to her voice acting roles, she has worked as a narrator for various news programs, including a long term position on TV Asahi News Station, where she narrated for over 10 years. She has been interested in theatrical performance since elementary school, and after gaining experience in the theater club in the middle and high school era, she majored in the theater department. While working with various theater companies, voice actors set up a new agency, and she joined upon invitation from a person who was the husband and teacher of Mari Shimizu, a participant in the launch. The president of the agency and senior colleagues also encouraged her to be a voice actor. Filmography Anime ;1980s * 1981 '' Six God Combination Godmars'' – Flore * 1981 ''Urusei Yatsura'' – Otama * 1982 ''Space Cobra'' – Armaroid Lady * 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Nishitani
is a Japanese manga artist pioneering in ''shōjo'' manga. She released her works in ''Shōjo Club'' and ''Margaret''. According to Rachel Thorn, Nishitani "more or less single-handedly invented the school campus romance that remains the mainstay of ''shôjo'' manga today", and Robert Petersen regards her innovation as giving her characters personality. She gave her readers characters that were like them, "teenaged Japanese girls dealing with friendships, family, school, and, yes, falling in love." Her success inspired an influx of female manga artists. Her manga ''Mary Lou'' is thought to have opened up the idea of ''shōjo'' manga telling stories about ordinary teenagers. Nishitani's characteristics have been described as 'big eyes and huge reflections within' as well as a use of curly hair and frilly clothes, with an attention to detail when drawing that inspired later artists like Nanae Sasaya. Works * (1964, Bessatsu Margaret) * (1965, Margaret) * (1966, Margaret) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
