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Obara
Obara may refer to: People With the surname * Daisuke Obara (born 1981), Japanese ice hockey player * Hitomi Obara (born 1981), Japanese sport wrestler * Joji Obara, Korean-Japanese serial rapist * Keita Obara, (born 1986), Japanese professional boxer * Kuniyoshi Obara (1887–1977), Japanese educational theorist and publisher * Maciej Obara (born 1981), Polish jazz musician, composer and bandleader * Masakazu Obara, Japanese anime director * Tadashi Obara (born 1983), Japanese speed skater * Takumi Obara (born 1967), Japanese triathlete * Yuri Obara (born 1980), Japanese speed skater * Yuria Obara (born 1990), Japanese women's footballer Fictional * Obara Sand, a character in ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' * Nne Obara, a character in Hitman (2016 video game) Places * Obara, Aichi, Japan, a former village * Obara Station, a train station in Misaki, Okayama, Japan * Ōbara Station, a HRT station in Hiroshima, Japan Other uses * Obara (stew) Obara (stew) is a Slovenia, Slovene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keita Obara
is a Japanese professional boxer who challenged for the IBF and IBO light-welterweight titles in 2016. At regional level he held the WBC- OPBF light-welterweight title from 2014 to 2015 and the WBO Asia Pacific welterweight title twice between 2017 and 2018. Professional career Early career Obara made his professional debut on 9 August 2010, losing via fifth-round technical knockout (TKO) in a six-round bout against Kazuyoshi Kumano at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. After compiling a record of 7–1 (6 KOs) he defeated Hayato Hokazono via fourth-round knockout (KO), capturing the vacant Japanese light-welterweight title on 8 April 2013 at the Korakuen Hall. He went on to successfully defend the title twice that year – a third-round KO against So Takenaka in August and a ninth-round TKO against Tetsuya Hasunuma in December – before defeating Jay Solmiano on 14 April 2014 at the Korakuen Hall, capturing the vacant WBC- OPBF light-welterweight title via fourth-roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joji Obara
, born Kim Sung-jong () is a Korean-Japanese serial rapist who may have raped between 150 and 400 women. In October 2000, he was charged with drugging, raping and killing the British woman Lucie Blackman, the rape and manslaughter of the Australian woman Carita Ridgway, and the rape of eight other women. In 2007, Obara was jailed for life on multiple rape charges and manslaughter, but was acquitted of Blackman's rape and murder for lack of direct evidence. In December 2008, the Tokyo High Court found Obara guilty on the counts of abduction, dismemberment and disposal of Blackman's body. Blackman's death, as well as Obara's trial, received extensive press coverage internationally, especially in Britain. Background Joji Obara was born on 10 August 1952 to poor Zainichi Korean parents in Osaka. During his youth, Obara's father worked his way from scrap collector to immensely wealthy owner of a string of properties and pachinko parlors. Obara was educated at private Tokyo schools, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obara (stew)
Obara (stew) is a Slovene national dish. It is a stew served as an independent meal, which is cooked from various kinds of meat and internal organs. It used to be served at various ceremonies, and it is a part of the traditional Slovenian cuisine. Especially good are obaras served with ajdovi žganci. Today obaras contain more vegetables. One type of ''obara'' is dormouse stew from Inner Carniola in Slovenia. Report was made by Paolo Santonino, Cancellar of the Patriarch of Aquileia in his travel diary (1485-1487). He reports of a lunch stop in an Inner Carniola household, where the farmer's wife quickly prepared a roast dormouse for hungry archbishop. Roast dormice were also used for soups, risottos and goulashes. Dormouse hunting was not appreciated only for meat, but it also supplied the hunters with large amounts of dormouse fur. Dormouse lard was also useful for medicinal purposes. It was used for healing bruised or broken extremities, upset stomach and rheumatism.Taste S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuniyoshi Obara
was an influential Japanese education reformer and publisher. Obara left a strong mark in education philosophy and on the theories of liberal education, art education and vocational education. In addition to creating his own education theory, Zenjin (or "Whole Person") Education, he was among the leaders of the New Education Movement in Japan and disseminated in that country the works of earlier reformers such as Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. He was the founder of the campus Tamagawa Gakuen and for many years president of its university, Tamagawa University. Biography Personal life Born to a Samurai family on 8 April 1887 in the Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan, in a village called Kushi, Obara was the grandson of a famous educator. He was adopted into the Ajisaka family in his early childhood after the death of his parents. Obara converted to Christianity in his early adulthood and remained a devout Christian throughout his life. In 1920, he married educator Nobu Takai, who remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciej Obara
Maciej Obara (born 18 December 1981) is a Polish jazz musician (alto and tenor saxophone), composer and bandleader. Biography From the mid-2000s, Obara worked with Marek Kądziela's ensemble ''ADHD'' (mit Kasper Tom Christiansen, Piotr Damasiewicz, Rudi Mahal) and the band and ''Power of the Horns'', and also recorded with several of his own projects, first with his own trio ''Message from Ohayo'' (2007, mit Krzysztof Gradziuk, and Maciej Garbowski). The music documented there won the jazz competition of Bielska Zadymka for young jazz bands in 2006, and led to his international breakthrough. In 2008 he toured in Poland with Antoine Roney. Manfred Eicher became aware of him and recommended him to Tomasz Stańko, to play for the ''Tomasz Stańko Special Project'' and in ''New Balladyna Quartet''. In the following years he continued with his own projects, in addition to another trio with John Lindberg und Harvey Sorgen (''Three'', 2010), with his Quartet (''Equlilibrium'', 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Obara
is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation .... References 1980 births Living people Japanese female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Japan Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics People from Obihiro Speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadashi Obara
is a Japanese speed skater. He competed in the men's 1000 metres event at the 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz .... References 1983 births Living people Japanese male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Japan Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Hokkaido Speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takumi Obara
is an athlete from Japan. He competes in the triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the t .... Obara competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took twenty-first place with a total time of 1:50:29.95. References 1967 births Living people Japanese male triathletes Olympic triathletes of Japan Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-triathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masakazu Obara
is a Japanese anime director. He worked as a storyboarder for the 1998 anime series ''Outlaw Star''. Filmography Anime television series *''My-HiME'' (2004) *''My-Otome'' (2005)) *'' My-Otome Zwei'' (2006)) *''The Girl Who Leapt Through Space'' (2009) *''Accel World is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by HiMA. The series began publication in ASCII Media Works' '' Dengeki Bunko'' imprint from February 2009 and is licensed in North America by Yen Press. Two manga ...'' (2012) Anime films *'' Accel World: Infinite Burst'' (2016) References External links * Anime directors Japanese film directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obara, Aichi
was a village located in Nishikamo District, north-central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of December 1, 2004, the village had an estimated population of 4,353 and a population density of 58.4 persons per km2. Its total area was 74.54 km2. Obara was well known as the home of traditional Japanese "Washi" mulberry paper. Obara Village was created on July 1, 1906 through the merger of the hamlets of Kiyohara, Honjo, Fukuhara and Toyohara. On July 13, 1972, the village was partly destroyed by landslides following heavy rains, with the loss of 32 lives. On April 1, 2005, Obara, along with the town of Fujioka (also from Nishikamo District), the towns of Asuke, Asahi and Inabu, and the village of Shimoyama (all from Higashikamo District), was merged into the expanded city of Toyota, and has ceased to exist as an independent municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōbara Station
Ōbara Station is a HRT station on Astram Line, located in 5815-11, Tomo, Numata-cho, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. Platforms Connections ; Astram Line : Tomo — Ōbara — Tomo-chūō Around station *Tomo Post Office *Numata Driving School History *Opened on August 20, 1994. See also *Astram Line , also known as the , is a rubber-tired transit system operated by Hiroshima Rapid Transit in Hiroshima, Japan. Astram opened on August 20, 1994, for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. The line connects central Hiroshima and Hiroshima Big Arch, ... * Hiroshima Rapid Transit Astram Line stations {{Hiroshima-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obara Station
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Misaki, Kume District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Obara Station is served by the Tsuyama Line, and is located 45.5 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at . Station layout The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended. Adjacent stations History Obara Station opened on October 1, 1956. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company. A new glassed-in rain shelter on the platform was completed in March 2020. There is no station building and the station is unattended. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 32 passengers daily.. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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