Imai ( — characters for "now" and "water well", meaning "new place of residence") is a Japanese surname.
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Asami Imai
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Early Wing. She debuted as a voice actress in 1999 and as singer in 2009 by releasing her first single "Day by Day / Shining Blue Rain" under the 5pb. Records label. She is also well known f ...
Eriko Imai
is a Japanese pop singer, actress and politician. She made her debut in the early 1990s as part of the group Speed, which disbanded in March 2000. Eriko began her work away from Speed during 1998, performing "Tsumetaku Shinai de", under the st ...
( 今井絵理子), artist
*, Japanese figure skater
*, Japanese cross-country skier
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Hisae Imai
was a Japanese photographer who specialized in the photography of horses.
Biography
Born in Tokyo in 1931, Imai graduated from Bunka Gakuin () in 1952. Her father owned a photography studio in the Matsuya department store in Ginza, and afte ...
Hisashi Imai
is a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is known as lead guitarist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983. He has also performed in musical side-projects such as Schaft (1991–1994, 2015), Schwein (2001),
and more recently Lucy (2004).
Ca ...
Isao Imai (disambiguation) Isao Imai may refer to:
* Isao Imai (physicist) (1914–2004), Japanese theoretical physicist
* Isao Imai (judge) is Japanese attorney-at-law (a counsel of TMI Associates) and was a member of the Supreme Court of Japan.Kenji Imai (disambiguation), multiple people
* Kohzoh Imai (今井浩三, born 1948), Japanese scientist
*, Japanese snowboarder
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Masaaki Imai
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is a Japanese organizational theorist and management consultant, known for his work on quality management, specifically on Kaizen.
Life and work
Born in Tokyo, Imai obtained his BA from Tokyo University in 1955, where he continued t ...
(born 1930), Japanese organizational theorist
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Miki Imai (disambiguation) Miki Imai is the name of:
*, Japanese pop singer and actress
* Miki Imai (athlete)
Miki Imai ( ja, 今井美希; born 30 May 1975) is a Japanese former track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. Her personal best of , set in 2001, is ...
, multiple people
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Nobuko Imai
, is a Japanese classical violist with an extensive career as soloist and chamber musician. Since 1988 she has played a 1690 Andrea Guarneri instrument.
Biography
Imai began her musical training at the age of six. She began studying at Tokyo's ...
( 今井信子), classical violist
* Runa Imai (born 2000), Japanese swimmer
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Sōkyū Imai
was a Japanese Buddhist monk and ''waka'' poet of the Nanbokuchō period. His secular name
A legal name is the name that identifies a person for legal, administrative and other official purposes. A person's legal birth name generally is the n ...
Tadashi Imai
was a Japanese film director known for social realist filmmaking informed by a left-wing perspective. His most noted films include ''An Inlet of Muddy Water'' (1953) and '' Bushido, Samurai Saga'' (1963).
Life
Although leaning towards left-wing ...
( 今井正), film director
*, Japanese middle-distance runner
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Tomoki Imai
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Western United FC in the A-League.
Career
Born in the Chiba Prefecture, Imai made his debut for Omiya Ardija of the J1 League on March 20, 2013 against Júbilo Iwata in the J.L ...
, Japanese footballer
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Toshiaki Imai
is a Japanese football manager and former player.
Early life
Imai was born in Saitama Prefecture on 29 December 1954 and graduated from Waseda University.
Playing career
Imai played for Fujitsu (later ''Kawasaki Frontale'') from 1977 to 1981.
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Tsubasa Imai
is a Japanese singer, actor and dancer formerly in the Japanese agency Johnny & Associates. He joined Johnny & Associates in 1995 and officially debuted in 2002 in the duo Tackey & Tsubasa with Hideaki Takizawa. They are signed to the record lab ...
Yuka Imai
is a Japanese former voice actress who was previously represented by Gekidan Moonlight and by Atomic Monkey at the time of her retirement. She was born in Atami, Shizuoka. On August 30, 2018, she announced her retirement from voice acting, whi ...
Hotaru Imai
The following is a list of characters from the anime and manga series ''Gakuen Alice''.
Students of Elementary School Division
* is the 10-year-old female protagonist of the story. She is characterised by being optimistic, childlike, cheerful ...
(今井 蛍), a character from ''Alice Academy''
* Nobume Imai (今井 信女), a character from ''
Gintama
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to September 2018, later in '' Jump Giga'' from Decembe ...
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*Lisa Imai (今井 リサ), a character from ''
BanG Dream!
''BanG Dream!'', also known as , is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad. Created by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani in January 2015 with original story by Kō Nakamura, the project began as a manga before exp ...