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Abe (surname)
Abe ( - written: ) is the 25th most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are , and . Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese socialite, radio personality and wife of Shinzō Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan *, Japanese announcer and actress *, Japanese writer *, Japanese singer and actress *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese synchronized swimmer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese lawyer, police bureaucrat and politician *, pen name of Naoya Abe, Japanese manga writer *, Japanese-English actress *, Japanese general *, Japanese judoka *, 7th-century Japanese general *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese poet *Hiroshi Abe (other), multiple people *Hiroyuki Abe (other), multiple people *, Japanese zoologist *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese poet *, Japanese hammer thrower *, Japanese Christian socialist and politician *, Japanese ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Yasuda Life
is a Japanese life insurance company, headquartered in Tokyo and created in 2004 from the merger of Meiji Life and Yasuda Life. The company is one of the oldest and largest insurers in Japan. The Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a member of the Mitsubishi and Fuyo groups and participates in the former's Friday Conference. History In 1881, entrepreneur Zenjiro Yasuda founded the Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company, making it part of the Yasuda zaibatsu. On January 1, 2004, Meiji Mutual Life Insurance Company and Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company merged to create the Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. References External linksCompany website(in Japanese)Company website(in English) Insurance companies based in Tokyo Mutual insurance companies Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a Japanese life insurance company, headquartered in Tokyo and created in 2004 from the merger of Meiji Life and Yasuda Life. The company is one of the oldest and lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroaki Abe
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Early career Abe was born in Yonezawa city in Yamagata prefecture in northern Japan. He graduated from the 39th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1911, with a ranking of 26th out of a class of 148 cadets. As a midshipman, he served on the cruiser and battleship . After his promotion to ensign on 1 December 1912, he was assigned to the cruisers and , and the battleship . After attending torpedo school and naval artillery school, he was promoted to sub-lieutenant and served on the destroyer , followed by the cruiser during World War I. However, it does not appear that Abe experienced combat during his tour of duty. After the end of the war, he served in mostly staff positions until he was given his first command on 20 July 1922; the destroyer ''Ushio''. He then commanded the destroyer , and was promoted to lieutenant commander the following year on 1 December 1923. He was captain o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kan Abe
was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1946. He was the father of former Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe and the grandfather of former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Life Abe was born on 29 April 1894, in Heki (present-day Nagato), Yamaguchi Prefecture, the eldest son of Abe Hyōsuke and his wife Tame. The Abe family was a prominent family of landowners and sake and soy sauce brewers in Heki who had served as ''nanushi'' (village heads) in the Edo period. His father was from the Mukunoki family, a prominent family in Ōtsu, who was adopted into his wife's family upon marriage. Both his parents died by the time he was four, after which he was raised by his aunt Yoshi. Abe graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, the predecessor of the University of Tokyo. Abe stood as a Seiyūkai Party candidate in the February 1928 general election but lost; he was appointed village mayor of Heki in 1933 and later served in the Yamaguchi prefectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamehiko Abe
was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from October 1922 to October 1923. He was governor of Kōchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 757,914 (1 December 2011) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and ... (1919–1922). References Governors of Hiroshima 1875 births 1928 deaths Japanese Home Ministry government officials Governors of Kochi Prefecture {{Japan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaito Abe (footballer, Born September 1999)
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Blaublitz Akita. Club career After attending Higashifukuoka High School, Matsumoto signed for Fagiano Okayama for 2018 season and unexpectedly found immediate space, even scoring on his 2nd ever cap in J2 League against Tochigi SC , commonly referred to as Tochigi SC are a football club based in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. They currently play in the J2 League. History Teachers in Tochigi Prefecture founded the club in 1953. They were initially called self-exp .... Club statistics ''Updated to 20 December 2022''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社"J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)" 7 February 2018, Japan, (p. 205 out of 289) References External links *Profile at J. League 1999 births Living people Association football people from Ōita Prefecture Japanese footballers Fagiano Okayama players Blaublitz Akita players J2 League players Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Abe
Chronology in ''Creaturers.'' is a Japanese street photographer and educator who lives and works in Osaka. As of autumn 2014, he has produced six books of photographs of people in cities, including ''Citizens: 1979–1983'', which won the Society of Photography Award. He was the official photographer of the butoh dance group Byakko-sha () from 1982 to 1994. Life and work Abe was born in Osaka. He studied photography at Ōsaka Shashin Senmon Gakkō (now Visual Arts Osaka).Jun Abe , Vacuum Press. Archived by the Wayback Machine on 8 September 2014. From 1982 to 1994 he was the official photographer for Byakko-sha (), a dance group based in Kyoto. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abe Isoo
was a Japanese Christian socialist, parliamentarian and pacifist. He largely contributed to development of baseball in Japan, and was called "Father of Japanese baseball." He created a baseball club of Waseda University. Early life and education Abe was born in Fukuoka on 4 February 1865. He entered at Doshisha University in 1879, and got baptized by Joseph Hardy Neesima at February 2, 1882. In 1898, he created the first Consumers' co-operative of university in Japan at Doshisha. After he graduated from Doshissha, he studied abroad, including at the University of Berlin, before attending Hartford Theological Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut. It was while he was studying in Hartford that he became interested in socialism. Career After returning to Japan, in 1899, Abe became a Unitarian preacher. He taught at the Waseda University starting in 1901, called Tokyo Semmon Gakko, at the time. He later became a faculty of political science and economics and taught there for 25 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isao Abe
Isao Ko Abe (阿部 功, February 18, 1912 – February 15, 1980) was a Japanese hammer thrower. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics and finished in 13th place. After his athletic retirement, he joined the Ministry of Railways A Ministry of Railways is a Cabinet department that exists or has existed in many Commonwealth states as well as others. It generally occurs in countries where railroad transportation is a particularly important part of the national infrastructure. .... References 1912 births 1980 deaths Japanese male hammer throwers Olympic male hammer throwers Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abe No Iratsume
Abe no Iratsume (阿倍女郎 or 安倍女郎; dates unknown) was a Japanese '' waka'' poet of the Nara period. Biography The exact birth and death dates of Abe no Iratsume (literally, "the lady Abe") are unknown, but she probably lived from around the Wadō era (began 708) to around the Hōki era (ended 780). Poetry Abe no Iratsume is the credited author of five poems included in books III and IV of the ''Man'yōshū''. They are the poems numbered 269, 505–506, 514, and 516. These include a poetic exchange with Nakatomi no Azumahito, the author of poem 515. An "Abe no Iratsume" (安倍女郎) is mentioned as the recipient of poem 1631 (Book VIII) by Ōtomo no Yakamochi was a Japanese statesman and '' waka'' poet in the Nara period. He was one of the ''Man'yō no Go-taika,'' the five great poets of his time, and was part of Fujiwara no Kintō's . Ōtomo was a member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan. Like his g ..., but this was likely a different woman. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichiro Abe
was a Japanese judoka. He was head of the Promotions Panel at the Kodokan and former international chairperson of the All Nippon Judo Federation. He was one of only fifteen judoka to have attained Kodokan 10th dan rank, having been promoted at the New Year Kagami biraki Ceremony, 8 January 2006 along with Toshiro Daigo and Yoshimi Osawa. Biography Abe was born in 1922 and educated at Tsukuba University. He was sent by the Kodokan The , or ''Kōdōkan'' (講道館), is the headquarters of the worldwide judo community. The ''kōdōkan'' was founded in 1882 by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, and is now an eight-story building in Tokyo. Etymology Literally, ''kō'' ( ... as a judo teacher to France in 1951 and Belgium in 1953. He was director of the Kodokan International from 1969 to 1997 and director of the Kodokan Council from 1997 to 2004. Abe died in Tokyo on 27 February 2022, at the age of 99. References 1922 births 2022 deaths Japanese male judoka Kodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisashi Abe
was a professor of Zoology at Hokkaido University Sapporo in Hokkaidō, Japan. He has authored a variety of publications on the taxonomy of various mammal species endemic to East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and .... References Profile 20th-century Japanese zoologists Japanese mammalogists Hokkaido University faculty 1933 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Hokkaido University alumni {{zoologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Abe (other) , Japanese table tennis international
*Hiroyuki Abe, a Japanese politician
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Hiroyuki Abe may refer to: *Hiroyuki Abe (fighter) (born 1970), Japanese mixed martial artist *Hiroyuki Abe (footballer) (born 1989), Japanese football player *Hiroyuki Abe (table tennis) Hiroyuki Abe (阿部 博幸) is a former Japanese international table tennis player. He won a bronze medal at the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with Seiji Ono. He also won two bronze medals in the men's team event. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
