Akasaka (surname)
Akasaka (written: 赤阪 or 赤坂 lit. "red, slope") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese activist *, Japanese writer *, Japanese competitive eater *, Japanese speed skater {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aka Akasaka
is a Japanese manga artist. His series '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' was serialized in Shueisha's ''Miracle Jump'' between May 2015 and January 2016, and was then transferred to ''Weekly Young Jump'' starting from March 2016. It was the 9th best selling manga in Japan in 2019, with over 4 million copies sold. In 2020, he won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category with the manga. Starting from April 2020, his work ''Oshi no Ko'', which is illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari, is serialized on ''Weekly Young Jump'' and is his second active series on the magazine at the same time. In August 2021, ''Oshi no Ko'' won the Next Manga Award in the print category. In addition, he contributed to the background assets of the visual novel video game Subarashiki Hibi, released in Japan in 2010. Works * (2011-2012, story by Hikaru Sugii, character design by Ryō Ueda) * (2013-2015) * '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' (2015–2022) * (2020–present, illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Akiko Akasaka
is a Japanese cross-country skier. She competed in the women's 5 kilometres at the 1972 Winter Olympics. References External links * 1951 births Living people Japanese female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Japan Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Akita Prefecture {{Japan-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kazuyuki Akasaka
http://nagoya.nikkansports.com/baseball/professional/dragons/p-nd-tp0-20071109-280532.html is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Chunichi Dragons The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) .... Notes and references External links NPB 1989 births Living people Japanese baseball players Chunichi Dragons players Baseball people from Yokohama {{japan-baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kiyotaka Akasaka
is the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information. He was appointed to the position by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in February 2007. Akasaka also served as Coordinator for Multilingualism in the UN Secretariat. He completed his appointment at the UN in March 2012 and was succeeded by Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal of Austria. A career diplomat, Mr. Akasaka has served several multilateral organizations in different capacities. From 2003 to 2007, he was the Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where he was responsible for issues on development, environment, sustainable development and building and maintaining partnership with other international organizations. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Deputy Director-General in the Multilateral Cooperation Department of the Japanese Foreign Ministry. He acted as one of the top negotiators in the Kyoto Conference on Climate Change i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mac Akasaka
, real name Makoto Tonami (戸並誠 ''Tonami Makoto''), is a Japanese businessman, political activist and perennial candidate. He was born in Nagoya, grew up in a struggling family, and attended Kyoto University. He spent 25 years as an executive at the trading company Itochu, where he built a rare-earth metals trading business and ultimately retired early with a 120 million yen severance package. He went into politics after his retirement. He now manages the Smile Therapy Association in Akasaka, Tokyo. Akasaka claims to have personal assets of billions of yen, which he uses to cover the cost of his political campaigns. He has run for various political offices in recent years, including the Minato City Assembly (2007), the House of Representatives (2007, 2009, and 2010), Governor of Tokyo ( 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2016), Governor of Osaka Prefecture (2011), Governor of Niigata Prefecture (2012) and Mayor of Osaka City (2014), running as the candidate of the . In these elect ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mari Akasaka
is a Japanese novelist. Biography Mari Akasaka was born in Suginami, Tokyo, and studied Politics in the Law Department at Keio University. In 1999 her novel ''Vibrator'' was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. She was again nominated for the Akutagawa prize in 2000 for her novel, ''Muse'', and won the Noma Literary Prize for New Writers for the same novel. ''Vibrator'' was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki, starring Shinobu Terajima is a Japanese actress. Her feature films include '' Akame 48 Waterfalls'' (2003) and '' Vibrator'' (2003). For her role in ''Caterpillar'' (2010), Terajima won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin Film Festival while her performan ... and Nao Ōmori. The English translation of the book was published in 2005. Works * ''Chō no Hifu no Shita'' (1997) * ''Vibrator'' (1998) * ''Vanille'' (1999) * ''Calling'' (1999) * ''Muse'' (1999) * ''Kare ga Kanojo no Onna Datta Koro'' (2003) * ''Taiyō no Namida'' (2008) * ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Takako Akasaka
Takako Akasaka ( Japanese: 赤阪尊子 ''Akasaka Takako'' born February 24, 1955) is a Japanese competitive eater from Osaka, Japan. She is considered the most successful female competitive eater in Japan. Akasaka has earned multiple nicknames because of her efforts on the competitive eating circuit, including "Armageddon." She is also known as an excellent long-distance eater, specializing in sweet food, which earned her the nickname "The Sweet Queen" or "The Queen" among her admirers. She started competitive eating in 1989 and became famous when she won an annual TV Champion's eating contest in 1994. She won again in 1996 by beating Hirofumi Nakajima and Kazutoyo Arai, who were both soon to be Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champions. One of her records is eating 90 ostrich egg omelettes in Australia. Takako Akasaka is the first person, male or female, to eat two #13 sandwiches (weighing 7 pounds total) at the Carnegie Deli in New York City. In 2000, she, along with fellow ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuichi Akasaka
is a Japanese short-track speed skater, who won a bronze medal in the 5000 m relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics together with teammates Tatsuyoshi Ishihara, Toshinobu Kawai and Tsutomu Kawasaki is a Japanese short track speed skater, who won a bronze medal in the 5000 m relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics together with teammates Yuichi Akasaka, Tatsuyoshi Ishihara and Toshinobu Kawai is a Japanese short-track speed skater, who w .... External links * * 1967 births Living people Japanese male short track speed skaters Short track speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic short track speed skaters of Japan Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Short track speed skaters at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Asian Games gold meda ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |