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Akiyama Rin
Akiyama (written: lit. "autumn mountain") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, general in the Imperial Japanese Army and considered father of the Japanese Cavalry *Denis Akiyama (1952–2018), Japanese-Canadian actor and voice actor *, Japanese printmaker *, Japanese professional Go player *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese massage therapist, former crab fisherman, best known for being the first grand champion (1999) of the TV series ''Sasuke'' *, Japanese conductor *, Japanese baseball manager, former player *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese writer *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese actress, gravure idol and television personality *, Japanese Paralympic swimmer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese female pop artist *, admiral of the Japanese Navy in the Russo-Japanese War, younger brother of Yoshifuru *, Japanese professional ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Surname
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population, while the top 100 surnames cover slightly more than 33%. This ranking is a result of an August 2008 study by Meiji Yasuda Life, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, which included approximately 6,118,000 customers of Meiji Yasuda's insurance and annuities. References {{Names_in_world cultures Japanese names Names by culture Japanese culture Lists of surnames, Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōji Akiyama
is a Japanese photographer known for his work in Tsugaru and New York.''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers''. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . He has also written about photography. Books by Akiyama *''Tsugaru: Ryōji-sensei gyōjōki'' (). Hirosaki: Tsugaru Shobō, 1978. Photographs of Tsugaru. *''Nyūyōku tsūshin: Akiyama Ryōji shashin'' (). Tokyo: Bokusuisha, 1980. Photographs of New York City. *你好小朋友 ''Chūgoku no kodomotachi: Akiyama Ryōji shashinshū'' (). Tokyo: Sakura Family Club, 1983. Photographs of children in China. *''Narakawa-mura'' (). Tokyo: Asahi-shinbunsha, 1991. . Photographs of Narakawa (Nagano prefecture). *''Fotokontesuto hisshō gaido'' () / ''Photo Contest Success Guide.'' Reberu-appu mook. Tokyo: Gakken, 1995. . *''Fotokontesuto hisshō: Kodomo no torikata'' (). Reberu-appu mook. Tokyo: Gakken, 1998. . *''Kodomo no shashin no torikata: Kawaiku toru kihon kara fotokontesuto chōsen made''(). Tokyo: Gakken, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyohiro Akiyama
is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station. He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, and his space mission was the second spaceflight to be commercially sponsored and funded. Akiyama was also the first civilian to use commercial space flight, and the first journalist to report from outer space. Education and career Akiyama attended and earned his bachelor's degree at the International Christian University located in Mitaka, Tokyo. He then joined the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) as a journalist in 1966. He worked for the BBC World Service from 1967–1971 before becoming a correspondent for the TBS Division of Foreign News. From 1984 to 1988, he served as TBS chief correspondent in Washington D.C. Space training On 17 August 1989, Akiyama was selected for a commercial Soviet-Japanese flight. The flight was sponsored by the TBS Corporati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokuzō Akiyama
was a Japanese chef who served as Emperor Taishō's and later Emperor Shōwa's imperial chef. He is regarded as an influential figure in spreading French cuisine in Japan. His life was adapted into a novel and several television series. He is regarded as the "Japanese Escoffier". Life and career Born as Takamori Tokuzō in Echizen, Fukui, he was a mischievous teenager. His parents married him off to the wealthy Akiyama family in Sabae, where he was introduced to Western cuisine by the army chef, to whom he delivered goods. He moved to Tokyo to develop his skills, where he worked at the Peerage Hall and Tsukiji Seiyoken. He then decided to study further in Europe, travelling first to Germany in 1909 and then to France. In Paris, he worked at the Majestic Hotel and Café de Paris. In France, he had to face prejudice for being Japanese, largely due to the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War, and had to engage in physical fights in the kitchen. He also worked at Hôtel Ritz Paris u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetuzi Akiyama
Tetuzi Akiyama (Akiyama Tetsuji) (born 13 April 1964) is a Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker. Akiyama formed the improvisation group Madhar in 1987, and the classical ensemble Hikyo String Quintet in 1994 (which also included Taku Sugimoto on cello). In 1995, Akiyama and Sugimoto formed a guitar duo, and played at venues in New York City, Chicago, and Detroit. During this time, Akiyama was also a member of Keiji Haino's Nijiumu outfit. Akiyama also formed Sutekina Tea Time (a duo with Takashi Matsuoka) and Mongoose (a trio with Taku Sugimoto and Utah Kawasaki). In 1998 Akiyama began organising a monthly concert series, The Improvisation Meeting, with Toshimaru Nakamura. In December 2006 he began a regular duo with Hervé Boghossian (France), they toured in Europe (France, Portugal, Switzerland, England) several times in 2007 (in May, October and December) and also played in Tokyo during Hervé Boghossian Japanese tour in August/September 2008. In 2009 he worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teruyoshi Akiyama
is a Japanese sports shooter. He competed in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * * 1971 births Living people Japanese male sport shooters Olympic shooters of Japan Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in shooting Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teruo Akiyama
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Akiyama was a native of Kumamoto prefecture. He graduated from the 41st class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1913, ranked 61st out of 118 cadets. He served as midshipman on the cruisers and . After he was commissioned as an ensign, he was assigned to the battleship . He subsequently served on the battleship , cruiser and destroyer '' Yudachi''. Akiyama was promoted to lieutenant on 1 December 1918, and was assigned to the destroyer as chief torpedo officer. However, from 1921–1922, he also served as executive officer on the submarines ''SS-35'' and ''SS-45''. On 7 February 1924, he was given his first command: the destroyer . He subsequently commanded the destroyers , , , , and in the 10-year period from 1924-1934.* Promoted to captain on 1 December 1937, he served in mostly staff assignments until the start of the Pacific War, with the exception of a posting as captain of the cruise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamayo Akiyama
a Japanese shōjo manga author and artist. She is a former member of CLAMP, having left the group on October 1, 1992. Akiyama has also done illustrations for three novels (''Kyokutō Shōnen'' and ''Komaranu mae no kami da nomi'' by Kobayashi Megumi and ''Watashi no Kare wa Hamster'' by Edō Kei) and illustrations for a CD (''Psycho Sound Machine Drama'' by Ohara Mariko). Works Hyper Rune, Mouryou Kiden, Secret Chaser, and Zyword are currently being published in North America by Tokyopop. In CLAMP’s early years, Akiyama worked on doujinshi , also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of '' doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created by ... in the BL genre. Her collaborative doujinshi works have been released on July 19, 1988, in a collection known as CLAMP Book. See also * CLAMP References External linkspaupau*BOX ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadasuke Akiyama
is a Japanese photographer. Born in Shinagawa, Tokyo, in 1941, Akiyama studied in the Faculty of Political Science of Waseda University and then went to Tokyo College of Photography, graduating in 1964. He became an assistant to Yasuhiro Ishimoto but very quickly turned freelance. With Haruo Satō, he created ''Wakai gunzō'' (), a series of photographs of young people within crowds, taken close up with a wide-angle lens that won acclaim; it led to a series of collaborations with Satō. Akiyama traveled to east and west Europe just before the destruction of the Berlin Wall; he also photographed carnivals in the West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greate ... at around this time. Akiyama taught at Punjab College of Photography from 1970. Books by Akiyama *''Kok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadashima Akiyama
Tadashima Akiyama, also called , was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period who hailed from Tajima Province. A rather unknown figure, he is largely remembered for his defeat at the hands of the young Miyamoto Musashi, who was sixteen at the time. It has been concluded that Akiyama openly challenged Musashi. Musashi wrote in The Book of Five Rings is a text on ''kenjutsu'' and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1645. Many translations have been made, and it enjoys an audience considerably broader than other martial artists and people ac ...: ''"When I was sixteen I struck down an able strategist Tadashima Akiyama"''. References *Toyota Masataka. "''Niten Ki'' (A Chronicle of Two Heavens)," in ''Gorin no Sho'', edited by Kamiko Tadashi. Tokyo: Tokuma-shoten, 1963. Further reading * * * * * * Samurai Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{samurai-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shun Akiyama
was a Japanese literary critic and member of the Japan Art Academy. He was born in Tokyo, and graduated from Waseda University in 1953 with a degree in French literature. Between 1979 and 1993 he was a professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and from 1997 at Musashino University. He died, aged 83, in Tokyo. Books * 『内部の人間』（1967, 南北社, のち晶文社） * 『対談・私の文学』（1969, 講談社） * 『無用の告発－存在のための考察』（1969, 河出書房） * 『抽象的な逃走』冬樹社 1970 * 『歩行と貝殻』講談社 1970 * 『時が流れるお城が見える』（1971, 仮面社） * 『考える兇器』冬樹社 1972 * 『小林秀雄と中原中也』 第三文明社(レグルス文庫) 1973 * 『作家論』 第三文明社 1973 * 『秋山駿批評 1』1973, 小沢書店 * 『地下室の手記』（1974, 徳間書店/1991年5月、日本文芸社） * 『秋山駿批評 2』小沢書店 1975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōtarō Akiyama
was a renowned Japanese photographer. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. . Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. References Japanese photographers 1920 births 2003 deaths Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon {{Japan-photographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
