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Asaka (photobook)
Asaka may refer to: Cities * Asaka, Saitama, Japan * Asaka, Uzbekistan People * Asaka-no-miya (朝香) ''ōke'' (princely house), a branch of the Japanese Imperial Family * Asaka (musician) (born 1999), Japanese singer *, Japanese comedian *, Japanese singer *, Japanese actress *, Japanese storyboard artist and director *, Japanese actress *, Japanese actress and singer Other uses * Fukushima Prefectural Asaka High School * Asaka Station (other) * Asaka, a character from the musical '' Once on This Island'' * , a character from the tokusatsu '' Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger'' See also * Azaka (other) {{Disambiguation, given name, surname Japanese-language surnames Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asaka, Saitama
260px, Pond at JGSDF Camp Asaka 260px, former IJA Officer Preparatory School at JGSDF Camp Asaka is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 143,195 and a population density of 7800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Located in far southern Saitama Prefecture, Asaka in the center of the Musashino Terrace on the central reaches of the Arakawa River, which runs along the city border with Saitama in the northeastern part of the city, Surrounding municipalities * Saitama Prefecture ** Saitama ** Shiki ** Toda ** Wako ** Niiza *Tokyo Metropolis ** Nerima-ku Climate Asaka has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ageo is 15.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1427 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8 °C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yui Asaka
is a Japanese actress, a J-Pop singer, and an idol who came to fame in the 1980s. Biography Yui was born in Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, and later attended Nakano High School. In 1984, she was the Grand Prix Winner for a Young Girls Comics Magazine. Yui was featured as the main character of the comic "Shooting Star". A year later, she debuted as a singer with the single Natsu Shoujo. Up until the end of 1986, Asaka enjoyed a moderately successful career as a singer and an idol. Her fame grew when she starred in the third series of cult TV Show '' Sukeban Deka'' in 1987. In 1989, she starred as the heroine of popular manga '' Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl'' in its 1989 live movie adaptation. Capitalising on this exposure, Asaka started to write her own songs, starting with the single "Self Control". In 1993, problems arose when her management began limiting her rights concerning her stage name (Yui Asaka). Asaka decided to temporarily withdraw from the limelight and took a bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese-language Surnames
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azaka (other)
Azaka are a family of ''loa'' in Haitian mythology. The name is shared between: *Azaka Medeh - loa of harvest *Azaka-Tonnerre Azaka-Tonnerre (also Azaca or Azacca) is a loa of thunder in Vodou, especially in Haiti. He is in the same "family" as Azaka Medeh, the loa of harvest Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields. Reaping is the cuttin ... - loa of thunder See also * Asaka (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 42nd entry of the Toei Company's long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries, following ''Uchu Sentai Kyuranger''. This series is the first to feature two different teams of heroes-the gentleman thief-themed Lupinrangers and the police-themed Patrangers-who engage in a three-way battle against an alien criminal organization targeting Earth called the Gangler. It is also the first ''Super Sentai'' TV series to not have an ending theme like many of TV Asahi's other shows. ''Lupinranger VS Patranger'', which was the last ''Super Sentai'' series to air entirely in the Heisei era, premiered on February 11, 2018, and ended on February 10, 2019, joining ''Kamen Rider Build'' and later, ''Kamen Rider Zi-O'', in the ''Super Hero Time'' line-up on TV Asahi affiliate stations. Additionally, ''Lupinranger VS Patranger'' began airing in South Korea in June 2020 as ''Power Rangers Lupin Force VS Patrol Force''. Story The Lupin Collection, a vast ensemble of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once On This Island
''Once on This Island'' is a coming-of-age one-act stage musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. It is based on the 1985 novel ''My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl'' by Rosa Guy, a Caribbean-set retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale ''The Little Mermaid''. It concerns a peasant girl in the French Antilles who falls in love with a rich boy and makes a deal with the gods to save his life. The original Broadway production ran from 1990 to 1991, and the West End production opened in 1994, where it won the 1995 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. The musical was revived on Broadway in a production that opened on December 3, 2017 at the Circle in the Square Theatre. The revival was showered with critical acclaim, with ''New York Times'' critic Jesse Green describing it as "ravishing" and ''The Huffington Post'' praising it for creating "an aesthetic experience unlike anything seen on Broadway." It won the 2018 Tony Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukushima Prefectural Asaka High School
, abbreviated as , is the regionally prestigious prefectural high school in Koriyama city, Fukushima, Japan. It was founded on September 11, 1884, originally as Fukushima Junior High School. After being renamed Asaka Junior High School in 1948, it was changed into a high school due to the restructure of the Japanese education system on April 1, 1948. History Asaka High School was a boys' school for a long time, but has recently become coeducational. Simultaneously, it abolished its rule mandating school uniforms. The old building, which had been formerly used as the main building of former Fukushima ordinary junior high school , is conserved in the front of its site, as the Asaka history museum. It was designated a cultural heritage site in 1977. The museum was deemed unsafe to enter after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Asaka High School has promoted the themes "Frontier Spirit", "Literary and Military arts", and "Spartan". It has a rivalry with Fukushima High Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asaka Seto
also known as Megumi Ieda, is a Japanese actress who works at Foster Management. She won the award for Best Actress at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Travail''. She is married to Yoshihiko Inohara of the band V6. Filmography ;Television appearances * ''Subarashiki kana jinsei'' (Fuji TV, 1993) * ''Mou namida wa misenai'' (Fuji TV, 1993) * ''Sweet Home'' (TBS, 1994) * ''Kimi to ita natsu'' (Fuji TV, 1994) * ''Tokyo daigaku monogatari'' (TV Asahi, 1994) * ''Owaranai natsu'' (NTV, 1995) * ''Miss Diamond'' (Fuji TV, 1995) * ''Age 35 koishikute'' (Fuji TV, 1996) * ''Boku ga boku de aru tame ni'' (Fuji TV, 1997) * ''Tomodachi no Koibito'' (TBS, 1997) * ''Narita Rikon'' (Fuji TV, 1997) * ''Kamisan nanka kowakunai'' (TBS, 1998) * ''Boy Hunt'' (Fuji TV, 1998) * ''Naniwa Kinyudo 4'' (Fuji TV, 1998) * ''P.S. Genki desu, Shunpei'' (TBS, 1999) * ''Saimin'' (TBS, 2000) * ''Sayonara, Ozu Sensei'' (Fuji TV, 2001) * ''Mayonaka wa Betsu no Kao'' (NHK, 2002) * ''Kaidan Hyaku Monogatari St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asaka, Uzbekistan
Asaka ( uz, Asaka/Aсака; russian: Aсака) is a city and the administrative center of Asaka District in eastern Uzbekistan, located in the southeastern edge of the Fergana Valley near Uzbekistan's border with Kyrgyzstan. Asaka underwent rapid industrialization during the Soviet era. Currently, it is the second biggest industrial city in Andijan Region, the first being Andijan. Asaka is home to the first automobile assembly plant in Central Asia, namely UzAutoMotors (formerly UzDaewooAuto). Etymology The origins of the city's name are uncertain. Some sources say that it derives from the Saka words "asvaka" or "as-saka" which mean "horse" or "horsemen", respectively. That is why a statue of a horse was erected in one of Asaka's squares in 1997 during the 60th anniversary of the city's founding. According to others, "Assake" (the original name of the city) is an ancient term derived from the Iranian ethnonym referring to Central Asian Scythians.Pospelov, pp. 28–29 His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morio Asaka
is a Japanese storyboard artist and director. After graduating Osaka Designers' College, Asaka entered Madhouse. He was inspired to become a director by '' Phoenix: Yamato Chapter'' and made his debut as an episode director in episode 40 of ''Yawara!''. He made his chief directorial debut with the 1993 OVA ''POPS''. His noted works include, among others, ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' (his directorial anime television series debut), ''Chobits'', ''Gunslinger Girl'', ''Nana'', ''Chihayafuru'', and ''My Love Story!!''. In 1999, he won the Theatrical Film Award in the Animation Kobe awards. Filmography TV series *''Cardcaptor Sakura'' (1998–2000) - Director *''Galaxy Angel'' (2001) - Director *''Galaxy Angel Z'' (2002) - Director *''Chobits'' (2002) - Director *''Gunslinger Girl'' (2003–2004) - Director *''Nana'' (2006–2007) - Director *''No Longer Human'' (2009) - Director *''Chihayafuru'' (2011-2012) - Director *'' Chihayafuru 2'' (2013) - Director *''My Love Story!!'' (2015) - Dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asaka Mayumi
(born September 6, 1955) is a Japanese actress. One of her television roles was as the ninja Sagiri in the jidaigeki ''Abarenbo Shogun.'' As of 2005, she is still active in television commercials. On August 31, 2006, she played a guest-star role in the prime-time series ''Shin Kasōken no Onna File 8'' on TV Asahi. She also guest-starred in the episode of Mito Komon for broadcast on August 20, 2007 (season 37, episode 20). A year later, Mayumi appeared in a TV Tokyo Wednesday night mystery show, ''Ryokō Sakka Chaya Jirō'' #8. Filmography Films *'' The Complex'' (2013), Hitomi's mother *''Love and the Grand Tug-of-war'' (2021) *''Fragments of the Last Will'' (2022) *'' Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022'' (2022), Masayo Hoshino Television *''Ultraman Taro'' (1973) *''The Emperor's Cook'' (1980), Mitsu *'' Dr. Coto's Clinic'' (2003–06), Masayo Hoshino *''Last Friends'' (2008), Yoko Kishimoto *''Reach Beyond the Blue Sky is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Ryo Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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