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Asano
Asano (written: 浅野, or hiragana あさの) is a Japanese language surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Asano clan, samurai family in feudal Japan. ** Asano Naganori, Important historical figure title: Takumi no Kami ** Asano Nagaakira, samurai ** Asano Nagamasa, samurai **Asano Nagakoto, last daimyō **Asano Yukinaga, samurai **Asano Naganao, Edo period daimyō **Asano Nagatomo, Edo period daimyō *Aiko Asano, actress and singer *Atsuko Asano, actress *Atsuko Asano (writer) *, Japanese male volleyball player *Inio Asano, manga artist * Kevin Asano, retired judoka from the United States *Koji Asano, musician and composer * Masumi Asano, voice actress *Mayumi Asano, voice actress *, Japanese swimmer *Rin Asano, manga artist of ''Deaimon'' *Shirō Asano (professor), Japanese professor and political commentator *Sōichirō Asano, businessman * Tadanobu Asano, actor *Takuma Asano, footballer *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese footballer Fictional characters *Rin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asano Clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan, and the Emperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of Japan. The Main Lineage (''sōke'', 宗家) were Lords (daimyō) of the Hiroshima Domain in Aki Province and another famous branch family were Lords of the Akō Domain in Harima Province associated with the story of the Forty-seven rōnin. Their inherited character is "長". The family came to prominence when the sister of Asano Nagamasa married Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003).html" ;"title="DF 7 of 80">"Asano", ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 3 [PDF 7 of 80/nowiki>">DF 7 of 80">"Asano", ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 3 [PDF 7 of 80/nowiki> retrieved 2013-5-4. After the Meiji Restoration and the Abolition of the han system, abolition of the ''han'' system, the Asano clan became part of the Kazoku, new nobility. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takuma Asano
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum and the Japan national team. His younger brother Yuya is also a professional footballer currently playing for J1 League side Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Club career Sanfrecce Hiroshima After attending Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School, Asano joined Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the age of 18 in January 2013. He went on to win the J1 League in his debut season, making one appearance in the process. Asano went on to win the Japanese Super Cup in 2014, while starting to break into the squad for the J1 League. He helped the side lift the league title for a second time in 2015, this time adding nine goals in 34 appearances. Due to his performances, Asano was named the J1 League Rookie of the Year. Arsenal On 3 July 2016, Asano was announced as Arsenal's second signing of the season, subject to a medical and international clearance. Manager Arsène Wenger described him as "a talented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asano Nagamasa
was the brother-in-law of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and one of his chief advisors. Asano also fought for Oda Nobunaga and Hideyoshi in a number of campaigns during the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan. He was sent to Korea as one of the Three Bureaucrats with Ishida Mitsunari and Mashita Nagamori. Biography He was the son of Yasui Shigetsugu, Lord of Miyago castle (Owari province), a descendant of Hatakeyama Iekuni, Shugo (Governor) of Kawachi province, descending from Ashikaga Yoshikane (1154-1199). Yoshikane was the third son of Minamoto no Yoshiyasu, also called Ashikaga Yoshiyasu (1127-1157), founder of the Ashikaga clan, grandson of the Chinjufu-shōgun (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North) Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039-1106), and a descendant of the Emperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of Japan. He was adopted by his maternal uncle, Asano Nagakatsu, Lord of Asano castle, younger brother of his mother, and succeeded him as the fourteenth head of the As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadanobu Asano
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in ''Electric Dragon 80.000 V'', Kakihara in ''Ichi the Killer'', Mamoru Arita in '' Bright Future'', Hattori Genosuke in ''Zatoichi'', Kenji in '' Last Life in the Universe'', A man in ''Survive Style 5+'', Ayano in ''The Taste of Tea'', Temujin in ''Mongol'', Captain Yugi Nagata in ''Battleship'', Lord Kira Yoshinaka in ''47 Ronin''Keanu's 47 Ronin has A-List Japanese Cast Japan-Zone.com March 2, 2011 and in the |
Asano Nagaakira
was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period who served as ''daimyō'' of Wakayama Domain, and was later transferred to the Hiroshima Domain. Biography Born Asano Iwamatsu, he was the son of Asano Nagamasa, who was a senior retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In 1594, Nagaakira was made a retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and awarded a stipend of 3,000 ''koku''. Allying his forces to Tokugawa Ieyasu six years later at the Battle of Sekigahara, he was subsequently awarded with the 24,000 ''koku'' Ashimori Domain. As his brother Yukinaga died heirless in 1613, Nagaakira succeeded him, becoming daimyō of Wakayama Domain. At the Siege of Ōsaka, he commanded a portion of Tokugawa Ieyasu's army. In the summer of 1615, Toyotomi Hideyori's Western Army moved to attack Asano's castle at Wakayama. Though most of Asano's forces were at Ōsaka, besieging Toyotomi's fortress, the remaining garrison outnumbered the Western warriors, and Asano led his men in sallying forth to meet the enemy i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asano Nagakoto
Marquis was a ''daimyō'' of Hiroshima Domain for a short time after the Meiji Restoration. For the rest of the Meiji period, he was a politician and diplomat, and was one of the last surviving Japanese ''daimyō'' ( Hayashi Tadataka and Wakebe Mitsunori outlived him). Biography Adopted by his uncle Asano Nagamichi, he served as assistant to his adoptive father through the 1860s, and attended many of the meetings and events surrounding the restoration of Imperial rule, and as such was one of many who advised the ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Yoshinobu to return power to the Emperor of Japan. Unlike many from domains such as Satsuma and Chōshū, however, Asano was opposed to taking military action against the shogunate. His childhood name was Kiyotsuchi (喜代槌) later Tamegoro (為五郎). Nagakoto became the twelfth ''daimyō'' of Hiroshima in 1869 upon Nagamichi's retirement. The domains (''han'') were abolished in 1871, but Asano was granted the title of Marquis (''kōshaku'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inio Asano
is a Japanese manga artist. Asano created the acclaimed manga ''Solanin'', which was released as a feature film in Japan in April 2010, starring Aoi Miyazaki. He is also famous for the series ''Goodnight Punpun''. Known for creating character-driven, realist stories, ranging from slice of life to psychological horror, Asano won first prize in the 2001 GX competition for young manga artists. In 2010, ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' described Asano as "one of the voices of his generation." Works * (2000) * (2000) * (2001) * (2002 – 2004) **Licensed in North America by Viz Media. * (2003 – 2005) **Licensed in North America by Fantagraphics Books. * (2004 – 2005) * (2005 – 2008) * (2005 – 2006) **Licensed in North America by Viz Media. An additional epilogue chapter was included in a new edition published in Japan in October 2017. * (2007 – 2013) **Licensed in North America by Viz Media. * (2008 – 2011) * (2009 – 2013) **Licensed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asano Naganori
was the ''daimyō'' of the Akō Domain in Japan (1675–1701). His title was ''Takumi no Kami'' (). He is known as the person who triggered a series of incidents retold in a story known as ''Chūshingura'' (involving the forty-seven rōnin), one of the favourite themes of kabuki, jōruri, and Japanese books and films. Biography He was born in Edo as the eldest son of Asano Nagatomo. His family was a branch of the Asano clan whose main lineage was in Hiroshima. His grandfather Naganao was appointed to the position of ''daimyō'' of Ako with 50 thousand '' koku''. After Naganao died in 1671, Nagatomo succeeded to the position, but died after three years in 1675. Naganori succeeded his father at the age of nine. In 1680, he was appointed to the office of ''Takumi no Kami'', the head of carpentry at the imperial court, but this office was nominal, as were other offices granted to samurai at that time, and only had an honorific meaning. As a ''daimyō'' with a small fief, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Asano
is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator who worked for Aoni Production, but now as of January, 2021 a Freelancer. Biography Asano was born on August 25, 1977 in Noshiro, Akita and studied at the Kokugakuin University Faculty of Literature. Asano announced via her blog that her dōjin manga series ''Seiyu's Life!'', with art by Kenjiro Hata, is receiving an anime television series adaptation. Filmography Television animation *''A Little Snow Fairy Sugar'' (2001) – Saga *'' .hack//Sign'' (2002, Episode 28: "Unison") – BlackRose (Hayami Akira) *''Gravion'' (2002) – Kaori Stephanie *''Haibane Renmei'' (2002) – Shouta *''Rizelmine'' (2002) – Aoi *'' Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning'' (2002) – Hiyono Yuizaki *''D.N.Angel'' (2003) – Risa Harada *''Ikki Tousen'' (2003) – Hakufu Sonsaku *''Popotan'' (2003) – Mai *''Gravion Zwei'' (2004) – Kaori Stephanie *''Uta∽Kata'' (2004) – Manatsu Kuroki *''Daphne in the Brilliant Blue'' (2004) – Gloria *''Yumeria' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asano-gumi
The is a yakuza group based in Okayama, Japan. The Asano-gumi is a designated yakuza group with an estimated 60 active members. History The Asano-gumi was formed in 1945 as a bakuto organization named the by Kunio Oyama. The group restarted as the Asano-gumi with the head of Shin'ichi Asano in April 1952 following Oyama's retirement. Yoshiaki Kushida succeeded as president in September 1983."1993 Police White Paper Chapter 1 : The Actual Condition of the Boryokudan" 1993, '''' Condition The Asano-gumi has been based in |
Asano Yukinaga
was a Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods. His father served as one of the '' Go-Bugyō'' in the late Azuchi–Momoyama period. Asano Yoshinaga was born at Odani, in the Asai district of Ōmi Province, in 1576, the eldest son of Asano Nagamasa, the brother of O-Ne, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife. He married a daughter of Ikeda Tsuneoki. His first action was at the Siege of Odawara, in 1590. In 1593, together with his father, he was granted Fuchu, in Kai Province. Though the Asano family was to be sent to Noto Province as a result of their implication in the alleged treason of Toyotomi Hidetsugu, the good offices of Maeda Toshiie kept them in Kai Province. Yoshinaga achieved distinction together with his father in 1597, during the Siege of Ulsan, when they held the fortress under the command of Katō Kiyomasa. Though the Asano family was secure following its service under Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara, it would be moved to Wak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asano Yoshiteru
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled Hiroshima Domain. His childhood name was Sadakichi (定吉) later become Sadanosuke (定之丞) later become Zenjirō (善次郎). Family * Father: Asano Naritaka * Wife: Tokugawa Toshihime, daughter of Tokugawa Naritaka, 12th Daimyo of Owari Domain (and son of the 11th shōgun Tokugawa Ienari) He was succeeded by his cousin Asano Nagamichi (1812-1872), grandson of Asano Shigeakira (1743-1814), 7th Daimyo of Hiroshima Domain The was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1601 to 1871. The Hiroshima Domain was based at Hiroshima Castle in Aki Province, in the modern city of Hiroshima, located in the Chūgoku region of the island of Ho .... References {{Authority control 1836 births 1858 deaths Daimyo Asano clan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
