Ayami Nakamura
Ayami (written: , , , , or in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese illustrator and video game artist *, Japanese idol and singer *, Japanese actress and model *, Japanese rower *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese gymnast {{given name Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of ''hiragana'' and ''katakana''. The characters have Japanese pronunciation, pronunciations; most have two, with one based on the Chinese sound. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. After World War II, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as shinjitai, by a process similar to China's simplified Chinese characters, simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the common folk. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayami Kojima
is a Japanese artist. She has often worked in video games as a character designer and is most known for her work on the ''Castlevania'' series of video games with Konami. She is self-taught and enjoys reading '' shōnen'' manga. Biography Ayami Kojima is a self-taught artist, born in Tokyo, Japan. She is a character designer and illustrator for video games. Kojima's hobbies include reading manga and drawing for other authors. She has also published self-made works. Her first work in the video game industry was '' Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'' which released in 1997. In the few years following ''Symphony of the Nights release, she worked on several more entries in the Castlevania series, including '' Castlevania Chronicles'' in 2001, ''Harmony of Dissonance'' in 2002, and ''Aria of Sorrow'' and ''Lament of Innocence'' in 2003. In the mid-to-late 2000s, Kojima worked on games such as '' Castlevania: Curse of Darkness'', ''Samurai Warriors 3'', '' Sangokushi TCG'', '' Castle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayami Mutō
is a Japanese idol, singer, and model. She was represented by Amuse, Inc. from 2004 to 2015, and has been a member of three musical groups formed by the company: Karen Girl's, Sakura Gakuin, and its first sub-unit Twinklestars. Biography Mutō was born in a hospital in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, on April 29, 1996. Her father, Yoshinori Mutō is a horse trainer, and her younger brother Miyabi Mutō is a horse jockey. Joining the talent agency Amuse, Inc. in 2004, Mutō began her career as a child model for the magazine ''Kids Style''. In 2008, she joined the idol group Karen Girl's alongside Suzuka Nakamoto and Yuika Shima. The trio was active for one year. In 2010, Mutō and Nakamoto joined idol group Sakura Gakuin, as one of the founding members, and as the Student Council President in the school theme of the group. Later that year, Mutō joined the group's first sub-unit Twinklestars, which acts as a school baton-twirling club. On March 25, 2012, she graduated from Sakura Ga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayami Nakajo
is a Japanese-British actress and model who is affiliated with Ten Carat. Biography Early life Nakajō was born in Abeno-ku, Osaka in 1997. Her mother is Japanese and her father is British. She grew up in a family with her mother, father, and sister. She played badminton during high school as a junior. Model In 2011, she auditioned for the female fashion magazine ''Seventeen''. She was selected in the Grand Prix with models such as Yua Shinkawa. In 2012, Nakajō first participated as a model in ''Tokyo Girls Collection'' in the 2012S/S season. In September 2017, Nakajō officially became an exclusive model for ''CanCam is a Japanese monthly fashion magazine published by Shogakukan. Its name supposedly derives from "I Can Campus", because girls who read it are expected to become "campus leaders". The magazine was created for fashion-conscious consumers, and offer ...''. Actress In 2012, Nakajō debuted in the television drama, ''Miss Double Faced Teacher'', as Yuyaku ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayami Oishi
is a Japanese rower. She competed in the women's lightweight double sculls 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 * 1991 births Living people Japanese female rowers Olympic rowers for Japan Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayami Sato
is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the in the Japan Women’s Baseball League. She is also a starting pitcher for the Japan women’s national baseball team, which she has led to five World Cup medals. Sato is considered by many to be the best female pitcher, and by some the best female baseball player, in the world. She can throw close to 80 miles an hour. Her curveball was clocked at 2,583 revolutions per minute. Sato has won five gold medals for her home country. She is the only women's baseball player to have won three consecutive MVP awards. Early life Sato attended Kamimura Garkuen High School in Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima, Japan. She then attended Shobi University in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan where she played on her college women’s baseball team. Sato found her love of baseball through playing catch with her brother at age 9. At the time, there was no women’s team in Japan. "I played against boys, and then I wanted to be them," Sato emphasized throug ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayami Takase
is a former professional tennis player from Japan. She made the round of 16 at the China Open in 2002, as a lucky loser from qualifying. Takase reached a best singles ranking of 250 in the world. As a doubles player on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tourna ... she featured in the main draw of four editions of the Japan Open and was a quarterfinalist at the 2004 Korea Open. Her five ITF doubles titles include a $50k event in Tokyo in 2006. ITF finals Singles (1–5) Doubles (5–23) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Takase, Ayami 1978 births Living people Japanese female tennis players 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayami Yukimori
is a Japanese gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References 1969 births Living people Japanese female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Japan Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japanese Feminine Given Names
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies ( Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japan ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |