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Amaya (surname)
Amaya is a Japanese surname and a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: People with Japanese-language surname * Naohiro Amaya (1925–1994), Japanese politician * Daisuke Amaya (1977-), Japanese software developer * Sohichiro Amaya (1983-), Japanese baseball player People with Spanish-language surname * Andrés Amaya (c.1645-1704), Spanish Baroque painter. * Manuel de Amaya (c.1740-c.1800), Spanish merchant and politician. * Lorenzo Amaya (1896-1969), Argentine sports shooter. * Carmen Amaya (1913/1914-1963), Spanish Romani flamenco dancer and singer. * Ramón Amaya Amador (1916-1966), Honduran journalist, author, and political activist. * Mario Amaya (1933-1986), American art critic, museum director and magazine editor, and director. * Dionisia Amaya (1933-2004), was a teacher and Honduran Garifuna community activist. * Jorge Amaya (1934-), Argentine equestrian. * Angel Amaya (1934-), Venezuelan boxer. * Mario Abel Amaya (1935-1976), Argentine lawyer ... [...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] |
George Amaya
George Amaya (February 12, 1950 – September 25, 2005) was an American professional tennis player of Colombian descent. He died of cancer at his home in Atlanta in 2005. Amaya spent most of his childhood in Colombia, but was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts and lived in the U.S. until the age of five. He had returned to the U.S. by the time he was college age and attended Presbyterian College Presbyterian College (PC) is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina. History Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by the William Plumer Jacobs. He had served as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Cl ... in Clinton, South Carolina, where he was an NAIA singles and doubles champion. A left-handed player, Amaya turned professional in 1975 and was ranked amongst the world's top 200, featuring in the main draw of three US Opens. He was a long serving director of tennis at the Cherokee Town and Country Club in Atlanta and is a member of the Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Amaya
Antonio Amaya Carazo (; born 31 May 1983) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender. He spent most of his professional career with Rayo Vallecano, making 254 appearances across three spells in all of the top three divisions. Club career Early years and Rayo Born in the capital of Madrid, Amaya began his career at local San Cristóbal de los Ángeles. He joined another team in the community, Rayo Vallecano, in 2002, also serving a six-month loan spell at lowly UD San Sebastián de los Reyes in the Segunda División B. Eventually, Amaya returned to Rayo, becoming an important defensive unit for a side that returned to Segunda División at the end of the 2007–08 season and comfortably retained their league status the following campaign, with the player appearing in less than half of the games (18 out of 42). Wigan Athletic Amaya signed for Premier League club Wigan Athletic on a three-year contract on 14 August 2009, being joined by Rayo teammate Mohamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Amaya
José Antonio "Ringo" Amaya Pardo (born 16 July 1980) is a retired Colombian people, Colombian Association football, footballer. Amaya, who played as a defensive midfielder, was capped with the Colombian U-20 squad before being part of the Colombia national football team, senior squad that took part in Copa America 2004. After Colombia did poorly at Copa América 2007, Amaya was chosen to lead the midfield. His performances in international friendlies and World Cup Qualifiers attracted attention, and Amaya was signed for one season by Barcelona S.C. in the Spanish leagues. Amaya has won the Copa Mustang four times, once with Atlético Junior and three times with Atlético Nacional. Statistics (Official games/Colombian Ligue and Colombian Cup) (''As of November 14, 2010'') References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amaya, Jose 1980 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers 2004 Copa América players Atlético Junior foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolores Amaya
Dolores Amaya (born 16 April 1980) is an Argentine rower. She competed in the women's double sculls event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... Aged 16, she was Argentina's youngest rowing competitor at the 1996 Olympics. References External links * 1980 births Living people Argentine female rowers Olympic rowers for Argentina Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Argentine women {{Argentina-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Amaya
Iván Amaya Carazo (born 3 September 1978) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current manager of Racing Madrid FC. Club career Born in Madrid, Amaya started his professional career at hometown's Rayo Vallecano, totalling 31 games with the first team in his first two seasons, the first of which was spent in the Segunda División with promotion. After that, he returned to the second tier but stayed in the city, joining Atlético Madrid for another couple of years and being rarely utilised. After another unassuming La Liga spell with RCD Espanyol, Amaya appeared in 40 matches for Getafe CF in 2003–04, promoting to the top flight for the third time (a first-ever for Getafe). However, he featured very rarely the following campaign, returning to division two in January 2005 as he joined Ciudad de Murcia. Amaya then spent two seasons in the second tier, with Elche CF. In July 2009 he was bought by Udinese Calcio, bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Amaya
José Rafael Amaya Núñez (born 28 February 1977) is a Mexican actor, born in Hermosillo, Mexico. He is best known for his character Aurelio Casillas in the Telemundo series ''El Señor de los Cielos''. Biography Amaya was born in Hermosillo, Mexico, but when he was five years old, his family moved to Tecate, Baja California where he grew up. In his adolescence, he took theater and music classes. Upon entering college, he moved to San Diego, California to study but left school before graduating. After leaving college, he returned to Mexico to try his luck with a music group, the Palapa Band, which did not prosper. Amaya decided to enroll in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa, attempting to enter the world of music with another group, Garibaldi, with which he recorded two albums. Career Beginnings and notable roles (2000–2010) After leaving his short musical career, in 2000, his first acting role was on the telenovela ''La casa en la playa'', where he playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Amaya
Alejandro Hank Amaya (born 2 August 1977, in Tijuana) is a Mexican matador A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit .... Amaya grew up in Tijuana, Baja California, México, and was educated in the United States. In 2006, ESPN did a special story about Amaya, entitled ''Haunted By The Horns''. Amaya took his alternativa in Jaén, Spain, on October 18, 2001, at the Feria of San Lucas. His Padrino was Enrique Ponce. His Testigo was " El Juli", with bulls from the ranch of Jandilla. During his alternativa, Amaya received an 8 cm goring, although he finished the bull and was awarded an ear. He took his confirmación in Plaza México, on November 24, 2002. References *ESP"Haunted By The Horns" External linksat Portal TaurinoAlejandro Amayaat ToroPedia.com Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Amaya
José Alexander Amaya del Cid (born January 4, 1975, in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer. Club career Amaya started his professional career with Águila during the 1997–1998 season. He remained there until 1999. He was signed by former El Salvador manager Milovan Đorić's Chinese club side Beijing Guoan in 2000. He participated in both the Chinese First Division league and the Philip FA Cup 2000. After 2000, he returned to El Salvador winning the Clausura title with Águila. However a combination of poor form and injuries caused him to lose his spot in the Águila squad. In 2006, del Cid signed with Isidro Metapán and remained there until 2009. He signed with Alianza in 2009. International career Amaya made his debut for El Salvador in a March 1997 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 42 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashraf Amaya
Ashraf Omar Amaya (born November 23, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. High school career Amaya attended Oak Park and River Forest High School for his freshman year, but he transferred to Walther Lutheran High School to finish his high school career. While at Walther, Amaya led the Broncos to a 3rd-place finish in the 1988 Illinois High School Association playoffs. Amaya's number 50 jersey is retired at Walther. College career Amaya played college basketball for the Southern Illinois University. Professional career After college, Amaya then would appear for the Vancouver Grizzlies in their inaugural season ( 1995–96) and Washington Bullets (1996–97) in the NBA, playing a total of 85 games in those two seasons. Amaya last played professionally for the Apollon Patras club in Greece, in the Greek Basket League in 2004. He also played for the Dakota Wizards of the NBDL, Alpella Istanbul in Turkey (Turkish League), the Idaho Stampede in the CBA, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Amaya
Jesús Armando Amaya Contreras (born 24 August 1969) is a Colombian professional golfer. Amaya was born in Bogotá, and worked as a caddie at the Club Popular de Golf La Florida before turning professional in 1991. In addition to his many victories on the Colombian Golf Federation circuit, including three Colombian Open titles, Amaya has won six times on the Tour de las Americas, finishing second on the Order of Merit in 2000–01, and fourth in 2001–02. In 2015, he won his 100th tournament. Amaya has represented Colombia on five occasions at the World Cup. Professional wins (46) Tour de las Américas wins (7) * 2000 Coast Open (Argentina), Brazil Open * 2002 Medellín Open (Colombia), Microsoft Serrezuela Masters (Colombia), Venezuela Open * 2007 Venezuela Open * 2010 Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Sura (Colombia) Colombian Tour wins (1) Other Colombian wins (36) ''This list is incomplete'' * 1993 Colombian Open, Campeonato Nacional de Profesionales, CC Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remedios Amaya
María Dolores Amaya Vega (born 1962 in Seville), better known by her stage name Remedios Amaya (), is a Spanish flamenco singer. She represented Spain at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest. Remedios Amaya has been popular with international audiences since the debut of her first self-titled album in '78. Her first album, the self-titled ''Remedios Amaya'', was published in 1978. In 1983 she was internally selected by Televisión Española to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 in Munich. She scored nul points with the song " ¿Quién maneja mi barca?". Amaya's first works, ''Luna nueva'' (1983) and ''Seda en mi piel'' (1984), were an example of flamenco-rock. In 1997 she released the album ''Me voy contigo'' (1997), produced by Vicente Amigo Vicente Amigo Girol (born 25 March 1967) is a Spanish flamenco composer and guitarist, born in Guadalcanal near Seville. He has played as an accompanying guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers Camarón de la Isla, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |