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Aoki (surname)
is a Japanese surname.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=aoki People with the name include: Arts and entertainment *Devon Aoki (born 1982), model and actress, daughter of Hiroaki Aoki, "Rocky" Aoki *Kazuyo Aoki (born 1947), Japanese voice actress *Mayuko Aoki (born 1975), voice actor *Mitsue Aoki (born 1969), Japanese manga author and artist *, Japanese voice actress and singer *Sayaka Aoki (comedian) (born 1973), Japanese comedian *Sayaka Aoki (voice actress) (born 1972), Japanese voice actress, also goes by Shizuka Aoki *Shigeru Aoki, Japanese painter *, Japanese actor, voice actor, model and fashion designer *Shoichi Aoki, creator of the Fruits and Fresh Fruits photobooks *Steve Aoki, Japanese American record producer, son of Rocky Aoki *Takao Aoki, manga artist *Tatsu Aoki, jazz double bass player and record producer *Tomohiko Aoki, light novel author *, Japanese actor and model *Tsuru Aoki (1892–1961), Japanese-American stage and screen actress *Ume Aoki, female Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ao (color)
AO, aO, Ao, or ao may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Adults Only, an entertainment rating * AO Music (AOmusic), a world-music fusion group consisting of Jay Oliver, Miriam Stockley and others * Ao: The Last Hunter, a 2010 prehistoric drama movie * '' Eureka Seven: AO'', Japanese mecha anime television series * Lord Ao, a fictional deity in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' universe * Annoying Orange, an American comedy web series Businesses and organizations * AO (originally American Optical Company) eyeglass lenses, a brand now merged with Carl Zeiss Vision * AO Foundation (originally ), a non-profit organisation dedicated to the treatment of trauma and disorders of the musculoskeletal system * AO World, a UK retailer of household appliances trading under the brand name ao.com * or (), a type of Russian corporate entity; see open joint-stock company * Athletics Ontario, formally Ontario Track and Field Association (OTAF) * Australian Airlines (IATA code AO) Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomohiko Aoki
is a Japanese 24-episode anime series produced in 2002 and created by gímik and Gonzo Digimation and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The series is licensed and distributed in North America by FUNimation Entertainment. In October 2006, news of a ''Kiddy Grade'' sequel was announced, under the working title of (K-G.2), to be animated by as read (''Shuffle!'' anime). On February 26, 2009 it was re-announced under the new title along with news of a new manga adaptation, . The sequel is set 50 years after the original series and introduces two new female protagonists, and . Overview Story and setting ''Kiddy Grade'' takes place in a future where the human race has expanded and inhabits a multitude of planets in the universe with fantastic technology. Unsurprisingly, crime has grown alongside technology, and thus the Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs (GOTT, German for "God") is formed as a sort of universal police force. Within this organization, there is a special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoki Shūzō
Viscount was a diplomat and Foreign Minister in Meiji period Japan. Biography Viscount Aoki was born to a ''samurai'' family as son of the Chōshū domain's physician in what is now part of Sanyō Onoda in Yamaguchi Prefecture). He studied western science and medicine (''rangaku'') at the domain school ''Meirinkan'' in Hagi, and in Nagasaki, He was then sent by Chōshū domain to Germany to study western law in 1868. However, while in Germany, his studies ranged over a very wide area, from western medicine, to politics, military science, and economics. From his surviving notes, he studied how to make beer, paper and paper money, carpets and rugs and techniques of western forestry management. Aoki returned to Japan after the Meiji Restoration, and entered the Foreign Ministry of new Meiji government in 1873 as First Secretary to the Japanese legations to Germany, Netherlands and Austria. He then served as Vice Foreign Minister in the first Itō administration and Foreign Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuo Aoki
was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as Minister of Finance, and Minister of Greater East Asia. Biography Aoki was born to a farming family in Sarashina District, Nagano prefecture (now part of the city of Nagano), and was trained as a lawyer, graduating from the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1916. On graduation, he entered the Ministry of Finance. Rising rapidly through the ranks, Aoki became chief of the Financial Bureau under Takahashi Korekiyo, who made use of his legal background to have Aoki draft a Foreign Exchange Management Act, which was passed by the Diet of Japan in 1933. Up until that time, Japan had not attempted to implement comprehensive state control over foreign exchange. Aoki followed up on this law with the Rice Control Act (1933) and the Petroleum Control Act (1934), which set the stage for increasing state control over strategic sectors of the economy. He was also on the committee which drafted the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikio Aoki
is a Japanese politician who served as the Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1999 to 2000, and was briefly Acting Prime Minister following Keizo Obuchi’s coma. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he also served as the Chairman of the LDP in the House of Councillors. He studied at Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ... but did not graduate. References , - , - 1934 births Living people 20th-century prime ministers of Japan People from Shimane Prefecture Government ministers of Japan Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Prime Ministers of Japan Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Waseda University alumni {{japan-politician-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiko Aoki (politician)
is a Japanese politician. After an earlier career working for a television broadcasting company, he entered the field of politics, serving as secretary to his politician father Mikio Aoki since 1999. In 2010 he succeeded his father as a member in the House of Councillors for the Shimane at-large district. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Aoki was re-elected to the House in July 2016 as the member for the merged Tottori-Shimane at-large district. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi. Early life and pre-political career Aoki was born in the town of Taisha (now a part of Izumo city) in Shimane Prefecture on 25 March 1961. His father Mikio Aoki is a veteran politician within the prefecture, having served five terms in the from 1967 to 1986 before representing the prefecture in the House of Councillors in the national Diet for four consecutive terms from 1986 as a member for the Shimane at-large district. Aoki attended in Shimane and graduated fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ai Aoki (politician)
is a Japanese politician and current member of the People's Life Party. She is a native of Tokyo and graduate of Chiba University. After a career in education, Aoki entered politics in 2003 and has served a total of four terms in the national Diet of Japan, having sat in the House of Representatives from 2003–2005 and 2009–2014, and a partial term in the House of Councillors from 2007–2009. Aoki was returned to the House of Councillors in the election held on 10 July 2016. Education and pre-politics career Aoki was born in Tokyo and was raised in the town of Chikura, Chiba Prefecture. She graduated from Awa High School in 1984 and gained a bachelor's degree in education from Chiba University in 1988. She later obtained a master's degree in education from the university in 1999. After graduating university Aoki was active as a singer-songwriter, releasing a total of six singles between 1989 and 1998, and an album titled in 1991. After completing her master's degree she g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadashi Agi
is a Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for '' shōnen'' for writing ''Kunimitsu no Matsuri''. The pen name "Tadashi Agi" (亜樹 直) is shared with his sister . He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi Senior High School and Waseda University School of Economics & Political Science. Pen names Besides the main pen-name of "Tadashi Agi", Shin Kibayashi also goes by other pen names: *Seimaru Amagi (天樹征丸 ''Amagi Seimaru'') *Yuma Ando (安童夕馬 ''Andō Yūma'') *Yuya Aoki (青樹佑夜 ''Aoki Yūya'') *Jōji Arimori (有森丈時 ''Arimori Jōji'') *Hiroaki Igano (伊賀大晃 ''Igano Hiroaki'') *Ryō Ryūmon (龍門諒 ''Ryūmon Ryō'') *S.K Works As Seimaru Amagi * (1992–present, Kodansha), original idea; English translation: ''Kindaichi Case Files'' (2004–2008, Tokyopop) * (2001–2005, Kodansha) * (2002–2004, Kodansha); English translation: '' Remote'' (2004–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Kibayashi
is a Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for '' shōnen'' for writing ''Kunimitsu no Matsuri''. The pen name "Tadashi Agi" (亜樹 直) is shared with his sister . He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi Senior High School and Waseda University School of Economics & Political Science. Pen names Besides the main pen-name of "Tadashi Agi", Shin Kibayashi also goes by other pen names: *Seimaru Amagi (天樹征丸 ''Amagi Seimaru'') *Yuma Ando (安童夕馬 ''Andō Yūma'') *Yuya Aoki (青樹佑夜 ''Aoki Yūya'') *Jōji Arimori (有森丈時 ''Arimori Jōji'') *Hiroaki Igano (伊賀大晃 ''Igano Hiroaki'') *Ryō Ryūmon (龍門諒 ''Ryūmon Ryō'') *S.K Works As Seimaru Amagi * (1992–present, Kodansha), original idea; English translation: ''Kindaichi Case Files'' (2004–2008, Tokyopop) * (2001–2005, Kodansha) * (2002–2004, Kodansha); English translation: '' Remote'' (2004–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Aoki
(born on February 5, 1977, in Takahata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan) is a former Japanese bikini model and singer. Biography She first started modeling in 1995, and became a "Visual Queen of the Year" at Fuji TV for 1996. She was a frequent cover girl on Japanese bikini photo magazines in the late 1990s. She appeared in the advertising campaign for Suntory's product. Aoki stopped modeling in 1998, and retired from modeling in 2000 to focus on a music career. In February 1998, Aoki held a healing music concert at Casals Hall, near Ochanomizu Station in Tokyo. In June 1999, she sought to raise money through her singing for the refugees in Kosovo. On December 16, 2002, Aoki revealed a chocolate covered statue of David Beckham in Tokyo to generate publicity. In 2003 she released an album titled ''Blue'' on the Universal Japan label. She is currently the lead vocalist for the band Icy Blue. She has been the cover model for (and subject of major articles in) nearly fifty issues of var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūji Aoki
was a Japanese manga artist born in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan. He is best known for his 1990 debut manga , for which he won the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga and the 1998 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Award for Excellence. Takahiro Kochi was his assistant. Adaptations His novel ''Tōgenkyō no hito-bito'' was adapted into the 2002 Japanese comedy film ''Shangri-La'' directed by Takashi Miike is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent an ....http://www.canadajapansociety.bc.ca/cgi/page.cgi?evtid=80&_id=8&date=2008-09-20 References External links *Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page 1945 births 2003 deaths Manga artists from Kyoto Prefecture Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General) {{manga-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshino Aoki
(born 19 August 1971) is a Japanese video game music composer. She began her career with video game company Capcom, and later co-founded the music studio Unique Note with another ex-Capcom composer, Tetsuya Shibata. Life and career Yoshino Aoki was born in Kanagawa, Japan, and studied classical music as a child. She began playing piano at the age six, began learning the flute at age 13, and started using a synthesizer shortly thereafter. In high school, she sang classical music and played the keyboard in her own band. In college, she studied music education and classical singing. After graduating from college, Aoki went to work for video game company Capcom, where she began her career by arranging Kinuyo Yamashita's score for the CD re-release of Capcom's ''Mega Man X3'', along with three other members of Capcom's sound team. In 2007 she left Capcom to pursue a freelance career. She is currently in employment with sound studio Unique Note Co., Ltd., a studio founded by Tetsuya Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
