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Asuka (name)
Asuka is both a unisex Japanese given name and a Japanese surname. Possible writings Asuka can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *飛鳥, "fly, bird" *明日香, "tomorrow, fragrant" *明日花, "tomorrow, flower" *明日華, "tomorrow, flower/splendor" *亜寿花, "Asia, long life, flower" The name can also be written in hiragana あすか or katakana アスカ. Notable people with the given name Asuka * Asuka (wrestler) (born 1981), a Japanese professional wrestler * Asuka (wrestler, born 1998), a Japanese professional wrestler also known as Veny outside of Japan * Princess Asuka (明日香皇女), Japanese princess during the Asuka Period * , Japanese-Jamaican male track and field sprinter * , Japanese handball player * , Japanese pop singer * , Japanese biathlete * , a Japanese singer * , a Japanese singer who is the leader of the Hinoi Team (named after her) * Asuka Hisa Los Angeles-based artist, educator and curator Asuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Asuka Kudoh
is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Tokyo Gakkan High School and Tokyo University of Agriculture. He is represented by Papado. Biography Kudo's father is professional baseball player and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks coach Kimiyasu Kudo, and his sister is professional golfer Haruka Kudo. He is the first and eldest child of five siblings. Kudo had played tennis himself, but had no experience on professional baseball. His acting debut was the Nippon TV drama ''Perfect Son'' in 2012. In 2013, he appeared in the NHK Taiga drama ''Yae's Sakura'' as Yamamoto Yaeko's younger brother Yamamoto Saburō, and later from July to September he appeared in the Fuji Television drama ''Shomuni 2013''. He later played pitcher Kazuya Okihara in the Tokyo Broadcasting System Nichiyō Gekijō series ''Roosevelt Game'' in 2014. Kudo was chosen from the audition from about a hundred applicants, and played as the same position as his father. Later in the 24 May between the Saitama Seibu Lions and the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka Takahashi
is a Japanese badminton player from Yonex team. She won her first international title at the Estonian International tournament in 2019. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's singles'' BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up) ''Women's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka Sezaki
Asuka Sezaki (born 1977) is a Japanese classical violinist who made an international career. Life Born in Kumamoto, in the eponymous prefecture, Sezaki began to play the violin at age six. She studied violin at the Tokyo University of the Arts where she graduated as the head of her class. She further studied violin at the Conservatoire de Paris, on a scholarship by the Cultural Agency of Japan, in the class of Régis Pasquier and Jean-Jacques Kantorow, and chamber music with Christian Ivaldi. For her first recital, in 1992, she performed Paganini's '' Twenty-four caprices''. She has been invited, in France, to the festivals of Bourgogne and Reims as well as to the Festival de musique de l'Orangerie de Sceaux. She has given recitals at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, in Paris, the Royal Library of Belgium of Brussels, England, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and the United States. Sezaki has played with violinists Kantorow and Pasquier, cellists Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Nobo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soulcalibur II
is a 2002 fighting game developed by Project Soul and published by Namco and the third installment in the ''Soulcalibur'' series of weapon-based fighting games. It is the sequel to ''Soulcalibur'', which was released in July 1998. Originally intended to be released on Sega's NAOMI board, the game was released on the Namco System 246 arcade board before being ported to the PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox in 2003. The game's plot revolves around the legendary weapon Soul Edge having been shattered into pieces, with different characters seeking to collect all the pieces to gain possession of the complete weapon or to destroy it once and for all. Compared to ''Soulcalibur'', ''Soulcalibur II'' had improvements in graphics and the game system and introduced several new and guest characters. This is the first ''Soul'' game depicting the 1590 A.D. trilogy, which ends in ''Soulcalibur IV''. The game was a critical and commercial success, with the introduction of guest characters to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katamari Damacy
() is a third-person puzzle-action video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. It was released in Japan in March 2004 and in North America in September 2004. Designer Keita Takahashi struggled to pitch the game to Namco's superiors, eventually seeking student aid from the Namco Digital Hollywood Game Laboratory to develop the project for less than 1 million. As director, Takahashi emphasized concepts of novelty, ease of understanding, and enjoyment. The game's plot concerns a diminutive prince on a mission to rebuild the stars, constellations, and Moon, which were inadvertently destroyed by his father, the King of All Cosmos. This is achieved by rolling a magical, highly adhesive ball called a ''katamari'' around various locations, collecting increasingly larger objects, ranging from thumbtacks to human beings to mountains, until the ball has grown large enough to become a star. ''Katamari Damacy'' story, settings and characters are highly stylized and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Video Game Musicians
The following is a list of computer and video game musicians, those who have worked in the video game industry to produce video game soundtracks or otherwise contribute musically. A broader list of major figures in the video game industry is also available. For a full article, see video game music. The list is sorted in alphabetical order by last name. __NOTOC__ A *Rod Abernethy – ''The Hobbit'', ''Star Trek: Legacy'', ''King Arthur'', '' Rise of the Kasai'', ''Blazing Angels'', ''Marvel Universe'', ''The Gauntlet'', ''The Sims Bustin' Out'' *Masamichi Amano – ''Quest 64'' * Yoshino Aoki – ''Mega Man X3'' (Capcom Sound Team), ''Breath of Fire III'' (with Akari Kaida), ''Breath of Fire IV'', '' Mega Man Battle & Chase'' *Noriyuki Asakura – '' Tenchu: Stealth Assassins'', '' Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins'', '' Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven'', ''Way of the Samurai'', '' Way of the Samurai 2'', Kamiwaza B * Michael Bacon – '' VS'', Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka Saitō
is a Japanese idol singer, actress and fashion model. She is a former first generation member of the Japanese girl group Nogizaka46 and a regular model for the fashion magazine ''sweet''. Her lead roles as an actress have included Mana Hayase in the Japanese remake of ''You Are the Apple of My Eye'', and Midori Asakusa in both the film and TV adaptations of ''Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!''. Early life Saitō was born on August 10, 1998 in Tokyo. Her mother is from Myanmar and her father is from Japan. Saitō debuted as an actress in 2007 in the film ''Sakuran,'' playing the protagonist as a child. Career In 2011, encouraged by her mother, she successfully passed the audition for the first generation of idol group Nogizaka46, debuting as an idol on the group's first single "Guruguru Curtain" in February 2012. Saitō became the center member on the 15th Nogizaka46 single, "Hadashi de Summer", in 2016. Saitō is active as an actress and model outside of Nogizaka46. She has pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka Ōgame
is a Japanese voice actress from Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with Sigma Seven. Biography Ōgame stated that she became a voice actress when she saw the stage where the voice actors appeared, felt fresh and attractive, and knew the diversity of the profession of voice actors. She passed the 2nd Sigma Seven public audition held in 2007 while attending Sogo Gakuen Human Academy (Asuka Nishi, Mai Fuchigami and Atsushi Tamaru) and made her debut in 2009. She played the role of Mayshen Trinden in her debut work, ''Chrome Shelled Regios''. A debut support project titled "Ganbare Mayshen" was held on a related site. Ōgame mainly voices female characters. In 2009, she played the role of Maki Hoshikawa as the main heroine of the video game ''Tokimeki Memorial 4''. She also actively engages in music activities, such as singing an opening theme under the name of Erio Tōwa in ''Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl'' and singing the theme song for "Tansu Mobile Phone Ats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka Oda
is a Japanese actress, gravure idol, and ''tarento''. Her real name is unpublished. Biography, personal life She was from Chiba on her profile, but she grew up in Chiba Prefecture and lives in Tokyo, and born in Tokyo. She is a Nihon University Law School Graduate. Her affiliated office is And M Ltd. Aspiring to becoming an actress, she went to university and began learning acting at acting school. After that, she entered a troupe and devoted herself to acting. In 2011, she was scouted and joined her entertainment office because she appeared on TV Tokyo's ''Gokujō Jikara''. Since then she has been active as a gravure idol for releasing DVDs, shooting sessions, variety shows and more. She was drawing attention as a sexy ''tarento'', such as taking first place in a major mail-order site when releasing DVDs. She is sometimes called . Professional wrestling She appeared at the Lucha Libre Workshop hosted by Mister Cacao, and on 17 September 2017, she was announced to make an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka Nomura
Asuka Nomura (野村明日香 ''Nomura Asuka'', born July 23, 1994) is a Japanese volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ... player who plays for Toray Arrows. Clubs * Kyushubunka high school * Toray Arrows (2013-) External links Toray Arrows Women's Volleyball Team {{DEFAULTSORT:Nomura, Asuka 1994 births Living people Japanese women's volleyball players People from Gifu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asuka Nishi
is a Japanese voice actress from Hyōgo Prefecture. She is represented by the talent agency Sigma Seven. Filmography Television animation *''Chibi Devi!'' (2011), Shiori *''Hanasaku Iroha'' (2011), Mai *'' Arashi no Yoru ni'' (2012), Young white goat *'' Battle Spirits: Sword Eyes'' (2012), Yamabuki *''Bodacious Space Pirates'' (2012), Ursula Abramov *'' Ebiten'' (2012), Hakata Kanamori *''High School DxD'' (2012), Ravel Phoenix *''Sengoku Collection'' (2012), Gentleman Bashou Matsuo *'' Battle Spirits: Sword Eyes Gekitōden'' (2013), Yamabuki, Waitress - ep 1 *''Kin-iro Mosaic'' (2013), Shinobu Ōmiya *''Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?'' (2013), Calico Cat *'' Straight Title Robot Anime'' (2013), Fujii *''Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono'' (2013), Yua Suzuki *''The Devil Is a Part-Timer!'' (2013), Rika Suzuki *''Unbreakable Machine-Doll'' (2013), Henriette Belew *''Yozakura Quartet'' (2013), Midoriko *''47 Todō Fuken R'' (2014), Hyōgo Dog *'' Bladedance of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
