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Azumi Inoue
is a Japanese singer. She graduated from Yugakkan High School in Kanazawa. She is best known for singing the opening and ending theme songs for the Hayao Miyazaki film ''My Neighbor Totoro'': "Sanpo" and "My Neighbor Totoro". She is known for having a clear, light voice. Inoue is managed by the talent management firm Doremi (company), Doremi. She is married and has one child. Works Inoue has performed a large number of radio dramas themes, anime theme songs, and anime insert songs, including the following: * (1986, ''Laputa: Castle in the Sky'') * (1988, ''My Neighbor Totoro'') * (1988, ''My Neighbor Totoro'') * (1988, ''My Neighbor Totoro'') * (1989, ''Kiki's Delivery Service'') * (1989, ''Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor'') * (1992–1993, ''Yadamon'') * (1992–1993, ''Yadamon'') * (1992–1993, ''Yadamon'') * (February–March 1992, ''Minna no Uta'') * (''Suki Suki Kisugon'') * (image song for TV Kanazawa) * (August–September 2006, ''Minna no Uta'') * (2009, ''Hello, Anne: Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azumi Inoue - Lucca 2017
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yū Koyama. Its story concerns the title character, a young woman brought up as part of a team of Assassination, assassins, charged with killing the warlords that threaten the uneasy peace in Feudal Japan in the aftermath of its long Sengoku period, Sengoku civil war period. ''Azumi'' was originally published by Shogakukan and serialized in ''Big Comic Superior'', and received an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival and the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1998. The manga was later adapted to two feature films starring Aya Ueto (2003's ''Azumi (film), Azumi'' and 2005's ''Azumi 2: Death or Love''), and a video game and a stage play in 2005. Plot ''Azumi'' focuses upon the life of the titular young female assassin. The manga begins an indeterminate number of years after the Battle of Sekigahara. As Azumi begins her duty, the manga introduces its characters into mainstream history. Many of the early missions th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryūichi Sugimoto
Ryūichi, Ryuichi or Ryuuichi (written: 隆一, 龍一 or 竜一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese academic *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese film director and editor *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese journalist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor and record producer *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese bobsledder *, Japanese comedian *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese archer *, Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese singer and musician *, Japanese musician and composer *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese poet, writer and translator *, Japanese politician Fictional characters *Phoenix Wright, known as in the original Japanese versions of the Ace Attorney series *Ryuichi Sakuma, (佐久 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nausicaä
Nausicaa (; grc, Ναυσικάα, Nausikáa, or , ) also spelled Nausicaä or Nausikaa, is a character in Homer's ''Odyssey''. She is the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia. Her name means "burner of ships" ( 'ship'; 'to burn'). Role in the ''Odyssey'' In Book Six of the ''Odyssey'', Odysseus is shipwrecked on the coast of the island of Scheria (Phaeacia in some translations). Nausicaä and her handmaidens go to the seashore to wash clothes. Awakened by their games, Odysseus emerges from the forest completely naked, scaring the servants away, and begs Nausicaä for aid. She gives Odysseus some of the laundry to wear and takes him to the edge of the town. Realizing that rumors might arise if Odysseus is seen with her, she and the servants go into town ahead of him, but first she advises him to go directly to Alcinous's house and make his case to Nausicaä's mother, Arete. Arete is known as wiser even than Alcinous, and Alcinous trusts her judgment. Odysse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taku Kitahara
Taku may refer to: Places North America * the Taku River, in Alaska and British Columbia ** Fort Taku, also known as Fort Durham and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River ** the Taku Glacier, in Alaska near Juneau ** Taku Towers, in Alaska, near Juneau ** Taku Harbor, in Alaska, near Juneau ** Taku Inlet, in Alaska ** the Taku Plateau, in British Columbia * Taku Arm of Tagish Lake in British Columbia ** Taku, British Columbia, a locality on Tagish Lake Asia * Taku Forts, forts on the south bank of the Hai He, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in northeastern China * Taku, Saga, a city in Saga prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan * Taku, India, a town in India Oceania * Taku, Kiribati, a village in Kiribati. Peoples * The Taku people, an Alaska Native group, who are a ''kwaan'' or tribe of the Tlingit *Taku River Tlingit First Nation, government in British Columbia People Surname * Moses Taku, a rabbi, 13th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Kageie , a Japa ...
Jun or JUN may refer to: People and anthroponymy * Jun (given name), a common Japanese given name * Jun (singer), a member of South Korean boy band U-KISS * Tomáš Jun, Czech footballer * A spelling of common Korean family name Jeon (Korean surname) * A spelling of uncommon Korean family and given name Joon (Korean name) * Jun., Jr. or Jnr., abbreviations for Junior (other) * Jun, stage name of Chinese singer Wen Junhui Places * Jun, Granada, Spain Science * c-jun, a protein encoded by gene JUN Time * Abbreviation of June * A ten-day period in the Japanese calendar History * Commandery (China) (''jùn'' in pinyin), a division of imperial China Other * Jun (drink), a Tibetan fermented tea drink * JUN Auto JUN, or JUN Auto, is a Japanese tuning shop. JUN began as the research facility of Tanaka Industrial Co. Ltd. Originally focused on disassembling and improving engines. It now manufactures high performance car parts. Products JUN manufactures af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruka Shimotsuki
is a Japanese singer and dōjin music composer known for her vocal themes in the ''Atelier Iris'' and ''Ar tonelico'' series. She also wrote the lyrics and sang the ending themes to the first two seasons of ''Rozen Maiden'' as well as the OVA under the name Kukui, with Myu. Shimotsuki's original music mainly consists of ethnic and fantasy music, and most of her songs are soft in tone. Career Haruka Shimotsuki started her career in 2001 beginning with singing main themes for games, and writing and composing songs. She started releasing her dōjin music under the names Maple Leaf and tieLeaf; tieLeaf is a collaborative circle with Ao Sorano and Nao Hiyama. The group has a seventy-two-page dōjinshi, one CD entitled ''Tsukioi no Toshi'' (also called ''Leozet Lag Ecliss'' in its own original language, the ''Lag-Quara'' language), a manga and novel text story book that was twenty-eight pages, and a single CD with the same name as the book, ''Lip-Aura'', a side-story of ''Tsukioi n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Takahashi
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Together with her friend Chika Sakamoto, she participated in the third incarnation of the radio show Animetopia. She is a member of SplashDream. Anime TV *'' Around the World in Eighty Days'' (Princess Romy) *''Aura Battler Dunbine'' (Ceila Lapana) *''Battle Athletes Victory'' (Tomoe Midō) *''Flame of Recca'' (Mifuyu Mikagami) *''Fruits Basket'' (Mine Kuramae) *''Genesis Climber Mospeada'' (Aisha, Marlene Rush) *'' Gu-Gu Ganmo'' (Ayumi Ichigaya) *'' Highschool! Kimengumi'' (Yui Kawa) *'' Meimon! Dai San Yakyūbu'' (Sayuri Kidō) *''Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō'' (Mimi-Lynne and Hannah) *''Touch'' (Tomoko Terashima) OVAs *''Battle Athletes Victory'' (Tomoe Midō) *'' Dōkyūsei: End of Summer'' (Mai Sakuragi) *'' Dream Hunter Rem II: Seimi Shingakuen no Yōmu'' (Meimi Katsuragi) *'' Elf Princess Reine'' (Reine) *''Galaxy Fraulein Yuna'' (Yuri Cube) *'' Majo demo Steady'' (Mami) *'' Tenmonya Voyagers'' (Ayako Hanabishi) *'' Wanna-Be's'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gust Corporation
is a video game developer and division of Koei Tecmo Games, known for their ''Atelier'' franchise. Company was founded in 1993 in Nagano, Japan, as the first game software house in Nagano Prefecture. The company began by creating ''dōjinshi'' games for personal computers. Its first project was for the PC-9801 personal computer. In 1994 the company became an official developer for the Sony PlayStation video game console, and its first PlayStation product was the simulation game . In 1997, Gust released '' Atelier Marie'', the first game in the long-running, popular, and iconic ''Atelier'' series. Since then the company has released several successful games for various home and portable video game systems. On December 7, 2011 Japanese publisher Koei Tecmo acquired the company from its previous owner Keiken Holdings for 2.2 billion yen as a wholly owned subsidiary. It was announced on July 28, 2014 that Gust will be absorbed by its parent company Koei Tecmo on October 1, 2014, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atelier (video Game Series)
is a franchise of role-playing video games developed by the Gust Corporation since 1997, primarily for the PlayStation line of consoles ( PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4); portable versions for the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita and WonderSwan Color have also been made. Two of the games in the series were ported to the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast. The series has been primarily released in Japan, though recent titles have been localized for other markets. The franchise centers around the concept of an atelier specialising in alchemy; the gameplay involves finding, collecting, and combining items in recipes to create better items, which allows the player to advance further in the game. A manga adaptation by Yoshihiko Ochi has also been published. As of December 2020, the series has sold more than 5 million copies. Common elements Alchemy is the distinguishing theme of the ''Atelier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokuma Shoten
is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company’s product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, manga and books. Companies that were part of Tokuma Shoten include Studio Ghibli, Daiei Film and the record label Tokuma Japan Communications. After the founder of the company, Yasuyoshi Tokuma died on September 20, 2000, an asset management occurred. Tokuma Shoten executed a corporate spin-off with Studio Ghibli, turning the company’s anime division as a separate company again in 2005. Tokuma Shoten sold off Tokuma Japan Communications to Daiichi Kosho in October 2001, and Daiei Films was purchased by Kadokawa Corporation in November 2002. Since 2005, the company has streamlined itself to focus solely on the publication of print media and the airing of its adapted properties to TV and feature film. On 17 March 2017, the company was ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshitomo Watanabe
Yoshitomo is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yoshitomo can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *義友, "justice, friend" *義朋, "justice, friend" *義智 / 義知, "justice, intellect" *義朝, "justice, morning" *吉友, "good luck, friend" *吉朋, "good luck, friend" *吉智 / 吉知, "good luck, intellect" *吉朝, "good luck, morning" *善友, "justice, friend" *善朋, "justice, friend" *善智 / 善知, "justice, intellect" *善朝, "justice, morning" *芳友, "fragrant/virtuous, friend" *芳朋, "fragrant/virtuous, friend" *芳智 / 芳知, "fragrant/virtuous, intellect" *芳朝, "fragrant/virtuous, morning" *好友, "good/like something, friend" *慶友, "congratulate, friend" *慶智 / 慶知, "congratulate, intellect" *慶朝, "congratulate, morning" *由智 / 由知, "reason, intellect" *由朝, "reason, morning" *良智 / 良知, "good, intellect" The name can also be written in hiragana よ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
