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Bumpei Sato
is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. He competed primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 661 on October 20, 2014, and his highest ATP doubles ranking of World No. 304 on June 9, 2014. Career During his tenure playing professional tennis, Sato only played in 2 ATP Tour - level matches. Both of these matches came in doubles at the 2012 World Team Cup tournament where he represented Japan. Partnering with Tatsuma Ito, the pair first lost during their matchup against Argentina to Juan Ignacio Chela and Juan Pablo Brzezicki ''7–6(7–3), 1–6, –10' and then lost during their matchup against USA to James Blake and Ryan Harrison ''6–4, 0–6, –10'. Sato reached 27 career doubles finals, winning 12 and falling in 15. Of those finals, he appeared just once at the ATP Challenger Tour level, at the 2014 Toyota Challenger in Toyota Japan, where he and partner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 million vehicles per year. The company was originally founded as a spinoff of Toyota Industries, a machine maker started by Sakichi Toyoda, Kiichiro's father. Both companies are now part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world. While still a department of Toyota Industries, the company developed its first product, the Type A engine in 1934 and its first passenger car in 1936, the Toyota AA. After World War II, Toyota benefited from Japan's alliance with the United States to learn from American automakers and other companies, which would give rise to The Toyota Way (a management philosophy) and the Toyota Production System (a lean manufacturing practice) that would transform the small company into a leader in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsukuba
is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 244,528 in 108,669 households and a population density of 862 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 20.3%. The total area of the city is . It is known as the location of the , a planned science park developed in the 1960s. Geography Tsukuba is located in southern Ibaraki Prefecture, approximately 50 kilometers from central Tokyo and about 40 kilometers from Narita International Airport. Mount Tsukuba, from which the city takes its name is located in the northern part of the city. Except for the area around Mount Tsukuba, the city is a part of the Kantō Plain with an altitude of 20 to 30 meters. Mountains: Mount Tsukuba, Mount Hokyo. Rivers: Kokai River, Sakura River, Higashiyata River, Nishiyata River, Ono River, Hanamuro River, Inari River. Parks: The city has more of 100 parks and green areas to relax. Different parks are connected by pedestrian w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroki Kondo (tennis)
is a Japanese tennis player. In April 2010, he reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of World No. 179. Tennis career Juniors As a junior, Kondo reached as high as No. 23 in the junior world singles rankings in January 2000 (and No. 11 in doubles). That year, he competed in the boys' singles and doubles at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, reaching the third round in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles at the latter. Pro tour Kondo has won 3 Challenger events in doubles. At the age of 31, he finally competed at a grand slam event in singles, participating in the qualification rounds at the 2014 Australian Open The 2014 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 13 and 26 January 2014. It was the 102nd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of event .... Doubles finals: 6 (3–3) References External links * * * Official Blog 1982 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasuku Iwami
is a former Japanese tennis player. Iwami has a career high ATP singles ranking of 260 achieved on 23 June 2003. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 306 achieved on 7 February 2011. Iwami made his ATP World Tour main draw debut at the 2003 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships after qualifying for the singles main draw. In 2018, he became the personal coach of wheelchair tennis icon Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. He is the current world No. 1 in singles. With four Paralympic gold medals, 28 major singles titles – an all-time record in singles of any tennis discipline – and 50 major titles overall, Kunieda is .... References External links * * 1978 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Fukuoka (city) 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chu-Huan Yi
Yi Chu-huan (; born 31 August 1987) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player who plays primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Tour. On 11 January 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking at world No. 489. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world No. 109 on 20 February 2017. Juniors As a junior, Yi reached his highest combined singles/doubles ranking of world No. 4 on April 25, 2005.https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/chu-huan-yi/800229004/tpe/jt/d/overview/ Yi won the 2005 Australian Open junior boys' doubles title. Partnering Kim Sun-Yong of Korea, they defeated Thiemo de Bakker and Donald Young ''6–3, 6–4'' in the final to win the championship. Career Yi has reached 6 career singles finals, posting a record of 2 wins and 6 losses. Additionally, he has reached a bountiful 63 career doubles finals, holding s record of 35 wins and 28 losses. He represents his native country of Chinese Taipei during Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsin-Han Lee
:''The person who is the subject of this biography has a Chinese name; his family name is ''Lee''.'' Lee Hsin-han (; born May 19, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional male tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. He specializes in doubles. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 3 (0–3) Doubles: 73 (32–41) Davis Cup Singles performances (1–3) *RPO/QF = Relegation Play–offs/Quarterfinal References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Hsin-Han 1988 births Living people Asian Games medalists in tennis Taiwanese male tennis players Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji (era), Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspaper (1870), gas-powered street lamps (1870s), railway station (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gouichi Motomura
(born 25 December 1973) is a retired Challenger tour and Japan Davis Cup team tennis player. Over a 16-year period, Motomura captured four Challenger titles, all in doubles, and is tied for the most Davis Cup ties played by a Japanese player, with 23. His career high singles ranking is World No. 134 and doubles ranking is World No. 159. Career overview Motomura played both singles and doubles throughout his tour career. His best singles results were reaching 10 Challenger finals – Bangkok, March 1998 (l./ Leander Paes); Kyoto, March 1999 (l./ Julian Knowle); Córdoba, July 1999 (l./ Oleg Ogorodov); Madrid, August, 1999 (l./ Ota Fukárek); Hong Kong, October 1999 (l./ Stéphane Huet); Hamilton, New Zealand, March 2000 (l./ Michael Joyce); Seoul, October 2001 (l./ Hyung-Taik Lee); Yokohama, October, 2001 (l./ Takao Suzuki); Campos do Jordao, July, 2003 (l./ Giovanni Lapentti); and Burnie, February, 2005 (l./ Chris Guccione). He won nine Futures tournaments. He appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoshi Iwabuchi
is a retired professional tennis player from Japan. Iwabuchi won one ATP Tour doubles title in his career, the 2005 Japan Open, where he and Takao Suzuki defeated Simon Aspelin Simon Aspelin (; born 11 May 1974) is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998. His success mainly came in doubles, winning 12 titles and reaching World No. 7 in March 2008. In men's doubles, Aspel ... and Todd Perry in straight sets 5–4(3), 5–4(13). As of May 17, 2009, Iwabuchi's highest singles ranking was world number 223, which he reached on October 20, 2003. ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 28 (11–7) Doubles: 31 (14–17) Performance timeline Singles External links * * * * * 1975 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Olympic tennis players of Japan Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiko Inoue
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She is a younger sister of Haruka Inoue. A right-handed player, Inoue began competing on the professional tour in the late 1990s. She left the tour in 2003, before returning in 2007 and featuring as a doubles specialist. During her career she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 139. She made several 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 tou ... main draw appearances in doubles and won nine doubles titles on the ITF circuit. As a singles player she was ranked as high as 299 in the world, winning two ITF titles. Inoue, who retired in 2012, is married to former tennis player Bumpei Sato. ITF finals Singles (2–2) Doubles (9–11) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Inoue, Maiko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anseong
Anseong () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, south of Seoul. Its geographical location is . Anseong promotes itself as "The City of Masters". It is known for producing brassware and arts and crafts. From late spring to fall, Anseong holds its own Namsadang Neuri Festival. The agriculture of Anseong consists of Asian pears, grapes, ginseng, and rice. It borders Pyeongtaek-si to the west, Yongin-si to the north, Icheon-si and Eumseong-gun to the east, and Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do and Jincheon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do to the south. It is located in the southernmost part of Gyeonggi-do and is adjacent to Chungcheong-do along with Pyeongtaek-si, so it serves as a kind of gateway. Modern history In 1963, Gosam town of Yongin was incorporateded by Anseong. At that time, Anseong was a county. In 1983, 6 towns ceded by Anseong and attached as a district of Pyeongtaek.Laws concerning change of districts of city, county, district, town, township and Establishment of new tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
