Chikako Watanabe
Chikako (written: , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Chikako, Princess Kazu (''Kazunomiya'') was the wife of 14th ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Iemochi. She was renamed Lady Seikan'in-no-miya after she took the tonsure as a widow. She was the great-great-great aunt of Emperor Akihito, who reigned from 1989 to 2019. Biography ... * Fujiwara no Chikako (藤原親子), Japanese noblewoman and waka poet *, Japanese snowboarder *, Japanese female volleyball player * Chikako Mese American mathematician * Minamoto no Chikako (源 親子), was the daughter of Kitabatake Morochika *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese women's professional shogi player *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese mangaka *, Japanese filmmaker and video artist See also * 4577 Chikako, a main-belt asteroid {{given name Japanese feminine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Chikako, Princess Kazu
(''Kazunomiya'') was the wife of 14th ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Iemochi. She was renamed Lady Seikan'in-no-miya after she took the tonsure as a widow. She was the great-great-great aunt of Emperor Akihito, who reigned from 1989 to 2019. Biography Her birth name was Chikako. She was the eighth and youngest daughter of Emperor Ninkō and his concubine, Hashimoto Tsuneko – renamed Kangyō'in (観行院) after she took the tonsure. She was the younger half-sister of Emperor Kōmei.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 502; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File A few months before her birth, her father, Emperor Ninkō, died unexpectedly. Born on 1 August 1846, her official birth date was changed to 10 May because the actual birth date was a bad omen date, and a double bad omen with the death of her father a few months before. She was known as an excellent calligrapher ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fujiwara No Chikako
Fujiwara no Chikako (藤原親子 dates unknown) was a ''waka'' poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Kamakura period The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet .... She is designated as a member of the . She is also known as and . External links E-text of her poemsin Japanese Japanese poets Japanese ladies-in-waiting Fujiwara clan {{japan-writer-stub Japanese women writers 13th-century Japanese women ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chikako Fushimi
(born 21 June 1974) is a Japanese snowboarder. Born in Osaka Prefecture, her career-high has so far been a 3rd-place finish in the 2005 Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup held in Canada. She competed in the Women's Halfpipe in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re .... Fushimi qualified for the competition's final, which was held on 13 February, but only finished 12th with a score of 15.6. References External links last verified on 14 February 2006 2006 Olympics profile (Japanese) Living people [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chikako Kumamae
Chikako Kumamae (born 11 April 1974) is a retired Japanese female volleyball player. Kumamae was part of the Japan women's national volleyball team The Japan women's national volleyball team (Hinotori Nippon, 火の鳥NIPPON), or ''All-Japan women's volleyball team'', is currently ranked 10th in the world by FIVB. The new head coach is Masayoshi Manabe. One of their greatest successes was ... at the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan. References External links * * Volleybox.net Profile 1974 births Living people Japanese women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1998 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chikako Mese
Chikako Mese is an American mathematician known for her work in differential geometry, geometric analysis and the theory of harmonic maps. She is a professor of mathematics at Johns Hopkins University. Education and career Mese graduated from Elk Grove High School (Elk Grove Village, Illinois) in 1987. As a softball player at Elk Grove, she broke the national record for the number of runs scored in a season, with 69 runs. Although primarily a catcher, she played in seven different positions for her team, and also tied the state record for the most walks in a season, 35. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1991 from the honors program at the University of Dayton, majoring in mathematics, and completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at Stanford University in 1996. Her dissertation, ''Minimal Surfaces and Conformal Mappings Into Singular Spaces'', was supervised by Richard Schoen. Before joining the Johns Hopkins University faculty in 2004 as an associate professor, she held assistant profes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Minamoto No Chikako
was the daughter of Kitabatake Morochika, and Imperial consort to Emperor Go-Daigo. She had earlier been Imperial consort to Go-Daigo's father, Emperor Go-Uda. She was the mother of Prince Morinaga (1308 – August 12, 1335) was a Japanese prince and monk. He was the son of Emperor Go-Daigo and his consort Minamoto no Chikako. Moriyoshi was named by his father as the head abbot of the Enryaku-ji temple on Mount Hiei. Go-Daigo attempted t .... References * A Guide to KamakuraKamakura-gū retrieved on June 21, 2008 Year of birth missing Year of death missing Royal consorts {{asia-royal-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chikako Murakami
Chikako Murakami (born 10 October 1970) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament 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, .... References 1970 births Living people Japanese women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Japan Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Aichi Prefecture Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Basketball players at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women Chanson V-Magic players {{Japan-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chikako Nagasawa
is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan. Promotion history Nagasawa's promotion history is as follows. * 2-kyū: August 1, 1979 * 1-dan: February 26, 1980 * 2-dan: April 7, 1994 * 3-dan: May 22, 1989 * 4-dan: April 1, 2000 Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks. Titles and other championships Nagasawa has appeared in women's major title matches twice, but has yet to win a major title. She was the challenger for the 6th title in 1983 and the 11th Women's Meijin title in 1984, but lost each time. She has, however, won one non-major title women's tournament: the 9th in 1995. Awards and honors Nagasawa received the Japan Shogi Association The , or JSA, is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan. The JSA sets the professional calendar, negotiates sponsorship and media promotion deals, helps organize tournaments and title matches, publishes shogi-related materia ...'s received the "25 Years Service Award" in recognition of b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chikako Nakamori
is a Japanese former freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References 1967 births Living people Japanese female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1982 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chikako Nakayama
(born August 30, 1975, in Hokkaidō, Japan) is a female badminton player from Japan. Nakayama competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Keiko Yoshimoti. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Saralee Thungthongkam and Sathinee Chankrachangwong of Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ... in the round of 16. Achievements IBF International Series ''Women's doubles'' External links2004 Japanese Olympic Committee 1975 births Living people Olympic badminton players for Japan Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Japanese female badminton players {{Japan-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chikako Urano
Chikako Urano (Japanese: 浦野千賀子, born 20 December 1946) is a Japanese mangaka. Life Urano was born in Osaka. As a teenager, she started publishing comics in the Kashi-hon market. In 1966, she published her first short story ''Shibō zero no hi'' in a commercial manga magazine, ''Bessatsu Margaret''. She continued working for this magazine and its sister magazine ''Margaret''. In the latter, she published her most successful series ''Attack No. 1'' from 1968 until 1970. This volleyball manga was also adapted into an anime TV series and contributed, together with the series ''Sign ha V'' by Akira Mochizuki, to a hype around women's volleyball in Japan at the time. Her husband was the manga artist Yuu Koto and her brother-in-law the manga artist Kei Sadayasu. Works * ''Attack No. 1 is a Japanese manga series by Chikako Urano. It became the first televised female sports anime series in the shōjo category. The anime is an adaptation of Urano's 1968 volleybal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |