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Etsuko Fukaya
Etsuko (written: 悦子, 英津子, えつ子, えつこ in hiragana or エツコ in katakana) is a feminine Japanese given name. The most common meaning is joy child. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese football player *, Japanese classical pianist *, Japanese actress *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese actress and voice actress * Etsuko Kamakura (1914-????), Japanese diver *, Japanese cricketer *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese drummer *, Japanese novelist *, Japanese singer, actress and model *, Japanese actress *, Japanese professional boxer *, Japanese football player *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese singer See also * 8691 Etsuko, a main-belt asteroid {{given name Japanese feminine given names ... [...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] |
Etsuko Miyamoto
is a Japanese sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics. References 1943 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Japanese female sprinters Olympic athletes of Japan Place of birth missing (living people) Japan Championships in Athletics winners Olympic female sprinters {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Yakushimaru
is a Japanese singer, producer, composer, lyricist, arranger and artist. She is broadly active, from pop music to experimental music and art. Her output has also included drawing, installation art, media art, poetry and other literature, and recitation. She also produces numerous projects and for artists, including her band, Sōtaisei Riron. Along with appearing in the Oricon charts with several hit songs, she has also created a project that involved the use of satellite, biological data and biotechnology, a song-generating robot powered by artificial intelligence and her own voice, an independently-developed VR system, and original electronic musical instruments. Major recent activities include exhibitions at Mori Art Museum, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, KENPOKU ART 2016, and Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media CAM Her ''Tensei Jingle'' and ''Flying Tentacles'' albums, both released in 2016, received praise from figures including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jeff Mills, Fennesz, Penguin C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Toganoo
(formerly Etsuko Takenaka) is a retired Japanese badminton player noted for her consistency and impassive demeanor, who won numerous international titles during the 1970s. Along with her contemporaries Hiroe Yuki (Niinuma) and Noriko Takagi (Nakayama), she is one of three Japanese women to have won both singles (1970) and doubles (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977) at the prestigious All-England Championships. These three helped Japan to dominate the Uber Cup (women's world team) competition from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. In 1977 Mrs. Toganoo won the women's doubles with Emiko Ueno at the first IBF World Championships The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament is one of the most prestigious ....Davis, 109. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Japanese female badmint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Tahara
is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team. Club career Tahara played for L.League club Fujita Tendai SC Mercury and Tasaki Perule FC. National team career On August 21, 1994, Tahara debuted for Japan national team against Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous .... National team statistics References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Fujita SC Mercury players Tasaki Perule FC players Women's association football forwards {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Tada
is a Japanese professional boxer. She is a former four-time mini-flyweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 2009 to 2013; the IBF title from 2015 to 2017; and the WBO title twice between 2018 and October 2021. Professional career Tada made her professional debut on 9 May 2008, scoring a six-round unanimous decision (UD) victory against Napaporn Boonchuon at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. After compiling a record of 4–0 (2 KOs) she captured her first world title, defeating WBA female mini-flyweight champion ChoRong Son via ten-round UD on 11 April 2009 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan. One judge scored the bout 99–91 and the other two scored it 98–92. Two fights later she faced WBC female light-flyweight champion Naomi Togashi on 6 December 2009 at the ATC Hall in Osaka, with both of their respective titles on the line. After a closely contested fight over ten rounds, both champions retained their titles through a split draw wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Shihomi
Etsuko (written: 悦子, 英津子, えつ子, えつこ in hiragana or エツコ in katakana) is a feminine Japanese given name. The most common meaning is joy child. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese football player *, Japanese classical pianist *, Japanese actress *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese actress and voice actress * Etsuko Kamakura (1914-????), Japanese diver *, Japanese cricketer *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese drummer *, Japanese novelist *, Japanese singer, actress and model *, Japanese actress *, Japanese professional boxer *, Japanese football player *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese singer See also * 8691 Etsuko, a main-belt asteroid {{given name Japanese feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Nishio
is a Japanese singer, actress and model, known for her songs ''Ja Ja Uma ni Sasenaide'' and ''Don't mind Lay Lay Boy'' from the ''Ranma ½'' anime. In 1992 she became a gravure idol A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Thou ..., releasing several nude photobooks and videos. She also starred in a couple feature films. Music * Ja Ja Uma ni Sasenaide (Don't Make Me a Shrew; also known as "Don't Make Me Wild Like You") * Don't mind Lay Lay Boy (Don't Mind China Boy) Photobooks *''Illusion'' (1992) *''Charm'' (1992) *''Finger'' (1994) *''DayDream'' (1995) *''Theatre Named Desire'' (欲望という名の劇場, 1996) *''Movement 1'' (2003) External links * Japanese actresses Japanese women pop singers 1973 births Living people People from Toyota, Aichi Models from Aich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Niki
Niki Etsuko (1928–1986) was a Japanese novelist, noted for becoming the first female Japanese writer of mystery fiction to achieve widespread recognition and commercial success. Niki was born in Tokyo and began writing fiction after a childhood bout of polio left her unable to walk. In 1957, Niki's detective novel ''The Cat Knew'' received the Edogawa Rampo Prize for best mystery fiction and became a best-seller, breaking all sales records for Japanese detective novels. The book was credited for introducing a new style of detective story and making the genre more accessible to female audiences in Japan. In 1981, Niki received a Mystery Writers of Japan Award for her short fiction. Early life Niki Etsuko was born in 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. At the age of four, she became sick with polio and was left permanently unable to walk. She was subsequently tutored at home by her older brother. As she grew up, Niki wrote hundreds of stories, starting out with children's fiction before m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Nakanishi
Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981. Influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the band crafts stripped-down songs with simple yet unconventional lyrics sung both in Japanese and English. The band has been credited with making "the international pop underground more international" by "opening it up to bands from Japan". They have also performed as a Ramones tribute band under the name the Osaka Ramones. Guitarist/singer Naoko Yamano is the only member to have remained with the band for its entire history; her sister Atsuko Yamano was a founding member and, after a long hiatus, returned to the band in 2016. They have released 21 studio albums; their most recent album '' Sweet Candy Power'' was released in 2019. In the words of the ''Boston Globe'', "something oddly spellbinding occurs when deceivingly silly lyrics are sandwiched between a buoyant guitar and a rapid-fire, pop-punk dru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Mita
is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. She formed a successful tag team with her partner Mima Shimoda as ''Las Cachorras Orientales'' (Spanish for "The Oriental Bitches"; which was originally a trio with Akira Hokuto) and Toshiyo Yamada as Dream Orca. She is credited as the innovator of the Death Valley Driver. Mita retired on November 1, 2009, defeating former tag team partner Makoto in her final singles match and teaming with Mima Shimoda in a loss against Kyoko Inoue and Nanae Takahashi in her final tag team match. Career Etsuko Mita debuted on July 31, 1987 against Chiaki Ishikawa and on August 5, 1987, she fought against her debuting future partner, Mima Shimoda. She was part of the 1987 All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling debut class that included Manami Toyota, Toshiyo Yamada and Mima Shimoda. She teamed with Toshiyo Yamada early on, forming "Dream Orca". On June 14, 1989, Mita captured the AJW Tag Team Championship with Toshiyo Yamada, but the team had to vacate the tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Handa
is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team, and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Club career Handa was born in Shizuoka on May 10, 1965. She played for her local club Shimizudaihachi SC and Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies (formerly ''Shimizu FC Ladies''). In 1989, at Shimizu FC Ladies, the club won championship in L.League first season. And she was named first MVP awards in the league. In 1993 season, she scored 14 goals and she became top scorer. She was selected Best Eleven 4 times (1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994). National team career In June 1981, when Handa was 16 years old, she selected Japan national team for 1981 AFC Championship. At this competition, on June 7, she debuted against Chinese Taipei. This match is Japan team first match in International A Match. On June 13, she scored a goal against Indonesia. This goal is Japan national team first goal in International A Match. And Japan won the match (1-0). This is Japan national team fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
