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Furuya Sakuzaemon
Furuya (written: 古谷 or 古屋) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese politician *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese businessman in Hawaii *, Japanese American banker, merchant and businessman *, Japanese actress, singer and gravure idol *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese politician *, Japanese biathlete *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese critic *, Japanese narrator and voice actor *, Japanese manga artist See also * 13815 Furuya, an outer main-belt asteroid {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Furuya , Furuya is also a member of the following groups at the Diet: Japan (Vice Chair), Textbooks, Shinto, Yasukuni, Fundamental Education Law Reform (Committee Chair), Nikkyoso, Constitutional Revision, Japan Rebirth (Delegate Chair), China Memorial Photographs Protest (Vice Chair), Proper Japan, Protest American Comfort Women Resolution, North Korea Kidnap Vi ...
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. Career A native of Tokyo, who attended secondary schools in the NY area, and graduate of Seikei University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenichi Furuya
was a Japanese ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 .... References 1912 births 1988 deaths Japanese ice hockey players Olympic ice hockey players of Japan Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Tokyo {{Japan-icehockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumaji Furuya
Kumaji Furuya (February 22, 1899 – November 4, 1977) was a Japanese businessman who worked in Hawaii. He started the Fuji Furniture store in Aala, and created Hawaii's first Japanese-language radio program. His penname was Suikei. Early life Furuya was born on February 22, 1889, in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, and moved to the territory of Hawaii in 1907. He originally planned to move to the United States, but the 1907 Gentleman's Agreement banned him from moving there, so he stayed in Hawaii. Furuya worked in sugar plantations and stores all across the islands for five years. In 1914, he opened up a store of his own, the Fuji furniture store. He also joined the Japanese Merchants Association (''Chuo Rengo'') in 1918. He later helped with a merger between the Japanese Merchants Association and two other organizations to become the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce (HJCC) in 1939. He served as the Vice President of the HJCC and the United Japanese Society for two years. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masajiro Furuya
Masajiro Furuya (古屋政次郎, November 7, 1862—February 15, 1938; sometimes written as Masahiro Furuya), founder of the Furuya Company, was a Japanese American banker, merchant, and manufacturer, whose career took place largely in Seattle, Washington, United States.Clarence Bagley, ''History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time'', Volume 3. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1916. p. 1126-1127Onlineon Google Books. Accessed 2012-12-24.Gary IwamotoRise & Fall of an Empire FURUYA: imm.1890 ''International Examiner'', 2005-08-29. Accessed 2012-12-24. Gary Iwamoto described him in 2005 as "perhaps the most prominent local eattlebusinessman of the early 20th Century" and "certainly the top businessman among Japanese on the Pacific Coast" during that period. Early years in Japan Furuya was born in 1862 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, the son of Heibei and T. Ariidzumi Furuya. His mother died when he was still a child. At 13 he apprenticed at a confectione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Furuya
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese tarento, actress, singer and gravure idol. She was raised in Kurashiki, Okayama, but was born in Matsue, Shimane. She is currently affiliated with Suns Entertainment. She dropped out of Kurashiki Suishō Senior High School (at the time an all-girls school). Personal life In July 2008, after discovering she was pregnant, Megumi married Dragon Ash lead singer Kenji Furuya, whom she had been dating since 2005. On February 6, 2009, Megumi gave birth to their first child, a son, who weighed in at 3 kg. Roles Variety shows *'' Aa! Hanano Ryōrinin'' (March 20, 2008, Nippon TV) *''Africa no Tsume'' (Nippon Television) *''Akashiya Santa no Shijōsaidai no Christmas Present Show'' (2001) *'' Bachikoi!'' (Setonaikai Broadcasting Corporation) *''Blog Type'' (April–September 2005, Fuji TV) *''The God of Entertainment'' (Nippon Television) *''Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende'' (Nippon Television) *''Ken Shimura's Baka Tonosama'' (Fuji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minoru Furuya
is a Japanese manga artist from Saitama Prefecture. His debut work is '' The Ping Pong Club'', published in ''Young Magazine''. It was adopted into a 26-episode anime series in 1995. In 1996, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for ''The Ping Pong Club''. In March 2021, Kodansha USA licensed ''Ciguatera Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), also known simply as ciguatera, is a foodborne illness caused by eating reef fish whose flesh is contaminated with certain toxins. Such individual fish are said to be ciguatoxic. Symptoms may include diarrhea, vom ...''. Two of his series have been adapted to the big screen, namely '' Himizu'' in 2011, and '' Himeanoru'' in 2016. Works References External links * Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page {{DEFAULTSORT:Furuya, Minoru 1972 births Living people Manga artists from Saitama Prefecture Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsutoshi Furuya
was a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut as a manga artist in 1955 with kashi-hon manga. He started as an assistant of Osamu Tezuka in 1958, but was primarily known for starting out as an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka five years later. He was best known for his series ''Dame Oyaji'' ("No-Good Dad", 1970–1982), which gained notoriety by giving a darkly humorous send-up of Japanese family life with a meek, pathetic father married to a cruel and savage wife. The series received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen, was adapted into a movie in 1973 and as an anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ... television series in 1974. Furuya died on December 8, 2021, at the age of 85. Selected works * Tangerine Flowers Blooming on a Hill (みかんの花さく ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naohiro Furuya
Naohiro Furuya (古谷 直広, Naohiro Furuya; born July 30, 1963 in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese racing driver. Career Furuya was active in automobile racing. He has competed in the Italian Formula 3 Championship, the Italian Touring Car Championship and in Formula 3 races at the Macau Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix The Monaco Grand Prix (french: Grand Prix de Monaco) is a Formula One motor racing event held annually on the Circuit de Monaco, in late May or early June. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigiou .... He came second at the Japanese Formula Three Championship, after Naoki Hattori. In the following year, Furuya joined Japan's top formula and raced until 1995. From 2003 to 2010 he also took part in the Japanese Super-Endurance ( Super Taikyu Series) taking 8 wins in total and 6 pole positions, with a best finish of 3rd in the championship. He also participated in the All Japan GT Championship ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noriko Furuya
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Urawa, Saitama and graduate of Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ..., she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003. References * External links Official websitein Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Female members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Waseda University alumni People from Saitama (city) 1956 births Living people New Komeito politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians 21st-century Japanese women politicians {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sari Furuya
Sari Maeda (born Sari Furuya on 25 May 1990) is a Japanese biathlete. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte .... References 1990 births Living people Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Japanese female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Japan Biathletes at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Sportspeople from Hokkaido 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiichi Furuya
in Izu, Shizuoka is a Japanese photographer. As a student Furuya studied architecture and then spent two years at Tokyo College of Photography. In 1973 he left his studies and his native Japan and traveled, ending up, according to Arthur Ollman in his book, ''The Model Wife,'' "a man in exile. He wears alienation like an obligation." In Austria where he lived since 1982 he met and married Christine Gössler. From 1984 to 1987 he lived in East Berlin and worked as translator. Christine was to become the primary subject of his photography until her suicide in 1985. His last pictures of her are of her shoes, neatly placed by the window she had just jumped out of, and her body, shot from the same window, on the ground, nine stories below. Ollman, Arthur, The Model Wife, A Bullfinch Press Book/Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1999 p. 178 Today, Furuya lives in Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takuya Furuya
Takuya Furuya (古谷 拓哉, born July 14, 1981, in Kitami, Hokkaidō) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chiba Lotte Marines The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. History The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ... in 2006 and from 2009 to 2016. External links NPB 1981 births Living people People from Kitami, Hokkaido Komazawa University alumni Honolulu Sharks players Japanese expatriate baseball players in the United States Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Chiba Lotte Marines players Baseball people from Hokkaido {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
