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Hideko Okiyama
Hideko (written: , , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese writer *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese fencer *, Japanese cross-country skier *Hideko Takahashi, Japanese illustrator *, Japanese actress *Hideko Udagawa Hideko Udagawa is a Japanese violinist based in London, United Kingdom. Early years and education Hideko Udagawa is the great-granddaughter of former Japanese prime minister Lord Ii Naosuke. She was a student of Nathan Milstein while in London ..., Japanese classical violinist *, Japanese actress {{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] |
Fukuda Hideko
Fukuda Hideko (福田 英子, October 5, 1865 – May 2, 1927) was a Japanese author, educator and feminist of the Meiji period in Japan. Born Kageyama Hideko, she was educated at a young age and pursued socialist and feminist goals for most of her adult life. She was a participant in the Osaka Incident of 1885, where approximately 130 liberal activists were arrested on their way to attempt to incite revolution and liberate Korea. The group had planned to provide guns, bombs, and manpower to support reformist movements in Korea before the police intercepted them. After being freed, Fukuda continued to pursue social and gender reforms in Japan, playing an active role in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement which pushed for democratic changes to the government. She eventually established the magazine ''Sekai Fujin'' (Women of the World), which aimed at empowering women in Japan and getting them involved in international affairs. Throughout her life, Fukuda was involved in Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideko Goto
is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career She won a gold medal at the 1954 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup with Fujie Eguchi, Yoshiko Tanaka and Kiiko Watanabe. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References Japanese female table tennis players Living people Place of birth missing (living people) World Table Tennis Championships medalists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideko Hiranaka
is a retired female medley swimmer from Japan, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. She is best known for winning the silver medal in the Women's 400m Individual Medley at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka, behind her team mate Fumie Kurotori (born August 6, 1975 in Funabashi, Chiba, Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba) is a retired female medley swimming, medley swimmer from Japan, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known f .... References * 1973 births Living people Japanese female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics People from Hokkaido Asian Games medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Universiade silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideko Maehata
was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer and the first Japanese woman to earn a gold medal in the Olympics. Maehata was born in Hashimoto, Wakayama, as the daughter of a tofu producer and as a child learned to swim in the Kinokawa River. In the fifth grade of elementary school, she set an unofficial youth record for the 50-meter breaststroke. She went on to win numerous competitions, and was sponsored to attend a women’s boarding school in Nagoya which specialized in swimming, but the sudden death of her parents in 1931 forced her return home. Yet she was selected for the Japanese Olympic swimming team for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and won the silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke event. She lost to Clare Dennis a mere 0.1 of a second. During the post-Olympic celebration after her return to Japan, she stated that she was considering to retire from competitive swimming due to family issues, but then Tokyo mayor Hidejirō Nagata reportedly asked her why she did not b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideko Mizuno
is one of the first successful female Japanese shōjo manga artists. She was an assistant of Osamu Tezuka staying in Tokiwa-sō. She made her professional debut in 1955 with ''Akakke Kōma Pony'', a Western story with a tomboy heroine. She became a prominent shōjo artist in the 1960s and 1970s, starting with ''White Troika'', which serialized in '' Margaret'' in 1963. Mizuno is best known for '' Fire!'' (1969–1971), one of the first shōjo manga with a boy protagonist, for which she won the 1970 Shogakukan Manga Award. Her ''Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken'' (1966) was adapted as an anime television series, licensed in English as ''Honey Honey'' on CBN Cable Network. Early life Hideko Mizuno discovered manga very early: at the age of 8 she read the manga ''Shin Takarajima'' by Osamu Tezuka as well as his book ''Manga Daigaku'' which teaches the basics of manga creation, thanks to these two books, she took Tezuka as a model and decided to become a mangaka. In 1952 at the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideko Oka
is a Japanese fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References External links * 1953 births Living people Japanese female foil fencers Olympic fencers of Japan Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Japan-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideko Saito
is a Japanese cross-country skier. She competed in two events at the 1972 Winter Olympics. References External links * 1950 births Living people Japanese female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Japan Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Miyagi Prefecture {{Japan-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideko Takahashi
Hideko Takahashi is a children's book illustrator. She was born in Osaka, Japan and educated in at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. In 1990, she moved to Los Angeles to attend Otis College of Art and Design. Her work is included in Cooper Hewitt Museum. She did her a majority of schooling and education life in Kyoto, Japan, until later she moved to the U.S. in 1990 to attend Otis. After graduation, in 1994, she began to work as a freelance illustrator. Since then, she has made a professional career out of creating numerous illustrations for children's books, including: Beach Play, Good Night God Bless, Hot Dog on TV, Lull-a-bye Little One, The Ding Dong Clock, In My New Yellow Shirt, My Loose Tooth and Come to My Party and Other Shape Poems, Matthew's Truck and Princess Fun. Lynn Plourde, author of Snow Day, writes of Takahashi, "Hideko's illustrations have such kid-appeal and look deceptively simple (with basic colors and shapes), but they are filled with fun angles and perspecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideko Takamine
was a Japanese actress who began as a child actress and maintained her fame in a career that spanned 50 years. She is particularly known for her collaborations with directors Mikio Naruse and Keisuke Kinoshita, with ''Twenty-Four Eyes'' (1954) and ''Floating Clouds'' (1955) being among her most noted films. Biography Takamine was born in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, in 1924. At the age of four, following the death of her mother, she was placed in the care of her aunt in Tokyo. Her first role was in the Shochiku studio's 1929 film ''Mother'' (''Haha''), which brought her tremendous popularity as a child actor. Many of the films of her early career were imitations of Shirley Temple films. After moving to the Toho studio in 1937, her dramatic roles in Kajirō Yamamoto's ''Tsuzurikata kyōshitsu'' (1938) and ''Horse'' (1941) brought her added fame as a girl star. She toured as a singer to entertain Japanese troops and, after the war, sang for American occupation troops in Tokyo. After ini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideko Udagawa
Hideko Udagawa is a Japanese violinist based in London, United Kingdom. Early years and education Hideko Udagawa is the great-granddaughter of former Japanese prime minister Lord Ii Naosuke. She was a student of Nathan Milstein while in London and at the Juilliard School in New York. Career Hideko Udagawa's international performances span thirty countries across Europe, North America – including a tour encompassing twelve cities with the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg – and Asia-Pacific with the Warsaw Philharmonic under Kazimierz Kord. In addition she has toured extensively throughout towns and cities in Great Britain. She made her debut with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Charles Mackerras with a performance of Max Bruch's Violin Concerto. The concert took place at Barbican Hall. Performance highlights include: Philharmonia under Leonard Slatkin, Royal Philharmonic under Paavo Järvi, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Marek Janowski, City of Birmingham Symp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideko Yoshida
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 14th Hochi Film Award for ''Shaso''. Filmography * '' Neo Tokyo'' (1989) * ''Shaso'' (1989) * ''The Pillow Book'' (1996) * ''Will to Live'' (1999) * ''By Player'' (2000) * ''Cutie Honey'' (2004) * ''Heaven's Bookstore is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara about a struggling classical pianist who is sent to heaven to work in a bookstore. It is based on two novels, written by Atsushi Matsuhisa and Wataru Tanaka. Plot Kenta (Tetsuji Tamayama), ...'' (2004) * '' Southbound'' (2007) References 1944 births Living people Japanese actresses Actors from Ishikawa Prefecture People from Kanazawa, Ishikawa {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
