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Hirahara
Hirahara (written: 平原) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese singer *, Japanese classical pianist and composer *Naomi Hirahara Naomi Hirahara ( ja, 平原 直美, born 1962) is an American writer and journalist. She edited the largest Japanese-American daily newspaper, '' The Rafu Shimpo'' for several years. She is currently a writer of both fiction and non-fiction works ... (born 1962), Japanese-American mystery author See also *, a train station in Komoro City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan {{surname, Hirahara Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Hirahara
Naomi Hirahara ( ja, 平原 直美, born 1962) is an American writer and journalist. She edited the largest Japanese-American daily newspaper, '' The Rafu Shimpo'' for several years. She is currently a writer of both fiction and non-fiction works and the Edgar Award-winning Mas Arai mystery series. Biography Naomi Hirahara was born in 1962 in Pasadena, California to Japanese parents, both of whom were survivors of the Hiroshima bombing. She began writing when she was in elementary school in Altadena, California. She received her bachelor's degree from Stanford University in international relations with a focus on Africa and spent a summer during her studies volunteering with the YWCA in Ghana, West Africa. After her 1983 graduation, she furthered her education at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo. After a brief job as an editorial assistant, Hirahara began working at the ''Rafu Shimpo'' newspaper in 1984 as writer about the city of Los Angeles. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayaka Hirahara
is a Japanese pop singer. She was affiliated with the Dreamusic label until 2013 when she moved to Universal Music Japan. Biography Hirahara comes from a musical family; her father, Makoto Hirahara, is a saxophone player, her grandfather, Tsutomu Hirahara, was a trumpet player, and her older sister, Aika Hirahara, also is a singer under the EMI Music Japan label. Ayaka was a member of the Matsuyama Ballet for 11 years, beginning at age 6. She started playing saxophone when she was 13 years old, then learned classical saxophone at Senzoku Gakuen High School. Currently, she is studying in the Faculty of Jazz majoring in saxophone at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. Her first single, "Jupiter", was released in Japan in December 2003, and went on to be one of the biggest selling singles of 2004. The melody of the song is based on the "Jupiter" movement in '' The Planets Suite'' by Gustav Holst. Similarly, the melody of her song, "Siciliana", is based on "Siciliano" by Johann Sebast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayuki Hirahara
Masayuki Hirahara (平原 誠之 Hirahara Masayuki July 15, 1980) is a Japanese pianist and composer. Early life Masayuki Hirahara was born and raised in Kobe, Japan. He started taking piano lessons when he was eight years old. Through these lessons, he became interested in composition and he studied it by himself. In his first year of the high school, he studied under a pianist who had graduated from the Berlin University of the Arts for one year. After that, he taught himself how to play and compose. In 1999 he participated in the music competition of the Great Hanshin earthquake (Kobe earthquake) Reconstruction Memorial Classic Festival and he won Hyogo Arts & Culture Association’s Prize and a golden award in composition section. He worked for a publisher which publishes a monthly piano magazine from 2000 to 2003. Performing and composing career With the encouragement of those who heard his performance in 1999, he started his career as a performer at a hall in Kobe in Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirahara Station
is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Line in the city of Komoro, Nagano, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway. Lines Hirahara Station is served by the 65.1 km Shinano Railway Line, and is 18.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Karuizawa Station. Station layout The station consists of one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended. Platforms Adjacent stations History The station opened on 10 January 1952. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 146 passengers daily. Surrounding area * Mitsuoka Station See also * List of railway stations in Japan The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan. External links {{Portal bar, Japan, Trains * Railway stations Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
