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Hirata (surname)
Hirata (written: 平田 lit. "peaceful rice paddy") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese actor *, Japanese rower *, Japanese scholar *, Japanese politician *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese singer and voice actress *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese politician *, Japanese politician *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese actor *, Japanese ballerina *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese academic *, Japanese politician *, Japanese chemist *, Japanese actress, voice actress and gravure idol Other people *Andrea Hirata Andrea Hirata (born October 24, 1967) is an Indonesian author best known for the 2005 novel ''Laskar Pelangi'' ("The Rainbow Troops") and its sequels. Biography Hirata was born in Gantung, Belitung. While he was young, his parents changed his n ..., Indonesian writer * Bruno H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihiko Hirata
(December 16, 1927 – July 25, 1984), born , was a Japanese film actor. While Hirata starred in many movies (including Hiroshi Inagaki's ''Samurai'' trilogy), he is most well known for his work in the ''kaiju'' genre, including such films as ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'', ''The Mysterians'', ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'', ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'', and his most famous role of Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, the brilliant but disturbed young scientist in the original ''Godzilla'', released in 1954. Hirata was married to the popular actress Yoshiko Kuga from 1961 until his death. He died at age 56 in 1984 after a long battle with lung cancer. Early life Hirata was born in Seoul, Korea, in 1927, into a wealthy family. He was educated at the prestigious Tokyo University's School of Interior Design. Before joining Shintoho as an assistant director (under his older brother, Yoshiki Onoda), Hirata moved into still photography, and eventually joined Toho in 1953, under the studio's "New Face" pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuru Hirata
is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award and the award for best supporting actor at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Fall Guy''. Filmography Films *''Fall Guy'' (1982), Yasu *''Theater of Life'' (1983) *'' Time and Tide'' (1984) *''Shanghai Rhapsody'' (1984) *''Final Take'' (1986) *'' Love & Pop'' (1998) *''First Love'' (2000) *'' The Man In White'' (2003) *'' The Ode to Joy'' (2006) *'' Southbound'' (2007) *''The Lone Scalpel'' (2010) *''Rebirth'' (2011) *''The Woodsman and the Rain'' (2011) *''Angel Home'' (2013) *''The Mourner'' (2015) *''Gukoroku: Traces of Sin'' (2017) *''And Then There Was Light'' (2017) *'' Memoirs of a Murderer'' (2017) *''We Are'' (2018) *''5 Million Dollar Life'' (2019) *'' Listen to the Universe'' (2019) *''Fukushima 50'' (2020) *''The Asadas'' (2020) *''Dreaming of the Meridian Arc'' (2022) *''Call Me Chihiro'' (2023), Bitō Television *''Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Fukuzawa Yukichi'' (1985) - John Manjir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Hirata
Bruno Hirata Kaimoti (born March 13, 1988) is a Brazilian baseball catcher. He plays for the Toshiba club in the Japanese Industrial League. He represented Brazil at the 2008 Americas Baseball Cup and the 2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike .... References External linksBaseball America 1988 births 2013 World Baseball Classic players Brazilian expatriate baseball players in Japan Brazilian people of Japanese descent Sportspeople of Japanese descent Living people Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) {{Baseball-catcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Hirata
Andrea Hirata (born October 24, 1967) is an Indonesian author best known for the 2005 novel ''Laskar Pelangi'' ("The Rainbow Troops") and its sequels. Biography Hirata was born in Gantung, Belitung. While he was young, his parents changed his name seven times. They eventually settled on the name Andrea, while the name Hirata was given by his mother. He grew up in a poor family not far from a government-owned mine. Hirata started his tertiary education with a degree in economics from the University of Indonesia. After receiving a scholarship from the European Union, he did his master's degree in Europe, first at the University of Paris then at Sheffield Hallam University in Britain; his thesis dealt with telecommunications and the economy. Hirata released ''Laskar Pelangi'' in 2005. The novel, was written in a period of six months, and was based on his childhood experiences in Belitung; he later described it as "an irony about a lack of access to education for children in one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuka Hirata
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, tarento, and gravure idol from Hokkaido. She portrayed Mere in the Super Sentai Series ''Juken Sentai Gekiranger''. She has also appeared in ''Food Fight'', an episode of Carlos, and several idol videos. In 2010, she appeared in the live-action film, '' Wonderful World'', with voice actors, Mamoru Miyano, Tomokazu Sugita, Tomokazu Seki, Showtaro Morikubo and Daisuke Namikawa. Filmography Movies *'' Juken Sentai Gekiranger: Nei-Nei! Hou-Hou! Hong Kong Decisive Battle'' - Mere (2007) *'' Juuken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger'' - Mere (2008) *''Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger'' - Mere (2009) *'' Kamen Rider Ghost: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost's Fated Moment'' - Himiko (2016) *'' Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad'' - Mere (2018) Television dramas *''Rokubanme no Sayoko'' - Tōko Hirabayashi (2000) *''Juken Sentai Gekiranger'' - Mere (2007) *''Kamen Rider W'' - Kyoko Todoroki (2010) *''Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger'' - Nurse Hirata (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshimasa Hirata
was a Japanese organic chemist. Biography Hirata was born in Yamaguchi, Japan in 1915. He received a Bachelor of Science from the Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo) in 1941, and then joined the faculty there as a Lecturer of Chemistry. In 1944, he moved to Nagoya University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry. In that same year, he was promoted Associate Professor. He received his Ph.D. from Nagoya University in 1949, and was promoted to Full Professor in 1954. In 1955, Hirata met a recent graduate from Nagasaki Pharmacy School, a young Osamu Shimomura. He invited Shimomura to work in his lab, which he did, in April 1955. Hirata tasked him with purifying crystallizing Cypridina luciferin for the purpose of determining its structure. He completed the difficult task after three months, and Hirata awarded him with a doctorate, despite him not being a doctoral student. In 1979, Hirata moved to Meijo University, staying there for ten ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirata Tosuke
Count was a Japanese statesman and the 7th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, active in the Meiji and Taishō period Empire of Japan. Biography Hirata was born in the Yonezawa Domain, Dewa Province (currently Yamagata Prefecture) as the son of a local ''samurai''. He was sent by the domain to Edo for studies, and subsequently fought in the Boshin War on the side of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei. After the Meiji Restoration, was ordered by the domain to go to Tokyo and study at the ''Daigaku Nankō'' (predecessor of Tokyo Imperial University). After graduating, he was a student member of the Iwakura Mission of 1871 along with Makino Nobuaki. He later stayed in Germany to study at Heidelberg University (where he studied politics and international law) and Leipzig University (where he studied commercial law). He is the first Japanese with a doctorate degree. Hirata returned to Japan in 1876 and served in a number of posts in the new Meiji government's Ministry of Finance, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeo Hirata
is a Japanese researcher at the Waseda University. Early life Takeo Hirata was born on 16 January 1960 in Osaka, Japan. He went to Osaka Prefectural Otemae Senior High School during his younger years. In 1982, he graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration at the Yokohama National University. Career After graduating from the university, Hirata was employed at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. In 1987, he received a post-graduate Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. From 1991 to 1994 he served as the First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Brazil. During that time, he became friends with Cafu, a Brazilian footballer. From 1999 to 2001, he was engaged in oil resource development in the Middle East, as the director for international petroleum affairs at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy. In 1989, when the service industry office of the Ministry of International Trade an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noriyasu Hirata
is a Japanese badminton player from Tonami Transportation badminton team. In 2013, he and his men's doubles partner Hirokatsu Hashimoto, received the Badminton Nippon League's Valuable Player Award. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games. Achievements Asian Championships ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Men's doubles'' : BWF Superseries Finals tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament : BWF Superseries tournament BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noritoshi Hirata
is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References 1958 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Japan Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in gymnastics Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momoko Hirata
is a Japanese principal dancer for the Birmingham Royal Ballet. She attended the Reiko Yamamoto Ballet School before enrolling in the Royal Ballet School in the London, England. She won the 2001 Prix de Lausanne and joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2003. She was promoted to First Artist in 2005, Soloist in 2008, and First Soloist in 2010. She briefly danced with the Barcelona Ballet as a principal dancer in 2012, before returning to the Birmingham Royal Ballet where she was promoted to Principal in 2013. Early life and training Born in 1985 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, Hirata began training in classical ballet at the Reiko Yamamoto Ballet School. She attended the Royal Ballet School and in 2001 she won the Prix de Lausanne. She danced the Princess Aurora variation from '' The Sleeping Beauty''. Career In 2003, Hirata joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet. She was promoted to First Artist in 2005 and to Soloist in 2008. In 2010, she was further promoted to First Soloist. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
