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Hiro (given Name)
is primarily a Japanese given name with multiple meanings, dependent on the characters used. 裕 means "abundant". 寛 means "generous, tolerant" and 浩 means "prosperous."http://www.20knames.com/male_japanese_names.htm ''Hiro'' is also an uncommon Spanish and Greek masculine name which is a variant form of Chairo and Jerome. It means "sacred name". It is also a Tahitian masculine given name with origins in Tahitian mythology. People with the name Notable people with the name include: *, a female Japanese light novelist *, Japanese painter/artist *, Japanese music producer (writer of Kumi Koda's "Taboo") * Hiro (photographer) (1930–2021), American fashion photographer *, Japanese musician with the stage name Hiro *, Japanese manga artist and the creator of ''Rave Master'' and "Fairy Tail", among other manga *, Japanese businessman and former racing driver *Hiro Murai (born 1983), American filmmaker *, Japanese cameraman and journalist slain during the 2010 Thai political prot ... [...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] |
Hiro Mashima
is a Japanese manga artist. He gained success with his first serial ''Rave Master'', published in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, ''Fairy Tail'', published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. Mashima began the currently ongoing ''Edens Zero'' in 2018. ''Fairy Tail'' won the Kodansha Manga Award for ''shōnen manga'' in 2009, and Mashima was given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival. Early life Mashima stated that he knew he wanted to be a manga artist for as long as he can recall. His father was an artist that aspired to turn professional, but died when Mashima was young. Living in the mountains as a child, his grandfather would bring him discarded manga that he found. After reading them, Mashima would draw from them. In middle school, he began to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroki Moriuchi
(born January 25, 1994, in Tokyo), better known as his stage name Hiro, is a Japanese singer and the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band My First Story. Personal life Hiro was born on January 25, 1994, the youngest son of Japanese singers Masako Mori and Shinichi Mori. He has two elder brothers, the eldest of whom is Takahiro Moriuchi, the lead singer of the band One Ok Rock and Tomohiro Moriuchi who works on TV Tokyo. In April 2005, his parents divorced when he was 11. Following the divorce, he and his older brother, Tomohiro, resided with their father; their mother took custody of their oldest brother, Takahiro. Career 2002–2005: Career beginnings and other musical pursuits Hiro signed with Johnny's Entertainment on December 1, 2002, when he was 8 years old. He was the youngest Johnny's Jr. and remained active until 2005. 2011–present: MY FIRST STORY He is currently active as the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band, My First Story, which was formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Kanagawa
is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including '' Smallville'', '' Caprica'', ''Godzilla'', ''The Man in the High Castle'', ''Altered Carbon'', '' iZombie'', ''Legends of Tomorrow'', '' Heroes Reborn'' and ''Kim's Convenience'' and was a writer on ''Da Vinci's City Hall''. As a voice-over artist, he was the original English-language voice of Gihren Zabi in the ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' franchise and played Reed Richards in '' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes''. Kanagawa has also written several stage dramas. He won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language Drama for his 2017 play ''Indian Arm''. Early life and education Kanagawa was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan and grew up in Guelph, Ontario; Sterling Heights, Michigan and Tokyo. Kanagawa conducted his undergraduate studies in sculpting at Middlebury Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Shimono
is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with I'm Enterprise. His notable roles include Ayato Kamina in ''RahXephon'', Akihisa Yoshii in ''Baka and Test'', Haruka Kasugano in ''Yosuga no Sora'', Keima Katsuragi in ''The World God Only Knows'', Syo Kurusu in ''Uta no Prince-sama'' series, Nai in '' Karneval'', Hanzō Urushihara in ''The Devil Is a Part-Timer!'', Connie Springer in ''Attack on Titan'', Norifumi Kawakami in ''Ace of Diamond'', Dabi in ''My Hero Academia'', Rex in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'', Zenitsu Agatsuma in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', Nacht Faust in '' Black Clover'', Ryunosuke Naruhodo in '' The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures,'' Rindou Haitani in ''Tokyo Revengers,'' and adult Kozuki Momonosuke in ''One Piece''. Personal life On July 2, 2021, it was announced that Shimono had tested positive for COVID-19 and was undergoing treatment. On July 12, 2021, it was announced Shimono has recovered and would return to resume activities. In an interview i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Suzuhira
is a female Japanese manga artist, character designer, and illustrator. She currently resides in Tokyo, Japan. Hiro Suzuhira and Aoi Nishimata have known each other from high school; their first work, ''Ritual'', was introduced in 1996. In 2000, she joined BasiL and became the illustrator for ''Bless: Close Your Eyes, Open Your Mind''. After Bless was released, she quit from BasiL and became a freelance illustrator. During this period in 2001, she illustrated one of the characters for ''Welcome to Pia Carrot 3''. In 2003, she joined Navel along with Aoi Nishimata, illustrating ''Shuffle!'' before moving on to ''Soul Link'' and ''Tick! Tack!''. On February 23, 2007, she quit Navel due to health issues and again became a free illustrator. '' |
Hiro Saito
is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by the shortened name of . He was the first AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Professional wrestling career A former judoka, Hiro debuted in 1978 in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In May 1985, he defeated The Cobra to win the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship only to lose back to him 2 months later. Saito went on to defeat The Cobra for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship on July 28, 1985 only to lose the title right back to him the same night. Saito soon jumped to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he formed the "Calgary Hurricanes" with Shunji Takano. He competed in the All Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship tournament in July 1986 where he defeated Brad Armstrong in the final to become the first World Junior Heavyweight Champion. After four months as champion, Saito lost the title to former stablemate Kuniaki Kobayashi. Saito joined the group known as the Raging Staff and soon won the IWGP W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Sasaki
Hiro Sasaki was a professional wrestler Championships and accomplishments * NWA New Zealand :*NWA Australasian Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) - with King Kamaka *World Wrestling Council :*WWC World Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) - with Kengo Kimura is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, best known under the ring name and for his many years working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Japan. Professional wrestling career Japan Wrestling Association (1972–1973) Kimura made his pr ... References Japanese male professional wrestlers {{prowrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Saga
was a Japanese noblewoman and memoir writer. She was the daughter of Marquis Saneto Saga and a distant relative of Emperor Shōwa. She was married in 1937 to Pujie, the younger brother of Puyi, the last monarch of the Qing dynasty of China between 1908 and 1912 and the puppet ruler of Manchukuo between 1932 and 1945. After her marriage to Pujie, she was known as, and identified herself as, Aishinkakura Hiro (愛新覺羅•浩) or Aixinjueluo Hao in Chinese. Life The Saga family was of the ''kuge'' court nobility and a branch of the Ogimachi Sanjo branch (正親町三条家) of the northern Fujiwara lineage (藤原北家), she shared the same great-great-grand father with Emperor Meiji, Ogimichisanjo Sanetomo. Saga was born in Tokyo in 1914 as the eldest daughter of Marquis and . She was educated at the women's branch of the Gakushuin Peers' School. Princess In 1936, Saga was introduced to Pujie, the younger brother of Puyi, the ruler of Manchukuo. Pujie was then attending ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Mizushima
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor, creative director, and writer. He appeared in a number of Japanese TV dramas, including ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji'', ''Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'' and ''Zettai Kareshi''. Additionally, he was well known as the protagonist Souji Tendo in the tokusatsu series ''Kamen Rider Kabuto''. Mizushima serves as the co-producer, co-screenwriter and leading actor for the latest film '' Black Butler'' which is the live-action film adaptation of the popular manga. His birth name "Tomohiro Saito" is being credited as co-producer in the film. Under his pen name , he wrote his first novel, ''Kagerou'', which was chosen as the winner of the 5th Popular Publishing Grand Prize for Fiction and was published in 2010. Career Mizushima first appeared on Japanese television in 2005, where he played Hiro Misawa, a minor character in the second season of ''Gokusen''. In the same year, he found guest starring roles in Japanese dramas such as ''Ame to Yume no At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Fujiwara
is a Japanese manga artist. The manga artist was once active under her previous pen name, at the end of the 1990s, but has abandoned the name after she won the Best Rookie award in the LMS for ''Kaeri Michi, Yuki no Netsu''. Her first series, was serialized in Hakusensha's monthly '' shōjo'' manga magazine, ''LaLa''. This series is licensed for North America, and an anime adaptation was broadcast during Spring 2010. About Personal Hiro Fujiwara was born on December 23, 1981 in Hyōgo Prefecture. She also has two older brothers and two cats, but is currently living alone. She said that one of her older brothers was an otaku and anonymously posted the story of his younger sister, Hiro, on the web radio of her work '' Kaichō wa Maid-sama!'' in connection with its story of the Younger Sister Day. She normally speaks standard Japanese but when she relaxes or let her guard down, she will speak in a Kansai accent in which she can hardly have control of. She also states that curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Narita
Hiro Narita (born June 26, 1941) is an American cinematographer. Early life and education Narita was born in 1941, in Seoul, Chōsen (now part of South Korea) to Japanese parents. In 1945, he and his family moved to Nara, Japan, and later to Tokyo. Following his father's early death and his mother's remarriage to a Japanese American, he immigrated in 1957 to Honolulu, Hawaii where he graduated from Kaimuki High School. He went on to the San Francisco Art Institute where he received a BFA in Graphic Design in 1964. He quickly landed a good position at a prominent local design firm, but the job lasted barely six months before he was drafted into the U.S. Army. For two years, he served as a designer and photographer at the Pentagon. Career An avid movie fan since childhood, Narita decided to go into filmmaking rather than go back into graphic design upon his return to San Francisco in the mid-sixties. After an internship with John Korty and Victor J. Kemper on the Michael R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
