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Hiroko
is a common feminine Japanese given name. Name meanings Hiroko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *裕子, "kind child" *弘子, "Beautiful child" *寛子, " small child" *浩子, "large child" *博子, "wise child" *宏子, "large child" *広子, "broad child" *紘子, "large child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name * Hiroko Anzai (安西 ひろこ, born 1979), Japanese model and idol * Hiroko Hatano (畑野 ひろ子, born 1975), Japanese supermodel and actress *, better known as Chikage Oogi, Japanese actress and politician *, Japanese singer, actress and television personality *, Japanese archer *, Japanese fencer *, Japanese slalom canoeist * Hiroko Konishi (小西 寛子, born 1975), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese model *, Japanese writer * Hiroko Mita (三田 寛子, born 1966), Japanese singer and actress * Hiroko Moriguchi (森口 博子, born 1968), J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Moriguchi
(born June 13, 1968 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan), better known by her stage name is a female Japanese singer and tarento. Moriguchi is affiliated with the talent agency NoReason Inc., where she also serves as Second Production Department Manager. Biography The youngest of four sisters, lived with her mother after her parents divorced when she was eight years old. She graduated from Fukuoka City Takamiya Junior High School and Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka Chuo High School, then transferred to Horikoshi High School Performing Arts Course. Her classmates included Yōko Oginome, Kumiko Takeda, Miyuki Imori, Sayuri Iwai, Eri Murata, and Mie Takahashi. During her teenage years, Hanamura performed as a backing singer in the Tokyo Music Academy performing arts group . Before graduating from high school, she participated in several variety shows and quiz programs. She auditioned for several idol singer competitions without success. Hanamura adopted the stage name "Hiroko Morig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Suzuki
, née , (born 1974) is a Japanese people, Japanese politician, professional wrestling Manager (professional wrestling), valet, occasional professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter best known in the United States for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ''SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown!'' brand under the ring name Hiroko. She graduated from Meiji University, and became an announcer of Fukushima Central Television. She is married to professional wrestler Kenzo Suzuki. Professional wrestling career World Wrestling Entertainment (2004–2005) On June 10, 2004, Hiroko made her debut as the geisha valet and translator for her real-life husband Kenzo Suzuki on World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown! brand. Her trademark phrase was "You cheer Kenzo Suzuki on to the victory!" (pronounced vic-to-wee). In November 2004, Hiroko began feuding with Torrie Wilson and numerous Professional wrestling attacks#Catfight, catfights to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Konishi
is a Japanese voice actress and musician. She is known for her roles as Jiyuu Nanohana in '' Jubei-chan'', Sae Sawanoguchi in ''Magic User's Club'', Nene Romanova in ''Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040'', and the title character ''Ojarumaru''. In video games she voiced Shiori Misaka in the original '' Kanon'' visual novel, Lilith Aensland in '' Darkstalkers'', and Bridget in ''Guilty Gear X2''. Life and career Konishi formed a budding interest in stage acting as a junior high student, and as a high schooler, received voice training at the . She released ''NOVELETTE'' (EMI Music Japan, 1999), her first album under her own identity. She teamed up with Ryo Arshe (Ryo Asakawa), her musical collaborator since 1998 and the artist NAOMI, forming the musical unit Little Cure. As a TV personality, she has appeared on both NHK and public sector network shows. She had been a regular on the TV Tokyo-syndicated variety show ''Ichioshi Kiss'', where she was portrayed as the youngest of three s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Nakamura
was a Japanese pianist. Born Hiroko Fukuda in Yamanashi, she grew up in Tokyo. She began to study piano at the age of 3 at Toho Gakuen School of Music under Aiko Iguchi. In 1959, whilst a student at Chutobu Junior High School, she won first prize at the National Music Competition of Japan at age 15. In 1963, she began piano studies at the Juilliard School of Music, and studied under Rosina Lhévinne. In 1965, at the VII International Chopin Piano Competition, she won 4th prize, the youngest prizewinner that year, and was the second Japanese prizewinner in the history of the Chopin Competition. Nakamura was a juror at many major piano competitions, including the Chopin in Poland, the Tchaikovsky in Russia, the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition (1987), the Arthur Rubinstein in Israel, the Busoni in Italy and so on. She also served as the chairperson of the jury of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition and as the Music Director of the Hamamatsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Sato
, formerly known as , is a Japanese actress, singer and gravure idol. Biography Sato was born in Fukushima but grew up in Kanagawa. In 2002, Sato made her acting debut in the low budget horror movie ''Scare'' and began a career as a gravure idol. Much of her work was published in Japanese men's magazines such as Sabra and Weekly Playboy. Between 2002 and 2008, she starred in a number of idol movies released on DVD. In 2004, Sato played a role in the low budget movie '' Cursed''. In 2005, Sato released a single called ''Can't Hide'', which was released under the Girls Record label. In 2007, Sato appeared in a photobook called ''Portrait'' that was photographed in Fukushima by Japanese photographer Yoshihisa Marutani. In 2008, Sato announced on her blog that she was no longer doing gravure modelling and would instead focus on drama and acting. Sato's most popular movie role to date was in the acclaimed 2010 drama, ヌードの夜/愛は惜しみなく奪う, known in Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Matsumoto
was a Japanese model, first Japanese model who worked in Paris, from 1960, to the late 1960s, considered to be a first Japanese supermodel. Biography Pierre Cardin met and fell in love with Matsumoto in 1960 during a trip to Japan. She would eventually follow him to Paris where she was Cardin's top model. Known as Miss Hiroko, she was the first ever Japanese model for a French clothing collection. Matsumoto ended her modeling career in 1967 and married Henry Berghauer, a manager at groupe Pierre Cardin. Berghauer went on to become a manager at Hanae Mori, and later of fashion company Hervé Léger. In 1970, Matsumoto played the prominent part of Kyoko, the Japanese lover, in French director François Truffaut's movie '' Bed and Board''. Many of the dresses worn in the movie were designed by the Hanae Mori fashion company. A few years later, Hiroko Matsumoto married Jean-Claude Cathalan, who, at the time, was a manager at Roussel Uclaf''Who's Who in France'' He later became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Anzai
(born February 9, 1979, in Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese actress, model and gravure idol, who has appeared in various magazines and photo albums. Her first photo album was released in 1996 and titled ''Mystic''. Fuji TV selected Hiroko as its Visual Queen of 1998. She has body measurements of 89-62-90 cm, and stands 1.57 m tall. Life and career After graduating from junior high school in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Anzai moved to Tokyo to attend Tsurukawa High School. Since the school does not allow students to appear in television commercials, however she left Tsurukawa to attend North Toshima High School, where she completed her studies. In 1996 Anzai made her show business debut as a gravure idol, despite being one year short of the Japanese age of majority. For this reason, she actually attended the coming of age ceremony twice. Several years later she confessed to having lied about her age during an appearance on the Japanese television variety program Downtown DX. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Hatano
(born November 23, 1975) is a Japanese model and actress. As an 18-year-old, she made her model debut on Japanese fashion magazine '' JJ'' in March 1994. She was one of the top models for the magazine until 2001, when she temporarily quit modelling to concentrate on her acting career. She is now working for the fashion magazine '' CLASSY''. Biography Hatano was born in the Saitama prefecture in 1975. She attended Urawa Gakuin High School, in Urawa, Saitama, and began her modeling career during her high school days by appearing in ''JJ''. She graduated from the in Tokyo with a degree in figurative arts. Career For several years she was one of the top fashion models in Japan. Standing 168 cm tall, she was one of the tallest Japanese models at the time. Hatano made her TV debut in the drama , in 1997, playing a small role. Some of the dramas she appeared became instant hits in Japan, helping her to establish herself in the Japanese TV industry. Some of the TV dramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Hayashi (singer)
is a Japanese actress, singer and tarento. Biography Hiroko Hayashi made her TV-drama debut in '' Tabiji'' in 1965. She debuted as a singer in 1974. In 1979, she married Hisao Kurosawa, a film producer whose father was Akira Kurosawa, but later they divorced. They have three children. She also has three grandchildren by her eldest daughter Yu Kurosawa (1982). Hiroko Hayashi grandchildren Filmography ;Television * ''Tabiji'' (1965) * ''Akogare'' (1966) * ''Kamen Rider'' (1971) * ''Henshin Ninja Arashi'' (1972), Kasumi * ''Kunitori Monogatari'' (1973), Akechi Tama * ''Ultraman Mebius is a Japanese television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting. It is the 20th TV series and 40th anniversary production in the Ultra Series, which first began in 1966. It premiered on the Tokyo Broadcasting Sys ...'' (2006), Keiko Kuze ;Film * '' Tora-san's Dream of Spring'' (1979), Megumi Takai Discography Singles References * ''Nihon Tare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Minagawa
is a Korean-born Japanese writer of mystery, fantasy, horror and historical fiction. Works in English translation ;Novels *''The Resurrection Fireplace'' (original title: ''Hirakasete Itadaki Kōei Desu''), trans. Matt Treyvaud, Bento Books, 2019 ;Short stories *"The Midsummer Emissary" (original title: ''Fuzuki no Shisha''), trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori (''Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Volume 3: Tales of the Metropolis'', Kurodahan Press, 2012) *"Sunset" (original title: ''Yuhi ga Shizumu''), trans. Karen Sandness (''Speculative Japan 3: Silver Bullet and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy'', Kurodahan Press, 2012) Awards * 1973 – Shosetsu Gendai New Writers Prize: (short story) * 1985 – Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel: (mystery novel) * 1986 – Naoki Prize: (historical novel) * 1990 – Shibata Renzaburo Prize: (fantasy short story collection) * 1998 – Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature: (mystery novel) * 2012 – Honkaku Mystery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Ōta
is a female Japanese politician, national university president and a researcher of economics. Her academic specialties are national public finance and economic policy. She is a noted lecturer of public finance and is a senior professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies(GRIPS) in Tokyo. Ōta served as the Japanese cabinet minister of economic policy, which is responsible for charging economic policy and public finance. In April 2014, Ōta has been appointed to the position of chairwoman of the board by Mizuho Financial Group, Japan's second-largest financial services group. On 1st September 2022, following the return of the previous President, Akihiko Tanaka, to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), she was appointed as President of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Career * 1976: graduates from Hitotsubashi University is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Chiyoda. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Kamada
is a Japanese fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event 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 Asian Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
