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Hiroko Yoda
Hiroko Yoda is a Japanese entrepreneur, translator, writer, folklorist, and president of the localization company AltJapan Co., Ltd. She was also a Tokyo city editor for the CNN travel website CNNGo. She is a translator of video games and the author of numerous books about Japanese history and culture. She is particularly known for her pioneering work contextualizing yokai culture for English-speaking audiences. Education Born in Tokyo, she studied at the University of Maryland, then earned a Master's degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University in Washington, D.C. Personal life In 2005, she played the role of a yokai frog in the Takashi Miike film The Great Yokai War.> She also had a cameo in the 2010 Tomoo Haraguchi film Death Kappa.> In 2008, she was denied a Facebook account. She was told that "Facebook blocks the registration of a number of names that are frequently abused on the site. The name Yoda, also being the name of a popular Star ...
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AltJapan Co
AltJapan Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo based company specializing in the translation and localization of Japanese entertainment. It is particularly active in manga and video game localization. It specializes in Japanese-to-English and English-to-Japanese translation, but also handles European language localization as well. It has worked on titles for companies including Capcom, Koei-Tecmo, Namco-Bandai, Konami, Taito, Square-Enix, and Platinum Games. Credits include ''Dragon Quest VIII'', the ''Ninja Gaiden'' series, the ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam'' series, ''Lollipop Chainsaw,'' ''Lost Planet 3,'' and the 2014 remake of '' Strider.'' The company also produces the recording sessions for video games as well, most notably on the ''Dynasty Warriors Gundam'' and '' Dead or Alive'' series. In addition to localization, AltJapan is also credited with scriptwriting on titles including Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword, and World of Demons. AltJapan's manga translation credits inclu ...
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Nioh
is an action role-playing video game developed by Team Ninja. It was released for PlayStation 4 in February 2017, and was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment internationally, and by Koei Tecmo in Japan. An edition for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows, containing the game's downloadable content, was released on November 7, 2017 by Koei Tecmo. A remastered version was released for PlayStation 5 on February 5, 2021. Set during a fictionalized version of the year 1600, the plot follows the journeys of William Adams, an Irish sailor named after and inspired by the historic William Adams, an Englishman who became a samurai. Adams pursues the sorcerer Edward Kelley into the final battles of the Sengoku period during Tokugawa Ieyasu's efforts to unify Japan, an effort complicated by the emergence of yōkai that are flourishing in the chaos of war. Gameplay revolves around navigating levels and defeating monsters that have infested an area; combat revolves around stamina or " ...
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