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Hori (surname)
Hori (written: or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese writer *, Japanese artist *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese kickboxer *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese idol & model, member of Japanese girl group Nogizaka46 *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese dollmaker * Shigeyuki Hori, Japanese automotive engineer *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese writer, poet and translator *, Japanese politician *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese chief executive *, Japanese voice actor Fictional characters *, main character from ''Dig Dug'' *, main character from '' Mr. Driller'' *, character from '' Mr. Driller'' *, main character from ''Horimiya is a Japanese '' shōnen'' web manga series written and illustrated by Hiroki Adachi, under the ps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Hori
Akira Hori (堀晃, born 1944 in Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Tatsuno, Hyogo) is a Japanese science fiction writer. He has been involved in science fiction since high school and has a degree from Osaka University in engineering. He won the first Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1980 and has also won the Seiun Award. Works in English translation * "Open Up" (''Speculative Japan 2'', Kurodahan Press, 2011) References External linksAkira Hori's website (In Japanese) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hori, Akira 1944 births Japanese science fiction writers People from Hyōgo Prefecture Living people Osaka University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hori Naotora
was the 13th ''daimyō'' of Suzaka Domain (12,000 ''koku'') in northern Shinano Province (modern-day Nagano Prefecture), Honshū, Japan under the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate. His courtesy title was ''Nagato-no-kami'' (later ''Kura-no-kami''), and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Biography Hori Naotora was born in Edo as the 5th son of Hori Naotada, the 11th ''daimyō'' of Suzaka Domain. In 1861, on the retirement of his elder brother Hori Naotake without an heir, he became ''daimyō'' of Suzaka. Immediately on assuming office, he removed 41 senior retainers from office, including the domain's ''karō'', and pursued an aggressive policy of reforms, which also include westernization and modernization of the domain's military capability. He also supported the politics of the Tokugawa shogunate against the increasingly restive pro-''Sonnō jōi'' faction, and was given the position of ''Ōbangashira'' in 1863. In 1864, he received an order to pursue and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dig Dug
is a maze game, maze arcade game developed by Namco in 1981 and released in 1982, distributed in North America by Atari, Inc. The player controls Dig Dug to defeat all enemies per stage, by either inflating them to bursting or crushing them underneath rocks. ''Dig Dug'' was planned and designed by Masahisa Ikegami, with help from ''Galaga'' creator Shigeru Yokoyama. It was programmed for the Namco Galaga arcade board by Shouichi Fukatani, who worked on many of Namco's earlier arcade games, along with Toshio Sakai. Music was composed by Yuriko Keino, including the character movement jingle at executives' request, as her first Namco game. Namco heavily marketed it as a "strategic digging game". Upon release, ''Dig Dug'' was well received by critics for its addictive gameplay, cute characters, and strategy. During the golden age of arcade video games, it was globally successful, including as the second highest-grossing arcade game of 1982 in video games, 1982 in Japan. It prompted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukitoshi Hori
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Setagaya, Tokyo. He is the elder brother of fellow voice actor Hideyuki Hori and is currently represented by Aoni Production. He is most known for the roles of Tokumaru Tatsumi (''Saint Seiya''), Dodoria, Android 19 (''Dragon Ball Z''), Gin (''Detective Conan''), and Robert McGuire ('' Crayon Shin-chan''). Filmography Television animation * ''Fist of the North Star'' (1984), Jadou * '' Highschool! Kimengumi'' (1985), Danji Kai * ''Saint Seiya'' (1986), Tokumaru Tatsumi * ''Sakigake!! Otokojuku'' (1988), Gekkou, Student No.2 * ''Tsuide ni Tonchinkan'' (1988), Unba * ''Soreike! Anpanman'' (1988), Amagumora (1st), Denkinamazuman, Hasamikuwagata, Toudaiman (2nd) * ''Dragon Ball Z'' (1989), Android #19, Dodoria * '' Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku'' (1990 special), Dodoria * '' Oniisama E...'' (1991), Physician (ep 29) * '' Kinnikuman: Kinnikusei Oui Soudatsu-hen'' (1991), Neptuneman/The Samurai * '' Dragon Quest: Dai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshito Hori
is a Japanese businessman, author, and venture capitalist. He is the founder and president of Globis University Graduate School of Management. He is also a founding partner of GLOBIS Capital Partners, president of the G1 Institute, president of the KIBOW Foundation, owner of the Ibaraki Robots basketball team, and owner of the Ibaraki Broadcast System. Education Hori holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, Harvard University, and a B.S. in Engineering from Kyoto University. Career GLOBIS University Hori worked at Sumitomo Corporation from 1986-1992. He attended Harvard Business School in Boston in 1989 and received his MBA 1991. In 1992, with only $8,000 in venture capital and 20 students, he established GLOBIS Corporation and GLOBIS Management School in a rented classroom in Tokyo, offering individual business courses based on the Harvard case study method. In 1996, he established the venture capital group GLOBIS Capital Partners. In 2003, Hori re-envisioned th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teikichi Hori
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the early twentieth century. During the interwar period, Hori was a prominent member of the Treaty Faction of the Navy, and opposed war against the United States and the United Kingdom. Hori was a close friend and mentor of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Biography Teikichi Hori was born as the second son of Yasaburo Yano, who came from a samurai family from Ōita. At the age of 10, he was adopted into the Hori samurai family from Kitsuki by Masaharu Hori. Early career Hori entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in the 32nd class, and graduated in 1904 as the best of his class. There he became close friends with his classmate Isoroku Yamamoto, who would become a prominent admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. An accomplished student, he was admired by his peers. During the Russo-Japanese war, Hori served in Tōgō Heihachirō's flagship '' Mikasa'', and participated in the Battle of Tsushima. 1920s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Hori
is a Japanese politician. He was director of the Hokkaidō-Kitami University. From 1995 he served as governor of Hokkaidō for two terms totalling 8 years. He was chairman of the board of Sapporo University. He was associate professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture. Summary Tatsuya Hori originally comes from Tomakishi, Karafuto ( Vakhrushev, Sakhalin). He was raised in Engaru, Hokkaidō in Abashiri Subprefecture. In 1958 he graduated from Hokkaidō University Department of Agriculture and entered service in the Hokkaidō government. Under Governor Takahiro Yokomichi is a Japanese politician who belongs to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sapporo, Hokkaidō and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was electe ..., he was assistant director of the Public Works Department, room monitor for the governor, and municipal utility administrator. He served as lieutenant gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuo Hori
was a Japanese translator and writer of poetry, short stories and novels. Early life Born in Tokyo, Hori studied Japanese literature at Tokyo Imperial University under Saisei Murō and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. In addition to Japanese writers of the time, he read the works of Rainer Maria Rilke, Ivan Turgenev, Gerhart Hauptmann and Arthur Schnitzler, the French symbolists, and the philosophical writings of Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche. While still a student, he contributed translations of modern French poets and also his own writings to the literary journal ''Roba'', published and edited by critic Tsurujirō Kubokawa. He regarded himself as a disciple of Akutagawa, but also showed influences of Raymond Radiguet and Marcel Proust, and the Proletarian Literature Movement. His later works reflect a move towards modernism. Literary career In 1930, Hori received recognition for his short story '' Sei kazoku'' (lit. "The Holy Family"), which was written under the impres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takafumi Hori
is a former Japanese Association football, football player. He last managed Tokyo Verdy. His brother Naoto Hori is also a footballer. Playing career Hori was born in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Atsugi on September 10, 1967. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, Toshiba in 1990. He became a regular player as offensive midfielder from first season. He moved to Urawa Red Diamonds, Urawa Reds in 1992. Although he played many matches as defensive midfielder, he was converted to defensive midfielder by new manager Holger Osieck in 1995. He lost opportunity to play in 1998 and he moved to Shonan Bellmare, Bellmare Hiratsuka (later ''Shonan Bellmare'') in 1999. He played many matches and supported the club with many young players due to financial strain end of 1998 season. He retired end of 2001 season. Coaching career After retirement, Hori started a coaching career at Shonan Bellmare in 2002. He moved to Urawa Red Diamonds, Urawa Reds in 2005. He mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeyuki Hori
Shigeyuki Hori is the principal designer of Toyota's acclaimed Hybrid Synergy Drive hybrid motor system which is in use by several vehicles including the Prius and Lexus RX Hybrid. An executive chief engineer in Toyota Motor Corporation, Dr. Hori served as chief engineer for more vehicles simultaneously than any other person in the company's history, by taking charge of the Prius, Celica, MR2, Caldina, Opa, Avensis, and Scion tC development efforts in the early to mid-2000s. Career Shigeyuki Hori spent nine years studying at the University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ..., where he earned a PhD in bioengineering. At Toyota Motor Corporation, he developed the Toyota Cost Calculation System, a method of determining the cost of each part that goes into a ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryūjo Hori
(born Matsue Yamada) was a Japanese dollmaker of traditional dolls. Biography Hori started her career as a painter, but switched to doll making after an epiphany with a piece of gum; seeing the half-chewed gum she was fiddling looked something like a human face caused her to become interested in three-dimensional representations of the human form. She began to construct dolls from flour and newspaper paste, using chopsticks as a structural base. In 1930 she joined Yumeji Takehisa's ''Dontakusha'' group of artists and subsequently focussed her entire output on doll-making; that same year she had her first exhibition at the '' Hina Matsuri'' Festival. Early on in her career, she studied under the famous doll-makers Goyo Hirata and Juzo Kagoshima, both Living National Treasure of Japan. Her creation of a new style of ''kimekomi-ningyō'' doll resulted in her own appointment as a Living National Treasure of Japan in 1955; she was both the first woman to be awarded this accolade an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoto Hori
is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Naoto can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *直人, "honesty, person" *尚人, "esteem, person" *直登, "honesty, ascend" *尚登, "esteem, ascend" *直斗, "honesty, Big Dipper" *猶人, "easy-going/graceful, person" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *Naoto Fukasawa (直人, born 1956), Japanese industrial designer * Naoto Hikosaka (born 1962), professional Go player *, Japanese footballer * Naoto Hirooka (直人, born 1978), Japanese avant-garde fashion designer * Naoto Hiroyama (直人), the guitarist and headman of the J-rock band Orange Range *Naoto Nakamura or Naoto Inti Raymi (直人, born 1979), singer-songwriter *, Japanese ski jumper *Naoto Kan (直人, born 1946), Japanese politician - former Prime Minister of Japan * Naoto Kataoka (片岡 直人, born 1983), Japanese dancer, actor, rapper and creati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
