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Horiguchi Kumaichi
Horiguchi (written: 堀口) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese poet and translator *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese architect and historian *, Japanese animator and illustrator * Yusuke Horiguchi, former Associate Director, IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ... {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genki Horiguchi
is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . He is currently a full-time wrestler for Dragon Gate. He has also competed in Wrestling Society X and Ring of Honor. When Horiguchi's hairline began receding, the fans began to chant H-A-G-E ( being Japanese for "baldness") at him. He managed to use this to gain a sort of cult popularity, and his catchphrase, "Who has called me hage?", is one of the best known in Japan. ''Hiromi Horiguchi'', a wrestler currently working for Toryumon Mexico, was thought for some time to be Genki's brother, but the relationship was only a gimmick. Career Toryumon Horiguchi debuted in Toryumon as a face wrestler with a surfer gimmick. In 2001, he began to lose his hair, and in November he turned heel, cast away his surfer gimmick, and he joined the original M2K as a replacement for Chocoflake K-ICHI. He was the last wrestler to be added to the group. During his days in the M2K stable, he held the NWA World Welterweight Title tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horiguchi Daigaku
was a poet and translator of French literature in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. He is credited with introducing French surrealism to Japanese poetry, and to translating the works of over 66 French authors into Japanese. Early life Horiguchi was born in the Hongō neighborhood of Tokyo. His father, Horiguchi Kumaichi was the son of ex-samurai from Echigo and a career diplomat with the Foreign Ministry who was the Japanese consul at Incheon during the First Sino-Japanese War. Horiguchi attended the Literature Department of Keio University, but never graduated (which is rather ironic, since his given name "Daigaku" is written with the same ''kanji'' as "university", and came from the fact that his father was still a student at Tokyo Imperial University when he was born). Even prior to entering the university, he was a member of the '' Shinshisha'' (The New Poetry Society) and contributing tanka poetry to ''Subaru'' (''Pleiades'') and other literary magazines, such as Mita Bun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazushiza Horiguchi
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. Early life and apprenticeship Horiguchi was born in Tokyo Metropolis on February 28, 1975. He learned shogi around the age of ten after seeing a shogi set at his grandparents' house. Horiguchi entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school as a pupil of shogi professional at the rank of 6-kyū in 1988. He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1991, and entered the 3-dan League in 1993. Horiguchi came close to obtaining full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in the 17th 3-dan League (April 1995September 1995), but lost his last round game to future fellow professional Kimura Kazuki to miss out on promotion. The following league season, however, Horiguchi finished with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses in the 18th 3-dan League (October 1995April 1996) to win the league and earn promotion to the rank of 4-dan. Shogi professional Horiguchi finished runner up in the 48th NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament (1998) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoji Horiguchi
is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in Bellator MMA and Rizin FF in the Flyweight division. He is the former bantamweight champion in both organizations. As of December 13, 2022, he is #6 in the Bellator Bantamweight Rankings. A professional competitor since 2010, Horiguchi formerly competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is the former Shooto Bantamweight Champion. He graduated from Sakushin Gakuin High School in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. Background Horiguchi began training in karate at the age of five and was talented, as he soon began competing in full-contact competitions and went on to become a regional champion. At the age of 16, Horiguchi viewed a PRIDE Fighting Championships event and became drawn to mixed martial arts. Horiguchi began training in the sport at Norifumi Yamamoto's Krazy Bee Gym after graduating high school when he was 18 years old. Horiguchi said seeing Yamamoto knockout bigger men was what drew him to the fighter. Mixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutemi Horiguchi
was an architect and a historian of Japanese architecture, and an expert of ''sukiya-zukuri'' architecture. In addition to designing modern buildings, he designed buildings in ''sukiya-zukuri,'' and buildings that fused both modern architectural and traditional Japanese architectural motifs. Biography Early life Horiguchi was born in Gifu Prefecture in 1895. During his teenage years, he explored Western-style painting (''yoga'') of the Meiji period, working in a styles similar to Cézanne or Fauvism. He was also an accomplished ''waka'' poet, and had several of his ''waka'' published in the prominent art journal ''ARS.'' He graduated from high school in 1917 and moved to Tokyo, where he enrolled in the architecture department of the Tokyo Imperial University (today University of Tokyo). After graduating in 1920, he pursued graduate work in the same department. Early career Bunriha In February 1920, Horiguchi and fellow Tokyo Imperial University architecture students Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukiko Horiguchi
is a Japanese animator and illustrator from Kyoto Prefecture, who used to work for the anime studio Kyoto Animation. When illustrating a light novel, she uses the pen name . She is best known as being the character designer for the anime adaptations of ''Lucky Star'' and ''K-On!'', the anime original Tamako Market and for being the illustrator of the light novel Kokoro Connect. She is the older sister of BUNBUN (also known as abec), also a light novel illustrator, responsible for the illustration of the light novel Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online: Progressive, original character designer on the anime Sakura Quest, and many more works. She is very close to her younger brother and was once part of a ''doujinshi'' circle with him. Career After graduating from junior college, Horiguchi joined Kyoto Animation in 2003. Her first position was as an animator for the television anime Crayon Shin-chan, and began work as a key animator for the first time on Episode 163 of Inuyasha. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
