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Iwasaki
Iwasaki (岩崎, "rock peninsula") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Akira Iwasaki (岩崎昶), Japanese film critic and producer * Carl Iwasaki, American college baseball coach *Chihiro Iwasaki (いわさきちひろ), Japanese illustrator *Fukuzo Iwasaki (岩崎福三), Japanese real estate magnate and chairman of Iwasaki Sangyo Group * Hidenori Iwasaki (岩崎英則), Japanese video game music composer * Hiromi Iwasaki (singer) (岩崎宏美), Japanese singer *Hiroshi Iwasaki (岩崎ひろし), Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese swimmer *Kyoko Iwasaki (岩崎恭子), former breaststroke swimmer *Makoto Iwasaki, Japanese engineer * Masami Iwasaki (岩崎征実, born 1971), Japanese voice actor * Minako Iwasaki (岩崎美奈子), Japanese illustrator, game character designer and manga artist *Mineko Iwasaki (岩崎峰子, 岩崎究香), Retired geiko (geisha) * Pablo Larios Iwasaki, Mexican football goalkeeper, played for the Mexico national f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mineko Iwasaki
, birthname , is a Japanese businesswoman, author and former geisha. Iwasaki was the most famous geisha in Japan until her sudden retirement at the age of 29. Known for her performances for celebrity and royalty during her geisha life, Iwasaki was the heir apparent () to her geisha house () while she was just a young apprentice. American author Arthur Golden interviewed her for background information when writing his 1997 book, ''Memoirs of a Geisha''. Iwasaki later regretted interviewing for Golden, having cited a breach of confidentiality and later sued and settled out of court with Golden for the parallelism between his book and her life. In 2002 she released her own autobiography (titled ''Geisha of Gion'' in the UK and ''Geisha: A Life'' in the US). Life and career Born as Masako Tanaka, she left home at the age of four to begin studying traditional Japanese dance at the Iwasaki (geisha house) in the Gion district of Kyoto. She was legally adopted by the 's owner, Madame O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shun-ichi Iwasaki
Shun-ichi Iwasaki (, ''Iwasaki Shun’ichi''; born August 3, 1926) is a Japanese engineer. He was professor at Tohoku University and then became president and of Tohoku Institute of Technology. He was also a professor at Lanzhou University (China). Iwasaki's pioneering work on perpendicular magnetic recording has been integral to the development of modern hard disk drives. Background and education Shun-ichi Iwasaki was born on 3rd August 1926 in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. When the family moved, he attended Akita Junior High School. In 1946, he became a student in the Faculty of Engineering at Tohoku University（東北大学, Tohoku Daigaku) and received a B.A. degree in communications engineering in 1949. He then joined the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation (renamed Sony Corporation in 1958), where he was a member of the tape recorder development team. He rejoined Tohoku University in 1951 and, in 1959, received a D. Eng. degree supervised by Kenzo Nagai worki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshimi Iwasaki
is a Japanese singer and actress. She is notable for singing most of the various theme songs for the anime television series ''Touch'' along with Yumekojo. In 2008, she joined the fantasy band Sound Horizon for the release of their 6th story CD Moira. However, she left the band for undisclosed reasons prior to the 6th Story Concert and was subsequently replaced by Azumi Inoue. She appeared in the No Laughing Hotel Man special of the popular variety show Gaki no Tsukai which took place in 2009, performing a new version of the song Touch with slightly altered lyrics. Personal life Her older sister Hiromi Iwasaki is a Japanese female singer who debuted in 1975. Her younger sister Yoshimi Iwasaki is also a singer. In 1981 she was awarded the Silver Prize at the Tokyo Music Festival for her song "Koimachigusa". Her representative songs are "" — "Roman ... is also a singer. Discography Albums Singles Filmography *'' Belle'' (2021), Dr. Nakai (voice) Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chihiro Iwasaki
was a Japanese artist and illustrator best known for her water-colored illustrations of flowers and children, the theme of which was "peace and happiness for children". Life Chihiro Iwasaki was born the first daughter of Masakatsu and Fumie Iwasaki on 15 December 1918, in Takefu (now Echizen-city), Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The following year, her family moved to Tokyo, where they lived until 1945. As a little girl, Chihiro loved to draw pictures. When she was fourteen years old, she began to learn drawing and oil painting under Saburōsuke Okada, an artist and professor of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (later Tokyo University of the Arts). In 1936, Iwasaki graduated from high school, and the next year, at the age of eighteen, she began to learn how to draw Japanese calligraphy with inkstick and ink brush. In 1939, she entered a marriage arranged by her parents, but their relationship was always very distant. She moved with her husband to Dalian, Manchuria, but their marria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwatsu Electric
is a Japanese electronics manufacturer founded 14 August 1938, whose primary focus is on the following three business domains: * Business communication systems, :including CTI and VoIP devices to PBXs and office digital phones. * Test and measurement equipment, :ranging from oscilloscopes to various other network testing systems. * Reprographic systems, :including digital reprographic systems, with which the company claims to have top share. Iwatsu Electric is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu. History Originally starting up as a telephone manufacturer, Iwatsu had been a longtime supplier to the public Nippon Telegraph and Telephone company. The company has enjoyed growth along the public NTT, expanding its products to radio communication equipment, oscilloscopes, and in the year 1961, their first reprographic system. Seiichi Iwasaki: Founder Seiichi Iwasaki was born in 1895 in Shimane, Japan. As a teenager, he moved to Tokyo without his family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Iwasaki
Carl Keiji Iwasaki (born October 30, 1961) is an American baseball coach and former catcher. He played college baseball at Northern Colorado for coach Tom Petroff from 1981 to 1984. He then served as the head of the Austin Kangaroos (2005–2010) and the Northern Colorado Bears (2011–2022) Early life Iwasaki graduated from Punahou School in 1980, then played four seasons at Northern Colorado from 1981 through 1984, graduating in 1985. Coaching career Iwasaki spent five years coaching the Bakersfield Braves select team and three years with Hawaii Winter Baseball. He then served as an assistant coach for two seasons with the Saddleback Gauchos junior college team in Mission Viejo, California. Next, he worked two seasons at Division III before being elevated to the top job for five seasons. He made the rare jump from Division III to newly Division I Northern Colorado in the summer of 2010. In first three seasons with the Bears, he has led the team to a Great West Conference t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minami Iwasaki
This is a list of characters from the Japanese manga, video game, and anime series '' Lucky Star''. Main characters Konata Izumi ; : (old drama CD, NDS video game), Aya Hirano (anime, PS2 and PSP video game, new drama CD, ''Miyakawa-ke no Kūfuku'' anime and drama CD), Wendee Lee (English) :Konata is the leader of the ''Lucky Star'' crew, and the main protagonist of the series. She is the shortest of the main characters. Nicknamed , she is an eccentric but friendly and outgoing tomboy, with a mischievous yet good-natured sense of humor. She is smart, but doesn't apply herself to studying,''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 16. thus her grades are a bit variable. However, she is an expert at pulling "all-nighters".''Lucky Star'' anime, episode 2. In contrast to her studying habits, she loves playing video games. This can be seen in the OVA for the series, it is revealed that the MMORPG she plays with Nanako Kuroi is "Tower of Druaga: Recovery of Babylim".''Lucky Star'' anime, episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromi Iwasaki (singer)
is a Japanese female singer who debuted in 1975. Her younger sister Yoshimi Iwasaki is also a singer. In 1981 she was awarded the Silver Prize at the Tokyo Music Festival for her song "Koimachigusa". Her representative songs are "" — "Romance" (1975), "" — "Shishūki" (1977) and "" — "Madonna Tachi No Lullaby" (1982). However, her most immediately recognizable hit song, "" — "Cinderella Honeymoon" (1978) has been such a consistent feature of monomane talent Korokke's routines, Hiromi Iwasaki has commented that when the intro played in concerts, fans would laugh, so she has ceremonially "gifted" that song to Korokke, whose performance has elongated both their careers. Biography Iwasaki made her official debut in April 1975 with the single "" — "Dyuetto", after winning a record contract on the popular Japanese talent competition show Star Tanjō! in the summer of 1974. The single peaked at no. 19, according to the Oricon charts. Its follow up, "Romance", peaked at no. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Iwasaki
(18 November 1903 – 16 September 1981) was a prominent left-wing Japanese film critic, historian, and producer. Born in Tokyo, he became interested in film from his student days at Tokyo University. Early on, he helped introduce German experimental film in Japan, and was instrumental in getting Teinosuke Kinugasa's masterpiece '' A Page of Madness'' screened in Tokyo. Afterward, he became involved in Marxist politics and established a career promoting progressive cinema and criticism. He wrote or edited over thirty books of film criticism, history, theory and biography during his career. He was also involved in film production, first serving from the late 1920s as a central member of the Proletarian Film League of Japan ( Prokino), where he acted as not only the theoretical brain of the movement alongside Genjū Sasa, but also as a filmmaker. When Prokino was effectively eliminated by police oppression under the Peace Preservation Law, Iwasaki continued his critical activities, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Iwasaki
Sebastian Iwasaki (born 20 February 1991, in Warsaw) is a Polish former competitive figure skater. He is the 2010 Polish bronze medalist and 2009 junior national champion. He competed at two World Junior Championships, qualifying for the final segment at the 2010 competition in The Hague. He finished 18th overall in the Netherlands. Iwasaki was coached by Adam Zalegowski as a child, Sarkis Tewanian in the 2006–07 season, Zbigniew Turkowski in 2007–09, and Alexey Fedoseev in 2010–11. Programs Competitive highlights ''JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...'' References External links * 1991 births Living people Polish male single skaters Figure skaters from Warsaw {{Poland-figure-skater-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Iwasaki
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Saitama Prefecture attached to the Seinenza Theater Company. Iwasaki is best known for dubbing over the voices of Stanley Tucci, Rowan Atkinson and the '' Star Wars'' character C-3PO. Filmography Live action Television *'' Rinrinto'' (1990) *'' Yūgenjikkō Sisters Shushutorian'' (1993), Shigaisen *'' Gin Ōkami Kaiki'' (1996), Itami *'' Chihōkisha: Yōsuke Tachibana'' (1998), #12 *'' Kayō Suspense Gekijō'' "Onna Kansatsui Akiko Murō #23: Fushin Shitai" (1998) *'' Aoi Tokugawa Sandai'' (2000), Tadayo Sakai *'' Oba-san Deka: Sakura Otome no Jikenchō'' (2000), #8 *''Ai no Kotoba'' (2001) *'' Bengoshi Shishigari Bunsuke: Toki no Ken'' (2001) *''Musashi Miyamoto'' (2001), Tanzaemon Aoki *'' Sakura'' (2002), Shinkishi Yatomi *'' Musashi'' (2003), (Tōroku) *''Kōmyō ga Tsuji'' (2006), Yoshihiro Shimazu *'' Part-Time Saibankan'' (2007), #2 *'' Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009'' (2009), #6, Ryūgen *'' NHK Special'' Shūsen Drama: "Kikotsu no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukuzo Iwasaki
was a Japanese real estate magnate with an estimated fortune of $5.7 billion, putting him among the five richest people in Japan. He was chairman of the Iwasaki Sangyo Group, a major transportation, tourism and hotel company in southern Japan, founded by his father, Yōhachirō Iwasaki. Iwasaki was a resident of Kagoshima and held a bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ... from Rikkyo University. External linksForbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People Forbes 2007 list of billionaires estimates his net worth at $2.1 billion. 1925 births 2012 deaths Japanese billionaires Rikkyo University alumni 20th-century Japanese businesspeople 21st-century Japanese businesspeople People from Kagoshima Prefecture {{Japan-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
