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Ikuyo Shiotani
Ikuyo (written: 郁代) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese biathlete *, Japanese artist Fictional characters *, a character in the video game ''Fate/Extra'' *, a character in the anime series ''Smile PreCure!'' *, a character in the manga series ''Hanaukyo Maid Team'' *, a character in the manga series ''Bocchi the Rock! is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Aki Hamaji. It has been serialized in Houbunsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Manga Time Kirara Max'' since December 2017. Its chapters have been collected in five ''tankō ...'' {{given name Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of ''hiragana'' and ''katakana''. The characters have Japanese pronunciation, pronunciations; most have two, with one based on the Chinese sound. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. After World War II, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as shinjitai, by a process similar to China's simplified Chinese characters, simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the common folk. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikuyo Namura
Ikuyo Namura ( ja, 苗村 郁代; born May 13, 1969) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... In 1992 she finished fifth with the Japanese team in the Olympic tournament. External links sports-reference.com 1969 births Living people Japanese women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Japan Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikuyo Tsukidate
is a Japanese biathlete. She competed in four events at the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t .... References 1977 births Living people Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Japanese female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Japan Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in biathlon Biathletes at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Biathletes at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikuyo Fujita
is a Japanese artist who works primarily in needle felt painting and mogol (pipe cleaner) art. She is known for rabbit and cat art. Her kawaii style needle felt paintings are popular among rabbit lovers in Japan. Life and career Fujita was born in Tokyo, Japan. She started needle felt painting in 2004. Her early works were portraits of her pet, a Netherland Dwarf Rabbit named Chibi-chan. Chibi-chan died in 2010 but Fujita continued to paint representations of her Netherland Dwarf. Fujita's is a largely self-taught artist although her mother, an avid amateur handicrafts maker, showed her basics of the craftings. As a child, Fujita played with her mother's art materials and later began creating her own works as she grew older. In 2010, she published her artworks online. She had a solo exhibition in New York. In 2012, Active Corporation in Japan published her rabbit art calendar and postcard, the calendar and the postcard were sold in major department stores in Japan. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fate/Extra
''Fate/Extra'' (stylized as ''Fate/EXTRA'') is a dungeon crawler role-playing game developed by Type-Moon and Imageepoch and published by Marvelous Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. The game takes place in a parallel universe to the visual novel ''Fate/stay night''. It was released in Japan on July 22, 2010. Aksys Games localized the game for North America and released it on November 21, 2011. Three editions of the game were released in North America: a Limited Edition, a retail standard edition, and a PlayStation Network downloadable version. On January 19, 2012, Ghostlight announced their plans to release the game in PAL territories. ''Fate/Extra'' was followed by a companion game, ''Fate/Extra CCC''. Instead of being a direct sequel, ''CCC'' is described as an alternate route of the Extra storyline's development. The opening movie of ''CCC'' was directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and produced by Shaft. The game was followed by '' Fate/Extella'' in 2016. An ani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smile PreCure!
is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures. The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, who is best known as the head writer of ''Glass Fleet'' and ''Kamen Rider Kabuto''. The character designs were done by Toshie Kawamura, who previously worked on the character designs for ''Yes! PreCure 5''. The illustration book of her works was released on February 12, 2014. The series aired on All-Nippon News Network (ANN)'s TV Asahi network between February 5, 2012 and January 27, 2013, replacing '' Suite PreCure♪'' in its initial timeslot, and is succeeded by '' DokiDoki! PreCure''. A film was released in Japanese theaters on October 26, 2012. The series' main topic is fairy tales and happiness. A novel was released in 2016, which serves as a series epilogue taking place 10 years after the events of the anime. The series was adapted into English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanaukyo Maid Team
is a Japanese manga series created by Morishige. ''Hanaukyo Maid Team'' is about a young boy, Taro Hanaukyo, who has inherited a vast family fortune and, more importantly, the hundreds of employees working at the family mansion. While dressed and referred to nominally as 'maids', there are discrete albeit sometimes unusual departments for most of the employees (including Defence, Science, Catering, etc.). Presumably the various extensive projects in the house pay for most of its expenses. The original anime, which aired as part of the omnibus program Anime Complex, was cut short when the series ran into production issues. Continuity was later rebooted for the new series ''Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite'' (''Hanaukyō Maid Tai - La Verite'' in Japan). Many of the early episodes mirror each other closely, with some variations. Both anime versions use the same voice actors. The English ''La Verite'' anime was originally licensed by Geneon Entertainment in North America, but Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bocchi The Rock!
is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Aki Hamaji. It has been serialized in Houbunsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Manga Time Kirara Max'' since December 2017. Its chapters have been collected in five ''tankōbon'' volumes as of November 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by CloverWorks aired from October to December 2022. Plot Extremely anxious and socially awkward Hitori Gotō longs to become a rock musician in spite of her struggles, whilst fulfilling her desires to one day make friends. She is even given a chance to do so after she is taken in by Nijika Ijichi to become a member of the newly formed Kessoku Band. Characters Kessoku Band is the center band in the series, based in STARRY, a live house in Shimokitazawa. The members' family names are derived from the real-life J-Rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation, with their instrumental roles matching as well (for example, the Yamada of both bands play bass). ; / : :The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Feminine Given Names
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies ( Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japan ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
