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Ishikawa (surname)
Ishikawa (written: lit. "stone river") is the 28th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Akio Ishikawa, Japanese shogi player *Arisa Ishikawa or Sumire (1987–2009), Japanese fashion model * Bun'yō Ishikawa (born 1938), Japanese photographer and photojournalist *Chiaki Ishikawa (born 1969), Japanese musician *Chu Ishikawa (born 1966), Japanese composer and musician *, Japanese footballer *Goemon Ishikawa (died 1594), Japanese outlaw hero *, Japanese rower *, Japanese alpine skier *Hideo Ishikawa (born 1969), Japanese voice actor * Hideshi Isikawa (born 1954), Japanese archaeologist * Jun Ishikawa (author) (1899–1987), Japanese author *Kaito Ishikawa (born 1993), Japones actor and voice actor *Kaoru Ishikawa (1915–1989), Japanese university professor, developer of the Ishikawa diagram *Kasumi Ishikawa (born 1993), female Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese swimmer * Koji Ishikawa (artist) (born 1968), Japanese cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Yasuda Life
is a Japanese life insurance company, headquartered in Tokyo and created in 2004 from the merger of Meiji Life and Yasuda Life. The company is one of the oldest and largest insurers in Japan. The Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a member of the Mitsubishi and Fuyo groups and participates in the former's Friday Conference. History In 1881, entrepreneur Zenjiro Yasuda founded the Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company, making it part of the Yasuda zaibatsu. On January 1, 2004, Meiji Mutual Life Insurance Company and Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company merged to create the Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. References External linksCompany website(in Japanese)Company website(in English) Insurance companies based in Tokyo Mutual insurance companies Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a Japanese life insurance company, headquartered in Tokyo and created in 2004 from the merger of Meiji Life and Yasuda Life. The company is one of the oldest and lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Ishikawa
is a Japanese former swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay with a final rank of fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1946 births Living people Japanese male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1962 Asian Games Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Universiade silver medalists for Japan Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryo Ishikawa
, also known by the nickname , is a Japanese professional golfer. Amateur career On 20 May 2007, Ishikawa became the youngest winner ever of a men's regular tournament on the Japan Golf Tour by winning the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at the age 15 years and 8 months. He competed as an amateur and it was Ishikawa's first tour appearance. He finished one shot ahead of Japan's 9th top ranked player at the time, Katsumasa Miyamoto. The highest ranked player on the Official World Golf Ranking who took part in the event was Toru Taniguchi who finished T13, 6 shots shy of Ishikawa. Taniguchi ranked number 86 in the world after the event. Professional career Ishikawa turned professional in 2008 and won another Japan Golf Tour tournament, the mynavi ABC Championship. By the close of 2008 he had become the youngest ever player to reach the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Ishikawa played in PGA Tour tournaments for the first time in 2009. He was cut from the Northern Trust Open, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rokuro Ishikawa
was a Japanese businessman and one of the most influential figures in the Japanese construction industry. He was Honorary Chairman of Kajima Corporation, one of the biggest construction companies in Japan, from 2005 until his death. Prior to that, he was president and chairman of Kajima Corporation."Kajima website" http://www.kajima.co.jp/topics/news_notes/vol36/v36b.htm He was married to Yoshiko (née Kajima), a daughter of the fourth president and the founding family of Kajima, Morinoske Kajima.永富家系図 http://gos.but.jp/nagatomi.htm"石川六郎『私の履歴書』 平成14年（2002年）7月日本経済新聞連載" His father was Ichiro Ishikawa, the first Chairman of the Japan Business Federation.http://ijin.keieimaster.com/ketsubutsu/data/47.html Ishikawa held several senior positions in a number of prominent organizations. He served as chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( JCCI) from 1987 to 1993, chairman of the Japan Federation of Constructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rika Ishikawa
, is a Japanese actress and model associated with Hello! Project and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the Japanese pop idol trio v-u-den until June 2008. She has performed as a solo singer, as a member of the Japanese pop idol group Ongaku Gatas, in the pop duo Hangry & Angry as Angry, and as a current member of Dream Morning Musume. Biography Career Rika Ishikawa was born on January 19, 1985, in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Ishikawa joined Morning Musume as a fourth generation member along with Hitomi Yoshizawa, Nozomi Tsuji, and Ai Kago, and made her debut in 2000 along with the rest of the fourth generation on the band's tenth single, "Happy Summer Wedding". In 2001, simultaneously with her Morning Musume obligations, Ishikawa became a featured member of the then-semi-dormant Hello! Project pop group Country Musume and a second-generation member of Morning Musume's first subgroup, Tanpopo. She also participated in her fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naohiro Ishikawa
is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Ishikawa was born in Yokosuka on 12 May 1981. He joined Yokohama F. Marinos from youth team in 2000. Although he was Japan U-20 national team player, he could not play many matches in the club. He moved to FC Tokyo in April 2002. He got many opportunities to play soon. In the 2000s, the club won the champions 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ... and 2009 J.League Cup. In 2009, he also scored 15 goals and was elected Best Eleven. In the 2010s, the club was relegated to J2 League end of 2010 season. In 2011, the club won the champions 2011 J.League Division 2, J2 League and 2011 Emperor's Cup, Emperor's Cup. From 2012, the club played in J1 League. However he could not play m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momoko Ishikawa
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Odagiri Hotaru. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Monthly Asuka'' between October 2005 and June 2017. A 24-episode anime televisions series adaptation was broadcast on Chiba TV from April to September 2010. Plot Yuki Sakurai is a teenager with a mysterious ability. He was abandoned at birth near the Asahi orphanage. Because of that event, Yuki strives for independence. He hates being a burden to anyone near him, but at the same time, he is afraid of being left alone. Moreover, ever since he can remember, he has had a strange empathic ability that when he touches others, he can feel their emotions, and generate a very powerful wave of pure yellow light that instantaneously purifies everything in its path which is why he is known as "God's Light." Unable to control them, he's often made insensitive blunders in the past. He later meets a mysterious yet beautiful stranger who saves his life, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaji Ishikawa
Masaji Ishikawa or Do Changsun is a North Korean defector and author on Zainichi heritage. Ishikawa was thirteen years old when he moved from Japan to North Korea in 1960. His father was Zainichi Korean and his mother was Japanese. Ishikawa later defected from North Korea in 1996 via the Yalu river, leaving behind three children and a spouse. The Japanese government assisted him in leaving China. In 2003, he was working as a security guard. Memoir In 2000, Ishikawa published his memoirs in Japan under the title and the nom de plume . They were translated into English in 2017 under the title ''A River in Darkness''. Ishikawa's memoirs are published in Korean under his Korean name and the title . The book was translated into Persian in 2020. The part of the book focused on the river crossing was published in Literary Hub Literary Hub is a daily literary website that launched in 2015 by Grove Atlantic president and publisher Morgan Entrekin, American Society of Magazine Edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Ishikawa
was a Japanese midwife, real estate agent and serial killer. During the US occupation of Japan, she and several accomplices are believed to have murdered dozens of infants, a crime spree known as the Kotobuki San'in incident. Early life Miyuki Ishikawa ( née ) was born in the village of Honjō in Miyazaki Prefecture. In 1914 she moved to Tokyo, where she graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University as a midwife on 30 September 1919. That same year she married Takeshi Ishikawa, three years her senior, originally from Ibaraki Prefecture. Takeshi, a former Kenpeitai sergeant and police officer, helped his wife's midwifery work without a regular job. Because Miyuki had had a hysterectomy, the marriage produced no biological children. Even so, the couple raised a boy from Takeshi's previous marriage and adopted three other children (two boys and one girl). Miyuki was an experienced midwife, and managed a maternity home named , holding some important positions of multiple midwive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Ishikawa
Miki Michelle Ishikawa (born July 29, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Amy Yoshida on the second season of ''The Terror'', and for being part of the music group T-Squad. Career Miki Ishikawa started her career when she signed on to Disney Records as part of the group T-Squad. During this time she had toured with the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and The Cheetah Girls and was starring on the Nickelodeon series ''Zoey 101''. Since T-Squad's disbandment, she has pursued a solo career. Miki appeared in several other projects such as '' Make Your Move'' where she had a supporting role followed by an Asian drama called ''Sway''. She won the series regular role Amy Yoshida on ''The Terror''; a role that she felt close to. "I identify as second generation, so, in reading for Amy, it felt like we were very similar and I felt very close and connected to the character." She guest starred as Leah in the Disney+ series ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Miyuki Ishikawa
Melody Ishikawa (born February 24, 1982), known mononymously as Melody, stylized as melody., is a Japanese American former J-pop singer. She debuted in February 2003 with the song "Dreamin' Away", under Toy's Factory. In October 2008, Melody announced on her blog ending her career as a music artist to focus on pursuing a career as a fashion designer. Biography Melody was born to Japanese parents in Honolulu, Hawaii. When she was young, she would occasionally watch shows that involved J-pop, and she has also listed Celine Dion, TLC, and Destiny's Child as inspirations. She took ballet and piano, as well as vocal training. When she was 16, she worked as a Hawaiian model for Japanese commercials. While she was a high school student at Punahou, she had a secret audition with record producer Tetsuya Komuro, who was forming an international unit, but when they wanted her to join the next day, she negotiated to wait until she graduated. At the age of 19, she moved to Japan to pursue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masamochi Ishikawa
was a Japanese ''kokugaku'' scholar, ''kyōka'' poet and writer of ''yomihon'' of the late Edo period. Biography Ishikawa Masamochi was born Nukaya Shichihē. According to the autobiographical ''Rokujuen Jihitsu Kirekiroku'' (六樹園自筆忌歴録), he was born on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month of Hōreki 3 according to the traditional Japanese calendar (1753/4 in the Gregorian calendar). He was the eighth child of the , Edo innkeeper Nukaya Shichihē, better known as the ''ukiyo-e'' master Ishikawa Toyonobu. His mother was Toyonobu's second wife, the younger sister of his first wife. According to Masamochi's autobiographical ''Towazu-gatari'' (とはずがたり), all of the children of his father's first wife died young. He died on the 24th day of the third month of Bunsei 13 (1830). He was buried in the Kaya-dera (かや寺, official name 正覚寺 ''Shōkaku-ji'') in Asakusa. His grave still exists, but the grave marker was destroyed in a fire. Names Masa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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