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Kahoru Fukaya
Kahoru is a Japanese feminine given name. It may be written in hiragana or with various ateji. People with this name include: * Kahoru Furuya (1908-2022), Japanese supercentenarian * Kahoru Kohiruimaki (born 1967), Japanese singer * Kahoru Sasajima (born 1974), Japanese voice actress * Kahoru Kitazawa, character in ''Battle Royale'' References {{given name Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaoru
Kaoru is a Japanese given name for males or females. Name Meanings The name's meaning varies depending on its written form: *薫/郁/芳 — "fragrance", common for both males and females *馨/香 — "fragrance", more common for females *かおる — purely phonetic form in hiragana; no inherent meaning *かをる — same as above, using を as an archaic substitute for お *カオル — phonetic form in katakana As a distinctly unisex name, its usage in popular culture has risen in recent years to give the named character an air of androgyny. Such characters commonly have overt androgynous qualities as well. A similar name, in terms of both pronunciation and meaning, is Kaori. It is used exclusively for females. People *Kaoru 薫 (m) (one of the guitarists of Dir En Grey) * Kaoru Abe 阿部薫 (m) (free Jazz saxophonist) *, Japanese film director, producer and editor *Kaoru Fujino かほる (voice actor) *, Japanese speed skater *Kaoru Hasuike 薫 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrasted with kanji). Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. With few exceptions, each mora in the Japanese language is represented by one character (or one digraph) in each system. This may be either a vowel such as ''"a"'' (hiragana あ); a consonant followed by a vowel such as ''"ka"'' (か); or ''"n"'' (ん), a nasal sonorant which, depending on the context, sounds either like English ''m'', ''n'' or ''ng'' () when syllable-final or like the nasal vowels of French, Portuguese or Polish. Because the characters of the kana do not represent single consonants (except in the case of ん "n"), the kana are referred to as syllabic symbols and not alphabetic letters. Hiragana is used to write ''okurigana'' (kana suffixes following a kanji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ateji
In modern Japanese, principally refers to kanji used to phonetically represent native or borrowed words with less regard to the underlying meaning of the characters. This is similar to in Old Japanese. Conversely, also refers to kanji used semantically without regard to the readings. For example, the word "sushi" is often written with its . Though the two characters have the readings and respectively, the character means "one's natural life span" and means "to administer", neither of which has anything to do with the food. as a means of representing loanwords has been largely superseded in modern Japanese by the use of (see also Transcription into Japanese), although many coined in earlier eras still linger on. Usage today are used conventionally for certain words, such as ('sushi'), though these words may be written in hiragana (especially for native words), or katakana (especially for borrowed words), with preference depending on the particular word, context, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahoru Furuya
Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years. , the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 263 Japanese supercentenarians, most of whom are women. As of , it lists the oldest living Japanese person as Fusa Tatsumi (born in Ōsaka on 25 April 1907), aged . The oldest verified Japanese and Asian person ever is Kane Tanaka (1903–2022), who lived to the age of 119 years and 107 days, making her the second oldest validated person ever as well. Japan was also home to the world's oldest man ever, Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013), who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days. 100 oldest known Japanese Biographies Denzo Ishizaki was an elementary school teacher and town assembly member in his hometown Kansago, Ibaraki Prefecture. At the time of his death, Ishizaki had been the world's oldest living man for almost 18 weeks, as well as the 9th oldest living pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahoru Kohiruimaki
is a Japanese singer who debuted in 1985. She had great success in the next ten years with around thirty singles, fifteen original albums and various compilations. Kohiruimaki is the most well known in the West for the song "", the first opening theme song from the anime series ''City Hunter'' in 1987, and for the ending theme song for the OVA ''Gall Force'' in 1986. Discography Albums *''Call My Name'' (November 21, 1985) *''No Problem'' (July 21, 1986) *''I'm Here'' (April 1, 1987) *''Hearts On Parade'' (January 21, 1988) *''SO REAL'' (November 11, 1988) *''TIME THE MOTION'' (November 11, 1989) *''DISTANCE'' (October 10, 1990) *''silent'' (September 25, 1991) *''FRONTIER'' (September 10, 1992) *''KOHHY 1'' (May 25, 1994) *''KOHHY 2'' (February 8, 1995) *''Anniversary Nights'' (December 15, 1997) (independent album, fan club only) *''This Is My Love Song'' (February 5, 1998) (reprise) *''Kaleidoscope'' (May 20, 1997) *''LOVE solution'' (December 20, 2001) (independent album, fan c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahoru Sasajima
is a Japanese voice actress from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Biography Filmography Anime *''Hoshin Engi'' (1999 TV series), Likouha *''Fruits Basket'' (2001 TV series), Girl *''Happy World!'' (2002 OVA), Motoko *''Happy Lesson'' (2002 TV series), Satsuki Gokajo *''Tokyo Underground'' (2002, TV series), Tail Ashford *'' Sister Princess: Re Pure'' (2002 TV series), Jiiya *'' Moekan'' (2003–2004, OVA), 隷 *''True Love Story'' (2003 OVA), Kiriya Satomi *'' Happy Lesson Advance'' (2003 TV series), Satsuki Gokajo *''Saiyuki Reload'' (2003 TV series) Kouryu *'' Shadow Star: Mukuro Naru Hoshi Tama Taru Ko'' (2003 TV series), Natsuki Honda * ''Raimuiro Senkitan'' (2003 TV series), Asa Katou, Theme Song Performance * '' Raimuiro Senkitan: The South Island Dream Romantic Adventure'' (2004 OVA), Asa Katou, Theme Song Performance *'' Happy Lesson The Final'' (2004 OVA), Satsuki Gokajo *''Hit o Nerae!'' (2004, TV series) Kazumi Hayakawa *''Saiyuki Gunlock'' (2004 TV series) Kouryu *''Daph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahoru Kitazawa
The following is a list of characters that appear in the novel, manga and film versions of ''Battle Royale''. Primary characters Shuya Nanahara * Assigned weapon: Army Knife (novel and manga); Pot lid (film) Boy #15 has witnessed a good deal of troubling events throughout his life. His father was killed by the government for struggling against the regime, and his mother died while he was in third grade. When the rest of his family rejected him, Shuya was put in an orphanage. He is willing to trust others, not wanting to take part in the Battle Royale program. He tries several times to rally fellow students in an attempt to escape, but fails. Consequently, he narrowly escapes death at the hands of his classmates on several occasions. Shuya is a self-proclaimed "rock star", listening to and playing rock 'n' roll music in spite of the ban on the genre, his favorite artist is Bruce Springsteen. After the death of his best friend Yoshitoki, he vows to protect Yoshitoki's crush, ... [...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] |
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