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Kawana (surname)
Kawana is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Kawana (born 1956), Namibian politician * Koichi Kawana (born 1930), Japanese academic * Machiko Kawana (born 1983), Japanese voice actress * Mariko Kawana (born 1967), Japanese actress * Nicola Kawana Nicola Kāwana (born 1970) is a New Zealand actress, best known for playing Huia Samuels on the longest running New Zealand television series ''Shortland Street''. Other roles include ''Mercy Peak'', ''Jackson's Wharf'', Lollie in ''The Man Wh ... (born 1970), New Zealand actress {{surname, Kawana Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Kawana
Albert Kawana (born 26 March 1956) is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Kawana has been a member of the National Assembly and cabinet since 2000, serving in various positions. Since April 2021 he is minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security. A lawyer by training, Kawana led Namibia's legal team in the Kasikili Island dispute, which was argued before the International Court of Justice. Early life and education Kawana was born on 26 March 1956 at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region. He entered Namibian politics while in exile in Zambia. In 1979 he graduated from the United Nations Institute for Namibia (UNIN) with a diploma in Development Studies and Management. He moved onto the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, where he received his L.L.M. in 1983 and Ph.D. in 1988. Following graduation, Kawana moved back to Zambia, where he became a lecturer in the final years of UNIN from 1988 to 1990. Career Following Namibia's independence in March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koichi Kawana
Koichi Kawana ( Japanese: 川名孝一, born March 16, 1930 in Hokkaido – September 13, 1990) was a post-war Japanese American garden designer, landscape architect and teacher. He designed gardens in San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver, Colorado, Chicago, Illinois, Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Louis, Missouri. Some of his major works include the Seiwa-en Japanese Garden in the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden and a dry landscape garden at Sawtelle, Los Angeles. He designed the bonsai collection for the Pavilion of Japanese Art at LACMA in the 90s. Biography In 1930, Kawana was born in Hokkaido, Japan. He graduated from Yokohama Municipal University in 1951 and got a US citizenship in 1971. Kawana became a college professor and lecturer for 24 years at UCLA on Japanese art, environmental design, and Japanese landscape/architecture. Dr. Kawana founded his own design practice, Environmental Design Associates, a Los Angeles-based design firm in 1966. Dr. K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machiko Kawana
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Aoni Production. She was born in Tokyo and is best known for her role of Kaoru Matsubara/Powered Buttercup in the Powerpuff Girls Z. Filmography Anime *'' Beyblade: Metal Fusion'' (Sora Akatsuki) *''Clannad'' (Botan, Female student) *''Clannad After Story'' (Botan, Child, Mother, Student) *'' D.C.S.S. ~Da Capo Second Season~'' (Female Student) *'' Gegege no Kitarō (2007~2009)'' (Boy, Child) *''Kekkaishi'' (Akira) *''Monochrome Factor'' (High school female student) *'' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'' (Nobo) *''Powerpuff Girls Z'' ( Kaoru Matsubara/Powered Buttercup) *''Speed Grapher'' *''Yakitate!! Japan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Hashiguchi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from December 2001 to January 2007, with its chapters collected in 26 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A sixty-nine ...'' (Chihiro) Original video animation (OVA) *'' Sakura Taisen: New York NY.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariko Kawana
(born November 9, 1967) began the most notable phase of her life as a Japanese model and actress who has appeared in softcore pink film and V-Cinema, and who has also been a hardcore adult video (AV) performer and director. She was one of the earliest AV actresses in the "mature woman" or "madame" (jukujo) category of performers. She is now retired as an actress and has returned to her pre-acting career as a writer. Life and career Mariko Kawana was born on November 9, 1967 (although some sources give her birth date as August 23, 1967). After graduating college, she worked as a freelance writer and in a publisher's design department. AV debut In September 1999 at the age of thirty-one, Kawana entered the adult video (AV) industry with her release, ''34 Year Old Mother Mariko'' from Soft On Demand (SOD), one of the largest porn conglomerates in Japan. Her age made her one of the earliest AV actresses in the "mature woman" or "madame" (熟女 or jukujo) category of performers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Kawana
Nicola Kāwana (born 1970) is a New Zealand actress, best known for playing Huia Samuels on the longest running New Zealand television series ''Shortland Street''. Other roles include ''Mercy Peak'', ''Jackson's Wharf'', Lollie in ''The Man Who Lost His Head'' and “Mad” Maggie in ''Apex Legends''. Career Kāwana was born in Taranaki, and was part of Taranaki Youth Theatre. She did actor training at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School graduating in 1994. As of 20 August 2006, the character Huia Samuels has been written out of ''Shortland Street''. It was reported that Kāwana was very angry with the decision. However, the story that appeared went to print based on gossip. Kāwana was unable to give her side of the story due to the legal constraints of her contract to South Pacific Pictures, the makers of the serial programme. July 2021 was the premier of a play Kāwana wrote called ''Kūpapa.'' This play is about an ancestor of Kāwana's, Lucy Takiora Lord Lucy T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
