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Kira Kira (other)
Kira may refer to: People * Kira clan, a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) * Kira (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Kira Chikazane (1563–1588), Japanese retainer * Kira (German singer) (Janine Scholz, born 1978) * Kira (Belgian singer) (Natasja de Witte, born 1977) * Kira, uploader of pictures in the Edison Chen photo scandal, named after the ''Death Note'' character * Matúš Kira, Slovak football goalkeeper * Kira (wrestler) (2003–), Mexican professional wrestler Fictional characters * Kira (given name), including a list of fictional characters with the given name * Izuru Kira, in the manga and anime series ''Bleach'' * Kira Nerys, in the television ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' * Kira Yoshikage, in the manga and anime series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' * Sakuya Kira, in the manga series ''Angel Sanctuary'' * Tsubasa Kira, in the anime television series ''Love Live! School Idol Project, Love Live!'' * Kira, an alias of Lig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kira Clan
The Kira clan(吉良氏 - kira-shi) was a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880), and was a cadet branch of the Ashikaga clan, Ashikaga family from the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji). Ashikaga Mitsuuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji (1189–1254) was the first to take the name of Kira. History Kira Mitsusada sided first with his relative Ashikaga Takauji (1305–1358), the first Ashikaga ''shōgun'', then passed over to the Southern Dynasty. He was defeated by Hatakeyama Kunikiyo (1360) and submitted to the Ashikaga clan, Ashikaga ''shōguns''. In fact, the Kira, from Mikawa Province, Mikawa province, were a minor branch of the Minamoto clan, as they never had the rank of ''Shugo'' (Governor) of any province during the Kamakura period until the Sengoku period, they never possessed important domains and never represented a real power, in comparison with other grand Seiwa Genji families. During the Tokugawa period, they were among the ''Kōke'', a ranking below '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
