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Kiyoshi Itô
Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi. Possible meanings *'' Kyōshi'', a form of Japanese poetry *Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific Written forms *清, "cleanse" *淳, "pure" *潔, "undefiled" *清志, "cleanse, intention" *清司, "cleanse, official" *聖, "holy" *澄, "lucidity" *潔司, "undefiled, official" People with the name * Akira Kawabata ("Kiyoshi"), pro wrestler *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese pole vaulter *, Japanese film actor *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese admiral *, Japanese artist *, Japanese Enka singer *, Japanese historian and Shinto priest *, Japanese drummer of Asian Kung-Fu Generation *, a Shiatsu Master, Shiatsupractor (SPR), *, Japanese academic, historian and writer *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese general soldier *, Japanese Christian journalist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese actor *, Japanese photogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 Syllabary, syllabic scripts of and . The characters have Japanese 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 the Meiji Restoration, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as , by a process similar to China's simplified Chinese characters, simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the general public. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characters that exist. There are nearly 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
(stylized in all caps) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama in 1996. For its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist Masafumi Gotoh, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada (musician), Takahiro Yamada, and drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi. Starting out as a college band, Asian Kung-Fu Generation released a series of independent Extended play, EPs featuring lyrics mostly sung in English. In 2002, they released their major-label EP debut ''Hōkai Amplifier'', from that point singing their lyrics in Japanese. The band's musical style is influenced by seminal Western culture, Western alternative rock acts as well as their own local Japanese indie rock and J-Punk, punk scene. Their songs incorporate various aspects of the genres, most typically expressing fast tempos and prominent power chord guitar riffs in addition to rhythmic groove (music), groove and emotional lyrics. Despite the indie nature of their music, the band has enjoyed worldwide commercial succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Maita
is a Japanese professional golfer. Maita played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning once. Professional wins (8) Japan Golf Tour wins (1) Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (7) External links * * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Golfers from Kanagawa Prefecture 1959 births Living people 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-golf-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, author, actor, and a former professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (2005-2023). Noted for his psychological films that often focus on ambiguous narratives and on their characters' inner turmoils and quests for meaning and connections, he is best known for his contributions to psychological horror and Japanese horror, notably his acclaimed 1997 film '' Cure'', although he has also worked in a variety of other genres. While most of his work has been in Japanese, two of his films, '' Daguerrotype'' (2016) and '' Serpent's Path'' (2024; a remake of his own 1998 film of the same name), were in French. Early life and education Born in Kobe on July 19, 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa started making films about his life in high school. He studied at Rikkyo University in Tokyo under the guidance of prominent film critic Shigehiko Hasumi, where he began making 8mm films. He is not related to director Akira Kurosawa. Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kuromiya
Kiyoshi Kuromiya (, May 9, 1943 – May 10, 2000) was a Japanese-American author and civil rights, anti-war, gay liberation, and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in Wyoming at the World War II–era Japanese American internment camp known as Heart Mountain, Kuromiya became an aide to Martin Luther King Jr. and a prominent opponent of the Vietnam War during the 1960s. One of the founders of the Gay Liberation Front in Philadelphia, Kuromiya also founded the Critical Path Project and its newsletter. He was also the editor of ACT UP's Standard of Care, the first medical treatment and cultural competency guidelines produced for people living with HIV by people living with HIV/AIDS. Family and early life Kiyoshi Kuromiya was born on May 9, 1943, in Wyoming at the Heart Mountain Internment Camp, where his family had been relocated and detained while living Monrovia, California, where Kuromiya later grew up. Both Kuromiya's parents were born in California and after 15 years of living i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Koishi
(March 26, 1908 - July 7, 1957) was a renowned Japanese photographer. He was best known for his Surrealism, surrealist and avant-garde works as a member of the Naniwa Photography Club. Biography Early life (1908 - 1931) Kiyoshi Koishi was born in Osaka in 1908. He began studying photography when he became employed at a photography supply house, Asanuma Shokai, after graduating secondary school. He joined the Naniwa Photography Club in 1928 as an amateur photographer during the rise of the movement in Japan. Koishi began experimenting with more modernist photographic techniques and at the 19th Namiten (Naniwa Photography Club exhibition) held in August 1930, Koishi exhibited . This photograph employed intentional camera movement and pushed the boundaries of conventional photography. Alongside other surrealist inspired works presented at the exhibition, this marked the beginning of the club’s stylistic shift away from the more standard Pictorialism, pictorial photography that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. He was attached to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. He was a graduate of the arts department of Nihon University. He was best known for his role as Daisuke Jigen in the '' Lupin the Third'' series, voicing the character for over 50 years. He also voiced roles in '' Humanoid Monster Bem'' (as Bem), the ''Droopy'' cartoons (as the Wolf) and '' Shazzan'' (as Shazzan); Kobayashi was the official dub-over voice of James Coburn and Lee Marvin for Japan. History Since junior high school, Kobayashi had excelled in English and had vague aspirations of becoming a writer in the future. After graduating from high school, he took the entrance examination for the University of Tokyo, but failed because he took the French literature course instead of the English literature course due to the trend at the time, and also failed in his re-take the following year. Therefore, he was still open for admission after that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kimura
Kiyoshi Kimura's life-sized statue in front of his restaurant Osaka.html" ;"title="Sushi Zanmai, this one in Osaka">Sushi Zanmai, this one in Osaka's Dotonbori Kiyoshi Kimura (; born 19 April 1952) is known as the "Tuna King" of Japan. Kimura is the head of Kiyomura Corporation which runs the Sushi Zanmai chain of restaurants. In January 2019, Kimura paid a record 333.6 million yen for a blue fin tuna and has been the highest bidder at the Japanese new year tuna auction in eight out of the past nine years. The fish normally sells for $88/kilogram. References Living people Japanese businesspeople Japanese chief executives Sushi Year of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kawakubo
was a Japanese voice actor. He was from Yokohama, Japan. Kiyoshi was part of 81 Produce. __TOC__ Notable roles TV drama *''Tokugawa Ieyasu'' (1983) ( Torii Mototada) *''Dokuganryū Masamune'' (1987) (Sirakawa Yoshichika) Anime television *''3000 Leagues in Search of Mother'' (Pietro Rossi) *'' Cyborg 009'' (Van Allen (ep. 35)) *'' D.Gray-man'' ( Kevin Yeegar) *'' Detective Conan'' (Kanaya (ep. 57, 58)) *'' Heisei Tensai Bakabon'' (various roles) *'' Kimba the White Lion'' (Bou) *''King Fang'' (Youichiro) *'' Lupin III Part II'' (Bordeaux police chief (ep. 12)) *'' O-bake no... Holly'' (Moppusu) *'' Onegai! Samia Don'' (Samiadon) *'' Science Ninja Team Gatchaman'' (various roles) *'' Paranoia Agent'' ( Fuyubachi) *'' Salaryman Kintarō'' (Tomokazu Morinosuke) *'' Science Ninja Team Gatchaman F'' (various roles) *'' Silent Möbius'' (Grospoliner) *'' Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'' ( Guame the Immoveable) *'' Tottoko Hamtaro'' (Chairman Inatori) *'' Trigun'' (Max) * '' Uchuusen S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kawakami
was a Japanese Christian journalist who published several books in the United States and the United Kingdom. He was born in Yonezawa, educated in the law in Japan, and was for a short time engaged in newspaper work in that country. He sometimes wrote under the name of K. K. Kawakami. Although Japanese do not have middle names, he is said to have been a socialist in his youth, when he apparently adopted the middle name "Karl" (from Karl Marx). In 1901 he travelled to the United States and studied at the universities of Iowa and Wisconsin. In 1905, engaged in journalism, he traveled extensively in China, Siberia, and Russia. He was a correspondent for leading newspapers in Tokyo and a frequent contributor to American magazines and newspapers. Early life Source: Kiyoshi Kawakami was the youngest born into a family of three brothers and three sisters, with the given name of Yushichi Miyashita. His mother died probably related to childbirth, and his father died soon after. Within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Katsuki
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Biography Katsuki was a native of Saga prefecture. He graduated from the 14th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1902 and from the 24th class of the Army Staff College in 1912. Promoted to colonel in the infantry in 1923, he became commander of the IJA 60th Infantry Regiment the following year, and commander of the IJA 8th Infantry Regiment in 1925. In 1929, Katsuki was promoted to major general and given command of the IJA 30th Infantry Brigade. After being promoted to lieutenant general in 1933, he served as Deputy Commandant of the War College until 1935. Katsuki was commander of the IJA 12th Division from 1935 to 1936, and then commander of the Imperial Guards Division from 1936-1937. In early 1937, he became Deputy Inspector-General of Military Training until 12 July 1937, when he was called to replace Lieutenant General Kanichiro Tashiro, commander of Japanese China Garrison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Itô
Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi. Possible meanings *'' Kyōshi'', a form of Japanese poetry *Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific Written forms *清, "cleanse" *淳, "pure" *潔, "undefiled" *清志, "cleanse, intention" *清司, "cleanse, official" *聖, "holy" *澄, "lucidity" *潔司, "undefiled, official" People with the name * Akira Kawabata ("Kiyoshi"), pro wrestler *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese pole vaulter *, Japanese film actor *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese admiral *, Japanese artist *, Japanese Enka singer *, Japanese historian and Shinto priest *, Japanese drummer of Asian Kung-Fu Generation *, a Shiatsu Master, Shiatsupractor (SPR), *, Japanese academic, historian and writer *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese general soldier *, Japanese Christian journalist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese actor *, Japanese photogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
