Kobayashi Shun'ichi
Kobayashi (written: lit. "small forest") is the 8th most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is . Notable people with the surname include: Art figures Film, television, theater and music *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor *, Japanese musician *, Japanese actor *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese actor *, Japanese comedian and actor *, Japanese comedian, actor, dramaturge, theatre director and manga artist *, Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator *, Japanese film director *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese dancer and actor *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actress *, Japanese actress *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese musician *, Japanese actress *, Japanese actor *, Japanese musician *, Japanese singer and model *, Japanese actress *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese voice actress Literature *Audrey Kobayashi (born 1951), Canadian geographer and writer *, Japanese writer and literary critic *, Japanese ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japanese Surname
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population, while the top 100 surnames cover slightly more than 33%. This ranking is a result of an August 2008 study by Meiji Yasuda Life, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, which included approximately 6,118,000 customers of Meiji Yasuda's insurance and annuities. References {{Names_in_world cultures Japanese names Names by culture Japanese culture Lists of surnames, Japanese ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Satomi Kobayashi
is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She won the award for best newcomer at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for '' Exchange Students''. She was previously married to screenwriter Kōki Mitani. Filmography * '' I Are You, You Am Me'' (転校生; 1982) * ''The Deserted City'' (廃市; 1983) * '' Lonely Heart'' (さびしんぼう; 1985) * ''Young Girls in Love'' (恋する女たち; 1986) * ''Eien no 1/2'' (1987) * グリーン・レクイエム (''Gurīn rekuiemu''; 1988) * ''Beijing Watermelon'' (北京的西瓜; 1989) * やっぱり猫が好き 恩田三姉妹の京都大騒動編 (Video) (1990) * ''Godzilla vs. Mothra'' (ゴジラVSモスラ; 1992) * てなもんや商社 萬福貿易商社 (1998) * やっぱり猫が好き 新作’98 (Video; 1998) * キリコの風景 (1998) * ''Sweet Sweet Ghost'' (スイート・スイート・ゴースト; 2000) * やっぱり猫が好き 新作’2001 (Video; 2001) * ''Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover'' (竜馬の妻とそ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kobayashi Issa
was a Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest of the Jōdo Shinshū. He is known for his haiku poems and journals. He is better known as simply , a pen name meaning Cup-of-teaBostok 2004. (lit. "one up oftea"). He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in Japan, along with Bashō, Buson and Shiki — "the Great Four." Reflecting the popularity and interest in Issa as man and poet, Japanese books on Issa outnumber those on Buson and almost equal in number those on Bashō. Biography Issa was born and registered as Kobayashi Nobuyuki (小林 信之), with a childhood name of Kobayashi Yatarō (小林 弥太郎), the first son of a farmer family of Kashiwabara, now part of Shinano-machi, Shinano Province (present-day Nagano Prefecture). Issa endured the loss of his mother, who died when he was three. Her death was the first of numerous difficulties young Issa suffered. He was cared for by his grandmother, who doted on him, but his life changed again when his father rema ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Katsuyo Kobayashi
was a Japanese celebrity chef, food writer, and founder/leader of the charity "Kagurazaka Women's Choir". Biography Katsuyo Kobayashi was born in Osaka in 1937. A graduate of Tezukayama Gakuin College, she became a homemaker after marriage. When she got married at the age of 21, she couldn't cook although she was a homemaker. She started learning how to cook from her mother and neighbors who could cook well. In 1963, initiated by a letter to a TV program, her career as a gourmet scholar started: she got her own TV program at the local television station in Osaka. In 1970, she debuted as an essayist, and published many cookbooks and essays. She appeared on NHK's cooking programs such as “Kyou no Ryouri (Today’s Dinner)” for the last 26 years and received public attention. She also created household products. Her serving dish “Kiai” was awarded the Good Design Award by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion Organization, which is instituted by the Ministry of Internatio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hideo Kobayashi
was a Japanese author, who established literary criticism as an independent art form in Japan. Early life Kobayashi was born in the Kanda district of Tokyo, where his father was a noted engineer who introduced European diamond polishing technology to Japan, and who invented a ruby-based phonograph needle. Kobayashi studied French literature at Tokyo Imperial University, where his classmates included Hidemi Kon and Tatsuji Miyoshi. He met Chūya Nakahara in April 1925, with whom he quickly became close friends, but in November of the same year, began living together with Nakahara's former mistress, the actress Yasuko Hasegawa. Kobayashi graduated in March 1928, and soon after moved to Osaka for a few months before moving to Nara, where he stayed at the home of Naoya Shiga from May 1928. His relationship with Yasuko Hasegawa ended around this time. In September 1929, he submitted an article to a contest hed by the literary journal ''Kaizō,'' and won second place. Literary crit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Audrey Kobayashi
Audrey Lynn Kobayashi (born 1951 in British Columbia) is a Canadian professor and author, specializing in geography, geopolitics, and racial and gender studies. She was the vice-president of the Canadian Association of Geographers from 1999 to 2000, and the president from 2000 to 2002. Kobayashi was also the vice-president of the American Association of Geographers in 2010, and president in 2011. Kobayashi is currently a professor in the Department of Geography, and a Queen's Research Chair, at Queen's University. Education Kobayashi earned her Bachelor of Arts in Geography at the University of British Columbia in 1976. Two years later, she received her Master of Arts at the same university. In 1983, after assisting in research at the Department of Geography at Kyoto University, she earned her Ph. D in Geography at the University of California at Los Angeles. Works From 2002 to 2010, Kobayashi edited the People, Place, and Region section of the ''Annals of the American Asso ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yumiko Kobayashi
is a freelance Japanese voice actress from Chiba Prefecture. She was formerly affiliated with Arts Vision until August 2007. She made her voice acting debut as Mita in '' Kirara'' while still in college in 1998, and her first lead role was as Kento Yūki in ''Dennō Bōkenki Webdiver'' in 2001. She is still good friends with Natsuko Kuwatani, Hisayo Mochizuki, and Nana Mizuki, members of the former voice acting unit Prits; all four voiced characters in ''Sister Princess''. In an interview in 2019, Kobayashi said that shortly after her debut, while researching how to play a boy who can be dubbed, she came to believe that there was no better way to act than as a child actor, but she was struck by Akiko Yajima's performance as Kevin, the main character in ''Home Alone'', and has since made it her goal. Beginning with the July 6, 2018 episode, she took over the role of Shinnosuke Nohara in '' Crayon Shin-chan'' from Yajima, who had played the role since the show began airing on April ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuko Kobayashi
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator, currently affiliated with 81 Produce and married to voice actor Mitsuaki Hoshino. Filmography Television animation *'' Attacker You!'' (1984), You Hazuki *''Ranma ½'' (1989), Atsuko, Anna and Ling-Ling *''Alfred J. Kwak'' (1989), Winnie Wana *''Moomin'' (1990), The Mymble *''Holly the Ghost'' (1991), Kyandi (Candy) *'' Dragon Ball Z'' (1991), Maron *''Miracle Girls'' (1993), Noe *''Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'' (1993), Junko Jenko, Karel Massarik *''Nintama Rantarō'' (1993), Torawaka Satake, Shina Yamamoto *''Tenchi Universe'' (1995), Mecha-Washu *'' Pocket Monsters'' (1997), Shigeru Ōkido ( Gary Oak) *''Tenchi in Tokyo'' (1997), Washu Hakubi *'' Meizu Bakunetsu Jikū'' (1997), Rapier Saris *''Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure'' (1999), Akane Yamano *''Saiyuki'' (2000), Kouryuu (young Genjo Sanzo), Renli *''Tenchi Muyo! GXP'' (2002), Washu Hakubi *'' Black Jack'' (2005), Kazuo's mother *''One Piece'' (2007), Nico Robin (temporar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yukiko Kobayashi
is a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than ten films since 1965. , Filmography References External links * 1946 births Living people People from Tokyo Japanese film actresses {{Japan-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yui Kobayashi
is a Japanese model and member of idol group Sakurazaka46. She is represented by Sony Music Records and is an exclusive model with fashion magazine ''with''. Career Keyakizaka46 On August 21, 2015, Kobayashi along with 22 other members were announced for the newly created idol group, Toriizaka46 (now Sakurazaka46). Kobayashi made her musical debut with Keyakizaka46's first single, Silent Majority. In October of the same year, Kobayashi made her runway debut at the GirlsAward 2016 Autumn/Winter fashion show. As of 2019, Kobayashi has made an appearance in all Keyakizaka46 singles. She formed a duo named with Yui Imaizumi, first appearing in ''Silent Majority'' with the song "Shibugakawa". With Imaizumi's graduation in 2018, Kobayashi and Mizuho Habu formed another duo named , appearing in ''Ambivalent'' with "302-Goshitsu". She held performance center roles typically held by Yurina Hirate when Hirate was unavailable, including the 60th Japan Record Awards and the 69th N ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yasuhiro Kobayashi
coba, , is a Japanese musician, accordionist, composer and arranger, born in Matsushiro, Nagano and brought up in Niigata, Niigata. His music has sold over 1,000,000 CDs. Accordionsonline. Accessed 2007-08-03. coba started playing accordion when he was nine. At the age of 18 he moved to in order to hone his music skills in local educational institution and graduated with honours. In April 1979 coba won an accordionist contest in Japan; in September he did the same in Italy and in October 1980 he was recognized as the best in [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shigeo Kobayashi
is a Japanese actor. Born and raised in Tokyo, Kobayashi worked on over 80 films, theatrical productions and TV drama series. In 2008, he played the leading role in a short film "Todai (the Light House)" a part of ''Otokotachi no Uta''. His most recent work includes the role of a Japanese Lieutenant in ''The Flowers of War'', starring Christian Bale and directed by Zhang Yimou. Shigeo continues to build a unique career as an actor, noted for his ability to express subtle emotions. While attending Keio University, he studied acting as an apprentice of renowned kabuki actor Yorozuya Kinnosuke. After performing in historical plays with Yorozuya, during which he trained for Japanese swordfights, he broadened his scope to film and television. In 1999, he appeared in ''Railroad Man''https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206216/ with Ken Takakura , born , was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in over 200 films. Affectionately referred to as "Ken-san" by audiences, he was best know ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |