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Kaguya Shinomiya
Kaguya, , or Princess Kaguya may refer to: Fiction Kaguya-hime * (, "Princess Kaguya"), the main character in ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'', thought to be the oldest Japanese folktale ** ''Princess Kaguya'', a 1935 film based on the folktale ** ''The Tale of the Princess Kaguya'' (film), a 2013 Studio Ghibli animated film based on the folktale ** ''Kaguyahime'' (manga), a manga series by Reiko Shimizu based on the folktale ** ''Prince Kaguya'', a musical based on the folktale Other fictional characters and elements * Kaguya, in the anime film '' Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass'' * Kaguya, in the manga series '' Kaze ga Gotoku'' * Kaguya, in the manga series ''Planet Ladder'' * Kaguya, in the manga series ''Yaiba'' * Kaguya, in the video game ''Ōkami'' * Kaguya Houraisan, in the video game series ''Touhou Project'' * Kaguya Nanbu, in the video game series '' Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier'' * Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, in the anime and manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tale Of The Bamboo Cutter
is a (fictional prose narrative) containing elements of Japanese folklore. Written by an unknown author in the late 9th or early 10th century during the Heian period, it is considered the oldest surviving work in the form. The story details the life of Kaguya-hime, a princess from the Moon who is discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant. After she grows, her beauty attracts five suitors seeking her hand in marriage, whom she turns away by challenging them each with an impossible task; she later attracts the affection of the Emperor of Japan. At the tale's end, Kaguya-hime reveals her celestial origins and returns to the Moon. The story is also known as , after its protagonist.Katagiri et al. 1994: 81. Background ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'' is considered the oldest surviving , though its exact date of composition is unknown. A poem in the , a 10th-century work that describes life in the imperial court, invokes the tale in reference to a moon-vie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It is the twentieth installment in the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise and was released in commemoration of the franchise's 20th anniversary. Koji Ogawa serves as the series' chief director, with Ryunosuke Kingetsu as head writer, Atsushi Saitō as character designer, and Hajime Watanabe as sub-character designer. It began airing on all ANN stations in Japan on February 5, 2023, succeeding '' Delicious Party Pretty Cure'''s timeslot. The series theme is "heroism", and its motif is the sky. Plot Sora Harewataru is a resident of the otherworldly kingdom of . On the birthday of its princess, Ellee, she heads to the mainland for the celebration. Meanwhile, Empress Underg, the current leader of the Underg Empire, plots to sacrifice Ellee as revenge for her ancestor, Princess Elleelain, injuring her and killing her father, Emperor Underg, and out of fear she has the power to oppose the Empire as Elleelain did. When Kab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaguya (song)
"Kaguya" (styled in all caps) is a single by Japanese boy band News. It was released on January 7, 2015. It debuted at number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, with 140,000 copies. It also reached number one Number One most commonly refers to: * 1 (number) Number One, No. 1, or #1 may also refer to: Music Albums * ''Number 1'' (Big Bang album), and the title song * ''No. 1'' (BoA album), and the title song * ''No.1'' (EP), by CLC * ''n.1 ... on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. References 2015 singles 2015 songs News (band) songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Billboard Japan Hot 100 number-one singles {{2010s-Japan-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaguya (wrestler)
is a Japanese former professional wrestler and current professional wrestling referee. She started her career in March 2007, working alongside her sister Io Shirai on the Japanese independent circuit for promotions such as Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu and Pro Wrestling Wave. In June 2010, the Shirais came together with fellow freelancer Kana to form the Triple Tails stable as part of which they began working most notably for Smash. After Io left the stable the following year, Mio and Kana continued working together as the tag team Triple Tails.S. Shirai remained a freelancer until January 2014, when she signed a four-way contract with Ice Ribbon, Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling Wave and Union Pro Wrestling. She retired from professional wrestling due to neck injuries in September 2015 at the age of 27, after which she started working as a referee. Professional wrestling career Team Makehen (2007–2010) Shirai made her professional wrestling debut on March 4, 2007, alongside h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaguya (mouse)
Kaguya was a mouse that had two parents of the same sex (). She was named after a Japanese folk tale, in which the Moon-born princess Kaguya (Kaguya-hime) is found as a baby inside a bamboo stalk. The process of parthenogenesis A process called haploidisation is used to remove one of the two sets of chromosomes from some cells, leaving them with only one, just like normal gametes. The researchers led by Tomohiro Kono at the Tokyo University of Agriculture used cells from two different female mice and combined them to make a single unique animal. Normally this would not be possible due to genetic imprinting requiring genes inherited from the father for normal placental development. They were able to succeed by using one egg from an immature parent, thus reducing maternal imprinting, and modifying it to express the gene ''Igf2'', which is normally only expressed by the paternal copy of the gene. Even with this, only two of 457 eggs developed to maturity. Not a clone This is no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Snow Kaguya
''Sailor Moon S: The Movie'' is a 1994 Japanese animated superhero fantasy film directed by Hiroki Shibata and written by Sukehiro Tomita. It is the second film in the series, following '' Sailor Moon R: The Movie'' (1993), and is loosely adapted from a side story of the original ''Sailor Moon'' manga series created by Naoko Takeuchi, ''The Lover of Princess Kaguya''. It takes its name from the third arc of the ''Sailor Moon'' anime series, '' Sailor Moon S'', as Toei Company distributed it around the same time. The film was released in Japan on December 4, 1994, as part of the Winter '94 Toei Anime Fair. Plot An extraterrestrial ice entity named arrives on Earth in an attempt to freeze it, but a fragment of her comet has been lost and she is unable to proceed without it. She has her henchwomen, the Snow Dancers, search for the missing fragment. In Tokyo, a young astronomer named finds the fragment and keeps it in his observatory to study it further. Meanwhile, the Sailor Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Twinkle PreCure
is a Japanese magical girl anime series by Toei Animation. It is the sixteenth installment in the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise, and the last series released in the Heisei period. and the sixteenth installment of the franchise, featuring the fourteenth generation of Cures. It is directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto ('' One Piece Film: Gold'') and written by Isao Murayama. The series aired on all ANN stations in Japan from February 3, 2019, to January 26, 2020, succeeding '' HUG! PreCure'' in its initial time slot. It was then succeeded by ''Healin' Good Pretty Cure'' on February 2, 2020. The series' main topics are imagination and diversity, with outer space, constellations and singing being the Cures' main motifs. Story The is the home to the twelve Star Princesses who are based on the Zodiac signs and maintain order in the universe. But when the Notraiders attack the Star Palace, the princesses scatter themselves across the universe as the Princess Star Color Pens. Seeking to revive t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimimaro Kaguya
The manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series takes place in a fictional universe where countries vie for power by employing ninja who can use superhuman abilities in combat. The storyline is divided into two parts, simply named Part I and Part II, with the latter taking place two-and-a-half years after the conclusion of Part I. It is followed by the sequel series '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' by Ukyō Kodachi, which continues where the epilogue of the first series left off. The series' storyline follows the adventures of a group of young ninja from the village of Konohagakure (Village Hidden in the Leaf). The eponymous character of the first series is Naruto Uzumaki, an energetic ninja who wishes to become Hokage, the leader of Konohagakure and holds a monster called the Nine Tails in his body. During the early part of the series, Naruto is assigned to Team 7, in which he meets his rival Sasuke Uchiha, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaguya Sumeragi
and its sequel series are Japanese anime made by Sunrise, directed by Gorō Taniguchi, and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. The series focus around a former prince of the Holy Britannian Empire, Lelouch Vi Britannia, who obtains a mysterious power known as Geass and uses said power to destroy the Holy Britannian Empire, a superpower that controls one third of the world and has recently conquered Japan, and to discover the truth behind his mother's death, as well as the various people that he encounters as he heads toward those goals. This is a list of characters, minor and major, appearing in both ''Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'', its sequel series, and/or the core series' spin-offs and products. The fictional characters in ''Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'' were designed by the manga studio Clamp. Creation and conception During early planning stages, director Gorō Taniguchi contacted the noted manga artist group Clamp, being the first time Clamp had ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
