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Kaku (name)
Kaku is a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * , American physicist * , Taiwanese-born Japanese baseball player * , Japanese actor * , Japanese actor * , Japanese manga artist Given name: * , Japanese Go player * , Japanese actor {{given name, type=both Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku (, ; born January 24, 1947) is an American theoretical physics, theoretical physicist, futurist, and popular science, popularizer of science (science communicator). He is a professor of theoretical physics in the City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center. Kaku is the author of several books about physics and related topics and has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film. He is also a regular contributor to his own blog, as well as other popular media outlets. For his efforts to bridge science and science fiction, he is a 2021 Sir Arthur Clarke Award, Sir Arthur Clarke Lifetime Achievement Awardee. His books ''Physics of the Impossible'' (2008), ''Physics of the Future'' (2011), ''The Future of the Mind'' (2014), and The God Equation, ''The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything'' (2021) became The New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' best sellers. Kaku has hosted several television specials for the BBC, the Discovery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genji Kaku
Genji Kaku/Yuen-chih Kuo (Kaku Genji/Kuo Yuen-chih, 郭 源治, born October 4, 1956), is a Taiwanese former professional baseball player from Taitung, Taiwan. His family comes from the Taiwanese aborigines. He obtained Japanese citizenship in September 1989, and holds dual Japanese/Taiwan citizenship since 1999. While in Japan, he often uses the Japanese name, 佳久 源治. Biography Kaku first traveled to Japan in 1969 as part of the Taiwanese little league team, where his team won the little league championship. Kaku finished his military service in Taiwan, and joined the Chunichi Dragons in mid-1981. He was not regarded as a star player at that time, and arrived in Japan with only about 3000 yen (roughly $30) in his pocket. His sharp fastball (hit 94 mph) and breaking pitches quickly earned him a spot on the starting rotation, and he won over 10 games from 1983 to 1986. However, he also lost over 10 games each of these seasons due to poor run support. In 1987, Dragons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomohiro Kaku
is a Japanese actor. Filmography TV * ''Higurashi When They Cry'' (BS SkyPerfect TV, 2016) – Kyōsuke Irie *''Crow's Blood'' (Hulu, 2016) *''ROOKIES'' (TBS, 2008, ep 8 - 9) *''Hana Yori Dango'' (TBS, 2005) *''Medaka'' (Fuji TV, 2004, ep 3) *''Stand Up!!'' (TBS, 2003) *''Toshiie and Matsu'' (NHK, 2002) *''Handoku'' (TBS, 2001) *''Seija no Koushin'' (TBS, 1998) Films *'' Ju-on: The Curse 2'' (2000) *''All About Lily Chou-Chou'' (2001) *''Fifteen'' (2001) *''Hana and Alice'' (2004) – Masashi Miyamoto *''School Days'' (2005) * ''Rainbow Song'' (2006) *''Yoru no Picnic'' / ''Night Time Picnic'' (2006) *'' Kyōfu'' (2010) *'' Household X'' (2011) – Hiroaki * ''The Case of Hana & Alice is a Japanese rotoscoped youth drama film written and directed by Shunji Iwai. It is the prequel to Iwai's 2004 live-action film, '' Hana and Alice''. The film was released on February 20, 2015. A manga adaptation by Dowman Sayman began ser ...'' (2014 anime) – Asanaga- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kento Kaku
is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He has appeared in a number of feature films, television series, and stage productions. He is represented by Amuse, Inc. His wife is actress Nana Eikura. Biography He made his acting debut in films in 2007. In 2009, he had his first lead role in the film ''Giniro no Ame''. In 2012, he starred in the television drama ''Clover''. He played the hero, Hanako's brother Kichitaro Ando in the Asadora ''Hanako to Anne'' broadcast in the first half of 2014. He later played in the 2015 Taiga drama ''Hana Moyu'' as Shinsengumi Okita Sōji. In April 2015, he was appointed a New Caledonia Tourism Goodwill Ambassador. Kaku's career has took off from 2018 onwards, getting cast in leading roles for several series, resulted in his winning of the 2019 GQ Japan's Men of the Year Awards for Breakthrough Actor. Private life On 7 August 2016, he announced that he had married actress Nana Eikura is a Japanese actress, model, and occasional radio show host aff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuji Kaku
is a Japanese manga artist. After working as an editor, Kaku began working as manga artist in 2009 with ''Memory Customs'', a one-shot published in ''Jump Square''. In 2013, he launched his first series, ''Fantasma''. After working as an assistant to Tatsuki Fujimoto, Kaku launched his second series, '' Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku'', in ''Shōnen Jump+'', which quickly grew in popularity. Biography As a child, Kaku often spent time painting and practicing swordplay with his cousin, Takeshi Tsuruno. Tsuruno feels this swordplay experience would influence Kaku's later works. Kaku began working with manga professionally in 2007, when he began working as an editor for ''Weekly Shōnen Champion''. After leaving Akita Shoten in 2008, Kaku wrote a one-shot, titled ''Memory Customs'', which was published in ''Jump Square'' in 2009. It later received an honorable mention in the Jump Square Comic Grand Prix. In 2013, Kaku began his first full series, '. It was serialized in ''Jump Square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaku Takagawa
, also known as , was one of the most successful professional Go players of the twentieth century. Biography Kaku Takagawa won the Honinbō title nine times in a row, from 1952 to 1960, and was subsequently awarded the permanent title of Honorary Honinbo. He then chose Shukaku as his Honinbō name. He is one of the few Honorary Honinbos. He was known for having a healthy rivalry with Sakata Eio. This could be seen as Sakata would constantly beat Takagawa from 1959 to 1966 in the finals of major tournaments. Takagawa's books, translated from their original Japanese, were instrumental in educating Westerners in the ways of Go. He also wrote a series of articles from 1961 through 1977 for the Nihon Ki-in The Nihon Ki-in (), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system and issuing diplomas for amateur dan rankings. It is based in Tokyo. The other major Go associat ... which was the primary Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaku Takashina
was a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 9th Hochi Film Award and at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Mahjong hōrōki''. Selected filmography *''Tekken no machi'' (1947) *''Arabiya monogatari'' (1951) *''Koi no Oranda-zaka'' (1951) - Night Guard *''Inazuma'' (1952) - Bus driver *''Ani imôto'' (1953) *''Shunkin monogatari'' (1954) - Genkichi *''Ashita kuru hito'' (1955) - Hotel's guide *''Haru no yo no dekigoto'' (1955) - Uomasa *''Mittsu no kao'' (1955) *''Zoku keisatsu nikki'' (1955) - Ishikura *''Shiawase wa doko ni'' (1956) *''Chitei no uta'' (1956) - Tetsu *''Ukigusa no yado'' (1957) *''Fukushû wa dare ga yaru'' (1957) - Hide *Otoko tai otoko' yori: Inochi mo koi mo'' (1957) - Shigure no Masa *''Kurutta kankei'' (1957) - Dragon Nishiura *''Frankie Bûchan no zoku aa gunkaki: Nyogo ga-shima funsenki'' (1957) *''Kunin no shikeishû'' (1957) - Kishida *''Underworld Beauty'' (1958) - Ôsawa *''Dose hirotta koi da mono'' (1958) - Guzu-tetsu *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese-language Surnames
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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