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Kanako Usui
Kanako is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings *, "addition, (means nothing on its own), child" *, "fragrance, (means nothing on its own), child" *, "good, fine, etc., south, child" *, "fragrance, vegetables, child" *, "acceptable, south, child" People with the name *, Japanese wheelchair tennis player *, Japanese actor and model *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese singer *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese voice actor *Kanako Miyamoto, (born 1989), Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese figure skater * Kanako Murata *, Japanese female volleyball player *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese politician and activist *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese professional wrestler, journalist and artist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese actor and comedian *, Japanese badminton player Fictional characters *, a char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and 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 syllabic scripts of ''hiragana'' and ''katakana''. The characters have Japanese pronunciation, 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 World War II, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as shinjitai, by a process similar to China's simplified Chinese characters, simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the common folk. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Otsuji
is a Japanese LGBT rights activist, member of the House of Representatives for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and retired karateka and taekwondoin. She is also former member of the House of Councilors, and a former member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly (April 2003–April 2007). One of only seven women in the 110-member Osaka Assembly, Otsuji represented the Sakai-ku, Sakai City constituency. In May 2013, after her party member of the House resigned, Otsuji became the nation's first openly gay member of the Diet, but her term in office expired in July. She won a seat in the 2017 general election and became the first openly gay member of the House of Representatives. Early life Otsuji was born in Nara Prefecture, but grew up in Hannan, Osaka. As a schoolgirl in Kobe, Otsuji was an Asian Junior karate champion, then later enrolled at Seoul University to study Korean and taekwondo. She lost by TKO to Yoriko Okamoto in 1999. She had hoped to go to the Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Kurusu
short for is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsukasa Fushimi, with illustrations provided by Hiro Kanzaki. The story depicts high school student Kyosuke Kosaka who discovers that his standoffish younger sister Kirino is actually an otaku with an extensive collection of moe anime and younger sister-themed eroge she has been collecting in secret. Kyosuke quickly becomes Kirino's confidant for her secret hobby. ASCII Media Works has published 17 volumes in the series under its Dengeki Bunko imprint from August 2008 to September 2021. A manga adaptation drawn by Sakura Ikeda was serialized in ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki G's Magazine'' between 2009 and 2011. AIC produced a 12-episode anime adaptation in 2010, with four additional episodes streamed online in 2011. A-1 Pictures produced a 13-episode second anime season in 2013 with 3 more episodes streamed online later that year. Bandai Namco Games developed three visual novel video games from 2011 to 2013 for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touhou Project
The , also known simply as , is a bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series created by one-man independent Japanese ''doujin'' soft developer Team Shanghai Alice. Since 1995, the team's member, Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, has independently developed programming, graphics, writing, and music for the series, self-publishing 18 mainline games and six spin-offs . ZUN has also produced related print works and music albums, and collaborated with developer Twilight Frontier on seven official ''Touhou'' spin-offs, most being fighting games. The ''Touhou Project'' is set in a land sealed from the outside world and primarily inhabited by humans and ''yōkai'', legendary creatures from Japanese folklore that are personified in ''Touhou'' as ''bishōjo'' in an anthropomorphic ''moe'' style. Reimu Hakurei, the ''miko'' of the Hakurei Shrine and the main character of the series, is often tasked with resolving supernatural "incidents" caused in and around Gensokyo. The first five games were de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Yonekura
is a badminton player from Japan. Yonekura won the gold in women's singles of the badminton tournament in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, by defeating Gong Zhichao of People's Republic of China in the final. She played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Camilla Martin of Denmark in the round of 32. Achievements Asian Games Women's singles Asian Championships Women's singles World University Championships Women's singles Women's doubles IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983. Women's singles BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament References Profile at Sankei Sports 1976 births Living people Japanese female badminton players Olympic badminton players of Japan Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Yanagihara
(born February 3, 1986 in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress, comedian, and '' tarento'', who has been featured in '' Cartoon KAT-TUN'', the live-action drama ''Otomen'', and collaborated on the music for '' Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel''. She is represented with Ohta Production , sometimes shortened to Ohta Pro, is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was founded in 1963 and focuses on talent management for actors, athletes, comedians and '. The agency have produced numerous television .... Film * ''Maboroshi no Yamataikoku'' (2008) as Tamago * '' Giovanni's Island'' (2014) Television * ''Maru maru chibi maruko chan'' (Fuji TV/2007) * ''Oniyome nikki: Ii yu da na'' (Fuji TV/2007) * ''Nanase Once More'' (NHK/2008) * ''Bakushō Reddo Kāpetto'' (2008) * ''Otomen'' (Fuji TV/2009) * ''Sora kara Nihon o Mite miyō'', voice of Kumomi, (TV Tokyo/2009-2010) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Watanabe
is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. She competed in the 2012 London Olympics at the age of 15 for the 200m Women's Breaststroke event. She again competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. Her swimming coach is Ryuji Omi. She is the daughter of Keiji and Emiko Watanabe. Watanabe won the silver medal in the 200m medley at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia. She also won a gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke, and she gave the gold medal to her coach, in a gesture of gratitude to him. She has qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... References 1996 births Living people Japanese female freestyle swimmers Japanese female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Urai
is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name . Previously known as , she started her professional wrestling career in 2004 in the AtoZ promotion, where she remained until retiring in 2006. She returned to the ring in 2007, starting to work as a freelancer for promotions such as JWP Joshi Puroresu, NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Wave, Reina Joshi Puroresu, Smash and Wrestling New Classic. Her achievements include winning the JWP Openweight Championship, Smash Diva Championship and Wave Tag Team Championship. In 2015, Urai signed a developmental deal with WWE, making her the first Japanese female wrestler signed with the company in over 20 years. She won the NXT Women's Championship in 2016 (with her reign of 510 days being the longest in that title's history), and was moved to the WWE main roster in 2017. In 2018, she was the inaugural winner of the Women's Royal Rumble match. She is also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Tōjō
is a Japanese voice actress from Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. She voiced Karin in '' Naruto: Shippuden'' and Ivy Valentine in ''Soulcalibur is a weapon-based fighting video game franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment. There are seven main installments of video games and various media spin-offs, including music albums and a series of manga books. The first game in the series, '' ...''. Filmography Anime Video games Overseas dubbing References External links Official agency profile * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tojo, Kanako 1984 births Living people Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Voice actresses from Kagoshima Prefecture 21st-century Japanese actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Tateno
is a Japanese voice actress from Miyagi Prefecture. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Her major roles include Yumi Mamiya in ''Onmyō Taisenki'', Shirayuki-hime in ''Fairy Musketeers'', and Itsuki in ''Wish Upon the Pleiades''. She voices Corrine in ''Tales of Symphonia'' and Elisa Dolittle Naruse in ''Tokimeki Memorial 4 is a dating sim developed and published by Konami and the fourth game in the ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series. It is also the first original game in the series to debut on a portable system (the PSP). The game celebrated the 15th anniversary of t ...''. Filmography Anime Theatrical animation Video games References External linksOfficial agency profile * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tateno, Kanako Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Living people 1980 births Voice actresses from Miyagi Prefecture 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses Aoni Production voice actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Tanikawa
is a Japanese cyclist. She competed in the women's cross-country mountain biking event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References External links * 1970 births Living people Japanese female cyclists Olympic cyclists of Japan Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Takatsuki
is a Japanese singer and voice actress from Hyōgo Prefecture. She is currently affiliated with Amuse and her single is released under label Victor Entertainment. About Takatsuki was born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. She also lived in Kansai for 15 years, but claimed she can't speak in Kansai dialect. Takatsuki has lived in Ibaraki, Osaka as well. After graduating from middle school, Takatsuki went to Himawari Theater Group where she studied acting. Takatsuki is the middle child and has two sisters. Takatsuki debuted as a singer in September 2012 with the release of the song . Takatsuki is also an utaite (one who covers songs and uploads them in Niconico) under the name ; one song she covered is Konomi Suzuki's "This Game," which was used as the opening theme for the anime series ''No Game No Life''. In 2015, Takatsuki began her career as a voice actress in the multimedia project ''Love Live! Sunshine!!'' as Hanamaru Kunikida and currently belongs to its group unit Aqours. Tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
