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Kawasaki (surname)
Kawasaki is a surname of Japanese origin (most commonly etc.). Notable people surnamed Kawasaki * Audrey Kawasaki (born 1982), American artist * Ayumi Kawasaki (born 1984), Japanese vert skater *Carolyn Kawasaki aka Caiya Kawasaki (born 1962), American Gaijin tarento *Guy Kawasaki (born 1954), American author and venture capitalist *, Japanese anime director *Jirō Kawasaki (born 1947), Japanese politician *Kyozi Kawasaki (1930–2021), Japanese physicist *Masahiro Kawasaki (1949–2006), Japanese musician and composer *Minoru Kawasaki (film director) (born 1958), Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer * Minoru Kawasaki (politician) (born 1961), Japanese politician *Munenori Kawasaki (born 1981), Japanese baseball shortstop *Ryo Kawasaki (1947–2020), Japanese musician *Scott Kawasaki (born 1975), American politician *Tomisaku Kawasaki (1925–2020), Japanese pediatrician after whom Kawasaki disease is named *Kawasaki Shōzō (1837 – 1912), Japanese industrialist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Kawasaki
Audrey Kawasaki (born March 31, 1982 in Los Angeles, California"Audrey Kawasaki" interview by Chris Mitchell, ''Lifelounge'' (online magazine), October 4, 2006.) is a Los Angeles-based , known for her distinctive, erotically charged portrayals of young, adolescent women. Her works are s painted directly onto wood panels, and her style has been described as a fusion of and Japanese |
Scott Kawasaki
Scott Jiu Wo Kawasaki (born March 20, 1975) is an American healthcare professional and politician from Alaska. A Democrat, he is a member of the Alaska Senate representing the state's District A, which includes neighborhoods within the city limits of Fairbanks. Early life and education Scott Kawasaki was born in Tokyo, Japan while his parents Koji and Virginia Kawasaki taught internationally. The family returned to Fairbanks in 1980, where he has lived ever since. Kawasaki attended public schools in Fairbanks before earning a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2006. Career Kawasaki was elected to the Fairbanks City Council in 1999. At age 24, he was one of the youngest members ever to serve on that body. He served on the Fairbanks City Council for two consecutive terms from 1999 till 2005. Kawasaki was elected state representative for House District 9, in 2006, defeating Republican incumbent Jim Holm by 2617 votes (55 percent) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikari Warriors
''Ikari Warriors'', known as in Japan, is a vertically-scrolling, run-and-gun shooter arcade video game released by SNK in 1986. It was published in North America by Tradewest. The game was released at the time when there were many ''Commando'' clones on the market. What distinguished ''Ikari Warriors'' were rotary joysticks and a two-player cooperative mode. The rotary joystick controls were in turn based on SNK's earlier ''TNK III'' (1985). ''Ikari'' was originally intended it to be an official licensed adaptation of the film '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (1985), but SNK were initially unable to acquire the rights to the film. The game was a major commercial success in arcades. It was Japan's second highest-grossing table 1986, and London's third highest-grossing arcade game that year. It was also a major breakthrough US release for SNK, ranking among America's top five highest-grossing dedicated arcade games for two years in a row, in 1986 and 1987. Gameplay The player t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirby (series)
''Kirby'' is an Action game, action-Platform game, platform video game series developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. The series centers around the adventures of a pink hero named Kirby (character), Kirby as he fights to protect and save his home on the distant Planet Popstar from a variety of threats. The majority of the games in the series are Side-scrolling video game, side-scrolling platformers with puzzle-solving and beat 'em up elements. Kirby has the ability to inhale enemies and objects into his mouth, spitting them out as a projectile or eating them. If he inhales certain enemies, he can gain the powers or properties of that enemy manifesting as a new weapon or power-up called a Copy Ability. The series is intended to be easy to pick up and play even for people unfamiliar with action games, while at the same time offering additional challenge and depth for more experienced players to come back to. The ''Kirby'' series includes a total of over List of Kirby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukiko Kawasaki
is a Japanese former competitive figure skater who competed in both singles and pair skating. As a pair skater, she competed with Alexei Tikhonov for Japan. They are two-time Japanese national champions and won the bronze medal at the 1993 NHK Trophy The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Organized by the Japanese Skating Federation, it began in 1979 and was added to the Grand Prix series in 19 .... As a single skater, she competed internationally on the junior and senior levels. She turned professional in 2000. Competitive highlights Singles 1990 * Japanese Junior Nationals-2nd 1991 *Japanese Junior Nationals-3rd * World Junior Championships-11th 1993 *Japanese Junior Nationals-3rd 1994 *Japanese Junior Nationals-2nd 1995 * Japanese Senior Nationals-7th 1999 * 1999 Winter Asian Games-7th Pair skating (with Alexei Tikhonov for Japan) References Pairs on Ice: Kawasaki & Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukari Kawasaki
is an athlete from Japan. She competes in archery. Kawasaki represented Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 37th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 622. In the first round of elimination, she faced 28th-ranked Iwona Marcinkiewicz of Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous .... Kawasaki lost 119-106 in the 18-arrow match, placing 63rd overall in women's individual archery. Kawasaki was also a member of the 14th-place Japanese women's archery team. Link2004Japan Olympic Committee 1976 births Living people Japanese female archers Olympic archers of Japan Archers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-archery-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasumasa Kawasaki
is a Japanese former football player. Career Yasumasa Kawasaki joined J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2015. On March 15, 2017, he debuted in J.League Cup (v Ventforet Kofu). In August, he moved to Yokohama FC. On 16 January 2023, Kawasaki announcement officially retirement from football. Club statistics ''Updated to 1 March 2019''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社"J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)" 7 February 2018, Japan, (p. 193 out of 289) Honours ;Sanfrecce Hiroshima * J1 League: 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ... References External linksProfile at Yokohama FC* 1992 births Living people Ryutsu Keizai University alumni People from Ayase, Kanagawa Association football people from K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshikazu Kawasaki
is a Japanese paperfolder and origami theorist who is known for his geometrically innovative models. He is particularly famous for his series of fourfold symmetry "roses", all based on a twisting maneuver that allows the petals to seem to curl out from the center of the flower. Kawasaki also teaches mathematics at Sasebo Technical Junior College. Kawasaki was the first to develop the technique of iso-area folding, which allows the folder to end up with each side of the paper displayed in equal amounts. It consists of building a mirror-symmetrical crease pattern and then collapsing it to find a finished form, usually a geometric shape such as a cube. He also discovered and proved that with any given flat point in an origami model, the sum of alternating angles is always equal to 180 degrees, a result now known as Kawasaki's theorem Kawasaki's theorem or Kawasaki–Justin theorem is a theorem in the mathematics of paper folding that describes the crease patterns with a single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawasaki Shōzō
was a Japanese industrialist and shipbuilder. He was the founder of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Biography Born in Kagoshima to a kimono merchant, Kawasaki Shōzō became a tradesman at the age of 17 in Nagasaki, the only place in Japan then open to the West. He started a shipping business in Osaka at 27, which failed when his cargo ship sank during a storm. In 1869, he joined a company handling sugar from the Ryukyu Islands, established by a Kagoshima samurai, and in 1893, researched Ryukyu sugar and sea routes to the Ryukyus at the request of the Ministry of Finance. In 1894, he was appointed executive vice president of Japan Mail Steam-Powered Shipping Company, and succeeded in opening a sea route to the Ryukyu and transporting sugar to mainland Japan. Having experienced many sea accidents in his life, Kawasaki deepened his trust in Western ships because they were more spacious, stable and faster than typical Japanese ships. At the same time, he became very interested in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomisaku Kawasaki
was a Japanese pediatrician who first described the condition now known as Kawasaki disease in the 1960s. Alongside rheumatic heart disease, Kawasaki disease is considered to be the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children worldwide. Early life and education Tomisaku Kawasaki was born on 1 February 1925 in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, as the youngest of seven children. He was "very interested in plants and fruit, and surprised to learn how the 20th-century pear had suddenly appeared", but eventually abandoned plans to study botany because his mother favored him to be a physician. He studied medicine at Chiba University, graduating in 1948. Career Kawasaki conducted his medical internship year in Chiba and decided to specialize in pediatrics, due to his fondness for children. Medical residency in post-war Japan was unpaid and as his family suffered financial problems, his advisor recommended him take up a paid position at the Japan Red Cross Medical Center in H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryo Kawasaki
was a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, composer and band leader, best known as one of the first musicians to develop and popularise the fusion genre and for helping to develop the guitar synthesizer in collaboration with Roland Corporation and Korg. His album ''Ryo Kawasaki and the Golden Dragon Live'' was one of the first all-digital recordings and he created the Kawasaki Synthesizer for the Commodore 64. During the 1960s, he played with various Japanese jazz groups and also formed his own bands. In the early 1970s, he moved to New York City, where he settled and worked with Gil Evans, Elvin Jones, Chico Hamilton, Ted Curson, Joanne Brackeen amongst others. In the mid-1980s, Kawasaki drifted out of performing music in favour of writing music software for computers. He also produced several techno dance singles, formed his own record company called Satellites Records, and later returned to jazz-fusion in 1991. Life Early life (1947–1968) Ryo Kawasaki was born on February 25, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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