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Kodama (surname)
Kodama (written: , or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese basketball player * Arata Kodama (born 1982), Japanese football defender * Fusako Kodama (born 1945), Japanese photographer * Kodama Gentarō (1852–1906), Japanese general of the Russo-Japanese War * Haruka Kodama (born 1996), Japanese idol singer, member of HKT48 and AKB48 * Hideo Kodama (1876–1947), pre-World War II Japanese politician and cabinet minister * Hideo Kodama (designer) (born 1944), Japanese General Motors Europe automobile designer *, Japanese sociologist * Kazuoki Kodama (born 1965), Japanese Nordic combined skier * Kenji Kodama (born 1949), Japanese anime director, and storyboard artist best known for directing the anime ''Case Closed'' and working with the anime ''Lupin III'' * Kiyoshi Kodama (1934–2011), Japanese actor and TV personality * Mari Kodama, international pianist born in Osaka, Japan and raised in Paris * María Kodama (1937-2023), personal assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Kodama
is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References External links * 1944 births Living people Japanese men's basketball players 1967 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players for Japan Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Basketball players at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games {{Japan-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Kodama
(born 1967) is a classical pianist who has performed in Europe, North America and Japan. Background Kodama was born in Osaka, Japan in 1967 and raised in Germany and Paris, France due to her father's postings in these countries as well as Switzerland and England. She and sister Momo are daughters of a pianist mother and banker father. Their mother gave up performances for teaching and Mari assuming everyone played piano. She wanted to begin play at age 2, but her parents thought she was too young. She was able to read notes by age three. By the age of 10, she had already decided to be a concert pianist deciding not to return to Japan to prepare for university. She studied piano at the Conservatoire de Paris starting at age 14, under Germaine Mounier, and chamber music under Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux and while still a teenager, was performing in various European competitions. She made her Japanese debut in 1984 at age 17 and was immediately a success. Performances Her first major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuichi Kodama
Yuichi Kodama (児玉裕一 ''Kodama Yuichi''） is a Japanese video director. He has mainly directed music videos and ads. He often produces music videos and ads that are strongly connected or "tied-up" to each other, such as Perfume's "Secret Secret" and Morinaga Milk's "Eskimo Pino", or Amuro Namie's songs and Vidal sassoon's ads. In 2008, he won 3 awards in the Cannes International Advertising Festival, 4 awards in the Clio Awards and 3 awards in the One Show Interactive for a project he did for UNIQLOCK. Kodama is an alumnus of Tohoku University. Music videos 2022 * Ed Sheeran – "Celestial" * Hikaru Utada – "Somewhere Near Marseilles ―マルセイユ辺りー -LIVE at Sea Paradise" 2020 * Fujii Kaze - "Kaerou" 2018 * Perfume - " Future Pop" 2017 * Wednesday Campanella - " Ikkyu-san" 2015 * Ringo Sheena - " No verão, as noites / God, nor Buddha" * Perfume - " Pick Me Up" 2011 *Tokyo Jihen - "Sora ga Natteiru" *Tokyo Jihen - "Onna no Ko wa Daredemo" 2010 *Nanba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshio Kodama
was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist and a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan. The most famous '' kuromaku'', or behind-the-scenes power broker, of the 20th century, he was active in Japan's political arena and criminal underworld from the 1930s to the 1970s, and became enormously wealthy through his involvement in smuggling operations. Early life Yoshio Kodama was born on February 18, 1911, in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, Japan to a family formerly of samurai status. Kodama was the fifth son of a bankrupt Nihonmatsu businessman. Due to his family's straitened circumstances, in 1920 Kodama was sent to live with a married older sister in Korea and lived there for three years. He was treated badly, suffered from isolation and had to do child labor in a steel mill. Early right-wing activism Returning to Japan as a teenager, Kodama joined a variety of right-wing nationalist groups. At the end of the 1920s he joined the secret society Gen'yōsha. In 1929, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshi Kodama
is a Japanese rower. He competed in the men's coxless pair 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 1971 births Living people Japanese male rowers Olympic rowers of Japan Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Shizuoka Prefecture {{Japan-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shunto Kodama
is a Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... player who plays for Tokushima Vortis. Career statistics Club References External links * 1999 births Living people Japanese footballers J1 League players category:J2 League players Nagoya Grampus players category:SC Sagamihara players category:Tokushima Vortis players Association football midfielders Universiade medalists in football Universiade gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade {{Japan-footy-defender-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rieko Kodama
, also known as Phoenix Rie, was a Japanese video game artist, director, and producer employed by Sega from 1984 until her death. She is primarily known for her work on role-playing games (RPGs) including the original ''Phantasy Star'' series, the '' 7th Dragon'' series, and ''Skies of Arcadia'' (2000). She is often recognized as one of the first successful women in the video game industry. Kodama began her career at Sega as a graphic designer on arcade games and Master System games, including ''Alex Kidd in Miracle World'' (1986) and ''Phantasy Star'' (1987). The success of ''Phantasy Star'' led her to continue with the series thereafter, including directing '' Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium'' (1993) for the Sega Genesis. She did artwork for other Genesis games, including ''Altered Beast'' (1988) and ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991). Later, as producer, she would oversee the development of several Sega video games, including the commercially and critically success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momo Kodama
is a Japanese classical pianist. She was born in Osaka but grew up in Europe, attending the Conservatoire de Paris with older sister Mari. She made her debut in 1991 with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and was the youngest winner of the International Piano Competition in Munich at age 19. Since then she has performed with various symphonic orchestras and at cultural festivals in Europe and Latin America and has released a number of recordings. Background and education Kodama was born in Osaka, Japan, but spent her early years in Europe, with her family moving there in 1973 and attending school in Germany. She began playing piano at age three and like older sister Mari, did her professional studies at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris with Momo entering at age 13. Kodama studied with Murray Perahia, András Schiff, Vera Gornostayeva and Tatiana Nikolayeva. Career Kodama made her debut in 1991 at the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, and since then has performed with the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Kodama
María Kodama Schweizer (10 March 1937 – 26 March 2023) was an Argentine writer and translator. The widow of author Jorge Luis Borges, she was the sole owner of his estate after his death in 1986. Borges had bequeathed to Kodama his rights as author in a will written in 1979, when she was his literary secretary, and bequeathed to her his whole estate in 1985. They were married in 1986, shortly before Borges' death. Biography Kodama was the daughter of an Argentine mother of Swiss-German, English and Spanish descent and a Japanese father. She met Borges when she was a student, at one of his lectures in Buenos Aires on Icelandic literature. After the death in 1975 of Borges's ninety-nine-year-old mother, Leonor Acevedo, with whom he had lived all his life, Kodama became Borges’s literary secretary and had the opportunity—at the invitation of Borges's caretaker, "Fanny"—to assist him as a blind old man in his frequent travels abroad during his later years, when he recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kodama
was a Japanese TV personality and actor. He hosted the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation quiz show '' Panel Quiz Attack 25'' continuously for thirty-six years from its start in April 1975 until he was forced to step down due to poor health at the end of March 2011. His signature catchphrase on the show is " Attack Chance!" An avid reader, Kodama hosted a TV book review show. He also published his own books. He was a voice actor for the voice of Robert Stephenson in the Japanese version of the 2004 animated movie '' Steamboy''. Kodama died of stomach cancer at a hospital in Chuo, Tokyo on 16 May 2011. Works Film *''The Hidden Fortress'' (1958, Toho) *''The Bad Sleep Well'', (1960, Toho) * (1960, Toho) - Okano * (1960, Toho) - Okano * (1961, Toho) - Junkichi Ishiyama *''Kuroi gashû: Aru sonan'' (1961) - Hideo Iwase *'' Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki'' (1962) - Han'nojo Sugaya *''Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Shirei dai hachigo'' (1963) - Anzai *''Onna no rekishi'' (1963) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arata Kodama
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the currently an assistant manager of Gamba Osaka. Playing career Kodama was born in Takatsuki on October 8, 1982. He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from youth team in 2001. Although he played as left side midfielder, he could not become a regular player. In 2006, he moved to J1 club Kyoto Purple Sanga. He became a regular player as left side back. However the club finished at the bottom place and was relegated to J2 League end of 2006 season. In 2007, he moved to J1 club Shimizu S-Pulse. He played many matches as regular left side back and the club won the 2nd place 2008 J.League Cup. In 2009, the club gained new player Kosuke Ota and Kodama also played as center back not only side back. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2010. In 2012, he moved to J1 club Cerezo Osaka. However he could hardly play in the match. In 2013, he moved to J1 club Oita Trinita is a Japanese football club currently playing in J2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Kodama
is a Japanese anime director, and storyboard artist. He is best known for being one of the main directors on the long-running anime '' Case Closed'', as well as the ''City Hunter'' series and '' Lupin III Part III''. Filmography Anime References ; Book references * External links * 1949 births Living people Anime directors Japanese storyboard artists {{Japan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
