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Kōchi
Kochi is a city in Kerala, India. Kochi or Kōchi may also refer to: People * Kochi people, a predominantly Pashtun nomadic people of Afghanistan * , a Japanese surname: ** Arata Kochi (born 1948 or 1949), Japanese physician and World Health Organization official ** Jun Kochi (born 1983), Japanese football goalkeeper in the Dhivehi Premier League, Maldives * , a Japanese surname with a different pronunciation: ** Kōchi Chōjō (1843–1891), aristocrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom ** Kōchi Ryōtoku (died 1798), bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom ** Jay Kochi (1927–2008), American organic chemist of Japanese descent ** Momoko Kochi (1932–1998), Japanese actress ** Mizuho Katayama (previously Mizuho Kōchi; born 1969), synchronized swimming coach in Japan ** Erica Kochi (born 1979), UNICEF official ** Kairi Kochi (born 1985), Japanese handball player ** Yugo Kochi (born 1994), Japanese singer * A given name: ** Kochi Rani Mondal (), Bangladeshi Kabaddi player Places * Kochi, a city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 757,914 (1 December 2011) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tokushima Prefecture to the northeast. Kōchi is the capital and largest city of Kōchi Prefecture, with other major cities including Nankoku, Shimanto, and Kōnan. Kōchi Prefecture is located on Japan's Pacific coast surrounding a large bay in the south of Shikoku, with the southernmost point of the island located at Cape Ashizuri in Tosashimizu. Kōchi Prefecture is home to Kōchi Castle, considered the most intact Japanese castle, and the Shimanto River, one of the few undammed rivers in Japan. History Kōchi Prefecture was historically known as Tosa Province and was controlled by the Chōsokabe clan in the Sengoku period and the Yamauchi clan during the Edo period. Kōchi city is also the birthplace of noted revolutiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōchi Castle
is an Edo Period Japanese castle in the city of Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is located at Otakayama hill, at the center of Kōchi city, which in turn is located at the center of the Kōchi Plain, the most prosperous area of former Tosa Province on the island of Shikoku. From 1601 to 1871, it was the center of Tosa Domain, ruled by the ''tozama'' Yamauchi clan under the Tokugawa Shogunate. The castle site has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1959, with the area under protection expanded in 2014. History During the Sengoku period, Tosa Province was dominated by Chōsokabe Motochika, who conquered most of Shikoku from stronghold at Okō Castle. However, Okō Castle was a mountain stronghold with little room for the development of a castle town. After his defeat by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1585, Motochika decided to construct a new castle at Otakayama hill and the ruins of an ancient fortification which had been constructed by Otakasa Matsuomaru sometime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōchi Ryōma Airport
Kochi is a city in Kerala, India. Kochi or Kōchi may also refer to: People * Kochi people, a predominantly Pashtun nomadic people of Afghanistan * , a Japanese surname: ** Arata Kochi (born 1948 or 1949), Japanese physician and World Health Organization official ** Jun Kochi (born 1983), Japanese football goalkeeper in the Dhivehi Premier League, Maldives * , a Japanese surname with a different pronunciation: ** Kōchi Chōjō (1843–1891), aristocrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom ** Kōchi Ryōtoku (died 1798), bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom ** Jay Kochi (1927–2008), American organic chemist of Japanese descent ** Momoko Kochi (1932–1998), Japanese actress ** Mizuho Katayama (previously Mizuho Kōchi; born 1969), synchronized swimming coach in Japan ** Erica Kochi (born 1979), UNICEF official ** Kairi Kochi (born 1985), Japanese handball player ** Yugo Kochi (born 1994), Japanese singer * A given name: ** Kochi Rani Mondal (), Bangladeshi Kabaddi player Places * Kochi, a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōchi (city)
Kochi is a city in Kerala, India. Kochi or Kōchi may also refer to: People * Kochi people, a predominantly Pashtun nomadic people of Afghanistan * , a Japanese surname: ** Arata Kochi (born 1948 or 1949), Japanese physician and World Health Organization official ** Jun Kochi (born 1983), Japanese football goalkeeper in the Dhivehi Premier League, Maldives * , a Japanese surname with a different pronunciation: ** Kōchi Chōjō (1843–1891), aristocrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom ** Kōchi Ryōtoku (died 1798), bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom ** Jay Kochi (1927–2008), American organic chemist of Japanese descent ** Momoko Kochi (1932–1998), Japanese actress ** Mizuho Katayama (previously Mizuho Kōchi; born 1969), synchronized swimming coach in Japan ** Erica Kochi (born 1979), UNICEF official ** Kairi Kochi (born 1985), Japanese handball player ** Yugo Kochi (born 1994), Japanese singer * A given name: ** Kochi Rani Mondal (), Bangladeshi Kabaddi player Places * Kochi, a ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōchi Station (other)
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Kōchi Station is the name of two train stations in Japan: * Kōchi Station (Hiroshima) (河内駅), a train station in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture * Kōchi Station (Kōchi) (高知駅), a train station on the Dosan Line of Shikoku Railway Company located in the city center of Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture It may also refer to one of the following similarly named stations: * Kōchi-Ekimae Station (高知駅前駅), a tram station in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture located in front of Kōchi Station * Kōchi-Shōgyō-Mae Station (高知商業前駅), a train station in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture See also * Kochi (other) * 河内 (other) or may refer to: People * (born 1955), Japanese footballer Places * Kawachi Province, an old province of Japan * Kawachi District, Tochigi, a district in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan * Minamikawachi District, Osaka, a district in Osaka Prefectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōchi Chōjō
was a Ryukyuan aristocrat known for leading a movement to petition the government of Qing Dynasty China to rescue the Ryūkyū Kingdom from annexation by Imperial Japan, following the 1872 announcement by the government of Meiji Japan to do so. It was typical at this time for Ryukyuan aristocrats to have multiple names. Chōjō held the title of ''ueekata'' of the domain of Kōchi, and was thus known as "Kōchi ueekata". He was also known as . Life Details of his early life are unknown. In 1876, however, Chōjō left for China from Unten Harbor on the Motobu Peninsula, in the north of Okinawa Island, claiming he was simply crossing over to nearby Iejima."Kōchi Chōjō." ''Okinawa rekishi jinmei jiten'' (沖縄歴史人名事典, "Encyclopedia of People of Okinawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 1996. p 28. Arriving in China, he adopted Chinese (Manchu) hairstyle and dress and, with the Ryūkyū-kan in Fuzhou as his base, he began traveling to various parts, seeking suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōchi, Hiroshima
was a town located in Kamo District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,712 and a density of 79.26 persons per km². The total area was 84.68 km². On February 7, 2005, Kōchi, along with the towns of Fukutomi, Kurose and Toyosaka (all from Kamo District), and the town of Akitsu (from Toyota District), was merged into the expanded city of Higashihiroshima and no longer exists as an independent municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go .... Dissolved municipalities of Hiroshima Prefecture {{Hiroshima-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōchi Ryōtoku
also known by his Chinese style name , was a bureaucrat of Ryukyu Kingdom. In 1775, Kōchi Ryōtoku and Ie Chōkei was ordered to make the first statutory law in Ryukyuan history by King Shō Boku. The law was completed in 1786. It was called '' Ryūkyū Karitsu'' (), and was jointly signed by Yonabaru Ryōku, Fukuyama Chōki and Ie Chōkei, all were members of ''sanshikan''. It was officially promulgated and implemented by the king in the same year. Kōchi was dispatched together with Prince Ginowan Chōyō (also known by Ginowan Chōshō) in 1790 to celebrate Tokugawa Ienari succeeded as ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year.''Chūzan Seifu'', appendix vol.4 Kōchi served as a member of ''sanshikan The ''Sanshikan'' (), or Council of Three, was a government body of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, which originally developed out of a council of regents. It emerged in 1556, when the young Shō Gen, who was mute, ascended to the throne of Ryūkyū. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizuho Katayama
Mizuho Katayama (born 27 November 1969) is a synchronized swimming coach in Japan. Born to a Korean family in Japan, she participated in Japanese domestic synchronized swimming competitions under the name Mizuho Kōchi, and represented South Korea in international competitions under the name Kim Mijinsu, most notably in the women's solo and women's duet competitions at the . After her retirement from the South Korean national team, she married and began using her current name. Early life Katayama is a third-generation Korean resident of Japan and was born in Izumiōtsu, Osaka Prefecture. Her only given name since birth has been the Japanese given name Mizuho; her legal birth surname was Kim, while she used the Japanese name Mizuho Kōchi as a pass name. She began participating in synchronized swimming from her fifth year of elementary school, and was trained at the in Sakai, where her coach was Akiko Motoyoshi, the younger sister of Japanese Olympic bronze medallist Miw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kochi Fighting Dogs
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala and is commonly referred to as Ernakulam. Kochi is the most densely populated city in Kerala. As of 2011, it has a corporation limit population of 677,381 within an area of 94.88 km2 and a total urban population of more than of 2.1 million within an area of 440 km2, making it the largest and the most populous metropolitan area in Kerala. Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin region and is classified as a Tier-II city by the Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the Kochi Municipal Corporation, which was constituted in the year 1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its development are the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala and is commonly referred to as Ernakulam. Kochi is the most densely populated city in Kerala. As of 2011, it has a corporation limit population of 677,381 within an area of 94.88 km2 and a total urban population of more than of 2.1 million within an area of 440 km2, making it the largest and the most populous metropolitan area in Kerala. Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin region and is classified as a Tier-II city by the Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the Kochi Municipal Corporation, which was constituted in the year 1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its development are the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kairi Kochi
is a Japanese handball player for Toyota Auto Body Toyota Auto Body ( ja, トヨタ車体) is a manufacturing subsidiary of the Toyota group based in Japan. It is headquartered in Kariya, Aichi and was established in 1945. The company has plants in the Mie and Aichi prefectures and other facilit ... and the Japanese national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kochi, Kairi 1985 births Living people Japanese male handball players Handball players at the 2014 Asian Games Handball players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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