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Masachika Kawata
Masachika (written: 正親, 昌親, 昌央 or 政近) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese actor and singer *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese sumo wrestler {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...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] |
Masachika Ichimura
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Kawagoe, Saitama and studied at the Theater Art College in Tokyo after graduating high school. He is best known to anime fans as the voice of Mewtwo. Ichimura is also the ex-husband of actress and singer Ryoko Shinohara. Career In 1973, he made his debut as an actor with ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' and became one of top actors of Shiki Theatre Company since then. He appeared in various musical plays as ''West Side Story'', '' Equus'', ''Cats'', '' Evita'' and ''The Phantom of the Opera''. Besides he played the role of Shylock of ''The Merchant of Venice''. In 1990, he left the company and now signs up for Horipro. In 2013, he played the role of Tokugawa Ieyasu in "Anjin: The Shogun and The English Samurai" in London. In 2014, he cancelled the performance in ''Miss Saigon'' because of initial stomach cancer but in November of the year, he finished the treatment and returned to the theatre industry. Personal life He married Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsuda Masachika
(died 1582) was a member of the Japanese Akechi clan. Masachika was born into a prestigious family of the Tanba Province region and lived during the 16th-century Sengoku period and the early years of the Azuchi–Momoyama period. In 1582, following the betrayal at Honnōji, Masachika served on the side of Akechi Mitsuhide. He continued to serve under Mitsuhide during the Battle of Yamazaki The was fought in 1582 in Shimamoto, Osaka, Yamazaki, Japan, located in current-day Kyoto Prefecture. This battle is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Mt. Tennō (天王山の戦い ''Tennō-zan no tatakai''). In the Honnō-ji Incident, ... where he was expected to lead the right wing due to his familiarity with the region. After an intense battle against Kuroda Kanbei, Masachika died at the battlefield. References Samurai 1582 deaths Year of birth unknown {{samurai-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsudaira Masachika
was an early to mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and both the 5th and 7th ''daimyō'' of Fukui DomainDiCenzo, John. (1978) ''Daimyo, domain and retainer band in the seventeenth century: a study of institutional development in Echizen, Tottori and Matsue'', p. 216 He had several names during his lifetime, and is also credited with changing the spelling of the name of "Fukui" from to . As Matsudaira Masaaki Masachika was born in 1640 as the 5th son of Matsudaira Tadamasa. HIs name in infancy was Fukumatsu (福松), which was later changed to Tatsunosuke (辰之助). In 1645, when his brother Matsudaira Mitsumichi succeeded their father as ''daimyō'' of Fukui Domain, Masachika received a fief of 25,000 ''koku'' and became ''daimyō'' of the newly created Yoshie Domain. His name was changed to Matsudaira Masaaki (昌明) at that time. In 1651, he was granted the court rank was Senior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade and the courtesy title of ''Hyōbu-no-suke''.The holdings of Yoshie Doma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōyutaka Masachika
Ōyutaka Masachika (born 29 March 1955 as Eiji Suzuki) is a former sumo wrestler from Horinouchi, Niigata, Japan. He made his professional debut in November 1973, and reached the top division in May 1982. His highest rank was ''komusubi''. He retired in January 1987, and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Arashio. He opened Arashio stable in 2002. His son fought for the stable under the ''shikona'' Chikarayama, retiring in January 2017. Arashio-''oyakata'' reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in March 2020, and was replaced as head coach of the stable by his most successful wrestler, ''maegashira'' Sōkokurai. Sōkokurai had been expelled from sumo in 2011 for alleged match-fixing, but Arashio always stood by his wrestler, and Sōkokurai was re-admitted to sumo in 2013 after winning a court case. Career record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Masculine Given Names
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
