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Miyagi (surname)
Miyagi (written: 宮城 lit. "shrine fortress") is a Japanese surname. It can be read as Miyashiro, or ''Naagusuku'' in the Ryukyu Islands. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese tennis player *, Okinawan martial artist * Kintaro Miyagi, Filipino footballer *, also known as Kyouko Tonguu, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese model and television personality *, Japanese footballer *Michiko Miyagi *, Japanese koto musician *Mimi Miyagi (born 1973), screen name of Filipina porn star and aspiring politician Melody Damayo *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese theatre director * Vern Miyagi, United States Army general and civil servant *, Okinawan Marxist Fictional characters *Mr. Miyagi, a martial arts mentor in ''The Karate Kid'' series *Ryota Miyagi, a character in the manga series ''Slam Dunk'' *Yō Miyagi, a character in the manga series '' Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance'' *Miyagi, the wife of Genjurō in the Japanese film ''Ugetsu , is a 1953 Japanese historical drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyashiro (surname)
Miyashiro (written: 都城, 宮代, 宮城) is a Japanese surname. 宮代 also be pronounced Miyadai. 宮城 also be pronounced Miyagi. In Okinawan language, 宮城 may be pronounced Naagusuku or Naagushiku. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese geologist * Aldo Miyashiro (born 1976), Peruvian playwright, screenwriter and actor *Augusto Miyashiro (born 1949), Peruvian engineer and politician *Daisuke Miyashiro (born 1991), Japanese footballer *Paulo Miyashiro, Brazilian triathlete *Ron Miyashiro Ronald Yoshiaki Miyashiro (born 1937) is an important Japanese American painter, jewelry maker and assemblage artist. Miyashiro, who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, first came to prominence in 1961 while still a student at Chouinard Art Institute in ..., American artist * Tamari Miyashiro (born 1987), American volleyball player {{surname Japanese-language surnames Okinawan surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riko Miyagi
is a Japanese manga artist. Riko was born in Tokyo. Manga Works *'' Love Monster'' * *''Hana Ni Nare!'' *''Garden Story'' *''Iton Yori Ai wo Komete'' *''Oni ga Saku An is a kind of '' yōkai'', demon, orc, ogre, or troll in Japanese folklore. Oni are mostly known for their fierce and evil nature manifested in their propensity for murder and cannibalism. Notwithstanding their evil reputation, oni posse ...'' References Year of birth missing (living people) People from Tokyo Manga artists from Tokyo Living people {{japan-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese-language Surnames
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugetsu
, is a 1953 Japanese historical drama and fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It is based on two stories in Ueda Akinari's 1776 book of the same name, combining elements of the ''jidaigeki'' (period drama) genre with a ghost story. Drawing from Ueda's tales "The House in the Thicket" and "The Lust of the White Serpent", the film is set in Japan's civil war torn Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600). In a small rural community, a potter leaves his wife and young son behind to make money selling pottery and ends up being seduced by a spirit that makes him forget all about his family. A subplot, inspired by Guy de Maupassant's 1883 short story "How He Got the Legion of Honor" ("Décoré !"), involves his brother-in-law, who dreams of becoming a samurai and chases this goal at the unintended expense of his wife. The film won the Silver Lion Award at the 1953 Venice Film Festival and other honours. ''Ugetsu'' is one of Mizoguchi's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure Romance
Pure Romance is a United States-based multi-level marketing company that sells adult products including sex toys. Under the multi-level marketing (MLM) model, all products are sold exclusively through independent consultants at women-only at-home parties. History Patty Brisben, a former pediatrician's assistant, founded the company Slumber Parties in Loveland, Ohio 1993. Her business used contract salespeople to sell sex toys, lotions, and massage oils through at-home parties. In 2000, the company had six full-time employees and had annual sales of less than $2 million. Brisben's son, Chris Cicchinelli, joined the company in 2000 and encouraged his mother to expand beyond local sales into markets such as St. Louis, Missouri. By 2003 the company had $30 million in sales, 3,500 consultants, and was active in 46 US states and the US Virgin Islands. The company was renamed Pure Romance in 2003. In 2011, the Pure Romance expanded into South Africa and Australia. In 2012, Cicchin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slam Dunk (manga)
''Slam Dunk'' (stylized as ''SLAM DUNK'') is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 1990 to June 1996, with the chapters collected into 31 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It tells the story of a basketball team from Shōhoku High School in the Shōnan area of Japan. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation which aired from October 1993 to March 1996 and has been broadcast worldwide, enjoying much popularity particularly in Japan, several other Asian countries and Europe. ''Slam Dunk'' has 170 million copies in circulation, making it the seventh best-selling manga series in history. In 1994, it received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for the ''shōnen'' category. In 2010, Inoue received special commendations from the Japan Basketball Association for helping popularize basketball in Japan. Plot Hanamichi Sakuragi is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yotoku Miyagi
was an Okinawan Marxist artist, Communist Party USA member, and a member of Richard Sorge's spy ring. Early life Miyagi was born in Okinawa in 1903. When he was sixteen, he went to California after contracting tuberculosis. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1926, where he worked as an artist and ran the Owl Restaurant. Miyagi was aware of the exploitation of Okinawan farmers by the Japanese, and witnessed similar treatment of Japanese by Americans. In 1931 Miyagi became a member of the Japanese Section of the CPUSA, but was never an active party member. In 1927, he married a Japanese girl, and in 1932 he and his wife rented a flat in West Los Angeles. Career In 1932, he was asked to return to Japan on a mission for the Comintern. On October 24, 1933, he left San Pedro on the ''Buenos Aires Maru'', bound for Yokohama. He expected to return to the United States. While in Japan, Miyagi established a network of informants, which included a secretary to an Imperial Army general. Miyagi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vern Miyagi
Vern T. Miyagi is a former administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) who was responsible for the day-to-day operations of HI-EMA from September 11, 2015 to January 30, 2018. Before that he was executive officer at HI-EMA. He is a retired United States Army major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ... with over 37 years service. In January 2018 he took responsibility for the false issue of a warning of nuclear attack on Hawaii even though it was not him who mistakenly issued the warning. He resigned on January 30, 2018, in response to the false alarm. References External links *http://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/emergency-administrator-vern-miyagi-explains-hawaii-s-false-alarm-1136922179660 Year of birth missing (livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoshi Miyagi
is a Japanese Theatre Director, in Kanda, Tokyo. Miyagi studied aesthetics at Tokyo University. He had a strong interest in Rakugo Japanese comic talk since his teens. He was awarded the Theatre Pasta Theatre Awards in 2007 for his excellent work in theatre. Biography In 1980, Miyagi created a performance group at university and started his career as a director and actor. In 1990, he founded a new theatre company, Ku Na’uka Theatre Company, in which two actors play one role. In 1995, for the first edition of Theatre Olympics in Delphi, he presented ''Elektra'' with the Suzuki Company of Toga and Tadashi Suzuki. In 1996, the company ventured into the realm of Japanese classical theater. Tenshu-Monogatari, by Kyoka Izumi, was highly successful with audiences and toured many cities in Japan, India and Pakistan. Miyagi also presented Chushin-gura, originally written for Bunraku and Kabuki, for the 2nd edition of Theatre Olympics, held in Shizuoka. Career He is a member of group P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Miyagi
Melody Damayo (born July 3, 1973), known professionally as Mimi Miyagi, is a Filipino-American model, film director, and former pornographic actress. In 2011, ''Complex'' magazine ranked her at #12 in their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". Early life and education Melody Damayo was born in Davao City, the second of four children, to conservative Seventh-day Adventist parents. When she was six, she moved to the United States with her parents, and she grew up in California. Damayo went back to Mindanao for high school, and her family enrolled her in a Seventh-day Adventist academy (Mindanao Mission Academy) in Misamis Oriental, hoping she would absorb Filipino values. After finishing high school, she enrolled in an Adventist college in Bukidnon, studying finance and economics at Mountain View College, but she dropped out in her second year. She says she had been a disc jockey on the college radio station and had decided on a career in show business. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryukyu Islands
The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the westernmost. The larger are mostly high islands and the smaller mostly coral. The largest is Okinawa Island. The climate of the islands ranges from humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') in the north to tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification ''Af'') in the south. Precipitation is very high and is affected by the rainy season and typhoons. Except the outlying Daitō Islands, the island chain has two major geologic boundaries, the Tokara Strait (between the Tokara and Amami Islands) and the Kerama Gap (between the Okinawa and Miyako Islands). The islands beyond the Tokara Strait are characterized by their coral reefs. The Ōsumi and Tokara Islands, the northernmost of the islands, fall un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michio Miyagi
was a Japanese musician, famous for his '' koto'' playing. He was born in Kobe. He lost his sight in 1902, when he was 8 years old, and started his study in koto under the guidance of Nakajima Kengyo II, dedicating the rest of his life to the instrument. In 1907 he moved with his family to Incheon, in southern Korea. When he was 14 years old, in 1909 he finished his first composition, '' Mizu no Hentai''. At 18 he reached the rank of kengyo, the highest rank for a koto performer. Miyagi moved to Tokyo in 1917, and in 1919 he did his first recital of his own compositions. In 1920, he took part in the Great Recital of the New Japanese Music with Seifu Yoshida and Nagayo Motoori. He was reckoned as an authority in the new Japanese music, achieving notability in the early Shōwa period. In 1925 he participated in one of the first radio presentations in Japan, and in 1929 he signed an exclusive contract with Victor Record Company, current JVC. He composed his most famous piece, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
