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Miyuki
Miyuki is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Miyuki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *, "beautiful fortune" or "beautiful happiness" *, "deep snow" *, "beautiful snow" *, "beautiful reason for history" *, "happiness" or "good fortune" The name can also be written in hiragana () or katakana (). People with the name * Miyuki (Epcot), candy sculptor appearing in the Japanese pavilion in the Epcot Center at Walt Disney World *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese high jumper *, Japanese singer *, Japanese freestyle skier *, former Japanese first lady, wife of Yukio Hatoyama, formerly performed as an actress Miyuki Waka at the Takarazuka Revue *, Japanese television personality, idol, actress and singer *, Japanese midwife and serial killer *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese actress, model and singer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese women's basketball player *, Japanese enka singer *, Japanese mang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Sawashiro
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. She has played voice roles in a number of Japanese anime including ''Beelzebub'', Bishamon in ''Noragami'', Petit Charat/Puchiko in ''Di Gi Charat'', Mint in ''Galaxy Angel'', Sinon in '' Sword Art Online II'', Twilight/Towa Akagi/Cure Scarlet in ''Go! Princess Precure'', Izuna Hatsuse in '' No Game, No Life'', Amagi in '' Azur Lane'', Celty Sturluson in '' Durarara!!'', Kurapika in ''Hunter × Hunter (2011 TV series)'', Raiden Shogun/Raiden Ei in ''Genshin Impact'', Raiden Mei and Dr.MEI in ''Honkai Impact 3'' yet also in '' Gun Girl Z'', Akane Kurashiki in ''Zero Escape'', Ayane Yano in ''Kimi ni Todoke'', Fujiko Mine in later installments of ''Lupin the Third'', Queen in ''Mysterious Joker'', Jun Sasada in ''Natsume's Book of Friends'', Shinku in ''Rozen Maiden'', Haruka Nanami in ''Uta no Prince-sama'', Kotoha Isone in ''Yozakura Quartet'', Kanbaru Suruga in ''Bakemonogatari'', Saber of Red/ Mordred in ''Fate/Apocrypha'', Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Hatoyama
is the wife of former Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama. Originally an actress by profession, Hatoyama later worked as a stylist, interior designer and cookbook author. In an interview, then Prime Minister-designate Yukio Hatoyama credited Miyuki with his professional success and praised her enthusiasm. Hatoyama indicated that Miyuki would take an unusually prominent role for the wife of a Japanese prime minister during his administration. Biography Early life Hatoyama was born on 28 June 1943 in Shanghai, China, to devout Protestant parents while the city was under Japanese occupation during World War II. She was raised in the Japanese city of Kobe. Career Hatoyama was an actress in the all-female Takarazuka Revue during the 1960s. She quit the troupe and her stage career when she was in her mid-20s and moved to the United States. Hatoyama has authored a number of cookbooks. Among her books authored is ''Spiritual Food'', which focuses on Hawaiian macrobiotic reci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Miyabe
is a Japanese writer of genre fiction. She has won numerous Japanese literary awards, including the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature, the Shiba Ryotaro Prize, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been widely adapted for film, television, manga, and video games, and has been translated into over a dozen languages. Early life and education Miyabe was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1960. Her mother was a seamstress and her father was an assembly line worker at a factory. She graduated from Sumidagawa High School, then attended a business training school before taking an administrative job at a law office. Career Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. In 1984, while working at a law office, Miyabe began to take writing classes at a writing school run by the Kodansha publishing company. She made her literary debut in 1987 with 'Our Neighbour is a Criminal' "Warera ga rinjin no hanzai" (我らが隣人の犯 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki (Epcot)
Miyuki is an amezaiku artist who had performed at Epcot's Japanese Pavilion inside the World Showcase since 1996; with her last performances occurring on November 23, 2013. She creates sculptures on a stick from soft rice dough, a taffy-like product made from corn starch and sugar. She makes animals at the request of guests, in mere seconds; the most popular request is dragon. She starts with a white base and adds color as needed. The candy she works with is heated to 200 degrees to make it malleable, which is one of the reasons so few people have mastered this art. She must work quickly before the sugar cools and hardens. Miyuki is one of the only women trained in Ame Zaiku or Japanese Candy Art, a candy artistry dating back 250 years to the Edo period. There are only 15 formally trained Ame Zaiku artists in the world. Miyuki began her apprenticeship in 1989 under her grandfather Mr. Kinura. After completing her training and becoming an independent candy artist, she traveled to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Kanbe
(7 May 1984 – 18 June 2008) was a Japanese actress, model and singer. Throughout her career, she starred as Sailor Moon in the ''Sailor Moon'' musicals, as well as portraying Hinaka Tachibana in ''Kamen Rider Hibiki'' and Kyouko Kakehi in '' Battle Royale II''. In addition to acting, Kanbe also pursued a singing career, where her songs were used as the theme songs to the anime series ''Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch''. Career Kanbe portrayed Sailor Moon in the Sailor Moon musicals. Kanbe was chosen out of 500 women for the role. Much of her career involved physically demanding roles. As late as June 2008, she had been active and vocally expressing an interest in furthering her career. She was cast in the role of Eponine in the Japanese production of ''Les Misérables'' and in Miss Saigon, but was forced to give them up due to poor health in February 2007. Death Since February 2007, Kanbe had been in and out of the hospital until dying from sudden heart failure on 18 Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Kojima
is a Japanese actress and singer. Until 1970, she used the stage name . She is represented with Kagawa Office. She graduated from Musashino-shi Daiichi Elementary School, Musashino Municipal First Junior High School, and Nakano Fumizono High School (now Otsuma Nakano High School). Biography At the age of 14, she was chosen as the chorus group (Young Fresh) and was singing such as "Masked Ninja Red Shadow" and "Hyoutakomi Haru Island". In 1968, she appeared as a voice actress in the feature animation film '' Andersen Monogatari''. In 1970, all four works were produced in the latter part of Nikkatsu (the fourth work was made in 1971) and made a debut in three titles Harenchi Gakuen (also at Yuri ''Harenchi Gakuen'' aired on the same year she acted as Mitsuko Yagyuu and she made a spotlight as a "Sexy Talent"). In 2017, she was cast in ''Ariyoshi's Meeting for Reviewing'', and changed her stage name to "Pai Pai Miyuki". Filmography TV series Variety Others Discography S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Maeda
is a Japanese international badminton player from the Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She participated at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and also in three Asian Games editions from 2006 to 2014. Career Maeda's first major success was at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. With her women's doubles partner Satoko Suetsuna they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics. The two have continued to compete together after the Olympics and have maintained a top six ranking since March 2010. On the national level they won their first doubles title in 2010. In the mixed doubles Maeda competed with Noriyasu Hirata, winning the national championships in 2009 and 2010. Awards In 2010, she received the Valuable Player Award with her partner Satoko Suetsuna at the 2010 Badminton Nihon League. Achievements BWF World Championships ''Women's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Mixed doubles'' BWF S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Miura
is a prominent Japanese master of karate, first practising Shotokan, then Kyokushin, then World Ōyama, and now operating independently.Yussof, S. (''c.'' 2005)Miyuki MiuraRetrieved on March 22, 2010. Early life Miura was born on October 3, 1949, in Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan, the son of a ship's engineer. He has one younger brother and one younger sister.Waite, D. (1974): "When in Elmhurst, pull your punches: All-Japan karate champion Miyuki Miura faces his stiffest challenge in Americanizing his hard-contact style." ''Black Belt'', 12(9):48–53. Miura began training in Shotokan karate at the age of 13 years, and had been promoted to the rank of 2nd ''dan'' black belt by his 18th birthday. He also studied judo in his youth, achieving the rank of 1st ''dan'' in that art by the time he was 17. In 1967, aged 18, he began studying Kyokushin karate in a club at Josai International University.''Fullcontact KARATE'' (フルコンタクトKARATE), page40-45, fukushodo (福昌堂), Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Komatsu
is a Japanese actress. She made her debut as a gravure idol in 1990, and also appeared in two adult videos in 1993. She is well known for her roles as Sanami in Death Note and Death Note 2: The Last Name. She reprised her role for TV special The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File. Biography Miyuki Komatsu was born on June 5, 1971 in Iwaki, Fukushima. She was born to parents who owned a bowling alley at home. She is the eldest of two sisters.Josei Jishin: June 22–29 Combined Issue Actress Series - Miyuki Komatsu She has been active since childhood and takes the initiative in everything, studying classical ballet from the age of 9 to 20. During her teenage years, she began to enjoy watching Nokin Trio movies that were popular in the early 1980s. When Komatsu entered Iwaki Girls' High School (now Iwaki Sakuragaoka High School), she began to become an actress, influenced by the fact that Kumiko Akiyoshi was a high school graduate and her movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Ishikawa
was a Japanese midwife, real estate agent and serial killer. During the US occupation of Japan, she and several accomplices are believed to have murdered dozens of infants, a crime spree known as the Kotobuki San'in incident. Early life Miyuki Ishikawa ( née ) was born in the village of Honjō in Miyazaki Prefecture. In 1914 she moved to Tokyo, where she graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University as a midwife on 30 September 1919. That same year she married Takeshi Ishikawa, three years her senior, originally from Ibaraki Prefecture. Takeshi, a former Kenpeitai sergeant and police officer, helped his wife's midwifery work without a regular job. Because Miyuki had had a hysterectomy, the marriage produced no biological children. Even so, the couple raised a boy from Takeshi's previous marriage and adopted three other children (two boys and one girl). Miyuki was an experienced midwife, and managed a maternity home named , holding some important positions of multiple midwive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Matsushita
is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress affiliated with Arts Vision. She was born in Saitama Prefecture. Voice roles Anime television series * ''Bush Baby, Little Angel of the Grasslands'' (Kate Addleton) * ''Saiyuki (manga)'' (Xiahua) * ''The Twelve Kingdoms'' (Hōrin) * ''Wedding Peach'' (Erika) OVA * ''Nightmare Campus'' (Yuko) * ''Urotsukidoji'' (Hime(Kyo-o) Game * ''Ape Escape (series)'' (Ukki Pink) * ''Blue Breaker Burst'' (Chimena) * ''Dokyusei 2'' (Yui Narusawa) * ''Fire Woman Matoi-gumi'' (Lemon) * ''Popful Mail'' (Wriph) * ''Princess Maker 2'' (Patricia Hearn) * ''Princess Maker Pocket Daisakusen'' (Patricia Hearn) * ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes'' (B.B. Hood) * ''Namco × Capcom'' (Q-Bee) * ''Project X Zone 2'' (B.B. Hood, Q-Bee, Otohime) * ''Darkstalkers 3, Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire'' (Baby Bonnie Hood, B.B. Hood, List of Darkstalkers characters#Q-Bee, Q-Bee) * ''Variable Geo'' (Erina Goldsmith) References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Kano
Miyuki Kano (狩野美雪 ''Kano Miyuki'', born May 17, 1977) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Fortuna Odense Volley. She served as the Captain of Hisamitsu Springs between 2007 and 2010. Clubs * HachioujiJissen High School * TokyoGakugei Univ. * Mobara Alcas (2000–2006) * Hisamitsu Springs (2006–2010) * Fortuna Odense Volley (2010-2011:dk) Awards Individuals *2004 - 10th V.League (Japan) The V.League 1 () is the top-level professional volleyball league for both men and women in Japan. The league started in 1994. The competitions are organized by the Japan Volleyball League Organization. In 2006 the name ''V.League'' was changed ... Servereceive award National team *2008: 5th place in the Olympic Games of Beijing References External linksFIVB Biography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
