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Maki (name)
is a very common feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a Japanese surname, surname. Maki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean (the list is not exhaustive): ;as a given name *真貴, "true, precious" *真樹, "true, timber trees" *真紀, "true, chronicle" *真希, "true, hope" *麻紀, "linen, chronicle" *麻貴, "linen, precious" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. ;as a surname *巻, "roll" *槙, "evergreen tree" *槇, "yew plum pine" *牧, "herd" *真木, "true, tree" People Given name *Mākii (マーキー, born 1987), Japanese musician *Maki Arai (麻葵, born 1982), Japanese tennis player *Maki Goto (真希, born 1985), Japanese pop singer *Maki Horikita (真希, born 1988), Japanese actress *Maki Ishii (眞木, 1936–2003), Japanese male composer *, Japanese professional wrestler *Maki Kaji (真起, 1951–2021), Japanese male businessman *Maki Kawamura (真樹), Japanese ballerina *, Japanese voice actr ... [...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] |
Maki Miyamae
is a Japanese pop singer, and the oldest member of the group Coco. She was born in Tōkamachi, Niigata, but grew up in Tokyo. Miyamae was a member of Coco from September 1989 until the group's dissolution in 1994. She worked as a solo singer for a while but she left the entertainment industry in 2004 to attend Le Cordon Bleu. She is now a professional chef and food education instructor, running her own restaurant, "CAFE RESTAURANT M.NATURE", in Aoyama, Tokyo. Discography Singles # 16 December 1992: Yume e no Position (Chun-Li's Theme) Photobooks # 1 October 1993: Bagus! # 10 February 1995: BREAK # 15 December 1995: Candied Anime * DNAVI in Beast Wars Neo is a 1999 Japanese Transformers television animated series, a toy line, and a sequel to ''Beast Wars II''. It was produced by NAS, TV Tokyo, and Ashi Productions. Hozumi Gōda reprised his role as Lio Convoy from Beast Wars II whenever he ... See also * Coco References External links Official s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuyukichi Maki
was a Japanese actor. He worked in TV and film from 1951 to 1997. His birth name was Nobuyuki Okamura (岡村 信行). He was born in Ōdate, Akita, Japan."The Japanese Filmmaker's Encyclopedia, Actor ed., Volume 2" Kinema Junposha, 1996, p. . He played the role of the Iga ninja Tombei the Mist ''(Kiri no Tonbei)'' in the Edo period historical drama TV series ''The Samurai''. This series became a surprise hit in Australia in 1965 and was the first Japanese TV series shown in that country. Major movie roles *''Akakage'' (1969) *''Miyamoto Musashi'' (1973) *''Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds'' (1977) *''Billiken'' (1996) Major TV roles *'' Leopard Eye'' (1959-1960) *''The Samurai'' (1962-1965) *''Akakage'' (1967-1968) *''Gokenin Zankurō is a novel by Renzaburō Shibata. The protagonist of this ''jidaigeki'' is Matsudaira clan, Matsudaira Zankurō, a low-ranking gokenin in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. He lives with his mother Masajo in the shogunal capital of Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumihiko Maki
is a Japanese architect who teaches at Keio University SFC. In 1993, he received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west. Early life Maki was born in Tokyo. After studying at the University of Tokyo and graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1952, he moved to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, graduating with a master's degree in 1953. He then studied at Harvard Graduate School of Design, graduating with a Master of Architecture degree in 1954. Career In 1956, he took a post as assistant professor of architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also was awarded his first commission: the design of Steinberg Hall (an art center) on the university's Danforth Campus. This building remained his only completed work in the United States until 1993, when he completed the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts building in San Francisco. In 2006, he returne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitose Maki
may refer to: People *Chitose Hajime (born 1979), J-Pop singer *Chitose Morinaga, Japanese voice actress *Chitose Yagami (born 1969), Japanese manga artist * Tsuyoshi Chitose (born 1898), founder of Chito-ryu karate *Chitose Maki, Japanese manga artist Places in Japan *Chitose, Hokkaido, a city on the island of Hokkaidō * Chitose River, a river on the island of Hokkaidō *Chitose, Ōita, a small village located in Ōno District, Ōita Prefecture *New Chitose Airport, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area *Chitose Air Base, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base located in Chitose, Hokkaidō Ships * Japanese cruiser ''Chitose'', a 1897 protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy * Japanese aircraft carrier ''Chitose'', a light aircraft carrier which served in World War II, built 1934 Characters *Chitose Hitotose (仁歳 チトセ, Hitotose Chitose), the protagonist of the anime series ''Happy Lesson'' *Chitose Akiyama, a character in the Japanese manga and anime ''Softenni'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Yano
(born 29 April 1977) is a J-pop J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ... singer who debuted in July 1999 with her single . She is a Japanese acoustic pop artist and former rock singer. Her genre varies from rock, jazz, pop, and folk. Albums External linksYano Maki Official Web Site References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Tsukada
(born January 5, 1982) is a Japanese judoka, who was born in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture. She won the Women's +78 kg category gold medal at the Athens Olympic in 2004 and the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics. In September 2003, Tsukada won the silver medal at the World judo championship games in Osaka, Japan. In September 2005, she won the bronze medal at the World judo championship games in Cairo, Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter .... She won gold at the 2007 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. External links * 1982 births Living people Japanese female judoka Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Tabata
is a Japanese speed skater and track cyclist. Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year (2001), she won silver on the 1500 m and bronze on the 5000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. In 2003, she won another World Single Distance silver on the 1500 m. In addition, Tabata has won numerous titles and medals at the Asian Championships that are used to qualify for the World Allround Championships, at the Asian Single Distance Championships, and at Japanese Championships (both in Allround and Single Distance). She also has a few World Cup victories, both in individual events and in the team pursuit. As a track cyclist she competed in four events at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and won medals in four disciplines at the 2012 Asian Cycling Championships, including a gold medal in the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Sakai
(born 17 May 1970 in Taito, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. The fourth rehouse girl of Mitsui, she has starred in a number of TV drama series such as '' Daburu kitchin'' (1993) and '' Watashi no unmei'' (1994). She is a graduate of Jumonji Junior College. Filmography Film *''Time Leap'' (1997) *''Kano'' (2014) *''My Friend "A"'' (2018) *'' 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba'' (2019), Mari Kaiba *''Show Me the Way to the Station'' (2019) *'' The Flowers of Evil'' (2019) *''Black School Rules'' (2019), Mari Machida *''Fictitious Girl's Diary'' (2020) *''461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son'' (2020), Sakie Endō *''The Brightest Roof in the Universe'' (2020) *''Runway'' (2020) *''Peaceful Death'' (2021) *''Brothers in Brothel'' (2021) *'' Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai'' (2021), Satō Nobu *''Every Trick in the Book'' (2021), Kanako *''I Am What I Am'' (2022), Natsumi Sobata *''Do Unto Others'' (2023) *''Ginga Tetsudō no Chichi'' (2023), Ichi Miyazawa Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Okazoe
is a Japanese TV announcer, news presenter and ''tarento''. She is represented by her agency cent. Force. Life and career Okazoe attended the Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School and Waseda University with a degree in Creative Writing and Criticism at the School of Culture, Media and Society. She participated in the "2011 Miss Waseda Contest" beauty pageant in her 1st year at Waseda and was active as a fashion model during her college years. She signed with the agency, Sprout Co, in 2014 and became the regular weather presenter for the news program Mezamashi TV at Fuji TV. In March 2015, Okazoe graduated from Waseda University and moved to Sprout Co's parent company and agency, cent. Force. She is the weather presenter for ''Mezamashi Saturday'' as well as moving to become the regular sports presenter for Mezamashi TV in October. In March 2016, Okazoe appeared on her first television commercial with Konami for the mobile game ''Professional Baseball Spirits A.'' Okazoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Ohguro
is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter from Sapporo, Hokkaido under B-Gram Records label. Biography In 1989, she passed Being Inc.'s singers audition, the "3rd BAD". In 1992, she debuted with the single "Stop Motion" released under B-Gram Records. Her second single "DA・KA・RA" sold 1.1 million copies and won the Japan Record Grand Prix Newcomer Award of the Year. Because of her rare public appearances, she was originally known as a phantom singer, like Izumi Sakai of Zard. Her famous songs are "DA・KA・RA", "Chotto", as well as others. "Anata Dake Mitsumeteru", the first ending theme for ''Slam Dunk'', was the number 2 song for the month of January 1994, and is certified as a Million record, selling 1,087,160 copies. She joined in production of albums and singles in position of backing chorus for various artist including Field of View, Wands, Deen, Zard and many others. In 1999. she released a compilation album "Maki Ohguro Best of Best -All Singles Collection-", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maki Nishiyama
Maki Nishiyama (西山茉希, Nishiyama Maki; born November 16, 1985) is a Japanese model, and actress. Her best-known modeling work has been with the Japanese fashion magazine, ''CanCam''. Career In 2005, Nishiyama started her career as a model for the Japanese fashion magazine ''CanCam'' under an exclusive contract. She has also appeared in television advertisements for several companies, from Nivea-Kao in 2006 to McDonald's Japan in 2009. She played a role in a TV drama, ''Moon lovers'' (Tsuki no koibito) in 2010. She played the role of Nabiki Tendo in the ''Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected into 38 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shogakukan. The st ...'' live-action special aired in December 2011. Television References Living people 1985 births Japanese actresses Japanese female models Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
