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Masumi Nagasawa
Masumi is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese hurdler * Masuumi Juma, a Japanese voice actor *Masumi Aya, a Japanese hammer thrower * Masumi Fuchise, a Japanese racewalker * Masumi Hayashi (other) *Masumi Itō, a Japanese singer and composer *Masumi Kuwata, a former Japanese right-handed pitcher *Masumi Mishina, a Japanese softball player *Masumi Mitsui, Japanese-Canadian veteran of World War I *Masumi Miyazaki, an actress *Masumi Okada, a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer *Masumi Oshima, Japanese writer *Masumi Uno, a Japanese watercolor painter *Sachiko Masumi (born 1984), Japanese long jumper Fictional characters * Masumi, the main character of ''Swan'' * Masumi, a character in the manga version of ''Candy Boy'' * Masumi Inou, in ''Search Guard Successor Foundation'' * Masumi Nishijima, in ''Future Diary'' * Masumi Sera, a character from ''Detective Conan ''Case Closed'', also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Uno
is a Japanese watercolor painter and a member of the Japan Artists Association. Works Uno trained as a Nihon Buyō dancer, from which she often borrows stories for her paintings. Her paintings depict animals (mostly fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelve sp ...es) which are frequent characters in classical Japanese stories. External links Internet Musee Japanese painters Japanese watercolourists Modern painters Living people 1932 births {{Japan-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Conan
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective fiction, detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its chapters collected in 102 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of September 2022. Due to legal problems with the name ''Detective Conan'', the English language releases from Funimation and Viz were renamed to ''Case Closed''. The story follows the high school detective Shinichi Kudo who was transformed into a child while investigating a mysterious organization and generally solved a multitude of cases by impersonating his childhood best friend's father and various other characters. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment, which premiered in January 1996. The anime resulted in List of Case Closed films, animated feature films, List of Case Closed OVAs, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Diary
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' between January 2006 and December 2010, and has been collected into 12 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The plot depicts the Diary Game, a deadly battle royale between 12 different individuals who are given "Future Diaries", special diaries that can predict the future, by Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space, with the last survivor becoming heir to the universe. The manga has been licensed by Tokyopop, and ten of the English volumes were released, with a release for the last two now uncertain due to Tokyopop ceasing publishing in North America. A "pilot anime" DVD was released with the 11th manga volume in December 2010. A 26-episode anime television series produced by Asread, aired in Japan between October 2011 and April 2012. Crunchyroll has licensed the anime for distribution in North America. An 11-episode live-action television drama aired between April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Search Guard Successor Foundation
is the 30th series in Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu programming. It was the first installment to be broadcast in the 16:9 aspect ratio. It premiered on February 19, 2006, at 7:30 JST on TV Asahi's 2006 ''Super Hero Time'' programming block, along with ''Kamen Rider Kabuto''. Its footage was used in the American series, ''Power Rangers Operation Overdrive'' in SD, while the original footage was dubbed into Korean for the South Korean series, ''Power Rangers Treasure Force''. Plot summary Powerful relics known as the Precious have started to appear throughout the world. Noticing these relic's power, various Negative Syndicates wish to take the Precious for themselves and utilize them for evil means. To make sure that the Precious does not fall into the hands of the Negative Syndicates, the Search Guard Successor Foundation has developed its own special operations team, the Boukengers, whose mission is to collect the dangerous Precious and also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Boy
is an eight-minute original net animation produced by Anime International Company, and directed by Takafumi Hoshikawa. Since November 22, 2007, the ONA is available through streaming on the Cho! animelo audiovisual website and the Nico Nico Douga online video service. This was followed by a seven-episode series, with episodes being streamed between May 2, 2008 and May 8, 2009. Additional episodes were released on DVD, one with the DVD version of the single, "Bring Up Love" by Nayuta, and another released with volume 2 of the series. A spin-off manga series by Hiro Tōge was serialized in Media Factory's Comic Flapper magazine between November 2009 and December 2010, with another series, also by Tōge, distributed on mobile phones. As a romantic school comedy setting, the story focuses on the budding romantic relationship between Kanade and Yukino Sakurai, twin sisters in their second year at an all-girls high school in Tokyo, and the conflict provided by freshman Sakuya Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan (manga)
''Swan'' (stylized as ''SWAN'') is a shōjo manga by Kyoko Ariyoshi. The shōjo magazine '' Margaret'' serialized the story in Japan during the seventies. 21 volumes were released. In North America the story was published by CMX, but the series was abandoned after 15 volumes due to the closure of the imprint. The plot mostly follows a young girl, Masumi, as she struggles to become a ballerina. By 2011, the manga had over 20 million copies in circulation. Plot The first volume begins with Masumi sneaking backstage after a Tokyo ballet performance in order to express her admiration for the lead dancers, Alexei Sergeiev and Maria Prisetskaya . However, when she meets the stars, Masumi becomes tongue-tied and clumsily begins to dance the Odile Variation from Swan Lake. Sergeiev and Prisetskaya graciously excuse her, saying that nothing could give them more happiness than her physical expression of appreciation, and Masumi returns home slightly embarrassed. Later, Masumi receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachiko Masumi
is a retired Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. She has a personal best of 6.65 metres for the long jump and occasionally competes in the triple jump, having a best of 13.34 m for that event. She was the Japanese Champion in the event in 2008 and 2009. She was the gold medallist at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2013 and was the bronze medallist at the competition in 2009. She represented her country at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and has also competed for Japan at the Asian Games and the Summer Universiade. Career Born in Kagawa Prefecture, Sachiko Masumi went to Akiyoshi junior high school and competing in a variety of track and field events in her youth. She began to have success in the long jump and in her last year of junior high school she competed at the Japanese Athletics Championships, placing third and clearing six metres for the first time. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Oshima
is a Japanese writer. She has won the ''Bungakukai'' Prize and the Naoki Prize, and her works have been adapted for television and film. Biography Masumi Oshima was born in 1962. She was raised in Nagoya and grew up reading science fiction. At the age of 20 she started writing a script for a play, but eventually turned to writing novels. In 1992, she submitted her story ''Haru no Tejinaji'' (lit. ''Spring Magician'') to ''Bungakukai'' magazine's new writer contest, and won the 74th ''Bungakukai'' Prize. Oshima's 2003 novel ''Chocolietta'', about a young woman who uses the Federico Fellini film ''La Strada'' to recover from her grief, was adapted into a film by screenwriter and director Shiori Kazawa. The film premiered at the 2014 Tokyo International Film Festival and was released nationally in 2015. Oshima's 2009 novel ''Nijiiro Tenki Ame'' (lit. ''Rainbow Weather'') and its 2010 sequel ''Bitter Sugar'', about three women whose friendship is tested as they approach the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Aya
is a Japanese hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 67.26 metres, achieved in August 2006 in Toyama Toyama may refer to: Places and organizations * Toyama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main Honshu island * Toyama, Toyama, the capital city of Toyama Prefecture * Toyama Station, the main station of Toyama, .... International competitions References * 1980 births Living people Japanese female hammer throwers Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Asian Athletics Championships winners Japan Championships in Athletics winners 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Okada
was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevaldsen, who was the sister of Eline Eriksen, the model for the "Mermaid of Copenhagen". Masumi Okada was the younger of two sons; his older brother, Taibi "Erick" Okada, was also an actor and presenter- known professionally as E. H. Eric, he was the emcee for the Beatles' 1966 concert in Tokyo. Biography Masumi Okada spent the first four years of his life in France before relocating to Japan in 1939. He received his education under his Western name, Otto Sevaldsen, at Saint Joseph International School (SJIS) in the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa prefecture, graduating in 1955. In 1952, while still a student at SJIS, Okada debuted as an actor in a musical at the Nichigeki Music Hall. He signed with Nikkatsu Corporation in 1954, appearing in his first film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
