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Mejiro Dober
Mejiro may refer to: * Mejiro, Tokyo is a residential district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, centered at Mejiro Station of Yamanote Line. * Another name for Warbling white-eye. * Kurosaki Dojo - formerly known as Mejiro Gym, a Japanese kickboxing/MMA gym founded by Kenji Kurosaki. * Mejiro Gym, a Dutch kickboxing gym founded by Jan Plas. * Mejiro McQueen (Japanese : メジロマックイーン, April 3, 1987 - April 3, 2006) a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. * Mejiro Station (目白駅, Mejiro-eki) is a railway station on the Yamanote Line in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). * Mejiro University (目白大学, Mejiro Daigaku) is a private university in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. * Mejiro-no-Mori (目白の森, Mejiro-no-Mori) is a public wooded area in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, Japan. * Mejiroyamashita Station * Juon Mejiro (目白 樹音, Mejiro Juon), a character from Japanese josei manga series Princess Jellyfish is a Japanese ''jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mejiro, Tokyo
is a residential district of Toshima, Tokyo, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, centered at Mejiro Station of Yamanote Line. The district's name is after ''Mejiro acala, Fudō'', which is one of the ''Goshiki Fudō''.
Mejiro is home to the prestigious Gakushuin University. The university's predecessor was established in 1877 to educate the children of kazoku, the nobility. Its notable alumni include most members of the present Imperial House of Japan as well as the 59th Prime Minister of Japan Tarō Asō.
Neighborhoods of Tokyo
Districts of Toshima
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Warbling White-eye
The warbling white-eye (''Zosterops japonicus''), also known as the Japanese white-eye and mountain white-eye, is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. The specific epithet is occasionally written ''japonica'', but this is incorrect due to the gender of the genus. Its native range includes much of East Asia, including the Russian Far East, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and the Philippines. It has been intentionally introduced to other parts of the world as a pet and as pest control, with mixed results. As one of the native species of the Japanese islands, it has been depicted in Japanese art on numerous occasions, and historically was kept as a cage bird. Taxonomy The warbling white-eye was described by the ornithologists Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1845 from a specimen collected in Japan. They coined the binomial name ''Zosterops japonicus''. The English name "Japanese white-eye" was formerly used for ''Zosterops japonicus'' and what are now the Philip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Kurosaki
is a Japanese martial arts instructor, specializing in Full-Contact Karate and Kickboxing. He is a 7th Dan Black Belt in Kyokushin Karate and operates various martial schools focusing in different arts. He is most well known as a pioneer of Full-Contact Karate and Kickboxing in both Japan and Netherlands. Biography Early Kyokushin Kurosaki began studying Goju-Ryu Karate in 1951 at the "Asakusa-dojo" under Gogen Yamaguchi where Masutatsu Oyama also trained. After Mas Oyama left in 1953 to open the Oyama Dojo in Ikebukuro, Kurosaki became one of the instructors alongside Masashi Ishibashi and . Among the students who trained there during this time, Shigeru Oyama, Hideyuki Ashihara, Hatsuo Royama, Terutomo Yamazaki and others were among them. In 1958 he opened the Narimasu branch of the Oyama Dojo, which at that time was the only branch of Oyama Karate in Japan. The Muay Thai challenge In the spring of 1963, Oyama Dojo was challenged by Muay Thai by Osamu Noguchi. Oyama direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mejiro Gym
Mejiro Gym is a kickboxing gym headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The gym is considered the "birthplace" of Dutch kickboxing. History Mejiro Gym was founded in 1978 by Jan Plas, a Dutch kickboxer who learned kickboxing from Kenji Kurosaki, a Japanese martial artist who founded the original Mejiro Gym in Mejiro, Tokyo. Vos Gym founder Johan Vos and FFC founder Lucien Carbin were among the founding members of Mejiro Gym Amsterdam. With its well-known fighters including Rob Kaman and Peter Aerts, Mejiro Gym has become one of the most famous and accomplished kickboxing gyms in the world. Mejiro is regarded as one of the "big three Kickboxing Gyms" in Netherlands, alongside Chakuriki and Vos Gym. Later, the Leeuwarden branch in Friesland, Netherlands was also established. In 2020, Mejiro Gym opened a new branch in Bali, Indonesia. Notable fighters * Peter Aerts * Ashwin Balrak * Remy Bonjasky * Sem Braan * Lucien Carbin * Erhan Deniz * Cédric Doumbé * Rodney Glunder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Plas
Jan Plas (16 March 19451 September 2010) was a Dutch professional kickboxer, trainer and founder of the Mejiro Gym in Amsterdam. He is considered to be the father of kickboxing in the Netherlands. Career Plas began his career in martial arts in karate, learning Kyokushin from Jon Bluming. He founded the Mejiro Gym in 1978 after learning kickboxing from Kenji Kurosaki, a Japanese martial artist who founded the original Mejiro Gym in Mejiro, Tokyo. In 1976, he founded the NKBB (The Dutch Kickboxing Association) with Thom Harinck. He also went on to run the Vos Gym and trained many world-class fighters including Peter Aerts, Lucien Carbin, Ivan Hippolyte, Rob Kaman, Andre Mannaart and Fred Royers. Plas was also a member of the Dutch organized crime world. In 1986, he was involved in the kidnapping of Gijs van Dam II, the son of hash dealer Gijs van Dam, with a gang run by the drug lord Johan Verhoek, also known as "De Hakkelaar". In April 2008, Plas was arrested on suspicion of dru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mejiro McQueen
Mejiro McQueen (Japanese : メジロマックイーン, April 3, 1987 - April 3, 2006) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was a late-maturing horse who did not emerge as a top-class performer until the autumn of his three-year-old season when he won the Kikuka Sho. Over the next three years he proved himself one of the best stayers in Japan with wins in the Tenno Sho (twice), Takarazuka Kinen, Osaka Hai, Kyōto Daishōten (twice) and Hanshin Daishoten (twice). He won the JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse in 1991 and was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame shortly after his retirement from racing. Background Mejiro McQueen was grey horse bred in Japan by Katashi Yoshida. During his racing career he was owned by Mejiro Shouji Co Ltd and trained by Yasuo Ikee Mejiro McQueen was the best horse sired by Mejiro Titan, who won the Tenno Sho in 1982. His dam Mejiro Aurora showed modest racing ability, winning one minor race from 24 starts but did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mejiro Station
is a railway station on the Yamanote Line in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Mejiro Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line. It is one of only two stations on the Yamanote Line that does not provide a direct connection to any other line, the other being Shin-Ōkubo Station. Station layout Mejiro Station has one island platform serving two tracks. The station building is located above the tracks, and accessibility to and from the platforms is provided by escalators as well as lifts. There are several small shops and a bakery/cafe within the station. Platform edge doors were installed and brought into use from 9 November 2013. Platforms History The station opened on 16 March 1885. Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Mejiro being assigned station number JY14. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 37,684 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mejiro University
is a private university in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1923, it was chartered as a women's junior college in 1963, and opened as a four-year university in 1994. The school also has facilities in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, including the Iwatsuki Campus and the National Saitama Hospital Campus. History Mejiro University was founded as Kenshin Gakuen (Kenshin Academy) in Ochiai, Tokyo City (present-day Shinjuku, Tokyo) by businessman and politician Satō Jūen (1187-1964) and his wife Fuyu in April 1923. The predecessor of the school was founded 1918 in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture. Satō Jūen served as the first president of the academy. In 1930, Mejiro Commercial School was established. In 1963, Mejiro Women's Junior College and the Department of English Literature were established, and the next year, the departments of Japanese Literature and Human Life Science were established. In 1994, Mejiro University was established as a university with the Faculty of Hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mejiro-no-Mori
is a public wooded area in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, Japan. Officially, it is not a public park, but a "forest for the residents of the ward" () as designated by Toshima Ward. It is open throughout the year. Facilities Mejiro-no-Mori mainly consists of a small wooded area, but there are also benches, a log house (information center), a toilet with wheelchair access, a small pond (called ''Tonbo Ike'' (Dragonfly Pond)) and a sculpture. Attractions Various bird species can be found in Mejiro-no-Mori, including Japanese tit (''Parus minor''), brown-eared bulbul ('' Hypsipetes amaurotis'') and Japanese bush warbler ('' Horornis diphone''). Also, freshwater crayfish (''Procambarus clarkii'') and dragonflies can be found in the pond. The trees and plants include crape myrtle (''Lagerstroemia indica''), Itajii Chinkapin (''Castanopsis sieboldii''), Chinese soapberry (''Sapindus mukorossi'') and the mochi tree (''Ilex integra''). Gallery File: Sculpture in Mejiro-no-Mori 2016 11 30.jpg, Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mejiroyamashita Station
is a monorail train station on the Shōnan Monorail Enoshima Line located in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located 6.2 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Shōnan Monorail Enoshima Line at Ōfuna Station. History Mejiroyamashita Station was opened on July 1, 1971 as part of the second phase of construction of the line, which extended its terminus to Shōnan-Enoshima Station. Lines * Shōnan Monorail Company Ltd **Enoshima Line Station layout Mejiroyamashita Station is an elevated station with single island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ... serving two tracks. The station is unattended. Adjacent stations External linksShonan Monorail home page Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
