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Moa (name)
Moa is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Anika Moa (born 1980), New Zealand singer-songwriter *Taniela Moa (born 1985), Tongan rugby player *Sam Moa (born 1986), Tongan rugby player *Pío Moa (born 1945), Spanish writer and journalist *Iyasus Mo'a (1214–1294), saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Given name: *Moa Arimoto (born 1986), Japanese actress and model *Moa Iwano (born 2004), Japanese figure skater *Moa Kikuchi (born 1999), also known as MOAMETAL, is a Japanese idol, singer and model *Moa Martinson (1890–1964), Swedish author See also *Eber Moas (born 1969), football player from Uruguay {{given name, type=both Japanese feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Moa
Anika Rose Moa (born 21 May 1980) is a New Zealand recording artist and television presenter. Her debut album '' Thinking Room'', was released in September 2001, which reached number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart and provided two Top 5 singles, "Youthful" (2001) and "Falling in Love Again" (2002). Moa competed at the Rockquest songwriting contest in 1998, which led to a recording contract. She is the subject of two documentaries by film-maker Justin Pemberton: ''3 Chords and the Truth: the Anika Moa Story'' (2003), detailing her signing to a record label and the release of ''Thinking Room'', and ''In Bed with Anika Moa'' (2010) on her later career. Early life Anika Moa was born in 1980 in the Auckland suburb of Papakura. She grew up in Christchurch and attended Hornby High School. Her father Tia, who died in 2007, was Māori ( Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri) and her mother Bernadette is of English descent. Moa and her siblings were raised by Bernadette, who was a mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taniela Moa
Taniela Moa (11 March 1985 – 16 December 2021) was a Tongan rugby union player. He last played for Section Paloise. He also played for the Blues and Chiefs in Super Rugby, and Auckland and Bay of Plenty The Bay of Plenty ( mi, Te Moana-a-Toi) is a region of New Zealand, situated around a bight of the same name in the northern coast of the North Island. The bight stretches 260 km from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaw ... in the NPC. His main position was scrum-half but he could also cover the fly-half position. Moa was born in Tonga before moving to Auckland, where he was educated at Onehunga High School and Southern Cross Campus before finishing his last year at De La Salle College, Mangere East. He represented the Ikale Tahi at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He won a total of 20 caps for Tonga. Moa died at the age of 36 on 16 December 2021. References External linksBlues profile* 1985 births 2021 deaths Auckland rugby union pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Moa
Samuela "Sam" Moa (born 14 August 1986) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a , most recently for the FC Lézignan XIII in the French Elite One Championship. He is both Tonga and New Zealand international. Moa has previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Sydney Roosters, with whom he won the 2013 Telstra Premiership in the NRL, and Hull F.C. in the Super League. Background Moa was born in Tonga and raised in New Zealand. Playing career Wests Tigers Moa started his career at NRL side Wests Tigers. Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks He then signed with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 2008 and playing in one National Rugby League match. Hull FC He was signed by Hull F.C. in January 2009 and arrived a week before the club's fixture with Huddersfield Giants which he featured off the bench in his debut. Moa is good friends with former Hull F.C. and Tonga teammate Willie Manu and former Hull F.C. and Tonga teammate Epalahame Lauaki (now at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pío Moa
Luis Pío Moa Rodríguez (Vigo, Galicia, 1948) better known as simply Pío Moa, is a Spanish writer and journalist. He has authored historical essays about the origins of the Spanish Civil War, the Second Republic in Spain, Francoism and the various political movements of that era. Following the death of Franco and the reinstatement of a democratic regime in Spain, a slow process of opening of archives and publicizing of Civil War related documents began. In the face of this process Moa started reviving the Francoist theses that the parties that formed the Popular Front were ultimately responsible for the Spanish Civil War and the rise of autocracy in Spain. Moa maintains that they have left a legacy of "moral, political and intellectual devastation", accuses the left of hypocrisy in regards to democracy and totalitarianism and claims that the material aid provided by Stalin and the Soviet Union to the Spanish Republic in the Civil War not only prolonged the war and caused innu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iyasus Mo'a
Iyasus Mo'a (1214 – 1294) was an Ethiopian saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church; his feast day is 5 December (26 Hedar in the Ethiopian calendar). In life he was an Ethiopian monk and abbot of Istifanos Monastery in Lake Hayq of Amba Sel. Life Iyasus was born in Dehana, which may have been the woreda in the Wag Hemra Zone, although G.W.B. Huntingford identifies it with Dahna, a village 15 miles east of the Tekeze River.Huntingford, ''The Historical Geography of Ethiopia'' (London: The British Academy, 1989), p. 74 At the age of 30, Iyasus Mo'a travelled to the monastery of Debre Damo during the abbacy of Abba Yohannis where he was made a monk, and was given arduous tasks by the abbot. After seven years, he left Debra Damo and came to live with a hermetic community around the eighth-century church of Istanafanos at Lake Hayq, and organized this group into a monastery with rules and a school. One of the students of this school was Saint Tekle Haymanot, who staye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moa Arimoto
, born May 19, 1986, is a Japanese actress and model. She appeared in the movie Kekko Kamen played Wakana Nakai in 2004 and worked with Go Nagai. Currently she lives in Los Angeles, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ..., working on American movies in both English-language and Japanese-language. In 2008, Moa was cast in the lead role of Izumi Nakamara in the film Sakura. External links * Japanese actresses Living people 1986 births Japanese expatriates in the United States {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moa Iwano
Moa are extinct giant flightless birds native to New Zealand. The term has also come to be used for chicken in many Polynesian cultures and is found in the names of many chicken recipes, such as Kale moa and Moa Samoa. Moa or MOA may also refer to: People * Moa (name) * Mohammed Abdellaoue (born 1985), Norwegian football player nicknamed "Moa" * Moa Lignell (born 1994), Swedish singer * Moa Kikuchi (菊地 最愛 Kikuchi Moa, born July 4, 1999), a Japanese idol, singer, and model. Places ;Islands * Moa (Indonesia), one of the Leti Islands * Moa Island (Queensland), in Australia ;Malls * Mall of Alnor, in Maguindanao, Philippines * Mall of America, in Minnesota, United States * SM Mall of Asia, in Manila, Philippines ;Rivers * Moa River, in west Africa * Moa River (Brazil) * Moa River (Cuba) ;Towns and villages * Moa, Cuba * Moa, Niger * Moa, Mkinga District, in Tanga Region, Tanzania Ship of the New Zealand Navy * ''Moa'' class patrol boat, built between 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moa Kikuchi
is a Japanese musician, singer, model, and actress. She is represented by the talent agency Amuse, Inc. She is a member of the kawaii metal group Babymetal and a former member of the idol group Sakura Gakuin. Biography Moa Kikuchi was signed to the talent agency Amuse, Inc. at the age of 8, after winning Semi-Grand Prix (becoming a runner-up) in the ''Ciao Girl Audition 2007'' held by the company. On August 2, 2010, at the age of 11, Kikuchi joined Sakura Gakuin, an idol group also managed by Amuse, Inc. She joined at the same time as another future Babymetal member, Yui Mizuno. Sakura Gakuin had not yet released its debut single. During their audition, Kikuchi and Mizuno performed a duo dance cover of "Over The Future" by Karen Girl's; two members of that group, Ayami Mutō and Suzuka Nakamoto, had also recently joined Sakura Gakuin. Besides performing as a whole group, Sakura Gakuin members were also divided into smaller subgroups known as "clubs”. Each club had its ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moa Martinson
Moa Martinson, born Helga Maria Swarts sometimes spelt Swartz, (2November 18905August 1964) was one of Sweden's most noted authors of proletarian literature. Her ambition was to change society with her authorship and to portray the conditions of the working class, and also the personal development of women. Her works were about motherhood, love, poverty, politics, religion, urbanization and the hard living conditions of the working-class woman. Early life Martinson was born on 2November 1890 in Vårdnäs, Linköping Municipality. Her mother was Kristina Swartz (sometimes spelt Christina Schwartz) who served as a maid wherever jobs were available. There are no legal records stating who her father was, but according to researchers Annika Johansson and Bonnie Festin, he was probably Anders Teodor Andersson, a farmhand who served at the Kärr farm in Motala at the same time as Swartz. Since she carried, what in those days was referred to as an illegitimate child, she had to go to he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eber Moas
Éber Alejandro Moas Silveira (born 21 March 1969) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a defender. He obtained 48 caps for his national team from 1988 to 1997. Club career Moas started his playing career in 1988 with Danubio. He joined Club Atlético Independiente of Argentina in 1992 where he played 65 games. In 1995, he joined América de Cali of Colombia and in 1996 he went to Mexico to play for Monterrey. In 1998 Moas returned to Danubio where he played until 2002. In 2005, he joined Racing Club de Montevideo Racing Club de Montevideo is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to i ... and in 2007 he played for Rentistas. References *Profile 1969 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers from Montevideo Uruguay men' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
