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Morita (surname)
Morita (written: 森田 or 盛田) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, co-founder of the Sony Corporation *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese psych folk singer-songwriter *, former commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese animation director *, Japanese pole vaulter * June Morita, American statistics educator *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese long-distance runner *, or , Japanese celebrity *, Japanese mathematician *Koichi Morita (army officer) *, Japanese composer and singer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese rugby union footballer *, Tatenokai member *, Japanese actor *, also known as Morita Shoma, founder of Morita Therapy *, Japanese Go player *Pat Morita, or Noriyuki Morita, Japanese-American actor *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese author *, Japanese actress *, Japanese essayist and legislator *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese interior designer *, Japanese film director Fictional characters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akio Morita
was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka. Early life Akio Morita was born in Nagoya. Morita's family was involved in sake, miso and soy sauce production in the village of Kosugaya (currently a part of Tokoname City) on the western coast of Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture since 1665. He was the oldest of four siblings and his father Kyuzaemon trained him as a child to take over the family business. Akio, however, found his true calling in mathematics and physics, and in 1944 he graduated from Osaka Imperial University with a degree in physics. He was later commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and served in World War II. During his service, Morita met his future business partner Masaru Ibuka in the Navy's Wartime Research Committee. Sony In September 1945, Ibuka founded a radio repair shop in the bombed out Shirokiya Department Store in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Morita saw a newspaper article about Ibuka's new venture and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masakatsu Morita
was a Japanese political activist who committed ''seppuku'' with Yukio Mishima in Tokyo. Morita was the youngest child of the headmaster of an elementary school. Losing both parents at the age of three, Morita was cared for by his brother Osamu and educated at a Catholic school. He entered Waseda University in 1966, but was dismayed by the presence of Communist Zengakuren students at the University and became heavily involved in the small right-wing faction at the university. He first met Mishima on 19 June 1967, and joined the Tatenokai at its establishment in October 1968. As early as March of that year, he had written a letter to Mishima expressing a willingness to die for him. Mishima was interested in using his society for direct political action, and he approached several members in April and May 1970. The inner circle then consisted of Mishima, Morita, and ("Chibi" Koga). No clear plan was developed until late June. Shortly afterwards, Mishima went on holiday to Shimod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Morita
''Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'' was a comic book series created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and published by Marvel Comics from 1963 to 1981. The main character, Sgt. Nick Fury, later became the leader of Marvel's super-spy agency, S.H.I.E.L.D. The title also featured the Howling Commandos, a fictional World War II unit that first appeared in ''Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'' #1 ( cover dated May 1963). Publication history Stan Lee has described the series ''Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'' as having come about due to a bet with his publisher, Martin Goodman that the Lee-Kirby style could make a book sell even with the worst title Lee could devise. Lee elaborated on that claim in a 2007 interview, responding to the suggestion that the series title did not necessarily seem bad: Comics-artist contemporary John Severin recalled in an interview conducted in the early 2000s that in the late 1950s, Kirby had approached him to be partners on a syndicated, newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleepless Domain
Mary Cagle, also known as Cube Watermelon, is an American webcomic artist known for creating ''Kiwi Blitz'', ''Let's Speak English'', and ''Sleepless Domain''. Personal life Cagle was raised in Corpus Christi, Texas and developed a strong interest in otaku, Japanese pop-culture, including both older and more modern anime and video games. In 2013, Cagle graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design and became an English teacher at an elementary school in Kurihara, Japan. Cagle is asexuality, asexual. Works ''Kiwi Blitz'' In 2009, Cagle started the action/comedy webcomic ''Kiwi Blitz''. Its plot follows a couple of teenagers attempting to fight crime in the pseudo-near future. ''Kiwi Blitz'' draws many of its influences from anime, featuring Americanized Japanese mecha designs. Brian Cronin of ''Comic Book Resources'' described the set-up of ''Kiwi Blitz'' as a "strong concept" that should be able to sustain itself for a long time. Praising the "interesting" cast, Cronin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |