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Nakatani
Nakatani (written: 中谷 or 仲谷) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Carlos Nakatani (1934–2004), Mexican artist * Corey Nakatani (born 1970), American jockey *, Japanese politician *, Japanese baseball player *Junto Nakatani (中谷潤人, born 2 January 1998), Japanese boxer *Masayoshi Nakatani (中谷正義, born 18 August 1998), Japanese boxer *, Japanese musician *, Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer See Also * Nakaya, other Japanese surnames using the same ''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 ...'' 中谷 or 仲谷. {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junto Nakatani
is a Japanese professional boxer. He has held world championships in three weight classes, including the World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight title from 2020 to 2022, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior-bantamweight title in 2023, and the World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight title since February 2024. As of May 2024, Nakatani is ranked as the world's tenth best active boxer, pound for pound, by '' The Ring''; ninth by Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB); and third by BoxRec. He is also ranked as the world's best active bantamweight by ''The Ring'', ESPN, BoxRec, and second best by TBRB Professional career Flyweight Early career Nakatani made his professional debut on 26 April 2015, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Junichi Itoga at the Industrial Hall in Gifu, Japan. He would go on to amass a 9-0 record, and was ranked in the flyweight rankings by the JBC following his victory over Masamichi Yabuki. Nakatani was scheduled to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Nakatani
is a Japanese actress and singer. She began her career as a member of the girl group Sakurakko Club from 1991 to 1993, wherein she formed the duo Key West Club with member Keiko Azuma. Nakatani focused on acting after her departure, making her debut on the popular television drama ''Under One Roof''. She relaunched her music career under the tutelage of producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in 1996, releasing three albums: '' Shokumotsu Rensa'' (1996), ''Cure'' (1997) and ''Shiseikatsu'' (1999). Her best known songs include "Mind Circus" and "Suna no Kajitsu", which peaked at number ten on the ''Oricon'' charts. As an actress, Nakatani has received six Japan Academy Awards for her roles in ''When the Last Sword Is Drawn'' (2002)'', Memories of Matsuko'' (2006), and ''Zero Focus'' (2009), among others. She is most known internationally for her role as Mai Takano in the Japanese horror film franchise ''Ring''. Biography From 1998 to 1999, Nakatani starred in a trio of horror films – ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nio Nakatani
is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for creating the yuri manga series ''Bloom Into You'', which has been a commercial success and spawned a media franchise encompassing an anime, light novels, a stage play, and an anthology manga spinoff. Nakatani is also known as a creator of ''doujinshi'' works, particularly those based on the ''Touhou Project'' series. Her current work is ''God Bless the Mistaken'', currently being serialized in ''Dengeki Daioh''. She is a native of Shiga Prefecture. Career Nakatani became known as a manga artist through her work on ''doujinshi'', especially those based on the ''Touhou Project'' series, which she published as a personal circle known as . Nakatani's professional pen name, Nio, is the Japanese term for little grebe, which is the official bird of her home prefecture of Shiga. As the little grebe is known as a long-lived bird in Shiga, she hopes it will grant her a "long and successful career." Nakatani admits however that, in reality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayoshi Nakatani
Masayoshi Nakatani (中谷 正義, ''Nakatani Masayoshi'', born March 8, 1989) is a Japanese professional boxer. He held the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation, OPBF lightweight title between 2014 and 2019, and won the World Boxing Organization, WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title in 2020. Professional career Early career Nakatani fought the first 18 bouts of his professional career in his native Japan. During this time, he won the OPBF lightweight title in January 2014, and successfully defended it 11 times. Rise up the ranks Nakatani vs. López After compiling a perfect record of 18-0, Nakatani made his first appearance in the ring outside of Japan when he faced fellow undefeated contender Teófimo López on July 19, 2019 in Oxon Hill, Maryland in an eliminator for the International Boxing Federation, IBF lightweight title. Nakatani lost a unanimous decision, with scores of 118-110, 118-110 and 119-109. Nakatani vs. Verdejo On December 12, 2020 in Paradis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Nakatani
Corey S. Nakatani (born October 21, 1970 in Covina, California, United States) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races. Nakatani has long resided on the Southern California circuit of Santa Anita Park, Hollywood Park, and Del Mar racetrack. On October 8, 2011, he won six races in one day including two grade one victories. , Nakatani has won more than 3,750 races including the Kentucky Oaks twice, one time on Lite Light and the other riding Pike Place Dancer, the Canadian International Stakes, the Strub Stakes four times, the Dubai Golden Shaheen, and ten Breeders' Cups, three of which were won consecutively between 1996 and 1998 in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. He has never won the Kentucky Derby in 17 tries, his closest finish being second on Nehro in 2011. In 2006, he ranked sixth among United States jockeys with 145 wins on 738 mounts, with earnings of $14,001,900. Nakatani is married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Nakatani
Carlos Nakatani (Mexico City 1934 – Mexico City February 2, 2004) was a painter, sculptor, cinematographer and writer, the son of a Japanese immigrant to Mexico, noted for his introduction of a snack simply called “Japanese peanuts” in Mexico City, and older brother of singer Yoshio. Nakatani is best known for his painting, which mixes Mexican and Japanese influences, as part of a generation of artists which broke with the Mexican art establishment from the early 20th century. Reclusive, he nonetheless won a number of recognitions for his work and was a member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. Life Carlos Nakatani was born in the La Merced neighborhood of Mexico City in 1934 to a Mexican mother, Ema Avíla Espinoza and Yoshigei Nakatani Moriguchi, who immigrated from Japan to Mexico. His father made his fortune with the creation of a peanut snack called “cacahuates japoneses” (Japanese peanuts), which he originally sold in the La Merced market and later establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michie Nakatani
(born October 8, 1961) is a Japanese retired musician, best known as one of the founding members of the Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife. Biography Nakatani was born in Osaka, Japan, the only child of a homemaker mother and an accountant father. She met future bandmate Naoko Yamano in college, and she spent some time working as a cartoonist's assistant. Nakatani and Yamano formed Shonen Knife in 1981, with Nakatani on bass, keyboards, and occasional lead vocals. She has named the Beatles, Beach Boys, The Jam, Redd Kross, and Cheap Trick Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973 by guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, lead vocalist Robin Zander and drummer Bun E. Carlos. The current lineup of the band consists of Zander, Nielsen ... as influences. In 1995, Nakatani collaborated with Gary Waleik of the band Big Dipper on a project called The Japanese Beatles. They recorded one single. She toured the world regularly wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinnosuke Nakatani
is a Japanese footballer, playing as a centre back for Nagoya Grampus and the Japan national team. Club career Kashiwa Reysol Nakatani made his official debut for Kashiwa Reysol in the J. League Division 1, on 22 October 2014 against Gamba Osaka in Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium in Kashiwa, Japan. He started and played the full match. Nakatani and his club lost the match 1-0. After five years as a pro in Kashiwa, Nakatani switched mid-season to Nagoya Grampus in June 2018. International career He made his debut for Japan national football team on 30 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Mongolia. Club career statistics ''Updated to 5 November 2022''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社"2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)" 8 February 2017, Japan, (p. 64 out of 289) Honours ;Nagoya Grampus * J.League Cup: 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yango ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takehide Nakatani
is a retired judoka who won the first gold medal ever awarded in judo at the Summer Olympics as the Japanese competitor in the lightweight division (68 kg). Biography Nakatani was born in Hiroshima, Japan, into a family where all four of his brothers held a black belt in judo. Nakatani himself began judo at age 12, and quickly became known for his balanced style of judo and deadly Kosoto Gari. He chose to advance to Meiji University, but was unable to become a member of the group team because of the university's star-studded roster, which included future professional wrestler Seiji Sakaguchi. He was chosen to represent Japan in the -68 kg division of the 1964 Summer Olympics only a few days prior to the commencement of the Olympic games, and won every single one of his matches by '' ippon'' to capture the first gold medal awarded in judo in Olympic history. He spent a total of less than 9 minutes on the Olympic stage to win his three matches. Nakatani worked at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gen Nakatani
is a Japanese politician who was Minister of Defense (Japan)#Minister of State, Head or Director General of the Japan Defense Agency, Director General of the Japan Defense Agency (now Ministry of Defense (Japan), Japan Ministry of Defense) in the first cabinet of former Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2001-2002 and was appointed as the Minister of Defense by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2014. Nakatani was born in Kōchi, Kōchi, Kōchi and attended the National Defense Academy of Japan. He served for four years as a commissioned officer in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (20th Infantry Regiment and Airborne Training Unit). He first ran for elected office as a Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party candidate in the 1990 Japanese general election, 1990 general election and won one of five seats representing Kōchi Prefecture, and held this seat in the 1993 Japanese general election, 1993 general election. Following elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuke Nakatani
is a former Japanese football player. Club career Nakatani was born in Uji on September 22, 1978. After graduating from high school, he joined Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1997. In 1998, he became a regular player as left side back instead Seiichi Ogawa who got hurt. He moved to Urawa Reds (1999) and Kawasaki Frontale (2000) on loan. However both clubs were relegated to J2 League. He returned to Grampus in 2001 and played until 2005. He played many matches as left midfielder and left side-back. He moved to Kashiwa Reysol. However he could hardly play in the match and he moved to his local club Kyoto Sanga FC in J2 League in September 2007. The club was promoted to J1 League from 2008 and he played many matches. In 2010, he could hardly play in the match and he moved to J2 club Tokyo Verdy is a Japanese professional football club based in Inagi, Tokyo. The club plays in the J2 League, the second tier of football in the country. Founded as Yomiuri F.C. in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoji Nakatani
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokushima, Tokushima, he graduated from University of Tokushima is a national university in the city of Tokushima, Japan, with seven graduate schools and five undergraduate faculties. The university was founded in 1949, by merging six national education facilities into one. The 2014 Nobel Prize Laureate in P ... in 1992 and received a master's degree from it in 1994. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007. References * External links Official websitein Japanese. Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Living people 1968 births Democratic Party of Japan politicians People from Tokushima (city) {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
