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Nakajima (surname)
Nakajima (written: ), also transliterated as Nakashima, is the 23rd most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is . Notable people with the surname include: * Airi Nakajima (中島 愛里, born 1990), Japanese actress and gravure idol * Akira Nakashima (中嶋 章, 1908–1970), Japanese electrical engineer * Akira Nakajima (中島 章, 1923–2017), Japanese ophthalmologist * Arisa Nakajima (中島 安里紗, born 1989), Japanese professional wrestler * Atsushi Nakajima (中島 敦, 1909–1942), Japanese writer * Brandon Nakashima (born 2001), American tennis player * Chikuhei Nakajima (中島 知久平 1884–1949), Japanese aviation pioneer, founder of the Nakajima Aircraft Company * Chris Nakashima-Brown, American science fiction author * Daisuke Nakajima (中島 大祐, born 1989), Japanese British Formula 3 driver, younger brother of Kazuki Nakajima * Emi Nakajima (中島 依美, born 1990), Japanese women's footballer * George Nakashima (中島勝寿 Nakashima Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Yasuda Life
is a Japanese life insurance company, headquartered in Tokyo and created in 2004 from the merger of Meiji Life and Yasuda Life. The company is one of the oldest and largest insurers in Japan. The Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a member of the Mitsubishi and Fuyo groups and participates in the former's Friday Conference. History In 1881, entrepreneur Zenjiro Yasuda founded the Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company, making it part of the Yasuda zaibatsu. On January 1, 2004, Meiji Mutual Life Insurance Company and Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Company merged to create the Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. References External linksCompany website(in Japanese)Company website(in English) Insurance companies based in Tokyo Mutual insurance companies Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company is a Japanese life insurance company, headquartered in Tokyo and created in 2004 from the merger of Meiji Life and Yasuda Life. The company is one of the oldest and lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuhiko Nakajima
is a Japanese professional wrestler, signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. He started his career in Riki Choshu's Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling (WJ) promotion before heading to Kensuke Sasaki's Kensuke Office/Diamond Ring dojo and promotion. He has also wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a former World Junior Heavyweight Champion. An accomplished karateka, his style is based upon strong, fast kicks and strikes. Nakajima made his professional debut aged 15 in a mixed martial arts contest and immediately made a name for himself in puroresu, earning the nickname "Supernova" and facing Hall of Famers such as Kenta Kobashi, Satoru Sayama, Jushin Thunder Liger, and Tatsumi Fujinami. He has competed in several notable Japanese promotions, including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Inoki Genome Federation, Pro Wrestling Zero1, Michinoku Pro, Dragon Gate, and currently, Pro Wrestling Noah. He has set several age records throughout his career, including being th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saki Nakajima (singer)
is a Japanese singer and actress. She was a member of Cute, a Japanese pop group within Hello! Project. Early life Nakajima was born in Saitama, Japan. She joined Hello! Project in 2002 as one of fifteen children chosen from the Hello! Project Kids auditions after performing " Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru" by Morning Musume. Career In 2004, Nakajima did not make the original list of Berryz Kobo and the idea was eventually dropped. The remaining members ending up forming Cute in 2005. The group officially debuted in 2006, with their first official single released in February 2007. Nakajima is a member of Gatas Brilhantes H.P., the Hello! Project futsal team. In October 2007, Nakajima was placed in the unit Athena & Robikerottsu along with fellow Cute member Chisato Okai, as well as Risa Niigaki and Aika Mitsui of Morning Musume. In 2009, she was chosen with fellow Hello! Project Kids members Yurina Kumai and Risako Sugaya as well and Aika Mitsui from Morning Musume to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saki Nakajima (voice Actress)
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. Her major roles include Ichigo Momomiya, the main character of magical girl series ''Tokyo Mew Mew'', Chizuru Honshou in ''Bleach'' and Mimi Tasogare in ''Duel Masters''. Personal life Her voice type is mezzo-soprano. She has a First-class Kindergarten Teacher License and her special skill is playing the flute. On September 3, 2020, She announced on Twitter the birth of her second child with Hino. Filmography Television animation * ''Bleach'' as Chizuru Honshou. * ''Blue Dragon'' as Bouquet * ''Circlet Princess'' as Miyuki Kasahara * ''Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai'' as Maho Mochizuki * ''Duel Masters'' as Mimi Tasogare *''Princess Tsubame'' as Tsubame Akizuki; ED theme song performance * ''Gravion Zwei'' as Dika * ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' as Saki Kijima, Taiga Ookouchi * '' Märchen Awakens Romance'' as Dorothy * ''Muteki Kanban Musume'' as Wakana Endou * ''Ragnarok The Animation'' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadao Nakajima
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter (born 8 August, 1934) known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki. Career Born in Chiba Prefecture, he attended Hibiya High School and then the University of Tokyo before joining the Tōei studio in 1959. Working at Tōei's Kyoto studio, he served as an assistant director under such directors as Masahiro Makino, Tadashi Imai, and Tomotaka Tasaka. He made his directorial debut in 1964 Kunoichi ninpō and won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1966 for '' Yakuza (893) gurentai'', the first gendaigeki shot at Tōei's Kyoto studio. He directed such popular film series as ''Kogarashi Monjirō'' and ''Nihon no don'', and also worked on television. His 1985 film '' Seburi monogatari'' was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. From 1987 to 2008 he served as a professor of the Osaka University of Arts. He has directed over 60 films in his career. Selected filmography * ''Kunoichi ninpō'' (くノ一 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyuki Nakajima
(born February 23, 1952, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and radio personality. She has released 43 studio albums, 46 singles, 6 live albums and multiple compilations as of January 2020. Her sales have been estimated at more than 21 million copies. In the mid-1970s, Nakajima signed to Canyon Records and launched her recording career with her debut single, "Azami Jō no Lullaby" (アザミ嬢のララバイ). Rising to fame with the hit " The Parting Song (Wakareuta)", released in 1977, she has since seen a successful career as a singer-songwriter, primarily in the early 1980s. Four of her singles have sold more than one million copies in the last two decades, including "Earthly Stars (Unsung Heroes)", a theme song for the Japanese television documentary series ''Project X''. Nakajima performed in experimental theater ("Yakai") every year-end from 1989 through 1998. The idiosyncratic acts featured scripts and songs she wrote, and have continued irregul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mika Nakashima
is a Japanese singer and actress. Five of her studio albums, one of her mini-albums and one of her compilation albums have reached number one in Japan's Oricon album chart. She also embarked on an acting career, most notably as Nana Osaki in the Nana (2005 film), live action film adaptations of ''Nana (manga), Nana''. She has sold over 10 million records in Japan. Early life Born and raised in Kyushu, Mika was the youngest of three children. She grew up in the small town of Hioki, Kagoshima, where she has said there was "nothing there, only enka." She began listening to enka singer Eiko Segawa and studied classical Japanese dance, but as she loved dressing-up and make-up, she hoped to work in fashion magazines since she was too short to become a model. Nakashima decided not to attend high school after completing junior high and began working. At the age of 15 she moved to the city of Fukuoka where she room-shared with two others. Career At the age of 17, she attended an auditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mie Nakashima
is a Japanese field hockey player. She competed for the Japan women's national field hockey team at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References 1986 births Living people Japanese female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Japan Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games {{Japan-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Nakajima
is a Japanese voice actress and singer, who is affiliated with Stay Luck. Her involvement in the entertainment industry began in 2003 when she participated in an audition held by the talent agency Stardust Promotion, becoming affiliated with them after passing the audition. Her debut came in 2007 when she passed an audition held by the music company Victor Entertainment; she was then cast as the character Ranka Lee in the 2008 anime series ''Macross Frontier''. Her first solo single "Tenshi ni Naritai" was released in 2009, which was followed by her first solo album '' I Love You'' in 2010. Apart from Ranka, Nakajima is also known for her roles as Kaede Sakura in ''Kämpfer'', Lyra in ''Fairy Tail'', Lyra and Meloetta in ''Pokémon'', Yuzuki Eba in ''A Town Where You Live'', Megumi Aino/Cure Lovely in ''HappinessCharge PreCure!'', and Turi in ''Ascendance of a Bookworm''. Her songs have been featured in series such as ''Kämpfer'', ''Tamayura'', '' Kotoura-san'', '' Lagrange: Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masashi Nakashima
is a Japanese diver. He competed in the men's 10 metre platform event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References 1962 births Living people Japanese male divers Olympic divers of Japan Divers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in diving Divers at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Nakajima
was the commissioner of the Japan Patent OfficeLawyers Weekly USA (2006). until he was succeeded by Masahiro Koezuka (肥塚 雅博). Government service Upon graduating from the University of Tokyo with a law degree, Nakajima began working in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in April 1974. In May 1988, the Industrial Organization and Industrial Policy Bureau chief. Later, Nakajima became the director of the Director of the Budget and Accounts Division for the Minister's Secretariat, and eventually served as the director of the MITI's Kansai region branch. In 2004, Nakajima served as the director-general of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, until his appointment as commissioner of the Japan Patent Office in 2005. Japan Patent Office While serving in the role of commissioner, Nakajima entered into new agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and other patent offices for the Patent Prosecution High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoko Nakajima
is a Japanese writer. She has won the Naoki Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Shibata Renzaburo Prize, Kawai Hayao Story Prize, and Chuo Koron Literary Prize, and her work has been adapted for film. Early life and education Kyoko Nakajima was born in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan to parents who worked as university professors and translators of French literature. Her father was a professor at Chuo University, while her mother was a professor at Meiji University. Nakajima attended Tokyo Woman's Christian University. Career After graduating from university, she worked for several years in publishing as an editor at ''Ray'', ''Cawaii!'', and other lifestyle magazines. In 1996 she quit her job to spend a year in the United States, and upon her return to Japan in 1997 she began a new career as a freelance writer. While Nakajima worked on projects for clients, she was also working on several fiction manuscripts of her own. Her debut novel ''Futon'', which refers to work of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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