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Ogiwara
Ogiwara (written: 荻原) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese Nordic combined skier and politician *, Japanese writer *, Japanese sculptor *, pen-name of Ogiwara Tōkichi, Japanese poet *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese Nordic combined skier See also *7955 Ogiwara, a main-belt asteroid {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rokuzan Ogiwara
was a sculptor active in Meiji period Japan. His real name was . He is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern western-style bronze sculpture in Japan. Early life Ogiwara was born in Azumino in Nagano Prefecture in the mountains of central Japan, as the fifth son of a local farmer. He was forced to drop out of school at an early age due to a heart condition. In 1894, he met Aizō Sōma and his wife Kokkō Sōma, the wealthy proprietors of the Nakamura-ya bakery in Tokyo and noted art patrons, and partly due to their influence, he became an active member of the temperance movement, temperance movement and a convert to Christianity. Artistic career The Sōmas recognized Ogiwara's artistic talent, and agreed to become his sponsors. He relocated to Tokyo in 1899,Ogiwara, Morie (Rokuzan) ''The Grove Dictionary of Art'', ArtNet.co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Ogiwara
(born 20 December 1969) is a Japanese politician and former Nordic combined skier who won several medals at the Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Holmenkollen ski festival. He won gold medals in the Nordic combined team events at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. Ogiwara won two gold medals each in the 15 km individual (1993, 1997) and the team (3 x 10 km: 1993, 4 x 5 km: 1995) events and one bronze in the 7.5 km sprint (1999) at the Nordic skiing world championships. In 1995, Ogiwara won the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival. Ogiwara received the Holmenkollen medal in 1995, becoming the first non-European and first Asian to ever receive the honor. At the 1998 Winter Olympics, he took the Athlete's Oath. Ogiwara's twin brother Tsugiharu competed with him at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogiwara Seisensui
was the pen-name of , a Japanese haiku poet active during the Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan. Early life Ogiwara Tōkichi was born in Shinmei, Shiba, Tokyo City (present-day Hamamatsu, Minato, Tokyo), the second son of a merchant who owned a general goods store called Nitta-ya. The Ogiwara family was originally from Takada, Echigo Province (present-day Jōetsu, Niigata), and his grandfather Tōkichi had moved to Edo as a young man. Both of his siblings died in infancy. Although he attended Seisoku Junior High School, Ogiwara was expelled after publishing a student newspaper criticizing the school's educational methods and administration. After entering Azabu Junior High School, he quit drinking and smoking, seriously engaged in studying, and gained admission to Tokyo Imperial University. While a student majoring in linguistics, he became interested in writing haiku. Literary career Seisensui co-founded the avant-garde literary magazine ''Sōun'' ("Layered Clouds") in 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takuya Ogiwara
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left back for Kyoto Sanga, on loan from Urawa Red Diamonds. Club statistics ''Updated to 20 July 2022''. References External links Takuya Ogiwaraat J.LEAGUE Data Site Takuya Ogiwaraat J.LEAGUE.jparchive Takuya Ogiwaraat Urawa Red Diamonds , colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J ... 1999 births Living people Japanese footballers Association football midfielders Association football people from Saitama Prefecture Urawa Red Diamonds players Kyoto Sanga FC players J1 League players {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noriko Ogiwara
(born 1959) is a Japanese fantasy writer. Biography Noriko Ogiwara was born in 1959. Having read C. S. Lewis' ''The Chronicles of Narnia, Chronicles of Narnia'' at a very early age, she decided to become a fantasy writer. Her first book, won her several awards for children's literature and was translated into English by Cathy Hirano as ''Dragon Sword and Wind Child''; the English version was out-of-print until it was re-released by Viz Media in October 2007. The two sequels, and , have only been published in Japanese language, Japanese. The re-issuing of ''Dragon Sword and Wind Child'' encouraged Viz to publish the next novel in the sequence, ''Hakuchou Iden'', as ''Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince'' in May 2011, also translated by Cathy Hirano. These three books together are called ''The Jade Trilogy''. Another of her works is ''Nishi no Yoki Majo'' (西の善き魔女 "Good Witch of the West Astraea Testament"), a western-styled high fantasy series featuring a girl on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiharu Ogiwara
is a Japanese boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight 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 1957 births Living people Japanese male boxers Olympic boxers of Japan Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Light-middleweight boxers {{Japan-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsugiharu Ogiwara
(born 20 December 1969) is a Japanese nordic combined skier who competed from 1994 to 1998. He won the 4 x 5 km team event at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Ogiwara's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 6th at Nagano (city), Nagano in 1998 Winter Olympics, 1998. He had two individual career victories (1993: 15 km individual, 1998: 7.5 km sprint). He is the twin brother of Kenji Ogiwara, a fellow Japanese Nordic combined athlete. External links * 1969 births Japanese male Nordic combined skiers Living people Nordic combined skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Japan People from Gunma Prefecture Japanese twins Waseda University alumni Twin sportspeople FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
