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Okabe (surname)
Okabe (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese politician *, Japanese music composer *, Japanese World War II flying ace *, Japanese electrical engineer and scientist *, Japanese judge * Leandro Okabe (born 1985), Japanese-Brazilian model *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese general *, Japanese architect *, Japanese singer *, Japanese general *, Japanese engineer and assistant of Thomas Edison *, Japanese swimmer Fictional characters *Keiko Okabe, a character in the novel ''Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet ''Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet'' is an historical novel by Jamie Ford. The story is told in two parallel storylines, one following 12-year-old Henry Lee's experiences during the Second World War, and the other depicting Henry 44 years ...'' *, protagonist of the visual novel '' Steins;Gate'' {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiro Okabe
was a member of the Japanese House of Representatives. He was a member of the Rikken Seiyūkai, the Chūseikai, and the Kenseikai. Early life Okabe was born in Kasuga-mura, Shinano Province (present-day Saku, Nagano) on September 30, 1864. He was the second son of Yamon Okabe.『信濃人物略誌』p.53-54 After attending Ueda Middle School (now called Ueda High School), Okabe studied English at Dōjinsha in Tokyo.『現代日本の政治家』p.22-23 In 1885 he followed Korekiyo Takahashi to America. While living in Oakland in 1889, he converted to Christianity. He then moved to the Kingdom of Hawaii with Harvey Saburo Hayashi in the same year. Hawaii In Hawaii, Okabe was ordained on July 20, 1890, and started the first Japanese church in Hilo, the Church of the Holy Cross, on January 18, 1891. He was transferred to Honolulu in 1893. Shortly after transferring to Honolulu, he returned to Japan to recruit more Japanese missionaries, including Takie Okumura and Shir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiichi Okabe
is a Japanese composer and arranger, best known for composing music for the ''Tekken'' and ''Drakengard'' series. He started his career at Namco in 1994, where he primarily composed for arcade games. Outside of video games, he has composed for anime series such as ''Working!!'' and ''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'', along with arranging tracks for J-pop artists. He established the music production studio Monaca in 2004, which composes for various types of media. Biography Okabe started taking electric organ lessons as a child, covering contemporary pop and film music. Although he did not learn from teachers, he would develop his musical skills through joining a band and recording music. He has cited Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone, and Ryuichi Sakamoto as being some of his musical influences. After graduating from Kobe Design University, he joined Namco in 1994, with his first work being a handful of tracks for medal game ''Spiral Fall''. He would also work on titles such as '' Air Combat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Okabe
was an ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Participating in many of the Pacific War battles and campaigns as a member of several units, Okabe was officially credited with destroying 15 enemy aircraft. Okabe was credited with shooting down eight enemy aircraft on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea, the IJN's official record for the number of aircraft destroyed in a single encounter.Hata He is famous for his strong opposition to the ''kamikaze , officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to d ...'' attacks, rare in IJN at the time. Okabe survived the war. References Notes Sources * * * 1915 births Year of death unknown Japanese naval aviators Japanese World War II flying aces Military personnel from Fukuoka Prefecture Imperi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinjiro Okabe
was a Japanese electrical engineering researcher and professor who made major contributions to magnetron and radar development. He did work after the Second World War on medical instruments using ultrasounds. Career Split-anode magnetron One of Japan's best-known radio researchers in the 1920s-1930s era was Professor Hidetsugu Yagi, who was initially at Tohoku University. He had become very interested in the magnetron, built and named by Albert W. Hull at General Electric in 1921. While Hull's magnetron was a HF device, Yagi was convinced that it could also be a generator of VHF or even UHF signals. Kinjiro Okabe was one of Yagi's first doctoral students and was encouraged by his mentor in this pursuit. In 1926, Okabe developed a magnetron device that significantly decreased the operating wavelength of oscillations. He filed for a U.S. patent in 1926, which was granted in 1929 (No. 1,735,294). His work continued, and based on developing the split-anode device, he was awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoko Okabe
is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. She was born on March 20, 1949. She attended Keio University (1971) and completed the master’s program at the university’s law school (1974). In 1974, she was admitted as a legal apprentice, and would not begin her judicial career until 1976. From 1976-1985, Okabe worked as an Assistant Judge for various court systems including the Sapporo District Court. She thereafter worked as a judge for other district courts until entering private practice in 1993. On April 12, 2010, Okabe was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. Prior to her most recent judgeship, she worked as a law professor at Toyo University. See also * Supreme Court of Japan The , located in Hayabusachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, is the highest court in Japan. It has ultimate judicial authority to interpret the Japanese constitution and decide questions of national law. It has the power of judicial review, which allows it t ... References {{DEFAULT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leandro Okabe
Leandro Okabe de Oliveira Bulhões, born on June 1, 1985, is a model of Japanese Brazilian descent. He began his modeling career in Asia, mostly in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong and was then discovered by an agency in Brazil. He was Terra's "The Boy" model in 2007. He is a physical education student from São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ..., Brazil. References Brazilian male models Living people Brazilian people of Japanese descent People from São Paulo Brazilian expatriates in Malaysia Brazilian expatriates in Singapore Brazilian expatriates in Thailand Brazilian expatriates in Hong Kong 1985 births {{Brazil-model-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okabe Motonobu
, also known as Naganori, was Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, in the service of the Imagawa clan. The second son of Okabe Chikatsuna, he became a senior retainer of the Imagawa, following in his father's footsteps. In 1560, After his lord Imagawa Yoshimoto was killed at the Battle of Okehazama, he kept fighting and even retrieved his lord's corpse. Following the clan's collapse he switched allegiance to the Takeda clan and defended Takatenjin Castle was a Sengoku period ''yamashiro''-style Japanese castle located in the Kamihijikata and Shimohijikata neighborhoods of the city of Kakegawa, Shizuoka prefecture. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1975, with the area .... In 1581, He died in the Siege of Takatenjin when he was attacked by Tokugawa forces. References 1581 deaths Samurai Year of birth unknown {{Japan-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naozaburo Okabe
was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army, who commanded the Japanese Sixth Area Army from November 1944 until the end of World War II. Biography Okabe was born in Hiroshima city and attended military preparatory schools as a youth. He graduated from the 18th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, where his classmates included Tomoyuki Yamashita and Korechika Anami. He subsequently graduated from the 27th class of the Army Staff College. In 1918, with the rank of captain, he was sent to the Vladivostok Special Operations Office during the Japanese intervention in Siberia, and as a major in 1922, he was sent as a military attache to Poland. During his time in Poland, he acquired the latest code encryption technology from one of his contacts in the Polish General Staff. After his return to Japan, Okabe served as an instructor at the Staff College from December 1928 to April 1930, during which time he was promoted to colonel. In April 1934, he received command of the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noriaki Okabe
is a Japanese architect. He was born in Shizuoka, Japan. He worked with Renzo Piano for twenty years in Europe, from the designing construction supervision of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. In 1988, Okabe, then the representative of Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Japan, won the international competition of Kansai International Airport Terminal Building and was responsible for the design and construction supervision. While not currently on display, the Museum of Modern Art holds a model of the building's main structural truss in its Architecture and Design department. After the construction of the Terminal Building, he established Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network in 1995 in Tokyo. While Okabe's practice has since expanded beyond architecture into industrial design, including the Odakyu 50000 series VSE train. In 2009 he collaborated with Belgian architect Jean-Michel Jaspers in designing the Belgian Embassy in Tokyo. Notable projects * Kansai International Airport T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toru Okabe
was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. www.generals.dk Biography Okabe was a native of Tokyo. He graduated from the 23rd class of the and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry. From March 1937 he was the commander of the 8th Independent Training Battalion, and was promoted to colonel in November of the same year. In March 1939, he was appointed commander of the Utsunomiya Regimental District, a recruiting and training unit responsible for raising troops in |
Yoshiro Okabe
was a Japanese engineer and an assistant of Thomas Edison. He worked at Menlo Park from 1904 to 1914. After returning to Japan, Okabe made the short sound film ''Katyusha'' (leading actress:Sumako Matsui) using Edison's kinetoscope. He died in 1945 in Kobe in a U.S. air strike. Life Okabe was appointed reserve second sublieutenant of the Imperial Japanese Navy and became the first mate on an English ship. He caught typhoid fever while the ship was at anchor in New York. After recovering, he remained in the US and got a job at the Edison Institute in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Okabe was not only an engineer for Edison, but also protected him with his Jujitsu. Edison liked him very much, and brought him camping with Henry Ford and Harvey Samuel Firestone. Okabe had connections with business, political and noble society in Japan. Viscount Shibusawa Eiichi met Okabe in Menlo Park, in 1909. Baron Okura Kihachiro also supported Okabe in inviting Edison to Japan around 1926. Okabe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
