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Okamura
Okamura (written: 岡村 lit. "hill village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * , Japanese voice actor * , Japanese photographer * Allison Okamura, American roboticist * Arthur Okamura, American silk screen artist * , Japanese amateur paleontologist who won the Ig Nobel Prize * Frank Okamura (1911–2006), Japanese-born American horticulturalist * Gerald Okamura, Hawaiian martial artist * Hayato Okamura (born 1966), Czech–Japanese translator and politician * , Japanese badminton player * , Japanese mathematician * , Japanese scientist who specializes in chronobiology * , Japanese singer and model * , Japanese field hockey player * , Japanese jurist * , Japanese-American professional wrestler * , Japanese botanist * Michio Okamura, Japanese game developer and artist * , Japanese actress * , Japanese naval aviator * Shûtai Okamura (1877–1947), Japanese bryologist * , Japanese ski jumper * , Japanese singer-songwriter * Takashi Okamura (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomio Okamura
is a Czech politician and entrepreneur of Moravian Wallachian, Japanese and Korean ethnicity. He founded the Czech political parties Dawn of Direct Democracy and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD). Since October 2013, he has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (MP), initially for Dawn of Direct Democracy and then from May 2015 for SPD (styled "SPD – Tomio Okamura"), of which he is also leader. He previously served as an independent Senator for Zlín district from October 2012 until his election to the Chamber of Deputies a year later. He has been placed as far-right. Early life and background Okamura was born in Tokyo. His mother, Helena Okamura, born Holíková, a native of Moravian Wallachia, had moved there in 1966 following her marriage to Okamura's half-Japanese, half-Korean father, Matsu Okamura. Tomio Okamura lived in Japan for the first ten years of his life before his mother returned with her sons to Czechoslovakia. He spent a part of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuji Okamura
was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, and commander-in-chief of the China Expeditionary Army from November 1944 to the end of World War II. He was tried but found not guilty of any war crimes by the Shanghai War Crimes Tribunal after the war. As one of the Imperial Japanese Army's top China experts, General Okamura spent his entire military career on the Asian mainland. Biography Early life Born in Tokyo in 1884, Okamura enrolled in Sakamachi Elementary School and graduated eight years later. In 1897, he entered Waseda Junior High School. In 1898, he was transferred to Tokyo Junior Army School, and was transferred to Army Central Junior School later. Okamura entered the 16th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1899 and graduated in 1904. His classmates included the future generals Itagaki Seishiro, Kenji Doihara and Ando Rikichi. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the IJA 1st Infantry Regiment. In 1907, he was promoted to lieutenant and was assigned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitoshi Okamura
Hitoshi Okamura (born December 2, 1952) is a Japanese scientist who specializes in chronobiology. He is currently a Professor of Systems Biology at Kyoto University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Research Director of the Japan Science Technology Institute, CREST. Okamura's research group cloned mammalian Period genes, visualized clock oscillation at the single cell level in the central clock of the SCN, and proposed a time-signal neuronal pathway to the adrenal gland. He received a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon in 2007 for his research and was awarded Aschoff's Ruler for his work on circadian rhythms in rodents. His lab recently revealed the effects of m6A mRNA methylation on the circadian clock, neuronal communications in jet lag, and the role of dysregulated clocks in salt-induced hypertension. Education Hitoshi Okamura received his undergraduate, medical, and doctorate in science degrees from the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine. After trainin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tensai Okamura
, born on December 13, 1961, in Fukushima Prefecture, is a Japanese anime director and animator. Okamura grew up in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is a graduate of Waseda University's department of science and engineering. In 1991, he changed his first name to Tensai. Biography As a child he read mangas about ninjas, spies and superheroes, and was particularly influenced by a Shirato Sampei manga about ninjas which helped young readers learn the art of ninja; "the spirit and the atmosphere of the spy series that rocked my childhood", such as ''The Fugitive'', were other influences on Okamura's series. During his university days at Waseda University, Okamura was a part of Waseda's manga research society and together with other budding animators, produced his first independent anime there. Upon graduating from university, Okamura joined the animation production studio Madhouse as an animator with the recommendation of a friend. '' Lensman: Secret of The Lens'' was the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Okamura
Arthur Okamura (February 24, 1932 - July 10, 2009) was an American artist, working in screen printing, drawing and painting. He lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, and was Professor Emeritus at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, California. His work is in the permanent collections at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum in New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He is associated with the San Francisco Renaissance. He illustrated numerous works of literature and poetry, published a book on games and toys for children, and created illustrations for the TV movie ''The People''. Early life Okamura was born in Long Beach, California, on February 24, 1932. Okamura was an American of Japanese descent. During World War II, as a child, Okamura and his family were relocated to the Granada War Relocation Center in southeast Colorado. As a result of Executive Order 9066, the United States government forced the relocation of ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuyuki Okamura
(born 14 August 1965) is a singer-songwriter and music producer active in the Japanese music market. Alternate pen name . He started his professional career in 1985, and is known internationally for the ''City Hunter 2'' ending theme "Super Girl", and the ''Space Dandy'' opening theme "Viva Namida". Biography Yasuyuki Okamura was born in Kobe, Japan in 1965, the oldest of two children. His father worked for Air France, and as a result, his family moved frequently throughout Japan, resulting in rotating through seven elementary and junior high schools. He attended Niigata Higashi High School and formed his first band there, but dropped out in 11th grade to pursue a musical career while working part-time at the nightclub Hacoban. After sending out numerous demo tapes and doing composing work for other artists, he was signed by Epic Sony in 1986. He was highly successful in the late 1980s and early 1990s, first promoted as a teen idol. Okamura also claimed during this time that he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motoharu Okamura
was a Japanese naval aviator who served as a test pilot in the 1930s, and served as the commander of the 341st Tateyama ''Kōkūtai'' (Air Group) for ''kamikaze'' attacks in June 1944. Career In June 1934, Lt. Okamura was flight testing the second prototype of two Mitsubishi 1MF10 Experimental 7-Shi carrier fighters when it entered an irrecoverable flat spin. Okamura bailed out, but lost four fingers in the accident, jeopardizing his career as a fighter pilot.Mikesh, Robert C., and Abe, Shorzoe, "Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941", Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1990, . During the Kuangda campaign in China in 1938, Okamura served as a flight leader in the 12th Air Group's fighter squadron, where he was renowned for developing new air tactics for the Navy and was noted as an expert aviator and trainer. He had formed an air demonstration team known as "Genda's Flying Circus" with Yoshita Kobayashi and Minoru Genda, using Nakajima A2N Type 90 fighters, at Yokosuka in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Okamura
Frank Masao Okamura (May 5, 1911 – January 9, 2006) was a Japanese-born American horticulturalist who helped popularize the cultivation of bonsai in America. Biography Born in Hiroshima, Okamura emigrated to California at the age of 13. He lost his small gardening business when in 1942, Okamura, his wife, and his two daughters were interned at Manzanar War Relocation Center as a result of Executive Order 9066. After the war, the Okamuras relocated to New York City. Okamura found work at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in 1947. He was brought on to help restore the vandalized Japanese garden and to look after their ailing bonsai collection. George Avery, also of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, noticed an influx of bonsai trees returning from the war with American soldiers. He enlisted the help of Okamura to develop a lesson plan for the care of bonsai. Okamura began lecturing nationwide, teaching over 6,000 students over three decades. He was considered one of three major teachers of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayato Okamura
Hayato Josef Okamura (born 28 November 1966) is a Czech–Japanese translator and politician. Since October 2021, he has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (MP) for KDU-ČSL. Okamura has two younger brothers; Tomio Okamura is a Czech politician and entrepreneur of Moravian Wallachian, Japanese and Korean ethnicity. He founded the Czech political parties Dawn of Direct Democracy and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD). Since October 2013, he has been a member of the ... is a politician, , is an architect and university teacher. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Okamura, Hayato 1966 births Living people Politicians from Prague 21st-century Czech politicians Charles University alumni Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (2021–2025) KDU-ČSL MPs Czech translators Czech people of Japanese descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michio Okamura
Michio Okamura is a computer game developer and artist. He was the lead artist for the popular computer game '' Diablo'', and senior artist on ''Diablo II''. He designed many of the game's characters, including the title character. He is currently the art director for Rumble Entertainment. Biography Okamura began his artistic career as a comic book artist on Reggie Byers' ''Shuriken'', as well as Comico's adaptations of ''Robotech''. Afterwards he joined Condor Inc. as an artist working on the Sega Genesis title '' Justice League Task Force''. At the time, Okamura did not have experience using the computer, so he drew most of the art on ''Justice League Task Force'' by hand. He worked at Blizzard North on the '' Diablo'' franchise for over a decade. He was the Lead Artist for the first version of '' Diablo'' and created the concept design for the majority of the characters and monsters in the game, including Diablo himself. On ''Diablo II'', Okamura was a Senior Artist, and cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chonosuke Okamura
was a Japanese amateur palaeontologist. When he was in his late 70s, he claimed to have discovered fossils from the Silurian period of miniature animals, ranging from dinosaurs to humans, and more than one thousand other extinct "mini-species", each less than 0.25 mm in length.Okamura, C., 1980. ''Period of the Far Eastern minicreatures''. ''Original Report of the Okamura Fossil Laboratory'', 14: 165-346.Okamura, C., 1987. ''New facts: homo and all vertebrata were born simultaneously in the Former Paleozoic in Japan''. ''Original Report of the Okamura Fossil Laboratory'', 15, pp.347-573. He claimed that "There have been no changes in the bodies of mankind since the Silurian period... except for a growth in stature from 3.5 mm to 1,700 mm." In the 1970s he visited Japan's paleontology conference several times and applied to present his findings. It was rumored that in 1978 an elderly paleontologist who walked into Okamura's lecture became so angry that he suffered from high bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Okamura
was a Japanese mathematician who made contributions to analysis and the theory of differential equations. He was a professor at Kyoto University.''Funkcialaj Ekvacioj'', 2 (1959), Profesoro Hirosi OKAMURA, nekrologo (''E-e'') He discovered the necessary and sufficient conditions on initial value problems of ordinary differential equations for the solution to be unique. He also refined the second mean value theorem of integration Integration may refer to: Biology *Multisensory integration *Path integration * Pre-integration complex, viral genetic material used to insert a viral genome into a host genome *DNA integration, by means of site-specific recombinase technology, .... Works * * * * (posthumous) References 1905 births 1948 deaths 20th-century Japanese mathematicians Mathematical analysts Academic staff of Kyoto University Kyoto University alumni {{Japan-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
