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Oka (surname)
Oka (written: or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese zoologist, anatomist and evolutionist * Ayumi Oka (born 1983), Japanese actress * Ayumi Oka (born 1986), Japanese female tennis player * Gedong Bagus Oka (1921–2002), Hindu reformer and philosopher in Indonesia *, Japanese fencer * , Japanese businessman in whaling * Kazuo Oka (born 1948), Japanese voice actor * Kiyoshi Oka (1901–1978), Japanese mathematician * Masi Oka (born 1974), Japanese American actor and digital effects artist * , Japanese sinologist * Takeshi Oka , , is a Japanese-American spectroscopist and astronomer specializing in the field of galactic astronomy, known as a pioneer of astrochemistry and the co-discoverer of interstellar trihydrogen cation (). He is now R.A. Milliken Distinguished Ser ... (born 1932), Japanese-American chemist and astronomer * , Japanese fencer Fictional characters * Oka (''Asobi Asobase''), a character in the manga series ''Asobi Aso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayumi Oka (actress)
Ayumi Oka (岡あゆみ ''Oka Ayumi'', born September 18, 1983 in Tsu, Mie, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in multiple television shows and films including ''Hanzawa Naoki'', ''Magerarenai onna'' and ''Kinpachi-sensei is a Japanese television drama that aired from 1979 to 2011. The official English title is Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B. ''Kinpachi-sensei'' tells the story of a third-year junior high school class in Japan; its teacher is Kinpachi Sakamoto, played ...''. External links * Profile at Stardust 1983 births Living people Japanese actresses Actors from Mie Prefecture Former Stardust Promotion artists People from Tsu, Mie {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayumi Oka (tennis)
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Most time of her career, she played on the ITF Women's Circuit. In June 2009, she reached her highest singles ranking of 297 by the Women's Tennis Association The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tenni ... (WTA). In July 2010, she reached her best WTA doubles ranking of 219. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2–0) Doubles: 23 (13–10) External links * * 1986 births Living people Japanese female tennis players 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gedong Bagus Oka
Gedong Bagus Oka (October 3, 1921 – November 14, 2002) was a Hindu reformer and philosopher in Indonesia. She was one of the foremost authorities on Agama Hindu Dharma and started the ''Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia'' movement in the 1980s. She was a recipient of the 1994 Jamnalal Bajaj Award. Early life Gedong was born with the name Ni Wayan Gedong in Karangasem as the daughter of the couple I Komang Layang and Ni Komang Pupuh, a member of the village council. Unlike most females at the time, the young Gedong was given the freedom by her parents to undertake all of her wishes. She was allowed to go to school. So she went to study in Yogyakarta and Jakarta. At school in Yogyakarta, she had the liberty to study Christianity. Her understanding about Christianity and her birth in the Hindu tradition caused her to befriend Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideko Oka
is a Japanese fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References External links * 1953 births Living people Japanese female foil fencers Olympic fencers of Japan Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Japan-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jūrō Oka
Jūrō Oka ( ''Oka Jūrō'', 27 July 1870 – 8 January 1923) was a Japanese businessman considered the "father of Japanese whaling". In the 1890s oka travelled to the West to acquire whaling techniques and equipment, and in 1899 established Nihon En'yō Gyogyō K.K., which caught its first whale the following year with Norwegian gunner. Whaling in Japan grew rapidly and competition was fierce. In 1908 Oka became the first president of the Japan Whaling Association. Oka declared Japan would "become one of the greatest whaling nations in the world ... The day will come when we shall hear one morning that whales have been caught in the Arctic and in the evening that whales are being hunted in the Antarctic." Life and career Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Japan went through a period of rapid modernization, and many were sent to the West to bring back knowledge and technology. The nation began to assert its authority in the Far East, which was to lead to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuo Oka
was a Japanese voice actor employed by the talent management firm Arts Vision. Anime TV *''Argento Soma'' (xxxx) (Smith) *''Brave Police J-Decker'' (1994) (Kazuto Azuma) *''Dragon Drive'' (xxxx) (Guankū) *'' Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu!'' (xxxx) (Kureson) *''Kimi ga Nozomu Eien'' (xxxx) (Kenzō Sakiyama) *'' Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne'' (1991-1992) (King the 100 Ton, Buffaloman (First), Robin Knight) *''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'' (xxxx) (Raymond Bishop) *''Naruto'' (xxxx) (Wagarashi 96) *''Planetes'' (xxxx) (Chad) *''Fist of the North Star'' (1984) (Gyuki) *'' Transformers: The Headmasters'' (1987) (Getsei, Snapdragon) *'' Power Stone'' (1999) (Kraken) *''Romeo × Juliet'' (2007) (The Old Man) *'' March Comes in like a Lion'' (2016) (Shōichi Matsunaga) *'' Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These'' (2018) (Klaus von Lichtenlade) OVA *'' Dragonslayer Eiyū Densetsu: Ōji no Tabidachi'' (xxxx) (Zagī) Movies *''The Dagger of Kamui'' (xxxx) (Gold Gan) Games *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Oka
was a Japanese mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of several complex variables. Biography Oka was born in Osaka. He went to Kyoto Imperial University in 1919, turning to mathematics in 1923 and graduating in 1924. He was in Paris for three years from 1929, returning to Hiroshima University. He published solutions to the first and second Cousin problems, and work on domains of holomorphy, in the period 1936–1940. He received his Doctor of Science degree from Kyoto Imperial University in 1940. These were later taken up by Henri Cartan and his school, playing a basic role in the development of sheaf theory. The Oka–Weil theorem is due to a work of André Weil in 1935 and Oka's work in 1937. Oka continued to work in the field, and proved Oka's coherence theorem in 1950. Oka's lemma is also named after him. He was a professor at Nara Women's University from 1949 to retirement at 1964. He received many honours in Japan. Honors * 1951 Japan Academy Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masi Oka
is a Japanese actor, producer, and digital effects artist who became widely known for starring in NBC's ''Heroes'' as Hiro Nakamura and in CBS's ''Hawaii Five-0'' as Doctor Max Bergman. Early life Oka was born in Tokyo, Japan, to Setsuko Oka. His parents divorced when he was one month old; he was raised in a single parent family and has never met his father. He was six years old when his mother and he moved to Los Angeles from Japan. At age eight, he appeared on the CBS-TV game show '' Child's Play''. In 1987, a 12-year-old Oka was featured as one of several children on the cover of ''Time'' magazine, for the article "Those Asian-American Whiz Kids." Though he was not featured in the article itself, he was acquainted with the photographer who conducted the shoot. In 1988, he placed fourth in the California state MATHCOUNTS competition and was one of the four students to represent the state of California in the national competition. Oka attended Brown University, where he was musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oka Rokumon
was a Japanese sinologist ('' kangakusha'') of the late Edo and Meiji periods. Biography Oka Rokumon was born on the second day of the eleventh month of Tenpō 4 according to the traditional Japanese calendar (12 December 1833 in the Gregorian calendar). He was born into a '' buke'' family in Sendai Domain. While he was still young he moved to Edo and studied at the , an educational institute under the auspices of the shogunate. He eventually became the director (舎長) of the institution. While a student there, he developed close friendships with several of his classmates, notably , , and . In late 1861, he travelled to Kinki, and while there, to help Keidō (who was not receiving a government salary), planned with Hanzan to establish a school in Osaka. They called the school ''Sōshōkō-juku'' (双松岡塾), literally "Two Matsus and Oka School". The school became a meeting place for various figures associated with the '' sonnō-jōi'' movement, attracting negative a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshi Oka
, , is a Japanese-American spectroscopist and astronomer specializing in the field of galactic astronomy, known as a pioneer of astrochemistry and the co-discoverer of interstellar trihydrogen cation (). He is now R.A. Milliken Distinguished Service Emeritus Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chemistry; Enrico Fermi Institute; and the College of University of Chicago. Education Oka received his BS and PhD degrees in 1955 and 1960, respectively, at the University of Tokyo. Career From 1960 to 1963, Oka was a JSPS Fellow at the University of Tokyo, and in 1963, he was a postdoctoral fellow along with Harry Kroto and J.K.G.Watson, among others, in Gerhard Herzberg's spectroscopy laboratory at the National Research Council of Canada. Afterward, he successively worked at the National Research Council of Canada (1964-1981), and at the University of Chicago (1981-). His research group is concerned with the study of the quantum mechanics and dynamics of fundamental mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Oka
(born 27 October 1964) is a Japanese fencer. She competed in the women's foil events at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1964 births Living people Japanese female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Japan Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women Place of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
