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Oku (surname)
Oku (奥) is a common Japanese surname. Despite the apparent overlap with the modern ''go-on'' reading of ''oku'' that is derived from Middle Chinese, this term is actually rooted in Old Japanese, appearing in the ''Man'yōshū'' collection of poetry dating to roughly 759 CE. Cognate with 沖 (''oki'', "the open sea, offshore"), originally in reference to “somewhere far removed, possibly out of sight”. While ''oki'' came to mean “far removed in the wide open → far off shore”, ''oku'' instead came to mean “far removed inside → inside, interior”.1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (''Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition'') (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan. Notable people with this surname include: *Daisuke Oku (奧 大介, 1976–2014), a Japanese football player who played for Japan national team. *Hanako Oku (奥 華子, born 1978), a pop singer famous in her native Japan for her piano ballads *Hiroya Oku (奥 浩哉, born 1967), a manga artist who is the creator of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Surname
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population, while the top 100 surnames cover slightly more than 33%. This ranking is a result of an August 2008 study by Meiji Yasuda Life, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, which included approximately 6,118,000 customers of Meiji Yasuda's insurance and annuities. References {{Names_in_world cultures Japanese names Names by culture Japanese culture Lists of surnames, Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuhiko Oku
Katsuhiko Oku (奥 克彦 ''Oku Katsuhiko'', 3 January 1958 – 29 November 2003) was a Japanese diplomat who played rugby for Oxford and Waseda University. In Britain he was known as "Katsu". Character and life A very popular and dynamic personality, he later became a diplomat and was sent from the Japanese embassy in London to Iraq where he was killed by unknown assailants with his colleague Masamori Inoue and their Iraqi driver when their car was ambushed on 29 November 2003. He was promoted posthumously to ambassador in recognition of his work by the Japanese foreign ministry (Gaimusho). Oku made a point of visiting many countries and finding out what the local people wanted. He saw it as the first duty of a diplomat. Since 2004 an Oku Memorial Trophy has been contested annually in Richmond, London by the Kew Occasionals club (founded by Katsu Oku's good friend Reg Clark), London Japanese RFC and some Japanese teams. (See RFU's official newspaper ''Touchline'', February 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Ōku
Ōku (Japanese: or ) (February 12, 661 – January 29, 702) was a Japanese princess during the Asuka period in Japanese history. She was the daughter of Emperor Tenmu and sister of Prince Ōtsu. As a young girl, she witnessed the Jinshin War. According to the ''Man'yōshū'' ("The Anthology of Ten Thousand Leaves"), she became the first ''Saiō'' to serve at Ise Grand Shrine. After the death of her brother Prince Ōtsu in 686, she returned from Ise to Yamato to enshrine his remains on Mt. Futakami, before a quiet end to her life at age 40. Genealogy Oku was born on the 8th Day of the 1st Month of the ''Saimei's era 7'' (661), in the cabin of the Imperial ship which dropped anchor in the sea of Ōku on the Empress Kōgyoku's way to Kyushu. Her name was derived from her birthplace. She had a younger brother named Prince Ōtsu, who was born three years later in Na no Ōtsu of Kyūshū. Her mother, Princess Ōta, died when Princess Ōku was seven years old. On the 9th Day of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okechukwu Oku
Okechukwu Oku , also known as Okey Oku and nicknamed "the Oracle", is a Nigerian film producer, director, cinematographer and occasional musician. He is best known for directing the movies ''Love and Oil'' (2014), ''Burning Bridges'' (2014) and '' Bambitious'' (2014) which featured Belinda Effah and Daniel K Daniel. Early life Oku was born in Enugu, south-eastern Nigeria and is the second of eleven children of Goddy and Winifred Oku. He is of Igbo descent and hails from Ukpo in Dunukofia local government area of Anambra State. His father, Goddy was a popular Nigerian musician in the 1970s and his mother Winifred Oku is a retired Nigerian Civil Servant. Oku’s younger brother, Udoka 'Selebobo' Oku, is a music producer and singer. Oku began his formal education at the WTC Primary School in Enugu and went on to St. Charles Special Science School, Onitsha, Anambra State. Halfway through his University education, Oku left school to pursue his passion in the arts; Oku immersed himse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major theatres of military operations were located in Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden in Southern Manchuria, and the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan. Russia sought a warm-water port on the Pacific Ocean both for its navy and for maritime trade. Vladivostok remained ice-free and operational only during the summer; Port Arthur, a naval base in Liaodong Province leased to Russia by the Qing dynasty of China from 1897, was operational year round. Russia had pursued an expansionist policy east of the Urals, in Siberia and the Far East, since the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century. Since the end of the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, Japan had feared Russian en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oku Yasukata
Count was a Japanese field marshal and leading figure in the early Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Early life Born in Kokura (in present-day Kitakyūshū) to a ''samurai'' family of the Kokura Domain in Buzen Province, Oku joined the military forces of the nearby Chōshū Domain during the First and Second Chōshū expeditions and the Boshin War in their struggle to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate and bring about the Meiji Restoration. Military career Appointed a commander of the new Imperial Japanese Army, Oku fought against the disgruntled samurai insurgents during the Saga Rebellion of 1871. He was later a survivor of the Taiwan Expedition of 1874. During the Satsuma Rebellion, he defended Kumamoto Castle during its siege as commander of the 13th Infantry Regiment. During the First Sino-Japanese War Oku succeeded General Nozu Michitsura commander of the IJA Fifth Division of the IJA First Army. Later, he successively held posts as commander of the Imperial Guards and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shutaro Oku
is a Japanese film and stage director. Biography Shutaro Oku was born in 1975 in Tokyo, Japan. From 2000 to 2009, Oku directed many theatrical films, notably ''The Labor Cop'', ''Japanese Naked Tribe'', ''Aka-sen'', ''Cain's Descendant'', and ''USB''. He also participated stage productions as visual planner, like ''Elisabeth'' and ''MOZART!'' for TOHO Musical, ''The Bee'' and ''Egg'' for NODA MAP productions, ''1789'', ''Casablanca'' for the Takarazuka Revue, and more. In 2015, Oku directed the stage play based on 2011 anime series ''Blood-C'', titled ''Blood-C: The Last Mind''. That same year, he directed the stage play of ''Ghost in the Shell'', titled '' Ghost in the Shell: Ghost is Alive''. In 2017, Oku directed the first live-action film adaptation for ''Blood-C'', titled '' Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story''. Oku later returned to direct the two live-action films for ''Blood-C'', '' Blood-Club Dolls 1'' and ''Blood-Club Dolls 2''. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manami Oku
is a Japanese singer. She is a former member of the Japanese girl band AKB48. She debuted in AKB48 in February 2006 as a member of the "Team K". Oku's mother is Japanese and her father is Italian. she was later transferred to Team B She graduated from AKB48 in April, 2011 when she was 15 years old, and left the entertainment industry to focus on her studies. On March 5, 2018, it was announced Oku's belonging to the talent company Flave Entertainment. As of January 31, 2020, she no longer belongs to Flave Entertainment as the announcement has been exclusive on her social network. Career Oku was born on November 22, 1995, in Tokyo, Japan. In 2006, she auditioned for AKB48 and was cast to Team K. She was also a member of AKB48's subgroup Honegumi (the group was formed for a kids' TV show in 2007). She was transferred to Team B on August 23, 2009. Oku released a solo single named "Katatsumuri" in 2011. The song was used as the end theme to a NHK Educational TV's anime called ''Oja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiichi Oku
is a Japanese keyboardist, composer, and arranger. He was the keyboardist in the Japanese band Spectrum from 1979-1981. In 2009, he won the JASRAC International Award for the background music used in the '' Ashita no Nadja'' anime television series from Toei Animation. Biography Oku was born in Shiga, Japan. He graduated from the music composition program at the Tokyo University of the Arts. He was enrolled in the university's master's program but dropped out. As a grad student he performed in a backup band for Hiromi Go. On August 25, 1979 he debuted as a member of the rock band Spectrum. After Spectrum broke up in 1981, he participated in a number of recording sessions as a studio musician. Soon after, he began working as a composer and arranger for numerous artists and on March 21, 1981 he released his solo debut album ''Misty Morning''. As of April 2005, he serves as a guest professor at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music for the music and sound design course. In May 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroya Oku
is a Japanese manga artist, who is the creator of ''Gantz'', '' Gigant'', ''Hen'' and ''Inuyashiki'', the first two of which have been serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump''. Originally influenced by Katsuhiro Otomo and Ryoichi Ikegami,奥浩哉の「いぬやしき」特集、山本直樹×奥浩哉の師弟対談（1/4） January 14, 2014 his manga often contain explicit violence, sexual depictions, and matters that are considered by the public, and he is known as a pioneer in the use of digital processing for manga backgrounds. His debut manga ''Hen'' was a runner-up in the 1988 Young Jump Youth Manga Awards. The pseudonym he used at the time of its serial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go-on
are one of the several possible ways of reading Japanese kanji. They are based on the classical pronunciations of Chinese characters of the then- prestigious eastern Jiankang (now Nanjing) dialect. ''Go-on'' preceded the readings. Both ''go-on'' and ''kan-on'' exhibit characteristics of Middle Chinese. History and uses ''Go-on'' readings were introduced into Japan during the 5th and 6th centuries, when China was divided into separate Northern and Southern dynasties. They may have been imported either directly from the Southern dynasty or from the Korean Peninsula. There was an influx of thinkers from China and Korea to Japan at that time, including practitioners of both Buddhism and Confucianism. However, there is no historical documentation to demonstrate that ''go-on'' readings are actually based on Southern Chinese. Shibatani has noted that ''go-on'' readings make up the first of three waves of Chinese loans to the Japanese language, the others being ''kan-on'' and ''tou- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanako Oku
is a pop singer famous in her native Japan for her piano ballads. She rose to fame after performing the end-title track for the Madhouse film ''The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' in 2006. She was signed to a major record label the preceding year. Biography Oku's musical training began at age 5 with piano lessons, but by age 9 she was also learning the trumpet and was a member of her school's brass band. In 2004, Oku began to perform on the streets of Tokyo, mainly in Shibuya ward, but once sold 402 CDs in four hours outside Kashiwa railway station. Later that same year she released her first mainstream single ''Fireworks'' and performed her debut one-woman show to an audience of 135. Approached by Chiba TV, she made an appearance on the show ''Chiba Fighting Spirit''. Over the next year she toured western Japan and self-produced two more CD singles before releasing an album in April 2005. Soon afterwards she was signed up by record company Pony Canyon. In April 2006, the an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
