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Ruben Aquino
Ruben Aquino (born December 18, 1953) is a Japanese-born Filipino-American animator. A character animator and a supervising animator who has formerly worked on many films at Walt Disney Animation Studios, his work has included the several Disney characters, including Maurice in ''Beauty and the Beast'', Simba as an adult in ''The Lion King'', Chief Powhatan in ''Pocahontas'', Li Shang and Fa Li in ''Mulan'', Pleakly and David Kawena in ''Lilo & Stitch'', Denahi in ''Brother Bear'', and Eudora and James in ''The Princess and the Frog''. His style is easily recognized by his powerful figures and his extremely geometric facial movements. Early life Ruben A. Aquino was born on December 18, 1953 in Okinawa, Japan. His mother is Japanese while his father is Filipino. He studied in Christ the King International School in Okinawa from kindergarten to high school and graduated in 1971. He attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and majored in architecture. Professional car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okinawa Island
is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five main islands of Japan. The island is approximately long, an average wide, and has an area of . It is roughly south of the main island of Kyushu and the rest of Japan. It is north of Taiwan. The total population of Okinawa Island is 1,384,762. The Greater Naha area has roughly 800,000 residents, while the city itself has about 320,000 people. Naha is the seat of Okinawa Prefecture on the southwestern part of Okinawa Island. Okinawa has a humid subtropical climate. Okinawa has been a critical strategic location for the United States Armed Forces since the Battle of Okinawa and the end of World War II. The island was under American administration until 1972, and today hosts around 26,000 US military personnel, about half of the total complement of the United States Forces Japan, spread among 32 bases and 48 training sites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
