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Sawada Shōjirō
Sawada is a Japanese surname. People Sports *Aki Sawada (born 1988), Japanese figure skater *Atsuo Sawada (born 1964), Japanese wrestler *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese pole vaulter *Hiroyuki Sawada (born 1974), former Japanese football player *Kazuki Sawada (born 1982), former Japanese football player *, Japanese cyclist *Kentaro Sawada (born 1970), former Japanese football player *Raymond Sawada (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player Arts and entertainment * Fujiko Sawada, Japanese novelist * Kan Sawada, Japanese composer *Kenji Sawada (born 1948), Japanese musician * Kenya Sawada (born 1965), Japanese actor *Kyōichi Sawada (1936–1970), Japanese photographer *Shoko Sawada (born 1962), Japanese singer-songwriter, reporter, and radio personality *, Japanese jazz guitarist *Taiji Sawada, Japanese rock musician *Tomonori Sawada, Japanese composer *Toshiko Sawada (born 1936), Japanese voice actress Business *Jun Sawada (born 1955), Japanese businessman, CEO of Nippon Teleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aki Sawada
is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist and 2005 JGP Japan champion. Career Sawada began skating when she was six at her mother's encouragement. She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international figure skating competition, junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded ... series in the 2002–03 season. In 2003–04, she won bronze medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Japan and at the Japan Junior Championships. She was then assigned to the 2004 World Junior Championships, where she placed fifth. During the 2004–05 JGP series, Sawada won silver in Hungary and bronze in Ukraine and qualified for the JGP Final, where she finished seventh. After repeating as the Japanese junior bronze medalist, she finished ninth at the 2005 World Junior C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiji Sawada
, also known mononymously as Taiji, was a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former bassist of the rock band X Japan. X Japan rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, credited as founders of the Japanese visual kei movement. After leaving X Japan in January 1992, Taiji went on to work with many other bands, including Loudness and D.T.R. Early life Taiji Sawada was born in Ichikawa, Chiba, on July 12, 1966. He was the second son of three children. His younger sister Masayo is a singer known as Sister MAYO. When Taiji was two years of age, he shoved his hand into a machine in a factory where his parents worked, resulting in a first joint cut on the middle finger, but luckily, it was not too serious. In 1974, at age eight, Taiji learned how to play acoustic guitar while in elementary school. In 1979, Taiji's parents were divorced. Career 1982–1992: Early bands and X After dropping out of high school in 1982, Taiji formed his first band call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perman
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by about a clumsy boy, Mitsuo Suwa, who is chosen to become a powerful superhero to save the world along with other superheroes. The manga series was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' in 1967. The first anime series was first produced in black-and-white in 1967. The second anime series was made in color in 1983 with short films releasing in 1983, 2003 and 2004. The original manga which started serialization in 1966 was a joint work. Perman 2 (Booby), Kabao, Sabu, and Birdman (Superman) were drawn by Abiko. The continuation of the series serialized in 1983, was solely written by Fujimoto. Plot Mitsuo Suwa, a lazy young boy, meets an alien named Birdman, who is part of a group that maintains peace in the galaxy. Birdman recruits Mitsuo to become a Perman. Mitsuo is given three items. * A helmet that multiplies the wearer's physical strength, intellect and serves as a mask. * A cape that allows the wearer to fly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuna Sawada
, commonly nicknamed , is a fictional character and the protagonist of the manga and anime series ''Reborn!'' created by Akira Amano. Tsuna is one of the descendants of the Vongola family, a mafia in Italy, and is to be the next and tenth leader of the Vongola. To get him to this position, hitman Reborn becomes his tutor to train him to be a suitable boss. With Reborn's help, Tsuna confronts his fears and befriends several people, some of which become his guardians within the Vongola Family. However, due to Tsuna's high position in the mafia, various other families conspire to kill him, forcing him and his friends to confront them. Besides the manga and the anime, Tsuna has also been featured in video games and light novels based on the series, as well as a CD soundtrack. Tsuna's character has been very popular with readers; he appeared several times in the top 5 of the popularity polls developed for the series and has taken first place a few times. He has also been featured in me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Sawada
Kenzo Sawada, commonly known as Captain Sawada, is a character in the 1994 film ''Street Fighter''. Portrayed by Kenya Sawada, he came about due to Kenya originally being cast as Ryu through Capcom's wishes, but was recast by writer-director Steven E. de Souza as an original character called Captain Sawada, created to give him a role. He lost the role due to De Souza wanting an actor who had a better grasp of English. He later appears as a playable character in both the arcade game adaptation and console game adaptation, both in 1995. He uses Muay Thai, as well as techniques based on harakiri and kamikaze. The game has come to be known as the "Sawada Game" due to his involvement. His techniques, particularly the harakiri technique, contributed to him becoming a cult favorite among fans. He has also been compared to the character Fei-Long from ''Street Fighter II'', suggested to have replaced the character in the film. Concept and creation Captain Sawada is a Japanese man wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shingo Sawada
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7- dan. Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship Shingo Sawada was born on November 21, 1991, in Suzuka, Mie. He finished in third place in the 26th (2001) and 27th (2002) as the representative of Mie Prefecture. Sawada entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a protegee of shogi professional in March 2004 and was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in December 2007. Sawada was promoted to 3-dan in April 2008 and finished the 43rd 3-dan League (April 2008September 2008) with a record of 8 wins and 10 losses. He obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2009 after winning the 44th 3-dan League (October 2008March 2009) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses. Shogi professional Promotion history The promotion history for Sawada is as follows: * 6-kyū: March 23, 2004 * 4-dan: April 1, 2009 * 5-dan: February 12, 2013 * 6-dan: November 6, 2014 * 7-dan: October 14, 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeru Sawada
was a career military officer and a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography Sawada was the third son of a farmer in what is now the Kamobe neighborhood of the city of Kochi, Kōchi Prefecture. After attending military preparatory schools in Kōchi and Hiroshima, he graduated from the 18th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1905, serving as a junior officer in an artillery regiment. In 1910, he was sent to the Artillery Engineering School, and to the 26th class of the Army War College in 1914. On graduation, he was assigned to the Record and Documentation Bureau of Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, where he was assigned to the task of compiling an official record of the Russo-Japanese War. In January 1918, while still under the General Staff Office, he was assigned to accompany Japanese forces in the Japanese intervention in Siberia, and was assigned to the staff at Vladivostok and Omsk. Already fluent in the French langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setsuzō Sawada
Setsuzō Sawada (澤田 節蔵, September 9, 1884 - July 4, 1976) was a Japanese diplomat. Early life Born in Tottori Prefecture in what is now the town of Iwami, he graduated from the law faculty of the University of Tokyo and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Diplomatic career He served in several key posts including Consul-General in New York (1929–30), Delegate to the League of Nations (1930–32), and Ambassador to Brazil (1934–38). As a pacifist, he opposed Japan's 1933 withdrawal from the League of Nations, and as a Roman Catholic, he made appeals to the Vatican in order to put an early end to World War II. He served as an advisor to the cabinet of Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki late in the war. In the wake of the war he was regarded, along with fellow veteran diplomat Naotake Sato, as one of the remaining elder statesmen of his generation. Later carer He established Nippon Cultural Broadcasting and served as its chairman. He served as the first presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noriko Sawada Bridges Flynn
Noriko Bridges Flynn ( Sawada; February 11, 1923 – February 7, 2003), known as "Nikki Bridges Flynn", was a Japanese American writer and civil rights activist. She also helped overturn the law in Nevada barring mixed-race marriages. Biography Noriko Sawada was born in Gardena, California to Japanese parents who leased land to grow their own crops. Her parents leased the land because it was illegal for them to own farmland at the time in California. She began classes at Santa Monica College, but she was forced to stop after her first year. In 1942, she and her family were incarcerated in a Japanese internment camp near Poston, Arizona due to Executive Order 9066. She and her family were there for three years, behind barbed-wire fences. The experience affected Sawada, showing her the deep injustices in society. She says that she had felt "terribly angry... Everything was turned upside-down." When she was released, Sawada and her parents, moved to Berkeley and she became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Sawada
Jun Sawada (澤田 純, Sawada Jun, born 30 July 1955) is a Japanese businessmanof Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), the third largest telecommunications company in the world in terms of revenue, since June 2022. Early life and education Jun Sawada was born on 30 July 1955. He received his B.A. in Civil Engineering from Kyoto University in 1978. Career Sawada was engaged in various leadership roles in technology developments, business incubation, enterprise sales, and corporate strategy planning and implementation since he joined NTT in 1978. After serving as Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Strategy at NTT Communications, he succeeded Hiroo Unoura and was appointed President and CEO of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation in 2018. He has been Chairman and Representative Member of the Board since 2022. As of 2024, he no longer serves as a Representative Member of the Board, while continuing in his capacity aExecutive Chairmanof the Board. He a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiko Sawada
is a Japanese voice actress from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Filmography Anime *'' Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.'' (Narration) *'' Appleseed'' (Athena) *'' Berserk'' (Queen) *'' Cinderella Monogatari'' (Cinderella's stepmother) *''Go! Princess PreCure'' (Yume Mochizuki) *'' Hinako Note'' (Grandmother) *'' Minky Momo'' (Devil Queen) *'' Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic'' (Baba) *'' Maison Ikkoku'' (Kamiogi) *''Maya the Honey Bee'' (Thekla) *'' Minky Momo'' Tabidachi no Eki (OVA) (Mistress) *''Mob Psycho 100: The Spirits and Such Consultation Office's First Company Outing ~A Healing Trip that Warms the Heart~'' (OVA) (Okami's Mother) *''Mobile Suit Gundam'' (Kamaria Ray) *'' Violet Evergarden'' (Tiffany Evergarden) *''Overman King Gainer'' (Martena Lane) *''Robotics;Notes'' (Kaoruko Usui) *'' Rumic World: The Laughing Target'' (Azusa's Mother) *''Zillion'' (Admis) *'' Jigoku Shōjo Futakomori'' (Michiyo Takeda, ep 18) *''Clannad After Story'' (Kindergarten principal, ep 19) *''Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomonori Sawada
is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo. It produces several multi-million-selling game franchises for arcades and consoles, including ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Angry Birds'', ''Phantasy Star'', ''Puyo Puyo'', ''Super Monkey Ball'', ''Total War'', ''Virtua Fighter'', ''Megami Tensei'', ''Sakura Wars'', ''Persona'', ''The House of the Dead'' and ''Yakuza''. From 1983 until 2001, Sega also developed its own consoles. Sega was founded by Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart in Hawaii as on June 3, 1960. Shortly after, it acquired the assets of its predecessor, Service Games of Japan. In 1965, it became known as Sega Enterprises, Ltd., after acquiring Rosen Enterprises, an importer of coin-operated games. Sega developed its first coin-operated game, ''Periscope'', in 1966. Sega was sold to Gulf and Western Industries in 1969. Following a downturn in the arcade business in the early 1980s, Sega began to develop video game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
