Shinobu Tsuruta
is a Japanese verb meaning or . It is a Japanese given name used by either sex. Shinobu is also the dictionary form of ''shinobi'' which can be combined with ''mono'' (者) to make ''shinobi no mono'' (忍びの者), an alternative name of ninja. Possible writings Shinobu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: ;as a given name *忍, "endurance/perseverance/patience" *清信, "purify, belief" *志信, "intention, belief" ;as a male given name *信夫, "belief, man" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana, though hiragana is typically reserved for females and katakana for foreign-born Japanese. People *Shinobu Adachi (忍, born 1958), Japanese voice actress and actress *Shinobu Asagoe (しのぶ, born 1976), Japanese professional tennis player *Shinobu Fukuhara (忍, born 1976), Japanese baseball pitcher *Shinobu Hashimoto (忍, born 1918), Japanese screenwriter, director, and producer * Shinobu "Inoran" Inoue (清信, born 1970), Japanese ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of ''hiragana'' and ''katakana''. The characters have Japanese pronunciation, pronunciations; most have two, with one based on the Chinese sound. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. After World War II, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as shinjitai, by a process similar to China's simplified Chinese characters, simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the common folk. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinobu Kandori
is a retired Japanese wrestler and politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa, she ran unsuccessfully for House of Councillors in 2004 but was allowed to join the house in 2006 when Heizo Takenaka, a member of the house, resigned. As a professional wrestler she worked for several women's promotions from the 1980s to the 2000s, including Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and its offshoot, Ladies' Legend Pro-Wrestling (LLPW), of which she became the president in 2002. She held several championships, including the LLPW Singles Championship in 1993 and 1997, and the WWWA World Single Championship in 1998. During her career, Kandori also had some hardcore matches. On March 14, 1997, Kandori had a bloody deathmatch, where the ring ropes were replaced with barbed wire, against Megumi Kudo in FMW. Judo Kandori captured the bronze medal at the 1984 World Judo Championships. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinobu Yaguchi
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed. His film ''Waterboys'' was particularly successful and led to a TV series which entered its third season in 2005. He was awarded Best Screenplay at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film ''Swing Girls is a Japanese 2004 teen comedy film directed and co-written by Shinobu Yaguchi. The plot follows a group of inept high school girls who form a big band. The cast includes Juri Ueno, Yuta Hiraoka, Shihori Kanjiya, Yuika Motokariya and Yukari To ...''. Selected filmography Director References External links * 1967 births Living people Japanese film directors Tokyo Zokei University alumni {{Japan-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinobu Tsukasa
, also known as , is a Japanese Yakuza, the sixth and current ''kumicho'' (supreme kingpin, or chairman) of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization. Career Shinoda was born in Ōita, Kyushu."Pre-Notification For Upcoming Designation Of Transnational Organized Criminal Elements : Identifying Information : Yakuza : Entry 1 : Yamaguchi-gumi : Person 1 : Kenichはさi Shinoda" '''' After graduating from Oita Prefectural Fisheries High School (currently Oita P ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinobu Tanno
Shinobu Tanno (丹野忍 ''Tanno Shinobu'', born 1973) is a Japanese illustrator, born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Tanno graduated in 1997 from Ritsumeikan University. Self-taught, Tanno has illustrated in a number of fields, from CD cover design to video game and novel illustration. Illustration Works Tanno has contributed to the ''Guin Saga'' novel series, written by Kaoru Kurimoto, ''The Heroic Legend of Arslan'' novel series, written by Yoshiki Tanaka, the ''Vandal Hearts'' video game, and the cover to the single '' "Mirror"'' by famous Japanese musician Gackt , better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt (stylized as GACKT), is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Born in Okinawa, Japan, to a Ryukyuan family, Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was raise .... References External links * Entry at Japanese-language Wikipedia (Japanese) 1973 births Japanese illustrators Living people People from Ibaraki Prefectur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinobu Sekine
was a Japanese middleweight judoka. He won a gold medal at his only Olympics in 1972. Biography Sekine was born in Ōarai, Ibaraki, and entered the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department after graduating from Chuo University. He sought a spot on the Olympic judo team after seeing Isao Okano, a rival judoka also from Ibaraki Prefecture, win gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics. However, judo was not included in the program for the 1968 Summer Olympics, and Sekine entered the Olympics for the first time in 1972 as a 28-year-old veteran after winning the All-Japan Judo Championships that year. Sekine lost to Oh Seung-Lip of South Korea in the 5th round of the tournament, but won the repechage to face Oh for the second time in the Olympic final. Sekine was forced to fight defensively for most of the match, but in the few remaining seconds, he tried a Tai Otoshi which put his opponent down onto the mat. The two assistant referees were split on the outcome, but the main referee from the Ne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinobu Satouchi
is a Japanese voice actor best known as the voice of Fox McCloud in the Japanese version of Nintendo's Star Fox series and Super Smash Bros. series. He was also the voice of Giru in Dragon Ball GT. He works at Aoni Production. Notable roles TV *''Aoki Densetsu Shoot!'' (1993) - Teacher, Television Announcer, Unknown Player *''Dragon Ball GT'' (1996) - Giru *''Dragon Ball Kai'' (2009) - Doctor *''Dragon Quest'' (xxxx) - Great Maze *''One Piece'' (xxxx) - Carne *''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (xxxx) - Ari Ram *''Slam Dunk'' - (1993) Satoru Kakuta Films *'' Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital'' (2003) - Shichirou Washio Video games *Star Fox 64 (1997) - Fox McCloud, Leon Powalski, Caiman, Sarumarine Pilot * Star Fox: Assault (2005) - Leon Powalski * Super Smash Bros. series (xxxx) - Fox McCloud (Original and Melee), Leon Powalski (Brawl), Dr. Wright (Brawl) Dubbing *''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinobu Sato
Shinobu Sato (born June 5, 1955), is a Japanese classical artist. Shinobu debuted in 1988 with the tape '' Red Dragonfly: World Music on Guitar'', which was released on audio CD in 1992. His second major album, ''Little Signs of Autumn'' was released on audio CD in 1994. Biography Early life Shinobu was born in Kobe, Japan, and began playing the acoustic guitar at the age of 13. He emigrated to the United States in 1979 after meeting his future wife Katherine Larson. He has the ability to play the guitar either left- or right-handed. Early career Shinobu began working in Los Angeles, California as a waiter, while trying to establish his career as a musician. He received his economics degree in Japan and his masters in Music History and Guitar from Northeastern Illinois University. Current work Shinobu teaches guitar to students of all ages throughout the northside of Chicago, Illinois. Personal life Shinobu is father to -year-old Ian Junpei Sato, -year-old Colin Makito Sato ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinobu Otowa
is a Japanese enka singer. She was born as Chieko Yoshimura (吉村智恵子 ''Yoshimura Chieko'') in Shimonoseki is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. With a population of 265,684, it is the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the fifth-largest city in the Chūgoku region. It is located at the southwestern tip of Honshu facing the Tsushim ..., Yamaguchi. Discography Singles * しのぶの渡り鳥 (''Shinobu no Wataridori'') May 9, 2001 * しのぶの一番纏 (''Shinobu no Ichibanmatoi'') May 21, 2002 * 昔の彼に逢うのなら (''Mukashi no Kare ni Au no nara'') October 22, 2002 * 最終霧笛 (''Saishū Muteki'') February 25, 2003 * 泣き酒 (''Nakizake'') January 1, 2004 * 明日川 (''Ashitagawa'') July 7, 2004 * 佐渡なさけ (''Sadonasake'') February 23, 2005 * 二年酒 (''Ninenzake'') August 24, 2005 * 風の吹きよで (''Kaze no Fukiyode'') January 2, 2006 * 花燃え (''Hanamoe'') July 26, 2006 Albums * 昭和の流行歌 (''Sh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinobu Otake
is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for '' Railroad Man'', and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress ('' The Incident'') and Best Supporting Actress (''Seishoku no ishibumi''). She also won the award for best actress at the 12th Hochi Film Award for ''Eien no 1/2''. At the 25th Moscow International Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for her role in ''Owl''. She has received a total of 12 nominations. She was the favoured lead actress of director Kaneto Shindo after his previous lead actress, Nobuko Otowa, died in 1994, and featured in four of his films from ''Will to Live'' in 1999 to ''Postcard'' in 2011. Otake has also acted on the stage. She performed during the last segment of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Closing Ceremony along Tokyo’s Suginami Children Chorus, singing the song "''Hoshimeguri no Uta"'' (Star Tour Song) composed by Kenji Miyazawa, as the Olympic flame was extinguished. In 2021, Otake too ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinobu Orikuchi
, also known as , was a Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet. As a disciple of Kunio Yanagita, he established an original academic field named , which is a mixture of Japanese folklore, Japanese classics, and Shintō. He produced many works in a diversity of fields covering the history of literature, folkloric performing arts, folklore itself, Japanese language, the classics study, Shintōology, ancient study, and so on. Yukio Mishima once called him the "Japanese Walter Pater". Biography Orikuchi was born in the former Nishinari, Ōsaka (now part of Naniwa-ku, Osaka). After graduating with a degree in Japanese literature from Kokugakuin University in 1910, he started to teach Japanese and Chinese classics at junior high schools. In 1919, he was employed as a part-time instructor in Kokugakuin University. In 1922, he was promoted to professor. In 1924, he was hired as a professor at Keio University as well; afterward, he taught at two different universit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shinobu Ohtaka
is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for her manga works ''Sumomomo, Momomo'' and '' Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic''. Works Publication *''Sumomomo, Momomo'' (2004–2009) — Serialized in Square Enix's ''Young Gangan''. *'' Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic'' (2009–2017) — Serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''. **'' Magi: Adventure of Sinbad'' (illustrated by Yoshifumi Ohtera; 2013–2018) — Serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' and later in ''Ura Sunday''. *''Orient'' (2018–present) — Serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' and later in ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine''. Anime *''Back Arrow is an original Japanese anime series produced by Studio VOLN, directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Kazuki Nakashima. The series aired from January to June 2021. Plot The series takes place in the land of , a continent completely surroun ...'' (2021) — Original character designs. References External links Shinobu Ohtaka's ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |