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Shishido Mototsugu
is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese swordsman *, Japanese stunt man *, Japanese drummer and vocalist *, Japanese wrestler *, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer *, Japanese welterweight shoot boxer Fictional characters: *, a character from ''The Prince of Tennis'' * Tomi Shishido, a character from Marvel Comics ''Wolverine'' See also *Shishido Domain *Shishido Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kasama, Ibaraki, Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Shishido Station is served by the Mito Line, and is located 48.5 km from ... {{surname, Shishido Japanese-language surnames ja:宍戸氏 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shishido Baiken
Shishido (宍戸) is the family name of a Japanese swordsman believed to have been active in the early years of the Edo period (1603-1868). Legend has it that he was a skilled practitioner of the kusarigama (a metal chain attached to a kama and a weight, also known as the chain and sickle), and around the year 1607 he fought a duel against the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi in which he was killed. It is debatable if Shishido actually existed or not. Author William Scott Wilson wrote in his book The Lone Samurai in 2004: ''"In 1607, Musashi was passing through the province of Iga when he met a man known only by his family name, Shishido, who was a master of the sickle and chain."'' The first record of Musashi's duel with him is in the ''Nitenki'' ( 二天記) written in 1776, when he was named as Shishido Nanigashi (宍戸某). In Eiji Yoshikawa's novel '' Musashi'' in 1935-39, he was named as Shishido Baiken (宍戸梅軒). If fictional, he may have been based on Shishido Ietoshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daizen Shishido
(real name Shishido Kunihiro) is a Japanese stunt double. He has appeared in many television shows, including regular appearances on long-running series such as ''Mito Kōmon, Ōoka Echizen,'' the '' Hissatsu'' series and ''Abarenbo Shogun.'' He was also the stunt double for Raizo Ichikawa in all eight "Shinobi no Mono" films from 1963-67. After graduating from Nippon Sport Science University, he went to work for Daiei, then Toei, before become a free-lancer in 1970. In 1999 Shishido won the Distinguished Service Award at the Kyoto Film Festivalbr> Among his film appearances are ''Ninpō Chūshingura'' (from a Futaro Yamada story) and ''Zenigata Heiji , usually called and formerly Heiji Zenigata VII, is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his manga series ''Lupin III'', which debuted in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. He is named after the famous fictional Japanese ...'' (the 1967 Toei film In addition to working as a stunt double, he led a grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavka Shishido
, known as a solo artist by the stage name is a Japanese-Mexican drummer and vocalist. Originally a member of the rock band The News, she debuted as a solo musician in 2012 and released her debut album ''Kavkanize'' in 2013. She prominently plays the drums in all of her promotions. Shishido was given the name "Kavka" for her stage name by copy editor Junpei Watanabe. Shishido always wore black, reminding her of a crow. She picked the Czech word ', which refers to the daurian jackdaw. Biography Shishido was born in Mexico in 1985 to Japanese parents. She lived there until she was two, later going to Japan for elementary school. Between the ages of 13 and 14, Shishido lived in Argentina. She learned Spanish to use in her daily life, though on returning to Japan forgot it since she had nobody with whom to practice. When she was 14, Shishido was inspired to take up the drums after seeing a live performance on TV. She enjoyed the idea of the drummer being an "unsung hero" of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouji Shishido
is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Dragon Gate. Professional wrestling career Dragon Gate (2006-present) He plays the Jackson Florida character, who is a popular masked comedy wrestler in the promotion. He debuted the character on July 3, 2005, in a tag match where he and Johnson Florida battled the Florida Brothers, Michael Iwasa and Daniel Mishima. His character is the uncle of the Florida Brothers, and he has earned the nickname "The Stuntman" because of his high-risk wrestling style. His risk taking is always unsuccessful, however, which provides much of the character's comedy. In particular, he has missed his diving knee drop so many times that he requires the use of a cane to walk and wrestle, and what's worse, he refuses to stop using the move. Despite this, he has managed to become a three-time Open the Owarai Gate Champion. As the Owarai Gate Championship is decided based on fan support rather than actually winning matches, his poor win-loss record do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumi Shishido
is a Japanese singer and voice actress from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Shishido debuted as an idol singer with Sony Records in 1990 with the single "Cosmic Rendezvous." In 1992, she left her management and began releasing music independently. Around the same time Shishido left her management, she also debuted as a voice actress, with her breakthrough role being Mikako Koda from '' Neighborhood Story''. Other notable roles she has played include Onpu Segawa from ''Ojamajo Doremi'', Rosemary Applefield from '' Ashita no Nadja'', Viper from ''Reborn!'', M.O.M.O. from the ''Xenosaga'' series, Diana and Luna from the ''Jewelpet'' series, and June Amou from '' Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live'' and ''King of Prism''. Early life Shishido was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan as the only daughter of an old Samurai family; her grandfather was a buddhist monk. When Shishido was two years old, she moved to Hiroshima with her mother after her parents divorced. She was a cheerleader at schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroki Shishido
Hiroki Shishido ( Japanese: 宍戸大樹; born March 16, 1977) is a Japanese welterweight shoot boxer, fighting out of Cesar Gym, Asakusa. He is a former 2004 S-cup world tournament finalist and WMC Intercontinental Super Welterweight champion. Biography He defeated Satoru Suzuki via KO (spinning back fist) in the first round at ''Shootboxing 2012 - Act 4'' on September 17, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan to qualify for the 2012 S-Cup. He competed at the '' Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2012'' in Tokyo, Japan on November 17, 2012. After a majority decision (27-27, 28-27, 28-27) win over Gesias Cavalcante at the quarter-final stage, he was knocked out by the eventual tournament winner Andy Souwer in the first round of their semi-finals bout. He defeated Hiroyuki Takaya by unanimous decision at ''Shootboxing 2013 - Act 2'' in Tokyo on April 20, 2013. He scored two knockdowns in the first round but was also deducted a point in the third when he kicked a downed Takaya. He defeated Len Genji b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Prince Of Tennis Characters
''The Prince of Tennis'' manga and anime series has a large cast of fictional characters created by Takeshi Konomi; many have appeared in the musical and film adaptations. The cast of the series is largely made up of the members of the various tennis teams for the schools portrayed in the series, their coaches, and various family members and supporters. The main character of the series is Ryoma Echizen, a 12-year-old tennis prodigy who joins the Seishun Academy tennis team. The main cast is rounded out with the other eight regular players for Seishun, all of whom have various special abilities at playing tennis. Beyond them, there are many rival schools whose players reappear during the course of the series. Protagonists The protagonists of the series all attend , or for short. The school is famous for its talented tennis club in which the series' leading protagonist, Ryoma Echizen, is enrolled in the school by his father, Nanjiro Echizen, a former professional tennis player a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prince Of Tennis
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in forty-two ''tankōbon'' volumes. Viz Media licensed the manga for English release in North America. A 178-episode anime television series adaptation animated by Trans Arts, co-produced by Nihon Ad Systems and TV Tokyo, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 2001 to March 2005. A sequel of three original video animation (OVA) series, totaling 26 episodes, were released from March 2006 to January 2009. In North America, the anime series was first licensed by Viz Media and later by Funimation. ''The Prince of Tennis'' developed into a media franchise, including a long-running radio show, numerous video games, well over 250 soundtracks and CDs, and other merchandise. Since 2003, more than fifteen stage musicals adaptations have been produced. An anime film premiered in Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomi Shishido
The Gorgon (Tomi Shishido) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Gorgon first appeared in ''Wolverine'' vol. 3 #20, and was created by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. The character was killed in ''Wolverine'' vol. 3 #31, only to be resurrected later in ''Secret Warriors'' #2. Fictional character biography Tomi Shishido is a member of the Hand and Hydra and a powerful mutant In biology, and especially in genetics, a mutant is an organism or a new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is generally an alteration of the DNA sequence of the genome or chromosome of an organism. It ..., leading the extremist mutant society Dawn of the White Light. As a child, he possessed near superhuman levels of intelligence. Shishido said his first words at two weeks of age, could walk at three months, and was able to read and write by his first birthday. He became an accomplis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shishido Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Hitachi Province (modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Shishido Jin'ya in what is now part of the city of Kasama, Ibaraki. It was ruled for much of its history by a junior branch of the Mito Tokugawa clan. History When the new Tokugawa shogunate moved the powerful Satake clan north into Dewa Province, part of the lands they were given were occupied by the Akita clan. Shishido Domain was created for Akita Sanesue in 1602 out of part of the former Satake lands in Hitachi Province. He was replaced by his son Akita Toshisue in 1630, who was subsequently transferred to Miharu Domain in Mutsu Province and the domain reverted to direct control by the shogunate. Shishido Domain was revived in 1682 for Matsudaira Yorio, the 7th son of Tokugawa Yorifusa of Mito Domain by order of Tokugawa Mitsukuni. The domain played a leading role in the pro-'' sonno joi'' Tengu Party Revolt of the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shishido Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Shishido Station is served by the Mito Line, and is located 48.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Oyama Station is a junction railway station in the city of Oyama, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). Overview This station is the repr .... Station layout The station consists of a single curved side platform serving traffic in both direction. The Station is staffed. History Shishido Station was opened on 16 January 1889 as . It was renamed to its present name on 25 May 1889. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in July 2012. Passenger statistics I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese-language Surnames
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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