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Shizuko Minase
is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible spellings Shizuko can be written in hiragana, katakana, kanji, or with a combination of kana and kanji. * , spelled with hiragana and kanji * , spelled with katakana and kanji * , "quiet/calm, child" * , "motives, sea port, child" People with the name * Shizuko Gō (), Japanese novelist * Shizuko Ihara (), Japanese enka singer professionally known as Mina Aoe * Susana Shizuko Higuchi Miyagawa (), Japanese Peruvian politician and engineer. Ex-wife of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori. * Shizuko Hoshi (), Japanese American actress and theatre director. Widow of Japanese actor Makoto "Mako" Iwamatsu. * Shizuko Kasagi (), Japanese jazz singer and actress * Shizuko Minase (), daughter of Viscount Tadasuki Minase of Japan and wife of Prince Kuni Taka of Japan. Mother of Princess Hatsuko, Prince Yoshihiko, Princess Kuniko, Prince Iehiko, and Prince Norihiko of Japan. * Shizuko Natsuki (), Japanese author * Shizuko Nogi (), daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuka
is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Shizuka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *, "quiet/calm" *, "quiet/calm, flower" *, "quiet/calm, fragrance" *, "quiet/calm, flower" *, "quiet/calm, excellent" *, "quiet/calm, summer". The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name * , Taiwanese actress * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese figure skater * , also known as Lady Shizuka, one of the most famous women in Japanese history and literature * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese novelist and lyricist * , Japanese actress and dancer * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese politician * , Japanese singer * , Japanese ball-jointed doll maker and musician * , Japanese gravure idol and actress *, Japanese table tennis player * , motorcycle racer * , Japanese actress, gravure idol, and writer * Shizuka Sugiyama (born 1987), Japanese mixed martial arts fighter * , ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuko Nogi
is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible spellings Shizuko can be written in hiragana, katakana, kanji, or with a combination of kana and kanji. * , spelled with hiragana and kanji * , spelled with katakana and kanji * , "quiet/calm, child" * , "motives, sea port, child" People with the name * Shizuko Gō (), Japanese novelist * Shizuko Ihara (), Japanese enka singer professionally known as Mina Aoe * Susana Shizuko Higuchi Miyagawa (), Japanese Peruvian politician and engineer. Ex-wife of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori. * Shizuko Hoshi (), Japanese American actress and theatre director. Widow of Japanese actor Makoto "Mako" Iwamatsu. * Shizuko Kasagi (), Japanese jazz singer and actress * Shizuko Minase (), daughter of Viscount Tadasuki Minase of Japan and wife of Prince Kuni Taka of Japan. Mother of Princess Hatsuko, Prince Yoshihiko, Princess Kuniko, Prince Iehiko, and Prince Norihiko of Japan. * Shizuko Natsuki (), Japanese author * Shizuko Nogi (), daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silenced
''The Silenced'' (; lit. ''Gyeongseong School: The Lost Girls'') is a 2015 South Korean mystery- thriller film written and directed by Lee Hae-young, starring Park Bo-young and Uhm Ji-won. Plot Set in Gyeongseong in 1938 during the Japanese occupation, the film centers on Ju-ran/ Shizuko (Park Bo-young), a sickly young girl who gets transferred to a sanatorium/girls' boarding school to recover her health. Her physical condition improves thanks to her new friend Yeon-deok, and the headmistress' special treatment program. But she soon notices that students are disappearing one by one and that her own body is undergoing abnormal changes. Determined to uncover the truth, Ju-ran starts to investigate the mysterious happenings and the school's possible role in them. Shizuko begins seeing a couple of her classmates in terrible positions; bleeding out or having severe seizures. The school denies that anything unusual is happening in an effort to convince Shizuko that it is all in her hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring (Suzuki Novel)
is a Japanese mystery horror novel by Koji Suzuki first published in 1991, and set in modern-day Japan. The novel was the first in the ''Ring'' novel series, and the first of a trilogy, along with two sequels: ''Spiral'' (1995) and ''Loop'' (1998). The original ''Ring'' novel sold 500,000 copies by January 1998, and 1.5million copies by July 2000. ''Ring'' was the basis for the ''Ring'' franchise, including a 1995 television film ('' Ring: Kanzenban''), a 1998 theatrical film of the same name (''Ring''), a television series ('' Ring: The Final Chapter''), and two international film remakes of the 1998 film: a South Korean version (''The Ring Virus'') and an English-language version ('' The Ring''). Plot synopsis After 4 teenagers mysteriously die simultaneously in Tokyo, Kazuyuki Asakawa, a reporter and uncle to one of the deceased, decides to launch his own personal investigation. His search leads him to "Hakone Pacific Land", a holiday resort where the youths were last se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godmars
is the title of a 1980s mecha anime television series that was popular during its broadcast between 1981 and 1982 in Japan, Hong Kong and Italy. The series consists of 64 episodes and 2 special presentations. Other loosely translated names are "''Hexademon Symbiote God Mars''", "''Six God Union God Mars''", and "''Six Gods United As One Being''"; sometimes spelling the title mecha as "Godmars". This television mecha-genre anime is loosely based on the 1976 ''Mars'' manga from Shōnen Champion magazine by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. God Mars is named as such to represent the mythological Roman God of war. Plot 1999 - humanity begins to advance beyond the known Solar System. The small planet Gishin, led by Emperor Zul, who aims to conquer the galaxy, runs into conflict with Earth which he targets for elimination and to do this, he sends a male baby named Mars to live among humanity. Accompanying the baby is a giant robot named Gaia, which utilizes a new power source strong enough to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maid Sama!
is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Fujiwara. It was serialized in Hakusensha's monthly ''shōjo manga, shōjo'' magazine ''LaLa'' from December 2005 to September 2013, with its chapters collected in 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A 26-episode anime adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired between April and September 2010. Plot Once an all-boys Secondary education in Japan#Senior high school, high school, Seika High, infamous for its rowdy students, has recently become a co-ed school. However, with the female population remaining a minority even after the change over the recent years, Misaki Ayuzawa works hard to make the school a better place for girls. She puts a lot of effort into academics and athletics and earns the trust of the teachers. Eventually, she becomes the first female student council president. Misaki has gained a reputation among the male student body as a strict boy-hating demon dictator and as a shining hope for the teachers and fellow female students. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat Girl Alliance
is a Japanese erotic visual novel developed by Sekilala and published by CD Bros., released on February 20, 2004 for Windows. It was localized in North America as ''Cat Girl Alliance'' by G-Collections on February 20, 2010. Gameplay ''Cat Girl Alliance'', in traditional fashion, is played by watching and listening to episodic sequences of the game and then selecting or ignoring actions when they are presented to the player. Choices are effectively plot twists, and are intricately linked so that the direction of the developing story changes moderately as each is made; ultimately leading to erotic scenes between characters and one of eight endings. In order for the player to watch all these possible endings, in this regard, he or she will have to replay through the game several times, making different selections than done before. Plot Eiji Tachibana is a young Japanese transfer student beginning his first semester at an unmentioned, fictional junior college. Distant and unacqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortune Arterial
is a Japanese adult visual novel, developed by August, released as a limited edition version on January 25, 2008 playable on Windows PCs as a DVD. ''Fortune Arterial'' is August's fifth game, preceded by other titles such as '' Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary'', and ''Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na''. A manga based on the story, drawn by Akane Sasaki, was serialized between the September 2007 and April 2008 issues of ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki G's Magazine''; the manga transferred to ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki G's Festival! Comic'' in April 2008. A second manga started serialization in the November 2007 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's gaming magazine ''Comptiq'', illustrated by Miki Kodama. A 12-episode anime adaptation produced by Zexcs and Feel aired in Japan between October and December 2010. Gameplay The gameplay requires little interaction from the player as a majority of the game is spent simply reading text that appears on the screen. This text re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakamatsu Shizuko
was an educator, translator, and novelist best known for translating ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. She is also known for introducing literature with Christianity for children's novels. Early life Born to Katsujirō Matsukawa as the eldest daughter in Aizu (Aizuwakamatsu post 1868), named according to the year on Chinese calendar when she was born. At the age of one in 1868, her father left his family as an espionage who served for Aizu clan against the revolutionist during Boshin war, and the next year, he was relocated to Tonami, the present day Mutsu with his feudal lord. Kashi, her mother and the newborn sister Miya endured poverty and adverse circumstances during that period in Aizu, while Kashi's mother died in 1870. In Yokohama Ōkawa Jinbei, a wealthy merchant from Yokohama was visiting Aizu Wakamatsu and adopted Kashi as his daughter. In 1871 at the age of seven, Ōkawa Kashi was admitted to and studied at Isaac Ferris Seminary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuko Tōdō
Shizuko Tōdō is a Japanese novelist and essayist. She is best known for writing the novel , which won the 1988 Naoki Prize. Biography Tōdō was born Masae Kumagai on September 14, 1949 in Hokkaido, Japan. She grew up in ill health, so she spent a lot of time reading and writing as a child. She especially enjoyed writing poetry. Her first collection of poems was published while she was attending Fuji Women's Junior College. After graduation she went on to work at a life insurance company, then an advertising agency An advertising agency, often referred to as a creative agency or an ad agency, is a business dedicated to creating, planning, and handling advertising and sometimes other forms of promotion and marketing for its clients. An ad agency is generally .... Tōdo published several works under her birth name from 1978 onwards. Her first novel she released under her penname was called . It was published in 1987. It won the Hokkaido Shinbun Prize and was shortlisted for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuko Sakashita
Shizuko Sakashita (, 8 December 1933 – 17 May 1972) was a Japanese gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh .... She competed in seven events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Sakashita committed suicide by gas poisoning in 1972. References External links * 1933 births 1972 suicides Japanese female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Japan Gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Sportspeople from Toyama Prefecture Suicides by gas Suicides in Japan 1972 deaths 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nogi Maresuke
Count , also known as Kiten, Count Nogi (December 25, 1849September 13, 1912), was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. He was one of the commanders during the 1894 capture of Port Arthur from China. He was a prominent figure in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, as commander of the forces which captured Port Arthur from the Russians. He was a national hero in Imperial Japan as a model of feudal loyalty and self-sacrifice, ultimately to the point of suicide. In the Satsuma Rebellion, he lost a banner of the emperor in battle, for which he tried to atone with suicidal bravery in order to recapture it, until ordered to stop. In the Russo-Japanese War, he captured Port Arthur but he felt that he had lost too many of his soldiers, so requested permission to commit suicide, which the emperor refused. These two events, as well as his desire not to outlive his master, motivated his suicide on the day of the funeral of the Emperor Meiji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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