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Sumika (given Name)
Sumika (written: , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese actress *, Japanese manga artist Fictional characters *, a character in the visual novel series ''Muv-Luv is a Japanese visual novel developed by âge and originally released as an adult game for Windows on February 28, 2003. Consisting of two parts, and the gameplay in ''Muv-Luv'' follows a linear plot line, which offers pre-determined ...'' *, protagonist of the manga series ''Sasameki Koto'' {{given name Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Sumika Minamoto
is a former freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura (backstroke swimmer), Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi (swimmer), Junko Onishi, and Masami Tanaka. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. References databaseOlympics 1979 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Asian Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Japanese female freestyle swimmers Medalists at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumika Nono
is a Japanese actress. She is a former top ''musumeyaku'' of the Soragumi of the Takarazuka Revue. She is nicknamed . Nono is represented with Umeda Arts Theater. As a ''musumeyaku'' (playing young female characters) who was skilled in dancing, acting and singing, she was billed as "Takarazuka's Maya Kitajima" (after the lead character in the manga ''Glass Mask is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suzue Miuchi, serialized in ''Hana to Yume'' from January 1976, and collected in 49 tankōbon volumes as of October 2012. The story has also been adapted into anime and a liv ...'') and rose to become a top ''musumeyaku'' at the Takarazuka Revue in only five years. After leaving the revue Nono later performed in stage musicals and television dramas. During Takarazuka Revue Hanagumi era Soragumi Top Musume era After Takarazuka Revue Stage TV drama Other TV programmes Films Radio Awards References External links * * Nestlé Amuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumika Yamamoto
is a Japanese manga artist known for her manga series ''Ace o Nerae!''. Biography Sumika Yamamoto is a shōjo manga artist born on June 17, 1949. She debuted as a manga artist in 1971 with "Sono Hitokoto ga ienakute" in the manga magazine '' Margaret'' before achieving success with "Ace o Nerae". In 1981, she moved back to her home town Enzan and stopped her artistic output in order to cultivate spirituality. Manga Works *"Sono Hitokoto ga ienakute" ("Without saying that very single word") *"Ace o Nerae!" ("Aim for the ace!", Margaret 1972–1975, 1978–1980) *"Kiss ni Goyoujin" ("With a kiss", Margaret, 1973) *"Nanatsu no Eldorado" ("The seven Eldorados", Margaret, 1975–1977) *"Hikkuri kaetta omocha bako" ("The toy that tumbled down", Margaret, 1978) *"H2O! Zendai mimon!" ("H2O! Unprecedent!", Margaret, 1979) *"Ai no Ogonritsu" (Shogakukan Lady Comics, 1 volume, 1983) *"Hakuran Seifuu" ("Cool breeze of knowledge", issues 15, 17 to 22 of Petit Flower was a Japanese '' sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muv-Luv
is a Japanese visual novel developed by âge and originally released as an adult game for Windows on February 28, 2003. Consisting of two parts, and the gameplay in ''Muv-Luv'' follows a linear plot line, which offers pre-determined scenarios and courses of interaction, and focuses on the differing scenarios of the female main characters. ''Muv-Luv'' was followed by a sequel, which was released for Windows on April 24, 2006 and follows the storyline of ''Muv-Luv Unlimited''. The trilogy's story initially presents itself as a light-hearted romantic comedy (''Extra''), but changes into an alternate timeline coming-of-age story (''Unlimited''), and finally evolves into an alien invasion war epic (''Alternative''). Plot The visual novel ''Muv-Luv'' is divided into two parts. The first part, titled ''Muv-Luv Extra'', features playable character Takeru Shirogane (voiced by Takeshi Aiba in the Windows version and Soichiro Hoshi in ports) who wakes up one morning to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasameki Koto
is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Ikeda. It was serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Alive'' between March 2007 and November 2011, and was compiled into nine ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series has been licensed in North America by One Peace Books. It was adapted as a 13-episode anime television series produced by AIC that aired between October and December 2009 on TV Tokyo. The series, which is set in a co-ed high school, is about Sumika Murasame, a 15-year-old girl who is secretly in love with her female best friend, Ushio Kazama. Ushio likes girls too, but is only into "cute" and "small" girls, while Sumika is tall, good at sports, and outgoing rather than shy. Plot Sumika Murasame is a high school girl who is in love with her female best friend Ushio Kazama, but is unable to confess how she feels as Ushio only likes girls she considers to be "cute" and "small", while Sumika is tall and athletic. Sumika discovers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Feminine Given Names
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies ( Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japan ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
