Sumire
is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Sumire can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *菫, "Viola (plant), violet" ;as a name *紫花, "purple, flower" *純麗, "purity, lovely" *澄玲, "lucidity, sound of jewels" *澄麗, "lucidity, lovely" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name *, Japanese fashion model *, Japanese actress *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese rhythmic gymnast *, better known as Sumire, Japanese fashion model and actress *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese Go player *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese idol *, Japanese pair skater *, Japanese fencer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese musician Fictional characters *, a character in the anime film ''Garakowa: Restore the World'' *Sumire, protagonist of the novel ''Sputnik Sweetheart'' *, a character in the manga series ''Chihayafuru'' *, a character in the manga series ''Assassination Classroom'' *, a character in the medi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sumire Uesaka
is a Japanese voice actress and singer associated with Voice Kit. She won the Best Rookie Actress at the 10th Seiyu Awards. She made her singing debut in April 2013 under King Records. Life and career Uesaka became a regular on the web radio program ''Web radio @ Dengeki-Bunko'' in September 2009. She entered the Faculty of Foreign Studies at Sophia University in April 2010. She majored in the Russian language and announced that she had graduated on March 27, 2014. Uesaka joined Space Craft Entertainment in April 2011. Since October 2011, she has been the radio personality on the web radio program ''A&G NEXT GENERATION Lady Go!!''. Uesaka starred in a leading role for the anime series '' Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai!''. She is known as a Russophile who has great interest in Russian culture as well as the former Soviet Union. Since hearing the State Anthem of the USSR in her first year of high school, she immersed herself in Russian studies. One of her voice-acting jobs was p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sputnik Sweetheart
is a novel by Haruki Murakami, published in Japan, by Kodansha, in 1999. An English translation by Philip Gabriel was then published in 2001. Plot summary Sumire is an aspiring writer who survives on a family stipend and the creative input of her only friend, the novel's male narrator and protagonist, known in the text only as 'K'. K is an elementary school teacher, 25 years old, and in love with Sumire, though she does not quite share his feelings. At a wedding, Sumire meets an ethnic Korean woman, Miu, who is 17 years her senior. The two strike up a conversation and Sumire finds herself attracted to the older woman. This is the first time she has ever been sexually drawn to anybody. Miu soon asks Sumire to come work for her. This meeting and the ensuing relationship between the women leads to Sumire changing: she starts wearing nicer clothes, gets a better apartment, and quits smoking; however, she also develops a writer's block. K suddenly begins to receive letters from Europe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sumire Matsubara
, better known mononymously as , is a Japanese actress, singer and fashion model. Early life and education Sumire was born in Japan to entertainers Junichi Ishida and Chiaki Matsubara (1958–2022). Sumire's half-brother is actor Issei Ishida. By the time Sumire was seven years old, her parents had divorced, and she moved from Japan to Hawaii with her mother. Sumire recalled that her mother "would often take me to see musicals, Disney movies, and we would go karaoke together and perform for each other". She enrolled in her school's choir and eventually starred in a Punahou School production of the musical ''West Side Story''. Sumire was accepted to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theater and acting. She later complimented the school's conservatory program but noted that she "did feel some racial discrimination from the people of the town. After being in the school, it was amazing, but something in me ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tramps Like Us
is a Japanese ''Josei'' manga series by . It is about Sumire, a young professional woman who takes in a younger man as a pet, and her attempts to keep her coworkers and conventionally perfect boyfriend from finding out about her pet. It also deals with the romantic attraction between Sumire and her pet. It was serialised by Kodansha and was released in 14 volumes between 2000 and 2005, with an additional side-story volume being released in 2002. The volumes, barring the side-story volume, were published in English and German by Tokyopop, in French by Kurokawa and in Italian by Star Comics. The manga was adapted to a TV drama series that aired in Japan on TBS in 2003, and a South Korean film in 2011. The manga is adapted to a second, reboot, TV drama series aired on Fuji TV in 2017 with totally different cast. Plot , a journalist at a major newspaper, is a career woman in a society that does not handle successful women well. Sumire suffers from depression and anxiety. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sumire (model)
, better known by her stage name , was a Japanese cabaret hostess and fashion model, who was known as a featured model on the popular gyaru fashion magazine '' Koakuma Ageha''."Deceased gal model's dream realizes, a meeting of children with incurable diseases is held" October 24, 2009, '' Chiba Nippo'' Early life and education Born in Isawa, Iwate, Sumire grew up the child of a[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Perman
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist duo Fujiko Fujio about a clumsy boy, Mitsuo Suwa, who is chosen to apprentice to a powerful superhero to save the world along with other superheroes. The manga series was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' on 1967. The first anime series was first produced in black and white in 1967. The second anime series was made in color in 1983 and films were released in 1983, 1984, 1985, 2003 and 2004. Perman is currently being telecasted on Super Hungama channel in India. Plot The story follows a boy named Mitsuo Suwa who meets an alien named Superman, later renamed Birdman. The alien is part of a group that maintains peace in the galaxy and recruits Mitsuo to become a Perman. Mitsuo is given three items, a helmet which multiplies the wearer's physical strength and serves as a mask, a cape that allows the wearer to fly and run with great speed, and a badge which enables the wearer to breathe underwater a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Aikatsu! Characters
The following is a list of characters for Bandai's arcade game and anime franchise, ''Aikatsu!''. Main characters Starlight Academy First generation ; : (speaking voice), Waka from STAR☆ANIS (singing voice) :The cheerful, hard-working protagonist of the anime storyline for the first two seasons. She's a first year student in Starlight Academy's junior high branch, and later moves up to second year in Episode 26, and third year in Episode 51. In Episode 74, she graduates from Starlight Academy's junior high branch, and enters the high school branch in Episode 76. Ichigo's original dream was to inherit Nandemo Bento. One day, a concert of top idol Mizuki Kanzaki left a big impression on her, and with her mother's encouragement, Ichigo began to follow her own dreams of being an idol. :A cute idol, Ichigo's theme color is pink and her favorite brand is Angely Sugar, and her aura is composed of cherry blossom flowers and pink and blue bubbles. In Episode 64, her aura is upgraded, wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sumire Suto
is a Japanese pair skater. With partner Francis Boudreau-Audet, she is the 2016 Toruń Cup champion and a two-time Japanese national champion. Early career Suto began learning to skate in 2006. Partnership with Chizhikov Suto began her partnership with Konstantin Chizhikov in 2013. In December of the same year, they won the Japanese national junior title, ahead of Ami Koga / Francis Boudreau-Audet. Making their international debut, they placed 4th in junior pairs at the International Challenge Cup in March 2014. Later that month, the two finished 12th at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Suto/Chizhikov competed in the 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 7th in Ostrava and 9th in Dresden. They were coached by Yuka Sato, Jason Dungjen, and Sergei Petrovski in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Partnership with Boudreau-Audet 2015–16 season Suto teamed up with Francis Boudreau-Audet in the spring of 2015. They decided to represent Japan in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Saki Characters
The following is a list of characters that appear Ritz Kobayashi's manga and anime series, ''Saki'', which revolves around a girl named Saki Miyanaga who joins a mahjong club, as well as its spin-off manga and anime series, ''Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side A''. Main characters Kiyosumi High School The main characters start out as students at Kiyosumi High School. ; : :Portrayed by: Minami Hamabe :Saki Miyanaga is a first-year student and is the titular character of the story. When originally discovered by Kiyosumi's club, she was notorious for her ability to finish plus/minus 0, essentially finishing with the same score she started with (+/- 400 points). This came out of playing with her family when she was younger, "I would not get any candy if I lose, but they will get angry if I win too many." as stated by Saki. Eventually, she joins the club so that she can reach the Inter-highs and see her sister, Teru Miyanaga, who by this time has become a top-ranked professional mahjo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sumire Morohoshi
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Kanagawa Prefecture. She debuted as a solo singer under the Flying Dog record label. Biography Sumire Morohoshi was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1999. At the time of birth, the right side of her body was paralysed, but the paralysis was cured within a few months. Morohoshi joined the theater company Sunflower at the age of three, inspired by her admiration for characters in ''Spirited Away.'' In 2006, at the age of seven, she voiced Carrie in the anime series ''Red Garden'' and was shocked by the vocal performance of co-star Takehito Koyasu. At the age of nine, she voiced Nina Tucker in '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'', in which her "skillful" performance encouraged the staff to cast her as Betty in ''Heroman.'' Since 2009, she has been active as a voice actor, in addition to performing in television dramas and on stage. In 2019, she made her debut in record label FlyingDog's track "Pure White," which was used f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Toradora!
is a Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, with illustrations by Yasu. The series includes ten novels released between March 10, 2006 and March 10, 2009, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. Three volumes of a spin-off light novel series were also created, aptly titled ''Toradora Spin-off!''. A manga adaptation by Zekkyō started serialization in the September 2007 issue of the shōnen manga magazine ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'', published by MediaWorks. The manga ended serialization in ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' with the March 2008 issue, but continued serialization in ASCII Media Works' manga magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' with the May 2008 issue. The title ''Toradora!'' is derived from the names of the two main characters Taiga Aisaka and Ryūji Takasu. Taiga's name is almost homophonic with from English ''tiger'' (the final ''a'' is more lengthened in the English loanword), which is synonymous with the native Japanese word . Inversely, m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Naruto Characters
The manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series takes place in a fictional universe where countries vie for power by employing ninja who can use superhuman abilities in combat. The storyline is divided into two parts, simply named Part I and Part II, with the latter taking place two-and-a-half years after the conclusion of Part I. It is followed by the sequel series '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' by Ukyō Kodachi, which continues where the epilogue of the first series left off. The series' storyline follows the adventures of a group of young ninja from the village of Konohagakure (Village Hidden in the Leaf). The eponymous character of the first series is Naruto Uzumaki, an energetic ninja who wishes to become Hokage, the leader of Konohagakure and holds a monster called the Nine Tails in his body. During the early part of the series, Naruto is assigned to Team 7, in which he meets his rival Sasuke Uchiha, a ta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |