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Takayama (surname)
Takayama (written: 高山 lit. "high mountain") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Takayama Chogyū (1871–1902), Japanese writer *Takayama Ukon (1552–1615), Daimyō, baptized as a member of the Society of Jesus *Cyril Takayama (born 1973), illusionist of Okinawan-Japanese and Moroccan-French descent * Haneko Takayama (born 1975), Japanese writer * Hiroshi Takayama (born 1956), Japanese historian *, Japanese footballer *Katsunari Takayama (born 1983), Japanese professional boxer *Kazumi Takayama (born 1994), Japanese idol and writer *Kiyoshi Takayama (born 1947), Japanese yakuza * Leila A. Takayama, human–computer interaction specialist * Masataka Takayama (other), multiple people *Minami Takayama (born 1964) Japanese voice actress-singer *Yoshihiro Takayama is a former Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Debuting for UWF International (UWFI) in the 1990s, Takayama joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 1997 afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayama Chogyū
was a Japanese author and literary critic. He influenced Japanese literature in the late Meiji period with his blend of romantic individualism, concepts of self-realization, aesthetics, and nationalism. However, many of Chogyū's works seem cryptic to readers today, due to the archaic style he employed. Early life Chogyū was born in what is now the city of Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture. His father was a minor ''samurai'' of the Shōnai Domain, who found employment with the police after the Meiji Restoration. At the age of two he was adopted by his aunt's family. In 1887 he entered high school in Sendai, where he excelled in English and English literature. While studying philosophy at Tokyo Imperial University, he was influenced by Thomas Hill Green's concepts of self-realization and nationalism. Career and life Chogyū entered and won a fiction contest sponsored by ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' newspaper for his semi-historical romance, ''Takiguchi Nyūdō''. It was his first, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayama Ukon
, born and also known as Dom Justo Takayama (c. 1552 – 3 or 5 February 1615) was a Catholic Church in Japan, Japanese Catholic Kirishitan daimyō and samurai who lived during the Sengoku period that witnessed anti-Catholic sentiment. Takayama had been baptized into the faith in 1564 when he was twelve, though over time neglected his faith due to his actions as a samurai. He eventually rekindled his faith just after his coming-of-age ritual near the age of 20. He abandoned his status to devote himself to his faith and was exiled to Manila, where he lived a life of holiness until his death two months later. His cause for sainthood began when he was declared a Servant of God. Reports in 2014 indicated that he would be beatified sometime in 2015 but Pope Francis later approved it on 21 January 2016; the beatification celebration occurred on 7 February 2017 in Osaka with Cardinal Angelo Amato presiding over the beatification on the pope's behalf. Biography Dom Justo Takayama wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Takayama
Cyril Takayama (born September 27, 1974) is an American Magic (illusion), magician of French people, French, Moroccan people, Moroccan and Japanese people, Japanese descent who is perhaps best known for his magic performances around Japan. Early life Cyril Takayama was born and raised in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, California. His father is from the Okinawa prefecture in Japan, while his mother is French people, French of Moroccan descent, both of whom were beauticians. (2007) James L. Clark. Cyril Takayama had a troubled upbringing, and a profile in ''Magic'' ("The Magazine for Magicians") published in the mid 2000s describes him being expelled from school at 15 and then dropping out of school at the age of 16. Cyril's father was upset at his behavioral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haneko Takayama
is a Japanese writer. She has won the Akutagawa Prize and the Fumiko Hayashi Literary Prize, and her work has been nominated for the Nihon SF Taisho Award. Biography Haneko Takayama was born in 1975 in Toyama, Japan, and graduated from Tama Art University. She made her literary debut with her science fiction story ', which received the first honorable mention at the inaugural Sogen SF Short Story Prize awards in 2010 and was then published in an anthology of the prize nominees. ''Udon, Kitsune-tsuki no'' was later reprinted as the title story of a 2014 collection of Takayama's short stories, which was a finalist for the 36th Nihon SF Taisho Award. Two years later Takayama received the 2nd Fumiko Hayashi Literary Prize for ', a story of a woman and a soldier during wartime told in a series of fictional diary entries and letters. In addition to ¥1 million in cash, the prize included publication of the story in the mid-April issue of ''Fujin Kōron''. In 2018 her short story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Takayama
is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi. Possible writings Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *浩, "meaning" *汎 *弘, *宏, *寛, *洋, *博, *博一, *博司, *博史, *弘詩, *大嗣, *博司, *博史, *弘詩, *大嗣, People with the name *, Japanese comedian *Hiroshi Abe (other), multiple people *, Japanese actor *, Japanese astronomer *Hiroshi Abe (war criminal) (born 1922), Japanese soldier *, Japanese screenwriter and film director *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese handball player *Hiroshi Hara (other), multiple people * Hiroshi Hashimoto (other), multiple people *Hiroshi Honda (other), multiple people *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese bobsledder *, Japanese film director *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese electrical engineer *, Japanese lepidopterist *, Japanese bryologist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaoru Takayama
is a Japanese football player for SC Sagamihara is a Japanese association football club based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. They currently play in the third tier of Japanese football J3 League. History In 2011 they joined Division 2 of the Kanto Regional League after three years of con .... Club statistics ''Updated to 25 February 2019''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社"2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)" 8 February 2017, Japan, (p. 159 out of 289) References External linksProfile at Shonan Bellmare* * * 1988 births Living people Senshu University alumni Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Shonan Bellmare players Kashiwa Reysol players Oita Trinita players category:SC Sagamihara players Association football forwards {{Japan-footy-forward-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsunari Takayama
is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a five-time mini-flyweight world champion, having held the WBC title in 2005, the IBF title twice between 2013 and 2015, and the WBO title twice between 2014 and 2017. He retired as a professional in 2017, as WBO world champion, to focus on participation in the 2020 Olympics, but returned in 2020 after failing to qualify. Early life Takayama weighed about 60 kg at the age of twelve. He started playing rugby and athletics, but did not last long. It was in summer in the second grade of junior high school that his friend brought him to a boxing gym. When he got started on the punching bag, despite he said he is going to be a world champion, he could not do more than three push-ups in a row. Even after his own workout, he had been watching senior boxers' sparring sessions and trainees' training. Professional boxing career Takayama made his professional debut in October 2000 and won the All-Japan Rookie King Tournament in December 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazumi Takayama
is a Japanese tarento, actress, and writer. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group Nogizaka46, co-author of the self-help book ''Investment Methods that Keep My Money Growing Even Though I'm An Idol'', and author of the novel ''Trapezium''. Early life Takayama was born on February 8, 1994 in Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture. She attended a small school in which she had the same classmates for many years, and she trained in kendo throughout elementary school and junior high school. Career Nogizaka46 Takayama's entertainment career began in 2011 when she successfully auditioned for the first generation of the idol group Nogizaka46. Beginning with the group's first release, Takayama was regularly selected as one of the main recording and performing members on Nogizaka46 singles. She also performed on B-sides, including a 2012 acoustic duet with Mai Shiraishi, titled "Shibuya Blues", on Nogizaka46's fifth single "Seifuku no Mannequin". Takayama performed as part of the mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Takayama
is a yakuza best known as the second-in-command (''wakagashira'') of the 6th-generation Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest known yakuza syndicate in Japan, and the president of its ruling affiliate, Kodo-kai, based in Nagoya. Takayama has been considered the key person in the entire history of the Kodo-kai and behind the sixth Yamaguchi-gumi, being kept under close surveillance by the National Police Agency (Japan), National Police Agency. The National Police Agency once distributed a report on its operations against the Yamaguchi-gumi to every police department across the country, which had a special section devoted to him and even made reference to his personality."The "Top Operations" for destroying the Yamaguchi-gumi Kodo-kai, arresting from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila A
Leila may refer to: *Leila (name), a female given name, including a list of people with the name and its variants Film and television * ''Leila'' (1997 film), an Iranian film * ''Leïla'' (2001 film), a Danish film * ''Leila'' (TV series), a Netflix series Music *Leila (music producer) or Leila Arab, Iranian musician now living in the United Kingdom * "Leila" (song), a 1981 song by ZZ Top from ''El Loco'' *"Leïla", a 1994 song by Lara Fabian from '' Carpe Diem'' Other uses * ''Leila'' (novel), a 2017 novel *Leila, Estonia, a village in Kullamaa Parish, Lääne County, Estonia See also *Laila (other) *Layla (other) *Leela (other) * Lejla (other) * Lelia (other) *Lela (other) * Leľa, a municipality in Slovakia *Lila (other) Lila or LILA may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lila'' (album), debut album by American country music singer Lila McCann * ''Lila'' (movie), a 1968 sexploitation film * The Meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minami Takayama
is a Japanese voice actress, narrator and singer who is currently affiliated with 81 Produce. She is also the main vocalist of Two-Mix and ES CONNEXION when it was active. Her uncle is a former New Japan Pro-Wrestling managing director Hisashi Shinma. Takayama is best known for her roles in ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' as both Kiki and Ursula, ''Ranma ½'' as List of Ranma ½ characters#Nabiki Tendo, Nabiki Tendo, ''Moomin (1990 TV series), Moomin'' as Moomin, ''Yaiba'' as Yaiba Kurogane, ''Shaman King'' as Hao Asakura, ''Nintama Rantarō'' as Rantarō Inadera, ''Danganronpa'' series as Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamukura, ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' as Envy and ''Case Closed, Detective Conan'' as Conan Edogawa. Career From an early age, Takayama studied ballet, Buyō, Japanese dance, and vocal music. When she was a child, her sense of justice was so strong that it was written on her report card. She wanted to become a police officer,人気の職業早わかり! マスコミ・ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
