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Tomiko Asabuki
Tomiko (written: 富子, 都美子 トミ子 or トミコ in katakana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, wife of Ashikaga Yoshimasa and mother of Ashikaga Yoshihisa *, Japanese actress *Tomiko Lee, South Korean actress and film producer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese centenarian *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese singer and actress *, Japanese racing driver Fictional characters *Tomiko, a doll in the Groovy Girls Groovy Girls were a line of fashion dolls manufactured by the American toy company Manhattan Toy and launched in 1998. Each year new dolls were produced until 2019. History Groovy Girls launched in 1998 as a funky alternative to Barbie. Each dol ... line of fashion dolls {{given name Japanese 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] |
Hino Tomiko
was a prominent figure during the Muromachi period and the beginning of the Sengoku period. She was daughter to Hino Shigemasa and was the official wife of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the eighth ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate (at first Tomiko was betrothed to Ashikaga Yoshikatsu the seventh shōgun but Yoshikatsu died at the age of 10), and the mother of Ashikaga Yoshihisa, the ninth ''shōgun''. Her efforts during the succession dispute are seen as one of the causes of the Ōnin War and led to the beginning of the Sengoku period. Early life Hino Tomiko was born into the Hino family, a powerful family whose women became consorts to many previous Shoguns. These familial connections enhanced the Hino's power to control the Shogunate Court. Tomiko was important to strengthen the Hino family relationship with the Shogunate and grow ever more powerful. When Tomiko's social and political status emerged after her marriage to Ashikaga Yoshimasa, she decided to stay active in the shogun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomiko Ishii
is a Japanese actress. Filmography Films *''Gate of Flesh'' (1964), Roku *Daimon Otokode Shinitai (1969) *''The Ramen Girl'' (2009), Megumi Television *''Oshin'' (1983), Mrs. Sakuragi *''Kinpachi-sensei is a Japanese television drama that aired from 1979 to 2011. The official English title is Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B. ''Kinpachi-sensei'' tells the story of a third-year junior high school class in Japan; its teacher is Kinpachi Sakamoto, played ...'' (1979), Miyo Tanaka External links * * 1935 births Actresses from Osaka Living people {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomiko Lee
Tomiko Okhee Lee is a South Korean actress and producer. She has starred in several television shows and movies, such as ''The Byrds of Paradise'' (1993–94), '' Soap Girl'' (2002), ''The Last Eve'' (2005) and two episodes of ''Lost'' (2004–2010). She was also an executive producer Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights o ... on both ''Soap Girl'' and ''The Last Eve''. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century South Korean actresses 21st-century South Korean actresses South Korean film actresses South Korean television actresses South Korean film producers South Korean women film producers {{SouthKorea-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomiko Okazaki
was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature). A native of Fukushima, Fukushima and high school graduate, she worked at TV and radio stations. In 1990, she was elected to the House of Representatives of Japan, House of Representatives for the first time as a member of the Japan Socialist Party. She lost her seat in 1996 but was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1997. the 87 Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission. References * External links * in Japanese. 1944 births 2017 deaths Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Female members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Female members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Social Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Democratic Party of Japan politicians People from Fukushima, Fukushima {{Japan-politician- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomiko Satō
was the common-law wife of the Chinese Communist scholar and poet Guo Moruo. She is often referred to in Chinese sources as Guo Anna (), the way Guo Moruo called her.Yan Lu. ''Re-understanding Japan: Chinese Perspectives, 1895–1945.'' University of Hawaii Press, 2004.Partial text on Google Books/ref> Satō Tomiko spent about 20 years with Guo, in Japan and in China, until they were separated by the war, and they had five children together. Biography Tomiko Satō was the eldest of eight children in the family of a Japanese Protestant minister in the Ōhira village, Kurokawa District, Miyagi Prefecture (north-eastern Honshū). In her teens she studied at a Baptist boarding school in Sendai, the capital of the prefecture. At 21, rebelling against the prospect of an arranged marriage, she left her home prefecture and went to Tokyo, where she found a job with St Luke's Hospital as a student nurse. Satō's relationship with Guo Moruo started in the summer of 1916, about a year af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomiko Suzuki
was a Japanese voice actress who was born in Aichi Prefecture and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of her death. Suzuki's last film was '' Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker'' (where she voiced the protagonist Pokémon: Jirachi), released only a week and half after Suzuki's death from a heart attack on July 7, 2003, at the age of 47. Filmography * '' Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey'' - Spirit of the Sugar (1980) * '' Ikkyū-san'' – Mokunen (1975–1982) * ''Miss Machiko'' – Hiroshi (1981–1983) * ''Captain Tsubasa'' – Yayoi Aoba (1983–1986) * '' Fist of the North Star'' – ''Lin'' (1984–1986) * ''Ganbare, Kickers!'' - Kakeru Daichi (1986-1987) * ''Dragon Ball'' – Additional Voices (1986–1989) * '' Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies'' – Pansy (1986) * ''Saint Seiya'' – Yakov (Jacob, Hyoga's young friend) (1986–1990) * ''Dragon Ball Z'' – Dende, Marron, Bee (1989–1996) * ''Dragon Ball GT'' – Marron (1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomiko Van
, is a Japanese pop singer and occasional actress. She is as a member of the band Do As Infinity (DAI), along with Ryo Owatari and Dai Nagao, that has resumed activities after their 2005 split. Career Do As Infinity Beginnings as solo artist Tomiko Van began as a solo artist while she was with Do As Infinity with the song "Again", which appeared on the charity album '' Song Nation'', and later in 2003 with the song "Drive me nuts", which was recorded for trance DJs project Cyber X. Van also appeared in six commercials for the Japanese hair product company Lavenus. Official solo career 2005 After Do As Infinity disbanded on September 29, 2005, Avex Trax, Van's label, announced that the singer was going solo. 2006 In 2006, Van made her debut as a solo artist with her album '' Farewell''. Singles were not released prior to her album, released in March 2006. Her first official single as a solo artist, "Flower", was released in June of the same year, and made the wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomiko Yoshikawa
is a Japanese racing driver who competed in junior open-wheel racing and sports car categories. She entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times, the 24 Hours of Daytona once and also raced in her native Japan in such series as the All-Japan Formula Three Championship and the Fuji Grand Champion Series. In 1991 she was part of the first all-female LeMans driving team, driving with Lyn St. James and Desiré Wilson. Biography Yoshikawa was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan on 10 May 1954; her family owned a fruit and vegetable shop. She played softball until she became frustrated with her pitching methodology and is a high school dropout. Aged 20, Yoshikawa received an invitation from the brother-in-law of a motor racing driver to participate in an amateur event at the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture and went on to visit the track every weekend. She obtained domestic Class A license in 1977 and she began her full-time racing career two years later. In 1980, Yoshikawa began raci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groovy Girls
Groovy Girls were a line of fashion dolls manufactured by the American toy company Manhattan Toy and launched in 1998. Each year new dolls were produced until 2019. History Groovy Girls launched in 1998 as a funky alternative to Barbie. Each doll had different skin tones, hair types and facial features, reflecting the ethnic landscape of the world. The brand's lifestyle aspects were fashion, friendship and self-expression and represents a wholesome alternative to dolls such as Bratz, Flavas, My Scene, and Barbies. Groovy Girls were initially sold in specialty toy stores such as Zany Brainy and Noodle Kidoodle. Beginning in early 2005, the dolls were launched in Target stores. Following the economic crisis of 2008, they were pulled from Target's shelves and begun to only be sold at specialty stores and online from then on out. As of 2005, more than eight million Groovy Girls dolls were sold since its inception. As of 2020, Groovy Girls continue to be sold but no new models are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
