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Yagi (surname)
Yagi (written: 八木) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese model and actress *, electrical engineer and professor; developer of the Yagi-Uda antenna *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese poet *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese jazz musician *, Japanese comedian of the comedy duo Savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland- grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ... *, Japanese karate master and teacher *, Japanese musician *, Japanese manga writer and artist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese TV director/producer *, Japanese professional baseball pitcher *, Japanese screenwriter Fictional characters *, a character in the manga/anime series '' Fighting Spirit'' *, a character in the manga/anime series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alissa Yagi
, also known as Arisa Yagi, is a Japanese actress and model associated with Amuse, Inc. From 2008 to 2012, Yagi was an exclusive model for the pre-teen fashion magazine '' Nicola''. Since 2012, she modeled exclusively for the magazine '' Vivi'', and in 2014, she made her acting debut as Megumi Kitagawa in the live-action film adaptation of '' Say I Love You''. Career Yagi was scouted at Actors Studio in Hokkaido Headquarters School recital and was set to debut in the girl group Teardrops but left in October 2006. She auditioned for Lyra in the Japanese dub of ''The Golden Compass'' and became a finalist in the competition, which led her to be scouted by '' Nicola''. She modeled exclusively for the magazine beginning in the February 2008 issue and graduated in 2012 at the nicola Tokyo Open Day 2012. She first appeared in '' ViVi'' in October 2011 in the December issue. Beginning in 2012, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine '' Vivi''. In 2014, Yagi appeared on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norihiro Yagi
is a Japanese manga writer and artist from Okinawa Prefecture. He started making manga in 1990. Norihiro Yagi is a successful manga artist, having won the 32nd Akatsuka Award for his very first work: ''Undeadman''. ''Undeadman'' appeared in ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' and has had two sequels. Yagi's first serialized manga was his comedy-genre '' Angel Densetsu'', which appeared in ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' from 1992 to 2000. His next-most recent work, ''Claymore'', ran in the magazine between 2001 and 2014, completing at 155 chapters. Viz Media localized the manga for the North American market, and have released all 27 volumes in English as of October, 2015. His current series, '' Ariadne in the Blue Sky'', has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since December 2017. Yagi's favorite things to do in his spare time are to listen to hard rock music, play video games, drive, and perform martial arts. Yagi's favorite Japanese comedic duo is Downtown. Publication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Hero Academia
is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into 38 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of June 2023. Set in a world where superpowers (called "Quirks") have become commonplace, the story follows Izuku Midoriya, a boy who was born without a Quirk but still dreams of becoming a superhero himself. He is scouted by the world's greatest hero, All Might, who bestows his Quirk to Midoriya after recognizing his potential, and helps to enroll him in a prestigious high school for superheroes in training. The manga spawned a media franchise, having inspired numerous spin-off manga, such as '' My Hero Academia: Smash!!'', '' My Hero Academia: Vigilantes'', and '' My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions''. The series has expanded into light novels, stage plays, and various types of merchandise and media, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Spirit (anime)
is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since October 1989 and collected into 135 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of July 2022. It follows the story of high school student Makunouchi Ippo, as he begins his career in boxing and over time obtains many titles and defeats various opponents. A 76-episode anime adaptation produced by Madhouse aired on Nippon TV from October 2000 to March 2002. A television film and an original video animation (OVA) were released in 2003. A second series titled '': New Challenger'' aired from January to June 2009. A third series '': Rising'' aired from October 2013 to March 2014. In North America, the first series, including the television film, was licensed by Geneon in 2003, which released it under the name ''Fighting Spirit''. It was re-licensed by Discotek Media in 2020, including the television film an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasutarō Yagi
(3 February 1903 – 8 September 1987) was a Japanese screenwriter, mostly famous for his adaptations of literary works for the director Tomu Uchida in the 1930s, such as '' Jinsei gekijō'' and ''Kagirinaki zenshin'', and for his collaborations with leftist filmmakers such as Kaneto Shindo and Tadashi Imai in the postwar period. He served as president of the Japan Screenwriters Guild. Filmography * Screenplay: ''Makiba monogatari'' (), “Tale of a Pasture” *'' Moyuru ōzora'' (1940) *'' Lucky Dragon No. 5'' (1959) *''The River with No Bridge is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi based on the novel by Sue Sumii. Cast *Naoko Otani as Fude Hatanaka * Tamao Nakamura as Nui Hatanaka *Tetta Sugimoto is a Japanese actor. Career Sugimoto was first a member of a rock band ...'' (1969) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yagi, Yasutaro 1903 births 1987 deaths People from Gunma Prefecture 20th-century Japanese screenwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoya Yagi
Tomoya Yagi (八木 智哉, born November 7, 1983, in Yokohama) is a Japanese people, Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He won the Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award, Pacific League Rookie of the Year Award in 2006. He played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Orix Buffaloes, and Chunichi Dragons from 2006 to 2017. External links NBP 1983 births Chunichi Dragons players Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players Japanese baseball players Living people Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners Orix Buffaloes players People from Yokohama {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshi Yagi
is a Japanese TV director/producer whose credits include Tsuburaya Productions' popular Ultra Series. Personal history Born in 1967, Yagi grew up during the boom of tokusatsu television shows in Japan. In the mid-1990s, he joined Tsuburaya Productions, the creators of the popular Ultra Series, working as an Assistant Director on TV series such as Ultraman Tiga. He made his directorial debut on the fourth episode of the TV mini-series Moon Spiral in 1996. He continued to serve as both a Director and Director of Special Effects for the majority of Tsuburaya Productions' Ultra Series until 2007. In 2004, Yagi was credited as the Main Director for Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy. The following year, he was promoted to Series Producer for 2005's Ultraman Max, where he made the popular decision to bring in acclaimed directors Shusuke Kaneko and Takashi Miike to direct episodes for the series. In 2007, he acted as the Series Organizer and Main Director for the late-night Ultraseven X. Around t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogo Yagi
is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He previously played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...(NPB). On November 30, 2019, he announced his retirement. References 1989 births Living people Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Baseball people from Okinawa Prefecture Tokyo Yakult Swallows players {{Japan-baseball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryosuke Yagi
is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefectur .... External links NPB.com 1990 births Living people People from Tsushima, Aichi Baseball people from Aichi Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Tokyo Yakult Swallows players Orix Buffaloes players {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiyo Yagi
, a Japanese musician who studied koto under Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai and Satomi Kurauchi, and graduated from the NHK Professional Training School for Traditional Musicians. Between 1989 and 1990, during her tenure as visiting professor of music at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, U.S.A., she premiered numerous modern compositions for koto and came under the influence of maverick American composers such as John Cage, Conlon Nancarrow, and John Zorn. Her solo koto CD ''Shizuku'' was produced by Zorn and released on the Tzadik label in 1999. In 2001 she recorded "Yural" with her koto ensemble Paulownia Crush for the East Works label. Under the auspices of the Japan Foundation, Yagi toured Russia with this ensemble in the fall of 2004. An eclectic musician, Yagi has frequently appeared on Japanese TV and has performed at the Moers Jazz, Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Archipel, Bang on a Can, Tokyo Summer, Vision, Punkt, Instal, Music Unlimited, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidetsugu Yagi
was a Japanese electrical engineer from Osaka, Japan. When working at Tohoku Imperial University, he wrote several articles that introduced a new antenna designed by his assistant Shintaro Uda to the English-speaking world. The Yagi antenna, patented in 1926, allows directional communication using electromagnetic waves, and is now installed on millions of houses throughout the world for radio and television reception. He also tried, unsuccessfully, to introduce a wireless power transmission system. He participated in establishing the Chiba Institute of Technology. He was the fourth president of Osaka University from February 1946 to December 1946. In 1942, he became the President of Tokyo Institute of Technology, in 1944 he became the President of the Technical Institution, and in 1946 also the President of the Osaka Imperial University. He was decorated with the Medal of Honor with Blue Ribbon Award in 1951, with the Order of Culture in 1956, and posthumously with the Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meitoku Yagi
Meitoku Yagi (八木明徳 ''Yagi Meitoku'', born March 6, 1912, in Naha, Okinawa - died February 7, 2003) was a karate master and teacher. He learned Goju-ryu from its legendary founder Chojun Miyagi. On April 29, 1986, Emperor Hirohito named Yagi a Living National Treasure (ningen kokuho) for his contributions to the martial arts. Training Yagi began training under Miyagi when he was 14 years old. Miyagi was impressed by his dedication and hard work, and eventually taught him all the kata in the Goju-ryu syllabus. Normally, Miyagi would only teach Sanchin to his pupils for several years, and even then he might only teach them Seisan and Seiunchin. To complement his karate training, Yagi enjoyed many activities including shodo, playing the piano and shamisen, and chinese chess. Career After Miyagi's death in 1953, Yagi opened his own dojo in the Daido district of Naha. He named his school of Goju-ryu Meibukan, meaning "house of the pure minded warrior." The name and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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