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Yamamura Toyonari
Yamamura (written: 山村 literally "mountain village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Yamamura Bochō (1884–1924), Japanese writer, poet and songwriter *Hajime Yamamura, Japanese manga artist and author of Kamunagara * Hibiku Yamamura (born 1988), Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese naval officer * Malia Yamamura, 1984 winner of the Miss Hawaii Teen USA contest *Kou Shibasaki (born Yukie Yamamura in 1981), Japanese singer and actress * Sakae Yamamura, 1982 winner of the IEEE Nikola Tesla Award * Yamamura Yoshihiro, member of the Japanese popular music group, Wyse * Kōji Yamamura (born 1964), Japanese animation director * Yamamura Ryuta (born 1985), flumpool vocalist *, Japanese footballer Fictional characters *Mikan Yamamura, a character from '' UFO Baby'' (Japanese title, Daa! Daa! Daa!) series * Sadako Yamamura, the antagonist in Koji Suzuki's novel the ''Ring'' and film the ''Ring'' *Yamamura-sensei, a character from the '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamamura Bochō
Yamamura (written: 山村 literally "mountain village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Yamamura Bochō (1884–1924), Japanese writer, poet and songwriter *Hajime Yamamura, Japanese manga artist and author of Kamunagara *Hibiku Yamamura (born 1988), Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese naval officer *Malia Yamamura, 1984 winner of the Miss Hawaii Teen USA contest *Kou Shibasaki (born Yukie Yamamura in 1981), Japanese singer and actress *Sakae Yamamura, 1982 winner of the IEEE Nikola Tesla Award *Yamamura Yoshihiro, member of the Japanese popular music group, Wyse (J-Pop), Wyse *Kōji Yamamura (born 1964), Japanese animation director *Yamamura Ryuta (born 1985), flumpool vocalist *, Japanese footballer Fictional characters *Mikan Yamamura, a character from ''UFO Baby'' (Japanese title, Daa! Daa! Daa!) series *Sadako Yamamura, the antagonist in Koji Suzuki's novel the ''Ring (Suzuki novel), Ring'' and film the ''Ring (film), Ring'' *Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamamura Ryuta
Yamamura (written: 山村 literally "mountain village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Yamamura Bochō (1884–1924), Japanese writer, poet and songwriter *Hajime Yamamura, Japanese manga artist and author of Kamunagara * Hibiku Yamamura (born 1988), Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese naval officer * Malia Yamamura, 1984 winner of the Miss Hawaii Teen USA contest *Kou Shibasaki (born Yukie Yamamura in 1981), Japanese singer and actress * Sakae Yamamura, 1982 winner of the IEEE Nikola Tesla Award * Yamamura Yoshihiro, member of the Japanese popular music group, Wyse * Kōji Yamamura (born 1964), Japanese animation director * Yamamura Ryuta (born 1985), flumpool vocalist *, Japanese footballer Fictional characters *Mikan Yamamura, a character from '' UFO Baby'' (Japanese title, Daa! Daa! Daa!) series * Sadako Yamamura, the antagonist in Koji Suzuki's novel the ''Ring'' and film the ''Ring'' *Yamamura-sensei, a character from the '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Case Closed (manga)
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its chapters collected in 102 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of September 2022. Due to legal problems with the name ''Detective Conan'', the English language releases from Funimation and Viz were renamed to ''Case Closed''. The story follows the high school detective Shinichi Kudo who was transformed into a child while investigating a mysterious organization and generally solved a multitude of cases by impersonating his childhood best friend's father and various other characters. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment, which premiered in January 1996. The anime resulted in animated feature films, original video animations, video games, audio disc releases and live action episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misao Yamamura
The manga series ''Case Closed'', known as in Japan, features a large number of recurring fictional characters created by Gosho Aoyama. The series takes place in modern-day Japan and follows an amateur detective Jimmy Kudo (Japanese name: Shinichi Kudo) who solves cases in an episodic fashion while in his childhood body and under the alias Conan Edogawa. He is joined by childhood friend #Ran Mori, Rachel Moore (Ran Mori) and her father #Kogoro Moore, Richard Moore (Kogoro Mori), who runs a detective agency. Throughout the series, Conan interacts and befriends many characters from various groups: the #Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Tokyo Metropolitan Police, the local police in Conan's Prefectures of Japan, prefecture; The #Junior Detective League, Junior Detective League, a group of children who solves mysteries for their clients and the #FBI, FBI. He also befriends a few individuals who know of his true identity: #Herschel Agasa, Dr. Agasa, who provides Jimmy with various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria-sama Ga Miteru
, often shortened to , is a Japanese light novel series written by with illustrations by Reine Hibiki. Originally written as a short story in 1997, Shueisha published 37 light novel volumes from April 1998 to April 2012. The story focuses on a group of Adolescence, teenage girls attending the Catholic school, Catholic Lillian Girls' Academy in Tokyo, Japan. Its storyline largely revolves around the lives and close relationships of the school's student council known as the #Yamayuri Council, Yamayuri Council. A manga adaptation was published by Shueisha in ''Margaret (magazine), Margaret'' and its sister magazine ''The Margaret''. Between 2004 and 2009, the series was adapted by Studio Deen into three 13-episode anime television series and a five-episode original video animation (OVA) series. The anime adaptations have been released in North America by Right Stuf Inc., Nozomi Entertainment under the title ''Maria Watches Over Us''. The license was later transferred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring (film)
is a 1998 Japanese psychological supernatural horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki. The film stars Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani and Hiroyuki Sanada, and follows a reporter who is racing to investigate the mystery behind a cursed video tape; whoever watches the tape dies seven days after doing so. The film is titled ''The Ring'' (stylized as ''the Ring'') in English in Japan and released as ''Ringu'' in North America. Production took approximately nine months. ''Ring'' and its sequel ''Spiral'' were released in Japan at the same time. After its release, ''Ring'' was a huge box office success in Japan and was acclaimed by critics. It inspired numerous follow-ups in the ''Ring'' franchise, popularized Japanese horror (or "J-horror") internationally, and triggered a trend of Western remakes of J-horror films, including the 2002 American film '' The Ring''. Plot During a sleepover, high schoolers Tomoko and Masami discuss an urban legend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring (Suzuki Novel)
is a Japanese mystery horror novel by Koji Suzuki first published in 1991, and set in modern-day Japan. The novel was the first in the ''Ring'' novel series, and the first of a trilogy, along with two sequels: ''Spiral'' (1995) and ''Loop'' (1998). The original ''Ring'' novel sold 500,000 copies by January 1998, and 1.5million copies by July 2000. ''Ring'' was the basis for the ''Ring'' franchise, including a 1995 television film ('' Ring: Kanzenban''), a 1998 theatrical film of the same name (''Ring''), a television series ('' Ring: The Final Chapter''), and two international film remakes of the 1998 film: a South Korean version (''The Ring Virus'') and an English-language version ('' The Ring''). Plot synopsis After 4 teenagers mysteriously die simultaneously in Tokyo, Kazuyuki Asakawa, a reporter and uncle to one of the deceased, decides to launch his own personal investigation. His search leads him to "Hakone Pacific Land", a holiday resort where the youths were last se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadako Yamamura
, also known as Park Eun-suh () and Samara Morgan, is the main antagonist of Koji Suzuki's ''Ring'' novel series and the film franchise of the same name. Sadako's fictional history alternates between continuities, but all depict her as the vengeful ghost of a psychic who was murdered and thrown into a well. As a ghost, she uses , her most distinctive power and weapon, to create a cursed video tape. Whomever watches the tape will die exactly one week later unless the tape is copied and shown to another person, who then must repeat the same process. Sadako Yamamura has been played by a number of actresses in films, including Rie Inō in '' Ring'' and '' Ring 2'', Hinako Saeki in '' Rasen'', Yukie Nakama in '' Ring 0: Birthday'', Ayane Miura in '' Ring: Kanzenban'', Tae Kimura in '' Ring: The Final Chapter'' and '' Rasen'', and Ai Hashimoto in '' Sadako 3D''. Foreign adaptations renamed the character, with Bae Doona portraying Park Eun-suh in the South Korean film '' The Ring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFO Baby
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mika Kawamura. The manga was serialized by Kodansha in ''Nakayoshi'' from February 1998 to March 2002, and the chapters were collected into 9 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted into a 78-episode anime television series produced by NHK, animated by J.C.Staff, and directed by Hiroaki Sakurai, which was broadcast between March 2000 and February 2002 on NHK's BS2 satellite television, broadcast satellite network. The series was one of the top-rated anime series during its initial broadcast. The story follows two junior high school students, Miyu and Kanata, who find and care for an abandoned Extraterrestrial life, alien baby without any of them discovering that they are living together without adult supervision. The anime adaptation concluded before the manga was completed, resulting in different endings for each series. Kawamura later wrote a sequel to the manga, . Plot Miyu Kouzuki is an 8th-grade student whose parents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
