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Yamaoka Seizan
Yamaoka is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * (born 1968), Japanese video game composer (''Silent Hill'' series) * Kristi Yamaoka (born 1987), American cheerleader discussed in Cheerleading#Dangers of cheerleading * (born 1943), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan * , Japanese professional baseball player * (1526–1585), samurai * (1836–1888), samurai Fictional characters: * Shirō Yamaoka, protagonist of the manga series ''Oishinbo is a long-running Japanese cooking manga series written by and drawn by . The manga's title is a portmanteau of the Japanese word for delicious, ''oishii'', and the word for someone who loves to eat, ''kuishinbo''. The series depicts the ...'' * Rin Yamaoka, a playable character in the video game '' Dead by Daylight'' * Kazan Yamaoka, a playable character in the video game Dead by Daylight See also * Yamaoka Station, train station in Ena, Gifu Prefecture, Japan * Yamaoka, Gifu, former t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Yamaoka
is a Japanese composer and music producer. He is best known for composing music for several video games in the ''Silent Hill'' series by Konami, among other games. Yamaoka also worked as a producer on the series, as well as composing for the ''Silent Hill'' film and its sequel. Since 2010, he has been the sound director at Grasshopper Manufacture. Early life Yamaoka attended Tokyo Art College, where he studied product design and interior design. He originally planned to follow a career in design. Career Yamaoka joined Konami on September 21, 1993. He immediately began to work on the games '' Contra: Hard Corps'', '' Sparkster'', and '' Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2''. Shortly thereafter, he worked on the music for the PC Engine and Sega CD versions of '' Snatcher''. When Konami began searching for a musician to compose ''Silent Hills score, Yamaoka volunteered because he thought he was the only one capable of making the soundtrack. Although initially hired as a comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to entertain the audience, or for competition. Cheerleading routines typically range anywhere from one to three minutes, and contain components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting. Modern cheerleading is very closely associated with American football and basketball. Sports such as association football (soccer), ice hockey, volleyball, baseball, and wrestling will sometimes sponsor cheerleading squads. The ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in South Africa in 2007 was the first international cricket event to have cheerleaders. The Florida Marlins were the first Major League Baseball team to have a cheerleading team. Cheerleading originated as an all-male activity in the United States, and remains predominantly in America, with an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Yamaoka
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Overview A native of Oyama, Tochigi and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the first of two terms in the House of Councilors in 1983 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993. After losing his seat in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party, he was re-elected in 2000 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He later joined the DPJ. He married the daughter of writer Sōhachi Yamaoka and was adopted into the family. In September 2011 he was appointed as chairman of the National Public Safety Commission、Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety and Minister for the Abduction Issue. in the cabinet of newly appointed Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. In December 2011 he was the subject of a censure motion from the opposition LDP for failing to declare receiving ¥450,000 from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taisuke Yamaoka
is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). International career Yamaoka represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico and 2019 WBSC Premier12. On February 27, 2019, he was selected for Japan national baseball team at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12. References External links NPB.com 1995 births Living people Baseball people from Hiroshima Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Orix Buffaloes players 2019 WBSC Premier12 players {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaoka Kagetaka
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Azuchi–Momoyama period The was the final phase of the in Japanese history from 1568 to 1600. After the outbreak of the Ōnin War in 1467, the power of the Ashikaga Shogunate effectively collapsed, marking the start of the chaotic Sengoku period. In 1568, Oda Nobuna ..., who served the Oda clan. References Samurai 1526 births 1585 deaths {{samurai-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaoka Tesshū
, also known as Ono Tetsutarō or Yamaoka Tetsutarō, was a famous samurai of the Bakumatsu period, who played an important role in the Meiji Restoration. He is also noted as the founder of the ''Itto Shoden Muto-ryu'' school of swordsmanship. Early life Yamaoka was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) as Ono Tetsutaro, where his father was a retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate and his mother was the daughter of a kannushi, Shinto priest from Kashima Shrine. Yamaoka practiced swordsmanship from the age of nine, starting in the ''Jikishinkage-ryū'' tradition. After that he learned ''Hokushin Ittō-ryū'' from Inoue Hachirō, who was asked by Yamaoka Tesshū's father to teach his son. Later his family moved to Takayama, Gifu, Takayama where he began the ''Nakanishi-ha Ittō-ryū'' style of fencing. When he was seventeen, he returned to Edo and joined the government's ''Kobukan'' Military Institute and the Yamaoka School of yari, Spear Fighting under Yamaoka Seizan. Not long after Yamaok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oishinbo
is a long-running Japanese cooking manga series written by and drawn by . The manga's title is a portmanteau of the Japanese word for delicious, ''oishii'', and the word for someone who loves to eat, ''kuishinbo''. The series depicts the adventures of culinary journalist Shirō Yamaoka and his partner (and later wife), Yūko Kurita. It was published by Shogakukan between 1983 and 2008 in ''Big Comic Spirits'', and resumed again on February 23, 2009, only to be put on an indefinite hiatus after the May 12, 2014, edition in the weekly Big Comic Spirits as a response by the publisher to harsh criticism of Oishinbo's treatment of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster.'Oishinbo' manga on hold after criticism of Fukushima episodes -- |
Dead By Daylight
''Dead by Daylight'' is an asymmetric multiplayer survival horror online game developed by Canadian studio Behaviour Interactive. It is a one-versus-four game in which one player takes on the role of a savage Killer and the other four play as Survivors; the Killer must catch each Survivor and sacrifice them to a malevolent force known as the Entity by impaling them on hooks, while the Survivors must avoid being caught and fix five generators to power up the exit gates. The game was released for Windows in 2016; PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2017; Switch in 2019; and Android, iOS, PlayStation 5, Stadia, and Xbox Series X/S in 2020. Swedish studio Starbreeze Studios published the game from 2016 to 2018, and it has since been published by Behaviour Interactive. Italian company 505 Games publishes the Nintendo Switch version, while Austrian company Deep Silver publishes the physical copies of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions. Alongside original characters, the ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaoka Station
is a train station in the city of Ena, Gifu Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ..., operated by the Third-sector railway operator Akechi Railway. Lines Yamaoka Station is a station on the Akechi Line, and is located 19.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at . Station layout Yamaoka Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is staffed. Adjacent stations , - !colspan=5, Akechi Railway History Yamaoka Station opened on June 24, 1934 as . It was renamed to its present name on December 20, 1956. Surrounding area * See also * List of Railway Stations in Japan External links * Railway stations in Japan opened in 1934 Railway stations in Gifu Prefecture Stations of Akechi Railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaoka, Gifu
was a town located in Ena District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,381 and a density of 88.27 persons per km². The total area was 60.96 km². On October 25, 2004, Yamaoka, along with the towns of Akechi, Iwamura and Kamiyahagi, and the village of Kushihara (all from Ena District), was merged into the expanded city of Ena, and no longer exists as an independent municipality. Notes External links Official website of Ena Dissolved municipalities of Gifu Prefecture Populated places disestablished in 2004 Ena, Gifu {{Gifu-geo-stub 2004 disestablishments in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
