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Yashiki (written: 屋敷 lit. "residence" or 家鋪) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese musician *, Japanese shogi player *, better known as Takajin, Japanese singer and television personality {{surname Japanese-language surnames ...
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Nobuyuki Yashiki
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Kisei title holder and also holds the professional shogi record for being the fastest to win a major title since turning professional.. Early life Yashiki was born in Sapporo on January 18, 1972. As a sixth-grade student, he finished third in the in 1983, but won the two years later as a junior high school eight-grade student in 1985. That same year, he entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of . Yashiki obtained the rank of 1-dan in March 1987 and was awarded full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1988. Shogi professional Yashiki's first appearance came in November 1989 when he challenged Makoto Nakahara for the 55th Kisei title. Although Yashiki lost the match 3 games to 2, he appearance made him at age 17 years 11 months the youngest player ever to challenge for a major title at that time as well as the fastest, a one year 2 ...
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Takaji Yashiki
, often referred to as simply , (5 October 1949 – 3 January 2014) was a Japanese singer and television personality. Born in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Japan, to a Zainichi-issei Korean father Gonzaburou ( ) and a Japanese mother Mitsuko Yashiki ( ja, 家鋪光子), he started his singing career in the 1970s in Gion, Kyoto, and then moved to Shimokitazawa, Tokyo in 1980. In 1981, he sang the theme song of the first movie of the Mobile Suit Gundam, ''Suna no Jūjika'' and it sold thirteen thousand CDs. He moved back to Osaka in 1982 and had been active mainly in the Kansai region since then. He sang many songs about Osaka such as ''Yappa Suki Yanen'' (1986), ''Osaka Koi Monogatari'' (1989), ''Nametonka'' (1990) and ''Tokyo'' (1993). He was popular in Kansai as a frank television presenter. Having made public his dislike of Tokyo, Takajin rarely made appearances on TV stations in Tokyo. He also kept a blacklist of people he wouldn't appear with. His trademark was sunglasses. He wore the ...
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Gota Yashiki
is a Japanese musician, both an independent acid jazz artist and drum/bass player, as a member of the band Simply Red. Biography He was born in Kyoto, Japan, on 26 February 1962, where at a young age he learned how to play traditional Japanese drums. This interest in drumming propelled him into the music scene, and he moved to Tokyo in 1982 to join a reggae/dub band that became known as Mute Beat. Together with Mute Beat band member Kazufumi Kodama he worked on various projects and formed the duo Kodama & Gota. From 1986 on, Gota entered the European music scene. After spending some time back in Tokyo, he returned to London in 1988 and began collaborating with numerous well-known artists, including Soul II Soul, Sinéad O'Connor and Seal, while also working on film soundtracks and re-mixes. Gota joined Simply Red in 1991 for the recording of the album ''Stars'' and the following world tour. In late 1993, he released an album titled ''Somethin' to Talk About'' under the nam ...
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