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Yūko Ōtomo
or Yuuko is a common feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yūko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *優子, "gentle, child" *裕子, "abundance, child" *祐子, "helpful, child" *夕子, "evening, child" *有子, "qualified, child" *悠子, "permanence, child" *侑子, "leading, child" *結子, "bind, child" *由子, "reason, child" *勇子, "courage, child" *友子, "friend, child" *木綿子, "cotton, child" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People *, Japanese TV presenter and news anchor *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese bikini model *, Japanese marathon runner *, Japanese singer and actress *, Japanese actress who is most popular in South Korea, known as Yoo Min *, (born 1975) Japanese voice actress *, plays the keyboards for Southern All Stars *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese classical violinist *, Japanese fashion model and actress *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese pair skater *, Japanese voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuka (name)
and are feminine Japanese given names. Possible writings Yuka and Yūka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *由香, "reason, fragrance" *由華, "reason, beautiful" *由佳, "reason, good" *由花, "reason, flower" *有佳, "exist, good" *有香, "exist, fragrance" *有華, "exist, beautiful" *優花, "tenderness, flower" *優香, "tenderness, fragrance" *結花, "link, flower" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People ;pronounced Yuka *Yuka (有香), a Japanese singer *, a Japanese long-distance runner *, a Japanese rhythmic gymnast *, a Japanese snowboarder *, a Japanese ice hockey player *Yuka Hirata (裕香), a Japanese actress and gravure idol *Yuka Honda (ゆか), a Japanese musician *Yuka Hoshaku (有香), a Japanese actress *Yuka Iguchi (井口 裕香, born 1988), a Japanese voice actress *Yuka Imai (由香, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress *Yuka Inokuchi (有佳), a Japanese voice actress *, a Japanese table tennis p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Kato
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Yuko may refer to: * Yuko (judo) (''yūkō''), a score in judo competition * Yuko (Ukrainian band), a Ukrainian band * Yūko, a Japanese female given name (including a list of persons with the name) * Yuko, a Belgian band * Yuko people, an Amerindian ethnic group See also *Yukou (Japanese citrus) ; Crown Prince Yukou (; died 672 BC) was the original heir apparent of Duke Xuan of Chen, the sixteenth ruler of the ancient Chinese state of Chen during the Spring and Autumn period. In 672 BC, the 21st year of his reign, Duke Xuan's favourite c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Nakazawa
is a Japanese pop and enka singer, and actress, best known as one of the original members of the all-female J-pop group Morning Musume. She is also a member of Japanese pop group Dream Morning Musume. Biography Yuko Nakazawa was born in Kyoto Prefecture. She was one of five runners-up in a 1997 talent contest for a new Japanese rock idol. After the contest, musician and producer Tsunku offered Nakazawa and the four other runners-up (Natsumi Abe, Kaori Iida, Aya Ishiguro, and Asuka Fukuda) the chance to be taken under his wing under one condition: they must sell 50,000 CDs of their debut song "Ai no Tane" with five days of live promotion. The quintet accomplished that task in four and thus Morning Musume was born. The group has since grown increasingly popular, it maintains a "school-like" system for their continuous line-up changes, with older members "graduating" and new, usually younger, members selected from nationwide auditions admitted to the group almost annually. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Nakanishi
is a Japanese butterfly swimmer. She attended Osaka Seikei Girls' High School. Major achievements 2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug language, Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport ... *200m butterfly 7th (Heat 2:10.22, Semifinal 2:09.89, Final 2:09.66) 2004 Athens Olympics *100m butterfly 14th (Heat 1:00.16, Semifinal 59.53) *200m butterfly 3rd (Heat 2:10.04, Semifinal 2:08.83, Final 2:08.04) 2008 Beijing Olympics *100m butterfly 18th (Heat 58.61) *200m butterfly 5th (Heat 2:06.62, Semifinal 2:06.96, Final 2:07.32) Personal bests In long course * 100m butterfly: 58.52 (April 16, 2008) * 200m butterfly: 2:06.38 Japanese Record (April 19, 2008) References * http://www.joc.or.jp/beijing/athlete/aquatics/nakanishiyuko.html 1981 births Living people Olympic swimmers of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Nakamura
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film Firefly'' (Hotaru) ''and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for Strawberry Shortcakes is a 2006 Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as they deal with their own insecurities while living in the metropolis of Tokyo. Thi ...''. Filmography Film Television References 1975 births Living people Japanese actresses Place of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Nakagawa
is a Japanese politician in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). She represented Hokkaido in the House of Representatives from 2012 to 2017. Her husband, Shōichi Nakagawa, was also a politician, serving as Minister of Finance of Japan in 2008 and 2009. Nakagawa was born in Niigata Prefecture and graduated from University of the Sacred Heart in 1981. She worked at Mitsubishi for a year until her marriage to Shōichi, and moved to Hokkaido shortly afterward. After Shōichi's death in 2009, Yūko began to get involved in politics. In the 2012 election, she ran in Hokkaido's 11th district against Tomohiro Ishikawa, who had defeated her husband for the position in the last election; she won with 51 percent of the vote. During her time in the House, she served on the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committee, and was appointed as parliamentary minister of the committee in 2014. In her role as minister, she spoke out in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. After being re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Moriguchi
Yuko Moriguchi ( ja, 森口祐子, born 13 April 1955) is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour. Moriguchi won 41 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1978 and 1994 and one of those events, the 1987 Mazda Japan Classic, was an LPGA Tour co-sanctioned tournament. Moriguchi won the LPGA qualifying school tournament in January 1981 and played sparingly on the LPGA Tour from 1981 to 1983. Her 1987 win was as a non-member. Professional wins LPGA of Japan Tour (41) *1978 (4) World Ladies Golf Tournament, |
Yūko Mochizuki
was a Japanese film and theatre actress who already had long stage experience, first with light comedies, later with dramatic roles, before making her film debut. Mochizuki often appeared in the films of Keisuke Kinoshita, but also worked for prominent directors such as Yasujirō Ozu and Mikio Naruse. She won the Blue Ribbon Award for best supporting actress for ''Late Chrysanthemums'' and for best actress for ''The Rice People'' and ''Unagitori''. She was also awarded best actress at the 1953 Mainichi Film Awards for her performance in ''A Japanese Tragedy''. In 1960, she directed the children's short film ''海を渡る友情'' (''Umiwowataru yūjō'', lit. "Friendship across the sea") for the Toei Educational Film Department. In 1971, Mochizuki ran for the House of Councilors election for the Japan Socialist Party. She died of breast cancer in 1977. Selected Filmography * ''Carmen Comes Home'' (1951) – director Keisuke Kinoshita * ''Honjitsu kyūshin'' (1952) – director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Mizutani
was a Japanese actress, voice actress, narrator and singer from Ama District, Aichi. Throughout her career, she worked with Production Baobab, and was working with Aoni Production at the time of her death. Mizutani was best known for her anime voice roles of Sakiko Sakura in ''Chibi Maruko-chan'', Mihoshi Kuramitsu in ''Tenchi Muyo!'' and Pinoko in '' Black Jack''. She also portrayed Excellen Browning in ''Super Robot Wars'', Sora Takenouchi in ''Digimon Adventure'', Leina Stol in '' Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos'', and Sarah Zabiarov and Cheimin Noa in ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam''. Mizutani was the official Japanese voice actress for Minnie Mouse, and voiced her in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' franchise. Since her death, Aya Endō took over as the new Japanese voice of Minnie Mouse. Machiko Toyoshima took over as Sakiko Sakura as replacement in Chibi Maruko-chan. Career After graduating from the Institute for Youth Theater in 1985, Mizutani was signed to the Seinenza Theater Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Mizuno
is a Japanese entertainer, actress, and sportscaster represented by Sony Music Artists. Filmography TV series Radio series Video games References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mizuno, Yuko Japanese television personalities Japanese actresses 1982 births Living people People from Aichi Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Miyamura
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and sound director. Her nickname is . She played Kazuha Toyama in ''Detective Conan'', Casca in Berserk and Asuka Langley Soryu in ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. Personal life Miyamura was born in Kobe, and graduated from the theater division for Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. She was diagnosed with Graves' disease and exophthalmos in May 2007. She was initially married to manga artist, Nakatani D. from 1998 to 1999. Miyamura married stuntman Takayuki Seki in 2004. They had two children together, a daughter born in 2004 and a son born in 2011, before they divorced in 2016. The family lived in Melbourne, Australia, until she returned to Japan. Career Miyamura released various CD albums as a singer, which feature collaborations with well-known Japanese musicians, such as P-Model vocalist/Berserk series composer Susumu Hirasawa, Yapoos vocalist Jun Togawa and Pizzicato Five vocalist Yasuharu Konishi. Additionally, she also had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Minaguchi
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Bunkyō, Tokyo. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. In 2012, Minaguchi took a nineteen-month-long hiatus from acting in order to study abroad in the United States. This resulted in Shino Kakinuma being cast as Videl for the final arc of ''Dragon Ball Kai'', although Minaguchi did reprise her role as the character for 2013's theatrical film '' Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods'' and continued to voice her afterwards. Filmography Television animation ;1980s *''Bosco Adventure'' (1986) (Princess Apricot) *'' Kamen no Ninja Akakage'' (1987) (Akane) *''Sally the Witch'' (1989) (Nancy) *'' YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl!'' (1989) (Yawara Inokuma and Kaneko Inokuma) *''Jushin Liger'' (1989) (Yuki) ;1990s *''The Laughing Salesman'' (1990) (Reiko) *'' Here is Greenwood'' (1991) (Misako) *''Yadamon'' (1992) (Kira) *''Dragon Ball Z'' (1993) (Videl and Pan) *''Sailor Moon S'' (1994) ( Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Saturn), Mistress 9, Girl) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |