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Yokoyama Castle
Yokoyama (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Akihito Yokoyama (born 1961), Japanese golfer * Chisa Yokoyama (born 1969), Japanese voice actress and singer * Go Yokoyama in fact ''Tsuyoshi Yokoyama'' (b. 1983), Japanese kickboxer * Hideo Yokoyama (born 1957), Japanese novelist *, Japanese shogi player *Hiroki Yokoyama (other), multiple people * Hirotoshi Yokoyama (born 1975), Japanese football player * Hokuto Yokoyama (born 1963), Japanese politician (Democratic Party of Japan) * Isamu Yokoyama (1889-1952), general in the Imperial Japanese Army * Juri Yokoyama (born 1955), Japanese volleyball player * Katsuya Yokoyama (1934–2010), renowned player and teacher of the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese vertical bamboo flute * Ken Yokoyama (other), multiple people * Kenzo Yokoyama (born 1943), Japanese football player and coach * Knock Yokoyama (1932–2007), Japanese comedian and politician * Kumi Yokoyama (born 1993), Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihito Yokoyama
is a Japanese professional golfer. Yokoyama played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times. He is sponsored by ISPS. Professional wins (4) Japan Golf Tour wins (3) ''*Note: The 1989 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.'' Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1) Other wins (1) *1997 Kanto Open The Kanto Open was a professional golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1950 and was last played in 1999. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991. It was played in September at a variety of courses in the Kantō region. Winne ... External links * * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Golfers from Tokyo 1961 births Living people {{Japan-golf-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokoyama Marumitsu
was a Japanese late Edo period samurai and founder of the Tōkyūjutsu or Tōdō () is a Japanese divination (fortune telling) method, created by Yokoyama Marumitsu in the 1830s (Edo period). It was developed from tengenjutsu, a system with origins in China and was well established at the time. Tōkyūjutsu teaches ... () divination and self-improvement method. He lived in Edo (now Tokyo). His real name was Yokoyama Okitaka (), and he was also known as Sannosuke (), Shunkisai (), Kiosanjin (), , , and other pen names. References People of Edo-period Japan 1780 births 1854 deaths {{Samurai-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoshi Yokoyama
is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Yokoyama was born in Hirao, Yamaguchi on February 14, 1980. After dropped out from Waseda University, he joined J2 League club Omiya Ardija in 2001. He debuted in May 2001 and play many matches as forward from summer. Although he could not become a regular, he played many matches every seasons. Ardija won the 2nd place in 2004 season and was promoted to J1 League first time in the club history. After playing in J1 in 2005 season, he moved to J2 club Shonan Bellmare in 2006. He became a regular player and scored 8 goals. In 2007, he moved to Japan Football League (JFL) club Tochigi SC. He played as regular forward and Tochigi was promoted to J2 end of 2008 season. However he left the club end of 2008 season without playing J2. In 2009, he moved to JFL club TDK is a Japanese multinational electronics corporation that manufactures electronic components and recording and data-storage media. Its motto is "Contribute to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokoyama Sakujiro
, was one of the earliest disciples of Kanō Jigorō. He was part of the Kōdōkan Shitennō or Four Guardians of the Kodokan along with Yoshitsugu Yamashita, Tsunejirō Tomita, and Shirō Saigō. Biography Early life Yokoyama was born in Saginomiya, Tokyo, Japan in 1864. He trained in Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū jujutsu under Keitaro Inoue in the Yushima Tenjin dojo, as well as Kitō-ryū under Tomiharu Mikami, all since his childhood. It's said that when he was just thirteen he wielded a katana and cut down a burglar that was trying to rob his parents' house. He later joined the police in Yamagata prefecture and possibly became a student of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu of Takeda Sokaku for a time. Anyway, in April 1886, he came to the Kōdōkan dojo in order to present a dojoyaburi challenge, but pledged himself to Jigoro Kano's teachings when he was bested right there by the much smaller Shirō Saigō. Yokoyama further assisted Kano in establishing the Kōdōkan and its reputat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga T
Olga may refer to: People and fictional characters * Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha * Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga" Places Russia * Olga, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Primorsky Krai * Olga Bay, a bay of the Sea of Japan in Primorsky Krai * Olga (river), Primorsky Krai United States * Olga, Florida, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Olga, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Olga, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Olga, Washington, an unincorporated community * Olga Bay, Alaska, a bay on the south end of Kodiak Island * Olga, a neighborhood of South Pasadena, California Elsewhere * Kata Tjuta, Northern Territory, Australia, also known as the Olgas, a group of domed rock formations ** Mount Olga, the tallest of these rock formations * Olga, Greece, a settlement * 304 Olga, a main belt asteroid Arts and entertainment * ''Olga'' (opera), a 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Yokoyama
(March 28, 1949 - ) is a Japanese electrical engineer, active in the fields of nanotechnology and electronic and photonic devices, best known for his success in fabricating hot-electron transistors and invention of resonant-tunneling transistors. Yokoyama born in Osaka, Japan, received his bachelor's degree in Physics from Osaka City University (1971), and master's (1973) and PhD (1984) degrees in Engineering from the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University. He joined the Semiconductor Devices Laboratory of Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. in 1973, where he was subsequently named a Fellow and General Manager of its Nanotechnology Research Center in 2000. He is also Visiting Professor of the University of Tokyo. Yokoyama received the 1987 GaAs Symposium Young Scientist Award, and 1998 IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award "for contributions to and leadership in the development of self-aligned refractory-gate gallium arsenide MESFET integrated circuits." He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuteru Yokoyama
was a Japanese manga artist born in Suma Ward of Kobe City in Hyōgo Prefecture. His personal name was originally spelled , with the same pronunciation. His works include ''Tetsujin 28-go'', ''Giant Robo'', ''Akakage'', ''Babel II'', ''Sally the Witch'', ''Princess Comet'', and adaptations of the Chinese classics ''Water Margin'' and ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''. Early life Yokoyama spent his boyhood during World War II and was evacuated to Tottori with his family. He graduated from Kobe municipal Ota junior high school and went on to the Kobe municipal Suma high school. Osamu Tezuka's "Metropolis" made a deep impression on Yokoyama who wished to become a manga artist in earnest and so he contributed his works to a comic book in his high school days. He entered the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation after graduation from high school, but quit his job before five months passed because there was no time to draw a manga. He found a new job as a publicity department membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minehiro Yokoyama
is a Japanese ski mountaineer. Yokoyama finished third at the 2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering The 2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering ( ja, 山岳スキー競技アジア選手権大会) was the first edition of an Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering The event was organized by the Japan Mountaineering Association (JMA), and ... and won Bronze.http://www.jma-sangaku.org/games/document/1232007041007jsmc_result.pdf References External links Minehiro Yokoyamaat SkiMountaineering.org Yokojama Minehhiroat Ameblo 1971 births Living people Japanese male ski mountaineers {{skimountaineering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Yokoyama (badminton)
is a Japanese badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ... player. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament References External links * Japanese female badminton players Living people 1990 births Sportspeople from Kumamoto Prefecture {{Japan-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Yokoyama (actress)
is a Japanese actress represented by Oscar Promotion. Biography Yokoyama graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Takehaya Senior High School and Aoyama Gakuin University Faculty of Letters Second Section of the Department of Education. While part of the land division of high school, she was part of Queen Bee, a copy band to the Barbee Boys and Men's Meg (from the brands Men's Viki and Megumi no Megu), a copy to Ann Lewis. Yokoyama made her debut as Rei, the girlfriend of Jun (played by Hidetaka Yoshioka) in ''Kita no Kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi'', and has been active in a wide range of dramas, advertisements and variety shows afterwards. She is mostly known for playing the heroine Ruriko in ''Shinju Fujin'' in 2002. In 1995, Yokoyama married advert narrator Yasuki Okawa, but due to her popularity in ''Shinju Fujin'' she became busy and they divorced in December 2002 due to married couplings. In May 2006, she later married American Express Vice President Mamoru Ninobu. In September 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokoyama Matsusaburō
was a pioneering Japanese photographer, artist, lithographer and teacher. Yokoyama was born Yokoyama Bunroku () in Iturup (then under Japanese control) on 10 October 1838. Early in his life, Yokoyama and his family moved to Hakodate, where in 1854 he was first exposed to photography on seeing daguerreotypes by Eliphalet Brown, Jr. and A. F. Mozhaiskii. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to a kimono dealer, and during this time developed an interest in painting. A few years later, as an assistant to the Russian painter Lehman, he was exposed to Western painting styles and helped sketch the surroundings of the Russian Consulate in Hakodate. With a view to improving his landscape painting, Yokoyama started to learn photography. He travelled to Yokohama and studied photography under Shimooka Renjō, then returned to Hakodate and studied under the Russian consul, I. A. Goshkevich. In 1868 Yokoyama opened his own commercial photographic studio in Yokohama.Yokoe, 'Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsuo Yokoyama
is a Japanese politician who was the president of Walt Disney Enterprises of Japan from 1989 to 1994. As a merchandise representative in the early 1960s he was responsible for establishing the enforcement of Disney's intellectual property rights in Japan. Early life and career Yokoyama was born on 31 March 1927 in Tokyo, Japan to a chef and restauranteur. At the age of 17, he entered a boy's military school until August 1945 after Japan had surrendered to the Allies during World War II. After that, he worked in an iron factory while studying English at a local YMCA. In 1951, he enrolled in the University of Keio studying business management and graduated in 1955. After graduating, he joined Morinaga Confectionery Company as the marketing manager. In 1961, Yokoyama was selected to join Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
