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Yuki (given Name)
and are separate Japanese given names used for females or males, though they can be romanized the same way when vowel length is not transliterated. Possible spellings of Yuki include 雪, 幸, 由紀, 由貴, 由岐, 由樹, 友紀, 夕希 and 有希. Possible spellings of Yūki include 勇気, 有機, 祐樹, 雄輝 and 雄樹. Notable people named Yuki *Yuki Baba (馬場雄基, born 1992), Japanese politician *, Japanese javelin thrower *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese judoka *, better known as Satsuki Yukino, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese film director and illustrator *, Japanese voice actress and radio personality *, Japanese composer and music producer *, Japanese idol and singer *, Japanese wife of Pierpont Morgan's nephew *, Japanese Paralympic athlete * Yuki Kato (actress) (born 1995), Indonesian actress *, Japanese artist *, Japanese volleyball player *, better known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Language
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Kato (geisha)
Yuki Kato (加藤ユキ), also known as Morgan O-Yuki (モルガンお雪) (Kyoto, August 7, 1881 - May 18, 1963), was a Japanese geisha who married George Denison Morgan, nephew of Pierpont Morgan of the Morgan banking dynasty. History with Morgans Yuki Kato was the daughter of a samurai swordsmith. As a Gion geisha, she was known as "Kokyū no Sekka" (胡弓の雪香) for her "sublime" performances on the traditional kokyū instrument. George Morgan arrived in Japan in 1902 and saw Yuki performing at Miyako Odori geisha theater. He courted Yuki for two years and paid her debt to the Okiya house for $20,000.00. It was reported to the Morgan family in the US that the young lady he married came from an excellent family. However, according to some accounts of their reception in the US, she was rejected and ostracized by the Morgans. She accompanied Morgan to Paris, France. He died of heart failure in Spain in 1915. Yuki then returned to Kyoto in 1938 and became a Roman Catholic in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Mamiya
, also known as and , is a Japanese actress and gravure idol. She has appeared in numerous films, including '' Amai Muchi'', '' The Torture Club'', and the Nikkatsu film ''Wet Woman in the Wind'', for which she received an Emerging Actress Award at the 26th Japanese Professional Movie Awards. Biography Mamiya was born March 9, 1991, in Aichi Prefecture. Under the name Yuki Mogami she worked as a gravure idol starting in 2009, but changed her professional name in 2012 to pursue an acting career. Mamiya started her film career with two Takashi Ishii films that were released in 2013. In the erotic thriller '' Amai Muchi'' she played the younger version of Naoko, with the older version of Naoko played by Mitsu Dan. She also appeared in the erotic romance film ''Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend'', which was described by Mark Adams of ''Screen Daily'' as a "bizarre blend of voyeuristic sexuality and rather brutal violence". The next year she appeared in '' The Torture Club'', an adaptat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Maeda
is a former Japanese enka singer within Hello! Project. She started her career under the enka record label Teichiku in 2000 with her debut single "Naki Usagi", but did not have any charting singles in Japan until she signed with Up-Front Works and their label Zetima in 2003. In mid-2004 she was transferred to another Up-Front Works' label, Rice Music. Discography The following CDs are released by Teichiku, Zetima, and Rice Music is a Japanese holding company for various entertainment companies. Its subsidiaries include the talent agency Up-Front Promotion and Up-Front Works, a music production and sales company that manages such record labels as Zetima, Piccolo Town, .... Singles Albums References External links Official Hello! Project profile 1979 births Living people Enka singers Japanese idols Hello! Project solo singers Salt5 members Singers from Kōchi Prefecture {{Hello!Project-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Kure
is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist and illustrator born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She is the character designer for Koei's third Neoromance series, ''Kin'iro no Corda''. She also authors the manga adaptation of the game, which has been serialized in Hakusensha's monthly shōjo manga magazine, ''LaLa'', since October 2003. About Personal Yuki Kure was born on December 4, in Chiba Prefecture. According to an interview with Hakusensha, she previously studied the piano, which she feels is refreshing. She has stated that she wanted to play other musical instruments including the cello, bassoon and tuba. She has mentioned that she finds it very difficult to draw Tsukimori from ''Kin'iro no Corda'', but very easy to draw Hihara and young girls. She also likes to watch soccer matches and collect merchandise. Reiko Shimizu, Natsumi Itsuki, Kyōko Hikawa and other ''LaLa'' manga artists are her influences when she is drawing manga. Source: Career Yuki Kure made her debut winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Kuramochi
, known professionally as Yuki (stylized as YUKI), is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead vocalist for Judy and Mary. She founded Judy and Mary in 1991 and became a solo artist in 2002. She has also been a member of the bands NiNa (1999, with Kate Pierson of the B-52's, bassist Mick Karn of Japan, former members of the Japanese New Wave band the Plastics Masahide Sakuma and Takemi Shima, and session drummer Steven Wolf) and Mean Machine (alongside Chara, 2001). Biography Yuki was born in Hakodate, Hokkaido. After graduating from Hakodate Otani College, she worked as a beautician. She met Yoshihito Onda who visited Hakodate to make a movie, '' The Triple Cross''. The meeting triggered the formation of Judy and Mary in 1992. After Judy and Mary disbanded, Yuki made her solo debut in 2002. She married Magokoro Brothers frontman Yoichi Kuramochi in September 2000, and gave birth to her first child, a boy, on April 18, 2003. However, the child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Koyanagi
is a Japanese pop singer. She released her first single, "Anata no kisu o kazoemashô – You Were Mine" on September 15, 1999. This song was a huge hit in Japan and made the 17-year-old a sensation overnight. Her second album, ''Expansion'', sold over 1.3 million copies, and it features her most biggest chart hit, "Aijo". She has done several albums (in English) of cover songs, including disco and movie standards. After a break of several years, her album ''Sunrise'' was released in March 2007. Koyanagi was born in Saitama City, Japan to a Trinbagonian-American father and a Japanese mother. She is known for singing the English version of "Cross Colors", the ending theme of ''Dynasty Warriors 4''. Before that, she worked with Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men who wrote most of the songs on and produced her album ''Intimacy''. She performed the songs in English, without understanding what she was singing. Yuki sang the American and Japanese National Anthems d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Konagaya
is a Japanese professor specializing in the history and cultural anthropology of Central Asia and Mongolia. Biography Konagaya completed a bachelor's degree in 1981 and a master's degree in 1983, both at Kyoto University , mottoeng = Freedom of academic culture , established = , type = National university, Public (National) , endowment = ¥ 316 billion (2.4 1000000000 (number), billion USD) , faculty = 3,480 (Teaching Staff) , administrative_staff .... From 1987 to 2004 she held research positions, and a professorship, at the National Museum of Ethnology. Publications * Konagaya, Y., Lkhagvasu̇rėn, I., & Rossabi, M. (2011). ''Socialist devotees and dissenters: Three twentieth-century Mongolian leaders''. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology. *Konagaya, Y., Lkhagvasu̇rėn, I., & Rossabi, M. (2014). ''Mongolia's transition from socialism to captitalism: Four views''. Suita-shi: Kokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubutsukan, Heisei 26. *Konagaya, Y. (2016). ''Northeast A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Kodama
is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the creator of the manga series ''Kids on the Slope'', for which she won a Shogakukan Manga Award in 2011. Biography Kodama was born on September 26 in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. She made her debut as a manga artist in 2000, with her series published in ''Cutie Comic'', a manga magazine published by Takarajimasha. Kodama would go on to publish several short-form works in ''Cutie Comic'' and ''Vanilla'', a manga magazine published by Kodansha, in the early- to mid-2000s. Kodama is best known for her manga series ''Kids on the Slope'', which was serialized in the manga magazine '' Monthly Flowers'' from 2007 to 2012. The series, which Kodama based on her own experience growing up in Sasebo, was the top-ranked manga for women in the 2009 edition of Takarajimasha's annual ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' rankings and won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2012 for general manga. In 2012, ''Kids on the Slope'' was adapted into a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Kobayashi (skier)
is a Japanese cross-country skier. At the 2011 Asian Winter Games she won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 kilometre relay. She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of .... References External links Ski Association of Japan team member list 1987 births Living people Japanese female cross-country skiers Asian Games medalists in cross-country skiing Cross-country skiers at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Cross-country skiers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-crosscount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Kimura
is a Japanese model and ''tarento''. She is better known by her stage name Yukipoyo (ゆきぽよ). She is represented by her agency ''VIP Models Agency''. Kimura's father is Japanese, her mother is half Filipino and half Spanish. Kimura debuted as a ''reader model'' for the fashion magazine, ''egg'' in 2012. She also thrived on the video platform ''Vine'', with over 60 million total views. She was a participant of '' The Bachelor Japan'', aired on Amazon Prime Video in 2017 and ''The Bachelor Winter Games'' in 2018. By late 2018, Kimura had become active as a television personality, with numerous appearances on various variety programs. Media Television * The Bachelor Winter Games (ABC) * (Nippon TV) * (Nippon TV) * (Yomiuri TV) * (Nippon TV) * (Nippon TV) Web series * (Amazon Prime Video Amazon Prime Video, also known simply as Prime Video, is an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Kawai
is a former Japanese volleyball player. Career Yuki became a volleyball player when in a Primary school. At the time when she was in the 3rd grade of Higashikyushu Ryokoku High School she served as a captain of the team. The team won the top of Japanese high school with Kyoko Katashita. She retired from JT Marvelous in June of 2011. She signed with Victorina Himeji on July 1, 2018. She retired from volleyball in June of 2019 after captaining Victorina Himeji to a season championship. Clubs * Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku High School * JT Marvelous (2008-2011) * Victorina Himeji (2018-2019) Awards Individual * 2007: Champion in the 6th Asian Youth Volleyball Championship * 2008: 5th place in the Olympic Games of Beijing * 2008: Champion in the 14th Asian Junior Volleyball Championship - MVP, Best Setter award * 2010 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship#Awards, 2010 Asian Club Championship "Best Setter" Team *2009-2010 V.Premier League - Runner-Up, with JT Marvelou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
