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Aoki Yanagi
may refer to: People * Aoki (surname), a list of people with the surname Places * Aoki, Nagano, a village in the Nagano Prefecture Company * Aoki Corporation, a defunct construction company * Aoki (store), a men's clothing store based in Japan Fictional characters *Aoki, railroad engineer of Hikari 109 in '' The Bullet Train'' * Daisuke Aoki, the male lead character of ''Kodomo no Jikan'' * Junko Aoki, a character of '' Crossfire'' *Seiichiro Aoki The fictional characters of the '' X'' manga series were created by manga group known as Clamp, composed of Satsuki Igarashi, Nanase Ohkawa, Mick Nekoi, and Mokona Apapa. ''X'' takes place in the year 1999 when the end of the world is fast app ..., one of the Dragons of Heaven from ''X/1999'' See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoki (surname)
is a Japanese surname.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=aoki People with the name include: Arts and entertainment *Devon Aoki (born 1982), model and actress, daughter of Hiroaki Aoki, "Rocky" Aoki *Kazuyo Aoki (born 1947), Japanese voice actress *Mayuko Aoki (born 1975), voice actor *Mitsue Aoki (born 1969), Japanese manga author and artist *, Japanese voice actress and singer *Sayaka Aoki (comedian) (born 1973), Japanese comedian *Sayaka Aoki (voice actress) (born 1972), Japanese voice actress, also goes by Shizuka Aoki *Shigeru Aoki, Japanese painter *, Japanese actor, voice actor, model and fashion designer *Shoichi Aoki, creator of the Fruits and Fresh Fruits photobooks *Steve Aoki, Japanese American record producer, son of Rocky Aoki *Takao Aoki, manga artist *Tatsu Aoki, jazz double bass player and record producer *Tomohiko Aoki, light novel author *, Japanese actor and model *Tsuru Aoki (1892–1961), Japanese-American stage and screen actress *Ume Aoki, female Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoki, Nagano
is a village in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 4,360 in 1742 households, and a population density of 76 persons per km². The total area of the village is . Geography Aoki is located in the center of Nagano Prefecture, in a basin surrounded by mountains on three sides. The village is at an average elevation of between 500 and 850 meters, with approximately 80% of the village area covered in mountains and forests. Around 10% of the village area is agricultural, with rice, mushrooms and horticulture as the main agricultural activities. Climate The village has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and cold winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Aoki is 10.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1103 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.8 °C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoki Corporation
Aoki Corporation was a Japanese construction company founded in 1947. It built many projects in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and also invested in non-construction businesses, like hotels. It previously owned the Westin Hotels chain. The company, considered one of Japan's mid-tier ''zenekon'' (general contractors) by the 1990s, went bankrupt in 2001 and merged with Asunaro Construction in 2004. History Establishment The company was established as the Bulldozer Koji Co. Ltd. in Osaka in 1947 by Masuji Aoki, a former Imperial Japanese Navy commander. It opened a Tokyo branch office in 1948. In 1969, the company was renamed Aoki Corporation. The firm was a "newcomer" to the Japanese construction industry, and found it more difficult to win projects than the larger, traditional firms did. As a result, Aoki diversified into the hotels business, partly to generate construction business for itself. In 1976 it bought the Caesar Park Hotel in Brazil and expanded the brand into a multi-nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoki (store)
may refer to: People *Aoki (surname), a list of people with the surname Places *Aoki, Nagano, a village in the Nagano Prefecture Company * Aoki Corporation, a defunct construction company * Aoki (store), a men's clothing store based in Japan Fictional characters *Aoki, railroad engineer of Hikari 109 in ''The Bullet Train'' *Daisuke Aoki, the male lead character of ''Kodomo no Jikan'' *Junko Aoki, a character of ''Crossfire A crossfire (also known as interlocking fire) is a military term for the siting of weapons (often automatic weapons such as assault rifles or sub-machine guns) so that their arcs of fire overlap. This tactic came to prominence in World War I. ...'' * Seiichiro Aoki, one of the Dragons of Heaven from ''X/1999'' See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bullet Train
(also known as ''Super Express 109'') is a 1975 Japanese action thriller film directed by Junya Satō and starring Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, and Ken Utsui. When a Shinkansen ("bullet train") is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if it slows below 80 km/h unless a ransom is paid, police race to find the bombers and to learn how to defuse the bomb. Plot Tetsuo Okita is a former businessman who lost his manufacturing company to bankruptcy and separated from his wife and son a year earlier. Desperate to make ends meet and start over, he collaborates with activist Masaru Koga and his former employee Hiroshi Ōshiro in an elaborate plot to extort money from the government. ''Hikari 109'' is a high-speed 0 series bullet train carrying 1,500 passengers from Tokyo to Hakata. Shortly after the train's departure, railway security head Miyashita is notified by Okita that a bomb has been planted aboard and will explode if the train slows down below 80 km/h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Aoki
The following is a list of characters from the Japanese manga series ''Kodomo no Jikan'', written and illustrated by Kaworu Watashiya and published in Japan by Futabasha in the monthly seinen manga magazine ''Comic High!''. As of January 2008, thirty-three chapters have been published since serialization began on May 22, 2005, of which twenty-eight have been collected in four bound volumes to date. At one point, an English language version of the manga was licensed for distribution in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment under the title ''Nymphet'', but the Los Angeles–based company ultimately decided not to publish it due to controversies over its content. An anime adaptation of the series with twelve episodes aired on Japanese television between October 12, 2007 and December 28, 2007. Since the animated version only covers events from the first twenty chapters or so, is self-contained, and had an original ending, there exist significant differences in characterization bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junko Aoki
is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following: *純子, "pure, child" *順子, "order, child" *淳子, "pure, child" *潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child" *準子, "conform, child" *洵子, "truth, child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People *Junko (manga artist) (ぢゅん子), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actress *, Japanese singer *Junko Chodos (born 1939), Japanese-American contemporary artist *, Japanese torture and murder victim *, Japanese former competitive figure skater *, Japanese Paralympic judoka *, Japanese actress and voice actress represented by Production Baobab *Junko Itō, American linguist *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese singer *, Japanese television announcer *, Japanese actress *Junko Minagawa (純子, born 1975), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese actress *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese metalwork sculptor *, Japanese composer *, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossfire (Miyuki Miyabe Novel)
is a novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ... by Miyuki Miyabe. The novel, published in Japan in 1998 in literature, 1998, and was published in English by Kodansha America in 2006 in literature, 2006. The English version was translated by Deborah Stuhr Iwabuchi and Anna Husson Isozaki. Plot introduction The novel is about a girl named Junko Aoki (青木淳子 ''Aoki Junko''), who has the psychokinetic power of pyrokinesis. She decides to kill criminals in order to make her world better. When Junko sets off to rescue a woman kidnapped by juvenile delinquents, the arson division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and a secretive vigilante group that wants to recruit her, pursue her. Chikako Ishizu (石津ちか子 ''Ishizu Chikako''), a policewoman, is astounded by Junko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
