Fuji may refer to:
Places
China
* Fuji, Xiangcheng City (付集镇), town in
Xiangcheng City
Xiangcheng () is a county-level city in Zhoukou, Henan, People's Republic of China. It borders Shenqiu to the east, Shangcai to the west, Huaiyang to the north, Pingyu to the southeast, and the province of Anhui in the southeast. It has a popu ...
, Henan
Japan
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Mount Fuji
, or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest p ...
, the tallest mountain in Japan
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Fuji River
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Fuji, Saga
was a town located in Saga District, Saga Prefecture, Japan. The status of Fuji was changed from a village to a town on October 1, 1966.
As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 4,797 and a density of 33.48 persons per km2. The total ...
, town in Saga Prefecture
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Fuji, Shizuoka
is a city in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 245,015 in 106,087 households, and a population density of 1,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Fuji is the third largest city in terms o ...
, city in Shizuoka Prefecture
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Fuji Speedway
is a motorsport race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was built in the early 1960s. In the 1980s, Fuji Speedway was used for the FIA World Sportscar Championship and nati ...
, a major race track at the base of Mt Fuji
People
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Fuji (surname) Fuji is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ari Fuji, first woman pilot-in-command at a Japanese airliner
* Keiko Fuji, Japanese singer of the 1960s and 1970s, and mother of Hikaru Utada
*, Japanese footballer
* Sumiko Fu ...
, a Japanese surname
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Mr. Fuji
Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara (May 4, 1934 – August 28, 2016) was an American professional wrestler and manager, known professionally by his ring name Mr. Fuji (or Master Fuji to his protégés).
He was famous for often throwing salt in the eyes ...
, ring name of American professional wrestler and manager Harry Fujiwara (1934–2016)
* Mr. Fuji, one of many modern monikers of the creator of Fuji musical genre,
Ayinde Barrister
Fictional characters
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Fuji (comics)
Stormwatch is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by WildStorm, which later became an imprint of DC Comics. Created by Jim Lee, the team first appeared in ''Stormwatch'' #1 (March 1993). After the WildStorm impr ...
, a character in the ''Stormwatch'' series
Music
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Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival
Mount Fuji Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival held in August in the Lake Yamanaka area, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The three-day festival features musicians from Blue Note Records and others, performing on different stages, 1986–96. Alf ...
, a jazz festival in Japan
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Fuji Rock Festival
is an annual rock festival held in Naeba Ski Resort, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The three-day event, organized by Smash Japan, features more than 200 Japanese and international musicians, making it the largest outdoor music event in Japan. ...
, a rock festival in Japan
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Fuji music
Fújì is a popular Yoruba musical genre. It arose from the improvisational wéré music, also known as ajísari (meaning "waking up for sari"), a genre of music performed to wake Muslims before dawn during the Ramadan fasting season. Alhaji S ...
, a music genre from Yorubaland of Nigeria
Japanese companies
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Fujifilm
, trading as Fujifilm, or simply Fuji, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operating in the realms of photography, optics, office and medical electronics, biotechnology, and chemicals.
The offerings from th ...
, a Japanese company producing cameras and photographic film
* Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd., the former name of
Subaru Corporation
is a Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate primarily involved in both terrestrial and aerospace transportation manufacturing. It is best known for its line of Subaru automobiles. Founded in 1953, the company was formerly named ( ...
, a Japanese company producing industrial products
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Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network Sys ...
, a Japanese television network
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Fuji Electric
, operating under the brand name FE, is a Japanese electrical equipment company, manufacturing pressure transmitters, flowmeters, gas analyzers, controllers, inverters, pumps, generators, ICs, motors, and power equipment.
History
Fuji Electric ...
, a Japanese company producing electric products
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Fujitec
was founded by late Honorary Chairman, Mr. Shotaro Uchiyama in February 1948 for the purpose of research and development, manufacturing, sales, installation and maintenance of elevators, escalators and travellators.
Fujitec Singapore Corp. was ...
, a Japanese company producing escalators and elevators
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Fujitsu
is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu is the world's sixth-largest IT services provider by annual revenue, and the la ...
, a computer company based in Japan
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Fuji Advanced Sports
Fuji Bikes is a brand of bicycles and cycling equipment currently owned by Advanced Sports International. The company is a descendant of , a bicycle manufacturer originally established in Japan in 1899. The company took its name and logo from M ...
Inc., a U.S. distributor of bicycles made in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China
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Fuji Bank
The was one of Japan's major banks during the post–World War II era. It combined with Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan in 2000 to form Mizuho Financial Group, and changed its name to Mizuho Corporate Bank in 2002 after t ...
, a major bank in Japan which existed until 2002, now part of Mizuho Financial Group
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Fuji Iron & Steel
Fuji Iron & Steel () was a major Japanese steel-producing company that existed from 1950 to 1970.
History
Fuji Iron & Steel was created in 1950, under the antitrust, anti-zaibatsu edict of the Allied Occupying Forces, as the old semi-government- ...
, a steel company that existed from 1950 until its merger with Yawata Iron & Steel in 1970
Other
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Ellipse Fuji
The Ellipse Fuji is a French high-wing, single-place, hang glider that was designed and produced by La société Ellipse of Étuz.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', pages 43 and 98. Pagefast Lt ...
, a French hang glider
* Fuji , Japanese name of ''
Wisteria floribunda
''Wisteria floribunda'', common name , is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Japan. Growing to , it is a woody, deciduous twining climber. It was first brought from Japan to the United States in the 1830s. Since then ...
'' (Japanese wisteria)
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Fuji (apple)
The Fuji apple is an apple cultivar developed by growers at Tohoku Research Station (農林省園芸試験場東北支場) in Fujisaki, Aomori, Japan, in the late 1930s, and brought to market in 1962. It originated as a cross between two America ...
, a cultivar of apple
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''Fuji'' (film), a 1975 film by Robert Breer
* ''Fuji'', the name of the three-pronged
Atari
Atari () is a brand name that has been owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by French publisher Atari SA through a subsidiary named Atari Interactive. The original Atari, Inc. (1972–1992), Atari, Inc., ...
logo
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Japanese ship ''Fuji''
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Japanese battleship ''Fuji'', a late 19th-century Japanese battleship
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''Fuji'' (train), a passenger train in Japan
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Fuji (spacecraft), a capsule type crewed spacecraft concept, proposed by NASDA
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Fuji (planchette writing)
Fuji () is a method of "planchette writing", or "Automatic writing, spirit writing", that uses a suspended sieve or tray to guide a stick which writes Chinese characters in sand or incense ashes.
Development
Beginning around the Ming dynasty (1 ...
, a traditional Chinese method for automatic writing
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Fuji University
is a private university in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan, established in 1965.
Notable alumni
*Katsuyuki Aihara baseball player
*Diego Franca baseball player
*Kyohei Nakamura baseball player
*Misaki Ozawa field hockey player
*Kodai Sato football player
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, a private university in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan
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Fuji Women's University
is a private university in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
History
The predecessor of the school was founded in 1925, and it was chartered as a university in 1961. The university was founded by three Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George a ...
, a private university in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
See also
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Fiji (disambiguation)
Fiji is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean.
Fiji may also refer to:
* Crown Colony-class cruiser, Royal Navy class of light cruiser, the first eight vessels are known as ''Fiji'' class
* HMS ''Fiji'' (58), vessel of the above class
* Fiji Ai ...
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Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...
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Fujii Fujii (written: lit. "well of wisteria") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* , professional baseball catcher
* , Japanese astronomer
* , professional baseball outfielder
* , football player
* Don Fujii, ring name of w ...
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