Iijima is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Ai Iijima
was a Japanese media personality, writer, activist and actress who was an AV idol early in her career, starring in more than 100 films. She later became the hostess on the nighttime television program, '' Gilgamesh Night,'' and transitioned away ...
(1972–2008), Japanese actress, media personality
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Eiji Iijima (born 1979), Japanese shogi player
*, Japanese sprinter and baseball player
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Junichi Iijima (born 1954), Japanese computer scientist
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Kametaro Iijima, Japanese Consul General in 1913
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Mari Iijima
is a Japanese actress and singer. She writes and produces most of her own music, and plays the piano and other instruments. After being signed to JVC Victor in 1982, Mari first became known for her voice-acting role as Lynn Minmay in the anime ...
(born 1963), Japanese singer-songwriter
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Naoko Iijima
is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally spelled .
Possible writings
Naoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*直子, "obedient, child"
*尚子, "esteem, child"
*奈緒子, "Nara, cord, child"
*菜緒 ...
(born 1968), japanese actress
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Sumio Iijima
is a Japanese physicist and inventor, often cited as the inventor of carbon nanotubes. Although carbon nanotubes had been observed prior to his "invention", Iijima's 1991 paper generated unprecedented interest in the carbon nanostructures and ...
(born 1939), discoverer of carbon nanotubes
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Tadashi Iijima (1902–1996), Japanese film critic
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Yukari Iijima (born 1964), Japanese politician (Liberal Democratic Party)
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Japanese-language surnames