Miura may refer to:
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Miura, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of April 1, 2017, the city had an estimated population of 44,132, with 17,473 households, and a population density of . The total area is .
History
The area of modern Miura has been inhabi ...
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Miurakaigan Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keikyū.
Lines
Miurakaigan Station is served by the Keikyū Kurihama Line and is located 11.2 rail kilometers fro ...
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Miura District, Kanagawa
is a district located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2009, the district has an estimated population of 32,333 and a density of 1,900 persons per km2. The total area is 17.06 km2.
It currently consists of only one town, Hayama. The ci ...
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Miura Peninsula
is a peninsula located in Kanagawa, Japan. It lies south of Yokohama and Tokyo and divides Tokyo Bay, to the east, from Sagami Bay, to the west. Cities and towns on the Miura Peninsula include Yokosuka, Miura, Hayama, Zushi, and Kamakur ...
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Ganadería Miura, the home of the Miura fighting bull line
People
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Miura (surname)
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Miura clan Miura may refer to:
Places
*Miura, Kanagawa
*Miurakaigan Station
* Miura District, Kanagawa
* Miura Peninsula
* Ganadería Miura, the home of the Miura fighting bull line
People
* Miura (surname)
* Miura clan, Japanese descended clan of the Ta ...
, Japanese descended clan of the Taira
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Miura Anjin
(24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), better known in Japanese as , was an English navigator who, in 1600, was the first Englishman to reach Japan in a ship called 'de Liefde' under the leadership of Jacob Quaeckernaeck, the only surviving ship ...
, honorific title of William Adams
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Miura Gorō
Viscount was a lieutenant general in the early Imperial Japanese Army.
Biography
Miura was born in Hagi in Chōshū Domain (modern Yamaguchi Prefecture), to a ''samurai'' family with the name of Andō, but was adopted by the Miura that was ...
(1847-1926), lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army
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Miura Haruma
was a Japanese actor and singer. He made his acting debut in the television drama ''Agri'' (1997) and rose to popularity after starring in the film ''Koizora'' (2007), winning Newcomer of the Year at the 31st Japan Academy Prize. In the follo ...
(1990-2020), Japanese actor, singer and model
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Miura Kentaro
was a Japanese manga artist. He was best known for his acclaimed dark fantasy series '' Berserk'', which began serialization in 1989 and continued until his death. As of 2021, ''Berserk'' had more than 50 million copies in circulation, making ...
(1966-2021), Japanese manga artist and author
Characters
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Miura Haru
The characters of the ''Reborn!'' manga and anime series, known in Japan as ''Katekyō Hitman Reborn!'', are created by Akira Amano. Set in a fictional town called Namimori in modern Japan, the series' main protagonists are of Japanese descen ...
from ''Reborn!''
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Miura Hayasaka
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma, the creator of ''Azumanga Daioh''. It has been serialized since March 2003 in the monthly magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' by ASCII Media Works, formerly MediaWorks (publisher), ...
from ''Yotsuba&!''
*Azusa Miura, a character from
''The Idolmaster''
*Naoto Miura, a character from
Clockwork Planet
is a Japanese light novel series, written by Yuu Kamiya and Tsubaki Himana, and illustrated by Shino. Kodansha has published four volumes since April 2, 2013, under their Kodansha Ranobe Bunko imprint. The story is set in a clockpunk fanta ...
Other
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Miura map fold
The is a method of folding a flat surface such as a sheet of paper into a smaller area. The fold is named for its inventor, Japanese astrophysicist Kōryō Miura.
The crease patterns of the Miura fold form a tessellation of the surface by ...
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Miura bull
The Spanish Fighting Bull (Toro Bravo, ''toro de lidia'', ''toro lidiado'', ''ganado bravo'', ''Touro de Lide'') is an Iberian heterogeneous cattle population. It is exclusively bred free-range on extensive estates in Spain, Portugal, France an ...
s, the famously ferocious bullfighting stock bred by the ''Ganadería Miura''
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Lamborghini Miura, a sports car named for the bull breeder
*"Miura", a song from the self-titled album ''
Metro Area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually co ...
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See also
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Miguel Mihura
Miguel Mihura Santos (21 July 1905, in Madrid – 27 October 1977) was a Spanish playwright. He is best known for his comedy '' Tres sombreros de copa'' (1952), a work of absurd humor that predates similar works by Beckett or Ionesco and t ...
(1905–1977), Spanish playwright
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