in Tokyo is the largest municipal
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. It is split between the cities of
Fuchu
Fuchu, King of Chu (), clan name Xiong, () was from 227 to 223 BC the last king of the state of Chu during the late Warring States period of ancient China (though sources argue that Lord Changping was the last king of Chu). Fuchu was his give ...
and
Koganei
is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 123,698 in 61,832 households. The total area of the city is so the population density is about 11,000 persons per km².
Geography
Koganei appro ...
within the Tokyo Metropolis. First established in April 1923 as , it was redesignated Tama Cemetery in 1935. It is one of the largest green areas in Tokyo.
History
Around 1900, Tokyo had five public cemeteries -
Aoyama,
Somei Somei may refer to:
* Somei Satoh (born 1947), Japanese classical composer
* '' Somei...'', 2009 album by Merzbow
* Somei village, part of Toshima, Japan
See also
* Somei Yoshino Somei may refer to:
* Somei Satoh (born 1947), Japanese classical ...
,
Yanaka,
Zoshigaya and Kameido. As the population of Tokyo grew, and cemetery space grew scarce, there was a need to build a cemetery outside of the city limits of Tokyo. In 1919, city park manager Kiyoshi Inoshita issued a plan to establish a large park/cemetery to the north, east and west of Tokyo.
Tama, to the west of Tokyo, was selected in 1920, with construction started two years later. It was said that the site was chosen because of access to transportation infrastructure, such as the
Kōshū Kaidō
The was one of the five routes of the Edo period. It was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Kai Province in modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The route continues from there to connect with the Nakasendō's Shimosuwa-shuku in Na ...
,
Keiō Line
The is a 37.9-km railway line in western Tokyo, Japan, owned by the private railway operator Keiō Corporation. It connects Shinjuku, Tokyo, with the suburban city of Hachiōji. The Keiō Line is part of a network with interchanges and throug ...
,
Seibu Tamagawa Line
The is an 8.0 km railway line in the western suburbs of Tokyo operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. The line connects Musashi-Sakai Station on the Chūō Main Line with Koremasa Station along the Tama River. The line has ...
, and
Chūō Main Line
The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faste ...
. The cemetery was opened in 1923. The planned northern and eastern cemeteries are Sodaira and Yahashira, respectively.
In 1934, ''
Gensui'' The
Marquis
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Tōgō, the naval war hero, was buried in Tama Cemetery, spreading the popularity of the cemetery. During World War II,
Kawasaki Ki-61
The Kawasaki Ki-61 ''Hien'' (飛燕, "flying swallow") is a Japanese World War II fighter aircraft. Used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, it was designated the "Army Type 3 Fighter" (三式戦闘機). Allied intelligence initially b ...
from nearby
Chofu Airfield were hidden and repaired in the cemetery. Some facilities in the cemetery still have bullet holes from U.S. strafing.
Use of the cemetery increased, with the last open spot used in 1963. Since 1963, only reburials and other such uses have opened up new spaces. In 1962 a green lawn-type cemetery was added, and in 1993, Mitama Hall, a
columbarium
A columbarium (; pl. columbaria) is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns, holding cremated remains of the deceased.
The term can also mean the nesting boxes of pigeons. The term comes from the Latin "'' colu ...
, was added.
Notable interments
*
Aikawa Yoshisuke (1880-1967), the founder and first president of the
Nissan
, trade name, trading as Nissan Motor Corporation and often shortened to Nissan, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The company sells ...
''
zaibatsu
is a Japanese language, Japanese term referring to industrial and financial vertical integration, vertically integrated business conglomerate (company), conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed control over signi ...
'' between 1931 and 1945
*
General
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
Anami Korechika (1887-1945), a senior commander in the
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...
during World War II, and War Minister at the surrender of Japan. Although outspoken against the Japanese surrender to Allied forces in 1945, he is noted for his stance against the Kyūjō coup attempt. His sense of honour and respect for the emperor's wish to end the war, left him no choice but to commit seppuku the morning after signing the surrender documents.
* General
Baron
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Araki Sadao (1877-1966), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Army before World War II and one of the principal nationalist right-wing political theorists in the late Japanese Empire
*
Arita Hachirō (1884-1965), the
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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for three terms, who is believed to have originated the concept of the
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
The , also known as the GEACPS, was a concept that was developed in the Empire of Japan and propagated to Asian populations which were occupied by it from 1931 to 1945, and which officially aimed at creating a self-sufficient bloc of Asian peo ...
*
Azuma Ryōtarō (1893-1983),
Governor of Tokyo
The is the head of government of Tokyo.
In 1943, upon the unification of Tokyo City and Tokyo Prefecture, the position of Governor was created. The current title was adopted in 1947 due to the enactment of the Local Autonomy Law.
Overview
The ...
from 1959 to 1967
*
Vice Admiral Fukudome Shigeru (1891-1971), a senior commander in the
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender ...
during World War II
*
Lt-General
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Furushō Motoo (1882-1940), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Army
*
Baron
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Tanaka Giichi
Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, politician, cabinet minister, and the Prime Minister of Japan from 1927 to 1929.
Early life and military career
Tanaka was born as the third son of a low-ranking ''samurai'' family in the se ...
(1864-1929), a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and the 26th
Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Stat ...
from 20 April 1927 to 2 July 1929
*
Hara Shūjirō (1871-1934), a politician who served as
Minister for Colonial Affairs in the
Empire of Japan
The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent fo ...
* General
Hayashi Senjūrō (1876-1943), the Imperial Japanese Army commander of the
Chosen Army of Japan
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army that formed a garrison force in Korea under Japanese rule. The Korean Army consisted of roughly 350,000 troops in 1914.
History
Japanese forces occupied large portions of the Empire of Korea dur ...
in Korea during the
Mukden Incident
The Mukden Incident, or Manchurian Incident, known in Chinese as the 9.18 Incident (九・一八), was a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
On September 18, 1931, L ...
and the
invasion of Manchuria, and 33rd Prime Minister of Japan from 2 February 1937 to 4 June 1937
* ''Gensui'' The
Marquis
A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...
Tōgō Heihachirō
Marshal-Admiral Marquis , served as a '' gensui'' or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. He claimed descent from Samurai Shijo Kingo, and he was an integral part of preserving ...
(1848-1934), a ''
Gensui'' (or '
marshal
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-
admiral
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...
') in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes
* Baron
Honjō Shigeru (1876-1945), a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the early period of the
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...
* General
Ichinohe Hyoe
was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army. A meticulous planner, the casualty rate of his command was far fewer than that of his fellow officers while achieving the same objectives.
Biography
Ichinohe was born as the eldest son of a samurai re ...
(1855-1931), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Army
*
Ino Hiroya (1891-1980), a politician and cabinet minister in Japan
* Lt-General
Inoue Masakichi (1886-1975), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
*
Admiral
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...
Inoue Shigeyoshi (1889-1975), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and a Vice-Minister of the Navy
*
Kanemitsu Tsuneo (1877-1955), politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan
*
Lt-General
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Kawagishi Bunzaburō (1882-1957), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Army during the early stages of the
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...
* Baron
Den Kenjirō
Baron was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war government of the Empire of Japan. He was also the 8th Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan from October 1919 to September 1923, and the first civilian to hold that position. De ...
(1855-1930), a cabinet minister in the pre-war government of the Empire of Japan and the 8th Japanese
Governor-General of Taiwan
The governor-general of Taiwan ( ja, 臺灣總督, Taiwan Sōtoku) was the head of the Government-General of Taiwan in the Japanese era (including Formosa and the Pescadores) when they were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945.
The Jap ...
from October 29, 1919 to September 1923
* Baron
Hiranuma Kiichirō
was a prominent right-wing Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan in 1939. He was convicted of war crimes committed during World War II and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Early life
Hiranuma was born in what is now Tsuyama Ci ...
(1867-1952), a prominent pre–World War II right-wing Japanese politician and the 35th
Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Stat ...
from 5 January 1939 to 30 August 1939
*
Kinoshita Mokutarō (1885-1945), a Japanese author, Dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary critic
*
Kishida Ryūsei
is a Japanese politician serving as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2021. A member of the House of Representatives, he previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2017 and ...
(1891-1929), a Taishō and Shōwa period painter
*
Kitagawa Fuyuhiko (1900-1990), a Japanese poet and film critic
*
Count
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Kodama Hideo (1876-1947), a politician, and wartime cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan
* ''Gensui''
Koga Mineichi
was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet.
Biography Early life and career
Koga was born in the famous ceramics center of Arita in Nishimatsuura County of Saga Prefecture in 1885. ...
(1885-1944), a commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy's
Combined Fleet
The was the main sea-going component of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Until 1933, the Combined Fleet was not a permanent organization, but a temporary force formed for the duration of a conflict or major naval maneuvers from various units norm ...
*
Kurata Hyakuzō Kurata (written: or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Hideyuki Kurata, writer
* Hyakuzō Kurata, writer
*, Japanese rower
* Kogoro Kurata, designer of the Kuratas mecha
* Masayo Kurata, voice actor
* Satoru Kura ...
(1891-1943), a Japanese essayist and playwright on religious subjects that was active during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods
*
Vice Admiral Kurita Takeo (1889-1977), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
*
Matsuda Genji (1876-1936), a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan
*
Mishima Tokushichi (1893-1975), a Japanese
metallurgist
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Metallurgy encompasses both the sc ...
*
Mishima Yukio
, born , was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the , an unarmed civilian militia. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was considered fo ...
(1925-1970), a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, and film director
*
Nakajima Chikuhei (1884-1949), founder of the
Nakajima Aircraft Company
The was a prominent Japanese aircraft manufacturer and aviation engine manufacturer throughout World War II. It continues as the car and aircraft manufacturer Subaru.
History
The Nakajima Aircraft company was Japan's first aircraft manufacture ...
and a cabinet minister for several posts
*
Noda Kōgo (1893-1968), a Japanese screenwriter most famous for collaborating with film director
Ozu Yasujirō
* Admiral
Okada Keisuke
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, politician and Prime Minister of Japan from 1934 to 1936.
Biography
Early life
Okada was born on 20 January 1868, in Fukui Prefecture, the son of a samurai of the Fukui Domain. He attended the 15th ...
(1868-1952), senior naval commander who served as the 31st
Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Stat ...
from 8 July 1934 to 9 March 1936
* Lt-General
Sakurai Shōzō (1889-1985), a senior commander in the
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...
during the
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...
and World War II
* Admiral
Baron
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Kataoka Shichirō (1854-1920), an early senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy
*
Richard Sorge
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(1895-1944), a
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
communist and spy who worked for the
Soviet Union
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*
Victor Starffin (1916-1957), the first professional baseball pitcher in Japan to win three hundred games
* ''
Gensui''
Sugiyama Hajime (1880-1945), Chief of the
Imperial Army General Staff Office
The , also called the Army General Staff, was one of the two principal agencies charged with overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army.
Role
The was created in April 1872, along with the Navy Ministry, to replace the Ministry of Military Affairs ...
and, later,
Minister of War
A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...
in the Imperial Japanese Government during World War II between 1937 and 1944
*
Taniguchi Masaharu (1893-1985), a Japanese
New Thought
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leader, founder of the
Seicho-no-Ie religious movement
* Lt-General
Tatekawa Yoshitsugu (1880-1945), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II and ambassador to the
Soviet Union
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that concluded the 1941
Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact
*
Tokonami Takejirō
was a Japanese statesman, politician and cabinet minister in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan.Nakayama, Gotō, and Yoshioka (2006), 381. Tokonami was involved in several government agencies throughout his career, and served in the leaders ...
(1866-1935), a Japanese politician who served as Home Minister and
Railway Minister
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*
Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885-1946), a Japanese general, dubbed "The Tiger of Malaya", executed for war crimes
* ''Gensui'' The
Marquis
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Saigō Tsugumichi Saigō may refer to:
Places
* Saigō, Shimane
* Saigō, Miyazaki
People
* Saigō-no-Tsubone (Lady Saigō) (1552–1589), consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the samurai lord and shōgun
* Saigō Takamori
* Saigō Tanomo
* Teruhiko Saigō
was a ...
(1843-1902), a Japanese politician and admiral in the
Meiji Period
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.
The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...
* Admiral
Tsukahara Nishizō (1887-1966), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
*
Uchimura Kanzō
was a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, and the founder of the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai) of Christianity in the Meiji and Taishō period Japan. He is often considered to be the most well-known Japanese pre-World War II pacifist.
Ea ...
(1861-1930), author, Christian evangelist, and the founder of the
Non-church Movement in the Meiji and Taishō period
* General
Ugaki Kazushige
was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and cabinet minister before World War II, the 5th principal of Takushoku University, and twice Governor-General of Korea. Nicknamed Ugaki Issei, he served as Foreign Minister of Japan in the ...
(1868-1956), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Army, the 5th principal of
Takushoku University
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Governor-General of Korea
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* General
Ushiroku Jun (1884-1973), a senior commander in the
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...
* Vice Admiral
Baron
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Shibayama Yahachi
Baron was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy.
Biography
Born in Kagoshima, Satsuma domain, (present day Kagoshima prefecture), Shibayama participated as a Satsuma ''samurai'' in the Anglo-Satsuma War in his youth. Although a close fr ...
(1850-1927), a senior commander in the early Imperial Japanese Navy
*
Yamamoto Jōtarō (1867-1936), a bureaucrat, politician and entrepreneur in late Meiji and early Taishō period
*
Yamahata Yōsuke (1917-1966), a Japanese photographer best known for extensively photographing
Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...
the day after
it was bombed
* ''Gensui''
Yamamoto Isoroku
was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II until he was killed.
Yamamoto held several important posts in the IJN, and undertook many of its changes and reor ...
(1884-1943), a Japanese
Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II
*
Yosano Akiko
Yosano Akiko (Shinjitai: , seiji: ; 7 December 1878 – 29 May 1942) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer, active in the late Meiji era as well as the Taishō and early Shōwa eras of ...
(1878- 1942), Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer
* Admiral
Yoshida Zengo (1885-1966), a senior commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
* General
Kusunose Yukihiko
was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army.
Biography
Kusunose was born as the eldest son to a samurai family of the Tosa Domain (present day Kōchi Prefecture). He entered the Imperial Japanese Army in December 1880, serving in artillery ...
(1858-1927), a senior commander in the early Imperial Japanese Army
*
Shōhei Ōoka
was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and lecturer and translator of French literature who was active during the Shōwa period of Japan. Ōoka belongs to the group of postwar writers whose World War II experiences at home and abroad figure p ...
(1909-1988), novelist, literary critic, and translator of
French literature
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. Best known for Nobi (
Fires on the Plain, 1951).
*
Edogawa Ranpo
, better known by the pen name was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery and thriller fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogoro Akechi, who in later books was the le ...
(1894-1965), Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction.
*
Machiko Soga
was a Japanese actress and voice actress. She also performed by the stage name Stella Soga.
Life and career
Early life and family
Machiko was born on March 18, 1938, in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. She had a humble upbringing and was raised to ...
(1938-2006), Japanese
voice actress
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and actress best known for her villainous roles in
tokusatsu
is a Japanese term for live action film or television drama that makes heavy use of practical special effects. ''Tokusatsu'' entertainment mainly refers to science fiction, War film, war, fantasy, or Horror film, horror media featuring such te ...
*
Jun Seba (1974-2010), Japanese record producer, DJ, composer, and arranger, better known by his stage name
Nujabes
, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese record producer, audio engineer, DJ, composer and arranger best known for his atmospheric instrumental mixes sampling from hip hop, soul, and jazz, as well as incorporating elements of trip hop, b ...
*
Rash Behari Bose
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(1886–1945), Indian Revolutionary Activist and Father of Shinjuku Nakamuraya "Indian Curry"
West Bengal
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*
Yasuo Yamada
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator.
Career
Yamada left the faculty of literature of Waseda University, and had performed in many stage, radio, and television productions.
He appeared in performances of plays by Hisashi Inoue. His ...
(1932-1995), Japanese singer, narrator and voice actor. Known for voicing
Lupin III
, also written as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lupin the 3rd'', or ''Lupin the IIIrd'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the endeavors of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène ...
and for the Japanese dubbing of
Kermit the frog
Kermit the Frog is a Muppet character created and originally performed by Jim Henson. Introduced in 1955, Kermit serves as the everyman protagonist of numerous Muppet productions, most notably ''Sesame Street'' and ''The Muppet Show'', as well ...
and
Clint Eastwood
Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series '' Rawhide'', he rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's "''Doll ...
.
See also
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Tama-Reien Station on the
Keiō Line
The is a 37.9-km railway line in western Tokyo, Japan, owned by the private railway operator Keiō Corporation. It connects Shinjuku, Tokyo, with the suburban city of Hachiōji. The Keiō Line is part of a network with interchanges and throug ...
References
External links
Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association site
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Cemeteries in Japan
Parks and gardens in Tokyo
Koganei, Tokyo
1923 establishments in Japan