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Yamada
Yamada (山田, ) is the 12th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese model, actress and idol *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese illustrator and manga artist *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese philosopher *, Japanese politician and samurai *, Japanese writer *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese beauty pageant winner *, Japanese writer *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese general *, Japanese softball player *, Japanese Mahayana Buddhist *Fernando Yamada (born 1979), Brazilian footballer *, Japanese voice actress *, pen name of Seiya Yamada, Japanese writer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese admiral *Hiroki Yamada (other), multiple people *, Japanese chef *, Japanese long jumper *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamada Arinaga
Yamada (山田, ) is the 12th most common Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese model, actress and idol *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese illustrator and manga artist *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese philosopher *, Japanese politician and samurai *, Japanese writer *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese beauty pageant winner *, Japanese writer *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese general *, Japanese softball player *, Japanese Mahayana Buddhist * Fernando Yamada (born 1979), Brazilian footballer *, Japanese voice actress *, pen name of Seiya Yamada, Japanese writer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese admiral *Hiroki Yamada (other), multiple people *, Japanese chef *, Japanese long jumper *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamada Bimyō
, born , was a Japanese novelist.Suzuki, Tomi. ''Narrating the Self: Fictions of Japanese Modernity''. Stanford University Press, July 1, 1997. , 9780804731621. p44 Jim Reichert, author of ''Yamada Bimyō: Historical Fiction and Modern Love,'' wrote that Bimyō was "one of the most influential literary reformers of the 1880s" who had "an instrumental role" in producing ''rekishi shōsetsu'', the modern form of a Japanese historical novel.Reichert, p99 According to Reichert, during the 1880s the public perceived Bimyō "to be at the forefront of the literary reform movement, offering a fresh and exciting strategy for reforming Japanese literature." Louis Frédéric, author of the ''Japan Encyclopedia'', wrote that Bimyō was, along with Kōda Rohan, "the most representative authors" of the first modern school of literature to appear in Meiji Japan. History Bimyō was a part of the "Ken'yūsha" ("Friends of the Inkstone") Meiji literary group formed in February 1885, along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihito Yamada
is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a winger. He also plays for Top League side the Panasonic Wild Knights in his home country. Career Yamada has been a prolific try-scorer for the Wild Knights in Japan's Top 14 competition since making his debut during the 2010-11 season. He enjoyed a stand-out year in 2012-13 scoring 20 tries in 14 games to be the league's top scorer. Ahead of the admission of a Japanese franchise into Super Rugby, Australian sides were permitted to contract one Japanese player per season to aid their development. And so it was that the Perth-based Western Force signed Yamada to a one-year contract ahead of the 2015 Super Rugby season. International career Yamada made his debut for Japan on 15 November 2013 in a 40-13 victory over in Colwyn Bay, Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Yamada
born February 8, 1959, is a popular but controversial contemporary Japanese writer who is most famous for her stories that address issues of sexuality, racism, and interracial love and marriage. Her debut and subsequent popular success in the 1990s was a part of Japan's hip-hop and Black culture boom. While she is most known for her stories of complicated and messy romantic love, she also writes on the daily minutiae of life (slice-of-life), child-raising, and bullying. Biography Yamada Amy (born Yamada Futaba 山田双葉) was born in Itabashi, Tokyo and moved frequently after the age of 2, due to the nature of her father's job. Over the course of her childhood, she lived in Sapporo City, Kaga City, Ashida City, Kanuma City. This transient lifestyle forced her to confront issues of separation and bullying, issues that many of her protagonists also deal with. According to her interview with the Japanese magazine ''Bungei,'' during middle school she was moved by African-Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihiro Yamada
(born February 10, 1957) is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist. He was born in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and now resides in Kyoto. Yamada is known for delicate images reminiscent of suiboku and depiction of fantasy subjects. He is the 1996 Seiun Award winner in art category. Biography While he has created many manga, Yamada is widely known as a novel illustrator and as a character designer. As an illustrator his best known works are Fuyumi Ono's Twelve Kingdoms series and Mizuno Ryo's Record of Lodoss War. His character design credits include concepts for the anime series ''RahXephon'' as well as a variety of video games. He worked on concept design of the movie Shinobi: Heart Under Blade. Yamada's character design credits for anime include ''RahXephon''. His work on video games includes '' Saiyuki: Journey West'' for PlayStation, various Might and Magic and Wizardry titles for the PC Engine, both entries to '' Mystic Ark'', Enix's r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fushigi Yamada
, better known by her stage name is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce. Yamada is a graduate of Tokyo University of Science. Filmography As Kyoko Yamada * Bikkuriman (Dossuke) * Doraemon (Yamada-kun) * Doraemon: Nobita's Genesis Diary (movie) (Emodoran, Suneko) * Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (Miina) * Mahou Tsukai Sally 2 (Poppy) * Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin (Mother) * Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Hoy) * Sailor Moon R (Kirin (ep.67)) * Transformers Masterforce (Browning, Parrot) * Ultraman USA (Andy) * Ultraman Kids: 30 Million Light Years Looking for Mama * Little Women II: Jo's Boys (Demi) * Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (Kurokawa) As Fushigi Yamada * Asobou! Hello Kitty (Pekkle) * Denji Sentai Megaranger vs. Carranger (Picoto) * Kiteretsu Daihyakka (Mamekoro (2nd voice)) * Magic Knight Rayearth 2 (Child A (ep.40-41)) * Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation the Movie - Sky-Splitting Visitor: Deoxys (Masato) * Pocket Monsters Advanced Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eizo Yamada
was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography Yamada was born in Tokyo. He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1911, and served as a lieutenant in the IJA 15th Engineering Battalion. He became an instructor at the Army Institute of Technology in 1925 and was promoted to major in 1928 and lieutenant colonel in 1933, and colonel in 1938. In 1939, he became commander of the Imperial Guards Engineering Battalion. Yamada was promoted to major general in October 1941 and assigned as Chief of the Ordnance Section, Eastern Army. On February 23, 1943 Yamada became the commanding officer of the 1st Naval Transport Command. He played a major role in the Battle of Finschhafen in New Guinea between September 22 and October 24, 1943. Yamada was assigned to defend Finschhafen with 1200 mostly non-combatant troops (barge operators and mechanics). Realizing that he would not be able to hold against the Allied attack, IJA 18th Army commander, Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akari Yamada
is a Japanese fashion model, actress, and model. She is represented with Tambourine Artists. Biography In 2009, Yamada won the grand prize at the 17th "Pichimo Audition" from the fashion magazine ''Pichi Lemon'' (Gakken Publishing), and later in the same year she became a ''Pichi Lemon'' exclusive model. She appeared in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship's "Sekai Volleyball Ōen Fashion-bu". In June 2012, Yamada became a member of the idol music group Yumemiru Adolescence , commonly abbreviated as , is a Japanese idol girl group. Their single "Maijene!" reached the fourth place on the weekly ''Oricon'' Oricon Singles Chart, Singles Chart. On February 3, 2021, their first sister group, YumeAdo Europe (stylized as .... She graduated from ''Pichi Lemon'' from its April 2013 issue. On 6 January 2017, "because a serious violation of the rules of the group activities was recognized" it was announced that Yamada took self-control over all activities for the time be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamada Akiyoshi
Count , was a Japanese statesman, a samurai of Chōshū Domain, and one of the early leaders of the Meiji Restoration. In his youth he was commonly known as Yamada Ichinojō; however, he changed his name frequently during the Bakumatsu period. Biography Early career as a samurai Yamada was born in Abu District, Nagato Province (in what is now part of the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi), and was the son of a samurai official of the Chōshū Navy with a 102 '' koku'' territory. After studies at the domain's Meirinkan Academy (where he studied the ''Yagyū Shinkage-ryū'' school of Japanese swordsmanship), he joined the '' Shōkasonjuku Academy'' run by Yoshida Shōin in June 1857. He was the youngest student of the ''Shōkasonjuku''. He was in the retinue of Chōshū ''daimyō'' in Kyoto in the autumn of 1862. A strong supporter of the '' sonnō jōi'' movement, he signed his name in blood (together with Takasugi Shinsaku, Kusaka Genzui, Itō Hirobumi, Inoue Kaoru, Shinagawa Yaj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etai Yamada
The Most Venerable was the 253rd head priest of the Japanese Tendai school of Mahayana Buddhism. In 1986, Yamada was invited by Pope John Paul II to be one of the few non-Christian religious leaders to attend the World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi, Italy. In 1987, he held a religious summit meeting on Mount Hiei near Kyoto. This event has been held annually to the present day, inviting religious leaders to gather to pray for worldwide peace and reconciliation. Yamada conducted ecumenical dialogues with religious leaders around the world based on his interpretation of the Lotus Sutra The ''Lotus Sūtra'' ( zh, 妙法蓮華經; sa, सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकसूत्रम्, translit=Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, lit=Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, italic=) is one of the most influ ... which culminated in a 1987 summit. He also used the Lotus Sutra to move his sect from a "temple Buddhism" perspective to one based on social en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hikohachi Yamada
was a Japanese Vice Admiral of the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. He was known for being the commander of the Seventh Division of the Third Fleet during the Battle of the Yellow Sea and the Battle of Tsushima. Biography Hikohachi was born on April 15, 1855, at the Kagoshima Castle within the Satsuma Province. His father was Aritsune Yamada who was a feudal retainer of the Satsuma Domain while his mother, Suma, was the younger sister of Toshimichi Ōkubo and his brothers were and . Under the advice of his uncle Toshimichi Ōkubo, he moved to Tokyo and enrolled in the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1871. During his education, he took part in the Satsuma Rebellion as part of the crew of the '' Asama''. He graduated in July 1878 as part of its 5th Class and made an ensign in January 1881. Beginning in October 1884, he became a squad leader of the '' Kongō'' and became a member of the 2nd Naval Division of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff, being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futaro Yamada
was the pen name of , a Japanese author. He was born in Yabu, Hyogo. In 1947, he wrote a mystery short story and was awarded a prize by the magazine . He was discovered by Edogawa Rampo and became a novelist. He wrote many ninja (忍法帖 ''Ninpōchō'' series) and mystery stories. Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime. Works in English translation Novel *''The Kouga Ninja Scrolls'' (original title: ''Kōga Ninpōchō''), translation Geoff Sant ( Del Rey, 2006) Short story *"The Yellow Lodger" (original title: ''Kiiroi Geshukunin''), translation Damian Flanagan (''The Tower of London: Tales of Victorian London'', Peter Owen, 2005) – A Sherlock Holmes pastiche Awards *1949, the 2nd Detective Story Writers' Club Award *1997, the 45th Kikuchi Kan Prize *2000, the 4th Japan Mystery Award *2004, the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for ''Basilisk'', the manga adaptation of ''The Kouga Ninja Scrolls'' Selected works Ninja stories ("Ninpōch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
