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All Japan Badminton Championships
All Japan Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Japan. Eligibility Athletes who meet any of the following criteria are eligible to participate: * Those who placed in the top 8 in the previous year's tournament. * Those who placed in the top 16 at this year's All Japan Members Badminton Championships. * Those who placed in the top 4 at this year's All Japan Teachers' Badminton Championship. * Those who placed in the top 4 at this year's All Japan High School Badminton Championships. * Those who placed in the top 4 at this year's All Japan Junior Badminton Championships. * Those who are ranked within the top 16 in the Japan National Ranking announced after this year's Japan Ranking Circuit Tournament. * Those nominated from each region (one person and one group for each event). * Nippon Badminton Association Nippon Badminton Association (NBA, 日本バドミントン協会; ''Nippon Badominton Kyōkai'') is the national sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a Yard (land), yard or on a beach; professional games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the other team's half of the court, within the set boundaries. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or ground, or if a fault has been called by the umpire, service judge, or (in their absence) the opposing side. The shuttlecock is a feathered or (in informal matches) plastic projectile that flies differently from the balls used in many other sports. In particular, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yasuhisa Yamada
Yasuhisa is a masculine Japanese given name. Written forms Yasuhisa can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *康久, "healthy, long time" *康尚, "healthy, still" *康寿, "healthy, long life" *靖久, "peaceful, long time" *靖尚, "peaceful, still" *靖寿, "peaceful, long life" *安久, "tranquil, long time" *安尚, "tranquil, still" *安寿, "tranquil, long life" *保久, "preserve, long time" *保尚, "preserve, still" *保寿, "preserve, long life" *泰久, "peaceful, long time" *泰尚, "peaceful, still" *泰寿, "peaceful, long life" *易久, "divination, long time" *易寿, "divination, long life" *恭久, "respectful, long life" The name can also be written in hiragana やすひさ or katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fumio Mochizuki
Fumio (written: , , , , , , , or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese illustrator *, Japanese politician *, Japanese ski jumping sports official *, Japanese sculptor *, Japanese karateka *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese composer *, Japanese economist *, Japanese physician *, Japanese manga artist and character designer *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese racewalker *, Japanese microbiologist *, Japanese jazz pianist and composer *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese hammer thrower *, Japanese film director *, Japanese jazz pianist *, Japanese politician, former Prime Minister of Japan *, Japanese storyboard artist and anime director *, Japanese politician *, Japanese art director *, Japanese jazz trumpeter *, Japanese writer *, Japanese rally driver *, Japanese chief executive *, Japanese sport shooter *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese judoka *Fumio Toyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tomiko Arakawa
Tomiko (written: 富子, 都美子, とみ子, とみこ, トミ子 or トミコ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, American actress and model *, wife of Ashikaga Yoshimasa and mother of Ashikaga Yoshihisa *, Japanese actress *, Japanese supercentenarian and for four months world's oldest living person * Tomiko Lee, South Korean actress and film producer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese centenarian *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese singer and actress *, Japanese racing driver Fictional characters *Tomiko, a doll in the Groovy Girls Groovy Girls was a line of fashion dolls manufactured by the American toy company Manhattan Toy and launched in 1998. Each year new dolls were produced until 2019. History Groovy Girls launched in 1998 as a wholesome, funky alternative to Barbi ... line of fashion dolls *Tomiko Riser, a marine staff Sargent in the ''Sentenced to War'' series of books. {{given name Japanese feminine given names F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kōichi Fujii (badminton)
was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy. Biography Fujii was born as the eldest son of a ''samurai'' of the Okayama Domain in the present day city of Okayama. He attended the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, graduating 7th out of 30 cadets. One of his classmates was the future Prime Minister Kato Tomosaburo. He was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in November 1883, and promoted to lieutenant in December 1886. He served as a junior officer on several vessels of the early Japanese Navy, including the corvette , frigate , ironclad warship , corvette , cruisers and . From April to July 1894, he was a military attaché to Italy. At the start of the First Sino-Japanese War, Fujii was serving with the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff; however, he was assigned to combat duty on the captured Chinese gunboat Soko, the gunboat and the corvette Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. 125. on which he was promoted to lieutenant comma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hideo Yoshioka
Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hideo Den (田 英夫, 1923–2009), Japanese politician and news presenter * Hideo Fujimoto (藤本 英雄, 1918–1997), Japanese baseball player * Hideo Fukui (福井 英郎, born 1977), Japanese athlete who competes in triathlon * Hideo Fukuyama (福山 英朗, born 1955), Japanese NASCAR driver * Hideo Gosha (五社 英雄, 1929–1992), Japanese film director * Hideo Hagiwara (萩原 英雄, 1913–2007), Japanese artist *, Japanese marathon runner * Hideo Hashimoto (橋本 英郎, born 1979), Japanese footballer * Hideo Higashikokubaru (東国原 英夫, born 1957), Japanese comedian, best known for his role in ''Takeshi's Castle'' and the current governor of Miyazaki Prefecture * Hideo Hiraoka (平岡 秀夫, born 1954), Japanese politician *, Japanese sprinter and baseball player * Hideo Ishikawa (石川 英郎, born 1969), Japanese voice actor * Hideo Itokawa (糸川 英夫, 1912 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mitsuko Yoshida
Mitsuko is a feminine Japanese given name. Written forms The name Mitsuko is generally written with the kanji characters 光 and 子 which, when translated into English can mean "light, child" or "shining, child". Mitsuko can have different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write the name. Some possible variations of the name Mitsuko are: *光子, "light, child" *充子, "provide, child" *満子, "satisfy/full, child" *睦子, "harmonious/intimate/friendly, child" *三子, "third child" *密子, "carefulness/secrecy, child" *蜜子, "honey/nectar/molasses, child" People with the name *Mitsuko Baisho (倍賞 美津子 ''Baishō Mitsuko''), a Japanese actress * Mitsuko Coudenhove (クーデンホーフ 光子 ''Kūdenhōfu Mitsuko''), the mother of Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi *, Japanese concubine *Mitsuko Horie (堀江 美都子 ''Horie Mitsuko'', born 1957), a Japanese singer and voice actress *, Japanese ice hockey player *Mitsuko Mito (水戸光子 '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nobu Kojima
Nobu Hospitality, LLC is an American company founded by Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro, and Meir Teper in partnerships with Drew Nieporent as an Operator with Myriad Restaurant Group. History In 1987, Nobu Matsuhisa moved to Los Angeles and opened the eponymous restaurant Matsuhisa. Actor Robert De Niro first visited the restaurant in 1988. After that, he became a regular customer. In 1989, De Niro suggested to Matsuhisa that he open a restaurant in Tribeca, New York City. While Matsuhisa thought De Niro's proposal was attractive, he declined, feeling he should first focus on establishing a solid foundation for his Los Angeles restaurant. De Niro waited until 1994 before he floated the idea to Matsuhisa again, and this time Matsuhisa agreed. Matsuhisa, De Niro, restaurateur Drew Nieporent, and investor Meir Teper agreed to a joint venture. On the 17 September 1994, the first Nobu opened. While living in Lima, Peru, Matsuhisa developed his signature style: melding Japanese te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hirotoshi Shibuya
Hirotoshi (written: 弘寿, 弘年, 博敏, 博俊, 裕稔, 浩俊 or 広俊) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hisaka Hota
is one of the Gotō Islands in Japan. The island is part of the city of Gotō in the Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,246,4 .... It covers an area of and has a population of 330. References islands of Nagasaki Prefecture {{Nagasaki-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ayaka Horie
, known simply by the mononym Ayaka, is a female Japanese singer, songwriter and record producer formerly signed to Warner Music Japan. Born in Osaka, she moved to Tokyo to pursue a singing career. She married actor Hiro Mizushima on February 22, 2009. Biography Early life In the summer of 2003, Ayaka began performing live in her hometown of Osaka. In spring 2004, she started going to the music school "Voice", the principal of which is her former music producer Yoshihiko Nishio, in Fukuoka. She commuted between Osaka and Fukuoka every weekend and started to learn songwriting under the direction of Nishio. She eventually transferred to another high school in Fukuoka. The demo of songs which she produced in "Voice" was soon brought to the music industry and led to her contract with Warner Music Japan. 2006 In January 2006, Ayaka recorded " I Believe" as the opening theme for the Japanese drama ''Rondo''. The full single was first released as a download-only single and went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Etsuko Nobori
Etsuko (written: 悦子, 英津子, えつ子, えつこ in hiragana or エツコ in katakana) is a feminine Japanese given name. The most common meaning is joy child. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese classical pianist *, Japanese actress *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese tennis player *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese cricketer *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese drummer *, Japanese novelist *, Japanese singer, actress and model *, Japanese actress *, Japanese professional boxer *, Japanese football player *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese singer See also * 8691 Etsuko, a main-belt asteroid {{given name Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
