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Katsutarō Kita
Katsutarō, Katsutaro, Katsutaroh or Katsutarou (written: 勝太郎) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese serial killer *, Japanese businessman and film producer *, Japanese ''geisha'' and singer *, Japanese sumo wrestler {{DEFAULTSORT:Katsutaro Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived Syllabary, syllabic scripts of and . The characters have Japanese pronunciations; most have two, with one based on the Chinese sound. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as , by a process similar to China's simplified Chinese characters, simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the general public. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characters that exist. There are nearly 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsutaro Baba
was a Japanese serial killer who killed five women and one child in the village of Asahi (present-day Tatsuno, Nagano Prefecture) between 1905 and 1907, ripping out their gallbladders post-mortem. He was convicted, sentenced to death and executed for his crimes in 1908. Murders On September 1, 1905, a 16-year-old girl working at a local liquor store went missing during an autumn festival that was held at a shrine in Asahi. It was initially suspected that she might have run off with a man, but that changed nine days later, when she was found dead in a rice field crossing Asahi and a neighboring village. Her corpse had been mutilated with a knife, in particular around the lower abdominal region, and her gallbladder was missing. Two months later, on November 3, a 30-year-old silk mill worker went missing while another festival was being held celebrating the Emperor's Birthday, simultaneously coinciding with the ongoing construction of Tatsuno Station and the recent victory in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inabata Katsutaro
was a Japanese industrialist and film pioneer. Career Born to a Kyoto family that ran a long-standing wagashi store, Inabata attended the Kyoto-fu Shihan Gakkō (now the Kyoto University of Education) and in 1877 earned a scholarship to attend the La Martinière technical school in Lyon. One of his classmates there was Auguste Lumière, who was later one of the inventors of the cinematographe. After studying weaving and dying technology for eight years, Inabata returned to Japan in 1885 and, after teaching others about what he learned, started his own company, Inabata Senryōten (later Inabata & Co., Ltd.), in 1890. He later moved the company to Osaka and focused his business on dying military uniforms. Achieving success, Inabata later served as president of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) from 1922 to 1934, and became a member of the House of Peers. A bronze statue of him still stands in front of the OCCI. Inabata was also instrumental in the founding of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsutaro Kouta
was a Japanese female geisha and singer, who performed in the "New-" style of singing. came to be most well known, alongside another popular geisha singer, , in the " Era". Career was born on 6 November 1904 in District, Prefecture. During her childhood, she worked as a helper at a relative's restaurant, before becoming a geisha at the age of 15. developed a fondness for , a narrative style of singing intended to accompany the ; around the late period, moved to Tokyo, was accepted into the geisha district and debuted with the performing name () of . Around 1928, a geisha from the same geisha district named recorded a number of hit songs for Victor of Japan. In 1930, recorded some and songs with Odeon Record and Parlophone. A year later, she signed an exclusive contract with Victor of Japan, debuting with the song in 1931. In 1932, her B-side song titled (''"Willow Rain"'') became her first hit. released the song in the same year, with the song becoming a big h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udagawa Katsutarō
Udagawa Katsutarō (born Hideo Udagawa; December 3, 1939 – July 24, 1989) was a sumo wrestler from Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. He made his professional debut in September 1954 and reached the top division in January 1960. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 3. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under a series of different names, since he didn't own a ''toshiyori-kabu'' of his own. He left the Sumo Association in October 1977. Career record *''The Kyushu tournament was first held in 1957, and the Nagoya tournament in 1958.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Masculine Given Names
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japanese studies , sometimes known as Japanology in Europe, is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, history, culture, litera ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
