Kenichi Itō (politics)
Kenichi Itō (いとう けんいち, Itō Kenichi) may refer to: *Kenichi Ito (athlete), Japanese athlete known for running 100 meters on all four limbs * Kenichi Itō (political scientist) (born 1938), Japanese political scientist and diplomat * Kenichi Ito, guitarist in the band Iceman See also *Itō (name) Itō may refer to: * Itō (surname), a Japanese surname *Itō, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan * Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan See also *Itô's lemma, used in stochastic calculus * Itoh–Tsujii inversion algorithm, in field theo ...

Kenichi Ito (athlete)
, is a Japanese athlete from Tokyo. He holds the Guinness World Record for running 100 meters on Quadrupedalism#Quadrupedalism in humans, all four limbs, setting a best time of 15.71 seconds in the Komazawa Olympic Park in Tokyo, 6 November 2015, shaving 0.15 seconds off the previous record of 15.86 seconds by Katsumi Tamakoshi. Before Tamakoshi's record, Ito also held the record of 16.87 seconds, set on 14 November 2013. He also held the record before that, having set a time of 17.47 seconds on 15 November 2012, and the record before that of 18.58 seconds in 2008. Ito spent nine years studying how animals like Patas monkey, African patas monkeys move. He used to work as a janitor and mopped floors on all fours to practice his four-limbed running technique. As of 2016, he runs a company dealing in solar energy. He can be seen chasing a man in the "My Love Is My Disease" video by Australian band The Jezabels. References External links Personal blog
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Kenichi Itō (political Scientist)
was a Japanese diplomat and political scientist who was engaged in international politics and strategic studies. He was president and CEO of the Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR) since it was founded in 1987, and served as chairman of the Global Forum of Japan (GFJ), chairman of the Council on East Asian Community (CEAC), and vice president of the Worldwide Support for Development (WSD). He was professor emeritus of Aoyama Gakuin University and held an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cambodia. Life Itō was born in Tokyo in 1938. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University Law School in 1960. He joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in 1960. After studying at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, he served as third to first Secretaries in the Japanese Embassies in Moscow, Manila, and Washington, D.C., and as director of the First Southeast Asian Division until he left MOFA in 1977. After MOFA, while teaching international pol ...
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Iceman (Japanese Band)
Iceman was a three-member Japanese electronica/pop rock group, consisting of Daisuke Asakura (keyboards), Kenichi Ito (guitar), and Michihiro Kuroda (lead vocals). They officially assembled on June 5, 1996, when a press conference was held in Tokyo to announce the two musicians who would accompany Daisuke Asakura in his next musical venture after the breakup of Access. Between 1996 and 1999, they released six albums, a multitude of PV and live concert videos, and even a video game. Their unique and varied sound bridged genres from hard electronic rock ("Shining Collection"), to pop ("Edge of the season"), and even techno ("Caution"). Iceman is perhaps best known for their single "Shining Collection", which was used as the opening theme for '' Gravitation: Lyrics of Love'' (Asakura served as music director and composer for the series). The song became popular internationally as a result of its use in the anime, as well as in a cult flash cartoon hosted on Newgrounds Newgrounds ...
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