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Masumi Nagasawa
Masumi is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese hurdler *Masuumi Juma, a Japanese voice actor *Masumi Aya, a Japanese hammer thrower *Masumi Fuchise, a Japanese racewalker *Masumi Hayashi (other) *Masumi Itō, a Japanese singer and composer *Masumi Kuwata, a former Japanese right-handed pitcher *Masumi Mishina, a Japanese softball player *Masumi Mitsui, Japanese-Canadian veteran of World War I *Masumi Miyazaki, an actress *Masumi Okada, a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer *Masumi Oshima, Japanese writer *Masumi Uno, a Japanese watercolor painter *Sachiko Masumi (born 1984), Japanese long jumper Fictional characters * Masumi, the main character of ''Swan (manga), Swan'' * Masumi, a character in the manga version of ''Candy Boy'' * Masumi Inou, in ''Search_Guard_Successor_Foundation#Masumi_Inou, Search Guard Successor Foundation'' * Masumi Nishijima, in ''Future Diary'' * Masumi Sera, a character from '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Uno
is a Japanese watercolor painter and a member of the Japan Artists Association. Works Uno trained as a Nihon Buyō dancer, from which she often borrows stories for her paintings. Her paintings depict animals (mostly fox Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush"). Twelve species ...es) which are frequent characters in classical Japanese stories. External links Internet Musee 20th-century Japanese painters Japanese watercolourists Japanese modern painters Living people 1932 births {{Japan-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crayon Shin-Chan
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui. ''Crayon Shin-chan'' made its first appearance in 1990 in a Japanese weekly magazine called ''Weekly Manga Action'', which was published by Futabasha. Due to the death of author Yoshito Usui, the manga in its original form ended on September 11, 2009. A new manga began in the summer of 2010 by members of Usui's team, titled . An anime, animated television adaptation began airing on TV Asahi in 1992 and is still ongoing, with 1267 episodes. The show has been dubbed in 30 languages which aired in 45 countries. As of 2023, both the ''Crayon Shin-Chan'' and ''New Crayon Shin-Chan'' series has over 148 million copies in circulation, making it among the List of best-selling manga, best-selling manga series in history. Synopsis Set in the city of Kasukabe, Saitama, Kasukabe of Saitama Prefecture within the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan, the series follows the adventures of the five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Data Girl
is a series of fantasy novels written by Noriko Ogiwara. Six volumes have been released. The first volume was published by Kadokawa Shoten in 2008, while the last was published in 2012. The manga adaptation, illustrated by Ranmaru Kotone and published by Kadokawa Shoten, was serialized between 2012 and 2014. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by P.A. Works aired between April and June 2013. Plot The story revolves around Izumiko Suzuhara, a 15-year-old girl who was raised at Tamakura Shrine, which is a part of the Kumano Shrines World Heritage Site. She has the ability to destroy any electrical device that she touches. Despite being shy, she wants to try living in the city. Her guardian Yukimasa Sagara recommends that she enroll at Hōjō High School in Tokyo accompanied by his son, Miyuki Sagara. Miyuki has trained to become a '' yamabushi'' from a young age. While in Tokyo on a middle school field trip, an entity named "Himegami" appears. Izumiko learns that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Conan
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994; its chapters are collected in 107 volumes as of April 2025. Because of legal problems with the name ''Detective Conan'', the English language releases from Funimation and Viz Media were renamed ''Case Closed''. The story follows the high school detective Shinichi Kudo, whose body was transformed into that of an elementary school-age child while investigating a mysterious organization. Generally, he solves a multitude of cases by impersonating his childhood best friend's father and various other characters. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and TMS Entertainment, which premiered in January 1996. The anime resulted in animated feature films, original video animations, video games, audio disc releases and live act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Diary
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' between January 2006 and December 2010, and has been collected into 12 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The plot depicts the Diary Game, a deadly battle royale between 12 different individuals who are given "Future Diaries", special diaries that can predict the future, by Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space, with the last survivor becoming heir to the universe. The manga has been licensed by Tokyopop, and ten of the English volumes were released, with a release for the last two now uncertain due to Tokyopop ceasing publishing in North America. A "pilot anime" DVD was released with the 11th manga volume in December 2010. An anime television series adaptation, produced by Asread, aired in Japan from October 2011 to April 2012. An 11-episode live-action television drama aired from April to June 2012. Esuno has also authored three side-story manga, each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Search Guard Successor Foundation
is the 30th series in Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries of Japanese ''tokusatsu'' programming. It was the first installment to be produced and broadcast in the 16:9 aspect ratio. It aired from February 19, 2006, to February 11, 2007, and was replaced by ''Juken Sentai Gekiranger''. Its footage was used in the American series, ''Power Rangers Operation Overdrive'' and was dubbed into Korean for the South Korean market, airing there as ''Power Rangers Treasure Force''. Plot summary Powerful relics known as the Precious appear throughout the world. Noticing these relics' power, various Negative Syndicates wish to take the Precious for themselves and use them for evil ends. To make sure that the Precious do not fall into the hands of the Negative Syndicates, the Search Guard Successor Foundation (SGS) has developed its own special operations team, the Boukengers, whose mission is to collect the Precious and thwart the Negative Syndicates. Characters SGS The collects the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Boy
is an eight-minute original net animation produced by Anime International Company, and directed by Takafumi Hoshikawa. Since November 22, 2007, the ONA is available through streaming on the Cho! animelo audiovisual website and the Nico Nico Douga online video service. This was followed by a seven-episode series, with episodes being streamed between May 2, 2008 and May 8, 2009. Additional episodes were released on DVD, one with the DVD version of the single, "Bring Up Love" by Nayuta, and another released with volume 2 of the series. A spin-off manga series by Hiro Tōge was serialized in Media Factory's Comic Flapper magazine between November 2009 and December 2010, with another series, also by Tōge, distributed on mobile phones. As a romantic school comedy setting, the story focuses on the budding romantic relationship between Kanade and Yukino Sakurai, twin sisters in their second year at an all-girls high school in Tokyo, and the conflict provided by freshman Sakuya Kami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan (manga)
''Swan'' (stylized as ''SWAN'') is a shōjo manga by Kyoko Ariyoshi.Nichigai Associates Editorial Department (1997), p. 25 This manga series is the representative work of Kyoko Ariyoshi, which is the most famous ballet manga and has been highly evaluated. The shōjo magazine ''Margaret'' serialized the story in Japan from 1972 to 1981. 21 volumes were released as Margaret comics series by Akita Shoten in Japan. In North America the story was published by CMX, but the series was abandoned after 15 volumes due to the closure of the imprint. The plot mostly follows a young girl, Masumi, as she struggles to become a ballerina. By 2011, the manga had over 20 million copies in circulation. Plot The first volume begins with Masumi sneaking backstage after a Tokyo ballet performance in order to express her admiration for the lead dancers, Alexei Sergeiev and Maya Plisetskaya. However, when she meets the stars, Masumi becomes tongue-tied and clumsily begins to dance the Odile Vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachiko Masumi
is a retired Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. She has a personal best of 6.65 metres for the long jump and occasionally competes in the triple jump, having a best of 13.34 m for that event. She was the Japanese Champion in the event in 2008 and 2009. She was the gold medallist at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2013 and was the bronze medallist at the competition in 2009. She represented her country at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and has also competed for Japan at the Asian Games and the Summer Universiade. Career Born in Kagawa Prefecture, Sachiko Masumi went to Akiyoshi junior high school and competing in a variety of track and field events in her youth. She began to have success in the long jump and in her last year of junior high school she competed at the Japanese Athletics Championships, placing third and clearing six metres for the first time. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Oshima
is a Japanese writer. She has won the ''Bungakukai'' Prize and the Naoki Prize, and her works have been adapted for television and film. Biography Masumi Oshima was born in 1962. She was raised in Nagoya and grew up reading science fiction. At the age of 20 she started writing a script for a play, but eventually turned to writing novels. In 1992, she submitted her story ''Haru no Tejinaji'' (lit. ''Spring Magician'') to ''Bungakukai'' magazine's new writer contest, and won the 74th ''Bungakukai'' Prize. Oshima's 2003 novel ''Chocolietta'', about a young woman who uses the Federico Fellini film ''La Strada'' to recover from her grief, was adapted into a film by screenwriter and director Shiori Kazawa. The film premiered at the 2014 Tokyo International Film Festival and was released nationally in 2015. Oshima's 2009 novel ''Nijiiro Tenki Ame'' (lit. ''Rainbow Weather'') and its 2010 sequel ''Bitter Sugar'', about three women whose friendship is tested as they approach the age o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Aya
is a Japanese hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 67.26 metres, achieved in August 2006 in Toyama Toyama may refer to: Places * Toyama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main Honshu island * Toyama (city), the capital city of Toyama Prefecture * Toyama Station, the main station of Toyama, Toyama * Toyama Sta .... International competitions External links * 1980 births Living people Japanese female hammer throwers Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Asian Athletics Championships winners Asian Athletics Championships medalists Japan Championships in Athletics winners 21st-century Japanese sportswomen Asian Games bronze medalists in athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
