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Norifumi Katō
Norifumi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese motorcycle road racer, previously a 500 cc/MotoGP rider *, former Nippon Professional Baseball player and current manager *, lead guitar in ''Concerto Moon'', a Japanese neo-classical/power metal band *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, former Japanese football player *, Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer known as Kid Yamamoto *, retired Japanese triple jumper {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ...
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Norifumi Abe
, or was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racing, road racer. He competed in the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from to . Abe died in a road traffic accident, road traffic crash in October 2007. Career Abe was born to , a Auto Race (Japanese sport), paved flat track rider, in Tokyo. When he was eleven, Abe began racing minimoto, minibikes and spent his earlier career competing in motocross. He turned to road racing when he was fifteen and also competed in the United States. In 1992, Abe was the runner up in the 250 cc category for the domestic National A championship. The following year at the All Japan Road Race Championship, Abe won the 500 cc title in the category's final year and became the youngest title winner. In 1994, while racing in his home championship, Abe had a chance to race at the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1994 Japanese Grand Prix as a "Wild card (sports)#Motorsport, wild ca ...
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Norifumi Nishimura
is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player and current manager. Nishimura spent the entirety of his 16-year playing career with the Chiba Lotte Marines. After retiring, he coached for the team until being named the successor to former Marines-manager Bobby Valentine Robert John Valentine (born May 13, 1950), nicknamed "Bobby V", is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He also served as the athletic director at Sacred Heart University. Valentine played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (19 ... in late 2009. External links * Living people 1960 births Baseball people from Miyazaki Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders Nippon Professional Baseball infielders Lotte Orions players Chiba Lotte Marines players Managers of baseball teams in Japan Chiba Lotte Marines managers Orix Buffaloes managers {{Japan-baseball-manager-stub ...
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Norifumi Shima
is a Japanese neoclassical metal/power metal band formed in 1996 and led by guitarist Norifumi Shima. The band's first two albums were reissued by InsideOut Music in 2003. History 1996–1997: Formation and early days In 1995, Shima met Takao Ozaki, who was fronting the band Zenith at the time, while Shima was the guitarist of Crystal Clear. Both bands were formed in the early 1990s and were drawing in a lot of attention in the Japanese hard rock scene, releasing a few demos and playing successful shows at venues such as Rokumeikan. Both bands debuted on Mandrake Root Records' ''Make It Shine'' video and album releases. As such, the formation of Concerto Moon happened to be the idea of Zenith guitarist Tsutomu Toya, who decided to break up the band in order to go major with Blue Stealer (featuring singer Tomoko "Killer" Yamamoto of Volfeed, who also split up the band for this reason). Due to this, both Toya and bassist Tsutomu Onda went along with the plan, and three-fifths of ...
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Norifumi Suzuki
, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the '' Torakku Yarō'' series. Biography Suzuki was born in 1933 in Shizuoka. He dropped out of Ritsumeikan University's Department of Economics, and subsequently joined Toei's Kyoto Studio as an assistant director in 1956, learning his craft under Masahiro Makino, Tai Kato and Tomu Uchida. He made his screenwriting debut on director Kōkichi Uchide's 1963 film ''Zoku: Tenamonya Sandogasa'' (co-written with Takaharu Sawada), and his directorial debut in 1965 with ''Osaka Dokonjō Monogatari: Doerai Yatsu'', starring Makoto Fujita. At the behest of Toei producer Shigeru Okada, Suzuki wrote the script for female gambler film '' Red Peony Gambler'' (1968) starring Junko Fuji, which became a hit series spanning eight films. He directed ''Star of David: Beautiful Girl Hunter'' (1979). His 1975 film '' Torakku Yarō: Goiken Muyō'', starring Bunta Sugawara and co-written with Shinichiro Sawai, was also a hu ...
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Norifumi Takamoto
is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Takamoto was born in Miyazaki Prefecture on December 31, 1967. After graduating from Fukuoka University, he joined Toshiba in 1990. He played for the club in 2 seasons. In 1993, he moved to Nagoya Grampus Eight. In 1994, he moved to Japan Football League club Kyoto Purple Sanga. Although he played as mainly defender, he also played as forward. The club was promoted to J1 League The , the J.League or the for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Japan and the highest level of the Japanese football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation ... in 1996. He retired end of 1996 season. Club statistics References External links *kyotosangadc 1967 births Living people Fukuoka University alumni Association football people from Miyazaki Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players Japan Football Leag ...
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Norifumi Yamamoto
was a Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer who competed in the bantamweight division of the UFC. He quickly gained popularity in the Shooto organization due to his aggressive, well-rounded style and controversial persona. He moved on to K-1 Hero's, where he became the K-1 Hero's 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion in December, 2005 after defeating Genki Sudo via a controversial TKO due to punches. Though by most measures he was a natural bantamweight, many of Yamamoto's most significant bouts came in the lightweight division as it was the lightest division in Hero's. Later in his career, Yamamoto competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the bantamweight division, although he did not perform well there, going winless in his four fights with the promotion. Background Yamamoto came from a wrestling family. His father Ikuei Yamamoto represented Japan at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich and his sisters Miyuu Yamamoto and Seiko both won world cham ...
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Norifumi Yamashita
(born 10 September 1962) is a retired Japanese triple jumper. He was the first Japanese to jump over 17 metres in the event. His personal best jump was 17.15 metres, achieved in June 1986 in Tokyo. His children are also track and field athletes. His oldest son Kohei Yamashita is also triple jumper and competed at the 2016 Olympic Games The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i .... His second son Jun Yamashita is a sprinter and competed at the 2019 World Championships. His daughter Toko Yamashita is also triple jumper and finished seventh at the 2020 Japanese Championships. Personal bests Achievements National titles * Japanese Championships **Triple jump: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996 References External links * * 1962 births Living people Ath ...
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