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Showa Women's University
is a women's private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Programs The university has undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs and five research institutes. It also contains affiliated schools that span from kindergarten to high school. Aside from the main campus in Setagaya, the university has two satellite campuses: Tomei Gakurin in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa, and Boshu Kaihin Gakuryo in Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. There is also an international campus in Boston, Massachusetts. The Setagaya campus is home to The British School in Tokyo Showa Campus. The university is heavily inspired by the Tolstoyan movement. The university was based on the principles of "love, compassion, and harmony" (Japanese: 清き気品, 篤き至誠, 高き識見) according teachings of Leo Tolstoy. The university's education system was inspired by Tolstoy's teaching style at his estate in Yasnaya Polyana. Despite similar names, the university has no affiliation with Showa University or Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showa Women's University Junior College
is a private junior college in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. It was established in 1950. See also * Showa Women's University is a women's private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Programs The university has undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs and five research institutes. It also contains affiliated schools that span from kindergarten to high scho ... * List of junior colleges in Japan External links * {{authority control Junior colleges in Japan Universities and colleges in Tokyo Showa Women's University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yui Ogura
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Gunma Prefecture. Career In 2009, Ogura performed the motion capture for Hatsune Miku in the game ''Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA (video game), Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA''. Ogura is a member of the Japanese idol duo YuiKaori with Kaori Ishihara and she was also a part of the idol unit StylipS (also with Ishihara, along with Arisa Noto and Maho Matsunaga), as well as pop group Happy Style Rookies. As a voice actress, Ogura has portrayed anime characters such as Hinata Hakamada in ''Ro-Kyu-Bu!'', Yunoha Thru in ''Aquarion Evol'', Kokona Aoba in ''Encouragement of Climb'' and Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi in ''The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.'' She is also active as a solo artist, having charted with numerous songs, including anime theme songs. On March 31, 2017, it was announced that YuiKaori would halt activity on June 30 so that Ogura and Ishihara could focus on their solo careers. Ogura graduated Showa Women's University with a bachelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emi Machida
is a ''toji'', or master sake brewer in Japan. Machida is the first ''toji'' in her family, who have owned the Machida Brewery in Gunma for over 130 years. Machida is also an active member of the Women's Sake Industry Group. Machida's featured sake is the Junmai 60 Wakamizu (純米60 若水). Her other well-known brand is the Liao Sei. Her sakes have won seven gold medals at the Annual Japan Sake Awards. Biography Machida was born in 1975 in Maebashi in the Gunma Prefecture of northern Japan and raised along with her two sisters at the brewery her family established 1883. Machida was the oldest daughter in her family of three sisters. After graduating from the local girl's high school, Machida attended college in Tokyo, graduating in 1996 with a degree in literature from Showa Women's University is a women's private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Programs The university has undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs and five research institutes. It also conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoko Kitahara
– later known as Elisabeth Maria Kitahara – was a Japanese Roman Catholic. Kitahara was descended from aristocrats and samurai warriors; she worked in an airplane warehouse during World War II and became disillusioned after she and others learnt of Japanese atrocities during the conflict. She discovered Roman Catholicism and after a period of being exposed to churches decided to learn catechism so she could be baptized. Upon her baptism she selected the name "Elisabeth" and upon her Confirmation added the name "Maria". Kitahara made it her goal to tend to the impoverished and orphaned as well as the sick and poor who were suffering as a result of the damage inflicted during the war. In 1950 she first met the Conventual Franciscan friar Zenon Żebrowski and the two worked together to care for destitute people and children in the riverside Ants Village. This work became the focus for Kitahara's life until she died from tuberculosis in 1958. The beatification process had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiko Fukuda
was a Japanese-American martial artist. She was the highest-ranked female judoka in history, holding the rank of 9th '' dan'' from the Kodokan (2006), and 10th ''dan'' from USA Judo (July 2011) and from the United States Judo Federation (USJF) (September 2011), and was the last surviving student of Kanō Jigorō, founder of judo.Sullivan, K. (2003)A lifetime of Judo: 90 year old Keiko Fukuda, the martial art's highest-ranked women (''sic''), still goes to the mat for her Bay Area studentsReproduced from the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' (October 17, 2003). Retrieved on April 25, 2010.Davis, S. (2009)A living legend: Judo Master Keiko Fukuda(July 14, 2009). Retrieved on April 24, 2010. (December 5, 2007). Retrieved on April 24, 2010.Hoppe, S. T. (1998): ''Sharp Spear, Crystal Mirror: Martial arts in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsu Dan
is the professional name of , a Japanese actress, gravure idol, and writer. She has played multiple lead roles in television and film, including Naoko in the 2013 erotic thriller ''Amai Muchi'', for which she received a Newcomer of the Year award at the 37th Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Early life and education Mitsu Dan was born on December 3, 1980, in Akita Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Showa Women's University, she earned a teaching certificate, worked in a funeral parlor, tried but failed to start a sweets shop, and worked as a hostess in a Ginza club before becoming a gravure idol in 2010. Career Dan became known for her role in the BDSM-themed erotic Thriller (genre), thriller movie ''Be My Slave (film), Be My Slave'' (2012), a performance that Giovanni Fazio of ''The Japan Times'' summarized as "a starlet is born." The next year she played a lead role in the 2013 erotic thriller , which was directed by Takashi Ishii (film director), Takashi Ishii. At the 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British School In Tokyo
The British School in Tokyo, commonly known as BST, is an international private school in central Tokyo with over 1,300 students from over 65 nationalities. BST takes students aged 3–18 that have been rated in all eight areas examined by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). A third of BST students are neither British nor Japanese and there are no entry requirements other than fluency in English. The curriculum follows the National Curriculum. The school is based on two sites with students aged 3–11 based at the Azabudai Hills campus and students aged 12–18 based at the Showa campus at Showa Women's University. As of today, BST is a full member of FOBISIA. History Established as a trust in 1988 to meet the needs of parents who wished their children to receive a British style education in Tokyo, BST was officially opened by Margaret Thatcher in September 1989, with 63 students, and rapidly expanded. By 1993 there were 200 students in the entire school. The e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showa Women's University Junior-Senior High School
is a girls' junior and senior high school operated by Showa Women's University. It is within two separate buildings on the campus in Setagaya, Tokyo. the principal is Tomoko Kaneko. 1922 was its year of establishment of a five-year institute to enter Showa Women's University. A new junior high and high school opened in 1947 and 1948, respectively. See also *List of high schools in Tokyo This is a list of high schools in Tokyo Metropolis, including the 23 special wards, West Tokyo, and the Tokyo Islands (Izu Islands and Ogasawara Subprefecture). National * * * Junior and Senior High School at Komaba, University of Tsukuba * ... References External links Showa Women's University Junior-Senior High SchoolShowa Women's University Junior-Senior High School Girls' schools in Japan High schools in Tokyo 1922 establishments in Japan Educational institutions established in 1922 University-affiliated secondary schools Showa Women's University {{Japan-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
