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Keiji
Keiji (けいじ, ケイジ) is a Japanese given name usually used for males. Meaning varies depending on the kanji characters used. Written forms Common kanji used include: * 啓司 * 啓治 * 圭二 * 圭司 * 慶次 * 慶治 * 敬二 * 敬治 * 佳司 * 佳次 People with the name * Keiji Fukuda (福田 敬二) * Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治) * Keiji Furuya (古屋 圭司) * Keiji Gotoh (後藤 圭二) Anime director, character designer, and manga artist * Keiji Haino (灰野 敬二) *, Japanese swimmer * Keiji Hirose (廣瀬 佳司) * Keiji Inafune (稲船 敬二) * Keiji Ishizuka (石塚 啓次) * Keiji Kaimoto (海本 慶治) * Keiji Kawamori (河盛 慶次) * Keiji Kokuta (穀田 恵二) * Kotomitsuki Keiji (琴光喜 啓司) *Keiji Kuroki (黒木 啓司) * Keiji Honda (本多圭司) * Keiji Nakazawa (中沢 啓治) Manga artist * Maeda Keiji (前田 慶次) (AKA Maeda Toshimasu) *, Japanese racing driver * Keiji Mutoh (武藤 敬司) *, Japanese shogi player * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Language
is the principal language of the Japonic languages, Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages and the variously classified Hachijō language. There have been many Classification of the Japonic languages, attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as Ainu languages, Ainu, Austronesian languages, Austronesian, Koreanic languages, Koreanic, and the now discredited Altaic languages, Altaic, but none of these proposals have gained any widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), extensive waves of Sino-Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Kuroki
is a former Japanese dancer and actor. He was a member of Exile (Japanese band), Exile, Exile The Second and J Soul Brothers#Second generation (2007–2009), Nidaime J Soul Brothers. Kuroki was represented by LDH (company), LDH. Personal life On December 2021, Kuroki revealed that he had married businesswoman Reika Miyazaki. Miyazaki is a single-mother and is known to already have had three children from a previous relationship. At the end of October 2022, he announced through his agency that he will be retiring from the entertainment industry. Participating groups Filmography ※His roles in bold are his starring works Stage Films TV dramas Internet dramas TV programmes Internet programmes Advertisements Magazine serializations Others Productions References External links * in Exile Official Website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroki, Keiji Japanese male dancers Japanese dancers People from Miyazaki (city) 1980 births Living people 21st-century dancer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Sakoda
Ryan Keiji Sakoda (December 31, 1972 – September 2, 2021) was a Japanese American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in WWE and later Ultimate Pro Wrestling as a part-time trainer for the wrestlers, as well as working in the independents under his real name. Professional wrestling career Early career (1998–2003) Before coming to WWE, Sakoda had a successful stint in the NWA Zero-One promotion in Japan, stemming from his appearances for Ultimate Pro Wrestling. During this time Sakoda often filled in as an instructor at UPW's Ultimate University, while wrestling as part of the faction Team Emblem with Japanese superstars Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani. World Wrestling Entertainment (2003–2004) On January 6, 2003, Sakoda made his first onscreen appearance for WWE on Raw as a judge for World Heavyweight Champion Triple H and Scott Steiner's pose down under the name Charlie Chan. In September 2003, Sakoda was signed to a developmental contract, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Sada
is the stage name for a Japanese cinema actor active from the late-1940s to the early 1960s. His real name was Kanichi Nakai. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards for ('' I Will Buy You'') and . He was the father of the actor Kiichi Nakai and actress Kie Nakai. Biography Sada was born in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, to a merchant class family. After graduating from the 2nd Kyoto Municipal Commercial School, he entered the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University in Tokyo. While a student, he roomed at a boarding house owned by the actor Shuji Sano, and on graduation was offered a position at Shochiku Studios in Kanagawa. He also was given his stage name by Shugi Sada. In his debut appearance in 1947, ''Phoenix'', directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, Sada was paired with Kinuyo Tanaka in a love scene. As Tanaka was already a big-name movie star, this was an immediate boost for Sada's career. Later that year, he was selected for the lead role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Ozaki
is a Japanese taekwondo practitioner and a kickboxer. He won the tournament of R.I.S.E. at welterweight in 2006. As a martial artist, he practises the full-contact version of taekwondo, and has competed in numerous competitions. His rank is 2nd dan black belt certified by the Japan Taekwondo Association. Biography Youth Keiji Ozaki was born on April 24, 1980, in the prefecture of Kanagawa, Japan. He spent his young age in United States, in Murrysville, PA until he was halfway through high school. After coming to a Japanese high school, he started practicing finswimming. He participated in the Japanese national championship of swimming for 5 different disciplines in 1999, and he won 5 gold medals at 5 disciplines. After graduation of high school, he entered Kanagawa University and he joined its taekwondo team. Taekwondo era In 2000, he won the gold medal of Japanese national championship for undergraduates in full contact taekwondo at open weight. In 2002 and 2003, he won the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Okuyama
is a Japanese wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 .... References 1968 births Living people Japanese male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Japan Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sport wrestlers from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Obiki
Keiji Ohbiki (Japanese:大引 啓次, born June 29, 1984) is a Japanese professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning simply ''Professional Baseball''; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league ... (NPB). On December 2, 2019, he become free agent. References External links 1984 births Living people Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players Hosei University alumni Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball infielders Orix Buffaloes players Baseball people from Osaka Tokyo Yakult Swallows players Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches {{japan-baseball-shortstop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Nishitani
was a Japanese philosopher. He was a scholar of the Kyoto School and a disciple of Kitarō Nishida. In 1924, Nishitani received his doctorate from Kyoto Imperial University for his dissertation ''"Das Ideale und das Reale bei Schelling und Bergson"''. He studied under Martin Heidegger in Freiburg from 1937 to 1939. Biography Nishitani was born 1900 and was fourteen years old when his father died of tuberculosis, a disease he suffered from too as a child.Davis, B. W. (Ed.). (2014). ''The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Philosophy''. Oxford University Press. p. 465. In a memoir he writes that he was afflicted by great suffering after the loss of his father. Facing this despair, he decided to take up the study of philosophy. He writes:My life as a young man can be described in a single phrase: it was a period absolutely without hope... My life at the time lay entirely in the grips of nihility and despair... My decision then, to study philosophy was in fact – melodramatic as it mig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Nishikawa
was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8- dan. He was a former director of the Japan Shogi Association, and his son Kazuhiro is also a professional shogi player. Shogi professional Nishikawa finished the 73rd Meijin Class C2 league (April 2014March 2015) with a record of 1 win and 9 losses, earning a third demotion point which meant automatic demotion to " Free Class" play. He submitted his retirement papers to the on June 30, 2021. He had been on an official leave of absence since the end of 2018 due to health problems. Promotion history The promotion history for Nishikawa was as follows: * 5-kyū: 1975 * 1-dan: 1978 * 4-dan: November 3, 1981 * 5-dan: April 1, 1984 * 6-dan: May 27, 1988 * 7-dan: September 24, 1997 * 8-dan: April 1, 2018 * Retired: June 30, 2021 JSA director Nishikawa served on the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors as a director from 2007 to 2011. Personal life and death Nishikawa and his son Kazuhiro were the sixth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Mutoh
is a Japanese professional wrestling executive, actor and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his work under his real name and as his alter ego in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), as well as World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and during the 1980s and 1990s, and from his runs in other Japanese, contiguous United States, American, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican, and Mexico, Mexican Professional wrestling promotion, promotions. He was the President (corporate title), president of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) from 2002 to 2013 and Representative director (Japan), representative director of Wrestle-1 (W-1) from 2013 until its closure in 2020. Considered one of the greatest and most influential wrestlers of all time, Muto is one of the first Japanese wrestlers (''puroresura'') to gain an international fanbase in the 1990s and beyond, thanks in large part to his Great Muta Gimmick (professional wrestling), gimmick. The gimmick is one of the most influential in ''puroresu'', emul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiji Matsumoto
was a Japanese racing driver who competed at the top level of Japanese Formula racing, currently known as Super Formula, between 1976 and 1992. Under the Japanese Formula 2 moniker, he won the championship in 1979 and was runner-up to future Formula 1 driver Satoru Nakajima in 1982 and 1985. Motorsport career Matsumoto scored 11 wins and 29 podium finishes, seventh all-time in both accounts, over a 129-race career, which put him third in all-time Super Formula career starts behind generational peers Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Kunimitsu Takahashi. In a rare overseas foray in 1981, he also took part in the Donington "50.000," a race of the European Formula Two championship, crossing the finish line in 15th place. Until 1989, he also dabbled in Japanese sports car racing, winning the Fuji Grand Champion Series in 1983 and the Fuji 1000 km in 1985 and 1989. In the 1985 win, Matsumoto, Hoshino, and Akira Hagiwara became the first Japanese drivers to ever win a race in the Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
