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Yūko Ōtomo
or Yuuko is a common feminine Japanese given name. Written forms Yūko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *優子, "gentle, child" *裕子, "abundance, child" *祐子, "providential help, blessing, child" *夕子, "evening, child" *有子, "qualified, child" *悠子, "permanence, child" *侑子, "leading, child" *結子, "bind, child" *由子, "reason, child" *勇子, "courage, child" *友子, "friend, child" *木綿子, "cotton, child" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People *, Japanese TV presenter and news anchor *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese bikini model *, Japanese marathon runner *, Japanese singer and actress *, Japanese actress who is most popular in South Korea, known as Yoo Min *, (born 1975) Japanese voice actress *, plays the keyboards for Southern All Stars *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese classical violinist *, Japanese fashion model and actress *, Japanese pair skater *, Japanese voice actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuka (name)
and are feminine Japanese given names. Written forms Yuka and Yūka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *由香, "reason, fragrance" *由華, "reason, beautiful" *由佳, "reason, good" *由花, "reason, flower" *有佳, "exist, good" *有香, "exist, fragrance" *有華, "exist, beautiful" *優花, "tenderness, flower" *優香, "tenderness, fragrance" *結花, "link, flower" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People ;pronounced Yuka * Yuka (有香), a Japanese singer * Yuka (有華) a Japanese singer-songwriter *, a Japanese long-distance runner *, a Japanese rhythmic gymnast *, a Japanese snowboarder *, a Japanese ice hockey player * Yuka Hirata (裕香), a Japanese actress and gravure idol * Yuka Honda (ゆか), a Japanese musician * Yuka Hoshaku (有香), a Japanese actress * Yuka Iguchi (井口 裕香, born 1988), a Japanese voice actress * Yuka Imai (由香, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress * Yuka Inokuchi (有佳), a J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Kawaguchi
Yuko Kavaguti (also: Kawaguchi; Japanese: , , born 20 November 1981) is a retired pair skater who has represented Japan and Russia in international competition. In 2006, she began competing with Alexander Smirnov for Russia. They are two-time European champions (2010, 2015), two-time World bronze medalists (2009, 2010), two-time ISU Grand Prix Final bronze medalists (11–12 and 15–16), and three-time Russian national champions (2008–2010). In 2015, they became the first pair in history to complete two quadruple throw jumps in one program and the first to land a quadruple throw loop. Personal life In addition to her native Japanese, Kavaguti is also fluent in Russian and English. From 2003, she studied and majored in international relations at St. Petersburg State University, completing her degree in June 2007. Kavaguti has expressed interest in a career in international diplomacy following her skating career. In December 2008, she acquired Russian citizenship to quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Ogura
is a Japanese gravure idol and model who typically aimed for the cute, innocent schoolgirl look prior to her 2011 marriage. She is represented by Platinum Production. History Ogura was born in Mobara, Chiba, and regularly, if not entirely seriously, claims to be one of the apple-shaped planet Korin. This is apparently an in-joke dating back to her middle school days. Having an alternate name was trendy at one point, and one of her friends told her that she looked like a Momoka. She liked the name and still uses it today. She is known outside Japan for her song which is the ending theme of the anime ''School Rumble''. Ogura's fame as a model has also spread beyond Japan and she was named as one of the "7 most irresistibly cute Japanese idols" by the Thailand version of FHM magazine in 2010. Personal life Ogura married hair and makeup artist Isao Kikuchi on October 10, 2011, in Oahu, Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Nakazawa
is a Japanese pop and enka singer, and actress, best known as one of the original members of the all-female J-pop group Morning Musume. She is also a member of Japanese pop group Dream Morning Musume. Biography Yuko Nakazawa was born in Kyoto Prefecture. She was one of five runners-up in a 1997 talent contest for a new Japanese pop idol. After the contest, musician and producer Tsunku offered Nakazawa and the four other runners-up (Natsumi Abe, Kaori Iida, Aya Ishiguro, and Asuka Fukuda) the chance to be taken under his wing under one condition: they must sell 50,000 CDs of their debut song " Ai no Tane" with five days of live promotion. The quintet accomplished that task in four and thus Morning Musume was born. The group has since grown increasingly popular, it maintains a "school-like" system for their continuous line-up changes, with older members "graduating" and new, usually younger, members selected from nationwide auditions admitted to the group almost annually. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Nakanishi
is a Japanese butterfly swimmer. She attended Osaka Seikei Girls' High School. Major achievements 2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ... *200m butterfly 7th (Heat 2:10.22, Semifinal 2:09.89, Final 2:09.66) 2004 Athens Olympics *100m butterfly 14th (Heat 1:00.16, Semifinal 59.53) *200m butterfly 3rd (Heat 2:10.04, Semifinal 2:08.83, Final 2:08.04) 2008 Beijing Olympics *100m butterfly 18th (Heat 58.61) *200m butterfly 5th (Heat 2:06.62, Semifinal 2:06.96, Final 2:07.32) Personal bests In long course *100m butterfly: 58.52 (April 16, 2008) *200m butterfly: 2:06.38 Japanese Record (April 19, 2008) References *http://www.joc.or.jp/beijing/athlete/aquatics/nakanishiyuko.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakanishi, Yuko 1981 births Living people O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Nakamura
is a Japanese actress, born on 7 January 1975 in Fukui, Japan. She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film ''Firefly (Hotaru)'' and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ... for '' Strawberry Shortcakes''. Filmography Film Television References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakamura, Yuko 1975 births Living people Japanese actresses Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Nakagawa
is a Japanese politician in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). She represented Hokkaido in the House of Representatives from 2012 to 2017. Her husband, Shōichi Nakagawa, was also a politician, serving as Minister of Finance of Japan in 2008 and 2009. Nakagawa was born in Niigata Prefecture and graduated from University of the Sacred Heart in 1981. She worked at Mitsubishi for a year until her marriage to Shōichi, and moved to Hokkaido shortly afterward. After Shōichi's death in 2009, Yūko began to get involved in politics. In the 2012 election, she ran in Hokkaido's 11th district against Tomohiro Ishikawa, who had defeated her husband for the position in the last election; she won with 51 percent of the vote. During her time in the House, she served on the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committee, and was appointed as parliamentary minister of the committee in 2014. In her role as minister, she spoke out in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. After bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Moriguchi
Yuko Moriguchi (, born 13 April 1955) is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour. Moriguchi won 41 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1978 and 1994 and one of those events, the 1987 Mazda Japan Classic, was an LPGA Tour co-sanctioned tournament. Moriguchi won the LPGA qualifying school In professional golf, the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S.-based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the ... tournament in January 1981 and played sparingly on the LPGA Tour from 1981 to 1983. Her 1987 win was as a non-member. Professional wins LPGA of Japan Tour (41) *1978 (4) World Ladies Golf Tournament, Japan LPGA Championship, Miyagi TV Cup Ladies Open, Mizuno Golf Tournament *1979 (2) Saikai National Park Ladies Open, Pioneer Cup *1980 (3) Hiroshima Women's Open, Mizuno Golf Tournament, Isuzu L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Mochizuki
, also billed as Mieko Mochizuki, was a Japanese stage and film actress who appeared in films of directors such as Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse and Tadashi Imai. Biography Mochizuki left the Tokyo Municipal Oshioka Girls' High School prematurely in 1930 and gave her stage debut the same year with Ken'ichi Enomoto's Casino Folies in Asakusa. She continued with engagements such as the Shinjuku Moulin Rouge and the Shinsei Shinpa, first with light comedies, later with dramatic roles, before signing with the Shochiku film studio in 1950. Her first major role was in Kinoshita's 1953 ''A Japanese Tragedy''. Other notable appearances include Naruse's ''Late Chrysanthemums'', Imai's ''The Rice People'' and Satsuo Yamamoto's ''Ballad of the Cart''. She also had small roles in two films by Yasujirō Ozu, ''The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice'' and ''The End of Summer'' – the latter came into being because she wanted another role in an Ozu film. In 1960, Mochizuki directed the children's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Mizutani
was a Japanese actress, voice actress, narrator and singer from Ama District, Aichi. Throughout her career, she worked with Production Baobab, and was working with Aoni Production at the time of her death. Mizutani was best known for her anime voice roles of Sakiko Sakura in '' Chibi Maruko-chan'', Mihoshi Kuramitsu in '' Tenchi Muyo!'' and Pinoko in '' Black Jack''. She also portrayed Excellen Browning in ''Super Robot Wars'', Sora Takenouchi in '' Digimon Adventure'', Leina Stol in '' Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos'', and Sarah Zabiarov and Cheimin Noa in '' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam''. Mizutani was the official Japanese voice actress for Minnie Mouse, and voiced her in the '' Kingdom Hearts'' franchise. Since her death, Aya Endō took over as the Japanese voice of Minnie Mouse and Machiko Toyoshima took over as Sakiko Sakura in Chibi Maruko-chan. Career After graduating from the Institute for Youth Theater in 1985, Mizutani was signed to the Seinenza Theater Company's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuko Mizuno
is a Japanese entertainer, actress, and sportscaster represented by Sony Music Artists. Filmography TV series Radio series Video games References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mizuno, Yuko Japanese women television personalities Japanese actresses 1982 births Living people People from Aichi Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Miyamura
, also known by her nickname , is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and sound director. She played Kazuha Toyama in '' Detective Conan'', Casca in '' Berserk'' and Asuka Langley Soryu in '' Neon Genesis Evangelion''. Personal life Miyamura was born in Kobe, and graduated from the theater division for Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. She was diagnosed with Graves' disease and exophthalmos in May 2007. She was initially married to manga artist, Nakatani D. from 1998 to 1999. Miyamura married stuntman Takayuki Seki in 2004. They had two children together, a daughter born in 2004 and a son born in 2011, before they divorced in 2016. The family lived in Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ..., Australia, until she returned to Japan. Career Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
