Ōshima, Oshima, Ooshima or Ohshima (written: 大島, 大嶋 lit. "big island") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese sprint canoeist
* Hiromi Oshima, model and playmate
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Hiroshi Ōshima
Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese ambassador to Germany before and during World War II and (unwittingly) a major source of communications intelligence for the Allies. His role was perhaps best summed up by General Geo ...
, Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany during World War II
* Joun Ōshima, noted Japanese sculptor in the Meiji/Taisho era
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Mai Oshima
is a singer and a former member of the Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48.
Biography
In December 2005, Oshima became one of the 24 inaugural members of AKB48's Team A. Over the course of her career, she participated in most of AKB48's A-side sing ...
, Japanese idol, member of AKB48
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Masamitsu Ōshima
was a Japanese herpetologist and ichthyologist. He received his Master's from Stanford University
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(1884–1965), Japanese herpetologist and ichthyologist
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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. A ...
, Japanese writer
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Michiru Oshima
Michiru (満, みちる, ミチル) is a Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, 1970s J-Pop artist
*, Japanese composer
*, Japanese pop singer and songwriter
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese anime scriptwriter
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, Japanese composer
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Nagisa Oshima
is a Japanese name, Japanese given name used by either sex and is occasionally used as a surname.
Written forms
Nagisa can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*渚, "beach, strand"
*汀, "water's edge/shore"
*凪砂, "lu ...
, Japanese film director
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Naoto Ohshima
(born February 26, 1964) is a Japanese video game designer and artist, best known for designing Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman from Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise. Although Yuji Naka made a tech demo around which ''Sonic'' gameplay ...
, original character designer of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' and Dr. Robotnik
*, Japanese footballer
* Takanori Ōshima, Japanese sumo coach at Tomozuna stable
* Takatō Ōshima, made the first blast furnace and western-style cannons in Japan
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Towa Oshima
is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for the manga, '' High School Girls'' which was adapted to an anime called ''Girl's High''. Her father, Yasuichi Oshima, was a successful manga artist as well.
Manga
* '' High School Girls'' (20 ...
, manga artist
*, Japanese footballer
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Tsutomu Ohshima
is a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the organization Shotokan Karate of America (SKA).Yasunori Oshima, Japanese baseball player and manager
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Yuko Oshima
is a Japanese actress and former member of idol girl group AKB48, of which she was the captain of Team K. She was also a member of the AKB48 subunit Not Yet. In addition to the singles that involved the rock-paper-scissors tournaments, she sa ...