Bandō may refer to:
People
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Eiji Bandō
is a Japanese television entertainer, former baseball player and Youtuber. He pitched many innings in his high school career. The Japan High School Baseball Federation was afraid that he would injure his arm, so they set a new rematch rule in 195 ...
, Japanese entertainer/sportsman
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Naoki Bandō
, often credited as Naoki Bandou, is a Japanese voice actor who has worked on a few videogame titles and anime series. He provides the voice of Lord Emon in ''Shadow of the Colossus'', and the voice of Larikush in '' Baten Kaitos''. Some of his ...
, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese long-distance runner
*Japanese surname, especially among Kabuki actors, such as:
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Bandō Kakitsu I
was a Japanese kabuki actor of the Uzaemon acting lineage, also commonly known as . He was an influential actor during the Kaei through Meiji eras of the Japanese imperial calendar. He is best known for his ''wagotoshi'' roles.
Early life
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(1847–1893), Japanese kabuki actor of the Uzaemon acting lineage
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Bandō Shūka I
(1813-6 March 1855), also known as , was a Japanese Kabuki actor, and the first in the lineage to hold each of the stage-names Shūka and Tamasaburō.
Names
Like most Kabuki actors, and many artists of the time, Shūka had a number of other ...
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Bandō Tamasaburō
is a stage name taken on by a series of kabuki actors of the Bandō family. Of the five who have held this name, most were adopted into the lineage. Many members of the Bandō family were also adopted or blood members of the Morita family, who ...
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Bandō Tamasaburō V
(born 25 April 1950) is a Kabuki actor, and the most popular and celebrated ''onnagata'' (an actor specializing in female roles) currently on stage. He has also acted in a handful of films.
Life and career
Born in 1950, Shin'ichi Morita was a ...
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Bandō Mitsugorō III
was a Kabuki actor, one of the best ''tachiyaku'' (strong male role specialists) of the early 19th century. He is famous for a great many roles, and for his rivalry with the Kamigata (Kyoto-Osaka) actor Nakamura Utaemon III.
Names
Like most Ka ...
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Bandō Mitsugorō VIII
(19 October 1906 – 16 January 1975) was one of Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of ...
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Bandō Mitsugorō X
Bandō Mitsugorō X ( ja, 十代目 坂東 三津五郎) (January 23, 1956 – February 2, 2015) was a Japanese television presenter and kabuki actor. He was the grandson of Bandō Mitsugorō VIII and son of Bandō Mitsugorō IX.
Filmography
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Other
* An alternate name for
Kantō region
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Bandō, Ibaraki
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is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 51,577 in 18,441 households and a population density of 419 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 30.7 ...
, a city
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Bandō Prisoner of War camp Bandō may refer to: People
* Eiji Bandō, Japanese entertainer/sportsman
* Naoki Bandō, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese long-distance runner
*Japanese surname, especially among Kabuki actors, such as:
** Bandō Kakitsu I (1847–1893), Japanese k ...
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Bandō Station, a train station in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
See also
Bando (disambiguation) Bando may refer to:
Practices
* Bando, a Burmese self-defense martial art
* Bando (sport), a traditional Welsh sport and predecessor of Bandy
*Bando yoga
Places
*Bandō, Ibaraki, a Japanese city
*Byeonsan-bando National Park, South Korean na ...
Japanese-language surnames
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