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Places in Japan

Miura, Kanagawa is a Cities of Japan, city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of April 1, 2017, the city had an estimated population of 44,132, with 17,473 households, and a population density of . The total area is . History The area of modern Miura ...

Miurakaigan Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Miura, Kanagawa, Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihin Electric Express Railway, Keikyū. Lines Miurakaigan Station is served by the Keikyū Kurih ...

, a railway station, Miura * Miura District, Kanagawa *

Miura Peninsula is a peninsula located in Kanagawa, Japan. It lies south of Yokohama and Tokyo and divides Tokyo Bay, to the east, from Sagami Bay, to the west. Cities and towns on the Miura Peninsula include Yokosuka, Miura, Hayama, Zushi, and Kamak ...

People

Miura (surname) Miura (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese author *, Japanese lieutenant general *, Japanese singer and dancer *, Japanese freestyle skier *, Japanese actor *, Japanese stage actor *, Japanese mix ...

Miura clan The was one of the branch families descended from the Taira clan. They held large fiefs, and retained great political influence. They were one of the primary opponents of the Hōjō clan, Hōjō family of Shikken, regents in the mid-13th ce ...

, Japanese descended clan of the Taira *

Miura Anjin , better known in Japan as , was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan. He was later granted samurai status, and was recognised as one of the most influential foreigners in Japan during the early 17th ce ...

, honorific title of William Adams (1564–1620) *

Miura Gorō Viscount was a lieutenant general in the early Imperial Japanese Army; he is notable for orchestrating the murder of Queen Min of Korea in 1895. Biography Miura was born in Hagi in Chōshū Domain (modern Yamaguchi Prefecture), to a ''s ...

(1847–1926), lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army *

Haruma Miura was a Japanese actor and singer. He made his acting debut in the television drama ''Agri'' (1997) and rose to popularity after starring in the film ''Koizora'' (2007), winning Newcomer of the Year at the 31st Japan Academy Prize. In the follo ...

(1990–2020), Japanese actor, singer and model *

Kentaro Miura was a Japanese manga artist. He was best known for his dark fantasy series '' Berserk'', which began serialization in 1989. By 2023, ''Berserk'' had over 60 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all t ...

(1966–2021), Japanese manga artist and author *

Kazuyoshi Miura , nicknamed King Kazu, is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Japan Football League club Atletico Suzuka, on loan from J1 League club Yokohama FC. He is the world's second oldest active player to play and oldest to s ...

(born 1967), Japanese professional footballer

Fictional characters

Miura Haru Miura may refer to: Places in Japan * Miura, Kanagawa ** Miurakaigan Station, a railway station, Miura * Miura District, Kanagawa * Miura Peninsula People * Miura (surname) * Miura clan, Japanese descended clan of the Taira * Miura Anjin, honori ...

, from ''Reborn!'' *

Miura Hayasaka is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma, the creator of ''Azumanga Daioh''. It has been serialized since January 2003 in the monthly magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' by ASCII Media Works, formerly MediaWorks (publisher ...

, from ''Yotsuba&!'' * Azusa Miura, a character from ''The Idolmaster'' * Naoto Miura, from ''

Clockwork Planet is a Japanese light novel series, written by Yuu Kamiya and Tsubaki Himana, and illustrated by Shino. Kodansha has published four volumes since April 2, 2013, under their Kodansha Ranobe Bunko imprint. The story is set in a clockpunk fantas ...

Science and technology

Miura 1 Miura 1 (previously called Arion 1) is a suborbital recoverable launch vehicle developed by the Spanish company PLD Space. It is the first launch vehicle in Europe that is designed to be recoverable. It was first launched successfully on October ...

, suborbital rocket by the Spanish company PLD Space *

Miura 5 Miura 5 is a two-stage European orbital Reusable launch system, recoverable launch vehicle currently under development by the Spanish company PLD Space. In a standard two-stage configuration, it will have a length of 34 m, be capable of inserting ...

, orbital recoverable rocket by the Spanish company PLD Space *

Miura fold The is a method of folding a flat surface such as a sheet of paper into a smaller area. The fold is named for its inventor, Japanese astrophysicist Kōryō Miura. The crease patterns of the Miura fold form a tessellation of the surface by pa ...

, of paper *

Miura bull The Spanish Fighting Bull is an Iberian heterogeneous cattle (''Bos taurus'') population. It is exclusively bred free-range on extensive estates in countries where bullfighting is organized. Fighting bulls are selected primarily for a certai ...

, a line within the Spanish Fighting Bull

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Lamborghini Miura The Lamborghini Miura is a sports car produced by Italian automaker Lamborghini between 1966 and 1973. The car was the first high-performance production road car with a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, which has since become the standa ...

, a sports car * "Miura", a song from the self-titled album ''

Metro Area Metro Area is a Brooklyn-based house and nu-disco duo formed in 1998 by Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. History Geist grew up in Wayne, New Jersey, Spring Arts Clubs: Electro-Shock by Tricia Romano">village voice > nyclife > Spring Arts ...

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