Refimprove date July 2009 japanese name Kawakami Infobox person name KawakamiGensai birth date birth ... place Tokyo , Japan image Kawakami Gensai.jpg other names Takada Genbei movement organization Shishi organization Ishin shishi monuments awards religion footnotes nihongo KawakamiGensai 25 December ... this ceremony that he told the men of his admiration for them. In 1861, Gensai married Kawakami ... Bansai from the manga Gin Tama takes his name from Gensai. Notes reflist Persondata NAME Kawakami ... Kawakami, Gensai Category Japanese swordsmen Category Meiji Restoration Category Samurai Category 1834 ... convicted of murder ar es KawakamiGensai fr KawakamiGensai ko it KawakamiGensai lt Gensai Kavakamis ja pt KawakamiGensai ru uk zh ... . Gensai s high speed sword discipline was in the Shiranui ryu Shiranui ry . Birth and Early Life Unreferenced section date July 2009 KawakamiGensai was born in Kumamoto in 1834, to Komori Sadasuke, a retainer of the daimyo of the Kumamoto Domain . Because Gensai s older brother Hanzaemon was chosen as the family s heir, at age 11 he was given in adoption to Kawakami Genbei , another ... that this was a low level position, Gensai devoted himself wholeheartedly to it, using his free ... treaties , Gensai left Edo in anger and returned to Kumamoto, where he entered the Gend kan academy of the kinn scholar Hayashi en . After a thorough schooling in en s kinn philosophy, Gensai returned to Edo. Activity in the 1860s Unreferenced section date July 2009 Gensai was present at the Kumamoto ..., when a group of the escaping assassins suddenly entered the residence, it was Gensai who calmed down ... after Gensai s execution, thanks to Teiko s efforts. In 1862, he joined Kumamoto forces who were posted ... Jiken Ikedaya . Soon after, Gensai carried out his most famous and only confirmed assassination ..., and was imprisoned until just after the Meiji Restoration . The Restoration and Gensai s Death ... more details
Japanese places Kawakami District, Hokkaid , a district in Hokkaid In Okayama Prefecture , Kawakami, Okayama Kawakami was a town in the former Kawakami District Kawakami, Okayama Maniwa was a village in Maniwa District Kawakami, Nagano , a village in Nagano Prefecture Kawakami, Nara , a village in Nara Prefecture Kawaue, Gifu , a former village in Gifu Prefecture that is now part of the city of Nakatsugawa, Gifu, was written the same way as Kawakami . Japanese people KawakamiGensai 1834 71 , a famous samurai Hiromi Kawakami born 1958 , an author Juria Kawakami born 1993 , a singer Kawakami Kikuko 1904 1985 , a novelist Kenji Kawakami born 1946 , the inventor of Chind gu Kenshin Kawakami born 1975 , a Major League Baseball pitcher Kiyoshi Kawakami nicknamed Karl 1873 1949 , a journalist and author Masashi Kawakami born 1972 , a boxer Otojir Kawakami 1864 1911 , an actor and theatrical manager Yasuhiro Kawakami , a video game composer Disambiguation geo surname Category Japanese language surnames Category Surnames de Kawakami ko ja ru uk ... more details
dablink This article is about the former town in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. For other uses including other places with this name, see Kawakami . nihongo Kawakami Kawakami ch was a towns of Japan town located in the former Kawakami District, Okayama Kawakami District , Okayama Prefecture Okayama , Japan . On October 1, 2004 Kawakami, along with the town of Ukan, Okayama Ukan , from J b District, Okayama J b District , and the towns of Bitch , Okayama Bitch and Nariwa, Okayama Nariwa , all from Kawakami District, Okayama Kawakami District , was merged into the expanded city of Takahashi, Okayama Takahashi and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan municipality . As of 2003 , the town had an estimated population of 3,853 and a population density density of 44.33 persons per km . The total area was 86.91 km . External links http www.city.takahashi.okayama.jp Official website of Takahashi in Japanese Category Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture Okayama geo stub ja ... more details
Infobox Planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Kawakami symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer S. Ueda and H. Kaneda discovery site Kushiro discovered October 9, 1996 designations yes mp name 8413 alt names 1996 TV10 mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 2.5107795 perihelion 1.9565263 semimajor eccentricity 0.1240688 period 1219.3319802 avg speed inclination 5.91316 asc node 43.85411 mean anomaly 271.60509 arg peri 221.94930 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 13.9 8413 Kawakami 1996 TV10 is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on October 9, 1996 by S. Ueda and H. Kaneda at Kushiro . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 8413 Kawakami JPL Small Body Database Browser on 8413 Kawakami DEFAULTSORT Kawakami Category Main Belt asteroids Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1996 beltasteroid stub fa it 8413 Kawakami la 8413 Kawakami pl 8413 Kawakami pt 8413 Kawakami uk 8413 vi 8413 Kawakami yo 8413 Kawakami ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2009 Expand Japanese date February 2009 nihongo Genichi KawakamiKawakami Gen ichi extra January 30, 1912 &ndash May 25, 2002 was the president of the Yamaha Corporation from 1950 to 1977, and again from 1980 to 1983. He is often credited with the international success of Yamaha and was also widely influential as a community music educator . Born in Hamakita , Kawakami was a graduate of Takachiho University Takachiho College of Commerce . He started working for Yamaha in 1937, where his father, Kaichi Kawakami had been the president since 1927. Kawakami succeeded his father and introduced motorcycle production to Yamaha Yamaha Motor Corporation . He was very widely known for introducing motorcycles to Yamaha s corp. Retired in 1976, he wrote several books on music and founded the largest and most popular system of community music schools in the world. He died in Hamamatsu at the age of 90 of natural causes. Kawakami was married to Tamiko and had a son and a daughter. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Genichi ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1912 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2002 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Genichi Category 1912 births Category 2002 deaths Category Yamaha Corporation Category Japanese businesspeople Category People from Hamamatsu Japan business bio stub hu Kavakami Genicsi ja ... more details
Japanese name Kawakami nihongo Bizan KawakamiKawakami Bizan March 5, 1869 June 15, 1908 was a Japan ese novelist of Meiji era . His real name was Akira Kawakami , Kawakami Akira . Born in Osaka Prefecture , he dropped out of school of liberal arts in University of Tokyo Tokyo University and joined Kenyusha Ken yusha . After struggling with the rise of naturalism literature, he committed suicide . Aozora Bunko has a digitalized collection of his works. ref http www.aozora.gr.jp index pages person507.html bot generated title at www.aozora.gr.jp ref Notes Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Bizan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1869 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1908 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Bizan Category Japanese novelists Category University of Tokyo alumni Category People from Osaka Prefecture Category Suicides in Japan Category Suicides by sharp instrument Category Writers who committed suicide Category 1869 births Category 1908 deaths Japan writer stub es Bizan Kawakami ja zh ... more details
nihongo Kenji KawakamiKawakami Kenji extra born 1946 in Nara Prefecture is the inventor of the Japanese craze Chind gu . Kenji Kawakami has founded the international Chind gu society. The current president is Dan Papia. Chind gu is the art of creating a product whose usefulness is precluded by its absurdity. Chind gu is related to Rube Goldberg ism. Chind gu items must follow the ten tenets of Chind gu. Masks with receptacles for 20 cigarettes allowing a pack a day smoker to save time by smoking his dosage all at once , Fish Face Cover a kitchen aid that allows the user to cut the head off fish without having the dead fish stare back at them , and Training High Heels high heeled women s shoes with tiny training wheels attached to either side of the spike heel are all examples of Chind gu. External links http www.chindogu.com The International Chind gu Society http www.tackytreasures.com tackyhtml tackyimages chindogu r.jpg Cover image of Kawakami s book Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Kenji ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1946 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Kenji Category Japanese inventors Category 1946 births Category Living people Category People from Nara Prefecture engineer stub Japan bio stub fr Kenji Kawakami it Kenji Kawakami ... more details
Infobox City Japan Name Kawakami JapaneseName settlement type Village MapImage Kawakami in Nagano Prefecture Ja.svg Region Ch bu region Ch bu Prefecture Nagano Prefecture Nagano District Minamisaku District, Nagano Minamisaku ImageSkyline ImageCaption Area km2 209.61 PopDate 2003 Population 4,939 Density km2 auto Coords LatitudeDegrees 35 LatitudeMinutes 59 LatitudeSeconds LongtitudeDegrees 138 LongtitudeMinutes 35 LongtitudeSeconds Tree Flower Bird SymbolImage SymbolDescription Mayor CityHallPostalCode CityHallAddress CityHallPhone CityHallLink http www.vill.kawakami.nagano.jp Village of Kawakami nihongo KawakamiKawakami mura is a villages of Japan village located in Minamisaku District, Nagano Minamisaku District , Nagano Prefecture Nagano , Japan . As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,939 and a population density density of 23.56 persons per km . The total area is 209.61 km . Kawakami is famous for its lettuce, as well as the Kawakami ken breed of dogs. ref cite web title Kawakami Village Home Page url http www.vill.kawakami.nagano.jp english index.html accessdate April 13, 2011 ref Although it is not widely known, the source of the Chikuma River, the longest river in Japan, is in Kawakami. ref cite web title The Source of the Chikuma River url http www.vill.kawakami.nagano.jp english 03genryuu.html ref They maintain this as a point of pride, as it appears in various school songs. References Reflist External links Commons category inline http www.vill.kawakami.nagano.jp english index.html Kawakami official website en icon http www.vill.kawakami.nagano.jp Kawakami official website ja icon Category Villages in Nagano Prefecture Nagano geo stub ko ja ru uk zh ... more details
Infobox City Japan Name Kawakami JapaneseName settlement type Village MapImage Kawakami in Nara Prefecture.png Region Kansai region Kansai Prefecture Nara Prefecture District Yoshino District, Nara Yoshino Area km2 269.16 PopDate 2003 Population 2,286 Density km2 auto Coords LatitudeDegrees 34 LatitudeMinutes 20 LatitudeSeconds LongtitudeDegrees 135 LongtitudeMinutes 57 LongtitudeSeconds Tree Flower Bird SymbolImage SymbolDescription Mayor CityHallPostalCode CityHallAddress CityHallPhone CityHallLink http www.vill.kawakami.nara.jp Village of Kawakami dablink This article is about the village in Nara Prefecture, Japan. For other uses including other places with the same name, see Kawakami . nihongo KawakamiKawakami mura is a villages of Japan village located in Yoshino District, Nara Yoshino District , Nara Prefecture Nara , Japan . As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 2,286 and a population density density of 8.49 persons per km . The total area is 269.16 km . External links Commons category inline http www.vill.kawakami.nara.jp Kawakami official website ja icon Nara Prefecture Category Villages in Nara Prefecture Nara geo stub ko ja ru uk zh ... more details
nihongo Masashi KawakamiKawakami Masashi born February 23, 1972 in Tochigi is a retired boxing boxer from Japan , who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain . Japan sent four boxers to the Barcelona Games. Kawakami competed in the Men s Welterweight 67 kg division. He was defeated in his first match by Great Britain s Adrian Dodson after the referee stopped the contest in the third round. References http www.sports reference.com olympics athletes ka masashi kawakami 1.html Profile Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Masashi ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1972 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Masashi Category 1972 births Category Living people Category Japanese boxers Category Welterweight boxers Category Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category Olympic boxers of Japan Japan boxing bio stub ja ... more details
Nihongo Maiko KawakamiKawakami Maiko born February 5, 1966 is a Sweden Swedish born Japanese people Japanese actress who has starred in numerous movies and TV serials. She is a graduate of Keio University through distance education . Profile Maiko debuted on an NHK drama titled Kizuna . In 1980, she starred in the 2nd Kinpachi sensei series. The following year, she released a J pop single, Byakuya no sedai , as a Japanese idol . She married her junior high sweetheart in 1996, but was divorced in 2000. Kawakami is perhaps best known for her role in the 1989 Sesame Street TV special Big Bird in Japan . She was also a guest judge on the Japanese version of Iron Chef References reflist External links http www.imdb.com name nm0442799 Maiko Kawakami at IMDB. ja icon http www.anan.ne.jp kawakami Official website cite web url http www.jmdb.ne.jp person p0233410.htm title accessdate 2007 05 02 language Japanese work http www.jmdb.ne.jp JMDB cite web url http i dic.dorachan.com data?kwkmik00 title Kawakami Maiko accessdate 2007 05 02 work http i dic.dorachan.com Web I dic Idol Dictionary language Japanese Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Maiko ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1966 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Maiko Category Japanese actors Category 1966 births Category Living people Category Japanese people by ethnic or national origin ja tl Maiko Kawakami ... more details
Orphan date April 2010 Nihongo Takahisa KawakamiKawakami Takahisa born 5 January 1950 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka , Japan was the United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Security Sector Support and Rule of Law, United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste UNMIT . ref name bio http www.un.org Depts dpko missions unmit Kawakami bio.pdf UN Biography, Takahisa Kawakami . Retrieved on 28 September 2009 ref He was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on 2 September 2008. ref http www.un.org News Press docs 2008 sga1153.doc.htm Secretary General Appoints Takahisa Kawakami of Japan ref Prior to his appointment, he was Chief of Staff in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan UNAMA . Between 1995 and 2000, he worked at the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations. In between his service with the UN, he had been posted to the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations in New York twice, from 1987 to 1991 and 2003 to 2007. Kawakami obtained his degree in political science from Waseda University in Tokyo . ref name bio Kawakami died while serving in Dili, East Timor, on 14 March 2010. ref http www.un.org apps news story.asp?NewsID 34079 Ban mourns death of deputy head of UN peacekeeping mission in Timor Leste ref References Reflist External links http www.reliefweb.int rw rwb.nsf db900sid EGUA 7N9PLZ?OpenDocument Transcript of UNMIT press conference 08 Jan 2009 Use dmy dates date October 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Takahisa ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION United Nations official DATE OF BIRTH 5 January 1950 PLACE OF BIRTH Hamamatsu, Shizuoka , Japan DATE OF DEATH 14 March 2010 PLACE OF DEATH Dili , East Timor DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Takahisa Category 1950 births Category 2010 deaths Category United Nations officials ... more details
Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name Kikuko Kawakami image Kawakami Kikuko.jpg caption Kawakami Kikuko birth date birth date 1898 2 9 df y birth place Shizuoka Prefecture Shizuoka , Japan death date death date and age 1985 10 26 1898 2 9 df y death place Kamakura, Kanagawa , Japan occupation writer genre novels, poetry movement notableworks influences Hayashi Fusao , Kawabata Yasunari , Yosano Akiko influenced Japanese name Kawakami nihongo Kikuko KawakamiKawakami Kikuko extra 9 February 1904 26 October 1985 was a Japanese people Japanese woman writer active during the Showa period of Japan . Her maiden name was Shinoda Kikuko. Biography Kawakami Kikuko was born in Shizuoka Prefecture . She graduated from Heijo Higher Girls School and from the vocational course at Yamawaki Higher Girls School. In 1924 she accompanied her husband to Korea , then Korea under Japanese rule under Japanese rule , and lived there until 1931. In 1927, the Osaka Asahi Shimbun awarded her a prize for her novel, Aru Minikui Biganjutsu shi An Ugly Beautician , which it then ran as a serialized novel in the newspaper. After her return to Japan in 1931, she and her retired husband moved to Kamakura, Kanagawa Kamakura , Kanagawa prefecture , so that she could receive ... Kawakami to publish Fuyubi no Kage Shadow of a Winter s Day , Saigetsu Time and tide , and Metsubo ... for the 4th Akutagawa Prize . Following this recognition, Kawakami wrote a number of novels ... oppression under Japan s growing Japanese militarism militarism . After World War II , Kawakami ... bunka bunjinroku kawakami e.htm Kamakura Green Net site Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Kikuko ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 9 February 1898 ..., Kanagawa , Japan DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Kikuko Category 1904 births Category 1985 deaths Category ... Japanese women writers Category People from Shizuoka Prefecture de Kawakami Kikuko ... more details
Infobox volleyball player name Kana Kawakami fullname Kana Kawakami nickname image birth date Birth date 1984 08 20 mf y birth place Katsushika , Tokyo , Japan death date hometown Tokyo spike 270cm block height height m 1.63 precision 0 weight convert 53 kg lb abbr on position Libero currentclub currentnumber nationalteam Kana KawakamiKawakami Kana , born August 20, 1984 is a Japanese people Japanese volleyball player. Profiles Empty section date June 2010 Clubs BunkyoGakuin univ. Junior High KyoeiGakuen High School Aoyama Gakuin Univ. ZEILER KOENIZ Switzerland France? National team JPN Junior national team 2003 JPN Universiade national team 2007 JPN Universiade national team 2009 References Reflist External links http www.jva.or.jp world 2007 universiade women profile.php?n 4 JVA biography http www.volley koeniz.ch index.cfm?parents id 1862 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Kana ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1984 PLACE OF BIRTH Katsushika , Tokyo , Japan DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Kana Category Japanese volleyball players Category Living people Category 1984 births ... more details
Image Sadayakko and Otojiro Kawakami.jpg thumb 250px Otojir Kawakami right with his wife Sada Yacco . nihongo Otojir KawakamiKawakami Otojir extra 8 February 1864 11 November 1911 was a Japan ese actor and comedian from present day Hakata ku, Fukuoka , who led the Kawakami Theatre Troupe Imperial Japanese Theatrical Company on successful overseas tours in 1899 1901. This was the first Japanese theatre company to tour the West. In his teens, Otojiro left his home at Fukuoka and sailed to Osaka, then proceeded on foot to Tokyo, where he became a student and political activist. ref http ampontan.wordpress.com 2007 11 12 otojiro kawakami a tribute Kawakami Otojiro a tribute ref Under the influence of philosopher Chomin Nakae , he began staging theatre productions as an outlet for his political views. In 1891, he married the former geisha Sada Yacco , whose acting career he subsequently fostered. Playing to stereotypes, Kawakami distilled the exotic elements that were most likely to appeal in The Geisha and the Knight Geisha to bushi , an enormously popular pastiche now generally regarded as a travesty. During the 1900s decade 1900s he offered huge commissions to Japanese playwrights for adaptations of Shakespeare Sairoku 1900 , Osero 1902 and Hamuretto 1903 . He is also known for a satirical song called Oppekepe. ref cite web url http canpan.info open news 0000002477 news detail.html title 2007 12 publisher Hiragana Times date 2007 12 ref His wife, Sada ... death. Kawakami died in the theatre, where he had been taken following his collapse. ref Downer, Lesley ..., commissioned by Sada, was erected to Kawakami at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo, where he is buried ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami,Otojiro ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1864 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1911 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami,Otojiro ... japan actor stub ja pt Otojiro Kawakami tl Otojiro Kawakami ... more details
nihongo KawakamiKawakami son was a villages of Japan village located in Abu District, Yamaguchi Abu District , Yamaguchi Prefecture Yamaguchi , Japan . On March 6, 2005 Kawakami, along with the towns of Susa, Yamaguchi Susa and Tamagawa, Yamaguchi Tamagawa , and the villages of Asahi, Yamaguchi Asahi , Fukue, Yamaguchi Fukue and Mutsumi, Yamaguchi Mutsumi , all from Abu District, Yamaguchi Abu District , was merged into the expanded city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Hagi . As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,141 and a population density density of 12.24 persons per km . The total area was 93.22 km . External links http www.city.hagi.lg.jp Hagi official website ja icon Category Dissolved municipalities of Yamaguchi Prefecture Yamaguchi geo stub ja ... more details
Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name Hajime Kawakami image Kawakami Hajime.jpg imagesize 128px caption Kawakami Hajime pseudonym birth date October 20, 1879 birth place Yamaguchi Prefecture death date January 30, 1946 death place occupation Writer, Economist nationality Japanese period genre subject Marxism movement notableworks influences Karl Marx influenced nihongo Hajime KawakamiKawakami Hajime October 20, 1879 January 30, 1946 was a Japan ese Marxism Marxist economist of the Taish period Taish and early Sh wa period s. Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture Yamaguchi , he graduated from University of Tokyo Tokyo Imperial University . After writing for Yomiuri shimbun , he earned an economics professor ship at Kyoto University Kyoto Imperial University . Increasingly inclined toward Marxism , he participated in the March 15 incident of 1928, and was expelled from the university as a subversive . The following year, he joined the formation of a political party Shinr t . Kawakami went on to publish a Marxist oriented economics scholarly journal journal , Studies of Social Problems. After joining the then outlawed Communist Party of Japan , he was arrested in 1933 and sent to prison . Following his release in 1937, he translated Das Kapital from German language German into Japanese language Japanese . Kawakami spent the remainder of his life writing essays , novels , poetry , and the autobiography Jijoden . Jijoden was written secretly between 1943 and 1945 and serialized in 1946. It became a best seller and was extravagantly praised as being ... Tokuzo Fukuda and Hajime Kawakami Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Hajime ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October ... Kawakami, Hajime Category 1879 births Category 1946 deaths Category Japanese academics Category ... of Tokyo alumni Japan economist stub es Hajime Kawakami ko ja sv Hajime Kawakami ... more details
nihongo Yoshihiro KawakamiKawakami Yoshihiro extra born October 26, 1950 is a Japan ese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan Diet national legislature . A native of T haku District, Tottori and graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University , he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2003 after serving in the assembly of Tottori Prefecture for two terms. He lost his seat in 2005 but was re elected in 2007. References cite web url http www.senkyo.janjan.jp diet profile 0068 00068030.html title work http www.senkyo.janjan.jp publisher JANJAN accessdate 2007 11 10 language Japanese External links http www.e shingu.com kawakami top html home.html Official website in Japanese. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Yoshihiro ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1950 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Yoshihiro Category Aoyama Gakuin University alumni Category Members of the House of Representatives of Japan Category Members of the House of Councillors Category People from Tottori Prefecture Category Living people Category 1950 births Category Democratic Party of Japan politicians Japan politician 1950s stub ja ... more details
Mieko Kawakami , born August 29, 1976 is a Japan ese singer and writer from Osaka . She was awarded the 138th Akutagawa Prize for promising new writers of serious fiction 2007 for her novel Chichi to Ran Breasts and Egg . ref name tokyograph http www.tokyograph.com news id 2428 Singer Kawakami wins Akutagawa Prize Tokyograph January 17, 2008 Retrieved on January 26, 2008 ref ref name mainichi http mdn.mainichi.jp entertainment news 20080117p2a00m0et022000c.html Professional singer wins coveted Akutagawa literary award Mainichi Daily News January 17, 2008 Retrieved on January 26, 2008 ref Kawakami has released three albums and three singles as a singer. Chichi to Ran is her second novel. It describes the I novel I concept and the relation between the heart and the body through three female characters. ref name japantimes http search.japantimes.co.jp mail nn20080117a9.html Akutagawa, Naoki prizes awarded The Japan Times January 17, 2008 Retrieved on January 26, 2008 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Mieko ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1976 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Mieko Category 1976 births Category Living people Category Japanese writers Category Japanese female singers Category Winners of the Akutagawa Prize Category Writers from Osaka Japan writer stub id Mieko Kawakami ja tl Mieko Kawakami ... more details
Kawakami Hiromi Kawakami Hiromi born April 1, 1958, is a Japanese people Japanese writer known for her off beat fiction. She made her first debut as Yamada Hiromi in NW SF 16, edited by Yamano Koichi and Yamada Kazuko, in 1980 with the story So shimoku Diptera , and also helped edit some early issues of NW SF in the 1970 s. She reinvented herself as a writer and made her second debut in mainstream literature in 1994. Since then she has become one of the most popular and respected writers of fiction in Japan. Biography Born in Tokyo , Kawakami graduated from Ochanomizu University Ochanomizu Women s College in 1980. Her first novel God Kamisama was published in 1994. In 1996, she was awarded the Akutagawa Prize for Tread On A Snake Hebi wo fumu . In 2000 she won the It Sei Bungaku Sh It Sei Literature Prize and the Jory Bungaku Sh Woman Writer s Prize for Oboreru . In 2001, she went on to win the Tanizaki Prize for her novel The Teacher s Briefcase Sensei no kaban , a love story between a woman in her thirties and a man in his seventies. In 2007 she was honored by the Ministry of Education for her novel Manazuru . She is also known as a literary critic and a provocative essayist. Selected works Kamisama God , 1994 An partial English translation of this story is included in Read Real Japanese , a compilation of Japanese short stories edited by Michael Emmerich, published in 2008. Hebi wo fumu , Tread On A Snake , 1996 Oboreru Drowning , 2000 Sensei no kaban The Teacher s Briefcase , 2000 Furudogu Nakano Shoten The Nakano Thrift Store , 2005 Pasuta Mashiin Yuurei ... Kawakami, Hiromi ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1958 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Hiromi Category 1958 births Kawakami Hiromi Category Living people Kawakami Hiromi Category Japanese writers Category Winners of the Akutagawa Prize de Hiromi Kawakami es Hiromi Kawakami fr Hiromi Kawakami ja zh ... more details
Infobox baseball biography name Kenshin Kawakami image Kenshin Kawakami on August 3, 2009.jpg image size ... Valuable Player Award Central League MVP Kenshin Kawakami born June 22, 1975 is a right handed ... . Japanese career He originally pitched for the Chunichi Dragons of the Central League . Kawakami ... has pitched a no hitter in his professional career. In 2004, Kawakami went 17 7 and led Chunichi ..., Kawakami was named Central League MVP and received the Eiji Sawamura Award as Japan s best pitcher. Kawakami again won 17 games in 2006 and led the Dragons to the Central League title again, winning Game 1 of the Japan Series against the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters . In 2007, Kawakami helped ... games. Major League Baseball career On January 13, mlby 2009 , Kawakami signed a three year deal ... 01 10 braves pitcher kawakami.html title Braves land Japanese ace Kawakami work ajc.com date 2009 ... pitcher Kenshin Kawakami ref Kenshin Kawakami threw his first game as an Atlanta Brave on February 26 in a Spring Training game against the Pirates. Kawakami pitched two innings allowing one hit and striking out one batter. Kawakami pitched his first Major League game on April 11, 2009 against the Washington ... out 8 in 6 innings. ref cite web url http sports.espn.go.com mlb recap?gameId 290411115 title Kawakami ...&content id 5415310&vkey news atl&fext .jsp&c id atl Kawakami faces down Dice K, Sox ref A video game version of Kawakami helped Wade McGilberry from Mobile, Alabama win 1 million as part of the Major League Baseball 2K10 Perfect Game Challenge. McGilberry used Kawakami to pitch a perfect game ... with the contest rules. ref http www.ajc.com sports atlanta braves kenshin kawakami hurls perfect 520637.html ref On June 26, 2010, Kawakami got his first Win loss record pitching win of the 2010 Major ... for the Atlanta Braves Braves . After being sent to the bullpen, Kawakami only pitched once in 40 games ... 2010, the Braves outrighted Kawakami to their Double A affiliate, the Mississippi Braves . ref http ... more details
Infobox military person name Viscount Kawakami S roku birth date November 11, 1848 death date Death date and age 1899 05 11 1848 11 11 birth place Kagoshima , Satsuma han Satsuma domain, Japan death place Tokyo , Japan image Image Kawakami Soroku.jpg center 180px caption Official photo of Viscount Kawakami S roku nickname allegiance Empire of Japan branch Image War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg 22x20px border Imperial Japanese Army serviceyears 1871 1899 rank General commands unit battles Boshin War br First Sino Japanese War awards Order of the Rising Sun 1st class br Order of the Golden Kite 2nd class br Order of the Rising Sun 1st class with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon br Grand Order of the Chrysanthemum . family laterwork Image Grave of Soroku Kawakami, in the Aoyama Cemetery.jpg thumb right 200px Grave of Kawakami Soroku Japanese name Kawakami Viscount nihongo Kawakami S roku extra 11 November 1848 &ndash 11 May 1899 , was a general and one of the chief military strategy military strategists in the Imperial Japanese Army during the First Sino Japanese War . Biography Born in Satsuma han Satsuma Domain to a samurai class family, Kawakami fought on the Imperial side for the Meiji Restoration against the forces for the Tokugawa Shogunate starting with the Battle of Toba Fushimi . He distinguished himself by his defense of the besieged Kumamoto Castle in the Boshin ... general . During the First Sino Japanese War , Kawakami served as senior military staff officer ... to the nobility with the title of shishaku viscount under the kazoku peerage system. Kawakami was posthumously ... 7 title Kawakami Soroku work Portraits of Modern Historical Figures Notes reflist Persondata NAME Kawakami ... Kawakami, Soroku Category Japanese generals Category People of the Boshin War Category People from ... Sino Japanese War Category People in Meiji period Japan Category Shimazu retainers fr S roku Kawakami ja ru vi Kawakami Soroku zh ... more details
File Kawakami195104.jpg thumb Tetsuharu Kawakami s batting in 1951 nihongo Tetsuharu KawakamiKawakami Tetsuharu extra born March 23, 1920 is a former Japanese people Japanese baseball player and manager. Born in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto , he was nicknamed God of batting as a player. In 1951, he had whiffed only 6 times, which is the Japanese single season tie record. He was ruthless as a manager, but it made his team strong. He led Yomiuri Giants to nine consecutive championships as a manager. Filmography Tetsuharu Kawakami played in 3 films ref http www.jmdb.ne.jp person p0233360.htm accessed 27 January 2009 ref 1949 Kawakami Tetsuharu monogatari sebang 16 1957 as himself 1977 Kawakami is referred to by name in the baseball game scene from film director Akira Kurosawa s Stray Dog 1949 aka Nora Inu References Reflist External links Commonscat inline japanesebaseball id 1648 s start s ach aw succession box before Victor Starffin title Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Japanese Baseball League MVP years By 1941 after Shigeru Mizuhara succession box before Makoto Kozuru br Shigeru Sugishita title Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Central League MVP years By 1951 br By 1955 after Takehiko Bessho br Takehiko Bessho s sports succession box before Shigeru Mizuhara title Yomiuri Giants Yomiuri Giants manager years npby 1961 &ndash npby 1974 after Shigeo Nagashima end box Yomiuri Giants Central League MVPs Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Tetsuharu ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1920 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Tetsuharu Category Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners Category 1920 births Category Living people Category People from Kumamoto Prefecture Category Japanese baseball players Category Managers of baseball teams in Japan Category Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Category Yomiuri Giants players ... more details
Infobox football biography name Norihiro Kawakami image fullname Norihiro Kawakami birth date Birth date and age 1987 4 4 cityofbirth Izumo, Shimane countryofbirth Japan height height m 1.84 precision 0 position Defender football Defender currentclub clubnumber youthyears1 youthclubs1 Taishi High School years1 2006 2008 years2 2006 2008 years3 2009 clubs1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba clubs2 JEF United Ichihara Chiba Reserves loan clubs3 Tochigi S.C. Tochigi caps1 0 goals1 0 caps2 59 goals2 3 caps3 goals3 nationalyears1 nationalteam1 nationalcaps1 nationalgoals1 pcupdate 20 December 2008 ntupdate nihongo Norihiro KawakamiKawakami Norihiro born April 4, 1987 in Izumo, Shimane is a Japanese people Japanese football soccer football player. ref cite web publisher Guardian.co.uk title Stats Centre Norihiro Kawakami Facts url http guardian.touch line.com StatsCentre.asp?CTID 63&CPID 152&TEID 7608&PLID 214246&pStr Player accessdate 2009 06 23 ref Club career statistics Football player club statistics 1 YYN Football player club statistics 2 JPN YYN 2006 rowspan 3 JEF United Ichihara Chiba rowspan 3 J. League Division 1 J. League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2009 Tochigi S.C. Tochigi J. League Division 2 J. League 2 6 1 0 0 colspan 2 6 1 Football player club statistics 3 1 JPN 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 Football player club statistics 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Norihiro ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer DATE OF BIRTH 1987 04 04 PLACE OF BIRTH Izumo, Shimane , Japan DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Norihiro Category 1987 births Category Living people Category JEF United Ichihara Chiba players Category Tochigi SC players Category J. League Division 1 players Category J. League Division 2 players Category Japanese footballers Japan footy defender stub ja simple Norihiro Kawakami ... more details
nihongo Yuko KawakamiKawakami Y ko born 1 August 1975 in Kumamoto is a Japanese people Japanese long distance runner. In 10,000 metres she finished seventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics , won the Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games 1998 Asian Games and finished tenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics . She finished fifteenth in 5000 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics 1997 World Championships . Achievements AchievementTable colspan 5 Representing JPN 1997 Athletics at the 1997 East Asian Games East Asian Games Busan, South Korea bgcolor cc9966 3rd 10,000 m Personal bests 3000 metres 8 55.8 min 1998 5000 metres 15 37.08 min 1997 10,000 metres 31 09.46 min 2000 Half marathon 1 09 38 hrs 2002 marathon race Marathon 2 34 09 hrs 1999 External links iaaf name id 115267 name Yuko Kawakami br Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kawakami, Yuko ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Japanese long distance runner DATE OF BIRTH 1975 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kawakami, Yuko Category 1975 births Category Living people Category Japanese long distance runners Category Athletes track and field at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category Athletes track and field at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category Olympic athletes of Japan Category Asian Games medalists in athletics track and field Japan athletics bio stub ja ... more details
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