Ueno Yoshie (born Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a female Japanese flautist. Ms. Yoshie is a multiple…Ueno Yoshie (born Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a female Japanese flautist. Ms. Yoshie is a multiple prize-winner who has performed in Japan before the emperor and empress, and also in the United States, Germany, France, Austria, Russia, Korea, China, and Taiwan. As of 2017 she was based in Paris, France.
Kamome Shirahama (白浜 鴎, Shirahama Kamome) is a Japanese freelance manga artist and illustrator. She is best known as…Kamome Shirahama (白浜 鴎, Shirahama Kamome) is a Japanese freelance manga artist and illustrator. She is best known as the creator of her Witch Hat Atelier series. She has created variant covers and other illustrations for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and stories in the Star Wars franchise. She did the character designs for The Elder, part of the Star Wars: Visions short film series released in 2021, and she wrote the 2022 manga adaptation for it. She has also provided illustrations for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. She has won and been nominated for multiple awards, including the Eisner Award, the Harvey Award, the Kodansha Manga Award, the Manga Taishō, the Daruma d'Or Manga at the Japan Expo Awards, the Mangawa Award, and the Prix Babelio.
Mihoko Fujimura (Japanese: 藤村 実穂子, Hepburn: Fujimura Mihoko; born 1966) is a Japanese operatic mezzo-soprano who made…Mihoko Fujimura (Japanese: 藤村 実穂子, Hepburn: Fujimura Mihoko; born 1966) is a Japanese operatic mezzo-soprano who made an international career based in Europe. She was recognized internationally after her 2002 debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Fricka in Wagner's Ring cycle. In concert, she performed in Verdi's Requiem and Mahler's Resurrection Symphony. In 2020, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera.
