Nikken Abe (阿部日顕, Abe Nikken; also known as Nikken Shonin; 19 December 1922 – 20 September 2019) was a Japanese…
Nikken Abe (阿部日顕, Abe Nikken; also known as Nikken Shonin; 19 December 1922 – 20 September 2019) was a Japanese Buddhist monk who served as the 67th High Priest of Nichiren Shōshū and chief priest of Taiseki-ji head Temple in Fujinomiya, Japan. Before becoming High Priest, he served as the head of the doctrinal department of Nichiren Shoshu and as such was involved in the compilation of many of the school's publications. As High Priest, Abe affirmed the permanent expulsion of the Soka Gakkai on 28 November 1991 and was known for the destruction of the "Sho Hondo" in 1997 and the return of the Head Temple Taiseki-ji to earlier traditional and orthodox practices that were prevalent up to 1970. Ultimately, he reconstructed a new replacement building "Hoando" in June 2002. He retired as High Priest on 15 December 2005 and was succeeded by Hayase Nichinyo Shonin. Abe died on 20 September 2019 in his private residence in Nakamachi Street, in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo, aged 96.
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Isao Okazaki (岡崎 功, Okazaki Isao; 1920–2006) was a Japanese right-wing activist who caused the Matsue Incident in 1945.
Nichidatsu Fujii (藤井 日達, Fujii Nichidatsu; August 6, 1885 – January 9, 1985) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, and founder…
Nichidatsu Fujii (藤井 日達, Fujii Nichidatsu; August 6, 1885 – January 9, 1985) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, and founder of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji order of Buddhism. He is best known for his decision in 1947 to begin constructing Peace Pagodas in many locations around the world as shrines to world peace. Fujii was born into a peasant family in the wilderness of the Aso Caldera. At the age of 19, he was ordained a monk in the unusually ascetic and intellectual tradition of Hōon-ji in Usuki, Ōita. He started missionary activities in Manchuria in 1917, but the Great Kanto earthquake made him return to Japan in 1923. After reading Nichiren's declaration that the Lotus Sutra would one day be preached in India, he decided to go there. He arrived in Calcutta in January 1931 and walked throughout the town chanting the daimoku and beating a drum, a practice known as gyakku shōdai. In 1933, he met Mahatma Gandhi at his ashram in Wardha. Gandhi was honored by his presence, and added the daimoku to his ashram's prayers. He also gifted a small statue of Three Wise Monkeys to Gandhi. During World War II and despite the dangers to himself he declared himself in favour of pacifism and went round Japan actively promoting it. He later recollected: "The Pacific war raged ever more brutally. I could no longer...keep silent about the war, in which people were killing one another. Thus I traveled through the whole of Japan and preached resistance against the war and [advocated] the prayer for peace. It was a time in which any person who only spoke about resistance to the war, would go to prison because of that alone".
Nanae Katō (加藤 奈々絵, Katō Nanae) is a Japanese voice actress. Her best-known roles are as title characters in Croket!…
Nanae Katō (加藤 奈々絵, Katō Nanae) is a Japanese voice actress. Her best-known roles are as title characters in Croket!, Noramimi, and as well the lead role of Ahiru Arima from Princess Tutu.
Taijō Fujimoto (藤本 泰譲, Fujimoto Taijō; September 24, 1935 – June 10, 2019) known professionally as Yuzuru Fujimoto (藤本…
Taijō Fujimoto (藤本 泰譲, Fujimoto Taijō; September 24, 1935 – June 10, 2019) known professionally as Yuzuru Fujimoto (藤本 譲, Fujimoto Yuzuru), was a Japanese voice actor.
Ginzō Matsuo (松尾 銀三, Matsuo Ginzō; December 26, 1951 – August 25, 2001) was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator…
Ginzō Matsuo (松尾 銀三, Matsuo Ginzō; December 26, 1951 – August 25, 2001) was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator born in Nakatsu, Oita, Japan as Kōichi Matsuo (松尾廣一, Matsuo Kōichi). He was part of Aoni Production at the time of his death, but he established Gin Production in 1997. He was most known for the roles of Hemu-Hemu in Nintama Rantarō and Ginnosuke Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan. On August 25, 2001, he died from acute subarachnoid hemorrhage, at the age of 49. His final roles were Captain Smoker in One Piece, Biff in s-CRY-ed and Taizo Kotobuki in Super GALS!.
Chiaki Satō (佐藤 千亜妃, Satō Chiaki; born September 20, 1988) is a Japanese actress and musician. She was the vocalist and…
Chiaki Satō (佐藤 千亜妃, Satō Chiaki; born September 20, 1988) is a Japanese actress and musician. She was the vocalist and guitarist for the band Kinoko Teikoku. She was born in Iwate Prefecture, and attended the private Yakumo Gakuen High School in Tokyo.