Haruka Saito (斎藤 春香, Saitō Haruka) (born March 14, 1970, in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan) is a Japanese softball player. She…Haruka Saito (斎藤 春香, Saitō Haruka) (born March 14, 1970, in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan) is a Japanese softball player. She played in the Hitachi softball club from 1994 to 2006 and represented Japan as part of the Japan women's national softball team in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympic Games. In 2000 and 2004, she played in the teams that won the bronze and silver medals, respectively.
Yoshiko Takahara (Japanese: 高原 徳子, 1949 – November 6, 2023), better known under the stage name Yoshiko Miura (Japanese…Yoshiko Takahara (Japanese: 高原 徳子, 1949 – November 6, 2023), better known under the stage name Yoshiko Miura (Japanese: 三浦徳子), was a Japanese lyricist.
Atsuko Shimoda (下田 敦子, Shimoda Atsuko; born August 5, 1940) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan…Atsuko Shimoda (下田 敦子, Shimoda Atsuko; born August 5, 1940) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hirosaki, Aomori and graduate of Akita Junior College (now Akita Eiyo Junior College), she was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 after serving in the city assembly of Hirosaki for three terms.
Nui Sano (Japanese: 佐野 ぬい, romanized: Sano Nui; November 16, 1932 – August 23, 2023) was a Japanese yōga…Nui Sano (Japanese: 佐野 ぬい, romanized: Sano Nui; November 16, 1932 – August 23, 2023) was a Japanese yōga ("Western-style") painter. She was known for her rhythmic, abstract style and her frequent use of the color blue. A longtime instructor at the Joshibi University of Art and Design, she served as the school's president from 2007 to 2011.
Tomoko Naraoka (奈良岡 朋子, Naraoka Tomoko; December 1, 1929 – March 23, 2023) was a Japanese actress and narrator. The…Tomoko Naraoka (奈良岡 朋子, Naraoka Tomoko; December 1, 1929 – March 23, 2023) was a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongō (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel Naomi. In 1981 she appeared in Rengō Kantai (lit. "Combined Fleet", United States title: The Imperial Navy). She also appeared in Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (a 1988 movie in the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series) as well as eight films in the Tsuribaka Nisshi series. Naraoka has appeared in several NHK Taiga dramas. Her first was the 1969 Ten to Chi to, in the role of the wife of Uesugi Sadazane. She portrayed Kita no Mandokoro (the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi) in Haru no Sakamichi (1971). Her next Taiga drama appearance was in 1976 in Kaze to Kumo to Niji to. She narrated the 1986 Inochi and 1989 Kasuga no Tsubone. She is the narrator of the 2008 drama Atsuhime. Other noteworthy narration roles include the 1983 serialized morning television drama Oshin. She also narrated Onna wa Dokyō (1992) and Haru Yo Koi (1994–1995). A nonfiction voice role was in the series Kiwameru: Nihon no Bi to Kokoro. Naraoka died from pneumonia on March 23, 2023, at the age of 93.
Miki Hanada (花田 ミキ, Hanada Miki; 9 September 1914 – 1 August 2006) was a Japanese researcher of health nursing and…Miki Hanada (花田 ミキ, Hanada Miki; 9 September 1914 – 1 August 2006) was a Japanese researcher of health nursing and health advisor. She devoted herself to saving lives and health of people in Aomori Prefecture after the World War II, making efforts in building the educational institute for nurses, resolving towns and villages without health nurses from the standpoint of health administration, and establishing the system of rescue and nursing in remote areas. Her attitude has been handed down to a number of people who engage in nursing in Aomori even in Heisei period. Having worked as a military nurse during the war, she is known as a person who kept on telling her experiences during the war through self-published books because of an unwavering belief that "everything that stands against life is evil".