Nobuo Kojima (小島 信夫, Kojima Nobuo; February 28, 1915 – October 26, 2006) was a Japanese writer prominent in the postwar…
Nobuo Kojima (小島 信夫, Kojima Nobuo; February 28, 1915 – October 26, 2006) was a Japanese writer prominent in the postwar era. He is most readily associated with other writers of his generation, such as Shōtarō Yasuoka, who describe the effects of Japan's defeat in World War II on the country's psyche. From an early age, Kojima read a wide variety of literature, both Japanese and Western, and such writers as Nikolai Gogol, Franz Kafka, and Fyodor Dostoevsky had a strong influence on his work. In addition to his fiction, he had a long career as a professor of English literature at Meiji University in Tokyo, publishing criticism and making translations of many major American writers, including Dorothy Parker, Irwin Shaw, and Bernard Malamud.
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Takeyoshi Kawashima (川島 武宜, Kawashima Takeyoshi; 17 October 1909 – 21 May 1992) was a Japanese jurist. He was a…
Takeyoshi Kawashima (川島 武宜, Kawashima Takeyoshi; 17 October 1909 – 21 May 1992) was a Japanese jurist. He was a prominent representative of post-war liberalism in Japan and the country's leading legal sociologist. Serving as Sakae Wagatsuma's assistant after 1932, Kawashima was appointed professor of civil law at the University of Tokyo in 1934. In his writings, he sought to develop a system of modern, Western, capitalist society based on the principle of the exchange of goods, which he contrasted to Japanese society with its remaining pre-modern and feudalist elements. His criticism of Japanese domestic ideology in The familial structure of Japanese society (日本社會の家族的構成; Nihon shakai no kazokuteki kōsei) (1954) was a popular success. As a collaborator on the post-war reform of Japanese family law, Kawashima was unable to realize his ambitious ideas, but served as a counterweight to conservatives including Eiichi Makino. In his 1963 article "Dispute Resolution in Contemporary Japan", he argued that although litigation is not a preferred method of dispute resolution anywhere, the Japanese have a particular cultural aversion to litigation. The article has sparked heated debate, generating various perspectives, notably John Haley's "The Myth of the Reluctant Litigant" and Mark Ramseyer's "Reluctant Litigant Revisited".
Eizō Katō (加藤 栄三, Katō Eizō; August 20, 1906 – May 24, 1972) was a Japanese painter in the nihonga style. He and his…
Eizō Katō (加藤 栄三, Katō Eizō; August 20, 1906 – May 24, 1972) was a Japanese painter in the nihonga style. He and his younger brother, Tōichi Katō, have a museum dedicated to their works in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture.
Shigesaburō Miyazaki (宮崎 繁三郎; January 4, 1892 – August 30, 1965) was a Japanese major general of the Imperial Japanese…
Shigesaburō Miyazaki (宮崎 繁三郎; January 4, 1892 – August 30, 1965) was a Japanese major general of the Imperial Japanese Army who was notable for commanding the Japanese 31st Division in the Burma Campaign of 1944. His eldest son was Shigeki Miyazaki who was the former president of Meiji University.
Kenkichi Kagami (各務 鎌吉, Kagami Kenkichi; 1869 - 1939) was a Japanese businessman.
Haruka Aizawa (あいざわ 遥, Aizawa Haruka also known as Kotone Kuroki; born May 21, 1970) is a Japanese manga author and…
Haruka Aizawa (あいざわ 遥, Aizawa Haruka also known as Kotone Kuroki; born May 21, 1970) is a Japanese manga author and illustrator. One of her most notable works was Colorful Palette.
Shinnosuke Tachibana (立花 慎之介, Tachibana Shinnosuke; born April 26, 1978) is a Japanese voice actor, singer and…
Shinnosuke Tachibana (立花 慎之介, Tachibana Shinnosuke; born April 26, 1978) is a Japanese voice actor, singer and narrator. He is married to voice actress Ao Takahashi.
Miona Hori (堀 未央奈, Hori Miona; born October 15, 1996), is a Japanese actress and YouTuber. She is a former second…
Miona Hori (堀 未央奈, Hori Miona; born October 15, 1996), is a Japanese actress and YouTuber. She is a former second generation member of the idol girl group Nogizaka46, and a regular model for the fashion magazine ar.
Reina Sumi (鷲見 玲奈, Sumi Reina; born 12 May 1990) is a Japanese freelance announcer and tarento who is a former TV Tokyo…
Reina Sumi (鷲見 玲奈, Sumi Reina; born 12 May 1990) is a Japanese freelance announcer and tarento who is a former TV Tokyo announcer. She was born in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture.
Yoko Kumada (熊田 曜子, Kumada Yōko; born May 13, 1982) is a Japanese gravure idol, singer, and YouTuber originally from…
Yoko Kumada (熊田 曜子, Kumada Yōko; born May 13, 1982) is a Japanese gravure idol, singer, and YouTuber originally from Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with Artist-house Pyramid Inc.
Runa Imai (今井 月, Imai Runa; born August 15, 2000) is a Japanese swimmer. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in…
Runa Imai (今井 月, Imai Runa; born August 15, 2000) is a Japanese swimmer. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 meter individual medley. She swam the 11th best time in the heats and qualified for the semifinals, where she was eliminated with a 15th-place finish. Imai took up swimming aged three following her elder brother Hikaru, who is also a competitive swimmer. Her mother died in 2008. As a 14-year-old at the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Hawaii, United States, Imai won the gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:26.04, the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1:09.25, and the silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, splitting a 1:08.18 to contribute to the final time of 4:04.11.
Hiroyuki Ito (伊藤 裕之, Itō Hiroyuki) is a Japanese game producer, director and designer who works for Square Enix. He is…
Hiroyuki Ito (伊藤 裕之, Itō Hiroyuki) is a Japanese game producer, director and designer who works for Square Enix. He is known as the director of Final Fantasy VI (1994), Final Fantasy IX (2000) and Final Fantasy XII (2006) and as the creator of the Active Time Battle (ATB) system in the Final Fantasy series.
Kokomo Murase (Japanese: 村瀬心椛; born 7 November 2004) is a Japanese snowboarder who competes in the slopestyle and big…
Kokomo Murase (Japanese: 村瀬心椛; born 7 November 2004) is a Japanese snowboarder who competes in the slopestyle and big air events. She competed in the women's slopestyle event at the 2022 Winter Olympics and won the gold medal in the big air event at the 2026 Winter Olympics. She also won the overall title in the slopestyle and freestyle at the 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup.