Doshin So (宗道臣, Sō Dōshin) (born Michiomi Nakano (中野道臣, Nakano Michiomi)), (1911–1980) was a Japanese soldier and…
Doshin So (宗道臣, Sō Dōshin) (born Michiomi Nakano (中野道臣, Nakano Michiomi)), (1911–1980) was a Japanese soldier and martial artist. He is most known as the creator and founder of Shorinji Kempo and the doctrine Kongo Zen (金剛禅, Kongō Zen). Practitioners of Shorinji Kempo refer to him as Kaiso, Japanese for "the founder".
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Famous People from Mimasaka, Okayama
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Juju Noda (Japanese: 野田 樹潤, Hepburn: Noda Juju; born 2 February 2006), also known mononymously as "Juju", is a Japanese…
Juju Noda (Japanese: 野田 樹潤, Hepburn: Noda Juju; born 2 February 2006), also known mononymously as "Juju", is a Japanese racing driver who is competing in the 2025 Super Formula Championship with Triple Tree Racing. She has previously competed in the W Series, and Euroformula Open. She is the daughter of former Formula 1 driver Hideki Noda.
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Atsuko Asano (Japanese: あさの あつこ, Hepburn: Asano Atsuko; born 1954 in Okayama Prefecture) is a Japanese writer. She…
Atsuko Asano (Japanese: あさの あつこ, Hepburn: Asano Atsuko; born 1954 in Okayama Prefecture) is a Japanese writer. She wrote the children's novel series Telepathy Shōjo Ran and the manga series The Manzai Comics. She started writing children's novels when she was in college. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University with the Bachelor of Letters degree. After that, she worked as a temporary teacher of the elementary school in Okayama for two years. She published Hotarukan monogatari as her first novel in 1991. She is married to a dentist and they have two sons and a daughter. Asano received the Noma Prize for Juvenile Literature in 1997 for the book series Battery, which has been adapted into a film. The same series won the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture Award in 2005. Her work frequently appears in literary magazines and she has also been featured in the Mainichi Shimbun. She is a supporter of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP).
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