Takuya Fujioka (藤岡琢也, Fujioka Takuya; 4 September 1930 – 20 October 2006) was a Japanese actor. He is most famous for…Takuya Fujioka (藤岡琢也, Fujioka Takuya; 4 September 1930 – 20 October 2006) was a Japanese actor. He is most famous for playing the role of Daikichi Okakura on the television drama series Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari. Fujioka attended Kwansei Gakuin University but dropped out because of illness. His first starring role in the film was in the Gambare Nihondanji. He died of chronic kidney disease on 20 October 2006 at the age of 76. His final film appearance was in The Blooming Again, released in 2004.
Satoshi Sumita (澄田 智, Sumita Satoshi; September 4, 1916 – September 7, 2008) was a Japanese businessman, central…Satoshi Sumita (澄田 智, Sumita Satoshi; September 4, 1916 – September 7, 2008) was a Japanese businessman, central banker, the 25th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) during a period in which Japan became the world's largest creditor nation.
Kenzō Tange (丹下 健三, Tange Kenzō; 4 September 1913 – 22 March 2005) was a Japanese architect. Born in Sakai and raised…Kenzō Tange (丹下 健三, Tange Kenzō; 4 September 1913 – 22 March 2005) was a Japanese architect. Born in Sakai and raised in China and southern Japan, Tange was inspired from an early age by the work of Le Corbusier and designed his first buildings under Imperial Japan. He first achieved recognition for his projects to reconstruct the destroyed cities of postwar Japan, particularly Hiroshima, where he designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. His engagement with the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne in the 1950s made him one of the first Japanese architects to achieve international recognition. Renowned for synthesizing traditional Japanese styles with modernism, Tange's work was emblematic of the Japanese postwar boom. However, he built major projects on five continents. He was a forerunner, mentor, and patron of the metabolist movement. He was also known as an ambitious, original urban planner whose ideas inspired the reconstruction of cities including Skopje. Tange would continue designing buildings until his death in 2005. Tange won awards for his contributions to architecture, including the Royal Gold Medal in 1965, the AIA Gold Medal in 1966, the Praemium Imperiale for Architecture in 1993, and the Pritzker Prize, the "Nobel Prize of architecture", in 1987.
Ryuichi Obitani (帯谷 竜一; older form 帶谷 龍一, Obitani Ryūichi; born September 4, 1908, date of death unknown) was a…Ryuichi Obitani (帯谷 竜一; older form 帶谷 龍一, Obitani Ryūichi; born September 4, 1908, date of death unknown) was a Japanese figure skater. He represented Japan at the 1932 Winter Olympics and World Figure Skating Championships in 1932.
Suzuki Bunji (鈴木 文治; 4 September 1885 – 12 March 1946) was a Japanese politician and labor activist. He founded the…Suzuki Bunji (鈴木 文治; 4 September 1885 – 12 March 1946) was a Japanese politician and labor activist. He founded the Yūaikai, an organization for laborers.
Mikito Takayasu (高安 右人; (1860–1938)) was a Japanese ophthalmologist known for his discovery of Takayasu's arteritis. He…Mikito Takayasu (高安 右人; (1860–1938)) was a Japanese ophthalmologist known for his discovery of Takayasu's arteritis. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1887 and worked at what was to become Kanazawa University School of Medicine in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. After moving to Beppu, Kyushu he died in November 1938.
Baron Furuichi Kōi (古市 公威; September 13, 1854 – January 28, 1934) was a Japanese civil engineer, who was president of…Baron Furuichi Kōi (古市 公威; September 13, 1854 – January 28, 1934) was a Japanese civil engineer, who was president of Kōka Daigaku, the present college of engineering of the University of Tokyo, and founding president of the Tokyo Underground Railway, "the first underground railway in the Orient".
