Toshihisa Nishi (仁志 敏久, Nishi Toshihisa; born October 4, 1971 in Ibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan) is a Japanese former…
Toshihisa Nishi (仁志 敏久, Nishi Toshihisa; born October 4, 1971 in Ibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball player.
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Seiichi Hishikawa (菱川 勢一, Hishikawa Seiichi; born in 1969 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film maker, art director, and…
Seiichi Hishikawa (菱川 勢一, Hishikawa Seiichi; born in 1969 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film maker, art director, and photographer who began his career in the music industry. He entered CBS/Sony Group in the General Affairs section, General Affairs division, and eventually moved on to the Sony Corporation. PR/Advertising division, overseeing a great number of events at the Ginza Sony Building etc. as an assistant producer. This was also the time that he began producing exhibitions for creators of contemporary art as well as artists. In 1991, Hishikawa moved to New York and moved from music to film, as an editing engineer as well as a cinematographer, gaining experience in media including TV and movies. After returning to Japan, he gained experience as a freelance set director, cinematographer, and theatre director before establishing Drawing and Manual, a company that does graphic design and film. That same year, he hosted a motion graphics exhibition at the Axis Gallery in Roppongi, leading the motion graphics movement and attracting a total of 45,000 visitors despite being self-hosted. Known as the founder of that movement, Hishikawa established his own design studio in 2003, Standard Series, Inc. Expanding on the cinema, web, and graphic design work he has done up until now, the company also provides brand design and design consultation services. In 2009, Hishikawa joined Drawing and Manual again, and he accepted a position to teach in the Department of Science of Design, Musashino Art University. He achieved the triple crown in 2011 after taking top honors in the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival for directing the NTT Docomo commercial “Xylophone.”
🎓 Musashino Art University🏫 Mitsukaido Daiichi High School📅 Born March 14🎂 Born 1969📍 From Ibaraki Prefecture💼 Film Director💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Director💼 Photographer💼 Screenwriter💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Takanobu Takahashi (高橋 孝信, Takahashi Takanobu; born 1951) is a Japanese Indologist, who is currently associate…
Takanobu Takahashi (高橋 孝信, Takahashi Takanobu; born 1951) is a Japanese Indologist, who is currently associate professor of Indian literature at International Buddhist University at Osaka, Japan. He is the second translator of the Kural into Japanese.
🎓 University of Tokyo🎂 Born 1951📍 From Mito, Ibaraki💼 Literary Scholar💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Isao Okano (岡野 功, Okano Isao; born 20 January 1944) is a retired judoka who competed in the middleweight division…
Isao Okano (岡野 功, Okano Isao; born 20 January 1944) is a retired judoka who competed in the middleweight division (–80 kg) in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
🎓 Chuo University🏫 Ryugasaki Daiichi High School📅 Born January 20🎂 Born 1944📍 From Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki💼 Judo💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
Haruhisa Ishida (Japanese: 石田晴久) (30 October 1936 – 9 March 2009) was a Japanese Internet pioneer, information…
Haruhisa Ishida (Japanese: 石田晴久) (30 October 1936 – 9 March 2009) was a Japanese Internet pioneer, information scientist, and university teacher. He was the head of Japan Network Information Center and the Japanese chapter of the Internet Society. Ishida also served as the director of the computer center at the University of Tokyo. He has authored and translated books and authored and co-authored a number of scientific publications.
Tarō Matsuno (born October 17, 1934) is a Japanese meteorologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and…
Tarō Matsuno (born October 17, 1934) is a Japanese meteorologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Hokkaido University. He is the winner of the 55th IMO prize, the most prestigious award of the World Meteorological Organization. He is the winner of the 2013 Blue Planet Prize with Daniel Sperling. Matsuno showed that Kelvin waves should also exist at the equator
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Mito Daiichi High School📅 Born October 17🎂 Born 1934📍 From Mito, Ibaraki💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Yoji Kondo (近藤 陽次, Kondō Yōji; May 26, 1933 – October 9, 2017) was a Japanese-born American astrophysicist who also…
Yoji Kondo (近藤 陽次, Kondō Yōji; May 26, 1933 – October 9, 2017) was a Japanese-born American astrophysicist who also wrote science fiction under the pseudonym Eric Kotani. He edited Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master (1992), and contributed to New Destinies, Vol. VI/Winter 1988—Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Issue (1988), after his friend, writer Robert A. Heinlein, died in 1988. Kondo also edited the non-fiction book Interstellar Travel & Multi-Generational Space Ships, part of the Apogee Books Space Series. For his work in the NASA Space program, Kondo was awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement Yoji Kondo was also an accomplished teacher of Shodokan Aikido and judo.
Kazuhiko Nishijima (西島 和彦, Nishijima Kazuhiko) (4 October 1926 – 15 February 2009) was a Japanese physicist who made…
Kazuhiko Nishijima (西島 和彦, Nishijima Kazuhiko) (4 October 1926 – 15 February 2009) was a Japanese physicist who made significant contributions to particle physics. He was professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University until his death in 2009. He was born in Tsuchiura, Japan. He is most well known for his work on the Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula, and the concept of strangeness, which he called the "eta-charge" or "η-charge", after the eta meson (η). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1960, 1961, 1964, 1966~1970.
🎓 University of Tokyo📅 Born October 4🎂 Born 1926📍 From Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Kiyoshi Mutō (武藤 清, Mutō Kiyoshi; 29 January 1903 – 12 March 1989) was a Japanese architect and structural engineer. He…
Kiyoshi Mutō (武藤 清, Mutō Kiyoshi; 29 January 1903 – 12 March 1989) was a Japanese architect and structural engineer. He is considered the "father of the Japanese skyscraper" for his contributions to earthquake engineering.
Jinzō Matsumura (松村 任三, Matsumura Jinzō; February 14, 1856 – May 4, 1928) was a Japanese botanist.
🎓 Tokyo Imperial University📅 Born February 14🎂 Born 1856📍 From Takahagi, Ibaraki💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor