Kadena is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Funakoshi is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gushiken or Gusicin is an Okinawan surname of Okinawan (Ryukyuan) origin. Notable people with the surname include:
The Kariyushi Club, formerly known as the Ryūkyū Independence Party, is a local political party in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, seeking an independent Ryukyu, the Republic of Ryukyu. The current party leader is Chōsuke Yara. Kariyushi is Okinawan for "happy" or "harmony with nature".
Kaneshiro is a Japanese surname meaning "golden castle". The kanji used to write this surname may also be read Kinjō in on'yomi or Kanagusuku in the Okinawan language pronunciation. The former reading often indicates Okinawan origin, and the latter reading always does. Okinawans in mainland Japan with those two surnames sometimes change its reading to Kaneshiro without changing the characters. The surnames Kaneshiro and Kinjo are also found in the pass names of Koreans in Japan, formed by adding a second character to the common Korean surname Kim and then pronouncing the new name using Japanese rather than Korean reading.
Chinen is an Okinawan surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Chatan Yara, also known as Ueekata, and Yomitan Yara, is credited with being one of the first to disseminate martial arts (te) throughout Okinawa Island. Yara is most noted for teaching Takahara Peichin who would later become the sensei (mentor) of Sakugawa Kanga (1733-1815), the father of Okinawan karate. Depending on Sakugawa's birth date, Yara may have been his teacher also.
Passion Yara is a Japanese comedian. He is perhaps best known for the angry, passionate chest-beating in his comedy routine.
Arakaki is an Okinawan surname. In Okinawan language, it pronounced Arakachi. It means New Stone Wall or “wild enclosure”, but actually denoting the enclosure around a Shintō shrine. Notable people with the surname include:
Ōshiro is the transliteration of several Japanese and Okinawan surnames. One of the names, 大城, means "big castle".
Matsubayashi is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Izumikawa is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Miyagi is a Japanese surname. It can be read as Miyashiro, or Naagusuku in the Ryukyu Islands. Notable people with the surname include:
Chobyo Yara was a Japanese politician. He served as the Chief Executive of the Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1968–1972) and Governor of Okinawa Prefecture (1972–1976). He graduated from Hiroshima Higher Normal School.
Chōbyō is a Japanese masculine given name that may refer to
Chatan is an ancient Okinawan surname and this surname is read Kitatani in Japanese nowadays. Notable people with the surname include:
Miyashiro is a Japanese surname. 宮代 also be pronounced Miyadai. 宮城 also be pronounced Miyagi. In Okinawan language, 宮城 may be pronounced Naagusuku or Naagushiku. Notable people with the surname include:
Matayoshi is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arashiro is a Ryukyuan surname. Its alternative readings include Aragusuku, Aragushiku and Shinjō. Notable people with the surname include:
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