Noriko Ogiwara (荻原規子) is a Japanese fantasy writer.
Chikusa is one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the ward had an estimated population of 165,863 and a population density of 9,123 persons per km². The total area was 18.18 km².
Masumi Itō is a Japanese singer and composer from Ibaraki prefecture in Japan. Itō has composed the soundtracks to many anime television shows and is part of the bands Oranges & Lemons and Heart of Air.
Claymore is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi. It debuted in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump in June 2001, where it continued until the magazine was shut down in June 2007. The series was transferred to the newly launched Jump Square, serialized from November 2007 to October 2014. Its chapters were collected in 27 tankōbon volumes.
The Good Witch of the West is a series of fantasy novels by Noriko Ogiwara, published by Chuokoron-Shinsha.
Yoki Koto Kiku (ヨキ、コト、キク。) is a Japanese shōnen manga series by Koge-Donbo. The manga was serialized in the Comic Di Gi Charat magazine and its successor, Comi Digi + magazine, and it was published in Japan under the CR Comics imprint of Jive.
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth is a 2006 comedy heist film directed by Japanese director Tetsu Maeda, based on a novel by Kōtaro Isaka.
Seigokan (正剛館) is the Goju-Ryu Karate-do organization founded in 1945 by Seigo Tada (1922-1997) Hanshi. With its Hombu Dojo (headquarters) in Himeji, Japan, the Seigokan All Japan Karate-do Association (SAJKA) — its official name — has branches in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Italy, the Philippines, Portugal, Sri Lanka, the United States, England, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia and Venezuela.
In Tenrikyo, the Joyous Life is the ideal taught by spiritual leaders and pursued through charity and abstention from greed, selfishness, hatred, anger and arrogance. Theologically, the Joyous Life functions as the purpose of human existence preordained by God during the creation of human beings and as the means for the salvation of humankind.
Wāqwāq is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryu Fujisaki. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 2004 to May 2005. The series individual chapters were collected into four tankōbon and published from January to July 2005 by Shueisha. It was later licensed in Northern America by Viz Media for an English-language publication, which was released from August 2009 to May 2010. It has been republished by Shueisha, distributed as digital media by Viz Media, and localized in other countries.
Seigo Tada was the founder of Goju-Ryu Seigokan Karatedo.
Yoke is a poorly documented language spoken by about 200 people in the north of Papua, Indonesia. The name is also spelled Yoki, Yauke, and it is also known as Bitovondo. It was spoken in a single village in the interior until the government relocated a third of the population to a new village, Mantarbori, on the coast. In the late 19th century, a word list of "Pauwi" was collected by Robidé van der Aa at Lake Rombebai, where the Yoke say they migrated from; this is transparently Yoke, apart from some words which do not appear in the modern language but are found in related Warembori.
Yuki Yoshimura is a professional Japanese baseball player for De Glaskoning Twins of Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He previously played for the Yokohama BayStars, Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Wood Job! is a 2014 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Shinobu Yaguchi and based on the novel Kamusari naa naa Nichijō (神去なあなあ日常) by Shion Miura. The film stars Shota Sometani, Masami Nagasawa, and Hideaki Itō. The main theme song is "Happiest Fool", sung by Maia Hirasawa. The film was released on 10 May 2014, and made its North American premiere at LA Eigafest 2014.
Mushishi, also known in English as Mushi-Shi: The Movie and Bugmaster, is a 2006 Japanese fantasy film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, based on the manga of the same name. It stars Joe Odagiri as Ginko, a traveler who dedicates himself to protecting the populace from supernatural creatures called Mushi. Otomo began work on the film in 2005 after declining a jidaigeki project. He was interested in creating a mix of live action and animation and felt the manga gave him an appropriate creative vehicle.
Yōki-sō (揚輝荘) is a Japanese villa and gardens located in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, central Japan. It is close to Nittai-ji temple.
Yôki Kumada is a Japanese former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime is a 2021 docuseries released on Netflix on July 8, 2021, starring Stephanie Sherry and Elize Matsunaga. Matsunaga shot and dismembered her husband, Marcos Matsunaga, who was a member of the family that formerly owned the Yoki food company in Brazil. Matsunaga is from Chopinzinho.
