Fukui
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Fukui is a Japanese name
meaning "fortunate" or it can mean "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". It may refer to:
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
meaning "fortunate" or it can mean "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". It may refer to:
Places
- Fukui PrefectureFukui Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui.- Prehistory :The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded the Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis as well as an unnamed...
- Fukui, FukuiFukui, Fukuiis the capital of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The city is located in the north-central part of the prefecture on the coast of the Sea of Japan.-Demographics:...
- the city of the same name in the prefecture - Fukui StationFukui Station (Fukui)is a JR West and Echizen Railway train station located in the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.Fukui-Ekimae Station on the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line is located approximately 150 meters to the west.- JR Fukui Station :...
, the main train station of Fukui city
- Fukui, Fukui
Persons
- Kenichi FukuiKenichi FukuiKenichi Fukui was a Japanese chemist.Kenichi Fukui was co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981 with Roald Hoffmann, for their independent investigations into the mechanisms of chemical reactions...
- physical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981 - Kenichiro FukuiKenichiro Fukuiis a Japanese video game composer and musician. Before working at Square Enix, he was employed at Konami. He is an arranger and a keyboardist in the band The Black Mages, formed in 2003. Additionally, Fukui arranged Angela Aki's "Kiss Me Good-Bye" from Final Fantasy XII. In October 2007, he left...
- Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer - Kenji FukuiKenji Fukuiis a Japanese television announcer. He began his broadcasting career in 1976 with Fuji Television, and is currently one of the three longest-serving television presenters on the Fuji network....
- Japanese television announcer, best known as the head commentator of television program Iron Chef, referred as "Fukui-san" in the program - Mina FukuiMina Fukuiis a Japanese actress, tarento & model from Nabari, Mie Prefecture. She works under the Horipro talent agency.- Career :Even though she had been featured as a guest or assistant in several shows during the 1990s and early 2000s, it was after the first Mōdoru Audition in 2003 that she effectively...
- Japanese actress and tv tarento - Morita Fukui - former commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball
- Shozin FukuiShozin Fukuiis a Japanese movie director and screenwriter. According to the Internet Movie Database, he has produced two experimental shorts and two full length surrealistic movies . These four movies are widely available, having been reissued on DVD by Unearthed Films...
- Japanese movie director and screenwriter - Takeo FukuiTakeo Fukuiis the former president and CEO of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.. He is from Tokyo, Japan, though his mother gave birth to him in Hiroshima to escape intensifying air raids during World War II. He graduated from Waseda University with a Bachelor's degree in Applied Chemistry...
- Japanese businessman, President and CEO of HondaHondais a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than... - Teru FukuiTeru Fukuiis a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Construction in 1976. Leaving the ministry in 1999, he was elected to the House of...
- Japanese politician, a member of the House of Representatives of JapanHouse of Representatives of JapanThe is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation,...
Others
- 1948 Fukui earthquake1948 Fukui earthquakeThe was a major earthquake in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The magnitude 7.3 quake struck at 5:13 p.m. on June 28, 1948 . The strongest shaking occurred in the city of Fukui, where it was recorded as 6 on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale...
, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake which struck Fukui prefecture in 1948 - 6924 Fukui6924 Fukui6924 Fukui is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1993 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*...
, an Outer Main-belt asteroid - For Fukui's SakeFor Fukui's SakeFor Fukui's Sake is a book written by Sam Baldwin that describes the experiences of living in Ono, Fukui prefecture, Japan, whilst working as an Assistant Language Teacher on the JET Programme....
, a book about life as a foreigner in Fukui prefecture