Ishikawa
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- Ishikawa PrefectureIshikawa Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is Kanazawa.- History :Ishikawa was formed from the merger of Kaga Province and the smaller Noto Province.- Geography :Ishikawa is on the Sea of Japan coast...
- IshikawaIshikawa District, Ishikawawas a district located in Ishikawa, Japan.As of February 2011, the district had an estimated population of 51,976 and a density of 3,830 persons per squire kilometer. The total area was 13.56 km²....
-gun, district, Ishikawa Prefecture - IshikawaIshikawa District, Fukushimais a district located in Fukushima, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 48,399 and a density of 105.98 persons per km². The total area is 456.70 km².-Towns and villages:*Asakawa*Furudono*Hirata*Ishikawa*Tamakawa...
-gun, district, Fukushima PrefectureFukushima Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province.... - IshikawaIshikawa, Fukushimais a small market town located in Ishikawa District, Fukushima, Japan.During World War II, the town had a secret uranium mine for the Japanese atomic bomb project....
-machi, town, Fukushima PrefectureFukushima Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province.... - IshikawaIshikawa, Okinawawas a city located in Okinawa, Japan.On April 1, 2005 Ishikawa was merged with the towns of Katsuren and Yonashiro, both from Nakagami District, and the old city of Gushikawa, to form the new city of Uruma....
-shi, city, Okinawa PrefectureOkinawa Prefectureis one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island...
Real people
- Alexandre Ishikawa, Brazilian director
- Arisa IshikawaSumire (model), better known by her genjina ', was a Japanese hostess and fashion model, who was known as a featured model on the popular gal fashion magazine Koakuma Ageha.-Early life:...
, Japanese fashion model - Chiaki IshikawaChiaki Ishikawais a Japanese singer/songwriter. She is also the lead vocalist of Japanese musical duo See-Saw. Many of her songs, both solo and with See-Saw, have been used as theme songs in various anime series. Since 2003, her popularity abroad as part of See-Saw and as a solo artist has risen significantly...
, musician - Ishikawa GoemonIshikawa Goemonwas a semi-legendary Japanese outlaw hero who stole gold and valuables and gave them to the poor. Goemon is notable for being boiled alive along with his son in public after a failed assassination attempt on the civil war-era warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. A large iron kettle-shaped bathtub is now...
, a famous thief in Edo era, would-be assassin - Hideo IshikawaHideo Ishikawais a male Japanese voice actor born in Hyōgo, Japan. His nicknames are "Hide" and "Hide-chan" and he works for Aoni Production. He is married and has two children....
, voice actor - Jun IshikawaJun Ishikawa (author)was the pen-name of a modernist author, translator and literary critic active in Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Ishikawa Kiyoshi.-Early life:...
, author - Jun Ishikawa, video game music composer
- Kaoru IshikawaKaoru Ishikawawas a Japanese university professor and influential quality management innovator best known in North America for the Ishikawa or cause and effect diagram that is used in the analysis of industrial process.- Biography :...
, developer of the Ishikawa diagram - Koji Ishikawa (artist)Koji Ishikawa (artist)is a Japanese contemporary artist. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Ishikawa received his B.F.A. 1991 from Osaka University of Arts. Ishikawa had seven solo exhibitions since 1991....
- Koji Ishikawa (illustrator)Koji Ishikawa (illustrator)is a popular Japanese children's book author and illustrator. His work includes advertisements, magazine illustration, web, character design and book design. In recent years he has made children's books. He lives in Tokyo with his wife and two children....
- melody.Melody., better known by her stage name melody. is a Japanese-American pop singer and TV host. She debuted on February 19, 2003 with the song "Dreamin' Away", under Toy's Factory. In October 2008, melody. announced on her blog that she will end her career as a music artist and instead focus on pursuing...
, J-pop singer - Miki IshikawaMiki IshikawaMiki Ishikawa is an American teen actress and singer. She was a part of the singing group T-Squad until they disbanded in 2008 and has had parts in TV and feature films....
, Japanese-American actress and singer - Momoko IshikawaMomoko Ishikawais a female Japanese seiyū from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and works for I'm Enterprise.-Notable voices:* Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza—Sara Rokujō* Sky Girls—Haruko Mikogami* Toradora!—Nanako Kashii* Sonic: Night of the Werehog—Female ghost...
, a voice actress for Sky Girls - Naohiro IshikawaNaohiro IshikawaNaohiro Ishikawa is a Japanese footballer who plays for F.C. Tokyo.He was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished fourth in group B, below group winners Paraguay, Italy and Ghana.-Club career:...
, footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player - Rika IshikawaRika Ishikawa, is a Japanese pop singer and TV/radio hostess, associated with the Hello! Project banner and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the trio v-u-den until June 2008...
, a Japanese idol, former member of Morning Musume - Ryo IshikawaRyo Ishikawa, also known by the nickname "Hanikami Ōji" , is a Japanese professional golfer.On 20 May 2007, Ishikawa became the youngest winner ever of a men's regular tournament on the Japan Golf Tour by winning the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at the age 15 years and 8 months. He competed as an amateur and it...
. a Japanese professional golf player - Takuboku IshikawaIshikawa Takubokuwas a Japanese poet. He died of tuberculosis. Well known as both a tanka and 'modern-style' or 'free-style' poet, he began as a member of the Myōjō group of naturalist poets but later joined the "socialistic" group of Japanese poets and renounced naturalism.-Major works:His major works were two...
, poet - Travis IshikawaTravis IshikawaTravis Takashi Ishikawa |Washington]]) is an American Major League Baseball first baseman who is currently with the San Francisco Giants organization...
, baseball player - Sayuri IshikawaSayuri Ishikawa, is a Japanese enka singer. She is a popular contestant on the annual NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast, having appeared 32 times since 1977. Ishikawa made her name performing the classic "Tsugarukaikyo-Fuyugeshiki"...
, musician - Shoko IshikawaShoko Ishikawais a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2008 Japanese junior bronze medalist. She placed 10th at the 2009 NHK Trophy.-Programs:- Competitive highlights :* J = Junior level-References:...
, Japanese figure skater
Fictional characters
- Keiko Ishikawa, wife of Miles O'BrienMiles O'Brien (Star Trek)Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is Chief of Operations in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before DS9, he appeared as a recurring transporter chief in Star Trek: The Next Generation...
, Star Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production... - Ishikawa, a member of Public Security Section 9Public Security Section 9is a fictional intelligence department from Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell anime and manga series. In the story, it exists under the Japanese Ministry of Home Affairs. In some translations, the name is given as Public Safety Section 9...
, Ghost in the ShellGhost in the Shellis a Japanese multimedia franchise composed of manga, animated films, anime series, video games and novels. It focuses on the activities of the counter-terrorist organization Public Security Section 9 in a futuristic, cyberpunk Japan .... - Goemon Ishikawa XIIIGoemon Ishikawa XIIIis a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his Lupin III series. Goemon is the thirteenth generation of renegade samurai, a descendant of the historical figure Ishikawa Goemon...
, the samuraiSamuraiis the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
member of LupinArsène Lupin IIIis a fictional character introduced by Monkey Punch in Weekly Manga Action on August 10, 1967. According to its creator, Lupin is the grandson of Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin....
's gang in Lupin IIILupin III, also known as Lupin the 3rd, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of Monkey Punch. The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of...
Other
- Ishikawa diagramIshikawa diagramIshikawa diagrams are causal diagrams that show the causes of a certain event -- created by Kaoru Ishikawa . Common uses of the Ishikawa diagram are product design and quality defect prevention, to identify potential factors causing an overall effect...
, cause-and-effect diagram, developed by Kaoru IshikawaKaoru Ishikawawas a Japanese university professor and influential quality management innovator best known in North America for the Ishikawa or cause and effect diagram that is used in the analysis of industrial process.- Biography :... - Ishikawa clanIshikawa clanThe ' was a Japanese family which claimed descent from Minamoto no Yoshiie. They took their name from the Ishikawa district of Kawachi Province. In the Sengoku Period, the family had two major branches; one of them, which had settled in Mikawa Province in the 15th century, was a family of retainers...
, a Japanese clan mainly active during the Sengoku PeriodSengoku periodThe or Warring States period in Japanese history was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century. The name "Sengoku" was adopted by Japanese historians in reference...
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