Koga
Encyclopedia
People
- Koga (kuge)Koga (kuge)The Koga family is a branch of the Minamoto clan of Japan. The Koga family was one of the kuge families, achieving the rank of seigake. During the Meiji Restoration, the head of the Koga family was given the title of marquis as part of the kazoku, the hereditary peerage that combined the kuge...
is a Japanese kuge family name
- Harue KogaHarue Kogawas a Japanese surrealist/avant-garde painter active in the Taishō period.-His life:His real name is Yoshio. He entered the priesthood and was renamed "Ryosho Koga"; "Harue" is an alias. He was born as the eldest son of the priest of a buddhist temple, Zenfukuji...
was a Japanese painter active in the Taishō period - Hiroyasu KogaHiroyasu KogaHiroyasu Koga is a former Tatenokai member and kaishakunin responsible for the decapitations of Yukio Mishima and Masakatsu Morita during their seppuku on November 25, 1970...
, Yukio Mishima's kaishakunin - Masao KogaMasao Kogawas a Japanese composer and guitarist known for creating melodies, and a pioneer of Japanese popular music. He was regarded as a notable figure for establishing the genre enka, though Koga considered that he was a ryūkōka composer...
, was a Japanese composer, guitarist and pop musician - Mineichi KogaMineichi Koga- Notes :...
(1885–1944), Fleet Admiral during World War II - Tadayoshi Koga, pilot of the Akutan Zero in World War II
- Yun Kōga (born 1965), a Japanese manga artist
- Junya KogaJunya Kogais a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is currently a Waseda University student in Tokyo.In May 2009, he set the Japanese records in the 50 m and 100 m backstrokes at the 2009 Japan Championships, qualifying for Japan's team to the 2009 World Championships....
is a Japanese backstroke swimmer - Koga, a french painter
Football players
- Kazunari Koga
- Masahiro Koga
- Satoshi Koga
- Seiji KogaSeiji KogaSeiji Koga is a Japanese footballer. He is from Fukuoka, Japan. He currently plays for Vissel Kobe, a J. League Division 1 team. He has previously played with Okawa Middle School, Fukuoka, Japan; Higashi Fukuoka High School, Fukuoka, Japan; Yokohama F. Marinos, Japan; Avispa Fukuoka, Japan.His...
- Takuma KogaTakuma KogaTakuma Koga is a former Japanese football player, currently coaching the Singapore U16, the older department of the Football Association of Singapore's National Football Academy project, the Singapore national youth football team...
Martial arts
- Mitsuki KogaMitsuki KogaMitsuki Koga born January 16, 1975, is a Japanese actor who is known to be featured in films that involve much martial arts...
, actor in martial arts films - Toshihiko KogaToshihiko Kogais a retired judoka who competed in the -71 kg and -78 kg divisions.-Biography:Koga was born in Kitashigeyasu, Saga, Japan, and began judo in elementary school. He traveled to Tokyo during junior-high school to enter Kodogakusha, a judo school later attended by Olympic gold medalists...
, a judo world champion
- Kōga-ryūKoga-ryuKōka-ryū is a historical school of ninjutsu. It originated from the region of Kōka...
, a school of ninjutsu
Politicians
- Makoto KogaMakoto Kogais a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Setaka, Fukuoka and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979.The character Tetsuya Gamon in the manga...
is a Japanese Liberal Democratic PartyLiberal Democratic Party (Japan)The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...
politician - Issei KogaIssei Kogais a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Yanagawa, Fukuoka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was a bureaucrat at the Ministry of Construction from 1971 to 1988. He was elected to the House of...
, for Democratic Party of JapanDemocratic Party of JapanThe is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum...
Characters
- Koga Gō, a character in the Bleach franchise
- Koga (Pokémon) (Kyō in Japanese version), a gym leader and Elite Four member in the Pokémon universe
- Koga, a ninja dog clan in the manga and anime Ginga: Nagareboshi GinGinga: Nagareboshi GinGinga: Nagareboshi Gin Silver") is an adventure manga by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It was published by Shueisha in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1983 to 1987, and collected in 18 bound volumes...
- Koga, the name of ninja clan in the GI Joe universe that trained Firefly
- Koga, the young leader of the eastern yōkai-wolf tribe in the InuYasha series
- Kōga Ninpōchō
Japan
- Koga, IbarakiKoga, Ibarakiis a city located in Ibaraki, Japan.-Old City of Koga:The city has its origins in the Tokugawa period when a castle was built in the 16th century at the river crossing point and a town sprang up around it. The site of the castle is still visible near Koga 1st elementary school. The modern city was...
(古河) - Koga, FukuokaKoga, Fukuokais a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is north east of Fukuoka city.As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 58,250. The population density is about 1,383 persons per km². The total area is 42.11 km²....
(古賀) - Kōka, ShigaKoka, Shigais a city located in the southern part of Shiga Prefecture, Japan....
(甲賀) - Koga DomainKoga DomainThe ' was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shimōsa Province . The first lord of Koga was Ogasawara Hidemasa, who was granted it as a fief following Tokugawa Ieyasu's move to the Kantō region.-List of lords:...
See also
- Koka (disambiguation)Koka (disambiguation)Koka or Kōka may refer to:* Kōka, a Japanese era name* Kōka, Shiga, Japan, a city created in 2004** Kōka, Shiga , Japan ** Kōka District, Shiga, Japan...
- Kouga (disambiguation)
- KOGA (disambiguation)