Don Philippi

male
Don Philippi (October 2 1930-January 26 1993) was a noted translator of Japanese and Ainu and a musician. Born in Los Angeles, Philippi studied at...
Saiichi Maruya

Saiichi Maruya

male, 84 years old
is a noted Japanese author, and penname of Nemura Saiichi. Maruya was mobilized into the Japanese Army in 1945 when still a high-school student....
Hiroshi Ikeda

Hiroshi Ikeda

male, 59 years old
(b. 1950) is a Japanese aikido master teacher, or shihan. He holds the rank of 7th dan, awarded by Mitsugi Saotome of the Aikikai. Ikeda was born...
Suehiro Tanemura

Suehiro Tanemura

male, deceased (2004)
Suehiro Tanemura was a translator (from German into Japanese) and critic. Tanemura was born in Tokyo in 1933. His mother died in 1946. He became...

Shinobu Orikuchi

male, deceased (1953)
also known as, was a Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet. As a disciple of Kunio Yanagita, he established an original...
Masao Takiyama

Masao Takiyama

male
is president and representative director of noted Japanese anime satellite television network Animax and executive officer of Sony Pictures...
Hiroshi Ikeda

Hiroshi Ikeda

male
Hiroshi Ikeda is the founder and chief instructor of Boulder Aikikai, Inc , a non-profit school of aikido in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He currently...