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Yamamoto Kenkichi (山本 健吉, 1907–1988), pen name of Ishibashi Teikichi, Japanese writer and literary critic Kodo Yamamoto ( 山本 興道 , born 1961) , Japanese handball player Kohei Yamamoto (disambiguation) , multiple people
"Isoroku" is a Japanese term meaning "56"; the name referred to his father's age at Isoroku's birth. [4] In 1916, Isoroku was adopted into the Yamamoto family (another family of former Nagaoka samurai) and took the Yamamoto name. It was a common practice for samurai families lacking sons to adopt suitable young men in this fashion to carry on ...
Yamamoto was made baron (danshaku) under the kazoku peerage system in 1902; and he was promoted to the rank of admiral in 1904. As Minister of the Navy during the Russo-Japanese War, Yamamoto showed strong leadership and was responsible for appointing Tōgō Heihachirō as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet. He gave voice to Tōgō's ...
It took root so firmly that in a game between Japanese and Americans in 1896, Japan won 29-4 and many of the players were from Samurai families. ... short for name, image and likeness — and ...
Ryūichi Yamamoto (山本 龍一, Yamamoto Ryūichi, born May 8, 1984), known by his shikona Yamamotoyama Ryūta (山本山 龍太), or simply Yama, [1] is a Japanese retired sumo wrestler from the city of Saitama in Saitama Prefecture. He made his professional debut in January 2007, and reached the top makuuchi division in January 2009.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy, scheduled an inspection tour of the Solomon Islands and New Guinea.He planned to inspect Japanese air units participating in Operation I-Go that had begun 7 April 1943; in addition, the tour would boost Japanese morale following the disastrous Guadalcanal campaign and its subsequent evacuation during January and February.
Historically, the word "Yamato" was used as a poetic name for Japan; thus, her name became a metaphor for the end of the Japanese empire. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] In April 1968, a memorial tower was erected at Cape Inutabu on Tokunoshima , an island in the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture , to commemorate the lives lost in Operation Ten-Go.
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ offseason keeps getting better and better.. The Dodgers have agreed to a 12-year, $325 million deal with Japanese pitching sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto, according to ...