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Akai is the name of: Shuichi Akai (赤井 秀一), a fictional character in the manga series Case Closed; Shuichi Akai (footballer) (赤井 秀一, born 1981), Japanese former footballer; Takami Akai (赤井 孝美, born 1961), Japanese illustrator, game creator, character designer and animator
Akai was founded by Masukichi Akai and his son, Saburo Akai (who died in 1973 [4]), as Akai Electric Company Ltd. (赤井電機株式会社, Akai Denki Kabushiki Gaisha), a Japanese manufacturer, in 1929. [4] [5] [6] Some sources, however, suggest the company was established in 1946. [note 1]
In the original Chinese myth, the thread is tied around both parties' ankles, while in Japanese culture it is bound from a male's thumb to a female's little finger. Although in modern times it is common across both these cultures to depict the thread being tied around the fingers, often the little finger.
Lady Kai (甲斐姫) ("hime" means lady, princess, woman of noble family), speculated to have been born in April 15, 1572, was a Japanese female warrior, onna-musha from the Sengoku Period. She was a daughter of Narita Ujinaga and granddaughter of Akai Teruko, retainers of the Later Hōjō clan in the Kantō region.
From Old Japanese midu > Japanese mizu ("water; lushness, freshness, juiciness") + Old Japanese fo > Japanese ho ("ear (of grain, especially rice)"). Shikishima ( 敷島 ) is written with Chinese characters that suggest a meaning "islands that one has spread/laid out", but this name of Japan supposedly originates in the name of an area in Shiki ...
Threads of Destiny [1] (Japanese: 赤い糸, Hepburn: Akai Ito, lit. "Red Thread") is a 2006 cell phone novel series written by Mei. Akai Ito was first published on the website Mahō no Toshōkan, where it became the #1 ranked story within the first month of publication.
Akai Kutsu (赤い靴, lit. "Red Shoes") is a well-known Japanese children's poem written in 1922 by poet Ujō Noguchi. It is also famous as a Japanese folk song for children, with music composed by Nagayo Motoori. The poem narrates the story of a girl who is adopted by foreigners and taken to the United States.
Akai tori (赤い鳥, Red Bird) was a Japanese children's literary magazine published between 1918 and 1936 in Tokyo, Japan. The magazine has a significant role in establishing dowa and doyo , which refer to new versions of children's fiction, poetry, and songs. [ 1 ]