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  2. List of Kurokami: The Animation episodes - Wikipedia

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    Kurokami: The Animation is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same title originally published by Square Enix and serialized in Young Gangan.Produced by Sunrise and directed by directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi, [1] [2] the series had an advance screening of episode 1 on December 27, 2008, before it began broadcasting on TV Asahi on January 8, 2009. [3]

  3. Shisa - Wikipedia

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    At Tomimori Village near Kochinda Town in the far southern part of Okinawa, there were often many fires. The people of the area sought out Saiouzui, a Feng Shui master, to ask him why there were so many fires. He believed they were because of the power of the nearby Mt. Yaese, and suggested that the townspeople build a stone shisa to face the ...

  4. Morio Higaonna - Wikipedia

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    Morio Higaonna (東恩納 盛男, Higaonna Morio, born December 25, 1938) is a world renowned Okinawan karate master who is the founder and Chief Instructor of the Traditional Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-do Federation (TOGKF 2022).

  5. Thirty-Second Army (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese 32nd Army was formed on March 13, 1944 as part of the last desperate defense effort by the Empire of Japan to deter possible landings of Allied forces in Okinawa and the surrounding Ryukyu Islands. The Japanese 32nd Army had 77,000 men (39,000 infantry in 31 battalions and 38,000 artillery, armor and combat service troops) plus the ...

  6. Masahide Ōta - Wikipedia

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    Ōta was born on 12 June 1925 on Kumejima Island, Okinawa and his family migrated during World War II. [2] He became a student at the Okinawa Teacher's College, and during the Battle of Okinawa he was drafted into the Japanese Army's "Iron and Blood Student Corps"; he saw intense combat and many of his classmates died.

  7. Tatsuhiro Ōshiro - Wikipedia

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    Tatsuhiro Ōshiro (大城 立裕, Ōshiro Tatsuhiro, 19 September 1925 – 27 October 2020) was an Okinawan novelist and playwright from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.. He was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1967 for his novella of the same year, The Cocktail Party, which has been adapted for the stage [1] and made into a film.

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  9. Shunten dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Shunten dynasty [1] [2] (舜天王統) was the second dynasty in the traditional historiography of Okinawa Island.It was established by Shunten in 1187. According to Chūzan Seikan, Shunten's mother was a daughter of the aji, or local chieftain, of Ōzato; [3] his father, Minamoto no Tametomo, was an adventurer from Japan.