Sasaki
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Sasaki is the 14th most common Japanese family name
. It may refer to:
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
. It may refer to:
- Sasaki clanSasaki clanare a historical Japanese clan. - Brief history :They are descended directly from Emperor Uda by his grandson Minamoto no Masanobu , but were adopted by the Seiwa Genji...
People
- Akira SasakiAkira Sasakiis a Japanese alpine skier.At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Sasaki ranked 34th in the giant slalom. He did not finish in the slalom event.His best result in the Alpine Skiing World Cup is from 2003 slalom in Wengen, where he finished in a surprising second place with starting number 65...
- Sasaki GensōSasaki Genso Roshiis a Japanese Rinzai Rōshi, a successor in the Tenryū-ji line of Rinzai Zen, a teacher of Jikishinkage-ryū swordsmanship, and a calligrapher.-External links:*...
' onMouseout='HidePop("97571")' href="/topics/Zen_master">Zen masterZen masterZen master is an umbrella title sometimes used to refer to an individual who has been recognized by an authorized Zen lineage holder and teacher as having met his or her own teacher's standards of realization or insight. These standards vary widely in different traditions, and may vary among...
) - Hideo SasakiHideo SasakiSasaki Hideo was an influential American landscape architect.-Biography:Sasaki Hideo was born in Reedley, California, on 25 November 1919. He grew up working on his family's California truck farm, and harvesting crops on Arizona farms. He began his college studies at the University of California,...
' onMouseout='HidePop("73514")' href="/topics/Landscape_architecture">landscape architectLandscape architectureLandscape architecture is the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve environmental, socio-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions...
) - Sasaki HideyoshiSasaki Hideyoshiwas a samurai member of the Minamoto clan, who fought in the Hōgen and Heiji Rebellions and in the Genpei War. He was the adopted son of Minamoto no Tameyoshi since age thirteen....
' onMouseout='HidePop("49457")' href="/topics/Samurai">samuraiSamuraiis the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
) - Isao SasakiIsao Sasakiis a Japanese seiyū, actor, and vocalist. He has had voice roles in anime such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Space Battleship Yamato, and Gatchaman. He has also performed the opening themes for anime such as Yamato, Star of the Giants, Getter Robo, Casshan, Grendizer, Gaiking and tokusatsu...
' onMouseout='HidePop("25399")' href="/topics/Seiyu">seiyūSeiyuVoice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...
) - John Sasaki, a KTVU reporter
- Kazuhiro SasakiKazuhiro SasakiKazuhiro "Daimajin" Sasaki is a former Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He played his entire NPB career with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales / Yokohama BayStars...
- Kensho SasakiKensho Sasakiis a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party....
- Kensuke SasakiKensuke Sasakiis a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for various promotions through his own agency, Kensuke Office. He is the first of two men ever to hold all 3 of puroresu's major heavyweight titles , the other being Yoshihiro Takayama.-Early years :Kensuke Sasaki...
- Kizen SasakiKizen SasakiKizen Sasaki , also sometimes Sun-Hee Sasaki and Kyiiseki Sasaki, , was a Japanese folklorist, sometimes known as the Japanese Grimm....
- Sasaki KojirōSasaki Kojirowas a prominent Japanese swordsman widely considered as a Kensei, born in Fukui Prefecture. He lived during the Sengoku and early Edo periods and is most remembered for his death while battling Miyamoto Musashi in 1612.-History:...
- Mamoru Sasaki
- Miki SasakiMiki SasakiMiki Sasaki is a volleyball player from Japan, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #4 jersey. There she ended up in fifth place with the Japan women's national team. Sasaki played as a wing-spiker.-External links:* *...
- Mitsuzo Sasaki
- Mikio SasakiMikio Sasakiis chairman of the board of Mitsubishi Corporation.In 1960, Sasaki graduated from Waseda University with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and management. That April he went to work for Mitsubishi Corporation where he stayed ever since. From 1993 to 1994 he was president of the...
' onMouseout='HidePop("30426")' href="/topics/Mitsubishi_Corporation">Mitsubishi CorporationMitsubishi Corporationis Japan's largest trading company , a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu. Mitsubishi Corporation employs over 50,000 people and has seven business segments including finance, banking, energy, machinery, chemicals, food and more....
) - Mikirô SasakiMikiro SasakiMikirō Sasaki , also Mikio Sasaki, is a Japanese poet and travel author, winner of the 2003 Yomiuri Prize for travel essays. Sasaki won the award for his book Ajia kaidō kikō: umi wa toshi de aru . He has published more than a score of poetry collections and travel books...
- Minoru SasakiMinoru Sasaki-External links:- Translation of the official record by the Japanese Demobilization Bureaux detailing the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy's participation in the Southwest Pacific area of the Pacific War.-Notes:...
- Nanae SasakiNanae Sasaki, born as , was a Japanese long-distance runner.She was a high school teacher in Ōfunato, Iwate when she set a Japanese record of 2:40:56 at the Boston Marathon in 1981....
- Nobutsuna Sasaki
- Nozomi Sasaki, a voice actress
- Nozomi Sasaki, a female model
- Nozomu SasakiNozomu Sasakiis a Japanese voice actor. He is a client of the voice actor management firm, 81 Produce. In 1988, he voiced the well known character, Tetsuo Shima, in the movie, Akira, which was adapted from the manga of the same name. He also performed the role of Yusuke Urameshi in the popular anime adaptation...
- Ryuta Sasaki
- Sadako SasakiSadako Sasakiwas a Japanese girl who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, near her home by Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako is remembered through the story of attempting to fold a thousand origami cranes before her death, a wish which was memorialized in popular...
- Shigeo SasakiShigeo SasakiShigeo Sasaki was a Japanese mathematician working on differential geometry who introduced Sasaki manifolds.-References:...
mathematician - Sho SasakiSho Sasaki-Career:In 2007 he won the Japanese National Championships in men's singles, and 7 international tournaments: the Bahrain Satellite Badminton Tournament, the Banuinvest International Championships, the Osaka International Challenge, the Israel International, the Mauritius International, the...
- Sokei-an Sasaki ShigetsuSokei-anSokei-an Shigetsu Sasaki , born Yeita Sasaki, was a Japanese Rinzai roshi who founded the Buddhist Society of America in New York City in 1930. Influential in the growth of Zen Buddhism in the United States, Sokei-an was one of the first Japanese masters to live and teach in America...
' onMouseout='HidePop("15166")' href="/topics/Roshi">roshiRoshiis a Japanese honorific title used in Zen Buddhism that literally means "old teacher" or "elder master" and sometimes denotes a person who gives spiritual guidance to a Zen sangha or congregation...
) - Tadahiro SasakiTadahiro Sasakiis a retired boxer from Japan, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.Japan sent four boxers to the Barcelona Games. Sasaki competed in the Men's Light Flyweight division...
- Sasaki TakatsunaSasaki Takatsunawas a Japanese samurai commander in the Genpei War, the great conflict between the Minamoto and Taira clans.An infant at the time of the Heiji Rebellion , Takatsuna was spared the destruction of his family several years later...
- Sasaki TakaujiSasaki Takauji, also known by his religious name Sasaki Dōyō, was a Japanese poet, warrior, and bureaucrat of the Muromachi period.Born in Ōmi province, Sasaki Takauji served the regent Hōjō Takatoki briefly, before aiding the Shogun Ashikaga Takauji in overthrowing the Kemmu Restoration and establishing the...
- Sasaki TakayukiSasaki TakayukiMarquis was a bureaucrat, government minister and court official in late Meiji period Japan.-Biography:Sasaki was born into a samurai class family in Agawa District, Tosa Domain . He served the Yamauchi clan in several important posts, including kōri-bugyō and ōmetsuke...
- Toshiro SasakiToshiro Sasakiwas a Japanese author in the early 19th century. Most of his works have been published through the Aozora Bunko project....
Fictional characters
- Sasaki of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Johnny Sasaki of Metal Gear Solid
- Makie Sasaki of Negima
- Rika Sasaki , of Cardcaptor Sakura (Cardcaptors)
- Tsuyoshi Sasaki of KodochaKodochais a manga series by Miho Obana, helped periodically by her sister, Kaori Obana. The series is commonly known under the name Kodocha. The manga won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. In the year 2007, At the American Anime Awards the anime was nominated for best comedy anime...
Other
- Sasaki Associates (business, architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning firm)