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Hiroshi Imazato Captain Hiroshi Imazato was born in Nagasaki on September 24, 1896. He graduated from the Etajima Naval College in November 1917, and then took went to the Torpedo School in Yokosuka Naval Station , and later specialized in submarines, becoming commander of the 20th Submarine Division in November 1939.
Hiroshi Inagaki Hiroshi Inagaki (稲垣浩 Inagaki Hiroshi; 30 December 1905 – 21 May 1980) was a Japanese filmmaker most known for the Academy Award winning Samurai Trilogy that he directed. Before becoming a director and screenwriter, Inagaki was a child actor.
Hiroshi Kanazawa is an anime character designer and animator who currently works for Studio Comet. Along with Noboru Ishiguro, Norio Yazawa, TĹŤru Komori and Kazunori Tanahashi, he was a member of the Japan Art Bureau (or "JAB") until it folded.
Hiroshi Miyauchi Hiroshi Miyauchi (宮内 洋, June 14, 1947) is a Japanese actor born in Chiba, Japan. A seasoned actor known for playing some of the most memorable roles in Tokusatsu history, such as Kazami Shiro in Kamen Rider V3 and Ken Hayakawa in Kaiketsu Zubat.
Hiroshi Oshima (19 April 1886 – 6 June 1975) was the Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany during World War II — and unknowingly a major source of communications intelligence for the Allies. His role could perhaps be best summed up by General George S.
Hiroshi Sugimoto Hiroshi Sugimoto (杉本博司, Sugimoto Hiroshi), born in 1948, is a Japanese photographer currently dividing his time between Tokyo and New York City. His catalog is made up of a number of series, each having a distinct theme and similar attributes.
Hiroshi Yoshida Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) was a 20th century Japanese painter and woodblock print maker. He is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the shin hanga style, and is known especially for his excellent landscape prints.
Hiroshige Utagawa Hiroshige, (IPA pronunciation: , Japanese: ćŚĺ·ťĺşé‡Ť; 1797 in Edo – October 12, 1858, also sometimes referred to as "AndĹŤ Hiroshige" (安藤ĺşé‡Ť) (although this combination of a family name with an art name is irregular), See Introduction of Henry D. Smith II; 1986 and by the art name of "Ichiyusai Hiroshige") was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition.
Hiroshima (band) Hiroshima is an American jazz fusion band formed in 1974 by Sansei Japanese American Dan Kuramoto (wind instruments and band leader), June Kuramoto (koto), Johnny Mori (percussion and taiko), & Danny Yamamoto (keyboards and drums). Named for the Japanese city of Hiroshima they are best known for the fusing of Japanese music and other forms of world music into their playing.
Hiroshima (film) Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II. Except as actors, no Americans took part in the production.
Hiroshima (Hersey) Hiroshima (ISBN 0-679-72103-7) is the title of a magazine article written by Pulitzer Prize winner John Hersey that appeared in The New Yorker in August 1946, exactly one year after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:15 a.m.
Hiroshima Castle , sometimes called is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan which was the home of the daimyĹŤ (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima han (fief). Originally constructed in the 1590s, the castle was destroyed in the atomic bombing in 1945.
Hiroshima International Animation Festival The Hiroshima International Animation Festival is the International Animation Festival for the World Peace presented biannually in Hiroshima, Japan. It was founded in 1985 and is one of the international animation festivals sponsored by ASIFA, (the Association International du Film d'Animation or International Animated Film Association).
Hiroshima Mon Amour Hiroshima Mon Amour, Alain Resnais' acclaimed film, was released in the USA in 1959, and was called "The Birth of a Nation of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague)" by critic Leonard Maltin, because of its importance to the innovations of the movement. In addition, fellow French New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard described the film's inventiveness as "Faulkner plus Stravinsky" and "the first film without any cinematic references" It tells the story of a French woman (Emmanuelle Riva]) and a Japanese man ([[Eiji Okada) who meet and become lovers in post-war Hiroshima.
Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation The Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation was established in April 1998 by the City of Hiroshima to promote peace, and to consolidate the city's activities in peace promotion, globalization, and international cooperation. It integrates the Hiroshima International Relations Organization and the Hiroshima International Relations Organization.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hiroshima Peace Memorial, commonly known as the Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome (Japanese: 原ç†ă‰ăĽă Genbaku Dome), is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Hiroshima, Japan. It was established as such in 1996.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is a large park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to be nuclear bombed. There are a variety of monuments and buildings in the park, each dedicated to a different aspect of the bombing.
Hiroshima Plant Hiroshima Plant is an automobile manufacturing complex in Aki and Ujina, Hiroshima, Japan operated by Mazda Motor Corporation. The complex consists of two main elements, the head office in Aki District, and the main plant in nearby Ujina District.
Hiroshima Station is a JR West railway station located in Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all SanyĹŤ Shinkansen trains stop here.
Hirotoki Onozawa Hirotoki Onozawa (小野澤宏時) plays rugby at wing and full back for Suntory Sungoliath in the Top League. He also plays for the Japan national rugby union team, and is known for his speed and elusive running, which is very hard to stop.
Hirotoshi Honda Hirotoshi Honda (本田博俊), founder of Mugen Motorsports is the son of Soichiro Honda, the man who founded the Honda Motor Company. Born in April 1942, he was six when his father set up Honda and when Hirotoshi was in his teens, the empire boomed.
Hirotoshi Nakamura Great artist Hirotoshi Nakamura (born November 10, 1951) is one of the most innovative and revered Japanese anime creators and directors. Once trained as a graphic artist, he began his career in 1973 working for Rin Iogi's company Koyabashi Productions.
Hirotsugu Akaike Hirotsugu Akaike (Japanese: čµ¤ć± ĺĽć¬ˇ Akaike Hirotsugu; alternative Romanization: Hirotugu Akaike) (born November 5, 1927) is a Japanese statistician. In the early 1970s he formulated an information criterion for model identification which has become known as the Akaike information criterion.
Hiroya Ishimaru Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸 博也, Ishimaru Hiroya) is a seiyū who was born on February 12, 1941 in Sendai, Miyagi as Shinji Ishide (石出 伸二, Ishide Shinji). He is most famous for performing the role of Kouji Kabuto in the 1972 series Mazinger Z and its sequels.
Hiroyasu Koga Hiroyasu Koga (古賀浩靖 Koga Hiroyasu) was a young Tatenokai member responsible for the decapitation of Yukio Mishima during his seppuku on November 25, 1970. He studied law at Kanagawa University, and intended to become a lawyer.
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (* January 27, 1920 – †October 26, 1944) was an ace pilot of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force during World War II. It is possible he was the most successful Japanese fighter ace of the war; he personally claimed to have had 87 aerial victories at the time of his death.
Hiroyuki Goto Hiroyuki Goto of Tokyo, Japan, born 2 August 1973, recited pi from memory to 42,195 decimal places at NHK Broadcasting Centre, Tokyo on 18 February 1995. This set the world record at the time, which was held for more than a decade until Akira Haraguchi beat it in 2006.
Hiroyuki Ishida Hiroyuki Ishida (born August 31, 1979 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese football (soccer) player who recently played as a right winger for Perth Glory in the first season of the Hyundai A-League. Not long after the season had finished he went to pursue his playing career in Malaysia after the Perth Glory changed it's ownership over to the FFA.
Hiroyuki ItĹŤ is a Japanese game director and designer for Square Enix, and is most known for his work in the role-playing game series, Final Fantasy. He uses the pen name "Shiomi" when writing lyrics and the like.
Hiroyuki Nishimura Hiroyuki Nishimura (西村 博之 Nishimura Hiroyuki; born November 16 1976) is an administrator of 2channel, the largest and most influential BBS in Japan. He is usually known simply as ă˛ă‚Ťă‚†ăŤ (Hiroyuki).
Hiroyuki Sakai Hiroyuki Sakai (Sakai Hiroyuki; 坂井 宏行) (born April 2, 1942 in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a well-known Japanese chef who specializes in French cuisine. Sakai is most famous for being the second, and last, Iron Chef French on the Japanese television show Iron Chef, first appearing at the beginning of 1994 (after Yutaka Ishinabe retired) and continued his appearance in shows over nine seasons.
Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (born Osaka, 21 November 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics and a bronze medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Hirsau Hirsau (formerly Hirschau) is a small town in the German state of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, located in the south-west portion of the country, about two miles north of Calw and about twenty four miles west of Stuttgart.
Hirsau Abbey Hirsau Abbey, formerly known as Hirschau, was once one of the most prominent Benedictine abbeys of Germany. It was located in the town of Hirsau, in the Diocese of Speyer, about twenty-two miles west of Stuttgart, which grew up round it, near Calw in the southern German Bundesland of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg.
Hirsel Hirsel is primarily a Scottish and Northern English word meaning the entire stock of sheep on a farm or under the charge of a shepherd. For example "There are two full hirsels worked on the land than forms the Creag Mhor Estate.
Hirschholm Palace Hirschholm Palace, also known as Hørsholm Palace, was a royal palace located in present-day Hørsholm municipality in Denmark until 1810. It developed a notorious reputation in connection with its role in the affair between Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Mathilda in the 1770s.
Hirschhorn (Neckar) Hirschhorn (Neckar) is a small town in the south of Hesse and is also known as 'Pearl of the Neckar River Valley'. Hirschhorn is accredited as recreational and health resort and is located in the natural park BergstraĂźe-Odenwald.
Hirschi High School John R. Hirschi Math/Science International Baccalaureate Magnet High School, or commonly known as Hirschi High School or HHS for short, is a four year public high school in Wichita Falls, Texas located at 3106 Borton Lane.
Hirschlanden transmitter The Hirschlanden transmitter is a facility of the Deutsche Telekom AG (in earlier days: Deutsche Bundespost) for mediumwave broadcasting south of Hirschlanden, a village which is a part of the German city of Ditzingen, situated at 48°49'47" N and 9°02'15" E.
Hirsi Ali Dis Hirsi Ali Dis (also spelled "diss") is the name of a rap song produced and distributed by the Dutch group The Hague Connection. The lyrics which, besides being extremely vulgar and offensive, speak of a plan to assassinate Tweede Kamerlid Ayaan Hirsi Ali, led to the group's prosecution under Article 121 of the Dutch criminal code.
Hirsi Magan Isse Hirsi Magan Isse (; born 1935) is a scholar and one of the leading figures of the civil war in Somalia. He is a former comrade in arms of president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and the father of the former Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Hirson Hirson is a commune in the Aisne département in northern France. It is a few miles west of the border with Belgium, and was in the past an important strategic position due to being near the intersection of several railway lines.
Hirstaang Forest The Histaag Forest is a region of Solstheim, a large island north-west of the island Vvardenfell in the fictional world of the Windows and Xbox game, The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon (the expansion to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind). The Hirstaag Forest is in the southern portion of the island and covers the area to the west of the Iggnir River and south of Brodir Grove.
Hirtenschalmei The Hirtenschalmei (or shepherd's shawm) is a late 20th century reconstruction following certain iconographical sources of a cylindrical double-reed wind-cap instrument with flaring bell; it produces a rather buzzy sound.
Hirtshals Hirtshals is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County on the north coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 196 km², and has a total population of 14,088 (2005).
Hirudiculture Hirudiculture is the culture, or farming, of leeches in both natural and artificial environments. This practice drew the attention of Parisian savants and members of the French Société Zoologique d'Acclimitation in the mid-to-late nineteenth century as a part of a larger interest in the culture of fish and oysters.
Hirudin Hirudin is a naturally occurring peptide in the salivary glands of medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) that has a blood anticoagulant property. This is fundamental for the leeches’ alimentary habit of hematophagy, since it keeps the blood flowing after the initial phlebotomy performed by the worm on the host’s skin.
Hirudotherapy Hirudotherapy is the scientific name for the use of leeches for medicinal purposes. Used since medieval times to relieve inflammations and to correct supposed "imbalances of the four humours", then discredited for centuries, hirudotherapy is now used to encourage regrowth of blood vessels after surgery to delicate areas such as mucous membranes, particularly in cases where arterial regrowth was successful but venous regrowth was less so.
Hirukawa, Gifu Hirukawa (č›ĺ·ťćť‘; -mura) was a village located in Ena District, Gifu, Japan. On February 13 ,2005 the village merged with five other towns and villages from the district into the expanded city of Nakatsugawa, Gifu and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Hirut Desta Princess Hirut Desta is the daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. She is the widow of General Nega Tegegn, who was governor of the provinces of Begemder and Semien.
Hirvensalo-Kakskerta Hirvensalo-Kakskerta is a ward (Finnish suuralue, Swedish storomrĂĄde) of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 2. The ward consists of the islands of Hirvensalo, Satava and Kakskerta, as well as some smaller islands, in the Archipelago Sea off the city's coastline.
Hirwaun Hirwaun (Welsh meaning : 'long meadow') is the name of an electoral ward, a community, and a mining village at the northwest end of the Cynon Valley in the South Wales Valleys. The village of Hirwaun is three miles from the town of Aberdare, and comes under Aberdare for postal reasons.
Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem In mathematics, the Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem, named after Friedrich Hirzebruch, Bernhard Riemann, and Gustav Roch, is Hirzebruch's 1954 result contributing to the Riemann-Roch problem for complex algebraic varieties of all dimensions. It was the first successful generalisation of the classical Riemann-Roch theorem on Riemann surfaces to all higher dimensions, and paved the way to the Grothendieck-Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem proved about three years later.
HiRISE The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera is a camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The $40 million dollar (US) instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp..
His Britannic Majesty His Britannic Majesty, or Her Britannic Majesty, depending on the gender of the monarch, was and remains a formal, or official, term for some time, for the sovereign power of Great Britain in diplomacy, the law of nations, and international relations.
His Dark Materials His Dark Materials is a trilogy of novels by the fantasy fiction author Philip Pullman, comprising Northern Lights (released as The Golden Compass in North America and published in 1995), The Subtle Knife (published in 1997) and The Amber Spyglass (published in 2000). The trilogy has also been published as a single-volume omnibus in the United Kingdom, titled simply "His Dark Materials".
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights His Dark Materials: Northern Lights also known in the US as The Golden Compass is a forthcoming film based upon the first novel in Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials, slated for release in December 2007 by New Line Cinema.
His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass is a forthcoming movie based upon the third volume of author Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. The movie and its predecessors will be produced by New Line Cinema.
His Eye is on the Sparrow "His Eye is on the Sparrow" is a traditional gospel spiritual. Although it is today a staple of African-American worship services, the song was originally written in 1905 by two white songwriters, lyricist Civilla D.
His genitive The his genitive was a linguistic phenomenon in the syntax of the English language. The orthographic practice developed of marking the genitive case by inserting the word "his" between the possessor noun and the following possessed noun.
His Girl Friday His Girl Friday is a 1940 screwball comedy, a remake of the 1931 film The Front Page, itself an adaptation by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur of their play of the same name. One major alteration was made for this incarnation: the character of Hildy Johnson was changed from a man to a woman, putting a different spin on the story.
His Hero is Gone His Hero is Gone-often abbreviated "HHIG"- was an influential crust punk band from Memphis, Tennessee. Formed in 1995 from members of Copout , Man With Guns Lives Here and Face Down, they disbanded in 1999, playing their last show in Memphis.
His Highness Chu His Highness Chu, or "Chu-Fu-Chian-Shuei"(朱府ĺŤć˛ ) in Taiwanese, means brother of a Emperor, whose family name is Chu. It is one of the Gods of Five Palaces, "Wu-Fu-Chian-Shuei"(五府ĺŤć˛).
His Holiness His Holiness is the official style or manner of address in reference to the leaders of certain religious groups. In the Catholic Church, including the Eastern Catholic Churches, the style is used when referring to the Pope.
His Honour His Honour or Her Honour is an honorific prefix which is traditionally applied to certain classes of people, in particular justices and judges. In the United States, the prefix is also used for magistrates (spelled in the American style, "Honor").
His Last Bow His Last Bow is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the title of one of the stories in that collection. Originally published in 1917, it contains the various Holmes stories published between 1908 and 1913, as well as the one-off title story from 1917.
His Lordship Entertains His Lordship Entertains was Ronnie Barker's second sitcom vehicle for his Lord Rustless character, first seen three years earlier in Hark at Barker on ITV. This time though, Rustless had switched channels and was now appearing on BBC2.
His Majesty (band) A glam pop-rock group formed in around 1976 by brothers Colin and Denny Burgess, both former members of the popular aussie rock group The Masters Apprentices. Featuring a female Japanese vocalist the band recorded a string of largely unsuccessful singles, one single however titled 'C me comin' made it onto the big screen nationally throughout Australia as the opener for the movie blockbuster 'Ghostbusters'.
His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 was the Act of the British Parliament that allowed King Edward VIII to abdicate the throne, and passed succession to Prince Albert, Duke of York. Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry his lover, Wallis Simpson, after facing opposition from the government of the United Kingdom and the British dominions (See Abdication Crisis of Edward VIII).
His Majesty's Dragon His Majesty's Dragon, published in the UK as Temeraire, is the first novel in the Temeraire alternate history/fantasy series by American author Naomi Novik. For clarity reasons ("Temeraire" is also the name of a character in the series and the name of the series as a whole), the book itself will be referred to by its American title for the remainder of this article.
His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State (HMGIFS) was the formal designation used by the Executive Council (cabinet) of the Irish Free State in formal correspondence it and the United Kingdom or other Commonwealth states.
His Name Is Alive His Name Is Alive is an experimental pop music project from Livonia, Michigan, led by multi-instrumentalist Warren Defever. Their work utilizes a variety of musical influences, including electronica, art rock, avant-pop, funk, R&B, blues, jazz and soul.
His Religion and Hers His Religion And Hers is a book written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1922, after she had moved with her husband from New York to Norwich, Connecticut. In the book, she planned a religion freed from the dictates of oppressive patriarchal instincts.
His Way "His Way" is a sixth-season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In addition to introducing the character Vic Fontaine (James Darren) to the series, the episode saw the culmination of years of ambiguity between Odo and Kira Nerys when the two finally became romantically involved.
His Wheels International His Wheels International (HWI) is a bicycle service organization assisting Christian Missions in providing bicycles and bicycle expertise to nationals throughout the world. HWI’s goal is to mobilize God’s work worldwide using bicycles.
His Wife's Lover His Wife's Lover (1931, original Yiddish title Zayn Vaybs Lubovnik) was billed as the "first Jewish musical comedy talking picture". A play before it as a film, it was based on Ferenc Molnár's The Guardsman.
Hisako Arakaki Hisako Arakaki (Arakaki Hisako, 新垣寿ĺ, born 8 August 1977) is a J-pop singer from Okinawa, Japan, and an original member of the group Super Monkey's. She left at the end of 1993, and later worked as a dance instructor at the Okinawa Actors School.
Hisako Matsubara Hisako Matsubara (Japanese: 松原 äą…ĺ; Kyoto; May 21, 1935) is a Japanese novelist who has written in German. The daughter of a Shinto priest, her best known work (in Spanish, at least) is Samurai, a story of frustated love which shines a light on the fragility of Japanese society prior to that country's civil war in 1868, through which it was opened to western powers, particularly the United States.
Hisanohamasaurus "Hisanohamasaurus" (meaning "Hisano-hama lizard") is the name given to an as yet undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It is a nomen nudum known only from teeth that first appeared in a general-audience dinosaur book by David Lambert (1990).
Hisar District Hisar district (Hindi: ह‍िसार) is one of the 19 districts of Haryana state, India, and Hisar town is the district headquarters. The district is also part of an administrative division of the same name, namely, Hisar, and the Hisar Division is headed by a commissioner who belongs to the Indian Administrative Service.
Hisar, India Hisar (Hindi: ह‍िसार) , previously spelled as Hissar, is a city in the state of Haryana, in northwestern India, and it is also headquarters of Hisar District. Hisar was founded as Hissar-e-Firoza by Firoz Shah Tughlak on the demolished ruins of an existing prosperous Hindu and Jain city of Iksaru.
Hisarlik Hisarlik, or Hissarlik ("Place of Fortresses"), is the modern Turkish name for the ancient site of Troy, also known as Ilion, and is located in what is now Turkey (known throughout history as Anatolia). Hisarlik, now an unoccupied archaeological site, lies approximately 6.
Hisashi Hisashi Tonomura (外村 尚, Tonomura Hisashi; born February 2, 1972 in Hirosaki, Aomori) is the lead guitarist for the popular Japanese rock band GLAY. Together with his bandmate Jiro, the two of them are most well known for their visual support in manga-like costumes.
Hisashi Owada Hisashi Owada (ĺ°Źĺ’Śç”° ć† Owada Hisashi, born September 18, 1932), a former Japanese diplomat, is a judge on the International Court of Justice. Owada also serves as president of the Japan Institute of International Affairs and advisor to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Hisashi Shinma Hisashi Shinma was a figurehead president of the WWE, then known as WWWF, from 1978 through 1984 before he was successed by Jack Tunney. Shinma was chairman and one of the bookers for New Japan Pro Wrestling at the time, and negotiated a talent-sharing arrangement with the World Wrestling Federation within the junior heavyweight division, which would ultimately launch Tatsumi Fujinami as an international superstar and an eventual successor to Antonio Inoki.
Hisaya Morishige (born May 4, 1913) is a Japanese actor. Born in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, he graduated from what was known under the old education system as Kitano Middle School (now Kitano High School), and subsequently attended Waseda University.
Hisayasu Nagata Hisayasu Nagata (永田 寿康 Nagata Hisayasu, born September 2, 1969 -) is a Japanese politician born in Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture. He graduated from Keio High school in 1988, Tokyo University in 1993, and then entered the Finance Ministry.
Hisayuki Machii Hisayuki Machii (町井 äą…äą‹ Machii Hisayuki; 1923 - September 14, 2002) , AKA the "Ginza Tiger" or "Gin-ja Ho-rang-ee" (銀座ă®č™Ž Ginza-no-Tora), was the founder of one of Japan's most notorious yakuza gangs, the Tosei-Kai (東声会).
Hisbah Hisbah (Arabic: Řسبة hisba, ḥisba, "verification") is an Islamic doctrine of keeping everything in order within the laws of Allah. This doctrine is based on the Qur'anic expression Enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong.
Hisbah (business accountability) The concept of hisba (ŘŮسْبة [ḥisba], calculation; verification) is an Islamic practice not explicitly in the Qur'an nor in the corpus of sahih hadith. In a book review, Muhammad Umar Memon explains, "the institution of the hisba has been generally understood as one seeking to ensure correct economic and commercial practices among the Muslim umma".
Hisham al Hussein Hisham Z. al Hussein, aka Hisham Al Hidith and Abu Geith, second secretary at Iraq embassy in Manila, expelled by Philippine government February 13, 2003, after speaking with Abu Madja and Hamsiraji Sali, leaders of Abu Sayyaf, al-Qaeda’s de facto franchise for the Philippines, just before and after Abu Sayyaf conducted an attack in Zamboanga City.
Hisham Bharoocha Hisham Akira Bharoocha was born in Nidata, Japan and is an ex-member of the Providence, Rhode Island bands Lightning Bolt and Black Dice. Currently, Bharoocha is involved in his solo band Soft Circle, and as an artist in New York City.
Hisham Hafiz Hisham Hafiz or Hashim Ali Hafiz (born 28 April, 1931 - 26 February, 2006 was a Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher and author. He is best known for co-founding the Arab News and his Saudi Research and Publishing Company published 16 newspapers and magazines at the time of his death.
Hisham Jaber General Hisham M. Jaber (born September 13, 1943) (Arabic: اللŮاء الرŮن هشام جابر) is a retired high-profile Lebanese Major General running a Public Relations and lobbying firm in the Middle-East and Africa.
Hisham Kabbani Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani (born in Lebanon) is a prominent but controversial American Sufi Muslim, and a scholar of sufi Islam. Kabbani advocates an understanding of Islam as fundamentally based on peace, tolerance, respect and love.
Hisham Shreidi Hisham Shreidi lived in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in Lebanon and was the founder of sunni extremist group Osbat al-Ansar. During the Lebanese Civil War] in the 1980s Shreidi was a leader of the [[Islamic Association, a sunni fundamentalist group.
Hisham's Palace Hisham's Palace is an archaeological site located 5 km north of Jericho on the West Bank. The palace was built in CE 743 by Al-Walid ibn Yazid and owed its name to his uncle, the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, who ruled an empire stretching from India to the Pyrenees.
Hishammuddin Hussein Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussein (born August 1961) is a Malaysian politician and member of United Malays National Organization (UMNO). He is the current Malaysian Education Minister, having served since March 30, 2004.
Hisingen Eastern Hundred Hisingen Eastern Hundred, or Östra Hisings härad, was a hundred of Westrogothia in Sweden. It was named Swedish Hisingen between 1658 and 1681 to separate it from Norwegian Hisingen, following the Treaty of Roskilde which ceded Bahusia to Sweden.
Hisingen Western Hundred Hisingen Western Hundred, or Västra Hisings härad, was a hundred of Bahusia in Sweden. It was named Norwegian Hisingen between 1658 and 1681 to separate it from Swedish Hisingen, following the Treaty of Roskilde which ceded Bahusia to Sweden.
Hiroshi Inagaki Hiroshi Inagaki (稲垣浩 Inagaki Hiroshi; 30 December 1905 – 21 May 1980) was a Japanese filmmaker most known for the Academy Award winning Samurai Trilogy that he directed. Before becoming a director and screenwriter, Inagaki was a child actor.
Hiroshi Kanazawa is an anime character designer and animator who currently works for Studio Comet. Along with Noboru Ishiguro, Norio Yazawa, TĹŤru Komori and Kazunori Tanahashi, he was a member of the Japan Art Bureau (or "JAB") until it folded.
Hiroshi Miyauchi Hiroshi Miyauchi (宮内 洋, June 14, 1947) is a Japanese actor born in Chiba, Japan. A seasoned actor known for playing some of the most memorable roles in Tokusatsu history, such as Kazami Shiro in Kamen Rider V3 and Ken Hayakawa in Kaiketsu Zubat.
Hiroshi Oshima (19 April 1886 – 6 June 1975) was the Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany during World War II — and unknowingly a major source of communications intelligence for the Allies. His role could perhaps be best summed up by General George S.
Hiroshi Sugimoto Hiroshi Sugimoto (杉本博司, Sugimoto Hiroshi), born in 1948, is a Japanese photographer currently dividing his time between Tokyo and New York City. His catalog is made up of a number of series, each having a distinct theme and similar attributes.
Hiroshi Yoshida Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) was a 20th century Japanese painter and woodblock print maker. He is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the shin hanga style, and is known especially for his excellent landscape prints.
Hiroshige Utagawa Hiroshige, (IPA pronunciation: , Japanese: ćŚĺ·ťĺşé‡Ť; 1797 in Edo – October 12, 1858, also sometimes referred to as "AndĹŤ Hiroshige" (安藤ĺşé‡Ť) (although this combination of a family name with an art name is irregular), See Introduction of Henry D. Smith II; 1986 and by the art name of "Ichiyusai Hiroshige") was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition.
Hiroshima (band) Hiroshima is an American jazz fusion band formed in 1974 by Sansei Japanese American Dan Kuramoto (wind instruments and band leader), June Kuramoto (koto), Johnny Mori (percussion and taiko), & Danny Yamamoto (keyboards and drums). Named for the Japanese city of Hiroshima they are best known for the fusing of Japanese music and other forms of world music into their playing.
Hiroshima (film) Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II. Except as actors, no Americans took part in the production.
Hiroshima (Hersey) Hiroshima (ISBN 0-679-72103-7) is the title of a magazine article written by Pulitzer Prize winner John Hersey that appeared in The New Yorker in August 1946, exactly one year after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:15 a.m.
Hiroshima Castle , sometimes called is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan which was the home of the daimyĹŤ (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima han (fief). Originally constructed in the 1590s, the castle was destroyed in the atomic bombing in 1945.
Hiroshima International Animation Festival The Hiroshima International Animation Festival is the International Animation Festival for the World Peace presented biannually in Hiroshima, Japan. It was founded in 1985 and is one of the international animation festivals sponsored by ASIFA, (the Association International du Film d'Animation or International Animated Film Association).
Hiroshima Mon Amour Hiroshima Mon Amour, Alain Resnais' acclaimed film, was released in the USA in 1959, and was called "The Birth of a Nation of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague)" by critic Leonard Maltin, because of its importance to the innovations of the movement. In addition, fellow French New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard described the film's inventiveness as "Faulkner plus Stravinsky" and "the first film without any cinematic references" It tells the story of a French woman (Emmanuelle Riva]) and a Japanese man ([[Eiji Okada) who meet and become lovers in post-war Hiroshima.
Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation The Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation was established in April 1998 by the City of Hiroshima to promote peace, and to consolidate the city's activities in peace promotion, globalization, and international cooperation. It integrates the Hiroshima International Relations Organization and the Hiroshima International Relations Organization.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hiroshima Peace Memorial, commonly known as the Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome (Japanese: 原ç†ă‰ăĽă Genbaku Dome), is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Hiroshima, Japan. It was established as such in 1996.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is a large park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to be nuclear bombed. There are a variety of monuments and buildings in the park, each dedicated to a different aspect of the bombing.
Hiroshima Plant Hiroshima Plant is an automobile manufacturing complex in Aki and Ujina, Hiroshima, Japan operated by Mazda Motor Corporation. The complex consists of two main elements, the head office in Aki District, and the main plant in nearby Ujina District.
Hiroshima Station is a JR West railway station located in Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all SanyĹŤ Shinkansen trains stop here.
Hirotoki Onozawa Hirotoki Onozawa (小野澤宏時) plays rugby at wing and full back for Suntory Sungoliath in the Top League. He also plays for the Japan national rugby union team, and is known for his speed and elusive running, which is very hard to stop.
Hirotoshi Honda Hirotoshi Honda (本田博俊), founder of Mugen Motorsports is the son of Soichiro Honda, the man who founded the Honda Motor Company. Born in April 1942, he was six when his father set up Honda and when Hirotoshi was in his teens, the empire boomed.
Hirotoshi Nakamura Great artist Hirotoshi Nakamura (born November 10, 1951) is one of the most innovative and revered Japanese anime creators and directors. Once trained as a graphic artist, he began his career in 1973 working for Rin Iogi's company Koyabashi Productions.
Hirotsugu Akaike Hirotsugu Akaike (Japanese: čµ¤ć± ĺĽć¬ˇ Akaike Hirotsugu; alternative Romanization: Hirotugu Akaike) (born November 5, 1927) is a Japanese statistician. In the early 1970s he formulated an information criterion for model identification which has become known as the Akaike information criterion.
Hiroya Ishimaru Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸 博也, Ishimaru Hiroya) is a seiyū who was born on February 12, 1941 in Sendai, Miyagi as Shinji Ishide (石出 伸二, Ishide Shinji). He is most famous for performing the role of Kouji Kabuto in the 1972 series Mazinger Z and its sequels.
Hiroyasu Koga Hiroyasu Koga (古賀浩靖 Koga Hiroyasu) was a young Tatenokai member responsible for the decapitation of Yukio Mishima during his seppuku on November 25, 1970. He studied law at Kanagawa University, and intended to become a lawyer.
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (* January 27, 1920 – †October 26, 1944) was an ace pilot of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force during World War II. It is possible he was the most successful Japanese fighter ace of the war; he personally claimed to have had 87 aerial victories at the time of his death.
Hiroyuki Goto Hiroyuki Goto of Tokyo, Japan, born 2 August 1973, recited pi from memory to 42,195 decimal places at NHK Broadcasting Centre, Tokyo on 18 February 1995. This set the world record at the time, which was held for more than a decade until Akira Haraguchi beat it in 2006.
Hiroyuki Ishida Hiroyuki Ishida (born August 31, 1979 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese football (soccer) player who recently played as a right winger for Perth Glory in the first season of the Hyundai A-League. Not long after the season had finished he went to pursue his playing career in Malaysia after the Perth Glory changed it's ownership over to the FFA.
Hiroyuki ItĹŤ is a Japanese game director and designer for Square Enix, and is most known for his work in the role-playing game series, Final Fantasy. He uses the pen name "Shiomi" when writing lyrics and the like.
Hiroyuki Nishimura Hiroyuki Nishimura (西村 博之 Nishimura Hiroyuki; born November 16 1976) is an administrator of 2channel, the largest and most influential BBS in Japan. He is usually known simply as ă˛ă‚Ťă‚†ăŤ (Hiroyuki).
Hiroyuki Sakai Hiroyuki Sakai (Sakai Hiroyuki; 坂井 宏行) (born April 2, 1942 in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a well-known Japanese chef who specializes in French cuisine. Sakai is most famous for being the second, and last, Iron Chef French on the Japanese television show Iron Chef, first appearing at the beginning of 1994 (after Yutaka Ishinabe retired) and continued his appearance in shows over nine seasons.
Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (born Osaka, 21 November 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics and a bronze medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Hirsau Hirsau (formerly Hirschau) is a small town in the German state of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, located in the south-west portion of the country, about two miles north of Calw and about twenty four miles west of Stuttgart.
Hirsau Abbey Hirsau Abbey, formerly known as Hirschau, was once one of the most prominent Benedictine abbeys of Germany. It was located in the town of Hirsau, in the Diocese of Speyer, about twenty-two miles west of Stuttgart, which grew up round it, near Calw in the southern German Bundesland of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg.
Hirsel Hirsel is primarily a Scottish and Northern English word meaning the entire stock of sheep on a farm or under the charge of a shepherd. For example "There are two full hirsels worked on the land than forms the Creag Mhor Estate.
Hirschholm Palace Hirschholm Palace, also known as Hørsholm Palace, was a royal palace located in present-day Hørsholm municipality in Denmark until 1810. It developed a notorious reputation in connection with its role in the affair between Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Mathilda in the 1770s.
Hirschhorn (Neckar) Hirschhorn (Neckar) is a small town in the south of Hesse and is also known as 'Pearl of the Neckar River Valley'. Hirschhorn is accredited as recreational and health resort and is located in the natural park BergstraĂźe-Odenwald.
Hirschi High School John R. Hirschi Math/Science International Baccalaureate Magnet High School, or commonly known as Hirschi High School or HHS for short, is a four year public high school in Wichita Falls, Texas located at 3106 Borton Lane.
Hirschlanden transmitter The Hirschlanden transmitter is a facility of the Deutsche Telekom AG (in earlier days: Deutsche Bundespost) for mediumwave broadcasting south of Hirschlanden, a village which is a part of the German city of Ditzingen, situated at 48°49'47" N and 9°02'15" E.
Hirsi Ali Dis Hirsi Ali Dis (also spelled "diss") is the name of a rap song produced and distributed by the Dutch group The Hague Connection. The lyrics which, besides being extremely vulgar and offensive, speak of a plan to assassinate Tweede Kamerlid Ayaan Hirsi Ali, led to the group's prosecution under Article 121 of the Dutch criminal code.
Hirsi Magan Isse Hirsi Magan Isse (; born 1935) is a scholar and one of the leading figures of the civil war in Somalia. He is a former comrade in arms of president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and the father of the former Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Hirson Hirson is a commune in the Aisne département in northern France. It is a few miles west of the border with Belgium, and was in the past an important strategic position due to being near the intersection of several railway lines.
Hirstaang Forest The Histaag Forest is a region of Solstheim, a large island north-west of the island Vvardenfell in the fictional world of the Windows and Xbox game, The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon (the expansion to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind). The Hirstaag Forest is in the southern portion of the island and covers the area to the west of the Iggnir River and south of Brodir Grove.
Hirtenschalmei The Hirtenschalmei (or shepherd's shawm) is a late 20th century reconstruction following certain iconographical sources of a cylindrical double-reed wind-cap instrument with flaring bell; it produces a rather buzzy sound.
Hirtshals Hirtshals is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County on the north coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 196 km², and has a total population of 14,088 (2005).
Hirudiculture Hirudiculture is the culture, or farming, of leeches in both natural and artificial environments. This practice drew the attention of Parisian savants and members of the French Société Zoologique d'Acclimitation in the mid-to-late nineteenth century as a part of a larger interest in the culture of fish and oysters.
Hirudin Hirudin is a naturally occurring peptide in the salivary glands of medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) that has a blood anticoagulant property. This is fundamental for the leeches’ alimentary habit of hematophagy, since it keeps the blood flowing after the initial phlebotomy performed by the worm on the host’s skin.
Hirudotherapy Hirudotherapy is the scientific name for the use of leeches for medicinal purposes. Used since medieval times to relieve inflammations and to correct supposed "imbalances of the four humours", then discredited for centuries, hirudotherapy is now used to encourage regrowth of blood vessels after surgery to delicate areas such as mucous membranes, particularly in cases where arterial regrowth was successful but venous regrowth was less so.
Hirukawa, Gifu Hirukawa (č›ĺ·ťćť‘; -mura) was a village located in Ena District, Gifu, Japan. On February 13 ,2005 the village merged with five other towns and villages from the district into the expanded city of Nakatsugawa, Gifu and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Hirut Desta Princess Hirut Desta is the daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. She is the widow of General Nega Tegegn, who was governor of the provinces of Begemder and Semien.
Hirvensalo-Kakskerta Hirvensalo-Kakskerta is a ward (Finnish suuralue, Swedish storomrĂĄde) of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 2. The ward consists of the islands of Hirvensalo, Satava and Kakskerta, as well as some smaller islands, in the Archipelago Sea off the city's coastline.
Hirwaun Hirwaun (Welsh meaning : 'long meadow') is the name of an electoral ward, a community, and a mining village at the northwest end of the Cynon Valley in the South Wales Valleys. The village of Hirwaun is three miles from the town of Aberdare, and comes under Aberdare for postal reasons.
Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem In mathematics, the Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem, named after Friedrich Hirzebruch, Bernhard Riemann, and Gustav Roch, is Hirzebruch's 1954 result contributing to the Riemann-Roch problem for complex algebraic varieties of all dimensions. It was the first successful generalisation of the classical Riemann-Roch theorem on Riemann surfaces to all higher dimensions, and paved the way to the Grothendieck-Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem proved about three years later.
HiRISE The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera is a camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The $40 million dollar (US) instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp..
His Britannic Majesty His Britannic Majesty, or Her Britannic Majesty, depending on the gender of the monarch, was and remains a formal, or official, term for some time, for the sovereign power of Great Britain in diplomacy, the law of nations, and international relations.
His Dark Materials His Dark Materials is a trilogy of novels by the fantasy fiction author Philip Pullman, comprising Northern Lights (released as The Golden Compass in North America and published in 1995), The Subtle Knife (published in 1997) and The Amber Spyglass (published in 2000). The trilogy has also been published as a single-volume omnibus in the United Kingdom, titled simply "His Dark Materials".
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights His Dark Materials: Northern Lights also known in the US as The Golden Compass is a forthcoming film based upon the first novel in Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials, slated for release in December 2007 by New Line Cinema.
His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass is a forthcoming movie based upon the third volume of author Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. The movie and its predecessors will be produced by New Line Cinema.
His Eye is on the Sparrow "His Eye is on the Sparrow" is a traditional gospel spiritual. Although it is today a staple of African-American worship services, the song was originally written in 1905 by two white songwriters, lyricist Civilla D.
His genitive The his genitive was a linguistic phenomenon in the syntax of the English language. The orthographic practice developed of marking the genitive case by inserting the word "his" between the possessor noun and the following possessed noun.
His Girl Friday His Girl Friday is a 1940 screwball comedy, a remake of the 1931 film The Front Page, itself an adaptation by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur of their play of the same name. One major alteration was made for this incarnation: the character of Hildy Johnson was changed from a man to a woman, putting a different spin on the story.
His Hero is Gone His Hero is Gone-often abbreviated "HHIG"- was an influential crust punk band from Memphis, Tennessee. Formed in 1995 from members of Copout , Man With Guns Lives Here and Face Down, they disbanded in 1999, playing their last show in Memphis.
His Highness Chu His Highness Chu, or "Chu-Fu-Chian-Shuei"(朱府ĺŤć˛ ) in Taiwanese, means brother of a Emperor, whose family name is Chu. It is one of the Gods of Five Palaces, "Wu-Fu-Chian-Shuei"(五府ĺŤć˛).
His Holiness His Holiness is the official style or manner of address in reference to the leaders of certain religious groups. In the Catholic Church, including the Eastern Catholic Churches, the style is used when referring to the Pope.
His Honour His Honour or Her Honour is an honorific prefix which is traditionally applied to certain classes of people, in particular justices and judges. In the United States, the prefix is also used for magistrates (spelled in the American style, "Honor").
His Last Bow His Last Bow is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the title of one of the stories in that collection. Originally published in 1917, it contains the various Holmes stories published between 1908 and 1913, as well as the one-off title story from 1917.
His Lordship Entertains His Lordship Entertains was Ronnie Barker's second sitcom vehicle for his Lord Rustless character, first seen three years earlier in Hark at Barker on ITV. This time though, Rustless had switched channels and was now appearing on BBC2.
His Majesty (band) A glam pop-rock group formed in around 1976 by brothers Colin and Denny Burgess, both former members of the popular aussie rock group The Masters Apprentices. Featuring a female Japanese vocalist the band recorded a string of largely unsuccessful singles, one single however titled 'C me comin' made it onto the big screen nationally throughout Australia as the opener for the movie blockbuster 'Ghostbusters'.
His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 was the Act of the British Parliament that allowed King Edward VIII to abdicate the throne, and passed succession to Prince Albert, Duke of York. Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry his lover, Wallis Simpson, after facing opposition from the government of the United Kingdom and the British dominions (See Abdication Crisis of Edward VIII).
His Majesty's Dragon His Majesty's Dragon, published in the UK as Temeraire, is the first novel in the Temeraire alternate history/fantasy series by American author Naomi Novik. For clarity reasons ("Temeraire" is also the name of a character in the series and the name of the series as a whole), the book itself will be referred to by its American title for the remainder of this article.
His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State (HMGIFS) was the formal designation used by the Executive Council (cabinet) of the Irish Free State in formal correspondence it and the United Kingdom or other Commonwealth states.
His Name Is Alive His Name Is Alive is an experimental pop music project from Livonia, Michigan, led by multi-instrumentalist Warren Defever. Their work utilizes a variety of musical influences, including electronica, art rock, avant-pop, funk, R&B, blues, jazz and soul.
His Religion and Hers His Religion And Hers is a book written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1922, after she had moved with her husband from New York to Norwich, Connecticut. In the book, she planned a religion freed from the dictates of oppressive patriarchal instincts.
His Way "His Way" is a sixth-season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In addition to introducing the character Vic Fontaine (James Darren) to the series, the episode saw the culmination of years of ambiguity between Odo and Kira Nerys when the two finally became romantically involved.
His Wheels International His Wheels International (HWI) is a bicycle service organization assisting Christian Missions in providing bicycles and bicycle expertise to nationals throughout the world. HWI’s goal is to mobilize God’s work worldwide using bicycles.
His Wife's Lover His Wife's Lover (1931, original Yiddish title Zayn Vaybs Lubovnik) was billed as the "first Jewish musical comedy talking picture". A play before it as a film, it was based on Ferenc Molnár's The Guardsman.
Hisako Arakaki Hisako Arakaki (Arakaki Hisako, 新垣寿ĺ, born 8 August 1977) is a J-pop singer from Okinawa, Japan, and an original member of the group Super Monkey's. She left at the end of 1993, and later worked as a dance instructor at the Okinawa Actors School.
Hisako Matsubara Hisako Matsubara (Japanese: 松原 äą…ĺ; Kyoto; May 21, 1935) is a Japanese novelist who has written in German. The daughter of a Shinto priest, her best known work (in Spanish, at least) is Samurai, a story of frustated love which shines a light on the fragility of Japanese society prior to that country's civil war in 1868, through which it was opened to western powers, particularly the United States.
Hisanohamasaurus "Hisanohamasaurus" (meaning "Hisano-hama lizard") is the name given to an as yet undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It is a nomen nudum known only from teeth that first appeared in a general-audience dinosaur book by David Lambert (1990).
Hisar District Hisar district (Hindi: ह‍िसार) is one of the 19 districts of Haryana state, India, and Hisar town is the district headquarters. The district is also part of an administrative division of the same name, namely, Hisar, and the Hisar Division is headed by a commissioner who belongs to the Indian Administrative Service.
Hisar, India Hisar (Hindi: ह‍िसार) , previously spelled as Hissar, is a city in the state of Haryana, in northwestern India, and it is also headquarters of Hisar District. Hisar was founded as Hissar-e-Firoza by Firoz Shah Tughlak on the demolished ruins of an existing prosperous Hindu and Jain city of Iksaru.
Hisarlik Hisarlik, or Hissarlik ("Place of Fortresses"), is the modern Turkish name for the ancient site of Troy, also known as Ilion, and is located in what is now Turkey (known throughout history as Anatolia). Hisarlik, now an unoccupied archaeological site, lies approximately 6.
Hisashi Hisashi Tonomura (外村 尚, Tonomura Hisashi; born February 2, 1972 in Hirosaki, Aomori) is the lead guitarist for the popular Japanese rock band GLAY. Together with his bandmate Jiro, the two of them are most well known for their visual support in manga-like costumes.
Hisashi Owada Hisashi Owada (ĺ°Źĺ’Śç”° ć† Owada Hisashi, born September 18, 1932), a former Japanese diplomat, is a judge on the International Court of Justice. Owada also serves as president of the Japan Institute of International Affairs and advisor to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Hisashi Shinma Hisashi Shinma was a figurehead president of the WWE, then known as WWWF, from 1978 through 1984 before he was successed by Jack Tunney. Shinma was chairman and one of the bookers for New Japan Pro Wrestling at the time, and negotiated a talent-sharing arrangement with the World Wrestling Federation within the junior heavyweight division, which would ultimately launch Tatsumi Fujinami as an international superstar and an eventual successor to Antonio Inoki.
Hisaya Morishige (born May 4, 1913) is a Japanese actor. Born in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, he graduated from what was known under the old education system as Kitano Middle School (now Kitano High School), and subsequently attended Waseda University.
Hisayasu Nagata Hisayasu Nagata (永田 寿康 Nagata Hisayasu, born September 2, 1969 -) is a Japanese politician born in Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture. He graduated from Keio High school in 1988, Tokyo University in 1993, and then entered the Finance Ministry.
Hisayuki Machii Hisayuki Machii (町井 äą…äą‹ Machii Hisayuki; 1923 - September 14, 2002) , AKA the "Ginza Tiger" or "Gin-ja Ho-rang-ee" (銀座ă®č™Ž Ginza-no-Tora), was the founder of one of Japan's most notorious yakuza gangs, the Tosei-Kai (東声会).
Hisbah Hisbah (Arabic: Řسبة hisba, ḥisba, "verification") is an Islamic doctrine of keeping everything in order within the laws of Allah. This doctrine is based on the Qur'anic expression Enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong.
Hisbah (business accountability) The concept of hisba (ŘŮسْبة [ḥisba], calculation; verification) is an Islamic practice not explicitly in the Qur'an nor in the corpus of sahih hadith. In a book review, Muhammad Umar Memon explains, "the institution of the hisba has been generally understood as one seeking to ensure correct economic and commercial practices among the Muslim umma".
Hisham al Hussein Hisham Z. al Hussein, aka Hisham Al Hidith and Abu Geith, second secretary at Iraq embassy in Manila, expelled by Philippine government February 13, 2003, after speaking with Abu Madja and Hamsiraji Sali, leaders of Abu Sayyaf, al-Qaeda’s de facto franchise for the Philippines, just before and after Abu Sayyaf conducted an attack in Zamboanga City.
Hisham Bharoocha Hisham Akira Bharoocha was born in Nidata, Japan and is an ex-member of the Providence, Rhode Island bands Lightning Bolt and Black Dice. Currently, Bharoocha is involved in his solo band Soft Circle, and as an artist in New York City.
Hisham Hafiz Hisham Hafiz or Hashim Ali Hafiz (born 28 April, 1931 - 26 February, 2006 was a Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher and author. He is best known for co-founding the Arab News and his Saudi Research and Publishing Company published 16 newspapers and magazines at the time of his death.
Hisham Jaber General Hisham M. Jaber (born September 13, 1943) (Arabic: اللŮاء الرŮن هشام جابر) is a retired high-profile Lebanese Major General running a Public Relations and lobbying firm in the Middle-East and Africa.
Hisham Kabbani Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani (born in Lebanon) is a prominent but controversial American Sufi Muslim, and a scholar of sufi Islam. Kabbani advocates an understanding of Islam as fundamentally based on peace, tolerance, respect and love.
Hisham Shreidi Hisham Shreidi lived in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in Lebanon and was the founder of sunni extremist group Osbat al-Ansar. During the Lebanese Civil War] in the 1980s Shreidi was a leader of the [[Islamic Association, a sunni fundamentalist group.
Hisham's Palace Hisham's Palace is an archaeological site located 5 km north of Jericho on the West Bank. The palace was built in CE 743 by Al-Walid ibn Yazid and owed its name to his uncle, the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, who ruled an empire stretching from India to the Pyrenees.
Hishammuddin Hussein Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussein (born August 1961) is a Malaysian politician and member of United Malays National Organization (UMNO). He is the current Malaysian Education Minister, having served since March 30, 2004.
Hisingen Eastern Hundred Hisingen Eastern Hundred, or Östra Hisings härad, was a hundred of Westrogothia in Sweden. It was named Swedish Hisingen between 1658 and 1681 to separate it from Norwegian Hisingen, following the Treaty of Roskilde which ceded Bahusia to Sweden.
Hisingen Western Hundred Hisingen Western Hundred, or Västra Hisings härad, was a hundred of Bahusia in Sweden. It was named Norwegian Hisingen between 1658 and 1681 to separate it from Swedish Hisingen, following the Treaty of Roskilde which ceded Bahusia to Sweden.
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