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Shibusawa Eiichi (Japanese: Eiichi Shibusawa [Zeze EIichi]／Shibusawa Eiichi, Romanized: Shibusawa Eiichi (March 16, 1840 - November 11, 1931), also known as Seibuchi, was an active samurai (shogunate), bureaucrat, and industrialist from the late Edo period to the early Taisho period in Japan.

Saki Shimizu (November 22, 1991 -) is a Japanese female idol, singer and entertainer. Born in Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, he is a member of "Hello! Project Kids". Belongs to UP-FRONT brokerage company. Height is 152.9 cm. His nicknames are "captain", "Saki-chan", "stain ham", etc.

Zenzo Shimizu (Shimizu Zenzo, March 25, 1891 - April 12, 1977) was a Japanese tennis player. Zenzo Shimizu and Kazuya Kumagai were representatives of Japanese tennis after World War I. One of the nine Asian players in history to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament.

Qu Benqiao (1862-1919), formerly known as Benqiao and courtesy name Chunan, was born in Qixian County, Shanxi Province. Chinese industrialist and official.

Ken Watanabe (Japanese: Watanabe Ken, pseudonym: Watanabe sword, English: Ken Watanabe, October 21, 1959 -) is a Japanese actor. Born in Koide Town, Kita Uonuma County, Niigata Prefecture (today's Uonuma City). Ken Watanabe debuted in TV dramas and later became a film actor. His representative works include the NHK Taiga drama "One-Eyed Dragon Masamune" and the movie "The Last Samurai". He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2004 for "The Last Samurai", which made him well-known in the international film industry. Since then, he has collaborated with Hollywood directors many times, starring in "Letter from Iwo Jima" (2006) directed by Clint Eastwood, and "Batman Begins" (2005) and "Full Initiation" (2010) directed by Christopher Nolan.

James Wan (English: James Wan, born February 26, 1977), is an Australian male director, producer and screenwriter, known for making horror films. Famous works include "Saw" (2004), "Dead Silence" (2007), "The House of Hell" series of movies (2011 to present), "The House of Hell" series of movies (2013 to present), "Furious 7" (2015) and "Aquaman" (2018), etc.

Wendell Meredith Stanley (English: Wendell Meredith Stanley, August 16, 1904 - June 15, 1971), born in Ridgeville, Indiana, was an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946. Known as the father of virology.

Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (Italian: Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini, November 3, 1801 – September 23, 1835) was an Italian composer.

Wen Shizhu (November 2, 1932 - November 3, 2023), a mechanical expert in mainland China.

Justin Martyr (English: Justin Martyr), or Justin Martyr, was one of the Christian apologists of the 2nd century AD. He was martyred in Rome before 165 AD. Catholics believe that he is the patron saint of philosophers. The Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion also regard him as a saint. Most of his works are lost, but two apologetics and a dialogue survive. The First Apologetics, his most famous work, passionately defended the morality of the Christian life and provided a variety of ethical and philosophical arguments that persuaded the Roman Emperor Antonus to abandon his persecution of the Church. Additionally, he contends that many historical Greek philosophers (including Socrates and Plato) were uninformed Christians, as he has a good study of their works. In addition, he also pointed out that, just as Augustine of Hippo later discussed the "true religion" revealed by Christianity, the "seed" of Christianity (the historical manifestation of the incarnation) actually preceded the birth of Christ.

Tom Harkin (English: Tom Harkin; November 19, 1939 -) is an American politician. He was one of Iowa's two members of the Senate from 1985 to 2015. His party affiliation is the Democratic Party. Harkin served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985. In 2013, he announced that he would not seek re-election to the Senate.

Thomas Piketty is a French economist who specializes in studying income and wealth inequality. He is Director of Teaching at the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and Professor at the Paris School of Economics. He discussed his research on the concentration and distribution of wealth over the past 250 years in his 2013 bestseller Capital in the Twenty-First Century. He believes that since the return on capital in developed countries is always higher than the economic growth rate, this will lead to the gradual expansion of wealth inequality. So he proposed redistributing wealth through a global wealth tax to solve this problem.

Minoru Genda (Japanese: Genda fruit／ Minoru, Romanized: Genda Minoru, August 16, 1904 - August 15, 1989) was born in Yamagata-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Former member of the Japanese Diet, general of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and adjunct officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. He is famous for planning the attack on Pearl Harbor. His highest military rank in the Navy is Colonel, and he was one of the initiators of the Kamikaze Special Attack Team on the aviation staff. Minoru Genda did not regret the attack on Pearl Harbor, saying only that "we should not have attacked just once, we should have attacked again and again." After the Pacific War, he served as the third Chief of Staff (Chief of Staff) of the Air Self-Defense Force and became an Air Force General (General). After retiring, he entered politics and was elected to the Senate. First captain of the Red Cross Flying Corps.

Mizoguchi Kenji (May 16, 1898 - August 24, 1956) was one of the most important directors and screenwriters in the history of Japanese film. He was born in Tokyo. Mizoguchi Kenji is world-famous for his long shots and scene management. His panoramic long shot aesthetics like scroll paintings and his "one scene, one shot" technique inspired French New Wave directors such as Jean-Loup Gouda and Jacques Hivert. His works are good at describing women, with strong neo-realism and feminist overtones, showing women's pain and tenderness through the lens. His book "Ugetsu Monogatari" (1953) is considered one of the most outstanding film works in history. It won the Silver Lion Award at the 14th Venice Film Festival and has long been ranked in the top ten of the "Top 10 Greatest Films in Film History" by the authoritative British magazine "Sight and Sound". Mizoguchi Kenji's other masterpieces include "The Story of the Broken Chrysanthemum" (1939), "Saikaru's Girl" (1952) and "Sansho Doctor" (1954).

Pu (pǔ) Yi (Manchu: ᡦᡠ ᡳ, February 7, 1906 - October 17, 1967), Aisin Gioro, was the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty and Chinese history, and the only monarch of Manchukuo. Puyi was the great-grandson of Emperor Daoguang and nephew of Emperor Guangxu. His biological father was Prince Chun Zaifeng, and his biological mother Youlan was the daughter of Ronglu, an important minister in the late Qing Dynasty. In November 1908, Emperor Guangxu passed away. On her deathbed, Empress Dowager Cixi named Puyi, who was nearly 3 years old, as emperor, concurrently with Emperor Tongzhi and Emperor Guangxu. On December 2 of the same year, Puyi officially ascended the throne and changed the Yuan Dynasty to "Xuantong" the following year. After the Revolution of 1911, Puyi abdicated on February 12, 1912, under the pressure of Prime Minister Yuan Shikai. On July 1, 1917, Puyi briefly restored power in Beijing under the leadership of Yangtze River patrol envoy Zhang Xun and others. He was forced to abdicate after only 12 days. In 1924, Feng Yuxiang, commander-in-chief of the National Army, launched the Jiazi coup, and Puyi was forced to leave the Forbidden City and live in Tianjin. During this period, Puyi began to communicate with Japan. After the founding of Manchukuo in 1932, Puyi took office as the ruler of Manchukuo, with the reign name "Datong". In 1934, Manchukuo was changed from a republic to an imperial system, and Puyi became the emperor of Manchukuo with the reign title "Kant". After Japan's defeat in 1945, Puyi was captured by the Soviet Red Army and detained as a war criminal in the Far East for 5 years. In August 1950, Puyi was extradited back to the Fushun War Criminals Management Center of the People's Republic of China to serve his sentence. In December 1959, Puyi was pardoned by the government and worked successively in the Beijing Botanical Garden and the Cultural and Historical Materials Research Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 1964, Puyi served as a member of the Fourth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as a special invitee. In October 1967, Puyi died of illness at the age of 61.

Wan Siu-lun (real name Wan Siu-lun, nicknamed Wan Sir, English: Deric Wan Siu-lun, November 18, 1964 -) is a Hong Kong male singer and actor. He was TVB's leading niche player from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He is best known for his roles as Ding Youkang in the TV series "Intolerance" and Qi Hao in "I'm Kind". He has now moved to mainland China to develop his acting career and has faded out of the Hong Kong film and television industry.

Yungai Hayung (Atayal: Yungai Hayung, July 16, 1979 -), whose real name is Zeng Wenlan and stage name Wenlan, is a Taiwanese female singer and actress. She is an Atayal tribe member. She was born in the qalang Llyung Mrqwang tribe in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County. Her ethnic name "Yungai" means "monkey". In 1999, Wen Lan made her debut in the song "Rooftop" due to Wu Zongxian, which attracted much attention. Later at the end of the same year, she released her first solo album "The Sixth Sense" and officially entered the music scene. Wen Lan occupies a unique position in the Chinese pop music scene with her recognizable voice, R&B singing style and explosive stage performance, combined with the wild charm of Aboriginal descent, sexy image and dynamic energy in dance music.

Wen Yuanning (1899-January 13, 1984) was born in Lufeng, Guangdong. Writer and diplomat of the Republic of China.

Wen Shaoxian (December 4, 1934 - November 25, 2023) was born in Hong Kong and his ancestral home is Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province. He also has pen names such as Gang Feng, Nuan Nuan, Jiang Feng, Bai Lu, Ru Fan, etc. He graduated from the Department of Western Languages ​​and Literature of Sun Yat-sen University in his early years. Wen Shaoxian is a senior translator and Chinese and English editor. He has translated and reviewed more than 100 books. He is also a scholar who has long been engaged in English-Chinese language comparison and translation research, and has published many academic monographs. He is also a novelist and is good at writing political and economic historical novels. His representative works include the "Memories of Red" pentalogy and the three short story collections of the "Green Seal Man" series.

Teng Kuixing (April 29, 1973 -) is a native of Harbin, Heilongjiang. He graduated from Liaoning University of Culture and Art and is a well-known cartoon voice actor. His representative works include "Dragon Ball", "Crayon Shin-chan", "Mini Pet Star", etc.

Teng Jinxian (May 1937 - March 7, 2022), a native of Jixian County, Hebei Province, was a Chinese director and film entrepreneur.

Mitsushima Hikari (Japanese: Hikari Manshima／Mitsushima Hikari, Romanized: Mitsushima Hikari, November 30, 1985 -) is a Japanese actress, born in Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefecture, and a former member of the singing group Folder5. My grandfather is French-American, and one-quarter of the island is of foreign descent.

Hamaguchi Yuyuki (Japanese: Hamaguchi Yuyuki/Hamaguchi Osachi, Romanized: Hamaguchi Osachi (May 1, 1870 - August 26, 1931), formerly known as Mizuguchi, also known as Kutani, was a native of Mount Wudai Village, Nagaoka County, Tosa Province, Nankai Province, Japan (now Mount Wudai, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture). He was the Minister of Finance, Minister of the Interior, and Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Jessica Fox (English: Jessica Fox, June 11, 1994 -), Australian female kayaker, 166 cm tall. She represented Australia in canoeing at the 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals.