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Y Yan Shunkai Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Yan Shunkai (June 6, 1937 - October 16, 2017), male, Shanghainese, Chinese performing artist, first-class actor in Shanghai Comedy Troupe.

Suzuka Nakamoto Suzuka Nakamoto Film & TV · Japan

Nakamoto Suzuka (Japanese: Nakamoto Suzuka/Nakamoto Suzuka, Romanized: Nakamoto Suzuka, December 20, 1997 -) is a Japanese idol artist and singer, born in Hiroshima Prefecture, and belongs to the agency Amuse. Nicknames are SU, SU-san, and SU-chan. Debuted in 2007, she was a member of AMUSE's girl groups Sakura Gakuin and Poor Girl's. She is now the lead singer and dancer of the metal idol group BABYMETAL under the name SU-METAL. His sister is Nakagen Hikari, a former member of Nogizaka46.

M Miyuki Nakajima Musicians · Japan

Miyuki Nakajima (her stage name is written in hiragana with the same pronunciation as her real name, Nakajima Miyuki, February 23, 1952), a Japanese female singer, musician, songwriter, and host. She was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. She made her debut in 1975 with "Thistle Girl's Lullaby" (Miss Thistle's Lullaby). The golden period of her career was in the 1980s. There are two fan clubs: "Divination" and "Namifuku". Over the decades, Miyuki Nakajima's songs have been widely covered and adapted, including some of the singer's famous songs. In Japan, the gap between Miyuki Nakajima's brooding style and her cheerful tone on radio shows is widely known.

H Hiroshi Nakajima Political figures · Japan

Hiroshi Nakajima (Japanese: Hiroshi Nakajima / Hiroshi Nakajima, Romanized: Nakajima Hiroshi, May 16, 1928-January 26, 2013) was the previous chief secretary of the World Health Organization (WHO). Born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, graduated from Tokyo Medical University.

Masaya Nakamura Masaya Nakamura Entrepreneurs · Japan

Masaya Nakamura (Japanese: Masaya Nakamura, December 24, 1925 - January 22, 2017) was a Japanese entrepreneur and founder of Namco.

Y Yuko Nakazawa Musicians · Japan

Yuko Nakazawa (June 19, 1973 -) is a singer, artist, and host born in Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture, and is also a member of Morning Musume. The first generation captain is also the oldest among all the members in history. He was also the captain of Hello! Project.

Hidetoshi Nakata Hidetoshi Nakata Athletes · Japan

Hidetoshi Nakata (Japanese: Nakata Hidetoshi/Nakata Hidetoshi, Romanized: Nakata Hidetoshi, January 22, 1977 -) is a retired Japanese professional football player who serves as a midfielder. He is a former member of the Japanese national football team and the Asian Footballer of the Year in 1997 and 1998.

Miki Nakatani Miki Nakatani Film & TV · Japan

Miki Nakatani (January 12, 1976 -), Japanese actress and female singer, 160 cm tall, blood type A, born in Tokyo. Nakatani is a winner of various film awards including the Film Festival Award. At the end of July 2015, Nakatani left his original agency Stardust Communications and established his own agency. On November 27, 2018, Nakatani announced in a public handwritten letter that he had married German violist Thilo Fechner.

Toyota Sakichi Toyota Sakichi Entrepreneurs · Japan

Toyoda Sakichi (Japanese: Toyoda Sakichi/Toyoda Sakichi, March 19, 1867 (February 14, Keio 3) - October 30, 1930 (Showa 5)) was born in Yamaguchi Village, Toe Kuni (now Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture). He was a Japanese inventor and industrialist. He saw foreign looms at the Domestic Industry Exhibition in Tokyo, and independently invented the "Toyota-style wooden manual loom" and later invented the "G-type endless interchangeable Toyota automatic loom." During his career, he obtained 84 invention patents, 13 foreign invention patents and 35 utility models. Sakichi Toyoda established "Toyota Boshoku", "Toyota Textile Mills" and "Toyota Automatic Loom Manufacturing Co., Ltd." and was the founder of the Toyota Group. His son is Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Motor.

Kiichiro Kusuda Kiichiro Kusuda Entrepreneurs · Japan

Kiichiro Toyoda (Japanese: Toyoda Kiichiro/Toyoda Kiichiro, Romanized: Toyoda Kiichiro, June 11, 1894 - March 27, 1952) was a Japanese entrepreneur and founder of Toyota Motor Corporation. In 1933, he established an automobile manufacturing department within his father Sakichi Toyoda's company (Toyoda Automatic Loom). In 1937, this automobile manufacturing department was separated to establish Toyota Motor Corporation.

Akio Toyoda Akio Toyoda Entrepreneurs · Japan

Toyoda Akio (Japanese: Toyoda Akio/Toyoda Akio, Romanized: Toyoda Akio, May 3, 1956 -) is a Japanese entrepreneur. The grandson of Toyota Motor founder Kiichiro Toyoda is also a capable amateur racing driver (who can race at the Nürburgring). The current Chairman (Chairman) of Toyota Motor Corporation, he served as the Executive Director, President (President) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Toyota Motor Corporation from 2009 to 2023. In January 2023, Akio Toyoda announced that he would step down as president of Toyota Motor and will become president on April 1, 2023. Tsuneharu Sato, the current brand chief and leader of the premium car brand Lexus for many years, will take over as president.

Dan Castellanida Dan Castellanida Film & TV · United States

Daniel Louis Castellaneta (/ˌkæstələˈnɛtə/; October 29, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for voicing Homer Simpson on the animated series The Simpsons (as well as other characters on the show such as Grandpa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Willie the Superintendent, Joe Quimby, and Hans Moleman). Castellaneta is also known for voicing Grandpa Phil on Nickelodeon's Big Head, and has had voice roles in a number of other shows, including Futurama, Sibs, Slytherin, Dynamo Duck, Batman, Back to the Future, Aladdin, Earthworm Jim and Manic Towers. In 1999, he appeared in the Christmas special "Oliver the Reindeer" and won an Annie Award for his role as the postman. Castellaneta released a comedy album, "I'm Not Homer," and wrote and starred in a solo show called "Where Did Vincent van Gogh?"

Dan Brown Dan Brown Writers · United States

Daniel Gerhard Brown (English: Daniel Gerhard Brown, June 22, 1964 -), born in New Hampshire, United States, American writer, author of "The Da Vinci Code". Most of his works are suspense novels that combine cryptography, technology, religion, art and other knowledge types.

Danny Glover Danny Glover Film & TV · United States

Danny Lebern Glover (English: Daniel Lebern Glover, July 22, 1946 -), American actor, director, producer and political activist. Glover is best known for his role as Roger Murphy in the Lethal Weapon film series (1987-1998). Other works include "The Four" (1985), "The Purple Sisters" (1985), "Sleeping with Anger" (1990), "Fighter 2" (1990), "Angels" (1994) Year), "Saw" (2004), "Sniper" (2007), "2012" (2009), "The Perfect Farewell" (2010) and "Beyond the Lights" (2014).

Daniel Inoue Daniel Inoue Political figures · United States

Daniel Ken Inouye (English: Daniel Ken Inouye, September 7, 1924 - December 17, 2012), Wana Inouye (Japanese: Inoue Ken/Inoue sword, Romanized: Inoue Ken), a Japanese-American, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. He is a recipient of the U.S. Medal of Honor, a Democratic politician, and a U.S. senator representing the state of Hawaii. Senator Inoue served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate from 2010 to his death in 2012. He was the highest-ranking Asian politician in the history of the United States of America before Harris took office as Vice President in 2021, and served as Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Inoue has been representing Hawaii in the U.S. Congress since its establishment as a state in 1959. Inoue was elected as one of Hawaii's first members of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1959 and was the first Japanese-American U.S. House of Representatives. He later served as a U.S. senator from 1963 until his death in 2012. He was the most senior U.S. senator. He succeeded his fellow senator Robert Byrd, who died in 2010, as the president pro tempore of the Senate, making him the highest-ranking Asian politician in U.S. history until Harris Harris became vice president. He has a very high political reputation in Hawaii. Inoue is also the first Japanese-American senator in the U.S. Senate.

Daniel Craig Daniel Craig Film & TV · U.K.

Daniel Wroughton Craig, CMG (English: Daniel Wroughton Craig, March 2, 1968 -) is a British actor. Craig trained at the National Youth Theater and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London in 1991, where he began his career in stage theatre. He made his film debut with "The Boy Has to Be Strong" (1992). Early on, Craig also appeared in the action-adventure TV series Sulo, the historical war drama Sharpe's Eagle, the Disney film The Dragon (1995) and the biopic Elizabeth (1998). From 1998 to 2005, Craig starred in the British TV movie "Double Duty" (1998), the independence war film "The Last Battle" (1999), the drama film "The Man Who Loved Me" (2000), "Illegal Justice" (2002), the crime thriller "Double Duty" (2004) and Steven Spielberg's "Munich" (2005). In October 2005, Craig was cast as the sixth actor to play the fictional British secret agent James Bond/007, and starred in his first 007 film, The Royal Nightclub, which was released in November 2006. Although there was initial dissatisfaction with Craig's casting as Bond, his performance as Bond for the first time was widely praised and he was shortlisted for the British Film Academy Award (BAFTA) for Best Actor. "007 Part 1: Royal Nightclub" became the box office champion of the Bond series at the time. Craig then starred in four more Bond films, namely "Quantum of Solace" (2008), "007: Airborne" (2012), "007: The Devil Surrounds" (2015) and "007: Life and Death" (2021). Among them, "007: Airborne" is currently the highest-grossing film in the Bond series. In 2006, Craig joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Since taking on the role of Bond, he has continued to play leading roles in other films, including the World War II film "Homeland" (2008), the science-fiction film "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011), the suspense thriller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011) based on Stieg Larsson's novel, and the crime drama "Logan" (2017). Craig appeared as Bond in 2012 with Queen Elizabeth II

Daniel Nestor Daniel Nestor Athletes · Canada

Daniel Mark Nestor (September 4, 1972 -), formerly known as Daniel Nestorovic (Serbian: Даниел Несторовић), born in Belgrade, Serbia, Canadian professional tennis player, highest ATP men's singles ranking No. 58 and men's doubles world ranking No. 1, won the Australian Tennis Open men's doubles (2002 Year), US Open Men's Doubles (2004), French Open Men's Doubles (2007), Wimbledon Men's Doubles (2008) and the 2000 Sydney Olympics Men's Doubles Championship, etc. Nestor is the first men's doubles player in history to win all Grand Slam tournaments, Masters, ATP Tour Finals and Olympic gold medals, an achievement that rivals the Bryan brothers. Nestor is widely considered one of the most important doubles players in history, thanks to his long career and continued success in the game. In January 2016, Nestor became the first doubles player in ATP history to win 1,000 matches. He was in the top 100 in doubles from April 1994 to April 2018 for a total of 1,134 consecutive weeks. Nestor retired at the end of the 2018 season, ending a 27-year career.

Daniel Kahneman Daniel Kahneman Scholars · Israel

Daniel Kahneman, also translated as Daniel Kahneman, was born in Tel Aviv, British Mandatory Palestine, and is an Israeli-American psychologist. He won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics for his contributions to prospect theory. Published the best-selling book "Think Fast and Slow" in 2011.

Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis Film & TV · Ireland

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (English: Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis, April 29, 1957 -), a British actor, is the first and currently the only actor to win the Oscar title three times since the establishment of the American Academy Awards in 1929. In his nearly 50-year acting career, he has been nominated for a total of 212 acting awards, of which 139 have won the complete list. In 2014, he was conferred a knighthood by the British government in recognition of his achievements in acting. In 2017, he officially retired in 2018 after completing his final performance in the movie "Phantom of Color".

Daniel Radcliffe Daniel Radcliffe Film & TV · U.K.

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (English: Daniel Jacob Radcliffe, July 23, 1989 -) is a British actor. He made his official debut in the 1999 BBC One TV movie "The Last Days" at the age of 10. He later became well-known for his role as Harry Potter in the "Harry Potter" series of films. Following "David Copperfield", Daniel Radcliffe made his film debut in 2001 in "Danger". In the same year, he was cast as the protagonist Harry Potter in the film adaptation of J. K. Rowling's fantasy novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Over the next ten years, he played the same character in seven sequels of the series, culminating in the final film in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows II (2011). During the 10-year filming period, he became one of the highest-paid actors in the world and enjoyed global fame, popularity and critical acclaim. In 2007, Daniel Radcliffe's acting career began to involve stage performances. He starred in the West End Theater and Broadway theater production "Equus". From 2011 to 2012, his performance slowly expanded to stage plays, and he portrayed J. Pierrepont Finch in the Broadway revival of the musical "One Step Up". He then went on to appear in the West End and Broadway in Martin McDonald's black comedy The Cripple of Inissiman in 2013-2014, and in Tom Staple's Old Vic revival of Hamlet. He has also performed on and off Broadway in the satires "Privacy" (2016) and "The Lifespan of Truth" (2018). Following the success of the "Harry Potter" series, Daniel Radcliffe played the role of lawyer Arthur Kips in the 2012 horror film "The Man in Black" Kipps), and later starred in the romantic comedy film "The Book of Friends" in 2013, and played the role of poet Alan Kanesburg in the independent drama film "The Darlings". Later, in 2015, he starred in the science fiction horror film "The Big Brother". He played the role of Ego in "Frankenstein: The Father of Creation", and later played a sentient corpse in the 2016 comedy film "3000". He played the role of Technique in the 2016 heist crime film "Exception 2".

Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe Writers · kingdom of england

Daniel Defoe (English: Daniel Defoe, /dɪˈfoʊ/; September 13, 1660 - April 24, 1731), formerly known as Daniel Foe, was a British novelist, journalist, pamphleteer, and political spy. His works mainly describe individuals overcoming difficulties through hard work and relying on their own wisdom and bravery. The plot has twists and turns, uses a self-narrative method, and is highly readable. It also reflects the social atmosphere of pursuing adventure and advocating personal struggle at that time. His news writing "The Storm" is one of the pioneer works of modern journalism. His masterpiece "Robinson Crusoe" is world-famous. Robinson became a typical example of fighting against difficulties, so he is regarded as one of the founders of British novels.

Daniel Webster Daniel Webster Political figures · United States

Daniel Webster was an American lawyer and politician who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States Congress and served as the 14th and 19th Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. Webster was one of the most distinguished lawyers in the United States in the 19th century and tried more than 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court during his career. Webster was a member of the Federalist Party, the National Republican Party, and the Whig Party. He, Henry Clay and John Calhoun were known as the "Big Three".

D Dennis Price Film & TV · U.K.

Dennis Price (English: Dennis Price; June 23, 1915 - October 6, 1973) was a British actor. Price made his stage debut in June 1937 at the Croydon Rotary Theatre, and performed "Richard II" at the Queen's Theater in London on September 6 of the same year. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1940 to 1942. After retiring, he returned to his old career and performed in Noel Coward's "Joyland" and "Now Laughter" and "The Happy Spirit". In the 1950s, he mainly performed in London and New York. In 1957, he performed in South Africa. His film debut was 1944's "Spring Night". In 1949, he performed "Heart and Crown", and his film career reached its peak. Other film works include "The Drum and the Flute Shock the Soul of the Army" etc.

Denis Villeneuve Denis Villeneuve Film & TV · Canada

Denis Villeneuve (French: Denis Villeneuve, French: [dəni vilnœv], October 3, 1967 -), Canadian film director and screenwriter.