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Neil Patrick Harris (English: Neil Patrick Harris, June 15, 1973 -), American actor, singer and amateur magician. He became famous as the TV series "Doogie Howser, M.D." and had outstanding performances in the movie "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" series. In 2010, he guest-starred in an episode of "Glee" and won the Emmy Award for Best Actor for this performance. He played Barney Stinson on "How I Met Your Mother" from 2005 to 2014. She performed singing and dancing at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2009, served as the host of the Tony Awards in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013, and served as the host of the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009 and the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2013. She was also the host of the 87th Academy Awards in 2015.

Neil Young (Neil Young, November 12, 1945 -) is a creative rock singer, guitarist, pianist and director born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is also active in the music scene as a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Neil Young (hereinafter referred to as CSN&Y), Buffalo Springfield Band and other famous bands. Its styles span folk music, country music, grunge rock, hard rock, etc. The most famous instrument used is the guitar produced by Gibson. He started his personal music activities in 1969 and was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Italian: Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli; May 3, 1469 - June 21, 1527) was an Italian political scientist, philosopher, historian, and diplomat. He was an important figure in the Italian Renaissance and is known as the "Father of Modern Political Science". He is a representative figure in the field of political philosophy. His book "The Prince" (also known as "The Prince") proposed a realist political theory, in which the Machiavellian thought of "political amorality" is known as "Machiavellianism". Another work, "On Livy", mentioned the theory of republicanism. His book "The Art of War" discusses the military service system, military training methods, marching, camping, combat, engineering and other military issues.

Henry René Albert Guy de Maupassant (pronounced: [ɡid(ə) mopasɑə], August 5, 1850 - July 6, 1893) was a 19th-century French novelist and writer. His works were mainly short stories and he was known as the "King of Short Stories". His famous works include "The Necklace", "Ball of Suet", "Fairy Friends", etc.

Guy Debord (French: Guy-Ernest Debord, December 28, 1931 - November 30, 1994) was a French philosopher, Marxist theorist, member of Letterism International, founder of Situationism International, and film director. He was also a member of the left-wing organization Socialism or Barbarism. Debord's "The Society of the Spectacle" published in 1967 is his most influential work and has a profound impact on subsequent far-left thoughts such as Marxism and anarchism. In 1994, just weeks after his 63rd birthday, he committed suicide.

Tu Youyou (December 30, 1930 -), Chinese medicinal chemist, native of Ningbo, Zhejiang, member of the Communist Party of China, lifelong researcher and chief researcher of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, director of the Artemisinin Research Center of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, doctoral supervisor, and the discoverer of the antimalarial drugs artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin. These antimalarial drugs improved the health conditions of people in tropical developing countries such as southern Asia, Africa, and South America, and were a significant breakthrough in tropical medicine in the 20th century.

Shinya Yamanaka (Japanese: Yamanaka Shinya/Yamanaka Shinya, Romanized: Yamanaka Shin'ya, September 4, 1962 -) is a Japanese stem cell scientist. He is currently a professor at Kyoto University, a senior researcher at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, and an honorary professor at Nara Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Foreign academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and member of the Japanese Academy of Sciences. Cultural Medal Commendation. Cultural meritorious person. Top 100 figures of the era. Professor Yamanaka was awarded Japan’s original BBVA Foundation Frontier Knowledge Award. He also won the 2011 Wolf Prize for Medicine with Rudolf Jenisch and the 2012 Millennium Science and Technology Prize with Linus Torvalds. In the same year, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir John Gurdon for "the discovery that mature cells can be rewritten into multifunctional cells." In 2013, he won another Life Science Breakthrough Award with a bonus of US$3 million.

Yamanaka Tsuyoshi (Japanese: Shanzhong Kai/Yamanaka Tsuyoshi, Romanized: Yamanaka Tsuyoshi, January 18, 1939 - February 10, 2017) was a Japanese male swimmer. He participated in the men's 400-meter freestyle event at the 1956 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal. In addition, he also won the men's 1500-meter freestyle gold medal at the 1958 Asian Games.

Fusajiro Yamauchi (November 22, 1859 - January 1940) was a Japanese entrepreneur, craftsman, founder of Nintendo, and the first-generation president. The third-generation president Hiroshi Yamauchi is his great-grandson. In 1889 (Meiji 22nd), Yamauchi opened a Nintendo domino store in Kyoto, laying the foundation for today's Nintendo.

Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japanese: Yamauchi Pu/Yamauchi Hiroshi, Romanized: Yamauchi Hiroshi, November 7, 1927 - September 19, 2013), formerly known as Hiroshi Yamauchi, was born in Kyoto, Japan, and graduated from the Faculty of Law of Waseda University. Consultant and former president of Nintendo. During his time at the helm of the company, Nintendo successfully transformed from a playing card manufacturer into an electronic game company, and launched the world-popular video game console Famicom (FC) in the 1980s. He retired on May 24, 2002. He was known in the industry for his sharp words, tough actions and stubbornness. Hiroshi Yamauchi is a traditional Japanese powerful leader. During his tenure as the president of Nintendo, he made many arbitrary but far-reaching decisions.

Momoe Yamaguchi (January 17, 1959 -), who used the pen name Yokosuka Megumi (used when writing lyrics), was born in Ebisu, Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan. She is a former Japanese female singer and actress.

Yamaha Torakusu (Japanese: Yamaha Torakusu/Yamaha Trax, Romanized: Yamaha Torakusu, May 20, 1851 - August 8, 1916) was a Japanese businessman and entrepreneur, the founder of Yamaha Enterprises. The first reed organ manufacturer in Japan was Tonasu Yamaha, who founded Nippon Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Hamamatsu to produce organs and other musical instruments, including pianos and harmonicas. Later, in memory of him, Nippon Musical Instrument Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was renamed Yamaha Co., Ltd.

Sam Lewis Underwood (English: Sam Lewis Underwood, August 4, 1987 -) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as twins in The King of Killers.

Sam Palladio (November 21, 1986 -) is a British actor and musician. He grew up in Cornwall, England, the son of artist parents. He currently stars as Gunnar Scott on the ABC television series Music House.

Sam Moore Walton (English: Samuel Moore Walton, March 29, 1918 - April 5, 1992), founder of Wal-Mart, a global leader in retail. In 1918, Sam Walton was born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States. In 1936, Sam Walton entered the University of Missouri to pursue a bachelor's degree in economics and served as president of the university's student union. In 1940, he graduated from college and signed up to join the army, serving in the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Corps. In 1962, he opened a chain of retail stores in Bentonville, Arkansas, named Wal-Mart. Because of its low-price strategy, Wal-Mart achieved great success from the beginning. In its first year, the Bentonville store's sales reached $700,000. In 1964, Wal-Mart already had 5 chain stores, which increased to 18 stores in 1969. In 1990, Wal-Mart became the largest retailer in the United States. In 2001, Wal-Mart became the world's largest company by turnover. In 1992, Sam Walton passed away. According to his will, his property was equally distributed to his wife, three sons and one daughter. According to Forbes statistics in 2005, the five main members of the Walton family: Robson Walton and Jim Walton. The wealth of Walton, John Walton, Alice Walton and Helen Walton are respectively US$18.3 billion, US$18.2 billion, US$18.2 billion, US$18 billion and US$18 billion, ranking 10th to 14th on the global rich list, and they are the richest family in the world.

Taro Yamamoto (Japanese: Yamamoto Tarō/Yamamoto Taro, Romanized: Yamamoto Tarō, November 24, 1974 -) is a Japanese actor, progressive political figure, and anti-nuclear activist. Born in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture. On July 21, 2013, he was elected as a member of the Senate (Tokyo Metropolitan Constituency) as an independent. After he was confirmed to be elected, he said that the first priority was to get rid of radiation pollution. Yamamoto joined the Liberal Party in 2014. On April 1, 2019, he established the anti-establishment political group "Reiwa Shinsengumi" (Reiwa Shinsengumi). He left the Liberal Party in late April and participated in the Senate election in July 2019. Participate in the Tokyo Governor election in 2020. In 2021, he participated in the 49th general election for members of the Japanese House of Representatives and won the Tokyo Proportional Representation District seat. However, in April 2022, he gave up his position as a member of the House of Representatives to a member of the same party. He moved to the 26th general election for members of the Japanese House of Representatives held in the same year and was elected in the Tokyo Metropolitan Electoral District.

Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese: Yamamoto Yōji / Yamamoto Toothpick, Romanized: Yamamoto Yōji, October 3, 1943 -) is an influential Japanese fashion designer active in Tokyo and Paris. He has been rated as a master tailor comparable to French fashion designer Madeleine Vionnet, and is known for his avant-garde tailoring methods that incorporate Japanese design aesthetics. His designs have always been based on black aesthetics, and he also prefers to pursue the sense of space between the body and the fabric. His awards include the French Order of Arts and Letters, the Order of the Purple Ribbon, the French National Order of Merit, the Royal Industrial Designer of the United Kingdom and the Master of Design from the International Fashion Group. In 2019, Yohji Yamamoto opened a flagship store at K11 MUSEA in Hong Kong. This is the first time in 20 years since the closure of the Hong Kong branch in the 1980s that he opened a mainline specialty store in Hong Kong.

Written by Cen Bo (? - 1916), a native of Shunde, Guangdong, a giant merchant in the Guangdong silk industry and the first leader of the Guangzhou business group.

John Shum (English: John Shum; May 21, 1952 -) was born in Enping, Guangdong, and later settled in Hong Kong. He is a well-known social activist, host, cross-media person, reporter, film director, producer, screenwriter, planner, investor and actor in Hong Kong. He is also a well-known current affairs commentator in Hong Kong. Shun Jianxun served as the vice president and secretary-general of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association. He coordinated and planned many large-scale events and mobilized the participation of more than a thousand celebrities from the entertainment industry and all walks of life across the Taiwan Straits and three places, including: "Democracy Song for China" in 1989, "The Performing Arts General Mobilization - Selfless Extravaganza" to raise funds for the East China floods in 1991, and selfless movies "A Night Banquet", 2 In 2003, the "1:99 Movie Action" was launched to fight SARS in 2003; in 2008, the "Entertainment Circle 512 Care Action" was held to help the Sichuan earthquake; in 2009, the "88 Flood Care Action" was donated to support Taiwan's floods; in 2010, the "Entertainment Circle Yushu Care Action" was held to raise funds for victims of the Yushu earthquake in Qinghai Province; and so on.

Eliza Sam Lai Heung (English: Eliza Sam Lai Heung, November 17, 1984 -) is a Canadian-born Hong Kong actress who was a contract artist for TVB managers. The winner of Miss Chinese International 2010 and Miss Chinese Vancouver 2009. In 2012, she was dubbed "Xiangxiang" by the media after she played the role of "Princess Xiangxiang" in the TV series "Wish Mom...". Now she is married and has given birth to two sons. Her husband, Joshua (Qiangqiang), is a financial talent. He was a partner of a securities company in Canada and has a background in fashion design and finance. The family settled in Mid-levels West of Hong Kong.

Iwai Shunji (Japanese: Iwai Shunji/Iwaii Shunji, Romanized: Iwai Shunji, January 24, 1963 -), a native of Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, a Japanese film director, video writer and documentary director. After graduating from Yokohama National University in 1987, he began filming music videos, TV commercials and TV series. Filmmaking began in the 1990s. In a sense, Iwai is a representative figure in the trend of participation in film production in the Japanese television and video industry. Although Iwai Shunji's influence in Japan is not very high, he set off a strong Asian trend with the 1995 youth love movie "Love Letter" and the lyrical themes of most of his works, which continues to this day through the later "Youth Electric Fantasy Story" and "Flower and Alice". Especially among young people in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Shunji Iwai has a very high reputation and appeal.

Takeshi Iwaya (Japanese: Iwaya Takeshi/Iwaya Takeshi, Romanized: Iwaya Takeshi, August 24, 1957 -), Japanese politician, member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Born in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture. He has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defense, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Administrative Officer of the Defense Agency, and Member of the Oita Prefectural Assembly (first term). Member of the House of Representatives (elected for 8 terms in total). He belongs to the Association (Aso Faction) within the Liberal Democratic Party and will withdraw from the membership in January 2024. He is currently the President of the Japan Association for the Promotion of International Trade (the 8th term).

Chihiro Iwasaki is a Japanese female painter. Her real name is Matsumoto Chihiro. "Iwasaki" was her last name before her marriage. The Japanese name "Iwasaki Chihiro" used in her published works is the hiragana of her maiden name "Iwasaki Chihiro". He was born in Takeo City, Fukui Prefecture (now merged into Echizen City), and died of liver cancer in 1974; her husband is Matsumoto Yoshiaki, who served as a member of the Japanese House of Representatives for 36 consecutive years, and the picture book writer Matsumoto Haruno is his granddaughter.

Satoru Iwata (Japanese: Iwata Satoshi／Iwata Satoru, Romanized: Iwata Satoru, December 6, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and producer. He served as the fourth president of Nintendo since 2002 and served as CEO of Nintendo of America from 2013 until his death in 2015. Iwata's business strategy does not focus on the pursuit of top-notch gaming hardware, but advocates expanding the audience of video games through the development of more novel and interesting games. He has made a significant contribution in this regard. Iwata was born in Sapporo. He showed interest in video games at a young age and created his first simple game in high school. He studied at Tokyo Institute of Technology, majoring in computer science. In 1980, he joined the game developer HAL Research Institute while studying in college. Later, he worked closely with Nintendo as a programmer at HAL and launched his first commercial game in 1983. Later, he participated in the production of "Earthbound 2: Zig's Counterattack" and multiple "Kirby" series games. After experiencing a period of career downturn when the company was on the verge of bankruptcy, in 1993, at the recommendation of Nintendo's then president Hiroshi Yamauchi, Satoru Iwata was promoted to president of HAL and stabilized the company's financial situation after taking office. In the following years, Iwata participated in the development of the "Pokémon" and "Super Smash Bros." series of games. In 2000, Satoru Iwata joined Nintendo as head of the business planning department. After Satoru Iwata joined, Nintendo experienced profit growth. In May 2002, Satoru Iwata took over as president of the company after Hiroshi Yamauchi retired. Under the leadership of Satoru Iwata, Nintendo developed the dual-screen handheld Nintendo DS and the game console Wii, which focuses on somatosensory interaction, making the company a huge commercial success. He bluntly stated that he "has the heart of a gamer" and advocated using blue ocean strategy to broaden the appeal of video games to all ages and different groups of people. In 2009, Nintendo's profits hit a record high, and "Barron's" ranked Satoru Iwata among the top 30 CEOs in the world. Since then, Iwata has further continued to expand his strategy, planning a quality-of-life product line for Wii, and further evolved it into a ten-year long-term strategy aimed at creating independent products. However, the market performance of Nintendo's next-generation hardware 3DS and Wii U after this was far behind.