Mishima
Encyclopedia
Places
- Mishima, FukushimaMishima, Fukushimais a town located in Ōnuma District, Fukushima, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 2,334 and a population density of 25.70 persons per km². The total area is 90.83 km².-External links:*...
, a town in Fukushima Prefecture - Mishima, KagoshimaMishima, Kagoshimais a village made up of islands located in Kagoshima District, Kagoshima, Japan. The village office is located at Kagoshima City outside the village.As of 2008, the village has an estimated population of 427 and the density of 13.6 persons per km²...
, a village in Kagoshima Prefecture - Mishima, NiigataMishima, NiigataMishima was a town located in Santō District, Niigata, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 7,535 and a density of 206.61 persons per km²...
, a town in Niigata Prefecture - Mishima, ShizuokaMishima, Shizuokais a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2009, the city has an estimated population of 112,078 and a population density of 1,800 persons per km². The total area is 62.13 km²...
, a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
People
- Mishima MichitsuneMishima MichitsuneViscount Mishima Michitsune was a vassal of the Satsuma Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate, Home Ministry bureaucrat and viscount. He is also commonly known as Yahei or Yahée ....
(1835-1888), a viscount and statesman of the Tokugawa shogunate - Michiharu MishimaMichiharu Mishimawas a novelist, playwright and drama critic. His pen name was Shōdō Mishima .-Early life:Mishima was born in Azabu, Tōkyō. His grandfather was Michitsune Mishima. His father was Yatarō Mishima, who was the 8th Governor of the Bank of Japan. His mother was Marquis Takauta Shijō 's third daughter,...
(1897-1965), viscount of the Scout Association of Japan, Chief Scout of Japan - Yukio MishimaYukio Mishimawas the pen name of , a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor and film director, also remembered for his ritual suicide by seppuku after a failed coup d'état...
(1925-1970), the penname of Kimitake Hiraoka, a Japanese novelist and playwright and subject of the film Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersMishima: A Life in Four ChaptersMishima: A Life in Four Chapters is an American/Japanese film co-written and directed by Paul Schrader in 1985. It was co-produced by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas.... - Dokonjonosuke MishimaDokonjonosuke Mishimaknown as , also written Dokonjyonosuke Mishima, is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He has competed professionally since 1998 in organizations such as Shooto, DEEP, PRIDE, and the UFC....
(born 1972), Japanese mixed martial artist
Other
- Mishima, a megacorporation in Mutant ChroniclesMutant ChroniclesMutant Chronicles is a pen-and-paper role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world, originally published in 1993. It has spawned a franchise of collectible card games, miniature wargames, video games, novels, comic books, and a film of the same title based on the game world.Mutant Chronicles...
- Mishima beefMishima beefis a type of beef produced in Japan that is much rarer than Kobe beef. It is named after the tiny Mishima Island in the Sea of Japan 40 km northwest of Yamaguchi Prefecture....
, beef from Japan - Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersMishima: A Life in Four ChaptersMishima: A Life in Four Chapters is an American/Japanese film co-written and directed by Paul Schrader in 1985. It was co-produced by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas....
, a 1985 film by Paul Schrader - Mishima potteryMishima potteryMishima is the name of a slip inlay style of pottery adopted from Korea, probably in the 16th century.-References:*, The Japan Times, Oct 10, 2001....
, slip inlay style of ceramic pottery adopted from Korea probably in the 16th century - Japanese battleship MishimaJapanese battleship MishimaAdmiral Seniavin , was a built for Imperial Russian Navy during the 1890s. She was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy from the Russians during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905...
, a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy - Mishima (band)Mishima (band)Mishima is a Catalan Indie pop band created in 1999 in Barcelona. It is composed by David Carabén, Marc Lloret, Dani Vega, Xavi Caparrós snd Alfons Serra. The group takes the name of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima....
a catalanCatalan peopleThe Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...
indie popIndie popIndie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
band.
Fiction
- Heihachi MishimaHeihachi Mishimais one of the main characters in the Tekken fighting game series. He is one of only four characters to have appeared in every game in the series and he makes two appearances within the series as the final boss...
, a Tekken character - Jinpachi Mishima, a Tekken character
- Kazuya MishimaKazuya Mishimais a fictional character in the Tekken fighting game series. Although originally appearing as the main protagonist in the original Tekken game, he becomes one of the series' leading villains from Tekken 2 onward, after being overtaken by the Devil Gene, where he is known as Devil Kazuya .-In the...
, a Tekken character - Mishima Zaibatsu, a Tekken company owned by the Mishima family