Miura
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Places
- Miura, KanagawaMiura, Kanagawais a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 44,238 and a population density of 1,490 persons per km²...
- Miurakaigan StationMiurakaigan Stationis a railway station in Miura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by Keikyu.-Lines:Miurakaigan Station is served by the Keikyū Kurihama Line, and is located 11.2 rail km from the junction at Horinouchi Station, and 63.5 rail km from the northern terminus of the Kurihama Line at Shinagawa Station, in...
- Miura District, KanagawaMiura District, Kanagawais an administrative district of Japan located in Kanagawa Prefecture. It currently consists of only one town, Hayama.- History :Miura District was one of the ancient subdivisions of Sagami Province, covering all of Miura Peninsula...
- Miura PeninsulaMiura Peninsulais a peninsula located in Kanagawa, Japan. It lies south of Yokohama and Tokyo and divides Tokyo Bay, to the east, from Sagami Bay, to the west. Cities and towns on the Miura Peninsula include Yokosuka, Miura, Hayama, Zushi, and Kamakura....
- Ganadería MiuraMiura bullA Miura bull is a Spanish fighting bull bred from the lineage of the Miura Cattle Ranch , located in the province of Seville, Spain. The ranch originally belonged to Don Eduardo Miura Fernández, and is known for producing large and difficult fighting bulls...
, the home of the Miura fighting bull line
People
- Miura clanMiura clanThe ' was one of the branch families descended from the Taira clan. They held large fiefs, and great political influence. They were one of the primary opponents of the Hōjō family of regents, in the mid-13th century, and again at the beginning of the 16th...
- Japanese descended clan of the Taira - Miura Anjin, honorific title of William Adams (sailor)William Adams (sailor)William Adams , also known in Japanese as Anjin-sama and Miura Anjin , was an English navigator who travelled to Japan and is believed to be the first Englishman ever to reach that country...
- Miura Gorō
- Aika MiuraAika Miurais a popular and award-winning Japanese AV idol who made a clear mark on the AV industry. In a remarkably long and prolific career for an AV actress, she released an average of one film a month over a seven year period—excepting 1998—before she retired in 2002....
- Japanese AV idol - Ayako MiuraAyako Miura' was a Japanese novelist. She published over eighty works of both fiction and non-fiction. Many of her works are considered best-sellers, and a number have been remade as feature-length films....
- Japanese authoress - Haruma MiuraHaruma Miurais a Japanese actor and singer. He is part of the Amuse agency, and debuted as one of the members of Brash Brats, a J-pop group. However, they are currently on hiatus, while Haruma is still active as an actor. He gained popularity with Gokusen 3 and 2007 film Koizora...
- Japanese actor - Hiromitsu MiuraHiromitsu MiuraHiromitsu Miura is a Japanese Boxer and former mixed martial artist who competed in the welterweight division in MMA and now competes in the light heavyweight division in boxing.-Career:...
- mixed martial artist - Kazuyoshi MiuraKazuyoshi Miura----Kazuyoshi Miura , often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanese football striker. He has played for the Japanese national team and was the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Player of the Year award in 1993, an award presented annually by the Asian Football Confederation. He is currently with...
- Japanese football player - Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman)Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman)was a Japanese businessman, who was accused of being involved in the killing of his wife, Kazumi Miura. The prolonged legal battle lasting decades ended when he presumably committed suicide in October 2008.- Early life :...
- Japanese suspected murderer - Kentaro MiuraKentaro Miurais a Japanese manga artist best known for his popular dark fantasy manga, Berserk.-Life and notable works:Kentarou Miura was born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, in 1966. He is left-handed. In 1976, at the early age of 10, Miura made his first manga, entitled Miuranger, that was published...
- Japanese manga artist - Masako MiuraMasako Miurais a Japanese voice actress employed by the talent management firm Arts Vision.-TV:*Chibi Maruko-chan *Crayon Shin-chan *Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger *Goldfish Warning...
- Japanese voice actress - Miyuki MiuraMiyuki Miurais a prominent Japanese master of karate, first practising Shotokan, then Kyokushin, then World Ōyama, and now operating independently.-Early life:...
- Karate master - Tamaki MiuraTamaki Miurawas a Japanese opera singer famous for her performances as Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly.Miura made her operatic debut in Tokyo in 1911 and the same year went to Europe to perform and study...
- Japanese opera singer - Tomokazu MiuraTomokazu Miurais a Japanese actor. Born January 28, 1952 in Enzan, Yamanashi, his real name is Miura Minoru . He attended Hino high school in Tokyo, and married actress and singer Momoe Yamaguchi in 1980...
- Japanese actor - Tsutomu MiuraTsutomu Miurawas a Japanese linguist born in Tokyo.He studied language as expression from contentism and criticized formism and functionism, like structural linguistics or the theory of generative grammar....
- Japanese linguist
Other
- Miura map foldMiura map foldThe is a rigid fold that has been used to simulate large solar panel arrays for space satellites in the Japanese 1995 Space Flight Unit. It was invented by Japanese astrophysicist Koryo Miura...
- Miura bullMiura bullA Miura bull is a Spanish fighting bull bred from the lineage of the Miura Cattle Ranch , located in the province of Seville, Spain. The ranch originally belonged to Don Eduardo Miura Fernández, and is known for producing large and difficult fighting bulls...
s, the famously ferocious bullfighting stock bred by the Ganadería Miura - The Lamborghini MiuraLamborghini MiuraThe Lamborghini Miura was a sports car produced by Italian automaker Lamborghini between 1966 and 1972. The car is widely considered to have begun the trend of high performance, two-seater, mid-engined sports cars...
, a sports car named for the bull breeder - A song by Brooklyn dance music production team Metro AreaMetro AreaMetro Area is a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani.- History :Geist grew up in Wayne, New Jersey, while Jesrani is from upstate New York...
, from their album Metro AreaMetro Area (album)Metro Area is the debut album by the house music group of the same name. It was released in 2002. It was named the second best album of the decade by Resident Advisor.-Track listing:#"Intro" – 0:32...
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