Tetsuya
Encyclopedia
Possible writings
Tetsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:- 哲也, "philosophy, to be"
- 鉄也, "iron, to be"
- 哲哉, "philosophy, alas"
- 徹也, "devotion, to be"
- 徹矢, "penetrate, arrow"
- 鉄弥, "iron, increasingly"
The name can also be written in hiragana
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet . Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each character represents one mora...
or katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...
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People
- Tetsuya ChibaTetsuya Chibais a Japanese manga artist famous for his sports stories.He was born in Tokyo, Japan, but lived most of his early childhood in Manchuria when it was still a Japanese colony during the Second Sino-Japanese War. His father was working in a paper factory during that time they lived in China. One of...
(てつや, born 1939), Japanese manga artist - Tetsuya ChikushiTetsuya Chikushiwas a Japanese journalist, TV presenter and news anchor.- Career :Chikushi was born in Hita, Ōita Prefecture on 23 June 1935. He graduated from Waseda University's school of political science and economics, and joined the Asahi Shimbun newspaper in 1959 as a reporter.He worked for the Asahi...
(哲也, 1935–2008), Japanese newscaster - Tetsuya EndoTetsuya Endois a Japanese anime director, storyboard artist, and sound director. He worked as the on My Neighbor Totoro in 1988, and directed Floral Magician Mary Bell in 1992–93.-Credits:Credits include:*My Neighbor Totoro...
(徹哉), Japanese anime director - Tetsuya EnomotoTetsuya Enomotois a Japanese football player. He currently plays for the Japanese team Yokohama F. Marinos.Enomoto's favourite player is Shunsuke Nakamura and his hobby is shopping.-J-League Firsts:...
(哲也, born 1983), Japanese football player - Tetsuya Fujii (哲也), a Japanese astronomer
- Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" FujitaTed Fujitawas a prominent severe storms researcher. His research at the University of Chicago on severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes and typhoons revolutionized knowledge of each.- Biography :Fujita was born in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan...
(哲也, 1920–1998), Japanese severe storms researcher - Tetsuya HaradaTetsuya Haradais a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was the 1993 FIM 250cc World Champion.- Early years :Harada won the Japanese 125cc Junior championship in 1988, and was runner-up to Tadayuki Okada in the All-Japan 250cc series in both 1990 and 1991, before taking the crown in 1992...
(哲也, born 1970), Japanese former GP motorcycle racer - Tetsuya HibinoTetsuya Hibinois a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for SunRise and Aion.Like many of the drivers in the D1GP he is the owner of his own tuning shop called RunRise, and works on his car himself...
(哲也, born 1974), Japanese professional drifting driver - Tetsuya IchimuraTetsuya IchimuraIchimura was born, with the family name Hamaguchi, in Nagasaki on 10 June 1930. As a young adult Ichimura moved to Tokyo, where he studied for a year at Nihon University, took various jobs, and chanced to meet Shōtarō Akiyama, who aroused his interest in photography....
(哲也, born 1930), Japanese photographer - Tetsuya IshidaTetsuya Ishidawas a Japanese painter, best known for his surreal portrayal of an ordinary Japanese life. He was accidentally killed by a train in 2005.- Biography :...
(徹也, 1973–2005), Japanese painter - Tetsuya IwanagaTetsuya Iwanagais a Japanese voice actor. As of April 1, 2009, he is affiliated with maxmix.-Notable voice roles:*Kensuke Aida in Neon Genesis Evangelion*Makoto Mizuhara in El-Hazard*Imaichi in Fancy Lala*Tomite in Fushigi Yūgi...
(哲哉, born 1970), Japanese voice actor - Tetsuya Kajiwara (drummer)Tetsuya Kajiwara (drummer)is a drummer who has performed with Japanese bands, including The Blue Hearts and The 3Peace.-Personal History:Kajiwara was born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from Oita Uenogaoka High School in Oita, Oita Prefecture. He then moved to Tokyo's Suginami ward to study at...
(徹也, born 1963), Japanese drummer - Tetsuya KakiharaTetsuya Kakiharais a Japanese voice actor who is affiliated with 81 Produce . Until the age of 18, he resided abroad in Düsseldorf, Germany.He is currently affiliated with "Kiramune" in 2010, a music label by Bandai Visual Co., Ltd...
(徹也, born 1982), Japanese voice actor - Tetsuya KiyonariTetsuya Kiyonariis a professional Go player.-Biography:Tetsuya became a professional go player in 1976. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1986. He holds the record of fastest promotion from 1 dan to 9 dan in the Kansai Ki-in. Tetsuya has been runner up twice, once in the NHK Cup in 1995, and in the Shinjin-O in 1980...
(哲也, born 1961), Japanese professional Go player - Tetsuya KomuroTetsuya Komuro, also known as TK, is a Japanese keyboardist, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer born on November 27, 1958 in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. He is recognized as being the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced dance music to the Japanese mainstream...
(哲哉, born 1958), Japanese keyboardist, songwriter and music producer - Tetsuya MakitaTetsuya Makita' is a Japanese actor, best known for the role of Takeshi Momoshiro of the fourth generation Seigaku cast in The Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu. Makita is affiliated with the acting unit D-BOYS, produced by .-Career:...
(哲也, born 1984), Japanese actor - Tetsuya MatoyamaTetsuya MatoyamaTetsuya Matoyama is a professional baseball catcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the team since appearing in 1 game, to a further 15 in his second season before making it into the regular line-up....
(哲也, born 1970), Japanese professional baseball catcher - Tetsuya Minagawa (哲也, born 1979), Japanese economist, industrialist and innovation expert
- Tetsuya MizuguchiTetsuya Mizuguchiis a video game designer and founder of the video game development firm Q Entertainment. He formerly worked for Sega were he eventually became the head of their United Game Artists division...
(哲也, born 1965), Japanese video game designer and producer - Tetsuya NaitōTetsuya Naitōis a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he is a former IWGP Tag Team and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with former partner Yujiro Takahashi, with whom he teamed as No Limit....
(哲也, born 1982), Japanese professional wrestler - Tetsuya NakashimaTetsuya NakashimaTetsuya Nakashima is a Japanese film director. He was born in Fukuoka, attending high school in Chikushino. Nakashima was given the Best Director award at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film Kamikaze Girls....
(哲也, born 1959), Japanese film director - Tetsuya NomuraTetsuya Nomurais a Japanese video game director and character designer working for Square Enix , best known for his work on both the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series.-Time before Square:Nomura was born in Kōchi, Japan...
(哲也, born 1970), Japanese video game director - Tetsuya Ogawa (born 1969), Japanese musician
- Tetsuya OtaTetsuya Otais a racecar driver from Maebashi in the Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is notable for surviving a fiery multi-car pileup he was involved in during a JGTC race at Fuji Speedway on May 3, 1998, caused by a safety car which was driven at twice the recommended speed in torrential rain during a parade lap...
(哲也, born 1959), Japanese racecar driver - Tetsuya SaruwatariTetsuya Saruwatariis a Japanese manga artist.He is born in Ōmuta, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan.After dropping out of high school, he worked as assistant of Hiramatsu Shinji and Motomiya Hiroshi.He made the debut as solo manga artist with 海の戦士 on Weekly Shōnen Jump....
(哲也, born 1958), Japanese manga artist - Tetsuya ShibataTetsuya Shibatais a Japanese video game music composer and sound director. He is credited for over twenty musical scores produced for Capcom's video game releases including the Monster Hunter and Devil May Cry series, as well those in the Darkstalkers, Power Stone and Resident Evil Outbreak series...
(徹也, born 1973), video game music composer - Tetsuya ShiokawaTetsuya ShiokawaTetsuya Shiokawa is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party....
(鉄也, born 1961), Japanese politician - Tetsuya ShirooTetsuya Shiroois the former leader of the Suishin-kai, a Nagasaki-based yakuza group affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza organization in Japan.On April 17, 2007, Shiroo shot Iccho Itoh, the mayor of Nagasaki, who died early the next morning....
(哲彌, born 1948), Japanese yakuza - Tetsuya TakahashiTetsuya TakahashiTetsuya Takahashi is currently the head of game software company Monolith Soft, Inc. In the past, Takahashi has worked at Square and on such games as Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger...
(哲哉, born 1966), Japanese video game creator - Tetsuya Takeda (鉄矢), Japanese singer and actor
- Tetsuya WakudaTetsuya Wakudais a Japanese-born Australian chef based in Sydney, Australia. He is widely recognised as one of Australia’s most original, creative and successful culinary talents. His eponymous restaurant, Tetsuya's, is celebrated both nationally and internationally...
(哲也, born 1959), Japanese-born Australian chef - Tetsuya WatariTetsuya Watariis a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi's .He is now the president of Ishihara Promotion.He has a younger brother, Tsunehiko Watase, who is also an actor.-Filmography:-External links:* *...
(哲也, born 1941), Japanese stage, film, and television actor - Tetsuya YanagisawaTetsuya Yanagisawais a male Japanese anime director.-Anime directed:*Brave Command Dagwon*Devil Lady*Eat-Man*Hand Maid May*Jigoku Sensei Nube*Kannazuki no Miko*Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora*Nekketsu Saikyo Gozaurer*Strawberry Eggs...
(テツヤ), Japanese anime director - Tetsuya YonedaTetsuya YonedaTetsuya Yoneda is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher with the Hankyu Braves in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He won 350 games and is a Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.He was so tough that he was called Gasoline Tank....
(哲也, born 1938), Japanese professional baseball pitcher
Characters
- Tetsuya Azuma (鉄也), the main protagonist of the 1973 anime series Casshan and of the 2004 film Casshern
- Tetsuya Kajiwara (Fushigi Yūgi) (哲也), a character in the manga and anime series Fushigi Yûgi
- Tetsuya Onodera (テツヤ), a character from the Super Robot Wars video game series
- Tetsuya Tsurugi (鉄也), the protagonist in Great MazingerGreat Mazingeris a manga comic book and anime television series by manga artist Go Nagai, made as a direct continuation of the successful Mazinger Z series...
- Tetsuya Sendo, Friend of Ritsu Kasanoda in the manga and anime series Ouran High School Host ClubOuran High School Host Clubis a manga series by Bisco Hatori, serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine since August 5, 2003. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran High School, and the other members of the popular host club. The romantic comedy focuses on the relationships within and without the...
See also
- 4343 Tetsuya4343 Tetsuya4343 Tetsuya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1988 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro. The asteroid was named after Tetsuya Fujii.- External links :...
, a Main-belt Asteroid - Legendary Gambler TetsuyaLegendary Gambler Tetsuyais a gambling manga written by Fūmei Sai and Yasushi Hoshino. In 2000, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen. It has been adapted by Toei Animation as a 20-episode anime television series broadcast on TV Asahi from 7 October 2000 to 24 March 2001....
, a gambling manga - Tetsuya'sTetsuya'sTetsuya's is a restaurant in Sydney, Australia, owned by Tetsuya Wakuda. Tetsuya's cuisine is based on Australian, Japanese cuisine and classic French cuisine, and makes use of Australian ingredients including Tasmanian Ocean Trout, which forms its signature dish.-Location:Tetsuya's is housed in...
, a restaurant in Sydney, Australia