Yagi
Encyclopedia
Real people
- Dr. Hidetsugu YagiHidetsugu YagiHidetsugu Yagi was a Japanese electrical engineer. When working at Tohoku University, he wrote several important articles that introduced a new antenna design by his colleague Shintaro Uda to the English-speaking world.The Yagi antenna, patented in 1926, allows directional communication using...
(1886–1976), electrical engineer and professor at Tohoku Imperial University in Japan and developer of the Yagi antenna - Hirokazu YagiHirokazu Yagi. is a former Japanese ski jumper who competed between 1979 and 1984. His best known finish was a Silver Medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, ....
(born 1959), former Japanese ski jumper - Jukichi YagiYagi Jukichiwas a Japanese poet on modern religious themes, active in late Taishō and for the first few years of Shōwa period Japan.- Biography :Born in Tokyo, Yagi attended the Kanagawa Prefectural Normal School in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, where he converted to Methodism and became attracted to the...
(1898–1927), Japanese poet - Masumi Yagi, Japanese comedian of the comedy duo SavannaSavanna (Owarai)Savanna are a Japanese comedy duo consisting of and . Both attended Ritsumeikan University High School and created the manzai team as a joke during their years at Ritsumeikan University, having first met in the school's judo club. They then decided to join Yoshimoto Kogyo as a professional kombi...
- Meitoku YagiMeitoku YagiMeitoku Yagi was born in Naha, Okinawa. Yagi learned Goju-ryu from its legendary founder Chojun Miyagi....
(1912–2003), Japanese karateka - Michiyo YagiMichiyo Yagi, a Japanese musician, studied koto under the late Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai and Satomi Kurauchi, and graduated from the NHK Professional Training School for Traditional Musicians. Between 1989 and 1990 she was a visiting professor of Music at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, U.S.A...
, Japanese musician - Norihiro YagiNorihiro Yagiis a Japanese manga writer and artist from Okinawa Prefecture. He started making manga in 1990.Norihiro Yagi is a successful manga artist, having won the 32nd Akatsuka Award for his very first work, Undeadman. Undeadman appeared in Monthly Shōnen Jump and has had two sequels...
(born 1968), Japanese [shōnen manga artist
Fictional characters
- Yagi (Usagi Yojimbo), character from the comic book series Usagi Yojimbo
- Haruhiko Yagi, character in the manga/anime series Fighting Spirit
Places
- Yagi, KyotoYagi, Kyotowas a town located in Funai District, Kyoto, Japan.On January 1, 2006, Yagi was merged with the towns of Hiyoshi and Sonobe, all from Funai District, and the town of Miyama, from Kitakuwada District, to form the new city of Nantan....
, town located in Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan - Yagi (Kashihara), part of the city of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Yagi-nishiguchi StationYagi-nishiguchi Stationis a railway station on the Kintetsu Kashihara Line, located in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is a typical small station, but has a unique status as a non-independent station...
, located in Kashihara, Nara, Japan - Kami-Yagi StationKami-Yagi Stationis a JR West Kabe Line station located in 3-chōme, Yagi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.-History:*1910-12-25: Ōtagawabashi Station opens*1929-12-02: Ōtagawabashi Station electrifies the track...
, a West Japan Railway Company| Kabe Line station located in 3-chōme, Yagi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan - Rikutyū-Yagi Station, a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company Hachinohe Line located in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
- Yamato-Yagi StationYamato-Yagi Stationis a Kintetsu railway station on the Kintetsu Osaka and the Kashihara Lines in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is a key station servicing train lines to and from Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, and Nagoya....
, a Kintetsu Corporation railway train station situated in the Nara Prefecture
Other
- Typhoon Yagi (disambiguation)
- Yagi antennaYagi antennaA Yagi-Uda array, commonly known simply as a Yagi antenna, is a directional antenna consisting of a driven element and additional parasitic elements...
- YagibushiYagibushiThe Yagibushi is a popular folk song and dance performed at matsuri in Gunma and Tochigi, Japan. It consists of dancers with broad hats called kasa going in a counter clockwise circle around a mikoshi...
, popular Japanese folk song and dance performed