Yokota
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Yokota can refer to:
- 6656 Yokota6656 Yokota6656 Yokota is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1992 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami.- External links :*...
- Yokota ShōkaiYokota Shōkaiwas a Japanese film studio active in the early years of cinema in Japan. Its origins can be traced back to when Einosuke Yokota received one of the first Lumiere cinematograph machines in Japan from Katsutarō Inaba to conduct traveling exhibitions of the device. In 1901, Yokota founded Yokota...
, a Japanese film company
Place names
- Yokota Air BaseYokota Air Base, is a United States Air Force base in the city of Fussa, one of 26 cities in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo.The base houses 14,000 personnel. The base occupies a total area of and has a runway...
, an US Air Force Base located in Tokyo, Japan - Harima-Yokota Station
- Iyo-Yokota Station
- Yokota, ShimaneYokota, Shimanewas a town located in Nita District, Shimane, Japan.On January 31, 2005 Yokota was merged with the town of Nita, also from Nita District, to form the new town of Okuizumo....
- Izumo Yokota StationIzumo Yokota Stationis a train station of West Japan Railway Company in Okuizumo, Nita, Shimane, Japan on Kisuki Line. Its nickname is Kushinadahime.Just four trains from Shinji Station including seasonal Okuizumo-Orochi-Gō run through to Bingo Ochiai Station. Other trains end their journey at this station.- Structure...
- Izumo Yokota Station
- Iwami-Yokota StationIwami-Yokota Stationis a train station in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.- Adjacent stations :...
Family names
- Yokota familyYokota familyThe Yokota family, husband Shigeru and wife Sakie along with their twins sons founded the Japanese National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea in 1997. The Association supports the victims of North Korea's abductions of Japanese citizens in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
- Jaguar YokotaJaguar Yokotais a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer, who wrestled under the name . She is widely considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, and, during her heyday in the early 1980s, was considered one of the best wrestlers in the world, irrespective of...
- Jun Yokota, an ambassador of Japan to Israel
- Katsumi YokotaKatsumi Yokotais a Japanese video game designer who has contributed to the visual design and music of the Lumines series of games. He served as the art director of the original PSP and as the director of Lumines Supernova for the Playstation 3...
- Mamoru YokotaMamoru Yokotais a Japanese anime illustrator, and character designer, and producer.-Anime involved in:*Air movie: Producer*Angelium: Character Design *Death Note: Animation director*Kanon: Producer*Kiddy Grade': Eyecatch Illustration...
- Megumi YokotaMegumi Yokotawas one of at least 17 Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was abducted on November 15, 1977 at the age of thirteen and apparently forced to help train North Korean spies to pass as Japanese citizens...
; Japanese national abducted by North Korea- Abduction: The Megumi Yokota StoryAbduction: The Megumi Yokota StoryAbduction: The Megumi Yokota Story is an American documentary about Megumi Yokota, a Japanese student who was abducted by a North Korean agent in 1977.The film made its world premiere at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival and has won numerous awards...
- Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
- Misao YokotaMisao Yokotais a Japanese freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932, she was a member of the Japanese relay team which finished fifth in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay event. In the 100 metre freestyle competition she was eliminated in the first round.-External links:*...
- Shigeaki YokotaShigeaki Yokotais a professional Go player.-Biography:Shigeaki became a professional in 1983. He was promoted to 9 dan by the Kansai Ki-in in 1995. He is a pupil of Akagi Kazuo. He currently resides in Okayama, Japan.-Titles & runners-up:...
- Susumu YokotaSusumu YokotaSusumu Yokota is a prolific Japanese composer.Yokota is well known in the English-speaking independent music scene for his albums of experimental ambient music...
; Composer- Susumu Yokota discographySusumu Yokota discographySusumu Yokota is a Japanese electronic music composer. He has released under many aliases, often switching between different aliases for different record labels.-Susumu Yokota:Albums* Acid Mt Fuji * Magic Thread * 1998...
- Susumu Yokota discography
- Tadayoshi YokotaTadayoshi YokotaTadayoshi Yokota is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-National team:*1968: 2nd place in the Olympic Games of Mexico City*1970: 3rd place in...
- Takatoshi Yokota
- Yoshimi P-We (Yoshimi Yokota)Yoshimi P-WeYoshimi P-We, is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms.Yoshimi also plays trumpet, guitar, and keyboard, and sings....