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unusual facts about Asuka, Yamato



2004 Chūetsu earthquake

Eight out of ten cars of the Toki 325 service (a 200 Series Shinkansen train) derailed on the Joetsu Shinkansen line between Nagaoka Station in Nagaoka and Urasa Station in Yamato; no injuries were reported among the 155 passengers.

A150

Design A-150 battleship, also known as the Super Yamato class, formerly a Japanese plan for a class of battleships

Asuka Langley Soryu

Asuka appears in various other manga spin-offs including the Shinji Ikari Raising Project and Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse with varying changes to her personality and characterization.

Asuka-dera

Following the transfer of the capital from Asuka to Heijō-kyō (now Nara city), the buildings of Asuka-dera were also removed from the original site in Asuka to Nara in 718 CE, and developed into a huge temple under the name of Gangō-ji.

Asuka, Yamato

Recent discoveries in the area include Wado coins, believed to be some of the oldest coins in Japan, and paintings in the Kitora and Takamatsuzuka Kofun, or tombs.

Buddhism in Japan

These schools centered around the ancient capitals of Asuka and Nara, where great temples such as the Asuka-dera and Tōdai-ji were erected respectively.

Deep Sea Monster Reigo

The film, set in World War II, depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the Yamato, which is confronted in the Pacific Ocean by giant monsters, including the most fearsome of them all, Reigo.

In September 1942, Captain Yamagami (Susumu Kurobe) is ordered to rendezvous the Yamato with the Combined Fleet that is gathering at the Truk Islands (aka Chuuk Islands) in Micronesia, a key strategic point in the South Pacific.

Emperor Kinmei

Although the imperial court was not moved to the Asuka region of Japan until 592, Emperor Kinmei's rule is considered by some to be the beginning of the Asuka period of Yamato Japan, particularly by those who associate the Asuka period primarily with the introduction of Buddhism to Japan from Korea.

He established his court at Shikishima no Kanazashi Palace (磯城嶋金刺宮) in Yamato.

Hakata Bay

Following the defeat of Yamato (Japan) and Baekche in the battle of Hakusukinoe in 663, fears arose of invasions from Silla and China, and areas around the bay were fortified.

Hanezu

The story is set in contemporary time in the Asuka area and recalls the ancient history of the place.

IBM 3767

IBM 3767 was developed by IBM Systems Development Division's Fujisawa (later Yamato) laboratory in Japan.

Iwai

Iwai Rebellion, a rebellion against the Yamato court that took place in Tsukushi Province, Japan

Japanese corvette Yamato

Yamato was designed as an iron-ribbed, wooden-hulled, three-masted bark-rigged sloop-of-war with a coal-fired double expansion reciprocating steam engine with six boilers driving a single screw.

JDStar

The biggest surprise came in May of that year when Jaguar Yokota came back to the promotion, teaming with Lioness Asuka against Yumi Ohka and Emi Tojo, and picking up the win over Ohka.

Kaidō

Kaidō, however, do not include San'yōdō, San'indō, Nankaidō and Saikaidō, which were part of the even more ancient system of Yamato government called Gokishichidō.

Kan'ami

The troupe moved to Yamato and formed the Yuzaki theater company, which would eventually become the school of Noh theater.

Kaworu Nagisa

Shinji is present, confused and frustrated about what to do since all of his friends have evacuated the city; Asuka is mentally distressed and in a ward, and Rei appears to not remember recent events.

Kazé

Asuka's current licenses include a broad spectrum of manga: popular shōnen and shōjo series such as After School Nightmare, more mature seinen and josei titles such as Bokurano, and classic manga such as Black Jack and works by Osamu Tezuka.

Keni'chiro Arai

However, he would find championship success again the following month, for on June 28, he – along with Iwasa and newest Tozawa–juku member Shinobu – would capture the Open the Triangle Gate Titles from Shingo Takagi, YAMATO and Gamma.

Kudara no Konikishi clan

It was related to the fact that the emperor's mother Takano no Niigasa belonged to the Baekje-originated Yamato clan, who at that time claimed its root in the Baekje royal family.

La Fille du vent

Yoko, Vic and Paul are kidnapped by Kazuky's men and taken to his underwater base of operations, grafted onto the Yamato wreck.

Lioness Asuka

However, near the end of 1999, Nagayo and Asuka united against a common rival, the Mayumi Ozaki-led faction Team Nostradamus, and, the next spring, reformed the Crush Gals.

Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

The Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties is located in close proximity to the Yamato-Saidaiji Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line, Kyoto Line, and Kashihara Line.

Naval Air Facility Atsugi

Yamato is an alternative name for the Nara region, Ayase is generally associated with the area around Ayase Station in northeast Tokyo, and Shibuya is generally associated with the ward of Shibuya in central Tokyo.

New Hazard

Takagi returned on May 6, teaming with Hulk to defeat the Tozawa-juku team of Akira Tozawa and Keni'chiro Arai; Onodera, using his former ring name Yamato, returned the following night, teaming with Hulk, Kong and Takagi to defeat Muscle Outlaw'z.

Jack Evans, a member of Muscle Outlaw'z, joined in May 2007, teaming with Yamato as a mystery partner to defeat the MO'z team of Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino.

Operation Ten-Go

Yamato and her escorts were to fight their way to Okinawa and then beach themselves between Higashi and Yomitan and fight as shore batteries until they were destroyed.

Princess Ōku

After the death of her brother in 686, she returned from Ise to Yamato to enshrine his remains on Mt. Futakami, before a quiet end was put to her life at age 40.

Rin Asuka

In 2009, Asuka joined the cast of Kamen Rider W as Wakana Sonozaki.

Shimoichi, Nara

Asuka; 20 minutes to Asuka via Shimoichi-guchi Kintetsu train station

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2

After escaping the subway, they come in contact with a secret organization called JP's led by the 17 years-old Yamato Hotsuin, who reveals to them that Japan, and maybe the entire world, is being ravaged by a group of creatures called the Septentriones, their collective being named after the stars in the Big Dipper constellation.

Space Battleship Yamato

Takashi Nishiyama, the creator of the video game Street Fighter, credited the Space Battleship Yamato series and a battleship's missile system "Hadouho" as the inspiration for the special move Hadouken from the fighting game.

In the English Star Blazers dub, the ship is noted as being the historical Yamato, but is then renamed the Argo (after the ship of Jason and the Argonauts).

The Daughter of the Samurai

Instead, he confounds his future father-in-law Yamato Iwao (Sessue Hayakawa) by announcing that he intends to marry a German journalist, Gerda Storm (Ruth Eweler), whom he met on the ship back to Japan.

The three Kameda brothers

Shiro Kameda, gave name to his three children with significance that Koki and Daiki and Tomoki, with feeling of solidarity hermanal lift Yamato (the old name for Japan).

Waki Yamato

Yamato spent 13 years (1980–93) completing this famous long work, based on Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji.

Yamato Glacier

Yamato is the symbol of the political unity and the national consciousness of the Japanese people.

Yamato Museum

It is nicknamed the Yamato Museum due to the display in the lobby of the large model ship Yamato Hiroba, a 1/10 scale model of the Japanese battleship Yamato (see image at right).

Yamato-e

From the Muromachi period (15th century), the term Yamato-e has been used to distinguish work from contemporary Chinese style paintings (Kara-e), which were inspired by Chinese Song and Yuan era ink wash paintings.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force

Full character models are also present for each character such as Jaden Yuki (Judai Yuki) and Alexis Rhodes (Asuka Tenjouin).


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