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6 unusual facts about Ikeda


Chaos in optical systems

One of the most seminal works is published by Ikeda (Physical Review Letters, 1982) where chaotic behavior in a ring resonator was proposed and experiementally confirmed.

Hankyū Minoo Line

The Hankyū Minoo Line (阪急箕面線 Mino-o sen) is a Japanese railway line run by Hankyu Railway which links Ishibashi Station in Ikeda and Minoo.

Ian G. McKay

In July 1980, he was sent by his hometown to live in the city of Ikeda, on Japan’s island of Hokkaido.

Ikeda, Fukui

The affiliation with wine is shared with their sister-city of Penticton, British Columbia, Canada.

Ikeda, Osaka

Itsuo Museum holds the Itsuo Collection which is mainly Japanese art for cha-no-yu; Ikeda Bunko holds collections on Takarazuka and other materials related to Hankyu Dentetsu.

Mamoru Takuma

After his release from jail, he moved to Ikeda and found work as a bus and garbage truck driver.


Battle of Komaki and Nagakute

Mizuno Tadashige led Tokugawa's rearguard against Ikeda's force and the noise of the battle alerted Hori Hidemasa, the head of one of Hideyoshi's divisions.

Chappaqua Orchestra

Soloists such as Vanessa L. Williams, Ruth Laredo, Joseph Fuchs, Kikuei Ikeda, Jerome Rose, Jon Manasse, Tim Fain, and others have appeared with the orchestra.

French Institute Alliance Française

Since 2007, the FIAF Gallery has been exhibiting contemporary French and Francophone artists such as Arman, Visual System, Greg Lauren, Ryoji Ikeda, and Matthew Pillsbury.

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Meanwhile, a few teenagers at Lake Ikeda in Kagoshima are attacked by an insect monster, Mothra.

Hiroshi Ikeda

Ikeda was born in Tokyo and began studying aikido in 1968 while attending college at Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.

Hitomi Kobayashi

Director Ikeda, unsure of Kobayashi's acting abilities, instead put Miyuki Ono in the lead role of Nami, and gave Kobabayashi the supporting role of Rei.

Ikeda clan

Takamasa Ikeda, former head of the Okayama Ikeda house was a husband of Atsuko Ikeda, fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa.

Kanzo Uchiyama

Ikeda was arrested for her involvement in the student movement, expelled from Meiji University.

Launceston City Park

As a gift, Ikeda City gifted the Launceston City Council with an exhibit of Japanese Macaques which was built near the Cameron Street entrance to the park.

Luxembourg Sinfonietta

2004: First prize: Chañaral Ortega-Miranda (Chile), second prize: Lin Wang (China), third prize: Satoru Ikeda (Japan).

Miyoko Kudō

Her older sister Akiko was the wife of Chiharu Igaya and her younger brother Tetsuo Ikeda is president of Baseball Magazine.

Pioneer Valley Zendo

Eishin Ikeda, who had later been leading the Bean Town Sangha (founded by Eishin Ikeda and Michael Flessas) whose first meetings where held on the second floor of a book store in Arlington, Massachusetts and returned as the present resident priest in 2006.

Takeyuki Nakayama

Takeyuki Nakayama (中山竹通, Nakayama Takeyuki; born December 20, 1959 in Ikeda, Nagano) was a Japanese world-class marathon runner.

Top Girls

During the 2007-2008 New York theatre season, Manhattan Theatre Club presented the play at the Biltmore Theatre in a production starring Mary Catherine Garrison, Mary Beth Hurt, Jennifer Ikeda, Elizabeth Marvel, Martha Plimpton, Ana Reeder, and Marisa Tomei.

Uemon Ikeda

For the occasion Ikeda presented an installation featuring spatial geometries with a thread of blue wool and silk depicting the Star of David.

Wataru Kaji

Kaji, along with Yuki Ikeda, and another Japanese named Kazuo Aoyama, were involved with the re-education of captured Japanese soldiers, and psychological warfare against the Empire of Japan for the Kuomintang which was conducted by the Japanese People's Anti-war Alliance.


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