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unusual facts about Kawasaki, Kanagawa


Wilhelm Stör

Stör was directed to deliver two Bf 109 fighters to Kawasaki, Japan in May 1941 and his colleague Helmut Kaden then took over as the flying instructor to Hess.


1980 Miami riots

In the early morning hours of December 17, 1979, police officers pursued 33-year-old McDuffie, who was riding his 1973 black-and-orange Kawasaki motorcycle.

2009 North West 200 Races

Dungannon's Farquhar was second on a Kawasaki, while an all-Irish top three was completed by Kilkenny's John Walsh on his Yamaha.

331st Air Expeditionary Group

Despite the hazards of bad weather, fighter attacks, and heavy flak, the 331st bombed the coal liquefaction plant at Ube, the Mitsubishi-Hayama petroleum complex at Kawasaki, and the oil refinery and storage facilities at Shimotsu, in July and August 1945, and received a Distinguished Unit Citation for the missions.

Aichi Atsuta

When the AE1P design was accepted, Aichi's version became the Atsuta 32 and Kawasaki's version became the Ha-40, which was to be used in IJAAS's Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Allied reporting name "Tony") fighter.

Center-Kita Station

It is 37.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Blue Line at Shōnandai Station and 5.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Green Line at Nakayama Station.

Charles Dickinson West

He also served as an advisor to several Japanese shipyards, including Mitsubishi, Kawasaki and Osaka Iron Works.

Charles Lennox Richardson

After Richardson met Woodthorpe Charles Clarke, an old friend from Shanghai, they joined fellow merchant William Marshall, and Marshall's sister-in-law Margaret Watson Borradaile to go on a sightseeing ride via nearby Kanagawa town towards the temple of Kawasaki Daishi.

Craig Vetter

Wanting to run a team, Vetter procured the services of English-born AMA Superbike Championship winner Reg Pridmore for the 1978 season to ride a team Vetter Kawasaki Z1000 prepared by (the late) Pierre Des Roches.

D'scover

The concert tour will begin on March 23 at Kobe's World Memorial Hall and will end on June 18 at Kanagawa's Yokohama Arena.

Data Design Interactive

Data Design Interactive worked with global brands and licences including Kawasaki, Mini, Harry Potter, BMW, Austin Mini, Rover, Austin-Healey, Spearmint Rhino, Habitrail, Lego, London Taxi, Tonka, EARACHE records and Nickelodeon.

Fabien Foret

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Franco Battaini

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Fritz Egli

He went on to become famous for his frame designs for the large Japanese motorcycle engines of the 1970s, especially the Honda CB750 Four and the first big four-stroke motorcycles of Kawasaki.

Gary Nixon

Nixon was also known for his partnership with legendary tuner Erv Kanemoto when they won the 1973 U.S. National Road Racing Championship for Kawasaki.

Graham Noyce

In 1979, Noyce claimed the F.I.M. 500cc motocross world championship by defeating a strong field of riders that included his Honda teammate, André Malherbe, as well as Roger De Coster and Gerrit Wolsink riding for Suzuki, Brad Lackey with Kawasaki and Heikki Mikkola with Yamaha.

Ishida Station

Aikō-Ishida Station, a railway station in Kanagawa, on the Odakyū Odawara Line

Izumi Sakai

Graduating from Shoin Women's College (now Shoin University) in Atsugi City, Kanagawa, Sakai worked in a real estate company office for two years before being scouted by Stardust Promotion.

Japanese seaplane tender Kamikawa Maru

The ship was initially built at Kawasaki's Kōbe Shipyard and launched on 13 December 1936 as a merchant vessel for the Kawasaki Kisen K. K. Line.

Japanese seaplane tender Kiyokawa Maru

The ship was built at Kawasaki's Kōbe Shipyard and launched on 13 December 1936 as a merchant vessel for the Kawasaki Kisen K. K. Line.

Kawasaki A7 Avenger

While other manufactures had utilised the advantages of rotary disc valve induction on small single-cylinder machines, only Kawasaki and Bridgestone produced twin-cylinder machines.

Kawasaki C-2

The Kawasaki XC-2 (previously C-X) is a military transport aircraft being developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).

Kawasaki Ki-3

Takeo Doi the future chief designer for Kawasaki, worked as Vogt's assistant on the project; Vogt later went on to become chief designer for Blohm & Voss.

Kawasaki Kz1000

The Kz1000 was also featured heavily in the 1979 movie Mad Max, in which a 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000 was ridden by the Main Force Patrol officer Jim Goose, played by Steve Bisley.

Kawasaki Motors Racing

After negotiations with DORNA, Kawasaki provided a scaled down team named Hayate Racing Team for the 2009 season.

Kazuo Imai

Born in Kawasaki in 1955, Imai studied with two of post-war Japan's leading musical iconoclasts, Takehisa Kosugi and Masayuki Takayanagi.

Mid America Off Road Association

:There is a movement in MAORA to start a class of race vehicles designed around popular Side by Side (UTV) vehicles, such as those offered by Yamaha, Polaris, Arctic Cat, and Kawasaki.

Mikio Oda

In the final years of his life, Oda moved from his home at Aburatsubo in Yokosuka, Kanagawa to a nursing home in Kugenuma (Fujisawa, Kanagawa).

Motorcycle Safety Foundation

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) is a United States national, not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, and sponsored by the U.S. manufacturers and distributors of BMW, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Piaggio/Vespa, Suzuki, Triumph, Victory and Yamaha motorcycles.

Naoko Kijimuta

Naoko Kijimuta (Japanese: 雉子牟田 直子 Kijimuta Naoko, born March 26, 1972 in Ebina, Kanagawa) is a retired Japanese tennis player, winner of 3 professional tournaments in doubles and a representative of Japan in the Federation Cup.

Park Kyung-won

At 10:35 AM on of 7 August 1933, she took off from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on one such flight to Manchuria; she crashed 42 minutes later near Hakone, Kanagawa and died.

Sagamiko

Lake Sagami (Sagami-ko in Japanese) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Sagamiko, Kanagawa, a former municipality in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Seoul World DJ Festival

Cornelius (JPN), DJ Dan (USA), Donald Glaude (USA), Ricky Stone (UK), Rabbit in the moon (USA), Adam F (UK), Raphael Sebbag (FRA), Kawasaki (JPN), Superheadz (JPN), Kai (USA), Scott Pullen (AUS), C-Deuce&Loco, Brainshocker (ITA)

Shane Proctor

Proctor is currently sponsored by Cinch Jeans & Shirts, Corral Boots, Kawasaki and MGM Grand.

Tim Ferry

Tim Ferry II is a professional kawasaki rider Supercross and Motocross racer born in Cedar Falls, Iowa on March 18, 1975.

Yokohama Municipal Subway

The Green Line is a stage in the planned line to from Tsurumi Station to Hiyoshi Station, the current green line to Nakayama Station, to Futamatagawa Station, and on to Higashi-Totsuka Station, and to Kami-Ōoka Station, Negishi Station, and Motomachi.

Yokohama Women's Marathon

Yamashita Park->Industrial Trade Center->Yokohama Customs->Kanagawa Prefectural office->Chinatown->Yamashita Park->Industrial Trade Center->Minato Mirai 21->Yokohama Station->Sakuragichō Station->Yokohama Stadium->Yamanote Park->Yamashita Park->Industrial Trade Center->Minato Mirai 21->Yokohama Station->Sakuragichō Station->Yokohama Stadium->Yamanote Park->Industrial Trade Center->Yamashita Park (Finish)

Yono, Saitama

Also, this is the birthplace of Eiji Kawashima, Kawasaki Frontale's former goalkeeper that is now playing for Standard Liège.

Yoshizumi Ishihara

Born in Zushi, Kanagawa, he is the second son of Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, and brother of politicians Nobuteru Ishihara and Hirotaka Ishihara.

Yvon Duhamel

Duhamel is best remembered as a member of the Kawasaki factory racing team during the 1970s along with team-mates Gary Nixon and Art Baumann.


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