* 1891 – Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general ( d. 1945 )

General Tadamichi Kuribayashi still had the equivalent of eight infantry battalions, a tank regiment, two artillery and three heavy mortar battalions, plus the 5, 000 gunners and naval infantry.

To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2006, he starred in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, playing Tadamichi Kuribayashi.

Tadamichi Kuribayashi was born into a lower class samurai family in Hanishina District, Nagano prefecture.

On March 17, 1945, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the Japanese commander-in chief during the Battle of Iwo Jima, sent a final letter to Imperial Headquarters.

On 8 December 1941, a few hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces commanded by Sakai, and his Chief of Staff Tadamichi Kuribayashi, invaded Hong Kong.

Kuribayashi graduated from Nagano High School in 1911.

Kuribayashi graduated from the Army Academy's 26th class in 1914, having specialized in cavalry.

Although the United States Marine Corps had expected to capture Iwo Jima in 5 days, Kuribayashi and his men waged guerilla warfare against them for 36 days.

In the message, General Kuribayashi had apologized for failing to successfully defend Iwo Jima against the overwhelming forces of the United States Military.

* Takeichi Nishi ( Baron Nishi ) was the gold medalist with his horse Uranus in the equestrian show jumping individual event.

** Takeichi Nishi ( 西 竹一, 1902 – 1945 ), Japanese army officer and Olympic gold medalist killed in the Battle of Iwo Jima, son of Nishi Tokujirō

** Nishi Tokujirō ( 西 徳次郎, 1847 – 1912 ), statesman and diplomat, negotiator in the Nishi-Rosen Agreement, father of Nishi Takeichi

Takeichi Nishi with Uranus at the 1932 Summer Games

Nishi would later die in 1945 as an officer stationed in the defense of the island of Iwo Jima, and as such is a main character in Clint Eastwood's film, Letters from Iwo Jima.

The Tsubame name was once again revived by JR Kyushu from 15 July 1992 for limited express services operating on the Kagoshima Main Line between / and Nishi Kagoshima ( now Kagoshima-Chūō Station ), operated using new 787 series EMUs in 6 -, 7 -, or 11-car formations.

Since the introduction of the 19-seats Jetstream 31s ( JS31 ) in September 1991, the aircraft progressively replaced the Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante inherited from Nishi Seto.

* Hélio Gracie recalls the famous challenge match against Kimura-interviewed in 1994 by Nishi Yoshinori from Kakutou Striking Spirit

Nishi has also borrowed money from the Yakuza to pay for his wife's needs, and is having difficulty repaying them.

In September 2009, Pancrase Inc. moved its office from Nishi Ikebukuro to Aobadai in ward of Meguro in Tokyo, and moved again to Kameido in the ward of Koto.

The names Iwabuchi, Moriyama, Shirai ( for some of the executives in the Nakamoto boardroom ) and Koichi Nishi ( a pseudonym Eddie Sakamura used to aid the police ) are taken from the movie The Bad Sleep Well, which is later mentioned by Connor though not by title.

In the office from which Furuya jumped, Nishi reveals to Wada and Shirai that he is actually an illegitimate son of Furuya, determined to avenge his father's death.

On October 1, 2005 the town of Kumaishi, from Nishi District, Hiyama Subprefecture, was merged into Yakumo, formerly part of Yamakoshi District, now in the newly-created Futami District.

* On October 1, 2005 the town of Yakumo, from Yamakoshi District, absorbed the town of Kumaishi, from Nishi District, Hiyama Subprefecture, to form the new town of Yakumo, now in the newly-created Futami District.

* On October 1, 2005 the town of Yakumo, from Yamakoshi District, absorbed the town of Kumaishi, from Nishi District, Hiyama Subprefecture, to form the new town of Yakumo, now in the newly-created Futami District.

The Nga were believed to have migrated South from the north in Tibet following racial persecution from the Tibetans, but later engaged in trade with the Tibetans after the Nishi served as a mediator between the two groups until recent times.

The Nishi Tokyo Bus Co. carries passengers to Lake Okutama, the Nippara Limestone Cave, Tabayama village and Kosuge village ( both in Yamanashi Prefecture ) from Okutama Station.

Mr. Nishi is the president of MSX Association, a private organization originating from an assembly of people with affinity with the MSX standard, and the president of Digital do MaiN, audio engineering company.

Nishi Hongan-ji also contains a large shogun complex from the medieval period, which was largely moved into the temple from elsewhere in Kyoto in the 16th century.

The Enshū Railway Line, officially the, is a Japanese railway line in Shizuoka Prefecture, running north from Shin Hamamatsu, Naka Ward through Nishi Kajima, Tenryū Ward, all within Hamamatsu.

Nishi Ward was separated from Naka Ward in 1944.

He and Nishi then go to a juvenile prison miles away from Tokyo.

The population was about 1, 100 in 1939, distributed among five settlements: Higashi, Minami, Nishi, Kita and Motoyama ( meaning " East ", " South ", " West ", " North " and " Mountain of Origin ", or central mountain ) on Iwo Jima ; and two settlements on Kita Iwo Jima: Ishino-mura (" Ishino village "; Ishino is a surname ) and Nishi-mura (" West village ").

* Project Sylpheed ( 2006 ) – with Junya Nakano, Kenichiro Fukui, Takahiro Nishi, and Keigo Ozaki

* Project Sylpheed ( 2006 ) – with Takahiro Nishi, Junya Nakano, Kumi Tanioka, and Keigo Ozaki

Bodo and Karbi live in Assam ( India ), while Adi, Nishi, Apa Tani and Galo, calling themselves sons and descendants of Abotani, live in Arunachal Pradesh ( India ).

A line joining Cape Sōya | Sôni Misaki and Nishi Notoro Misaki ( 45 ° 55 ' N ).

A line joining Sôni Misaki and Nishi Notoro Misaki ( 45 ° 55 ' N ).

And in 1180, he entered Kamakura, building his residence in a valley called Ōkura ( in today's Nishi Mikado ).

Kashiba has 10 public elementary schools, each school with a separate kindergarten, except for one ( Mami Nishi ).

* February 1, 1955 The villages of Takasu and Nishi merged into the city of Onomichi ( 2 towns, 10 villages ).

In 2003, Arudou, along with several other long-term, non-Japanese residents dressed up as seals and formed a protest after Nishi Ward, Yokohama granted Tama-chan ( a male Bearded Seal ) an honorary jūminhyō ( residency registration ).

The film begins with a group of news reporters watching, and gossiping, at an elaborate wedding reception for Yoshiko Iwabuchi ( Kyoko Kagawa ), the daughter of Vice President Iwabuchi ( Masayuki Mori, the villain character ) of the Unexploited Land Development Corporation, a construction company, and Koichi Nishi, the president's secretary ( a bespectacled Toshiro Mifune ).

The main shrine at Izumo is thought, therefore, to preserve a floor plan characteristic of ancient domestic architecture ” ( Nishi & Hozumi, 1985, p. 41 ).

* Nishi, K., & Hozumi, K. ( 1985 ).

, also archaically romanized as Hongwanji, is the collective name of the largest school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism ( which further sub-divides into the Nishi and Higashi branches ).