Nagaoka (jap. 長岡, 永岡 lit. "length, hill", "eternity, hill") may refer to: Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan Nagaoka-kyō, the capital of Japan from 784 to 794 Nagaokakyō...
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Yūya Nagaoka (長岡 裕也, Nagaoka Yūya, born August 18, 1985) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan. The promotion history for Nagaoka is as...
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Nagaoka (長岡市, Nagaoka-shi) is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in the prefecture, after the capital city of...
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Count Gaishi Nagaoka (長岡 外史, Nagaoka Gaishi, June 23, 1858 – April 21, 1933) was a Japanese military officer. He served in the First Sino-Japanese War...
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Hantaro Nagaoka (長岡 半太郎, Nagaoka Hantarō, August 19, 1865 – December 11, 1950) was a Japanese physicist and a pioneer of Japanese physics during the Meiji...
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Shuichi Nagaoka (永岡 秀一, Nagaoka Shūichi, September 17, 1876 – November 22, 1952) was an early student of Kodokan judo and the third person to be promoted...
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Nagaoka-kyō (長岡京) was the capital of Japan from 784 to 794. Its location was in Otokuni District, Yamashiro Province, corresponding to a 4.3 x 5.3 kilometer...
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Moeko Nagaoka (長岡 萌映子, Nagaoka Moeko, born 29 December 1993) is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the...
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Hideki Nagaoka (長岡 秀樹, Nagaoka Hideki, born September 26, 2001) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows...
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Keiko Nagaoka (永岡 桂子, Nagaoka Keiko, born December 8, 1953) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature)...
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Nagaoka Nobuko (長岡延子, 1928 – May 25, 1945) was a Japanese pianist. She was a pupil of Leo Sirota and, along with Sonoda Takahiro, considered to be one...
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(Kirishitan), Hosokawa Gracia. For most of his life, he went under the name of Nagaoka Tadaoki that had been adopted by his father and was related to a town that...
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Nagaoka Domain (長岡藩, Nagaoka-han) was a fudai feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Echigo Province, Honshū...
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Shusei Nagaoka (長岡秀星, Nagaoka Shūsei, November 26, 1936 – June 23, 2015) was a Japanese illustrator. He is best known for his music album cover art in...
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Masaru Nagaoka (長岡 勝, Nagaoka Masaru, born 6 August 1962) is a Japanese ski jumper. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics...
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largest city of Niigata Prefecture, with other major cities including Nagaoka, Jōetsu, and Sanjō. Niigata Prefecture contains the Niigata Major Metropolitan...
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Mieko Nagaoka (長岡三重子, Nagaoka Mieko, 31 July 1914 – 19 January 2021) was a Japanese Masters athlete. She was the first 100-year-old to complete a 1,500m...
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Go Nagaoka (長岡 郷, Nagaoka Gō, born 23 May 1984) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Osaka, Nagaoka has played...
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Blossoms to the Sky (Japanese: この空の花 長岡花火物語, Hepburn: Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari) is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi...
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Nakaoka Shintarō (redirect from Nagaoka Shintarō)
Nakaoka Shintarō (中岡 慎太郎, May 6, 1838 – December 12, 1867) was a samurai in Bakumatsu period Japan, and a close associate of Sakamoto Ryōma in the movement...
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The bombing of Nagaoka (長岡空襲, Nagaoka kūshū) took place on the night of 1 August 1945, as part of the strategic bombing campaign waged by the United States...
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Matsui Okinaga (redirect from Nagaoka Sado)
known as Nagaoka Sado (長岡 佐渡) was a Japanese samurai who served the Hosokawa clan, during the early Edo period (17th century). It was Nagaoka Sado himself...
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Nagaoka is a lunar impact crater that lies to the southeast of the Mare Moscoviense, on the far side of the Moon. To the east of Nagaoka is the somewhat...
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Harukazu Nagaoka (長岡 春一, Nagaoka Harukazu, January 16, 1877 in Kobe, Japan – June 30, 1949) was a Japanese diplomat and jurist who served as member of...
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Yayoi Nagaoka (長岡 弥生, Nagaoka Yayoi, born 16 March 1974) is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 2002 Winter Olympics...
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Nagaoka dialect is a dialect of the Japanese language spoken in Chūetsu region centered Nagaoka city in Niigata prefecture of Japan. Nagaoka dialect is...
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The Nagaoka Institute of Design (長岡造形大学, Nagaoka zōkei daigaku) is a public university in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. It was established in 1994. Wikimedia...
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Chisato Nagaoka (長岡千里, Nagaoka Chisato, born 5 April 1976 in Himeji, Hyogo) is a Japanese bobsledder who has competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...
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Nagaoka (長岡郡, Nagaoka-gun) is a district located in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 10,393 and a density...
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Ryosuke Nagaoka (長岡 亮介, Nagaoka Ryōsuke, born October 7, 1978), is a Japanese musician, and singer and guitar player for the band Petrolz. Under the stage...
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