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  2. Miyagi (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Miyagi (written: 宮城 lit. "shrine fortress") is a Japanese surname. It can be read as Miyashiro , or Naagusuku in the Ryukyu Islands . Notable people with the surname include:

  3. List of Japanese prefectural name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Prefecture Kanji origin and meaning of name Aichi 愛知県: Aichi-ken (愛知県) means "love knowledge". In the third volume of the Man'yōshū there is a poem by Takechi Kurohito that reads: "The cry of the crane, calling to Sakurada; it sounds like the tide, draining from Ayuchi flats, hearing the crane cry".

  4. Okinawan name - Wikipedia

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    Okinawan last name Hanko seals in Tsurumi Okinawa Street. Okinawan names (Okinawan: 名 / なー, nā) today have only two components, the family names (surnames or last names) first and the given names last. Okinawan family names represent the distinct historical and cultural background of the islands which now comprise Okinawa Prefecture in ...

  5. Miyagi Prefecture - Wikipedia

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    Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県, Miyagi-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. [2] Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,265,724 (1 August 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,282 km 2 (2,812 sq mi).

  6. Sendai - Wikipedia

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    Sendai (仙台市, Sendai-shi, ⓘ) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region.As of 1 August 2023, the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, [1] making it the twelfth most populated city in Japan.

  7. Japanese name - Wikipedia

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    Kanji names in Japan are governed by the Japanese Ministry of Justice's rules on kanji use in names. As of January 2015, only the 843 "name kanji" (jinmeiyō kanji) and 2,136 "commonly used characters" (jōyō kanji) are permitted for use in personal names. This is intended to ensure that names can be readily written and read by those literate ...

  8. Yoshiaki - Wikipedia

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    Yoshiaki Miyagi (宮城 孔明, born 1999), Japanese actor who cast in two television series—Jūichinin mo Iru! and Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo; Yoshiaki Miyanoue (宮之上 貴昭, born 1953), a Japanese jazz guitarist; Yoshiaki Mogami (最上 義光, 1546–1614), a Japanese daimyō; Yoshiaki Murakami (村上 世彰, born 1959), a ...

  9. Miyashiro (surname) - Wikipedia

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    宮城 also be pronounced Miyagi. In Okinawan language, 宮城 may be pronounced Naagusuku or Naagushiku. Notable people with the surname include: Akiho Miyashiro (都城 秋穂, 1920–2008), Japanese geologist; Aldo Miyashiro (born 1976), Peruvian playwright, screenwriter and actor; Augusto Miyashiro (born 1949), Peruvian engineer and politician