Famous People with Name Miura

Tsutomu Miura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tsutomu Miura: was a Japanese linguist born in Tokyo.He studied language as expression from contentism and criticized formism and functionism, like structural linguistics or the theory of generative grammar.He regarded Tokieda's theory, also known as "Gengo Katei Setsu"(Language-as-a-Process Theory), as "the world highest standard theory" and created his original language theory based on Tokieda's theory.

Rieko Miura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Rieko Miura: a J-pop singer, and a former member of the group Coco. She was born in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. Her solo debut was on 14 September 1991. After her career ended, she became a voice actress, performing the voice of Yomiko Readman in the Japanese animation seri

Tamaki Miura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tamaki Miura: was a Japanese opera singer famous for her performances as Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly.Miura made her operatic debut in Tokyo in 1911 and the same year went to Europe to perform and study. In the autumn of 1915, she performed the role for th

Miki Miura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Miki Miura: a Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She is the creator of the long-running manga Chibi Maruko-chan (published in Ribon from 1986 to 1996), based on her own childhood, and the more surreal fantasy anime series Koji Koji, which ran from 1997 to 1999. She also worked with Marvelous Interactive on creating the SEGA Dreamcast title, Sakura Momoko Gekijou, and Nintendo on creating the Nintendo Game Boy Advance title, Sakura Momoko no Ukiuki Carnival. In 2005, she designed the characters for the Xbox 360 title Every Party.

Daisuke Miura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Daisuke Miura: a professional baseball player from Kashihara, Nara, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Yokohama BayStars.In 2005, he led the Central League in strikeouts (177) and ERA (2.52). Miura became a free agent after an injury-plagued 2008 season. Both the BayStars and the Hanshin Tigers, a team that Miura has seen great success against in his career, were bidding for his services. Miura decided to return to the BayStars, who offered him a 4-year contract worth 1 billion yen (about $10 million USD), as opposed to the Tigers, who were offering three years and 900 million yen. Miura's new contract ensures that the 34-year old pitcher will finish his career in Yokohama.