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Dai Viet thong su
Dai Viet thong su (Đại Việt thông sử), also called Le trieu thong su, is a history of Vietnam by Le Quy Don, completed in 1749 at age 23.
Dai Wangshu
Dai Wangshu (戴望舒, 1905–1950) was a Chinese modernist poet born in Hangzhou, best known for the poem "Yu Xiang" ("Rainy Alley"), which earned him the nickname "Rainy Alley poet".
Dai Wei
Dai Wei (戴威) is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded the bike-sharing company ofo in 2014 and was later listed by courts as a dishonest debtor.
Dai Xi
Dai Xi (戴铣) was a Ming dynasty censorial official who died from a court beating after petitioning the Wuzong Emperor to retain grand secretaries Liu Jian and Xie Qian.
Dai Xiufen
Dai Xiufen (戴秀芬) is a Chinese businesswoman, founder and president of Xiaoyangren Bio Dairy Group, a dairy maker she started in Qingxian, Hebei in 1994.
Dai-ichi Life Insurance
Dai-ichi Life Insurance (第一生命保険) is a Japanese life insurer founded in 1902 as a mutual company, demutualized and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2010.
Daian-ji
Daian-ji (大安寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto, which took its name in 745 and still stands today.
Daiara/Thiara
Daiara/Thiara is a small ancient settlement in Mesopotamia east of the Euphrates, recorded as Daiara by Isidore of Charax and as Thiar on the Peutinger Table.
Daiba 1-chōme Shōtengai
Daiba 1-chōme Shōtengai (台場一丁目商店街), also Odaiba Retro Museum since April 2025, is a free indoor recreation of a 1950s Showa-era shopping street in DECKS Tokyo Beach, Odaiba, Tokyo, with dagashi shops, retro arcades, a shooting gallery, and a haunted school.
Daicel
Daicel Corporation (株式会社ダイセル) is a Japanese chemical company headquartered in Osaka, founded in 1919 by the merger of eight celluloid makers, and known for cellulose acetate and airbag inflators.
Daichi Kamada (鎌田大地)
Daichi Kamada (鎌田大地), born 1996, is a Japanese attacking midfielder for Crystal Palace and Japan, formerly of Sagan Tosu, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Lazio; he scored Japan's 88th-minute equalizer against the Netherlands at the 2026 World Cup.
Daichi Suzuki
Daichi Suzuki (鈴木 大地), born 1967, Japanese backstroke swimmer who won 100 m backstroke gold at Seoul 1988 in 55.05 with underwater dolphin kicks, forcing the 10m-then-15m surfacing rule; later Japan Swimming Federation president and 2022 ISHOF honoree.
Daidō Danketsu Movement
The Daidō Danketsu Movement (大同団結運動, Grand Coalition Movement) was an anti-government coalition of Meiji Japan's popular-rights factions, led by Gotō Shōjirō from 1887 until it split in 1889.
Daidō Moriyama
Daidō Moriyama (森山大道, born 1938) is a Japanese photographer known for grainy, blurred street images of postwar urban Japan and photobooks such as Farewell Photography.
Daido Steel
Daido Steel Co., Ltd. (大同特殊鋼) is a Japanese specialty steel producer headquartered in Nagoya, founded in 1916, serving the automotive, aerospace, energy, and semiconductor equipment industries.
Daidzein
Daidzein, 7,4′-dihydroxyisoflavone, is a naturally occurring isoflavone phytoestrogen found chiefly in soybeans, one of the three soy isoflavones and the exclusive precursor of equol in equol-producing people.
Daie Zaocan
Daie Zaocan (呆鹅早餐, "Silly Goose Breakfast") was a Hangzhou internet breakfast pre-ordering platform founded by former Alibaba employee Lan Yaodong in 2014, closing after nine months.
Daifang Commandery
Daifang Commandery (帶方郡, 대방군) was a Chinese commandery on the Korean Peninsula, split from Lelang in the late Eastern Han and destroyed by Goguryeo in the early 4th century.
Daifuku (大福)
Daifuku (大福) is a Japanese wagashi of sweet bean paste wrapped in mochi or gyuhi dough, once called harabuto-mochi; varieties include mame, kusa, shio, and ichigo (strawberry) daifuku, distinct from the daifuku bean.
Daigaku-ryō
Daigaku-ryō (大学寮, also read ōtsukasa) was the central government academy for training officials under Japan's ritsu-ryō system, formalized by the Taihō Code of 701 and destroyed by fire in 1177.
Daigas Group
Daigas Group is a Japanese energy group built around Osaka Gas, founded in 1905, supplying city gas, LNG, LPG, industrial gases, and power to 10.89 million customer accounts.
Daigo Fukuryū Maru (第五福竜丸)
Daigo Fukuryū Maru, or Lucky Dragon No. 5, was a Japanese tuna fishing boat contaminated by fallout from the US Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test in 1954.
Daigo Umehara (梅原 大吾)
Daigo Umehara (梅原 大吾), born 1981, Japanese fighting game player nicknamed "The Beast"; six-time Evo champion and subject of Evo Moment #37, the 2004 full parry against Justin Wong, widely ranked among the greatest of all time.
Daihai power station
Daihai power station (京能内蒙古岱海发电厂) is a four-unit, 2,430 MW coal-fired power station on Daihai Lake in Inner Mongolia, China, built between 2005 and 2011 to send power directly to Beijing.
Daihatsu
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (ダイハツ), Japanese kei and compact car maker founded 1907 as Hatsudoki Seizo in Osaka, wholly owned Toyota subsidiary since 2016, OEM supplier of Hijet, Mira e:S, Tanto, Rocky and e-Hijet Cargo to Toyota, Subaru, Mazda, and Suzuki.
Daihatsu Charade (ダイハツ・シャレード)
The Daihatsu Charade (ダイハツ・シャレード) is a small Japanese economy car produced by Daihatsu from 1977 to 1999, known for its one-liter engine and low fuel consumption.
Daihatsu Copen (ダイハツ・コペン)
The Daihatsu Copen (ダイハツ・コペン) is a two-seat kei convertible sports car built by Daihatsu in Japan, on sale since 2002 with a second generation from 2014.
Daihatsu Hijet (ダイハツ・ハイゼット)
The Daihatsu Hijet is a line of kei commercial trucks and vans built by Daihatsu since 1960 as its first kei four-wheeled vehicle, with over 4.85 million trucks produced.
Daihatsu Midget
The Daihatsu Midget is a family of small commercial vehicles from Japanese manufacturer Daihatsu, beginning with a three-wheeled mini truck launched in 1957 and revived as the Midget II kei truck in 1996.
Daihatsu Mira (ダイハツ・ミラ)
The Daihatsu Mira (ダイハツ・ミラ), exported as the Daihatsu Cuore, is a kei car produced by Daihatsu since 1980 and the company's core kei passenger model.