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Kyōka

Kyōka (狂歌) is a Japanese comic poem in the classical waka form, using wit, parody, and social satire, which flourished in Edo during the Tenmei period.

Izumi Kyoka (泉鏡花, 1873–1939), real name Kyotaro, was a Japanese novelist and playwright of romance and fantasy, author of Koya Hijiri and Tenshu Monogatari, Ozaki Koyo's disciple, and one of Kanazawa's three great writers.

Kyoka Tsutsumi

Kyoka Tsutsumi (堤京香), Japanese women's ice hockey defender born 2004 in Aichi, plays for Daishin; won girls' hockey gold at the 2020 Lausanne Youth Olympics and captained Japan to 2025 Universiade bronze.

Kyoko Iwasaki

Kyoko Iwasaki (岩崎恭子), born 1978 in Numazu, Japan, is a Japanese former swimmer who won the 1992 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke gold at age 14.

Sep 20, 2026

Kyoko Nozaki

Kyoko Nozaki (野崎京子) is a Japanese chemist known for homogeneous catalysis and organometallic chemistry, a professor at the University of Tokyo since 2003 who designs molecular catalysts that put carbon dioxide to use.

Kyokushin (極真)

Kyokushin (極真, "ultimate truth") is a full-contact karate style founded by Masutatsu Oyama (1923–1994). It was formalized in 1964 as the International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan (IKO).

Kyokutei Bakin

Kyokutei Bakin (曲亭馬琴, 1767–1848), born Takizawa Okikuni, was a Japanese writer of popular fiction, described as Japan's first professional writer and known for Nansō Satomi Hakkenden.

Kyon Ki (क्यों की)

Kyon Ki (क्यों की), also titled Kyon Ki..., is a 2005 Hindi drama by Priyadarshan starring Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, and Rimi Sen. A remake of Thalavattam set in a psychiatric hospital, it was released 2 November 2005 and flopped, earning ₹12.71 crore net in India.

Kyoraishō

Kyoraishō (去来抄) is a work of haikai theory by Mukai Kyorai, a leading student of Matsuo Bashō, recording the master's poetic teachings as Kyorai heard them.

Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger (恐竜戦隊ジュウレンジャー)

Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger (恐竜戦隊ジュウレンジャー) is the 16th Super Sentai tokusatsu series, aired on TV Asahi 1992–1993 in 50 episodes; dinosaur-motif fantasy with sixth warrior Dragon Ranger, and the source of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Kyōshi

Kyōshi (狂詩, "wild poetry") is a Japanese genre of comic verse in classical Chinese form, using slang to mock follies, flourishing from the mid-Edo period.

Kyosti Lehtonen

Kyösti Lehtonen (Kyösti Eemil Lehtonen, Köpi), Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler, 1956 Melbourne Olympic lightweight gold medalist, World silver medalist 1953 and 1955, nine-time Finnish champion, later national coach.

Kyosuke Matsuyama

Kyosuke Matsuyama (松山恭助), born 1996, Japanese left-handed foil fencer and JTB employee; Olympic men's foil team gold at Paris 2024 and world team gold at Milan 2023, both firsts for Japan.

Kyoto (京都市)

Kyoto (京都市), also spelled Kioto, is a Japanese city of about 1.46 million people in the Kyoto Basin that served as imperial capital from 794 until 1869, known for its temples and shrines.

Kyoto Animation

Kyoto Animation (京都アニメーション, KyoAni), founded 1981 in Uji, Kyoto, is a Japanese anime studio with salaried in-house staff, its own training school, works like Violet Evergarden and K-On!, and the 2019 arson that killed 36.

Kyoto Animation arson attack (京都アニメーション放火殺人事件)

The Kyoto Animation arson attack (京都アニメーション放火殺人事件) was a 2019 gasoline arson at the studio's No. 1 building in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward that killed 36 people; perpetrator Shinji Aoba received a finalized death sentence in 2025.

Kyoto Aquarium

Kyoto Aquarium (京都水族館), opened 14 March 2012 in Umekoji Park, Kyoto, is Japan's first large-scale inland aquarium using 100% artificial seawater, run by ORIX, with about 200 species, 10,000 animals, giant salamanders, and a 500-ton Sea of Kyoto tank.

Kyoto Botanical Garden (京都府立植物園)

The Kyoto Botanical Garden (京都府立植物園) is a 24-hectare prefectural botanical garden in northern Kyoto, opened in 1924 and described as Japan's oldest public botanical garden, with about 500 cherry trees and a large conservatory.

Kyoto City Zoo

Kyoto City Zoo (京都市動物園), a municipal zoo in Okazaki Park, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto; opened 1 April 1903 as Japan's second zoo, with 750-yen adult admission, Monday closures, night openings, and a wildlife research and education center.

Oct 10, 2026

Kyoto Financial Group

Kyoto Financial Group (株式会社京都フィナンシャルグループ) is a Japanese bank holding company established in 2023 as the sole parent of the Bank of Kyoto, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime market.

Kyoto Medicinal Plant Garden

Kyoto Medicinal Plant Garden (京都薬用植物園), formally Takeda Garden for Medicinal Plant Conservation, Kyoto, is Takeda Pharmaceutical's 1933-founded garden in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, with about 3,000 species, a 500-variety camellia collection, and Japan's first company-run registered museum status (2024).

Kyoto Prefecture

Kyoto Prefecture (京都府), a Japanese prefecture established in 1868, covers 4,612.21 km² (31st of 47) with 2,500,173 residents at the 2025 census, governed by Nishiwaki Takatoshi.

Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences

Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences: category of the Kyoto Prize (京都賞), awarded by the Inamori Foundation since 1985 in fields including mathematical, biological, earth, life, and cognitive sciences; 100 million yen per laureate.

Kyoto Protocol

Kyoto Protocol (京都議定書), the 1997 UNFCCC treaty adopted in Kyoto, Japan, binding 37 industrialized states and the EU to cut greenhouse gases about 5% below 1990 levels (2008-2012), with CDM, JI, and emissions trading; Doha Amendment's second period ended 2020.

Kyoto Shoshidai

The Kyoto Shoshidai (京都所司代) was the Tokugawa shogunate's office in Kyoto, guarding the city, supervising the imperial court, and watching western daimyo from 1600 to 1867.

Kyoto shugo

The Kyoto shugo (京都守護) was the Kamakura bakufu's office for security in Kyoto and liaison with Kamakura, established in 1185 and abolished in 1221 after the Jōkyū War.

Kyoto Shugoshoku

The Kyoto Shugoshoku (京都守護職) was a Tokugawa shogunate post created in 1862 to maintain Kyoto's security, held by Matsudaira Katamori, lord of the Aizu domain, until its abolition in 1867.

Kyoto University (京都大学)

Kyoto University (京都大学), founded 1897 as Kyoto Imperial University, is Japan's second-oldest national research university in Kyoto, with 10 faculties, 18 graduate schools, three campuses, leading Asian Nobel output, and 2026 University for International Research Excellence status.

Oct 15, 2026

Kyoto University Research Reactor

The Kyoto University Research Reactor (KUR) was a 5 MW research reactor in Kumatori, Osaka, operated by Kyoto University from 1964 until 2026 for neutron experiments and isotope production.