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Yokomitsu Riichi
Yokomitsu Riichi (横光利一), real name Toshikazu, was a Japanese novelist, 1898 to 1947, who led the New Sensation School and wrote Shanghai and the unfinished Ryoshu.
Yokomizo Seishi
Yokomizo Seishi (横溝正史, 1902–1981) was a Japanese mystery novelist who created the detective Kindaichi Kosuke, hero of The Honjin Murders, which won the first Detective Writers' Club Award in 1948.
Yokosuka
Yokosuka (横須賀市), Kanagawa Prefecture city on the Miura Peninsula facing Tokyo Bay; former Imperial Japanese naval port founded around the 1865 arsenal, now hosting JMSDF and US Seventh Fleet, with about 400,000 residents and a growing tourism industry.
Yokosuka D4Y (彗星)
The Yokosuka D4Y Suisei, called Judy by the Allies, was a fast Imperial Japanese Navy carrier dive bomber of World War II, also used for reconnaissance and kamikaze missions.
Yokosuka Ironworks
Yokosuka Ironworks (Yokosuka Seitetsujo) was a shipyard and ironworks founded by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1865 with French technical assistance, and ancestor of the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and the US Navy base at Yokosuka.
Yokosuka Line
The Yokosuka Line (横須賀線) is a JR East railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, a 23.9-km branch of the Tokaido main line from Ofuna to Kurihama, opened in 1889.
Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (櫻花, Ōka, "cherry blossom"), Allied code name Baka, was a rocket-powered kamikaze aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy used against Allied ships in World War II.
Yokosuka power station
Yokosuka power station, also known as Yokosuka Thermal Power Station (横須賀火力発電所), is a coal-fired power station at Kurihama in Yokosuka, Japan, operated by JERA and rebuilt with two 650 MW units in 2023.
Yokota Air Base
Yokota Air Base is a United States Air Force base in western Tokyo, Japan, hosting United States Forces Japan, Fifth Air Force, and the 374th Airlift Wing.
Yokoy
Yokoy, originally named Expense Robot, was a Zurich-based Swiss fintech founded in 2019 that used AI to automate expense, invoice, and card processing for large businesses.
Yokoyama Taikan
Yokoyama Taikan (横山大観) was a Japanese nihonga painter who co-founded the Japan Art Institute in 1898, revived it in 1914, and received the first Order of Culture in 1937.
Yokozuna (wrestler)
Yokozuna, ring name of Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i (1966-2000), Samoan American WWF wrestler billed as a Japanese sumo grand champion; two-time WWF Champion, 1993 Royal Rumble winner, WrestleMania IX title win over Bret Hart, WWE Hall of Fame 2012.
Yokuts oral literature
Yokuts oral literature is the traditional myths, tales, and songs of the Yokuts peoples of California's San Joaquin Valley, centered on Eagle, the creator, and Coyote.
Yōkyoku
Yōkyoku (謡曲) is the chanted text of Japanese Noh theater, or its vocal music with melody, treated synonymously with utai and read as a literary genre in its own right.
Yola
Yola, Nigeria: capital of Adamawa State, founded 1841 by Modibbo Adama as Adamawa Emirate capital, seat of the Lamido, on the Benue River; twin city Jimeta; state capital since 1991.
Yola (singer)
Yola (Yolanda Quartey, also Yola Carter, born 1983, Bristol) is an English country-soul singer. Grammy-nominated for Walk Through Fire (2019) and Stand for Myself (2021); played Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Elvis.
Yola dialect
Yola dialect, or Forth and Bargy, was an extinct Middle English dialect spoken in south County Wexford, Ireland, which died out by the late nineteenth century.
Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Adams (Yolanda Yvette Adams, born 1961, Houston) is an American gospel singer with four Grammy wins from 16 nominations, known for Mountain High… Valley Low, her radio show, and 2024's Sunny Days.
Yolanda Be Cool
Yolanda Be Cool is an Australian electronic dance duo from Sydney, best known for the 2010 house track "We No Speak Americano", which topped the UK chart.
Yolanda Díaz Pérez
Yolanda Díaz Pérez, born 1971 in Fene, Spain, is a Spanish lawyer and politician serving as Minister for Labour and Social Economy since 2020 and Second Vice-President since 2021.
Yolanda Griffith
Yolanda Griffith (born 1970) is an American basketball Hall of Famer, 1999 WNBA MVP, 2005 champion and Finals MVP with Sacramento, and two-time Olympic gold medalist (2000, 2004).
Yolanda Hadid
Yolanda Hadid (née van den Herik, born 1964, Papendrecht) is a Dutch-American model and TV personality from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills seasons 3-6, ex-wife of Mohamed and David Foster, mother of Gigi, Bella, and Anwar, and Lyme disease advocate.
Yolanda King
Yolanda Denise King (1955-2007), eldest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, American actress and producer, founder of Higher Ground Productions, creator of the one-woman play Tracks, died in Santa Monica in 2007.
Yolanda Oreamuno
Yolanda Oreamuno (1916–1956) was a Costa Rican novelist, essayist, and short-story writer whose only novel, La ruta de su evasión, won a Central American prize in 1948.
Yolanda Ortiz
Yolanda Ortiz was an Argentine chemist and toxicologist appointed by Perón in 1973 as Argentina's first environment secretary, the first woman in such a post in Latin America.
Yolanda Prince
Yolanda Prince is an American politician and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Texas's 1st District, facing Republican incumbent Nathaniel Moran in 2026.
Yolanda Saldívar
Yolanda Saldívar (born 1960, San Antonio) is the former nurse, Selena fan club president, and boutique manager who murdered the Tejano singer on March 31, 1995; convicted of first-degree murder in Houston in 1995, serving life in Gatesville, Texas, parole denied March 2025, next review 2030.
Yolande de Polastron
Yolande de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (1749–1793), favorite and confidante of Marie Antoinette, Governess of the Royal Children from 1780/1782, duchess in 1780, exiled July 1789, died in Vienna shortly after the queen.
Yolande Heslop-Harrison
Yolande Heslop-Harrison, born Yolande Massey, was a British botanist who specialized in pollen and stigma interactions, co-authoring 77 papers with her husband Jack over 48 years.
Yolandi Visser
Yolandi Visser, stage name of Anri du Toit, is the South African rapper and vocalist of Cape Town rap-rave group Die Antwoord, known for zef style, the 2010 viral hit "Enter the Ninja", blackface controversy, and 2022 abuse allegations.