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The Nakajima Aircraft company was Japan's first aircraft manufacturer, and was founded in 1918 by Chikuhei Nakajima, a naval engineer, and Seibei Kawanishi, a textile manufacturer, as Nihon Hikoki (Nippon Aircraft).
Shōya Nakajima (中島 翔哉, Nakajima Shōya, born 23 August 1994) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds and the Japan national team. Primarily a left winger, he has also played on the right flank and as a central second striker.
Aug 23, 1994 · Shoya Nakajima, 30, from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds, since 2023 Attacking Midfield Market value: €1.00m * Aug 23, 1994 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
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Nakajima was born into a farming family living just outside Okazaki, Japan. He began driving cars in his early teens in the family's garden with his older brother giving him tips, careful that their father didn't catch them. He felt exhilaration behind the wheel of a car, and from then on knew what he wanted to do.
He started racing after he finished school and passed his driver's licence. In 1973 he was a rookie in the Suzuka Circuit series, which he won. Five years later, he won his first race in Japanese Formula Two. In 1981 he won his first championship, thus beginning a period of domination in the series. He won five of the next six championships, all of...
Nakajima still lives in the family home near Okazaki. He owns the Nakajima Racing entry in Japanese Formula 3000 / Formula Nippon / Super Formula. Nakajima drivers have won the Formula Nippon championship three times, Tom Coronel doing so in 1999, Toranosuke Takagi in 2000, and Ralph Firman in 2002. Nakajima's current drivers are Takashi Kogure and...
Japanese Top Formula Championship results
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Nakajima's helmet was white with two red lines forming a circular end on the chin area, with a wide line on the rear of the helmet with written NAKAJIMA on it. His son Kazuki Nakajimauses a slightly different version of this helmet.
Between 1988 and 1994, Nakajima endorsed many Formula One video games for various consoles like Family Computer, Sega Mega Drive, Game Boy and Super Famicom. While most of these games (released by Varie) were only released in Japan, one of the games Nakajima had endorsed for the Mega Drive was released internationally as Ferrari Grand Prix Challeng...
The surname Nakajima is of Japanese origin and is written as 中島 in kanji characters. It is a relatively common surname in Japan and has multiple meanings. The literal translation of Nakajima is "middle island," with "naka" meaning "middle" and "shima" meaning "island."
A remote island in the Setonaikai National Park, Nakajima is blessed with a rich natural environment, gentle weather, mountains tinged with the bright colors of numerous citrus fruit orchards, and the quiet, retro beauty typical of Japan’s smaller islands still imbued with the comfort of a slow-paced way of life.
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Aug 18, 2017 · “Nakajima “Kates” were the world’s most advanced carrier attack bombers at the start of the Pacific War. They sank five battleships in the Pearl Harbor attack — four with torpedoes and one with a bomb that detonated the Arizona’s million-pound powder magazine.
