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text: Bowery

text: Cabinet card

text: Duke Tobacco Company

text: cheesecake photography

text: Gilded Age

text: Barnum and Bailey

text: Jojo the Dog-faced Boy

text: Ruth Goshen

text: Myrtle Corbin

text: Chang and Eng

text: Millie and Christine

text: Bowery

text: Gangs of New York

text: New York City draft riots

text: Secrets of the Sideshows

text: Joe Nickell

text: humbug

text: Circassian beauties

text: harem

text: Bronx

text: Princess Alexandra's

text: Joseph Merrick

text: dime museum

text: Charles Stratton

text: Grace Episcopal Church

text: Astors

text: Vanderbilts

text: Mark Twain

text: Annie Oakley

text: Annie Leibovitz

text: Gelatin silver process

text: Vaudeville

text: Plainfield, New Jersey

text: DuPont

text: Sotheby's

text: Humbug

text: Jojo the Dog-faced Boy

text: Chang and Eng Bunker

text: mutation

text: Charles Eisenmann

text: Gallery Naruyama, Japan

categories: 1855 births,Photographers from New York (state)

paragraph: Charles Eisenmann

paragraph: Charles Eisenmann (October 5, 1855 – December 8, 1927) was a famous New York photographer during the late 1880s who worked in the Bowery district.

paragraph: Eisenmann's photography was sold in the form of Cabinet cards, popular in this era, available to the middle class. Eisenmann also supplied Duke Tobacco Company with cheesecake photography to stuff in their tobacco cans. The book "Victorian Cartes-de-Visite" credits Eisenmann with being the most prolific and well known photographer when it comes to Cabinet cards.

paragraph: His work was the subject of a 1979 monograph, "Monsters of the Gilded Age", focusing on his work on human oddities from the Barnum and Bailey circus, with a notable widely circulated picture of Jojo the Dog-faced Boy. Although a number of his photographs were of obvious fakes (called "gaffed freaks"), many others were genuinely anomalous, including the giant Ruth Goshen, the four-legged girl Myrtle Corbin, and the Siamese twins Chang and Eng and Millie and Christine.

paragraph: Section::::Bowery district.

paragraph: The address was 229 Bowery, which now is the home of a ministry and recently underwent a 3 million dollar renovation. At the time the Bowery district was an eclectic mix of artists, transient people and prostitutes. The depiction of this area in the movie "Gangs of New York" is judged by experts to be fairly accurate. The fallout of the New York City draft riots would have made for an era in New York that was unbridled and experimental: an ideal setting for unusual and cutting-edge photography.

paragraph: Section::::Humbugs.

paragraph: In his book, "Secrets of the Sideshows", Joe Nickell points out that Eisenmann used a number of notable humbugs or gaffs. These included his "Circassian beauties", women with teased, large hairdos who were said to have escaped from Turkish harems. The models were locals from the Bronx with hair made frizzy and wild by washing in beer, who earned money for posing.

paragraph: Section::::Victorian society and circus freaks.

paragraph: In the late 1880s, A new phenomenaon appeared with Victorian society's fascination and sympathy for people who appeared to have genetic abnormalities. There was much publicity, for example, over Princess Alexandra's attention to Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man."

paragraph: Eisenmann saw the golden opportunity in this fascination, and photographed circus people dressed as Victorian society, and conversely Victorian society with circus props. In New York city circus people were quite well received, as evidenced by the proliferation of dime museums and the PT Barnum circus located in New York.

paragraph: One of Eisenmann's subjects, Charles Stratton (Major Tom Thumb) was quite well known, and his wedding was quite the affair. "The couple’s elaborate wedding took place in Grace Episcopal Church in New York City. The Astors and the Vanderbilts were said to have attended as Barnum sold tickets for $75."

paragraph: Other prestigious clients included Mark Twain, and Annie Oakley. In some ways Eisenmann can be considered a kind of Annie Leibovitz of the Victorian Bowery district. His career suffered a downturn with the introduction of Gelatin silver process photography which made photographs more inexpensive and available for mass consumption. Also, Vaudeville overtook circuses in popularity at this time as well. In 1898 Eisenmann closed his studio and was succeeded by Frank Wendt. Frank was a sort of intern of his. For a few years, he sold photographic equipment and took conventional portraits in Plainfield, New Jersey but by 1907 he had disappeared from the public record, some believing he went to Germany. This was the second time he went off the radar, the first time being when his first wife died. At that time he was believed to have gone to Asia.

paragraph: Eventually, in the early 1900s, he resurfaced as the head of the photography department for DuPont taking pictures of employees. He died in 1927.

paragraph: A collection of his photographs was auctioned off through Sotheby's in 1991, with an estimated price of between $15,000 and $25,000 for the large collection.

paragraph: Section::::In popular culture.

paragraph: A number of Eisenmann's favorite subjects can be seen depicted in "The X-Files" episode "Humbug", namely Jojo the Dog-faced Boy and Chang and Eng Bunker.

paragraph: Section::::Contribution to medicine.

paragraph: A number of Eisenmann's pictures have been catalogued for their depiction of a number of mutations and abnormalities.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Republished in colour edition by ECW Press in 2002.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robin Wichard and Carol Wichard, "Victorian Cartes-de-Visite", Osprey, 1999

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joe Nickell, "Secrets of the Sideshows", The University Press of Kentucky, 2005

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photographs at Syracuse University

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vintage Sideshow Photography (website): Charles Eisenmann

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gallery Naruyama, Japan Maintains a collection of over 300 images by Eisenmann.

description: American photographer

wikidata_label: Charles Eisenmann

wikipedia_title: Charles Eisenmann


text: Gerry Weil

text: Manhattan School of Music

text: Queens College

text: Sir Roland Hanna

text: Ray Barretto

text: Brian Lynch

text: Miguel Zenon

text: Ravi Coltrane

text: Miguel Zenon

text: Ravi Coltrane

text: Spirit Fiction

text: Blending Times

text: Influx

text: David Sanchez

text: Henry Threadgill

text: Ray Barretto

text: David Gilmore

text: Steve Turre

text: Brian Lynch (musician)

text: Ben Wolfe

text: Ralph Irizarry

text: Profile on "All About Jazz"

text: List of Venezuelan Americans

categories: American jazz pianists,Venezuelan pianists,American jazz composers,Male jazz composers,American male pianists,1971 births,Venezuelan jazz pianists,Living people,21st-century American pianists

paragraph: Luis Perdomo (pianist)

paragraph: Luis Perdomo (born February 19, 1971 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an American jazz pianist and composer.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: His style is influenced by Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner, Paul Bley and Herbie Hancock. From the age of 12, was playing on Venezuelan TV and radio stations. His first teacher was the Austrian-born jazz pianist Gerry Weil.

paragraph: "The biggest lesson I received from Gerry Weil in Venezuela was to keep my mind open to all types of music" he says. He eventually realized that he would have to travel to New York City to fulfill his musical destiny. "Being in a more competitive and challenging environment was a big change that I welcomed". He obtained a Bachelor of Music Degree at the Manhattan School of Music, where he was a student of Harold Danko and classical pianist Martha Pestalozzi, and later on graduated with a Master Degree from Queens College in New York City, where he studied with the legendary pianist Sir Roland Hanna.

paragraph: He has played with Ralph Irizarry and Timbalaye, Ray Barretto, David Sanchez, John Patitucci, Dave Douglas, Yosvany Terry, Brian Lynch, Tom Harrell, Henry Threadgill, David Gilmore, David Weiss, and The Cookers. He has been a long-standing member of Miguel Zenon's quartet and was a member of Ravi Coltrane's quartet for 10 years.

paragraph: In addition, he has appeared on over 120 recordings as a sideman, and has released nine CDs as leader: "Focus Point" in 2005, "Awareness" in 2006 (both on Coltrane's label RKM Music), "Pathways" in 2008 (Criss Cross Jazz), "Universal Mind" (and third for RKM Music) in 2012, "The Infancia Project" in 2012 (Criss Cross Jazz), "Links" in 2013 (Criss Cross Jazz) and "Twenty-Two" in 2015 (Hot Tone Music), This CD includes Perdomo's newest band: The "Controlling Ear Unit", with bassist Mimi Jones and drummer Rudy Royston, as well as "Montage" (Hot Tone Music) and "Spirits and Warriors" (Criss Cross Jazz) in 2016, which features an amazing band with Alex Sipiagin on trumpet, Mark Shim on saxophone, Ugonna Okegwo on bass and drummer Billy "Jabali" Hart.

paragraph: Section::::Discography as leader.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Focus Point" (RKM, 2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Awareness" (RKM, 2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pathways" (Criss Cross, 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Universal Mind" (RKM, 2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Infancia Project" (Criss Cross, 2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Links" (Criss Cross, 2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Twenty-Two" (Hot Tone, 2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Montage" (Hot Tone, 2016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Spirits and Warriors" (Criss Cross, 2016)

paragraph: Section::::Discography as leader.:Selected Discography as sideman.

paragraph: With Miguel Zenon

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Tipico" (Miel Music, 2017)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Identities are Changeable" (Miel Music, 2014)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Alma Adentro:The PuertoRican Songbook" (Marsalis Music, 2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Esta Plena" (Marsalis Music, 2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Awake" (Marsalis Music, 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jibaro" (Marsalis Music, 2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ceremonial" (Marsalis Music, 2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Looking Forward" (Fresh Sounds New Talent, 2002)

paragraph: With Ravi Coltrane

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Spirit Fiction" (Blue Note, 2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Blending Times" (Savoy, 2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Influx" (Savoy, 2007)

paragraph: With David Sanchez

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Carib" (Stretch Music / Melaza Music / Ropeadope Records, 2019)

paragraph: With Henry Threadgill

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Double up plays Double up plus" (PI, 2018)

paragraph: With Ray Barretto

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Homage to Art" (Sunnyside, 2003)

paragraph: With David Gilmore

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Energies Of Change" (Evolutionary, 2016)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Numerology Live at the Jazz Standard" (Evolutionary, 2013)

paragraph: With Steve Turre

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Woody's Delight" (High Note Records, 2012)

paragraph: With Jon Irabagon

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dr Quixotics Traveling Exotics" (Irrabagast, 2018)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Behind The Sky" (Irrabagast, 2015)

paragraph: With Brian Lynch (musician)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Spheres of Influence Suite" (EWECD 2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "ConClave" (Criss Cross Jazz, 2004)

paragraph: With Ben Wolfe

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Live At Smalls" (SL, 2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "No Strangers Here" (MaxJazz, 2008)

paragraph: With Ralph Irizarry and Timbalaye

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Timbalaye" (Shanachie 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Best Kept Secret" (Shanachie 2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "It's Time" (BKS Records 2007)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Profile on "All About Jazz"

paragraph: BULLET::::- March 25, 2005 Article on "JazzTimes" by John Murph

paragraph: BULLET::::- [ Profile on All Music]

paragraph: BULLET::::- June 11th, 2007 Interview at "All About Jazz"

paragraph: List of Venezuelan Americans

description: American musician

wikidata_label: Luis Perdomo

wikipedia_title: Luis Perdomo (pianist)


text:
Buddhist
Baekje
King Wideok
Japan
onmyōdō
yinyang
sorcery
divination
4963 Kanroku
Hiroki Kosai
Kiichirō Furukawa
List of Baekje-related topics
Korean Buddhism
Three Kingdoms of Korea

categories: 7th-century deaths,Baekje people,Korean Buddhist missionaries,6th-century births,Korean Buddhist monks,Onmyōdō

paragraph: Gwalleuk

paragraph: Gwalleuk was a Korean Buddhist monk from the kingdom of Baekje who lived during the time of King Wideok. In 602, he travelled to Japan and is known for helping to spread the teachings of Taoism and Buddhism to Japan. He is also said to have brought books containing knowledge of the calendar, astronomy, geography, and "onmyōdō" (yinyang-based sorcery and divination). He is mentioned several times in Buddhist records in Japan, where he was known as "Kanroku", the Japanese reading of his name.

paragraph: Section::::Asteroid.

paragraph: The asteroid 4963 Kanroku discovered on 18 February 1977 by Hiroki Kosai and Kiichirō Furukawa of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory was named after him.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Baekje-related topics

paragraph: BULLET::::- Korean Buddhism

paragraph: BULLET::::- Three Kingdoms of Korea

description: Korean missionary and monk

wikidata_label: Gwalleuk

wikipedia_title: Gwalleuk


text:
Prime Minister
Liechtenstein
Carl von In der Maur

categories: 1881 births,1962 deaths,Heads of government of Liechtenstein

paragraph: Josef Ospelt

paragraph: Josef Ospelt (9 January 1881 – 1 June 1962) was the first Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2 March 1921 to 27 April 1922.

paragraph: Joseph Ospelt was born in Vaduz, the son of Julius and Mary (née Seger). He attended elementary and country school in Vaduz and came after the latter as Regierungskanzlist provincial administrator under Carl von In der Maur in the civil service one. In 1911 he was appointed secretary to the government. In 1916 he married Mathilde Ospelt from Vaduz. Ospelt 1918 belonged to the founders of the Progressive Citizens' Party and later was chairman and longtime manager of the newspaper Liechtenstein Volksblatt. On 23 March 1921 he was the prince to succeed the provincial administrator, Dr. Joseph Peer, while the royal appointed Council. When the new Constitution of 5 October 1921, whose preparation he had participated, he was appointed on recommendation of Parliament head of government. He was in this transitional period, Liechtenstein last provincial administrator and first head of government as prime minister, succeeding In der Maur, who had served as Governor. After his resignation as Prime Minister on 27 April 1922, he moved Due to changed political circumstances, with his family, briefly to Vienna. From 1918 to 1922, he worried as treasurer and the royal domain administration. After 1922, he established a legal and insurance agency in Vaduz. In 1925 he was the representative office of Zurich Insurance held. After the renewed political upheaval in 1928 Ospelt held several important public offices. He also was among the founding members of the Historical Society in Liechtenstein, which he headed from 1928 1955 as chairman and for many years the Board of the Vintners of Vaduz. From 1930 to 1932 he was elected to the Parliament of Liechtenstein.

description: Prime Minister of Liechtenstein

wikidata_label: Josef Ospelt

wikipedia_title: Josef Ospelt


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text: lucha libre

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text: All Asia Tag Team Championship

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text: All Japan Pro Wrestling

text: Takashi Ishikawa

text: Masashi Honda

text: Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling

text: Tarzan Goto

text: Amigo Ultra

text: tag team match

text: puroresu

text: Masashi Honda

text: 2nd Anniversary Show

text: World Wrestling Association

text: Mr. Gannosuke

text: Ultra Taro

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text: six-man tag team match

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text: Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship

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text: Atsushi Onita

text: lucha libre

text: character

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text: Rey Misterio, Sr.

text: World Wrestling Association

text: Asistencia Asesoria y Administration

text: Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

text: 1994 Super J-Cup

text: New Japan Pro-Wrestling

text: Jushin Liger

text: Ringo Mendoza

text: two out of three falls match

text: tournament

text: World Tag Team Championship

text: El Dandy

text: Negro Casas

text: Victor Quinones

text: IWA Japan

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text: Sabu

text: Último Dragón

text: 1994 Copa de Oro

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text: Emilio Charles Jr.

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text: 6th Anniversary Show

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text: ZEN

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text: Moonsault

text: over

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text: Team No Respect

text: Jado

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text: unified

text: Independent Heavyweight Championship

text: pay-per-view

text: 9th Anniversary Show: Entertainment Wrestling Live

text: Daisuke Ikeda

text: Extreme Championship Wrestling

text: Heat Wave

text: pay-per-view

text: Rob Van Dam and Sabu

text: ECW World Tag Team Championship

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text: Welcome to the Darkside

text: Gedo

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text: AJPW

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text: ladder match

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text: WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship

text: July 31

text: Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship

text: jeans

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text: 10th Anniversary Show

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text: main event

text: Chris Jericho

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text: Koji Nakagawa

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text: Ken Hirai

text: Nintendo 64

text: Virtual Pro Wrestling 64

text: WCW/nWo Revenge

text: WCW vs. the World

text: Jyushin Thunder Liger

text: NJPW

text: cerebral hemorrhage

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text: Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling

text: FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship

text: 3 times, final

text: FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship

text: 2 times

text: Masato Tanaka

text: Daisuke Ikeda

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text: 2 times

text: FMW Double Championship #1 Contender's Tournament (1998)

text: Pro Wrestling Illustrated

text: PWI 500

text: Tokyo Sports

text: Fighting Spirit Award

text: Service Award

text: List of premature professional wrestling deaths

categories: Japanese male stage actors,Musicians from Kumamoto Prefecture,Professional wrestling promoters,Masked wrestlers,Japanese male musicians,21st-century Japanese musicians,2016 deaths,Japanese people with disabilities,1968 births,Japanese male professional wrestlers,Deaths from bleeding,Japanese male actors

paragraph: Hayabusa (wrestler)

paragraph: Ezaki initially competed for FMW as a low-carder between 1991 and 1993 before travelling to Mexico where he developed the "Hayabusa" character and his signature wrestling style during his time with lucha libre organizations. He returned to FMW in 1995 and received a significant push as the face of the company, winning his first Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship later that year. He spent much of 1996 on the sidelines due to injury and lost the majority of his high-profile matches upon his return. He started gaining popularity and championship success in 1997 and won the Double Championship in 1998 and held the title for most of the year. He developed alter egos such as "The Darkside of Hayabusa" in 1996 and the unmasked "H" in 1999. His career ended in late 2001 after a botched moonsault left him paralysed.

paragraph: He was a five-time world champion in FMW as he won the Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship three times, Independent Heavyweight Championship one time and the WEW Heavyweight Championship one time. He also became a two time Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champion, a two time WEW World Tag Team Champion, a two time World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Champion and a two time WEW 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He also won All Japan Pro Wrestling's All Asia Tag Team Championship once.

paragraph: In his post-retirement years, Ezaki promoted the Wrestling Marvelous Future (WMF) promotion, which spun off from FMW, but the promotion was a failure and ended in 2008. He headlined many pay-per-view events for FMW including the company's premier show Anniversary Show a record six times, consecutively for four years between 9th and 12th editions of the event.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Early years (1987–1991).

paragraph: Trained by former All Japan Pro Wrestling star and sumo wrestler Takashi Ishikawa, Eiji Ezaki made his professional wrestling debut at an independent show on November 2, 1987, teaming with Masashi Honda against three upper classmen. He and Honda would struggle in the very small indy circuit for four years before joining Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling's dojo, headed by another former AJPW alumnus Tarzan Goto.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.:Early years (1991–1993).

paragraph: Ezaki made his FMW debut on May 5, 1991, where he teamed up with Amigo Ultra to defeat El Pandita and Yukihide Ueno in a tag team match. As is customary for rookies to lose matches in professional wrestling, especially puroresu, Ezaki lost the majority of his matches throughout the year. Ezaki got his first win in FMW against fellow rookie Masashi Honda on June 29. The two competed in many matches including the opening match of FMW's 2nd Anniversary Show on September 23, which Ezaki won. His next major show appearance was at a FMW and World Wrestling Association co-promoted interpromotional event on May 16, 1992, where Ezaki represented FMW with Mr. Gannosuke and Ultra Taro against WWA's Los Mercenarios Americanos (Mercenario I, Mercenario II and Mercenario III) in a six-man tag team match, which Ezaki lost after being pinned by Spicolli. At September's 3rd Anniversary Show, Ezaki and Gannosuke lost to Chris Jericho and Kevin Faule. Ezaki participated in the company's 4th Anniversary Show on May 5, 1993, where he defeated Koji Nakagawa in the opening match. In September 1993, Ezaki participated in a tournament for the inaugural Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship, where he lost both matches in his block against Koji Nakagawa and Battle Ranger Z. His last match in FMW during this tenure was a win against Masato Tanaka on September 27, before Atsushi Onita sent Ezaki overseas to learn the lucha libre style in Mexico.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.:North American excursion (1993–1995).

paragraph: Ezaki adopted the Hayabusa character in December 1993 while in Mexico. While there, he learned the lucha libre style from wrestling instructor Rey Misterio, Sr. Ezaki wrestled for the World Wrestling Association, Asistencia Asesoria y Administration (AAA) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) during his time in Mexico. He then returned to Japan to participate in the 1994 Super J-Cup tournament for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he competed as Hayabusa in Japan for the first time to test how the crowd reacted to his character in Japan. He faced Jushin Liger in a losing effort in a well received first round match of the tournament. The following month, Hayabusa debuted for CMLL on May 17 by teaming with Ringo Mendoza and La Sombra to defeat Javier Cruz, Panico and Tornado Negro in a two out of three falls match. He teamed with Super Astro in the number one contender's tournament for the vacated World Tag Team Championship, where the duo lost to El Dandy and Negro Casas in the opening round. During his time in Mexico, Victor Quinones would offer Ezaki a contract to defect to IWA Japan, but declined, showing loyalty to FMW. He appeared as Hayabusa in FMW for the first time at Summer Spectacular on August 28, 1994 by defeating Sabu. He then returned to CMLL to team with fellow Japanese wrestler Último Dragón in the 1994 Copa de Oro on October 25 in a loss to eventual winners Apolo Dantés and El Dandy in the quarter-final. The following month, Hayabusa and Dragon participated in the number two contender's tournament for the World Tag Team Championship, where they defeated El Felino and Mano Negra in the first round before losing to El Satánico and Emilio Charles Jr. in the quarter-final. He would remain in Mexico until December 1994.

paragraph: Between January 1995 and April 1995, Ezaki wrestled in the United States, mainly in the Florida area. During this time, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was interested in Ezaki and offered a tryout, but he declined and remained with FMW.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.:Initial push and injuries (1995–1996).

paragraph: Ezaki was scheduled to make his full-time return to FMW as Hayabusa at the company's 6th Anniversary Show against The Gladiator on May 5, 1995. However, he was chosen by FMW's new owner Shoichi Arai to fill the spot as Atsushi Onita's opponent in Onita's retirement match at the event as Onita wanted his final opponent to succeed him as the promotion's ace after Onita's originally supposed opponent Tarzan Goto left FMW and there was no main event star left to be Onita's opponent. Hayabusa returned to FMW at the 6th Anniversary Show, where he unsuccessfully challenged Onita for the Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship in an exploding cage barbed wire deathmatch. During the match, Ezaki managed to kick out of Onita's "Thunder Fire Powerbomb" and gave a huge fight. He was rushed to the hospital on a stretcher due to suffering severe burns but became Onita's successor as the ace of FMW. Hayabusa returned to the company on May 17 by teaming with Katsutoshi Niiyama against Lethal Weapon members The Gladiator and Horace Boulder in a losing effort to begin his first rivalry in the company with Lethal Weapon. He was the leader of the new generation of FMW wrestlers including Niiyama, Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Koji Nakagawa. He wrestled the group's members in several tag matches for the next one month after Lethal Weapon questioned his ability to become the ace of FMW and vowed to take over the company. He initially struggled to gain a fanbase after Onita's loyal fans refused to accept him but Hayabusa got to impress the Japanese fans by debuting the "Phoenix Splash" against Lethal Weapon member Ricky Fuji during a match on May 28. Hayabusa's team lost but the "Phoenix Splash" was heavily promoted by the Japanese media, which helped FMW in regaining the fanbase and Ezaki started becoming popular due to his high-flying skills.

paragraph: Just one month after his re-debut, Ezaki was booked to win the promotion's top title, the vacant Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship by defeating Lethal Weapon member Hisakatsu Oya on June 27 by debuting his new finishing move, "Falcon Arrow". However, he immediately vacated the title due to injury but a storyline was created that he vacated it because he wanted to beat Gladiator and all the members of the W*ING Alliance. The title was put up for grabs in the Grand Slam Tournament, an eight-man tournament in the round-robin format and Ezaki was put in the tournament. However, before the tournament started, Ezaki was severely injured by The Gladiator in a match on July 30 but he insisted that he would compete in the tournament. Ezaki started the tournament on August 22 by defeating Masato Tanaka. He won his next match against W*ING Kanemura on August 25 to gain four points. He competed against Hisakatsu Oya to a thirty-minute time limit draw and defeated The Gladiator and Katsutoshi Niiyama to gain nine points in the tournament. He suffered his first loss in the tournament against Super Leather and then defeated Mitsuhiro Matsunaga to qualify for the final. He lost to Gladiator in the final round of the Grand Slam on September 25. Ezaki competed against W*ING and Lethal Weapon members in various tag team matches, street fights and deathmatches throughout the rest of the year and early 1996 before taking time off due to multiple injuries.

paragraph: Despite the injury, Hayabusa returned to FMW on March 30 to rescue Jason the Terrible from an assault by Mr. Pogo and The Headhunters to set up the main event for the company's 7th Anniversary Show on May 5, where he teamed with Masato Tanaka to take on Pogo and Terry Funk in a no rope explosive barbed wire time bomb land mine double hell death match and the winner would receive one million yens. Hayabusa was pinned by Funk after a brutal match. After the one-off return, Ezaki continued to heal his injuries and did not compete in FMW for the next three months. On August 1, he made his return to full-time competition by defeating Koji Nagakawa at the Summer Spectacular event. On September 11, Ezaki debuted an alter ego called Darkside Hayabusa during a street fight against Hido at a W*ING show, which Ezaki won. On September 20, Jinsei Shinzaki of Michinoku Pro Wrestling challenged Hayabusa to a match, who Hayabusa lost to in the main event of Michinoku Pro Wrestling's "These Days" event. This marked the beginning of a future friendship between the two. Following the match, The Great Sasuke challenged Hayabusa to a match at FMW's Year End Spectacular on December 11, which Ezaki won.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.:The Ace of FMW (1997–1998).

paragraph: In the meanwhile, Terry Funk formed the Funk Masters of Wrestling group, which replaced Lethal Weapon as the new antagonist group and Hayabusa wrestled the group's members throughout the rest of 1996 and much of 1997. Ezaki's former friend Mr. Gannosuke returned to FMW and attacked Hayabusa after Hayabusa and Katsutoshi Niiyama lost to The Headhunters in a tag team match on January 5, 1997. As a result of the attack, Hayabusa began a lengthy and emotional rivalry with Gannosuke that would continue for the rest of his career. During this time, Ricky Fuji sided with FMW after the demise of Lethal Weapon and became an ally of Hayabusa. On March 19, Hayabusa got his first title shot in nearly two years as he and Fuji challenged The Headhunters for the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship in a losing effort. The following month, Ezaki served as the centerpiece of FMW during a meeting with All Japan Pro Wrestling owner Giant Baba to begin a partnership between AJPW and FMW and subsequently made his AJPW debut at the 1997 Champion Carnival by teaming with Yoshinobu Kanemaru against Kentaro Shiga and Yoshinari Ogawa in a losing effort. This paved the way for wrestlers of AJPW and FMW to sporadically appear in both companies and began Hayabusa's occasional appearances in AJPW. Hayabusa defeated Gannosuke in a hair vs. hair match at FMW's 8th Anniversary Show. After the match, Hayabusa said that Gannosuke's hair would not be cut off if he left Funk Masters of Wrestling and side with FMW and Gannosuke apparently shook his hands and then attacked Hayabusa, thus removed his mask and attempted to blow fire on him until Jinsei Shinzaki made the save.

paragraph: As a result, Hayabusa formed a tag team with Shinzaki. They teamed with each other for the first time by teaming with Koji Nakagawa against Funk Masters of Wrestling members Hisakatsu Oya, Mr. Gannosuke and The Gladiator in a six-man tag team match on July 19. On August 5, Hayabusa teamed with Nakagawa and Ricky Fuji in a tournament for the vacant World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. They lost to eventual winners Oya, Gannosuke and Gladiator in the semi-final round. On August 31, the trio of Hayabusa, Nakagawa and Masato Tanaka defeated Oya, Gannosuke and Gladiator to win the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. On September 28, Hayabusa wrestled two matches on the same day. He first appeared in a tag team match for AJPW at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo by teaming with Mitsuharu Misawa to defeat Jun Akiyama and Saturo Asako. He then travelled to Kawasaki, Kanagawa to compete at FMW's Fall Spectacular at the Kawasaki Stadium, where he and Shinzaki lost to AJPW's Kenta Kobashi and Maunakea Mossman in a highly acclaimed tag team match. On October 14, Hayabusa, Nakagawa and Tanaka dropped the six-man tag team title to ZEN members Atsushi Onita, Hido and Tetsuhiro Kuroda. This marked the beginning of a feud between Hayabusa and Onita as Onita wanted to stay on the top of FMW while Ezaki wanted to remain the ace of the company.

paragraph: Hayabusa and Shinzaki participated in AJPW's 1997 Real World Tag League and kicked off the tournament on November 19 by defeating Giant Kimala and Jun Izumida. They finished the tournament with four points as they would win only one more match against Johnny Smith and Wolf Hawkfield, while losing the rest of their matches. Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka faced Mr. Gannosuke and Yukihiro Kanemura in a losing effort for the vacant Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship on November 28. Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki unsuccessfully challenged Gannosuke and Kanemura for the tag team title on December 19. On December 20, Hayabusa, Hisakatsu Oya and Masato Tanaka won the World Street Fight Six-Man Tag Team Championship by beating Atsushi Onita, Hido and Tetsuhiro Kuroda during the Super Extreme Wrestling War tour. On December 22, Hayabusa, Jinsei Shinzaki and Masato Tanaka defeated ZEN members Atsushi Onita, Mr. Gannosuke and Yukihiro Kanemura in a WarGames match after Hayabusa pinned Onita after a Moonsault from the top of the cage as a payback for his loss to Onita at 6th Anniversary Show in 1995. Hayabusa started getting over with the audience and he was finally being heavily pushed. Friction arose within ZEN and Gannosuke formed his own group Team No Respect. On January 16, 1998, Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka and Hisakatsu Oya lost their six-man tag team title to Team No Respect members Gannosuke, Yukihiro Kanemura and Jado. Hayabusa and his allies battled Team No Respect members for the next three months and Hayabusa lost a singles match to TNR member Kodo Fuyuki in the first singles encounter between the two on February 19 to begin a long lasting rivalry with Fuyuki.

paragraph: The following month, Hayabusa won a tournament by defeating Masato Tanaka, Jado and The Gladiator to become the #1 contender for his rival Mr. Gannosuke's FMW Double Championship, the unified Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship and the Independent Heavyweight Championship. On April 17, Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka defeated Hido and Kodo Fuyuki to win the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship. On April 30, Hayabusa defeated Mr. Gannosuke to win the Double Titles Championship at FMW's first pay-per-view 9th Anniversary Show: Entertainment Wrestling Live. Immediately after the title win, Hayabusa appeared at AJPW's twenty-fifth anniversary show Showdown at the Egg, where he teamed with AJPW owner Giant Baba and Kentaro Shiga against Jinsei Shinzaki, Jun Izumida and Giant Kimala. Hayabusa got the win for his team by pinning Izumida. Hayabusa made his first title defense of the Double Championship against his tag team championship partner Masato Tanaka on May 19, where Hayabusa retained the title. The match between the two earned critical acclaim and is highly regarded as the best match of Ezaki's career. On May 27, Hayabusa and Tanaka lost the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship to Kodo Fuyuki and Yukihiro Kanemura.

paragraph: Shortly after, Tanaka left FMW and Ezaki made Daisuke Ikeda his new tag team partner. During this time, Gannosuke was injured and Kodo Fuyuki became the new leader of Team No Respect. Hayabusa and his allies split wins with Team No Respect at the June and July pay-per-views. On August 2, Hayabusa made an appearance for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) at the Heat Wave pay-per-view where he and Jinsei Shinzaki unsuccessfully challenged Rob Van Dam and Sabu for the ECW World Tag Team Championship. Hayabusa returned to FMW to begin a feud with Koji Nakagawa after Nakagawa pinned him to win an elimination tag team match. As a result, Hayabusa faced him as "Darkside Hayabusa" in a losing effort at the Welcome to the Darkside pay-per-view. On September 1, Hayabusa successfully defended the Double Championship in his third defense against Hisakatsu Oya after the duo wrestled to a thirty-minute time limit draw. He made his next title defense against Jado on September 20, where he retained and then teamed with Ricky Fuji to take on Kodo Fuyuki, Koji Nakagawa and Gedo in an immediate handicap match, which he lost and this earned Nakagawa and Fuyuki title shots at the Double Championship.

paragraph: Ezaki successfully defended the title against Nakagawa at the October pay-per-view. On October 26, Hayabusa and Ikeda defeated Kodo Fuyuki and Yukihiro Kanemura to capture the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship. They made only one title defense against Hideki Hosaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda on November 14. On November 20, Hayabusa lost the Double Championship to Fuyuki in his sixth title defense. Hayabusa participated in an Over the Top tournament to earn a title shot at the Double Championship by defeating Gedo in the first round, before losing to Hisakatsu Oya in the quarter-final round at the ECW/FMW Supershow II.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.:All Asia Tag Team Champion (1999).

paragraph: In early 1999, Hayabusa and Daisuke Ikeda vacated the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship after Ikeda suffered an injury. On January 16, 1999, Hayabusa reunited with Jinsei Shinzaki at an AJPW show to challenge Tamon Honda and Jun Izumida for the All Asia Tag Team Championship in a losing effort. Hayabusa and Shinzaki were granted a rematch on February 13, in which they defeated Honda and Izumida to capture the All Asia Tag Team Championship. Hayabusa and Shinzaki made their first and only successful title defense against Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda on March 19. Hayabusa renewed his rivalry with Mr. Gannosuke and formed an alliance with rival Double Champion Kodo Fuyuki. Hayabusa and Fuyuki entered a round robin tournament for the vacant Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship, where they qualified for the finals by topping the tournament with thirteen points by winning all of their matches except fighting Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to a thirty-minute time limit draw on March 29. On May 3, Hayabusa and Fuyuki lost to Tanaka and Kuroda in the final round. After the match, Hayabusa poured water on Fuyuki to revive him which angered Fuyuki and the two came to blows and this ended the partnership between the two. On May 5, Hayabusa and Shinzaki took on Tanaka and Kuroda in a tag team match where the winner of the fall would earn a Double Championship match against Kodo Fuyuki in the main event and Kuroda pinned Hayabusa to earn the title shot. Fuyuki took over as the new commissioner of FMW and an alliance was formed between Gannosuke's Outlaws and Team No Respect. On May 31, Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Hideki Hosaka and Hisakatsu Oya faced Kodo Fuyuki, Mr. Gannosuke, Hido, Koji Nakagawa and Yukihiro Kanemura in a five-on-five elimination tag team match which Hayabusa's FMW team won with a clean sweep as his entire team survived. On June 4, Hayabusa and Shinzaki lost the All Asia Tag Team Championship to No Fear (Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama).

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.:Character change (1999–2000).

paragraph: Ezaki had suffered multiple injuries during the past few years of his career which forced him to change his wrestling style from high flying to mat wrestling. This was incorporated into a storyline that Kodo Fuyuki would not allow Ezaki to wear the falcon mask and compete as Hayabusa anymore. This led Ezaki to go through a character change. On June 15, Hayabusa teamed with Masato Tanaka and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to defeat Mr. Gannosuke, Yukihiro Kanemura and Hido in a ladder match which stipulated that Fuyuki had to eat dog food if his team lost. FMW held a series of events titled "Goodbye Hayabusa" as a farewell to Ezaki's Hayabusa character. During this time, he participated in a tournament with Tanaka and Kuroda for the newly created WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Hayabusa and his team reached the finals of the tournament on July 31, where they lost to Kodo Fuyuki, Gedo and Koji Nakagawa. At , Hayabusa defeated Yukihiro Kanemura to win his third Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship and made his first and only title defense against Mr. Gannosuke on August 25 in his as Hayabusa, which he won to retain the title. The title was immediately retired.

paragraph: On August 27, Ezaki debuted his new character H, with a complete makeover of colored hair, a tattooed chest and jeans. Ezaki won his first match as H, an elimination match against Team No Respect. Gannosuke was injured in the match and then he attacked H under the Hayabusa costume and attire on September 3, thus instigating a feud between H and Hayabusa. This led to an anus exploding match between the two on October 29, which ended in a no contest. At the 10th Anniversary Show, H defeated fake Hayabusa in the main event, with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee. H and Gannosuke reconciled after the match by shaking hands with each other to end their rivalry and form a tag team. On December 1, H and Gannosuke defeated Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hisakatsu Oya to win the WEW Tag Team Championship. H and Gannosuke lost the title to Kodo Fuyuki and Kyoko Inoue on February 25, 2000. H defeated Inoue in singles action on March 27.

paragraph: On April 3, H represented FMW against the new ECW Japan leader Kodo Fuyuki in a losing effort. H began feuding with Masato Tanaka due to Tanaka confronting him on forgiving Mr. Gannosuke. Ezaki and Gannosuke lost to Tanaka and Balls Mahoney in a tag team match on April 11, during which Ezaki went backstage as H and then competed as Hayabusa for the first time in several months. Ezaki's H character had failed to garner crowd support and ticket sales were dwindling, which caused Ezaki to slowly transition back to compete as Hayabusa. At Backdraft, he competed as Hayabusa in a win over Tanaka. On May 28, H competed against Gannosuke and Tetsuhiro Kuroda in a three-way dance to determine the #1 contender for the WEW Heavyweight Championship with the champion Kodo Fuyuki as the special guest referee. H eliminated Kuroda and then Gannosuke turned on H by hitting with a crutch and pinned him with Fuyuki's help and became a member of Shin Fuyuki-Gun. On June 16, Ezaki unleashed Darkside of H and brought "Hayabusa" as his tag team partner for a match against GOEMON and Kodo Fuyuki. H and Hayabusa won the match to take revenge from Shin-Fuyuki-Gun for attacking and kidnapping Ricky Fuji. On June 26, H won the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship with Hisakatsu Oya and Tetsuhiro Kuroda by defeating Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue and Chocoball Mukai. On July 22, Ezaki retired his H character and announced that he would begin competing as Hayabusa again after he and Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated The Samoans (Eddie Fatu and Matty Samu).

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.:WEW Heavyweight Champion and career-ending injury (2000–2001).

paragraph: On July 23, Ezaki revived his Hayabusa character after a year and defeated Shin Fuyuki-Gun members in a gauntlet match to earn an immediate WEW Heavyweight Championship match against Kodo Fuyuki, which he lost after Jinsei Shinzaki turned on Hayabusa. On July 28, Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka and Hisakatsu Oya defeated Fuyuki, Shinzaki and Mr. Gannosuke after Hayabusa pinned Gannosuke. This set up a match against Gannosuke on August 28, which Hayabusa won to earn a shot at Fuyuki's WEW Heavyweight Championship. On September 15, Hayabusa, Hisakatsu Oya and Tetsuhiro Kuroda lost the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Fuyuki, Gannosuke and Shinjuku Shark. On September 21, Hayabusa defeated Fuyuki in a non-title 15,000 volt thunderbolt cage death match. On September 26, Hayabusa took on Fuyuki for the WEW Heavyweight Championship in a sixty-minute Iron Man match, which ended in a draw. Hayabusa called it the hardest match of his career. After the match, Hayabusa demanded another title shot, which Fuyuki agreed. On October 29, Hayabusa and Onryo defeated GOEMON and Fuyuki in a tag team match. On November 12, Hayabusa got another title shot against Fuyuki at the Deep Throat pay-per-view, but lost the match. Hayabusa and Fuyuki ended the feud after the match by shaking hands with each other and then Tetsuhiro Kuroda turned on Hayabusa by attacking him. Hayabusa then took time off to heal his injured arms.

paragraph: Hayabusa had a successful double elbow surgery on November 22. He returned to FMW at a pay-per-view on December 20 as a color commentator, along with Mr. Gannosuke, who had retired from wrestling after losing to Tetsuhiro Kuroda. During the match, Kuroda mocked Hayabusa to anger him and Hayabusa headed to the ring but Gannosuke held him back. On February 6, 2001, Hayabusa made another non-wrestling appearance to confront Kuroda along with The Masked Sumo. Sumo turned on Gannosuke and Kuroda injured Hayabusa's arms with a folding chair until The Great Sasuke made the save. On April 1, Hayabusa appeared during Kuroda and Kodo Fuyuki's WEW Heavyweight Championship match, where he attacked Mr. Gannosuke after Gannosuke attacked Fuyuki during the match and then Kuroda and his allies attacked Hayabusa until Sasuke came to his rescue again. Hayabusa made his in-ring return at the 12th Anniversary Show on May 5 by teaming with Sasuke to defeat Kuroda and Gannosuke in an octagon cage electric bomb death match. This match also commemorated the tenth anniversary of his FMW debut. On May 11, Hayabusa pinned Kuroda in a six-man tag team match to earn a title shot at Kuroda. On May 22, Hayabusa defeated Kuroda in a double hell barbed wire deathmatch to win the WEW Heavyweight Championship, with Kodo Fuyuki as the special guest referee.

paragraph: On June 8, Fuyuki bought FMW from Shoichi Arai in storyline and gave the wrestlers option to either side with Arai or Fuyuki. Hayabusa sided with Arai by revealing that he had purchased 5% stock of the company. Tetsuhiro Kuroda also refused to side with Fuyuki and this resulted in Hayabusa and Kuroda being paired to take on Mr. Gannosuke and Kintaro Kanemura in a tag team match, which they lost. Hayabusa made his first title defense of the WEW Heavyweight Championship against Mammoth Sasaki on July 30, where he retained the title. On August 3, Hayabusa offered to put his 5% stock if he, GOEMON and Onryo lost the six-man tag team match to Mr. Gannosuke, Kintaro Kanemura and Mammoth Sasaki. Hayabusa was pinned by Kanemura and he agreed to put his 5% stock in a two out of three match series on August 11. The FMW team and Fuyuki's team were even with 1–1 score until Hayabusa lost the WEW Heavyweight Championship to Kanemura in the main event. As a result of losing the series, Hayabusa lost his 5% stock to Fuyuki and Fuyuki sold the stock to Stuart Levy. On September 5, Hayabusa defeated Kanemura to regain the title but the win was reversed by new FMW Vice President Senmu Yoshida, who returned the title to Kanemura.

paragraph: On September 9, Hayabusa teamed with Tetsuhiro Kuroda and GOEMON to defeat Kintaro Kanemura, Kodo Fuyuki and Mr. Gannosuke to win the WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship. The following month, on October 9, Hayabusa and Kuroda defeated Gannosuke and Mammoth Sasaki to win the WEW Tag Team Championship. After the match, Sasaki challenged Hayabusa to a match which stipulated that if Hayabusa won then Shoichi Arai would be reinstated as FMW President. The match took place on October 22, during which Hayabusa suffered a career-ending injury when he attempted a springboard moonsault off the middle rope and lost footing, landing on his head, cracking two of his vertebrae and leaving him paralyzed. The injury provoked a high fever and required surgery. This injury ended his wrestling career. As he was considered the heart and soul of FMW, the company slowly folded after his departure.

paragraph: Section::::Post-retirement.

paragraph: Ezaki later pursued a career as a singer. He promoted a new wrestling company called WMF (Wrestlings Marvelous Future) that contained up-and-coming wrestlers. The name was chosen since, spelled backwards, the initials are FMW in honor of the late company. He traveled to a few WWE events where he met old friends such as Sabu, Rob Van Dam, and Rey Mysterio backstage. He also took photographs with Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, and Triple H, and spoke with Jeff Hardy.

paragraph: Ezaki attended the PWU (Pro Wrestling Unplugged) FAHRENHEIT: 3RD DEGREE event on August 19, 2006, at the New Alhambra (formerly known as ECW Arena). This was his first appearance in the USA since 2000, the last time being at E3 in Los Angeles, helping promote TOKYOPOP's FMW DVDs by having a 6-man tag match. He also participated in a shoot interview with RF Video.

paragraph: Ezaki was active in working with the Dragon Gate promotion. He recorded a debut album with Dragon Kid titled "Trust!" which came out in November 2007. He partook in the company's first US tour, joining them in their appearance in Los Angeles on September 5 and Hawaii on September 8, 2008. Ezaki also designed the tour's T-shirt. When asked about his career in an interview, Ezaki said that one never knows what the chances are of a return to the ring.

paragraph: On 3 April 2015, Hayabusa was part of a press conference announcing the return of FMW. He served as the executive producer of the promotion.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Ezaki was considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers in the history of professional wrestling and one of the pioneers of high-flying and junior heavyweight wrestling in Japan. He was the innovator of "Falcon Arrow" and "Phoenix Splash" and also popularized the "Firebird Splash", which would become famous in North America as the 450° splash. He was the most popular and greatest star in the history of Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, where he spent the entirety of his career. Due to his impressive talent, Ezaki received offers with better salaries from New Japan Pro-Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation, which could have driven him to success but he rejected all those offers out of loyalty to FMW. He worked hard as the company's ace, even putting his body on the line and worked in some of the greatest matches in the company's history.

paragraph: His match with Masato Tanaka on May 19, 1998, was considered by many to be the greatest match of his career and considered to be the second best FMW match only behind Combat Toyoda vs. Megumi Kudo at 7th Anniversary Show. He had memorable rivalries and clashes with Mr. Gannosuke, Kodo Fuyuki and The Gladiator. His feud with Gannosuke would feature both men in many epic encounters and major matches between 1997 and 2001 and was considered the biggest feud in FMW history. They headlined many shows including 8th Anniversary Show, 9th Anniversary Show and 10th Anniversary Show as well as the main event of pay-per-view which was the last match of the Hayabusa character in 1999.

paragraph: Kevin Wilson reviewed on the 9th Anniversary Show encounter between the two that "both wrestlers played their roles well and they hit their major moves without any problems. I still think the Phoenix Splash is one of the top five most beautiful moves in wrestling (let's see... Phoenix Splash, Shooting Star Press, Space Flying Tiger Drop, Ultimo Dragon's Asai Moonsault, and a Dragonrana), and Hayabusa hit it perfectly. It was the perfect ending, as the two other times he had gone for the move in the match he had failed... he knew that to win the titles he had to hit his ultimate finisher. Overall a really fun match, it wasn't perfectly executed, but the good far outweighed the bad." Stuart of Puroresu Central stated that "Hayabusa's highspots were dazzling as always and Gannosuke's craftsmanship made them look better and very important. They fought almost one year exactly before this and Hayabusa smoked Gannosuke as a worker" and considered it "a worthy main event between two excellent wrestlers and undoubtedly the best match on the show."

paragraph: Many of the industry's wrestlers like Chris Jericho, Jack Evans, Neville and Kalisto were inspired by Hayabusa at some point in their careers.

paragraph: Section::::Other media.

paragraph: BULLET::::- As a musician, Hayabusa has released three solo albums (one posthumously), an album with Dragon Kid, and an album with Koji Nakagawa and Masahiko.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hayabusa appears in the low-budget wrestling movie "Backyard Dogs" and in "Mask de 41" as the "Red Falcon". He also appears as Eiji Ezaki in "Baion".

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hayabusa also appeared in the music video "Life Is...~another story~" by J-Pop artist Ken Hirai.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hayabusa appears in the Japan-exclusive Nintendo 64 games "Virtual Pro Wrestling 64" and "". He appears unofficially in "", as Hannibal, in "WCW/nWo Revenge", as Han Zo Mon, and in "WCW vs. the World" as Habanero.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Ezaki was the oldest of two sons. His grandparents on his mother's side of the family were owners of a hotel, before his parents took over.

paragraph: Ezaki married his wife Harumi on April 7, 1997. Together, they had two daughters, Ayane (born October 19, 1997) and Shie (born May 10, 1999). He and Harumi amicably divorced in 2004, but remained friends, while sharing custody of their daughters.

paragraph: Ezaki was close friends with Jyushin Thunder Liger since 1994. The two had a falling out in 1996 after Ezaki turned down a deal with NJPW, but they mended their friendship in 2005.

paragraph: In May 2005, he performed a play called The Shinichi Amano Story at the Tokyo Shinjuku Theater. He portrayed the main character's best friend Fuyuki Hayato, an injured air pilot soldier in World War II, who is wheelchair-bound. His performance was given positive reviews and the play was a huge success.

paragraph: On April 25, 2010, his father died.

paragraph: By 2015, Ezaki had regained the use of his legs and could stand on his own and walk with a cane.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Ezaki died of a cerebral hemorrhage on March 3, 2016 at age 47. His body was found when the owner of a nearby tavern, with whom he was scheduled to meet concerning a March 7 event, went to his home after Ezaki failed to arrive for their planned meeting.

paragraph: Section::::Championships and accomplishments.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Florida Wrestling Alliance

paragraph: BULLET::::- FWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

paragraph: BULLET::::- All Japan Pro Wrestling

paragraph: BULLET::::- All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jinsei Shinzaki

paragraph: BULLET::::- Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling

paragraph: BULLET::::- FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship (3 times, final)

paragraph: BULLET::::- FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Masato Tanaka (1), Daisuke Ikeda (1)

paragraph: BULLET::::- FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

paragraph: BULLET::::- FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Masato Tanaka and Koji Nakagawa (1), and Masato Tanaka and Hisakatsu Oya (1)

paragraph: BULLET::::- WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hisakatsu Oya (1), and Tetsuhiro Kuroda and GOEMON (1)

paragraph: BULLET::::- WEW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

paragraph: BULLET::::- WEW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Mr. Gannosuke (1), Tetsuhiro Kuroda (1)

paragraph: BULLET::::- FMW Double Championship #1 Contender's Tournament (1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Plant City Wrestling Federation

paragraph: BULLET::::- PCWF Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pro Wrestling Illustrated

paragraph: BULLET::::- PWI ranked him #38 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1998/1999

paragraph: BULLET::::- PWI ranked him #255 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tokyo Sports

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fighting Spirit Award (1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Service Award (2016)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of premature professional wrestling deaths

description: Japanese professional wrestler

wikidata_label: Eiji Ezaki

wikipedia_title: Hayabusa (wrestler)


text: Native American

text: Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex

text: Texas

text: Mescalero Apache

text: Renaissance

text: Michelangelo

text: abstract

text: realism

text: realism

text: abstract

text: Fort Wayne, IN

text: Apache Indian

text: WMEE

text: Phoenix, Arizona

text: Highland Village, TX

text: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

text: American Diabetes Association

text: American Cancer Society

text: Boys and Girls Clubs of America

text: Dan Aykroyd

text: James Belushi

text: Bill Cosby

text: Vince Gill

text: Gipsy Kings

text: Buddy Guy

text: Tom Jones

text: B. B. King

text: Tony Orlando

text: Livingston Taylor

text: James Taylor

text: Adam Sandler

text: Jeff Bridges

text: George H.W. Bush

text: George W. Bush

text: Rod Stewart

text: Tashard Choice

text: Tony Dorsett

text: Walt Garrison

text: Michael Irvin

text: Preston Pearson

text: Tony Romo

text: Deion Sanders

text: Roger Staubach

text: DeMarcus Ware

text: Randy White (American football)

text: Rayfield Wright

text: Dallas Cowboys

text: NFL

text: Quan Cosby

text: Jason Kidd

text: Dirk Nowitzki

text: Jason Terry

text: Dallas Mavericks

text: Moses Malone

text: Spud Webb

text: NBA

text: Nancy Lieberman

text: WNBA

text: Michael Johnson (athlete)

text: Nastia Liukin

text: NASCAR

text: Tony Stewart

text: Denton County

text: NINA Art

text: Wine Cat Bistro

text: Richard Nunez Donates Art To Charity

categories: Native American painters,1961 births,Apache people,Artists from Fort Wayne, Indiana,Living people

paragraph: Richard Nunez (artist)

paragraph: Richard Nunez (born March 23, 1961) is a Native American painter and artist based out of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in Texas of Mescalero Apache descent. Nunez paints primarily acrylic on canvas. He is influenced by Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo and has painted anything of interest but finds "the icons" the most stimulating.

paragraph: His work has been interpreted as both heavily textured abstract art with a touch of realism and heavily textured realism with a touch of abstract.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Richard Nunez was born in 1961 in Fort Wayne, IN to Esther and Henry Nunez, both of Apache Indian descent. Nunez's parents did not tell Richard about his heritage because they did not want him to have to endure prejudices aimed at Native Americans. He says he did not find out about his heritage until 2004.

paragraph: Nunez attended Southside High School in Fort Wayne, graduating in 1979. He says he started drawing artistic influence that would decades later be found in his work from the highly stylized comic books of this era. His early sketches show this influence. During high school, Nunez worked at WMEE radio station from 1978 to 1979 as a maintenance engineer when that station was switching from AM to FM frequency.

paragraph: In 1979, Nunez married his first wife and daughter Erica Lynn was born in 1981. His second child, Ryan Nathaniel, was born in 1985.

paragraph: At the urging of his wife, Nunez left the radio station but was not yet ready to become a full-time, professional artist. He would spend the next 20 years working in various capacities but always with art as his passion. Nunez worked such jobs ranging from a dishwasher in a Mexican restaurant, grocery store bagger, salesman at Home Depot and Montgomery Wards, forklift operator, bartender, standup comic and singer. He was briefly married for a 2nd time.

paragraph: In 1993, after two failed marriages and a desire to become an artist, Nunez decided to move to Phoenix, Arizona. to find his path in life. During the trip from Indiana to Arizona, Nunez passed through Dallas when his car broke down. Without the funds to pay for repairs, Nunez was taken in by an uncle and never left.

paragraph: Nunez then spent the next 13 years working in the hospitality industry as a bartender, waiter and head trainer for several high-volume establishments. He eventually became the general manager for a wine bar in Highland Village, TX, 30 minutes outside of Dallas. The wine bar gave hime a venue where he could showcase his pieces by painting live in front of the evening's guests. He knew that he could increase his art's visibility by making the wine bar more successful.

paragraph: Finally, in 2005, at the age of 45, Nunez was ready to pursue art full-time. He says his birthday that year made him realize he was in a now-or-never situation to chase his dream of becoming a working artist. It was also at this time that he met his current wife, Nancy Nunez, whom Nunez cites as his muse and has since become the art director of Nunez's NINA Art, the company he founded to showcase his work. NINA Art draws its name from Nunez's nickname for Nancy.

paragraph: Section::::Charitable work.

paragraph: Through Nunez Art Director's inspiration, Nunez decided early on that his life's work would be supporting women and children. His goal with NINA Art is to use his talent to put him in a place with celebrities and athletes where they can work together to raise money for worthy causes and charities.

paragraph: Nunez estimates that through NINA Art, in excess of $350,000 has been raised from 2006-2013 for various causes. One of Nunez's pieces sold for $21,000 at a fundraiser, the current highest amount for one of his pieces.

paragraph: Charities that have partnered with Nunez include Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Cattle Barons Ball, American Diabetes Association, Arts for Andy, Top Hats (Humane Society), Children’s Advocacy Center of Denton County, Frisco Family Services, Friends of the Family, American Cancer Society, Frisco Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Fund, Tony Stewart Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Children’s Speedway and Wednesday's Child.

paragraph: Nunez often works with various local, national and international celebrities to raise money for either their personal charity or a third-party charity. These celebrities include Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi, Bill Cosby, Vince Gill, the Gipsy Kings, Buddy Guy, Tom Jones, B. B. King, Tony Orlando, Livingston Taylor (brother of singer James Taylor), Adam Sandler, Jeff Bridges, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Rod Stewart.

paragraph: Athletes Nunez has worked with include Tashard Choice, Tony Dorsett, Walt Garrison, Michael Irvin, Preston Pearson, Tony Romo, Deion Sanders, Roger Staubach, DeMarcus Ware, Randy White (American football) and Rayfield Wright, all of the Dallas Cowboys; the NFL's Quan Cosby; Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks; Moses Malone and Spud Webb from the NBA; Nancy Lieberman of the WNBA; Olympians Michael Johnson (athlete) and Nastia Liukin; and NASCAR's Tony Stewart.

paragraph: Nunez’s personal favorite charities are Women Called Moses, Society of Women Who Love Shoes and Children’s Advocacy Center of Denton County. When Nunez is not traveling he paints live, every week, at III Forks in Dallas. Nunez recently opened up Studio Nunez located in Dallas. More details to follow.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- NINA Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wine Cat Bistro

paragraph: BULLET::::- Richard Paints for Republican Party of Texas

paragraph: BULLET::::- Richard Nunez Donates Art To Charity

paragraph: BULLET::::- Richard Nunez presents former Dallas cowboy Walt Garrison with custom art at the opening of his restaurant in Flower Mound, TX.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dallas Morning News reports on theft of "Bulletproof Marilyn", July 13, 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- Denton Record Chronicle reports on theft of "Bulletproof Marilyn", July 13, 2007

paragraph: BULLET::::- Richard Nunez commissioned painting by owner of BillsWineWander

paragraph: BULLET::::-  Society of Women Love Shoes website

paragraph: BULLET::::-  Women Called Moses website

description: American painter

wikidata_label: Richard Nunez

wikipedia_title: Richard Nunez (artist)


text:
Esslingen
horseback riding
gymnastic
athletics
fencing
volleyball
skiing
Bavaria
Wettstetten
Ingolstadt
Abitur
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
International Politics
Munich
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Berlin
ARD (broadcaster)
Brandenburg Gate
Bosnia
Colombia
India
Afghanistan
Iraq
Rwanda
Somalia
war correspondent
investigative journalist
BBC
Channel 4
German TV
ABC New York
ABC Australia
NHK
Reuters
News agency
Julia Butterfly Hill
Arthouse
Berlin
Cannes
Cannes Film Festival
Albert II, Prince of Monaco
red carpet
Johannesburg
Transylvanian
Venice
zirius.com
ziriusfilms.com
pictureperfectagency.com
friendsaf.com

categories: German women film directors,1967 births,German film directors,Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni,Living people

paragraph: Ziri Rideaux

paragraph: Ziri Rideaux (born January 4, 1967 in (Germany)) is a filmmaker, journalist and artist. She has directed films like "Backgammon", "The Treewoman" and "Burning Man".

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Born as Ziri Barbara Wagner in Esslingen/Germany, Rideaux grew up with her parents Wolf and Renate Wagner and her younger sister Maia. From an early age, Rideaux was encouraged to compete in various sports like horseback riding, gymnastic, athletics, fencing, volleyball and skiing among others. Most of her childhood years were spent in Bavaria (Wettstetten/Ingolstadt). She graduated with the German Abitur 1986 and finished her studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich with two Masters in International Politics and Journalism in 1991.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Rideaux started writing for newspapers at age 15 and started publishing the local political magazine Schanzer Journal at age 18. She then moved on to become editor in chief of the local TV Station Regionalfernsehen Ingolstadt at age 20 where she hosted the daily news hour. Rideaux moved to Munich, where she worked for German broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (Radio and Television). In 1989 Rideaux moved to Berlin where she worked as a TV news reporter and show host for German Television ARD (broadcaster). She covered highlights of the German Reunification like the opening of the Brandenburg Gate. 1991 she co-hosted the TV show "Voll Drauf" (initially with Cherno Jobatey). In 1992 she left Germany to embark on a multiple year journey around the world, working as a foreign TV correspondent in places like Spain, Bosnia, Colombia, India, Afghanistan, Iraq, Australia, South Africa, Rwanda, Somalia, etc...

paragraph: During those years, Rideaux worked extensively as a war correspondent and investigative journalist for various international TV stations like the BBC, British Channel 4, Dutch and German TV, ABC New York, ABC Australia, Nippon TV NHK, Reuters News agency, etc...During this time, Rideaux got "increasingly frustrated with the amount of censorship and propaganda we are exposed to in our daily media intake". (Rideaux 1994)

paragraph: In September 1996 Rideaux moved to Los Angeles. Her company Zirius Film Productions produces hard-hitting documentaries and feature films. Her documentary Treewoman about Julia Butterfly Hill won international acclaim and various awards (among others, the prestigious International Documentary Association/Pare Lorentz Award). Other documentaries like Tornadoes, Curlers Against Misery, Burning Man as well as her TV-series Cowgirls were broadcast on TV-stations all over the world. In 2001, Rideaux wrote, directed and produced Backgammon, a futuristic Arthouse feature that won critical acclaim at festivals in Berlin, London and Cannes, where it received the Cannes Film Festival Independent Award – handed to Rideaux by Albert II, Prince of Monaco.

paragraph: In 2002, Rideaux started the photo Agency "PicturePerfect", a red carpet celebrity photo agency. PicturePerfect is today one of the top 20 celebrity photo agency worldwide and operates in over 40 countries.

paragraph: In 2012, Rideaux started the first alternative funeral home in the U.S. called FRIENDS. FRIENDS offers personalized ceremonies and funerals of all kinds, End-of-Life Celebrations, Death Midwifing, teaches the ancient art and wisdom of dying well – and is a strong promoter of Advanced Care Directives for everyone over 18 years of age.

paragraph: Rideaux is currently getting ready to shoot the feature film Project Hammer in Johannesburg, South Africa, a political suspense thriller based on her true story as a war-correspondent.

paragraph: Section::::Interests.

paragraph: Rideaux is a self-taught writer, painter and draws comics since her early years. She is an expert horse trainer, a jewelry designer and has worked as a tattoo artist. She plays flamenco guitar and percussion instruments and is fluent in 4 languages.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: The oldest of two daughters to Transylvanian immigrants, Rideaux spent a conflicted childhood in Germany. She left home at age 17 and left Germany as soon as she finished her University degrees. Rideaux stayed close to her family and regularly visits Germany. In 1996 she married Patrick Rideaux. The couple lived together in Venice, California until their divorce in 2007. Rideaux resides in Venice Beach and Topanga Canyon/Los Angeles.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: -NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2001, BEST FEATURE FILM BACKGAMMON

paragraph: -PARE LORENTZ AWARD 2000,INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION THE TREEWOMAN

paragraph: -BANFF TV FESTIVAL SPECIAL AUDIENCE AWARD 2000

paragraph: -NOMINATED FOR UNESCO FILM PRICE 1993

paragraph: -BEST PUBLISHER/EDITOR OF REGIONAL MONTHLY MAGAZIN IN BAVARIA, 1986

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: Project Hammer (2009)

paragraph: Project Hammer (2009) pre-production

paragraph: Cowgirls (2005) TV series

paragraph: Curlers Against Misery (2004) (TV)

paragraph: Afghanistan: A Journey of Discovery (2002) (writer)

paragraph: On the Warpath (2002)

paragraph: Backgammon (2001)

paragraph: Die Baumfrau (1999) (TV) ... aka The Tree Woman (International: English title)

paragraph: Burning Man (1998) (TV)

paragraph: In the Eye of the Tornado (1997) (TV)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- zirius.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- ziriusfilms.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- pictureperfectagency.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- friendsaf.com

description: German film director

wikidata_label: Ziri Rideaux

wikipedia_title: Ziri Rideaux


text:
Sturdza family
boyar
Iron Guard
Horia Sima
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
National Legionary State
Carol II
chargé d'affaires
Bessarabia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Tripartite Pact
Adolf Hitler
Ion Antonescu
Wilhelm Fabricius
Manfred Freiherr von Killinger
Ion Antonescu
Legionary Rebellion
Constantin Greceanu
Spain

categories: 1896 births,20th-century Romanian politicians,1980 deaths,Members of the Iron Guard,Ambassadors of Romania to Denmark,Romanian diplomats

paragraph: Michel Sturdza

paragraph: Prince Mihail R. Sturdza (August 28, 1886 – February 5, 1980) Romanian nobleman and diplomat. He was a descendant of the wealthy and influential Sturdza family of Romanian landowners, politicians and boyars. Played a brief role in Romanian interwar politics.

paragraph: Mihail Sturdza, originally a conservative and nationalist, was a member of the Iron Guard. As a supporter of the leader of the Iron Guard Horia Sima, he was a brief period (September 14, 1940 - January 26, 1941) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania during the so-called National Legionary State after the abdication of King Carol II.

paragraph: After several diplomatic posts (e.g. in Vienna, Budapest and in Washington as chargé d'affaires) Sturdza was in 1929 appointed as minister plenipotentiary for Latvia, Estonia and Finland, in Riga. In that capacity he acted in 1932 as Romania's representative in the negotiations with Soviet Russia about a non-aggression agreement. The negotiations failed, due to the Soviet demand to discuss and annex the disputed territory of Bessarabia, which was apart of Romania.

paragraph: Sturdza was from 1938 Romanian ambassador in Denmark.

paragraph: As Foreign Minister Sturdza attended with the German minister of Foreign Affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop the signature on November 23, 1940 of the Tripartite Pact with nazi-Germany between Adolf Hitler and the Romanian head of government General Ion Antonescu. In December 1940 Sturdza obtained the replacement of the German ambassador Wilhelm Fabricius with Manfred Freiherr von Killinger, perceived as more sympathetic to the Iron Guard. After the clash between the Iron Guard and General Ion Antonescu in January 1941 (see Legionary Rebellion), which was won by the latter, Sturdza had to resign. Antonescu took over leadership of the ministry, with the compliant diplomat Constantin Greceanu as his right hand.

paragraph: After the defeat of the Iron Guard in January 1940 Sturdza followed party leader Horia Sima into exile; first in Sofia, Bulgaria and afterward in Germany and Denmark. Sturdza became again Minister of Foreign Affairs in a Romanian government in Vienna from 10 December 1944 until the end of World War II.

paragraph: After WW II Sturdza fled first to Denmark, where he stayed till 1947. Afterward he found refuge in Spain and later in USA, where he kept strong ties with other members of the Iron Guard in exile. He wrote several publications about the history of his native country and international affairs. In later years he was involved in rightwing organisations. In 1968 he published his memoirs, which took approval in rightwing circles for the cold war- and anti-communist points of view.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dennis Deletant, Hitler's Forgotten Ally: Ion Antonescu and His Regime, Romania, 1940–1944, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nicolae Ciobanu, "Armand Călinescu: Jertfă pentru liniştea şi independenţa ţării. «Omul de oţel» împotriva Gărzii de Fier" ("Armand Călinescu: A Sacrifice for the Country's Peace and Security. The «Man of Steel» versus the Iron Guard"), in Dosarele Istoriei, 6/IV (1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Petru Ignat, Gheorghe Matei, "Asasinarea lui Armand Călinescu" ("Armand Călinescu's Assassination"), in Magazin Istoric, October 1967

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mihail R. Sturdza, 'The Suicide of Europe', memoirs of Prince Michel Sturdza, former Foreign Minister of Rumania. Western Islands Publishers, Boston, Los Angeles, 1968.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Zad Rust, 'Teddy Bare The Real Story of Chappaquiddick'. Western Islands Publishers, Boston, Los Angeles, 1971.

description: Romanian diplomat

wikidata_label: Michel Sturdza

wikipedia_title: Michel Sturdza


text:
Roman
Republic
imperial times
eques
Publius Rutilius Rufus
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Syracuse
Stoic
Caligula
Boethius
Gades
Martial
Saint Canius
Aceruntia
List of Roman gentes

paragraph: Cania (gens)

paragraph: The gens Cania was a Roman family during the late Republic and in imperial times. None of its members obtained any important magistracies.

paragraph: Section::::Members.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gaius Canius, an eques who defended Publius Rutilius Rufus, when he was accused by Marcus Aemilius Scaurus in 107 B.C. Cicero relates an amusing tale of how Canius was taken in by a banker at Syracuse, of the name of Pythius, in the purchase of some property.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Julius Canius, a first century Stoic philosopher, martyred in the reign of Caligula, and mentioned in Boethius.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Canius Rufus, a Roman poet at Gades, to whom Martial has addressed one of his epigrams.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint Canius, also known as "San Canio", bishop of Aceruntia during the third century.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Roman gentes

wikipedia_title: Cania (gens)


text: Bigod family

text: Earl of Norfolk

text: Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk

text: Ida de Tosny

text: Magna Carta

text: King John

text: Framlingham Castle

text: Maud Marshal

text: William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke

text: Marshal of England

text: Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk

text: Hugh Bigod

text: John FitzGeoffrey

text: Maud FitzJohn

text: Earls of Ormond

text: Framlingham Castle

text: William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey

categories: Magna Carta barons,Bigod family,Earls of Norfolk (1141),1225 deaths,1182 births

paragraph: Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk

paragraph: Hugh Bigod ( – 18 February 1225) was a member of the powerful early Norman Bigod family

paragraph: and was for a short time the 3rd Earl of Norfolk.

paragraph: Section::::Origins.

paragraph: He was born c. 1182, the eldest son of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk by his wife Ida de Tosny.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: In 1215 he was one of the twenty-five sureties of Magna Carta of King John. He succeeded to his father’s estates (including Framlingham Castle) in 1221.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage & progeny.

paragraph: In late 1206 or early 1207, Hugh married Maud Marshal (1192 - 27 March 1248), daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1147–1219), Marshal of England, by his wife Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke. They had four, or possibly five, children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk (-1270), died without progeny.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hugh Bigod (1211–1266), Justiciar of England. Married Joan de Stuteville, by whom he had issue.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isabel Bigod (c. 1212- 1250), married twice: Firstly to Gilbert de Lacy, by whom she had issue; Secondly to John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, by whom she had issue, including Maud FitzJohn, and Joan FitzJohn who married Theobald le Botiller, and from whom descended the Irish Earls of Ormond.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ralph Bigod (born c. 1215)

paragraph: Contrary to the assertion of Frederick Lewis Weis, "Ancestral Roots", there is no evidence for a fourth son called Simon Bigod. A man of that name appears as a witness to one of Earl Hugh's charters (Morris, HBII 2), but as the eighteenth name in a list of twenty, suggesting no close connection to the main branch of the family. He is also named among the knights who surrendered to King John at Framlingham Castle in 1216. He was a probably a descendant of Hugh or William Bigod, half-brothers to Earl Roger II Bigod.

paragraph: Simon le Bigot is recognized as the third son of Hugh Bigod in Francis Blomefield, 'North Erpingham Hundred: Felbrigg', in "An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 8" (London, 1808), pp. 107-119. "British History Online" http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol8/pp107-119 [accessed 2 June 2019]. He is also recognized by Gary Boyd Roberts in The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States Vol 1 p528.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Hugh died on 18 February 1225. Very soon after Hugh's death, his widow Maud remarried William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey.

paragraph: Section::::Hugh Bigod in fiction.

paragraph: Hugh Bigod and his wife [Mahelt] are the main characters in Elizabeth Chadwick's "To Defy a King". They also appear as secondary characters in novels chronicling their parents such as "The Time of Singing" (UK: Sphere, 2008) published in the USA as "For the King's Favor"; "The Greatest Knight"; and "The Scarlet Lion".

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- M. Morris, "The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century" (Woodbridge, 2005)

description: 3rd Earl of Norfolk

wikidata_label: Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk

wikipedia_title: Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk


text:
Belgian
Flemish
expressionism
Antwerp
Ostend
Frits Van den Berghe
Gustave De Smet
Léon De Smet
Sint-Martens-Latem
Gustave De Smet
World War I
Duffel
United Kingdom
Folkestone
Chardstock
Devon
Paris
Astene
Frits Van den Berghe
Vevey
Switzerland
Jabbeke
World War II
Entartete Kunst
Royal Academy in Antwerp
Brittany
George Minne
Order of Leopold
Belgian franc

categories: Expressionism,Belgian military personnel of World War I,1886 births,20th-century Belgian sculptors,1952 deaths,Faculty of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp),People from Antwerp

paragraph: Constant Permeke

paragraph: Constant Permeke (; 31 July 1886 – 4 January 1952) was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend. Here his father, a landscape painter, founded in 1893 the Municipal Museum of Arts of which he became the curator. Permeke studied at the Bruges Academy from 1903 to 1906 and then at the Academy in Ghent from 1906 to 1908. Here he met Frits Van den Berghe and the brothers Gustave De Smet and Léon De Smet. He was drafted into the Belgian army and served in a university company that was quartered in Sint-Martens-Latem. After his military service ended in March 1908, Permeke returned to Ostend where he roomed together with another artist, Gustave De Smet. In 1909 he returned to Sint-Martens-Latem where he lived as a recluse. His work of this period is characterized by his heavy brush and gains its expressive force through muted tonality and brutal forms. In 1912 Permeke married Maria Delaere and the newlyweds settled in Ostend.

paragraph: When World War I broke out, Permeke was mobilized. During the defense of Antwerp he was wounded in action near the town of Duffel. His wounds forced his evacuation to the United Kingdom where he was in hospital at South Hillwood. After his release from hospital he was reunited with his family in Folkestone, where his son John was born. In 1916 he moved to Chardstock in Devonshire and started painting again, mostly colorful English landscapes. After the end of the war, the Permeke family returned to Ostend in 1919. In contrast to the happy time in Devonshire, the harsh reality of the worker's life turned Permeke's work back to a gloomier mood as he mainly painted the harsh fisherman's life.

paragraph: In 1921 Permeke was able to exhibit his work in Antwerp and in Paris. Between 1922 and 1924, Permeke regularly went to Astene, in order to cooperate with Frits Van den Berghe. In 1926 Permeke went to Vevey in Switzerland where he mainly painted mountain scenes. In 1929 he moved to Jabbeke. During this period he changed his subject: instead of the fisherman and the sea he now focused on the farmer and his land. During this period, Permeke was enormously productive with works like "Gouden Oogst" (1935), "De Grote Marine" (1935), "Moederschap" (1936), "Het Afscheid" (1948), "Dagelijks Brood" (1950). Starting in 1937 Permeke tried his hand at sculpting as well. As a sculptor, Permeke tried to isolate the human figure in monumental efforts. "De Zaaier" (1939), "Niobe" (1946) and "De Drie Gratiën" (1949) are good examples of this period.

paragraph: During World War II, Permeke was forbidden to paint by the German occupiers as his art was seen by them as "Entartete Kunst". Privately, things were even worse as his son Paul was arrested and sent to Germany as a forced labourer. After the war, Permeke was appointed director of the National higher Institute and of the Royal Academy in Antwerp but after only one year he offered his resignation. In 1947–48, Permeke had a big retrospective exhibition in Paris but his happiness at the return of his son was soon shattered when in 1948 his wife died. Emotionally scarred and ailing, Permeke had to be nursed by his daughter.

paragraph: During the last period of his life his work mellowed somewhat as it shows much more refinement in drawing and colors. His last works are "De dame met de rode handschoenen" (1951) and some landscapes painted in Brittany. After his trip to there in 1951, his health declined even further and he became bedridden.

paragraph: Constant Permeke died on 4 January 1952. Four days later he was buried next to his wife at the cemetery in Jabbeke. On the grave of his beloved wife was placed a statue which Permeke had commissioned from his friend George Minne.

paragraph: Section::::Honours.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1922: Officer in the Order of Leopold.

paragraph: Section::::Commemoration.

paragraph: In 1997, Belgium recognized Permeke's achievements by having his portrait and one of his works imprinted on the 1,000 Belgian franc bill.

description: painter, sculptor

wikidata_label: Constant Permeke

wikipedia_title: Constant Permeke


text:
bass
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
trombone
Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Sheffield
Alabama
University of North Alabama
Mystics
FAME Studios
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Willie Nelson
Cher
Boz Scaggs
Aretha Franklin
Cat Stevens
Paul Simon
Bob Seger
Bugs Bunny
Traffic
Staple Singers
Frank Black
Odetta
John Hiatt
Etta James
John Altenburgh
Johnny & The MoTones
Percy Sledge
Klaus Voormann
A Sideman's Journey
Waterboys
Modern Blues
Patterson Hood
frontman
Drive-By Truckers
David Hood
NAMM Oral History Program

categories: 1943 births,Traffic (band) members,People from Sheffield, Alabama,20th-century American guitarists,Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section members,American male bass guitarists,University of North Alabama alumni,The Rockets (band) members,American session musicians,Guitarists from Alabama,American rock bass guitarists,American rhythm and blues bass guitarists,Living people

paragraph: David Hood

paragraph: David Hood (born September 21, 1943) is a bassist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He also plays the trombone. He is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and education.

paragraph: Hood was born in Sheffield, Alabama.

paragraph: Hood attended the University of North Alabama.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Hood started his career playing with the Mystics and as a backup musician at FAME Studios. He went on to co-found Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, where he produced songs for Willie Nelson, Cher and others. He played bass on albums by Boz Scaggs, Aretha Franklin, Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, Bob Seger, Bugs Bunny, Traffic, the Staple Singers, Frank Black, Odetta, John Hiatt, Etta James, John Altenburgh, Johnny & The MoTones and Percy Sledge. Hood appeared in 2009 on Klaus Voormann's solo album "A Sideman's Journey". He participated in the latest Waterboys album, "Modern Blues", recorded mainly in Nashville, and is currently on tour with them.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Hood is married to Judy Sockwell Hood.

paragraph: Hood's son, Patterson Hood, is the frontman and one of two (formerly three) songwriters for Drive-By Truckers.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- David Hood at NAMM Oral History Program

description: American bass player, Muscle Shoals session player

wikidata_label: David Hood

wikipedia_title: David Hood


text:
inn
Ljungby
Sunnerbo
English
frälseinspektor
Swe:
thingstead
Hamneda
Berga
district bailiff
Stockholm
Halmstad
Göta Court of Appeal
Lund
captain lieutenant
Asian plague
Angelstad
lying in state
dean
Ljungby's Old Marketplace
Smålands Nation
Sunnerbo
Eng:

categories: 1741 deaths,1656 births,Age of Liberty people,17th-century Swedish businesspeople,18th-century Swedish businesspeople

paragraph: Märta Ljungberg

paragraph: Marta Liungberg ("modern spelling:" Märta Ljungberg) (1656–1741), was a Swedish innkeeper. She managed the important inn at Ljungby in Sunnerbo. She was also a successful farmer, who acquired many of the farms around the area of the inn. In 1828, when it was decided that a city should be founded in Sunnerbo, Ljungby (at that time only a couple of farms around the inn), was chosen to be founded upon the land donated by her in her will.

paragraph: Section::::Before the inn.

paragraph: Märta Ljungberg grew up on "Ljungby Gård" (English: "Ljungby Farm") together with her parents and six siblings. She was daughter to "frälseinspektor" and innkeeper Lars Svensson Frimolin and his wife Margareta Larsdotter.

paragraph: Section::::Inn.

paragraph: After her parents' death the ownership of inn was taken over by her brother Abraham Ljungberg (later Ljungfelt) with the everyday operation handed over to Märta herself. Instead her brother made a career as a county official "(Swe: landskamrerare)" for the county. During the next four years the thingstead in Hamneda and the marketplace in Berga was moved to Ljungby. In 1681 she married with the district bailiff Lars Tåckenbo. Four years later, 1685, Lars was transferred to Stockholm around the same time as the birth of their first child, the son Samuel. Eight years later Lars was transferred to Halmstad. They had a second son, but he only lived for eight days.

paragraph: It took several years, into the 1700s, before Lars was transferred to Ljungby under Göta Court of Appeal. Meanwhile, her son Samuel studied in Lund and became captain lieutenant. However, he was hit by the Asian plague and died in 1710 at age 25. Four years later her husband, Lars, died at Angelstad rectory.

paragraph: After her brother's death in 1724, she was required to pay a retroactively annual lease of the inn to her nephews. After her refusal to pay the inn was ceded to them in 1729, when Märta was 73 years of age.

paragraph: Section::::Testament.

paragraph: In the autumn of 1741 Märtha Ljungberg damaged her hip when she fell off a wagon. She later died on October 4, 1741, 85 years old. After three months lying in state she was buried by dean Olof Osander. During her life she managed to acquire an estate of twelve farms; including "Eskilsgården", "Södergården", and "Klockaregården" that today is located in and around "Ljungby's Old Marketplace".

paragraph: Before her death, she decided that the proceeds of her estate should go to scholarships for students of "Smålands Nation" in Lund and the poor in Ljungby, Kånna och Angelstad's parishes. Her nephews were disinherited.

paragraph: In 1754 the inn burned to the ground, but is later rebuilt between 1818 and 1820 in its current form.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: During the 1828 discussions about the founding of a new town in Sunnerbo, Ljungby was elected thanks to her donation. The town of Ljungby would then later be founded on the land donated by Märta Ljungberg.

paragraph: In 1981 a memorial stone was erected in her memory at the old market place where her inn was located.

paragraph: The street "Märta Ljungbergsvägen" "(Eng: Märta Ljungberg's Street)" was named after her. It is one of the most trafficked streets in Ljungby and part of the old trade route that brought most of her customers.

description: Swedish innkeeper

wikidata_label: Märta Ljungberg

wikipedia_title: Märta Ljungberg


text:
pastry
Åland
Carl Israel Hallman
Carl Michael Bellman
Gumman Strömberg
Augusta Dorothea Eklund
Portrait on Flickr

categories: 1702 births,Swedish pastries,People from Stockholm,Street vendors,18th-century Swedish businesspeople,1788 deaths,Carl Michael Bellman

paragraph: Bakelse-Jeanna

paragraph: Bakelse-Jeanna (1702–1788), was a Swedish pastry-seller, the name signifying "Pastry-Jeanna". She was a well known and distinctive character in Stockholm at that time, and often used as a figure within Swedish plays, songs and literature during the 18th and 19th centuries.

paragraph: Section::::Reality and fiction.

paragraph: Jeanna originated from Åland, and spent her life as a street seller ("månglerska") of cakes in Stockholm, where she became a familiar figure. She came to be included in fiction during her lifetime.

paragraph: She was a character in the comedy "Donnerpamp" by Carl Israel Hallman from 1782.

paragraph: She was the subject of a song by Carl Michael Bellman, popular in Stockholm.

paragraph: She came to be mentioned as a minor character in many works of Swedish literature during the 19th century.

paragraph: The name "Bakelse-Jeanna" was long used in Stockholm as a name for female pastry street vendors.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gumman Strömberg

paragraph: BULLET::::- Augusta Dorothea Eklund

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Acta Philologica Scandinavica", Vol. 10, Munksgaard, 1936

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Portrait on Flickr

wikidata_label: Bakelse-Jeanna

wikipedia_title: Bakelse-Jeanna


text:
Knights Templar
Anjou
Third Crusade
Order of the Temple
Gilbert Horal
Saladin
Richard I
Teutonic Order
Hospitallers
Malek-Adel
Pope Innocent III
Fourth Crusade
Gastein

categories: 1165 births,People from Anjou,1209 deaths,13th-century French people,Christians of the Third Crusade,Grand Masters of the Knights Templar

paragraph: Phillipe de Plessis

paragraph: Philippe du Plessis (1165 – 12 November 1209) was the 13th Grand Master of the Knights Templar. He was born in the fortress of Plessis-Macé, Anjou, France. In 1189 he joined the Third Crusade as a simple knight, and discovered the Order of the Temple in Palestine. After the death of Gilbert Horal he became Grand Master. He helped uphold the treaty between Saladin and Richard I. In the renewal of this treaty in 1208 he suggested that the Teutonic Order and Hospitallers should make a new peace treaty offer with Malek-Adel. The accord was criticised by Pope Innocent III.

paragraph: There were few military actions during his rule; the Fourth Crusade never arrived in the Holy Land. The King of Armenia was in opposition to the Knights regarding the Gastein stronghold. The Templars were initially expelled from Armenia, but the pope intervened in the dispute.

paragraph: Relations with the Hospitaliers were tense. During his rule the Order of the Temple reached its greatest height in Europe.

paragraph: His name is last documented in 1209.

wikidata_label: Phillipe de Plessis

wikipedia_title: Phillipe de Plessis