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Today, I met a young professor who is just back from Paris. He studied economics for seven years there. His name is Tetsu “Terry” Inokashira. He grew up in Kichijo-ji, Tokyo. He came to Sapporo three years ago and got married recently. Now, he is living with his wife. He has taught economics at Hokudai for three years but this year is the first time he will teach non-professional students, such as in a Freshman Seminar. I hope his lecture will go well in the general education class.

He is not only an academic but also an active person. Usually, he rides his bicycle from home to the office. But he doesn’t take a long trip such as Otaru bound, as some Hokudai students say. I sincerely hope he won’t do such a stupid action.

Miwa Takeuchi

There is a nice young lady in this class called Miwa Takeuchi. She has lived in Sapporo for three years but originally comes from, Yokkaichi in Mie. Before she came to Hokkaido, she thought that Hokkaido was very big and green, but now her impression of Hokkaido has changed on seeing Sapporo. It was a bigger city than she had expected. However, there was much nature in the Hokkaido University campus, so she often enjoys walking around there. Also, she loves music.  She was in a music band and practiced the horn for six years. In the future she hopes to work for an international company. Now she is active, being engaged in some international problems with friends. Maybe she will realize her dream. Miwa seems an attractive and honest person. If you talk with her, you will feel happy!!

Mirian Hiraiwa

This is a nice girl called Mirian Hiraiwa. Although her name is like a Japanese name, her parents emigrated to Paraguay many years ago. She was born and grew up there, a country in South America. She can speak four languages-English, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese- and she is also interested in language. She came to Sapporo two years ago and studies Environment Engineering in the 2nd grade now. It seems so hard to study. Now, she has come to Sapporo alone, and lives in the international Dormitory in Toyohira Area with people who come from different countries. Mirian has one older brother and one younger sister, and she is the middle one. How does she spend her free time? She goes jogging and does some exercise in the gym near the Sapporo Station. It sounds very nice.

By Pei-ju Lin

Yoshihiro Hosono

He is Yuki Miura. He said he is from Hiroshima, but he wasn’t born there. He was born in Fukuoka, and moved to Hiroshima when he was 3 years-old, so I guess it is better to say it is his hometown. His mother and young sister live in Hiroshima with pets, but his father lives in Yamaguchi by himself, because he has a job there.  Yuki lives near our university, and enjoys his life. In his free time he likes reading books, going to movies, and playing sports. Actually, his major is the same as mine, and he is my junior’s friend!!
 
By Takahiko Ishiguro

Motoshi Tomita

Lin Pei Ju

This cute and interesting girl is Pei Ju and her last name is Lin. She’s from Taipei City, Taiwan. She has a big family -nine in total- including her old brothers (2) their wives (2) and her old sister and her husband. She’s the youngest. For those guys interested in my new friend, she is living with a friend now but she’s planning to move into an apartment from next week and start her single life!! She has a lot of free time now because she has just arrived in Sapporo two weeks ago, therefore she spends most of her free time in the library!! Oh noooo!! Maybe somebody can invite her to some more interesting place!! And, don’t worry; she speaks Japanese very well because it’s her second time here in Sapporo. Two years ago she came to study Japanese for 7 months and she’s now studying in the Institute of Language and Culture. She seems to be a very smart girl as she speaks Chinese of course, English, Japanese and she’s now learning Ger man as well. Wow!!! She said that she wants to become a translator and I believe that she will in the near future! Good luck Pei Ju!

By Mirian N. Hir

NAGAMINE Mayuko

My partner is Mrs. NAGAMINE Mayuko. Her name was given to her by her father,  but she doesn’t know what it means. She was born in Shizuoka prefecture, and when she was ten years old, she and her family moved to Suzuka city, in Mie prefecture. Suzuka is famous for the “Suzuka Circuit”. On the last weekend in July every year, there is a famous motorcycle race held there, known as the “Suzuka 24 hour race”
    She is now studying law in the 4th grade at this university, mainly focusing on civil law. She is now thinking about her job. She wants to find a job at a law firm. Is she trying to pass the bar exam? She says she doesn’t know yet. I hope she can find a good job.
    Mayuko is not so interested in any sports, but her hobby is playing and listening to music. She plays the flute in the Hokudai orchestra. What a nice hobby it is! Naturally, her favorite music is classic music.

by Masashi NARUGAMI

Chizuko Kushima

I would like to introduce an active woman whose name is Chizuko Kushima. Now, she belongs to the school of International Media and Communication. But until last year, she had been working in Tokyo. She lived there for more than ten years. Her job in Tokyo was the editor of English textbooks. So you can ask about anything about textbooks. Her hometown is Sapporo. As for living in Tokyo, she said it was exciting since she could get lots of chances to access interesting information. It’s amazing, but she’s still working!! So she’s very busy now studying in the graduate school and working at her job. When she has free time, she reads various genres of books and listens to music. In addition to her activeness, I was impressed by her positive thinking.

By Miwa Takeuchi

Oroszlany Balazs Ferenc

I met a nice guy, Masato IWASAKI. He is 21 old (but he turns 22 in May) and he has been living in Sapporo from his birth. He is learning InfoTech in the Faculty of Engineering. Now he is too busy at programming (like C, JAVA, etc.) and studying mathematics related to computing. In his junior high school days, he was a member of the basketball club and he was the capitain. He’ll go to Wisconsin from this August and study one year there as an exchange student. I’m surprised to find out about his eagerness for studying English. He took the TOEFL test seven times!

By Yoshihiro HOSONO