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Sakai

Sakai most often refers to one of the following:

  • Sakai, Osaka, a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  • Sakai (name), Japanese surnames written with various kanji
  • Sakai (software), a web application for education

It may also refer to:

Locations
  • Sakai, Fukui, a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
  • Sakai District, Fukui, a district in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, that was dissolved in 2006
  • Sakai, Fukui (town), a neighborhood of present-day Sakai city, Fukui
  • Sakai, Gunma, a former town in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
  • Sakai, Ibaraki, a town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
  • Sakai, Nagano, a village in Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Other
  • Sakai (tribe), an indigenous people of the northern Malay Peninsula
  • Sakai bugyō, officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan
  • Sakai clan, a Japanese clan
  • Sakai Line, a railway line of West Japan Railway Company between Yonago and Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, Japan
  • Sakai Station, a train station on the Nankai Main Line in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  • Osaka Blazers Sakai, a men's volleyball team in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  • Sakai incident (1868), the killing of 11 French sailors from the French corvette Dupleix in the port of Sakai, Osaka, Japan
  • Sakai (Indonesia), one of the tribes in Riau, Indonesia
Sakai (software)

Sakai is a free, community source, educational software platform designed to support teaching, research and collaboration. Systems of this type are also known as Course Management Systems (CMS), Learning Management Systems (LMS), or Virtual Learning Environments (VLE). Sakai is developed by a community of academic institutions, commercial organizations and individuals. It is distributed under the Educational Community License (a type of open source license).

The Sakai Project's software is a Java-based, service-oriented application suite that is designed to be scalable, reliable, interoperable and extensible. Version 1.0 was released in March 2005.

In September 2012, Sakai was estimated to be in production at over 300 institutions and being piloted by considerably more. A list with many of these is available (old list).

Sakai (name)

Sakai is both a Japanese surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Atsushi Sakai (born 1983), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Daniel Sakai, Oakland SWAT police officer killed in 2009
  • Frankie Sakai (1929–1996), Japanese comedian
  • Gotoku Sakai (born 1991), Japanese football (soccer) player currently playing for Hamburger SV
  • Hideyuki Sakai (born 1973), professional Go player
  • Hirofumi Sakai (born 1965), Japanese race walker
  • Hiroko Sakai (born 1978), Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Hiroyuki Sakai (born 1942), Japanese chef, starred in the original Iron Chef
  • Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828), Japanese painter of the Rinpa school
  • Izumi Sakai (1967–2007), J-pop singer, song writer, and lead singer of the group Zard
  • Kanako Sakai (born 1986), Japanese voice actor
  • Katsuyuki Sakai (born 1988), Japanese rugby union player
  • Keikō Sakai (born December 25), Japanese voice actor who works at 81 Produce
  • Kenichi Sakai (born 1982), Japanese wrestler known by his ring name Ken45°
  • Kiyoshi Sakai, anime producer and animator
  • Kōji Sakai (1885–1973), general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II
  • Maki Sakai (born 1970), Japanese actress
  • Manabu Sakai (born 1965), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet
  • Masaaki Sakai (born 1946), Japanese rock musician and television performer
  • Sakai Masahisa (died 1570), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku Period
  • Miki Sakai (born 1978), Japanese actress and J-pop idol singer
  • Mikio Sakai (born 1970), Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Natsumi Sakai (born 2001), Japanese swimmer
  • Nick Sakai, a Japanese-American actor
  • Noriko Sakai (born 1971), Japanese J-pop star and actress
  • Richard Sakai (born 1954), Emmy-winning Japanese-American television producer
  • Ryūichi Sakai (born 1970), better known as Marc Panther, Japanese rapper, singer, and co-producer, and a member of the J-pop groups globe and 245
  • Saburo Sakai (1916–2000), Japanese fighter ace during World War II
  • Seth Sakai (1932–2007), Japanese-American actor known for various characters he played on Hawaii Five-O and Magnum P.I.
  • Shogo Sakai (born 1960), Japanese video game music composer
  • Shogo Sakai (footballer) (born 1988), Japanese football player currently playing for Montedio Yamagata
  • Stan Sakai (born 1953), Japanese-American comic book creator known for his Usagi Yojimbo series
  • Sumie Sakai (born 1971), Japanese-American professional wrestler
  • Sakai Tadaaki (1813–1873), Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, and a prominent Tokugawa shogunate of Japan
  • Sakai Tadakatsu (1587–1662), Japanese tairō, rōjū, master of Wakasa-Obama Castle, and daimyo of Obama Domain in Wakasa province in the mid-17th century Japan
  • Sakai Tadakatsu (Shōnai) (1594–1647), Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period in Japan
  • Sakai Tadakiyo (1624–1681), daimyō in Kōzuke Province, and a high-ranking government advisor and official in the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan
  • Sakai Tadamochi (1725–1775), Japanese daimyo of the mid-Edo period in Japan
  • Sakai Tadatsugu (1527–1596), Japanese military commanders for Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late-Sengoku period, and one of the Four Guardians of the Tokugawa (Tokugawa-Shitennō)
  • Sakai Tadayo (1572–1636), Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period, and high ranking government advisor holding the title of Rōjū, and later Tairō
  • Sakai Tadayuki (1770–1828), Japanese daimyo of the mid to late Edo period who ruled the Obama Domain
  • Takashi Sakai (1887–1946), Japanese lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
  • Tomoyuki Sakai (born 1979), Japanese football (soccer) player who played in the J-League and on the Japan national team in 2000
  • Toshihiko Sakai (1871–1933), Japanese socialist known for cofounding the Common Peoples' Newspaper with Shusui Kotoku
  • Toshio Sakai (1940–1999), photographer for United Press International who won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 1968
  • Toshio Sakai (Go player) (born 1920), professional Go player in Japan
  • Yoshinori Sakai (born 1945), the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, and gold and silver medalist at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Yoshio Sakai (born 1910), Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics

Usage examples of "sakai".

Then its pilot, Catherine Sakai, brought the small craft into a higher orbit.

It would be an hour before she would hear if her second ground probe was functioning as it should, but Sakai felt certain it would only confirm the data from the first lander probe she had launched several hours earlier to a different site.

She had seen the data from the original robot exploration vessel that had discovered this gate and the mineral-rich planet it opened on to, and while it had indicated no unusual functionings, Sakai knew from experience not to rely on that.

With growing disbelief, Sakai built a new profile of Ymir from the incoming data.

The cockpit started to spin around Sakai even as she gave the final order.

Skydancer like a lightning cocoon, and other massive discharges of energy flashed and thundered beyond the ship, Sakai held on as Skydancer pitched and rolled, then shuddered furiously.

The first thing Sakai had done was try to talk to Chief Garibaldi, but he was not available.

And Sakai, though still a trainee, had been called upon to work as an assistant teacher because of her experience.

As soon as he reached the top, Neroon and Sakai followed, he on the left, she on the right.

Rathenn looked to Sakai, who picked up the crumbling book and solemnly handed it to him.

Sinclair said, glancing briefly at Sakai who was listening with great interest.

As soon as the freighter was on the other side of Epsilon 3, out of sight of Babylon 5 and any other ships, Sinclair, Sakai, and Marcus would leave for Sector 14 in their fighters.

As Marcus and Sakai peeled off, Sinclair put his own fighter into a highly erratic evasive pattern.

And they were being drawn into it, Sakai straight ahead of him, Marcus right behind him.

I only recentiy bought this from a shop in Sakai for nearly one thousand pieces of gold!