Shizuka Arakawa Shizuka Arakawa Arakawa retired from competitive skating following her Olympic win and began skating professionally in ice shows and exhibitions. She also works as a skating sportscaster for Japanese television. Arakawa was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, and grew up in Sendai and its suburbs. She is the only child of Koichi and Sachi Arakawa and was named Shizuka after Shizuka Gozen. In March 2000, Arakawa enrolled at Waseda University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in social sciences in 2004, while still competing as a skater. She won the 2004 World Figure Skating Championships days after completing her graduation
Sumida M.2593 had a crew of six men, and was armed with either one 6.5 mm machine gun or one 7.7 mm machine gun. One version, the Type 91 Armored Railroad Car So-Mo was produced without a main fixed machine gun for armament. A second variant produced by Ishikawajima was known as the Sumida Model P Armored Car. It was used by the Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Sumida M.2593 The Sumida M.2593 (Type 91) was an armoured car produced in Japan in the 1930s. It could operate on both the roadway and railway lines. Designed