Banana attended Tokyo's Nihon University, where she studied creative writing and won a faculty award for her 1987 graduation novel, Moonlight Shadow.

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Shigeta dropped out of Nihon University after three months.

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Shortly afterward, the "Yuri I, " constructed by students at Nihon University in Japan, made a crucial discovery: They found they could stay aloft for longer if the helicopter's blades were as close to the ground as possible.

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