#Togi Hideki

[thesarahfiles]

On April 12, 2005, Sarah performed at the World Expo Dome in the Aichi prefecture of Japan. This was the first of seven shows, she shared the stage with Hideki Togi (left) and Chen-Min (right), Paul Bateman conducted the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. 

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"風の出逢い" (encounter of the wind), featured in ultraman blazar episode 9, as performed by father and son hideki and norichika togi.

written based around the image of the gentle and sincere music-loving cicada humans, who for a fleeting time, were able to forget about the destruction and invasion of earth. (related uploads: ultra q theme, tilsonite souseiki)

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Guest◇東儀 秀樹（Hideki Togi）雅楽師

1959年東京生まれ。東儀家は、奈良時代から今日まで1300年間雅楽を世襲してきた楽家。父の仕事の関係で幼少期を海外で過ごし、あらゆるジャンルの音楽を吸収しながら成長した。宮内庁楽部在籍中は、宮中儀式や皇居において行われる雅楽演奏会などに出演するほか、海外での公演にも参加し、日本の伝統文化の紹介と国際親善の役割の一翼を担ってきた。1996年アルバム「東儀秀樹」でデビュー。日本レコード大賞企画賞、ゴールドディスク大賞 純邦楽・アルバム・オブ・ザ・イヤー、2004年芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞等、受賞歴多数。 国内外を問わずコンサートを開催し、雅楽器の持ち味を生かした独自の表現に情熱を傾ける。近年はSNSにも力を入れ、幅���い世代から支持を得ている。2021年デビュー25周年を迎え、更なる極みを目指し、異なる分野の���々なアーティストとコラボレーションを行うなど精力的に活動している。2023年3月29日、 “プログレッシブ雅楽”をテーマにした壮大かつ金字塔的な待望のニュー・アルバム「NEO TOGISM」リリース。 東儀 秀樹 公式サイト 東儀 秀樹 Twitter

[aramajapan]

Wagakki Band and Togi Hideki Perform with Kanjani8 on KanJam Kanzennen SHOW for February 3

This week’s guests were Togi Hideki, Wagakki Band, Jin, Takahashi Shigeo, and Arai Erina. Togi Hideki x Wagakki Band x Kanjani8 – Senbonzakura Watch here

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子供っぽい国　日本

『今の日本は、趣味的なものも含めて、あらゆるものが子供っぽくなっています。大人が、子供の世界に迎合しようとばかりしているんですね。それが、なんだか気持ち悪いなと前から思ってました。ヨーロッパやアメリカには、子供が近づいていっても、「キミたちにはまだ早いよ」と突き放される世界があります。だから、子供も「いつかあの世界に入りたい」と夢を持つようになるんです。そして、ようやくそこへ行けても、さらにその先の大人の世界がある。そういう、大人になっても上を見ることができるソサエティというか、コミニュケーションの場が日本にはなかなかないのですが、クラシック・カーの世界は、まさにそういう大人の世界なんです。』

「あったカー対談１８」　東儀秀樹

インタビュアー：久保純子

JAF Mate 2012 / 1・2

[sarahalainn]

It was an honour to play the role of the Moon Princess at the World Heritage Site, Ninnaji Temple🌙 Have always been drawn to the moon and its mysterious powers. Yes I’m a big Sailor Moon fan too😙 So you can imagine the excitement!

A big shoutout to my make up artist Kenya too!! He did an amazing job in such little time (and with no wig!!)

The show will be aired in November! Such a magical setting featuring brilliant artists from all the world over - Hideki Togi (gagku musician), Sergei Polunin, Benjamin Apl, Shinobu Otake (actress), Kyohei Sorita. I had the chance to sing with the charming baritone Benjamin Appl, and my solo song was ‘Song to the Moon’ from Rusalka to which I wrote English lyrics🌕 I wanted the lyrics to be true to its original Czech language, both in terms of nuance and sound.

Thank you to all the staff and sponsors, priests involved to make this Kyoto Sound Stage come to life.

TV OA 3rd Nov. 2019

MBS/TBS 12:30am-1:24am

月に無事に帰ることができました🌙世界遺産、仁和寺での音舞台に月の姫役として出演させていただき光栄でした。魅惑的な月のパワーにずっと魅了されていて、セーラームーンも大好きで😙なのでとても胸が踊るような経験でした。貴重な京都音舞台シリーズを作り上げられている沢山の皆様へ感謝。ヘアメイクの 只友さんにも感謝。とても短い時間でメイクとヘアチェンジ、ウイッグでない難しさなど！

私はルサルカより「月に寄せる歌」を英語で作詞���せて頂き歌わせて頂きました🌕 オリジナルのチェコ語のニュアンス、文字数・音数もなるべく変えないようにと拘ってみました。

神秘的な仁和寺にて世界的アーティストとのコラボレーション、テレビでどうぞお楽しみ下さい！この仏縁に感謝🙏

TV放送 11月3日(日) 深夜0時30分~1時24分 MBS・TBS系全国ネット「仁和寺音舞台 -令和の響き-」

さて、月から次は久しぶりの八ヶ岳音楽堂へ！とにかく響きが自然で美しく、自然に囲まれながらのコンサートでお客様との距離がとても近く、珍しくアコースティックコンサートになります(完全にノーマイクのもの、遠くから拾うもの)！バンドサウンドやホールコンサートとまた違う響きをお楽しみ下さい。サロンコンサートなので、とても身近で音と和風の衣装も見れるチャンスです^ ^加藤先生もとにかく面白いので私自身これも楽しみにしてます😆 美しいチェンバロの演奏も！唯一カメムシさんとの再会にちょっとだけビビっておりますー

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Wrestlequest: Tokyo

Hey everyone! I’m back from Japan. What a trip! I will post a bunch of stuff about it in a bit (still unpacking, jet lagged, etc), but as a baseline, here are the shows I attended while I was there, courtesy of Cagematch. I thought 10 shows was a lot, but I met a bunch of fans from overseas who were going to 20+. If it wasn’t clear before, it should be now: I am a fake wrestling fan. I might as well wear be wearing a Dolph Ziggler t-shirt and have a Twitter screen name like “WokenCloset316.” 

Anyway, here’s the list:

December 28, 2019

DDT

“D-Ou Grand Prix 2020: The Final!”

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Abema TV 

Attendance: 2,019 

Chihiro Hashimoto and Yuki Ino defeat Keigo Nakamura and Keisuke Ishii

One Count Rule Gauntlet Match: Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dino, Hiroshi Yamato, Kazuki Hirata, Mad Paulie, Masahiro Takanashi, Mizuki Watase, Toru Owashi, Yoshihiko, vs. Makoto Oishi (Makoto Oishi wins)

Saki Akai defeats Sakura Hirota

Three-Way Tag Match: Nautilus (Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno) defeat ALL OUT (Akito and Shunma Katsumata) and DAMNATION (Nobuhiro Shimatani and Soma Takao)

Shinya Aoki defeats Super Sasadango Machine

Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi defeat Bull James and Yukio Naya

Four Way Match: Konosuke Takeshita defeats Chris Brookes, Daisuke Sasaki, and HARASHIMA

D-Ou Grand Prix Final Match: Masato Tanaka defeats Tetsuya Endo 

December 30, 2019

Gatoh Move

“GTMV #26″

Ichigaya Chocolate Square

Attendance: 77

Hagane Shinnou defeats Lulu Pencil

Chris Brookes defeats Mitsuru Konno

Six Man Tag Match: Antonio Honda, Baliyan Akki, and Mei Suruga defeat Masahiro Takanashi, Rin Rin, and TAMURA

December 30, 2019

Big Japan Wrestling: The World Is Not Enough Round 2

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Samurai TV

Attendance: 1,150

Six Man Tag Match: Kazuki Hashimoto, Shinobu, and Yuya Aoki defeat Koju Takeda, Kota Sekifuda, and Tatsuhiko Yoshino

Tag Team Match: Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami defeat Kankuro Hoshino and Masaya Takahashi

Daisuke Sekimoto defeats Kosuke Sato

Six Man Tag Match: Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani, and Takuya Nomura defeat Freddie Krueger, Leatherface, and Raijin Yaguchi

Six Man Tag Match: Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto, and Toshiyuki Sakuda defeat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani, and Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Six Man Tag Match: Akira Hyodo, Yuji Hino, and Yuji Okabayashi defeat Hideki Suzuki, Takuho Kato, and Yasufumi Nakanoue

Six Man Tag Match: Strong Hearts (El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie, and T-Hawk) defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Yuko Miyamoto, and Masato Tanaka 

January 1, 2020

YMZ Pro Wrestling

“The 7th Sunrise”

Basement Mon Star

Attendance: 120

Tag Team Match: Manami Katsu and Mari Manji defeat Eito and Kaji Tomato

Tag Team Match: ASUKA and Hagane Shinnou vs. Daiki Shimomura and Tsubasa Kuragaki (Time Limit Draw)

No English Allowed Match: Cherry defeats Kakeru Sekiguchi 

Six Man Tag Match: Kuishinbo Kamen, Syuri, and Yuko Miyamoto defeat Daiki Shimomura, Hikaru Sato, and Kaori Yoneyama (w/Matsuzawa-san)

January 2, 2020

All Japan Pro Wrestling

“New Year Wars 2020, Day 1″

Korakuen Hall

Streamed live on AJPW.tv

Attendance: 1,445

Six Man Tag Match: Akira Francesco, Danny Jones, and Rising HAYATO defeat Atsuki Aoyagi, Dan Tamura, and Yusuke Okada

Six Man Tag Match: Fuminori Abe, Jake Lee, and Naoya Namura defeat Black Menso-re, Jun Akiyama, and Takao Omori

Six Man Tag Match: Masanobu Fuchi, TAJIRI, and The Great Sasuke defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Frank Atsushi, and the Great Kojika 

New Year Battle Royal: Danny Jones defeats Akira Francesco, Atsuki Aoyagi, Black Menso-re, Chikara, Dan Tamura, Fuminori Abe, Jake Lee, Naoya Nomura, Osamu Nishimura, Rising HAYATO, Takao Omori, and Yusuke Okada

Eight Man Tag Match: Izanagi, Lucas Steel, Shigehiro Irie, and UTAMARO defeat Hokuto Omori, Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu, and Yuma Aoyagi

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Match: Hikaru Sato defeats Kagetora

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Match: Susumu Yokosuka defeats Koji Iwamoto

AJPW World Tag Team Title Match: Violent Giants (Shuji Ishikawa and Suwama) defeat Ryouji Sai and Zeus by KO - Title Change! 

January 2, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 1″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 408

Tag Team Match: Queen’s Quest (Hina and Leo Onozaki) defeat Rina and Ruaka

Three Way Match: Leyla Hirsch (debut) defeats Itsuki Hoshino and Saya Iida

Six Man Tag Match: Queen’s Quest (Bea Priestly, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) defeat Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora and Natsu Sumire) and Zoey Skye

Tag Team Match: Andras Miyagi and Giulia defeat Oedo Tai (Jamie Hayter and Martina)

Tag Team Match: Kagetsu and AZM defeat STARS (Starlight Kid and Mayu Iwatani)

Eight Man Tag Match: Tokyo Cyber Squad (Death Yama-san, Konami, Jungle Kyona, and Hana Kimura) defeat Saya Kamiani and STARS (Arisa Hoshiki, Saki Kashima, and Tam Nakano)

January 3, 2020

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

“Happy New Freedom 2020″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 215

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Kenji Fukimoto defeats Masashi Takeda

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Takashi Sasaki defeats Rina Yamashita

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Kamui

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Chikara defeats Takumi Tsukamoto

Two On One Handicap Elimination Match: Naoki Kamata and Tomoya Hirata defeat GENTARO

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Semifinal Match: Takashi Sasaki defeats Kenji Fukimoto

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Semifinal Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Chikara

Tag Team Match: Mammoth Sasaki and Violento Jack defeat Toru Sugiura and Yuya Susumu

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Final Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Takashi Sasaki 

January 3, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 2″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 453

Three Way Match: Starlight Kid defeats Natsu Sumire and Ruaka

Three Way Tag Match: Itsuki Hoshino and Saya Kamitani defeat Leyla Hirsch and Rina and Queen’s Quest (Hina and Leo Onozaki)

Tag Team Match: Andras Miyagi and Giulia defeat Natsuko Tora and Zoey Skye

Six Man Tag Match: Tokyo Cyber Squad (Death Yama-san, Konami, and Jungle Kyona) defeat Bea Priestley and Oedo Tai (Jamie Hayter and Martina)

Six Man Tag Match: Queen’s Quest (AZM, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) defeat STARS (Arisa Hoshiki, Saya Iida, and Tam Nakano)

Oedo Tai Reunion (Hana Kimura and Kagetsu) defeat STARS (Mayu Iwatani and Saki Kashima) - Saki Kashima betrays Mayu and joins Oedo Tai

January 5, 2020

Tokyo Joshi Pro

“New Year Dish”

Itabashi Green Hall

Streamed live on DDT Universe

Attendance: 223

Tag Team Match: BAKURETSU Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino) defeat Mizuki and Sena Shori

Akemi Daredasore defeats Pom Harajuku 

Three Way Match: Shoko Nakajima defeats Mahiro Kiryu and Yuki Kamifuku

Six Man Tag Match: Miyu Yamashita, Raku, and Suzume defeat Haruna Neko, Hikari Noa, and Natsumi Maki

Six Man Tag Match: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi, and Yuka Sakazaki defeat Mina Shirakawa, Mirai Miumi, and Yuna Manase

International Princess Title Match: Thunder Rosa defeats Maki Itoh - Title Change!  

January 5, 2020

New Japan Pro Wrestling: 

“Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night 2″

Tokyo Dome

Streamed live on NJPW World

Attendance: 30,063

Dark Match: NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Gauntlet Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, and Singo Takagi) defeat Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, and Yujiro Takahashi), CHAOS (Robbie Eagles, Tomohiro Ishii, and YOSHI-HASHI), Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Taichi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) and Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, and Toru Yano - Title Change!

Tag Team Match: Hiromu Takahashi and Ryu Lee defeat Jushin Thunder Liger and Naoki Sano (w/Yoshiaki Fujiwara) - Liger’s final match

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match - Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) w/Rocky Romero defeat Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) - Title Change!

RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title Match - Zack Sabre Jr. defeats SANADA

IWGP US Heavyweight Title Match: Jon Moxley defeats Juice Robinson (w/David Finlay)

NEVER Openweight Title Match: Hirooki Goto defeats KENTA - Title Change!

Jay White (w/Gedo) defeats Kota Ibushi

Chris Jericho defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi

IWGP Heavyweight/IWGP Intercontinental Title Match: Tetsuya Naito defeats Kazuchika Okada - Title Change! (also Title Retention!)

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Giant Baba Death 20th Anniversary Memorial Show - 2/19/2019: Abdullah the Butcher Retires

Strong Style Story Episode 49 on Pro Wrestling Only

There really is one event being talked about today in puroresu, and that’s the memorial card for the 20th Anniversary of the death of Shohei “Giant” Baba, the founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling. This show also featured the retirement ceremony of the legendary Abdullah the Butcher at the tender age of 78 years old. This was a co-production of AJPW, New Japan, Big Japan, NOAH and Wrestle-1, with wrestlers from other companies such as Dragon Gate and Michinoku Pro participating as well. You knew this was momentous when NJPW founder Antonio Inoki (who is 76 today!), the lifetime rival in wrestling and business with Baba, opened the show up. Results:

Giant Baba Memorial Battle Royale: Mitsuo Momota d. Kim Duk, MEN’s Teioh, TARU, Ryuji Hijikata, Yuto Aijima, Joel Deaton, Masao Inoue, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Masahito Kakihara, Tamon Honda, Yasu Urano (7:11)(Referee: Mighty Inoue)

Tomoaki Honma [NJPW], Yuji Okabayashi [BJW], Naoya Nomura [AJPW] & Ren Narita [NJPW] d. Kazushi Miyamoto [FREE], Tomohiko Hashimoto [A-TEAM], Daichi Hashimoto [BJW] & Takuya Nomura [BJW] (Okabayashi > Nomura, Argentine Backbreaker, 

Eight Man Street Fight Bunkhouse Tornado Tag Team Deathmatch: Atsushi Onita [FREE], Kendo Kashin [FREE], Hideki Suzuki [FREE] & Hideki Hosaka [FREE] d. Shuji Ishikawa [AJPW], Great Kojika [BJW], Mitsuya Nagai [Dradition] & Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION] (Suzuki > Sato, 6:55)

Abdullah the Butcher Retirement Ceremony: Guests: Keiji Muto, Stan Hansen, Satoru Sayama, Seiji Sakaguchi, Mil Mascaras, Dos Caras, Jun Akiyama, Dory Funk Jr.

Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG] d. Masanobi Fuchi [AJPW], Yuma Aoyagi [AJPW] & Yoshiaki Fujiwara [FREE] (Taichi > Fuchi, cradle, 9:43)

SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] d. Jake Lee & Koji Iwamoto [AJPW] and. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino [NJPW] (SANADA > Umino, Moonsault Press, 8:13)

Naomichi Marufuji [NOAH] & Jinsei Shinzaki [Michinoku Pro] d. Masaaki Mochizuki & Shun Skywalker [Dragon Gate] (Marufuji > Mochizuki, cradle, 10:02)

Jun Akiyama [AJPW], Takao Omori [AJPW] & Taiyo Kea [FREE] d. Satoshi Kojima [NJPW], Yuji Nagata [NJPW] & Osamu Nishimura [FREE](Akiyama > NIshimura, Exploder, 12:32)

Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras d. NOSAWA Rongai [Tokyo Gurentai] & Kaz Hayashi [W-1] (Mascaras > NOSAWA, crossbody, 11:06)

Kento Miyahara [AJPW] & Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW] d. Hiroshi Tanahashi [NJPW] & Yoshitatsu [FREE] (Miyahara > Yoshitatsu, Shutdown German Suplex, 24:24)

Quite a lot happened here. If you see nothing else, watch the main event. The crowd was so into Triple Crown champion Kento Miyahara, who wore the original Triple Crown titles to the ring. Miyahara played a great face in peril, with Sekimoto the hot tag. Tanahashi heeled it up big time in this match but in the end, all four showed respect. 

The semi-main is completely skipable bar for the sideshow of a 76-year-old Mil Mascaras doing a flying crossbody where before he could barely walk. SANADA & BUSHI represented, having both come from AJPW initially (under Keiji Muto). The third from main was definitely one for the 90s puroresu heads.

Atsushi Onita wrestled his final match before his upcoming double knee replacement surgery. Tomoaki Honma wrestled his first “Big Japan” match since he left BJW in 2000. Daichi Hashimoto entered to his father’s entrance theme.

Abdullah the Butcher was wheeled into the ring, being wheelchair-bound. He said he wished Baba was there. In addition to the guests listed above, there were video messages from The Destroyer Dick Beyer (who was not able to travel under doctor’s orders) and Minoru Suzuki. Post-main, video messages in tribute to Baba were played from Johnny Ace, Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat. 

All in all, this show was always going to be more on the Fun side of things than Good, but there are several matches you should see. The show is making the rounds on the internet, however NJPWWorld did tweet out the show will be on there, eventually, in some form, so keep an eye out for that.

The next NJPW show proper is on Thursday, featuring another retirement ceremony, that of Takashi Iizuka.

New Japan Road - 2/21/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Jushin Thunder Liger & Yuya Uemura v. Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] & Robby Eagles [FREE]

Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Toa Henare & Tiger Mask IV v. Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji

Yuji Nagata & Shota Umino v. Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS]

SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Zack Sabre Jr. & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Will Ospreay [CHAOS] v. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. [SZKG]

Takashi Iizuka Retirement Match: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS], Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Toru Yano [CHAOS] v. Takashi Iizuka, Minoru Suzuki & Taichi [SZKG]

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SG-JP Music Mix

#gagaku [Time Out]This year’s SG-JP Music Mix features the likes of Dick Lee, Olivia Ong, and Japan’s Hideki Togi and Sachiyo. Togi in particular brings to Singapore 1300 years of musical tradition of gagaku …

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SG-JP Music Mix

#gagaku [Time Out]This year’s SG-JP Music Mix features the likes of Dick Lee, Olivia Ong, and Japan’s Hideki Togi and Sachiyo. Togi in particular brings to Singapore 1300 years of musical tradition of gagaku ...

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Hideki Togi - Hichiriki Cinema (2018) [24bit Hi-Res]

Format: FLAC (tracks) Quality: Hi-Res 24bit stereo Source: Digital download Artist: Hideki Togi Title: Hichiriki Cinema Genre: Classical Release Date: 2018 Scans: not included

https://losslessbest24bit.com/39380-hideki-togi-hichiriki-cinema-2018-24bit-hi-res.html

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Puroresu Best Bout Listing for February 2017

All Japan Pro Wrestling

Zeus & The Bodyguard vs Kento Miyahara & Jake Lee, 2/17 @ Korakuen HAll Kento Miyahara vs. The Bodyguard, 2/26 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Hikaru Sato vs. Koji Iwamoto, 2/26 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Hideki Suzuki vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, 2/10 @ Korakuen Hall Masashi Takeda vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda, 2/16 @ Shinkiba 1stRING

Dragon Gate

YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk, 2/2 @ Korakuen Hall Naruki Doi, Eita, Big R Shimizu & Ben-K vs. Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk, Cyber Kong & Punch Tominaga, 2/12 @ Hakata StarLanes CIMA & Dragon Kid vs. Kzy & Yosuke Santa Maria, 2/12 @ Hakata StarLanes

Dramatic Dream Team

Jun Kasai vs. Mad Paulie, 2/4 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase @ 2/4 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. HARASHIMA & Akito, 2/12 @ Nerima, Tokyo HARASHIMA & KUDO vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Dick Togo, 2/19 @ Korakuen Hall Tetsuya Endo vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, 2/19 @ Korakuen Hall DNA - Kotaro Suzuki vs. Shunma Katsumata, 2/23 @ Shinjuku FACE DNA - Akebono & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yuji Okabayashi & Naomi Yoshimura, 2/23 @ Shinjuku FACE  BASARA - Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Sean Guinness, 2/5 @ BASEMENT MONSTAR BASARA - Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu, 2/12 @ Nagoya Higashi BASARA - FUMA vs. Ryuichi Sekine, 2/20 @ Shinkiba 1stRING

KAIENTAI DOJO

Yuji Hino vs. Saburo Inematsu, 2/5 2 Blue Field Kengo Mashimo vs. Taishi Takizawa, 2/26 @ TKP Chiba Shiori Asahi vs. SUSHI, 2/26 @ TKP Chiba Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami vs. Tank Nagai & Yuki Sato, 2/26 @ TKP Chiba

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki, 2/5 @ Hokkaido KitaYell Hirooki Goto vs. Juice Robinson, 2/5 @ Hokkaido KitaYell Tetsuya Naito vs. Michael Elgin, 2/11 @ EDION Osaka, Main Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee, 2/11 @ EDION Osaka, Main Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii, 2/21 @ Korakuen Hall Hirooki Goto vs. Punisher Martinez, 2/27 @ Korakuen Hall

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Atsushi Kotoge vs. Daisuke Harada, 2/14 @ Korakuen Hall Kenoh vs. Hajime Ohara, 2/14 @ Korakuen Hall Taiji Ishimori & Hi69 vs. HAYATA & YO-HEY, 2/18 @ Hakata StarLanes Takashi Sugiura vs. Kenoh, 2/18 @ Hakata StarLanes Naomichi Marufuji vs. Atsushi Kotoge, 2/24 @ Korakuen Hall Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hajime Ohara vs. Go Shiozaki & Hitoshi Kumano, 2/24 @ Korakuen Hall

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Kohei Sato vs. KAI, 2/3 @ Korakuen Hall Kotaro Suzuki vs. Shinjiro Otani, 2/3 @ Korakuen Hall Yusaku Obata vs. Shogun Okamoto, 2/19 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Masakatsu Funaki vs. Atsushi Onita, 2/6 @ Esforta Hachioji

WRESTLE-1

Koji Doi vs. Hiroki Murase, 2/22 @ Shinjuku FACE Daiki Inaba, Yusuke Kodama & Kohei Fujimura vs. Shuji Kondo, Manabu Soya & NOSAWA Rongai, 2/22 @ Shinjuku FACE

MISC/INDIES

DOVE - GUNSO vs. Isami Kodaka, 2/4 @ Shinkiba 1stRING PRO WRESTLING MASTERS - Keiji Mutoh, Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Shiro Koshinaka, The Great Kabuki, AKIRA & Akitoshi Saito, 2/8 @ Korakuen Hall FREEDOMS - Masashi Takeda & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Daisuke Masaoka & Jun Kasai, 2/11 @ Shinkiba 1stRING GUTS World - Masked Mystery vs. YUJI KITO, 2/21 @ Shinkiba 1stRING FMW - Atsushi Onita vs. The Great Sasuke, 2/24 @ Shinkiba 1stRING

JOSHI SELECTION

Stardom - Toni Storm vs. Viper, 2/5 @ KBS Hall WAVE - Ryo Mizunami vs. Misaki Ohata, 2/11 @ Korakuen Hall WAVE - Yumi Oka & Yuki Miyazaki vs. Risa Sera & Maya Yukihi, 2/11 @ Korakuen Hall Marvelous - Mio Momono vs. Mika Shirahome, 2/13 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Stardom - Io Shirai vs. Shayna Baszler, 2/23 @ Korakuen Hall Stardom - Kairi Hojo vs. Jungle Kyona, 2/23 @ Korakuen Hall Diana - Kyoko Inoue vs. Kaoru Ito, 2/26 @ Korakuen Diana - Sareee vs. Yoshiko, 2/26 @ Korakuen Hall Sendai Girls - Cassandra Miyagi & DASH Chisado vs. Hikaru Shida & Syuri, 2/26 @ Shinjuku FACE OZ ACADEMY - Kagetsu vs. Hikaru Shida, 2/26 @ Shinjuku FACE

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ゲスト◇東儀秀樹（Hideki Togi）雅楽師

1959年東京生まれ。東儀家は、奈良時代から今日まで1300年間雅楽を世襲してきた楽家。父の仕事の関係で幼少期を海外で過ごし、あらゆるジャンルの音楽を吸収しながら成長した。宮内庁楽部在籍中は、宮中儀式や皇居において行われる雅楽演奏会などに出演するほか、海外での公演にも参加し、日本の伝統文化の紹介と国際親善の役割の一翼を担ってきた。
1996年デビューアルバム「東儀秀樹」でデビュー。 日本レコード大賞企画賞、ゴールドディスク大賞 純邦楽・アルバム・オブ・ザ・イヤー、2004年芸術選奨文部科学大臣新人賞等、受賞歴多数。 国内外を問わずコンサートを開催し、雅楽器の持ち味を生かした独自の表現に情熱を傾ける。2019年、オリジナル作品や雅楽の古典曲を現代風にアレンジした作品やQUEEN のカバー曲など、東儀秀樹の世界観と魅力を存分に楽しめるアルバム「ヒチリキ・ラプソディ」をリリース。近年はSNSにも力を入れ、幅広い世代から支持を得ている。2021年デビュー25周年を迎え、更なる極みを目指し、異なる分野の様々なアーティストとコラボレーションを行うなど精力的に活動している。 東儀秀樹 OFFICIAL WEBSITE Twitter

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Road to the New Beginning Night 3 - 1/29/2018: KUSHIDA’s NJPW Farewell; Updated Giant Baba Memorial Show Card

The tour continued today, with a match that sees the end of the NJPW career of Yujiro Kushida, best known as KUSHIDA around these parts. You can see it now on NJPWWorld.

Kushida's origins were actually based in MMA, as his first training was in the Takada Dojo run by the legendary Nobuhiko Takada, training under Takumi Adachi. He began training during junior high school, debuting in the MMA promotion ZST in 2003, where he would win their Genesis Lightweight Tournament in 2004, ending his MMA career with 6 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses, while also attending Senshu University and working part-time for Tokyo Sports. It is generally assumed that Kushida's pro wrestling debut was in Takada's HUSTLE promotion in 2006, however he first debuted in Mexico in 2005 after learning lucha libre under El Oriental.

During his time in HUSTLE, Kushida would also work matches in All Japan Pro Wrestling and Osaka Pro. He left HUSTLE in 2009 after what amounted to a "loser leaves town" match, which lead to Kushida going abroad, wrestling all over North America, in Canada, Mexico and the USA, notably Chikara and OVW. In 2010, he would join Yoshihiro Tajiri's SMASH promotion, which is what got him into NJPW, with an appearance in 2010's edition of Best of the Super Juniors.

Kushida's NJPW career proper began on 4/1/2011, and the rest, as they say, is history. During his NJPW career, KUSHIDA became one of the best and most popular junior heavyweight wrestlers in the entire world, first as one-half of the Time Splitters tag team, with the now-retired Alex Shelley, winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles twice, as well as 2012's Super Jr. Tag Tournament. As a singles wrestler, KUSHIDA is a 6-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion and 2-time winner of Best of the Super Juniors, along the way having massively popular feuds with Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay and Hiromu Takahashi. Outside of NJPW, KUSHIDA was also the winner of the (ill-fated) 2016 Super J-Cup, the 2017 WhatCulture Pro Wrestling World Cup, and was even an ROH World Television Champion for a little while. He even managed to win the 2016 Cuadrangular de Parejas tag tournament in CMLL, along with partner Marco Corleone, and was #20 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's yearly PWI 500 list in 2017.

I don't think it's hyperbole to say that KUSHIDA's departure is a loss for NJPW, and in very many ways, a lost opportunity. I think he should have had a shot at competing in the heavyweights, as had been rumored for the last few years, and it's bittersweet that in his final match for the company, he finally gets a singles match with Hiroshi Tanahashi. He's been one of the best, most consistent workers in NJPW in his time with the company, and he will be missed around here. Best of luck to him, whereever he may end up.

Results:

- 1/29/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Ren Narita d. Yuya Uemura (Belly-to-Belly Suplex Hold, 6:24)

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi d. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino (Tenzan > Yoshida, Anaconda Vice, 7:30)

Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] d. Toa Henare & Ryusuke Taguchi (Yujiro > Henare, Pimp Juice, 8:50)

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Tomoaki Honma d. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Chase Owens [Bullet Club] (Makabe > Owens, King Kong Knee Drop, 10:23)

Jay White & Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club]  d. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] (Fale > YOSHI-HASHI, Grenade, 11:52)

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] d. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG] (EVIL > Kanemaru, EVIL STO, 16:41)

KUSHIDA Farewell Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi d. KUSHIDA (Texas Cloverleaf, 24:34)

It really shouldn’t come as a surprise that KUSHIDA lost his farewell match, but even so... KUSHIDA gave a speech at the end, thanking everyone for the last 8 years, but said he was leaving now. Jay White did attack Tanahashi post-main, much as Fale hit Okada (and Uemura!) with Grenade, and Naito did to Taichi with Destino. Ren Narita v. Yuya Uemura is getting rave reviews in some corners, and I am inclined to agree.

More matches have been announced for the Giant Baba Memorial show at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan on 2/19/2019. Thus far, no further matches with (current) NJPW talents have been announced, however it is confirmed that both Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomoaki Honma (the latter of whom has also worked in AJPW and BJW) will be there, as well as current Triple Crown champion Kento Miyahara. Of all people, Atsushi Onita will ALSO be on this show, in an 8-man street fight. Just have a look at the card below. It’s going to be a mixed bag but should be a fun one.

Giant Baba Memorial Battle Royale: Mitsuo Momota, Kim Duk, MEN’s Teioh, TARU, Ryuji Hijikata, Yuto Aijima, Joe Deaton, Masao Orihara, More TBA (Referee: Mighty Inoue)

Eight Man Street Fight Bunkhouse Tornado Tag Team Deathmatch: Atsushi Onita [FREE], Kendo Kashin [FREE], Hideki Suzuki [BJW] & Hideki Hosaka v. Shuji Ishikawa [AJPW], Great Kojika [BJW], Mitsuya Nagai & Hikaru Sato

Masanobi Fuchi [AJPW], Yuma Aoyagi [AJPW] & Yoshiaki Fujiwara [FREE] v. Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Jake Lee & Koji Iwamoto [AJPW] v. SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino [NJPW]

Jun Akiyama [AJPW], Takao Omori [AJPW] & Taiyo Kea [FREE] v. Satoshi Kojima [NJPW], Yuji Nagata [NJPW] & Osamu Nishimura [FREE]

Naomichi Marufuji [NOAH] v. Masaaki Mochizuki [Dragon Gate]

NOSAWA Rongai [FREE] & Kaz Hayashi [W-1] v. Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras

Abdullah the Butcher Retirement Ceremony

Also appearing: Hiroshi Tanahashi [NJPW], Tomoaki Honma [NJPW], Kento Miyahara [AJPW], Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW], Kazushi Miyamoto, Stan Hansen, Tomohiko Hashimoto

Tomorrow is a busy day for NJPW. We have another tour show, which it turns out WILL be live on NJPWWorld. This features a NEVER Openweight 6-Man Comedy Tag Team title match, as well as Shingo Takagi’s 2nd ever NJPW singles match. Then there is also the first day of the controversial New Beginning USA tour, which that will be later in the evening, so i probably won’t blog about that until Thursday since I’m on Eastern time. Enjoy the show if you’re going to that.

- 1/30/2019, Miyagi Sendai Sunplaza Hall (NJPWworld)

Toa Henare & Yota Tsuji v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Ren Narita v. Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV

Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. El Desperado [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS], Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi [SZKG]

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] © v. Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi

The New Beginning USA - 1/30/2019, Globe Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Alex Coughlin v. Clark Connors

Jonathan Gresham v. Tyler Bateman

Colt Cabana v. Shane Taylor

Marty Scurll & Brody King [Villain Enterprises] v. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. [SZKG]

Jeff Cobb [FREE] v. Karl Fredericks

David Finlay Jr. [Lifeblood] v. Chuck Taylor [CHAOS]

One Night Only Roppongi Vice: Juice Robinson & Tracy Willams [Lifeblood] v. Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

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An evening of Japanese classical music with Hideki Togi at a restaurant in Delhi

#gagaku [timesofindia.indiatimes.com]Delhiites enjoyed an evening of Japanese classical music when gagaku player Hideki Togi performed at Japanese restaurant En in the capital recently. Hideki, who plays many classical Japanese …

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An evening of Japanese classical music with Hideki Togi at a restaurant in Delhi

#gagaku [timesofindia.indiatimes.com]Delhiites enjoyed an evening of Japanese classical music when gagaku player Hideki Togi performed at Japanese restaurant En in the capital recently. Hideki, who plays many classical Japanese ...