#kenta hattori

[kawarikisaki]

Kid’s Hakuba being condensing to Conan could be either Kid’s attitude coming through or because he doesn’t know Conan and Hakuba have interacted before and doesn’t have a reference to how he treats him, presumes that he would be condescending to Conan (or because he wants an excuse to annoy the boy) because he sees him as a stuck up bastard. Or a bit of all of the above. I mean I think the only time he’s seen Hakuba interact with a kid is with Kenta but I don’t remember him being condescending to the kid.

Actually since Kid was there for the Gathering of Great detectives we know that Kaito knows Conan and Hakuba have interacted, and while we don't really see any signs of him being specifically attentive, we do see 'Kogoro' in that case sticking close to Conan (In contrast to how real Kogoro is perfectly content to just let Conan go off with Hattori). So It feels safe too assume that Kaito was keeping an eye on his two greatest rivals with them being so close to eachother. And while you're right that the only time we see Hakuba near a non-Conan Kid is Kenta, we don't see Hakuba interact with Kenta at all. That doesn't necessarily mean that he doesn't, Kaito might have seen something we didn't after the end of the chapter, but it does mean that we don't have any data on how Hakuba treats 'normal' kids.

All that said.... yeah the way Kid is being condescending to Conan in that movie is either Kaito intentionally annoying Conan, as you said, or possibly Kaito trying to tell Conan that he was Kid and not Hakuba.

[leaveharmony]

*tearful salute*

[puroresu-musings]

NJPW FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED in New York Review (Sept 28th, 2019, Manhattan NY, Hammerstein Ballroom)

TJP vs. Ren Narita  ***1/4+

Lance Archer vs. Karl Fredericks  ***

Juice Robinson & Mikey Nicholls vs. Clark Connors & Alex Coughlin  ***

Roppongi 3K vs. Guerrillas Of Destiny & Jado  ***1/4

Hiroshi Tanahashi & The Rock ‘N Roll Express vs. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI  ***1/4

Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Amazing Red vs. Jay White, Chase Owens & Gedo  ***

NEVER Openweight Title Match: KENTA (c) vs. YOSHI-HASHI  ***3/4

Kazuchika Okada & Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA & EVIL  ****

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This was a fun, sub-three hour show that featured nothing but good matches, and was a breeze to sit through. It was essentially an international Korakuen Hall show, however it wasn’t especially memorable for its in-ring output, but the circumstances surrounding the shows 90 minute delay in starting are sure to be talked about for a while yet. The hated TJP submitted the beloved Ren Narita in a really fun 9 minute opener when he locked the Young Lion in the TJP Clutch. After a spirited attempt to make the ropes, Narita (who is now officially on excursion, though where remains a mystery) had to submit. Lance Archer pinned LA Dojo trainee and Young Lion Cup winner Karl Fredericks with the EBD Claw in an enjoyable little outing in which both guys looked good. The returning Mikey Nicholls Mikey Bombed Alex Coughlin to win a decent 8:29 doubles match for his team with Juice. The G.O.D. pinned Rocky Romero with a Last Ride into a Gun Stun to end a really good six man at the 10:46 mark. This would have been even better had Jado not been there. And in a match to mark legendary referee Tiger Hattori’s final match in his hometown, Tanahashi and the Rock N’ Roll Express defeated the L.I.J. trio of Naito, Shingo and BUSHI, when Tana hit the High Fly Flow on BUSHI after 10 minutes of fun action. This wasn’t a MOTY or anything, but the crowd were hot for everything and everyone put on a good show. The sight of 63 year old Ricky Morton hitting a big Tope on Shingo was quite the spectacle. They had a retirement ceremony for Tiger in the post match, in which he brought his family out. This was a nice little moment.

Hirooki Goto pinned Gedo with the GTR to win for his team in another good 12 minute six man. He’ll undoubtedly be challenging White for the I.C. Title in Osaka at Power Struggle, so his win streak has to continue. Unsurprisingly, Ishii was the star of this one. To the surprise of no living soul, KENTA retained the NEVER Title over YOSHI-HASHI in a great match that would have been better had it not gone so long (25:04). KENTA stalled forever in the opening minutes so to get the crowd who were cheering him, to boo him. Which was a success. This turned into a really fun hard-hitter; after the rerequisite Bullet Club ref bump, G.O.D. ran in and tried the Super Bomb on YH, but Tiger Hattori came back out and dragged both brothers to the back by their hair. This was a great, but preposterous moment. YOSHI won a strike exchange and scored a near fall with Meteora. KENTA tried Go 2 Sleep, but YH reversed it into the Butterfly Lock. After a long battle, KENTA made the ropes, hit the Busaiku Knee, and eventually hit Go 2 Sleep for the win. As I say, this would have been excellent if it were 5-7 minutes shorter. And in the main event, SANADA and EVIL were victorious over Okada and Ibushi in the hottest match on the show. This was an all action match which the crowd were super into. It was every doubles match these guys have been having for the last month, but it was still the best thing on the show (a sequence in which everyone laid each other out tore the house down). Ibushi and EVIL had a great sequence at the end, which culminated in The King Of Darkness hitting the STO at 18:46 for the win, and hype up their match for the Tokyo Dome title shot in Ryogoku on October 14th. As I say, this was a very fun card, that was above usual houyse show levels, in which everyone worked hard, and the crowd were hot throughout.

NDT

[sweet-pinkitty]

100Koi+ 4th Anniversary Party Room (Part 1)

We are inviting 100Koi+ boyfriends to the room in the order in which the titles were released!!!

Titles 61 & Characters 396

This month marks the 4th anniversary🎂 Thank you always so much💕

To celebrate the 4th anniversary, I would like to invite them in 100 loves to this room! looking forward to…💕

💌 Invitation to party room

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💟 Since 2007

Celebrity Darling

First of all, we invited these people!

Sho Kiriya | Hayato Shiratori | Haru Shindo | Shinnosuke Ichijo | Ryuji Soma | Lee Ha-Neul | Natsuki Orihara

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💟 Since 2008

Diary of a Step-Sister

Saionji family members. The black tie suits you very well.

Masaki Saionji | Masaya Saionji | Yuji Saionji | Shuichi Saionji | Kaname Midou

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💟 Since 2009

Class Trip Crush

Next is Aoharu's party.

Taketo Kanzaki | Yasuto Kanzaki | Kanji Okumiya | Homare Midorikawa | Nagisa Ichinose | Rintaro Ashiya | Hajime Shindo

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Sakura Amidst Chaos

Timeless...!

Nobunaga Oda | Kenshin Uesugi | Ieyasu Tokugawa | Yukimura Sanada | Masamune Date | Mitsuhide Akechi | Kanetsugu Naoe | Saizou Kirigakure | Mitsunari Ishida | Kojuro Katakura | Kiyomasa Kato | Takeda Shingen | Hanzo Hattori

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My Sweet Bodyguard

This is absolutely safe and feeling.

Subaru Ichiyanagi | Kaiji Akizuki | Sora Hirosue | Mizuki Fujisaki | Daichi Katsuragi | Hideki Ishigami | Seiji Goto | Toru Kurosawa | Kenta Makabe | Eiji Kiyosumi | Kyoya Hayase | Kei Koda

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Kiss Me on Clover Hill

A sense of security like your parents' home.

Soichi Kiyota | Bunta Kurimaki | Yusuke Sakuraba | Chihiro Kikuhara | Shokichi Kuramoto | Kazuto Horai | Daisuke Asahina | Akio Tsubaki

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💟 Since 2010

Pirates in Love: Captain's Cut

He is going to search for treasure.

Hayate | Shin | Soshi | Nagi | Towa | Captain Ryuga | Captain Roy | Leonardo

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Office Secrets

Stepping on all the men who can!

Toranosuke Hajime | Ryoma Shirasagi | Shota Kurumi | Junya Sakurazawa | Koji Nagumo | Shingo Kai | Tamotsu Goda

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Be My Princess

Prince, it's time for the party!

Wilfred A. Spencer | Joshua Lieben | Keith Alford | Roberto Button | Glenn J. Casiraghi | Edward Levaincois | Zain | Yakov Chernenkov

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Dreamy Days in West Tokyo 

This month is surely a celebration in the shopping district!

Haruki Tanemura | Ryuzo Hatta | Ichigo Sato | Takeshi Yuno | Rihito Hatsune | Johji Chakura | Koh Uraga | Reiji Uraga

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Metro PD: Close to You

Everyone you can rely on...!

Hiroshi Kirisawa | Kazusa Hanai | Yutaka Tennoji | Tadanobu Nomura | Shusuke Asano | Eiki Yachigusa | Katsuyuki Kyobashi | Ryohei Kimura | Masashi Himuro

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Seduced in the Sleepless City

A super celebrity party!

Yuzuki Kitaoji | Ryoichi Hirose | Noel Aijima | Chihaya Koda | Mirai Kageyama | Satsuki Kitaoji | Hibiki Shiina | Atsushi Jinnai | Trevor Konno 

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10 Days with My Devil

The devils are also available.

Kakeru Kamui | Satoru Kamagari | Shiki Kurobane | Haruhito Amano | Meguru Kamui | Rein Isaka | Tsubasa Shirai 

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First Love Diaries

I'll take a group photo~

Nao Fujimori | Yuya Abe | Mahiro Nanase | Sota Yamamoto | Mitsuru Sanada | Masato Asakura

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💟 Since 2011

Love Letter from Thief X

What is your target today...?

Takuto Hirukawa | Kenshi Inagaki | Hiro Sarashina | Riki Yanase | Atsumu Kashiwabara | Tatsuro Togoshi | Yuki Arisugawa | Hyosuke Kujo | Taiga Kujo 

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Love&Job!オトナの事情

Invite these people today!

Shigure Hojo | Kanta Eguchi | Yuya Mitsui | Daisuke Kase | Saku Miyamoto

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Exclusively Your: An Office Affair

Next, we invited these people!

Arata Osaka | Taizo Sawaki | Sojiro Mikumo | Eita Onuki | Kyo Aoyagi | Kyuto Takenouchi

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タイムスリップ恋の奇跡

These people were invited today!

Tsutomu Nagaoka | Kansuke Ichihara | Yukio Shiozawa | Atsuya Ogasawara | Michael (Angel) / Brutus (God)

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キャンパス恋愛白書

Next is the handsome guys on campus...!

Shuhei Makita | Ryusei Aihara | Fuyuki Kamijo | Kosei Aihara | Makoto Lee | Kento Fujimura

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My Forged Wedding

We had LI members come today! 

Yamato Kougami | Takamasa Saeki | Ren Shibasaki | Takao Maruyama | Yuta Kajima | Kunihiko Aikawa | Kyoichi Kunishiro | Haruka Utsunomiya | Akito Kakiuchi | Tamaki Kikushima

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My Lady Juliet

Next, we invited these people! 

Keiji Fujieda | Haruto Miyake | Yoshiki Minagawa | Shotaro Uekusa | Hisashi Aoyama | Takahashi Motoki

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In Your Arms Tonight 

These people were invited today...! 

Genji Higashiyama | Shohei Aiba | Kiyoto Makimura | Kippei Ebihara | Ritsu Moriyama | Koichi Natsukawa | Ginnosuke Oguri | Soji Higashiyama | Tsukasa Niregi

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💟 Since 2012

同窓会は恋の始まり

Everyone who has flowers in their memories.

Ryuichi Atsumi | Yugo Nishiyama | Kanato Osumi | Narisuke Ito | Takamichi Inose | Mabuchi Itsuki | Tatsuya Kumagai

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家政婦恋は契約から

The Kirihara family are all together!

Touya Kirihara | Ataru Kirihara | Iku Sakanoue | Gakuto Suzuki | Naotarou Yakumo

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A Knight's Devotion 

There were also members of the Knights of the Kingdom...!

Lute | Haku | Ken | Shion | Gaia | Richard

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Forget Me Not, My Love 

Everyone here also rushed in!

Sohei Otori | Umi Sakurai | Kosuke Hasumi | Kenshin Shiota | Tatsuki Nadabe | Yasufumi Nezu

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恋の続きはハネムーンで

We invited them from the same elementary school!

Asato Takamiya | Seta Taisei | Gaku Yanagisawa | Tetsuya Yukishiro | Teduka Momoharu

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Kiss of Revenge 

Everyone from Ebisu General Hospital also came! 

Issei Sezaki | Junpei Miyashita | Soichiro Irie | Kyosuke Narumi | Naoya Hasegawa

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💟 Since 2013

Codaname: Cupid 

There were also elite spies called "General Affairs Department Section 3"!

Riku Shishizaki | Motoharu Kotani | Ichiya Kanokawa | Ryohei Okami | Yojiro Maki

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Wanted: Romance Renegades

We invited all of you today...!

Takajo Mikiya | Masaki Yunosuke | Kurata Keigo | Ayano Shiji

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Our Two Bedroom Story

Weekly four seasons and everyone at SIKI STYLE... Shikimen also came!

Minato Okouchi | Kaoru Kirishima | Shusei Hayakawa | Chiaki Yuasa | Akiyoshi Zaizen | Tsumugu Kido | Ayame Suo | Hinata Yayoi | Kagetora Oji

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Kissed by the Baddest Bidder

There were some "Bad guys"!

Eisuke Ichinomiya | Soryu Oh | Mitsunari Baba | Ota Kisaki | Mamoru Kishi | Shuichi Hishikura | Luke Foster | Hikaru Aihara | Mad Hatter / Rhion Hatter

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Serendipity Next Door

They also live in the same apartment...!

Masaomi Hibiya | Izumi Takasaki | Shinobu Narita | Jinpachi Yushima | Keiichi Tokiwa

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➡️ Part 2

[rz-jocelyn]

List of Birthdays: The Cast of the Live Spectacle Naruto (Updated)

Born in the 1990s Character - Actor (Age) - Date of Birth

Uzumaki Naruto (1st gen) - Matsuoka Koudai (25) - 1997.08.09 Jugo (2nd gen) - Emoto Kouki (25) - 1997.06.03 Shizune / Samui - Kojima Sari (25) - 1997.02.05 Uzumaki Karin - Nanaki Kanon (25) - 1997.02.07

Uzumaki Naruto (2nd gen) - Nakao Masaki (26) - 1996.11.27 Inuzuka Kiba - Iiyama Yuta (26) - 1996.07.29 Akimichi Chouji (World Tour 2016) - Taniguchi Takuto (26) - 1996.05.02 Yamanaka Ino (1st Gen) - Inami Anju (26) - 1996.02.07

Sai (2nd gen) - Sadamoto Fuuma (27) - 1995.11.23 Hyuuga Hinata (2nd gen) / Karui - Sena (27) - 1995.09.01 Sabaku no Gaara (2nd gen) - Naya Takeru (27) - 1995.08.07 Hyuuga Hinata (1st gen) - Takahashi Saki (27) - 1995.07.30 Hozuki Suigetsu (2nd gen) - Maeda Ryuutarou (27) - 1995.05.27 Uchiha Sasuke - Sato Ryuji (27) - 1995.01.17

Nara Shikamaru (3nd gen) - Yasue Kazuaki (28) - 1994.12.19 Sabaku no Gaara (1st gen) - Suga Kenta (28) - 1994.10.19 Hozuki Suigetsu (1st gen) - Hagio Keishi (28) - 1994.09.28 Rock Lee - Sato Yugo (28) - 1994.08.29 Nara Shikamaru (2nd Gen) - Kobayashi Tatsuya (28) - 1994.08.19 Haruno Sakura - Ito Yui (28) - 1994.04.26 Yakushi Kabuto (World Tour 2016) - Takahashi Ryo (28) - 1994.02.18

Yakushi Kabuto (1st Gen) - Kimura Tatsunari (29) - 1993.12.08 Uzumaki Naruto (World Tour 2016) - Motoki Seiya (29) - 1993.10.06 Aburame Shino & Sabaku no Gaara (World Tour 2016) - Ueda Shinichirou (29) - 1993.10.01 Haku / Hyuuga Hinata (World Tour 2016) - Imamura Miho (29) - 1993.07.29 Jugo (1st gen) - Yamaguchi Tomoya (29) - 1993.07.08 Uchiha Sasuke (World Tour 2016) - Sakurai Keito (29) - 1993.02.08

Namikaze Minato - Kitazono Ryo (30) - 1992.02.09

Uchiha Madara - Ise Daiki (31) - 1991.05.15 Sai (1st gen) - Kitamura Ryo (31) - 1991.01.25

Inuzuka Kiba (World Tour 2016) - Samukawa Shougo (32) - 1990.10.23 Akimichi Chouji - Katou Ryo (32) - 1990.02.13

Born before the 1990s Character - Actor (Age) - Date of Birth

Yamanaka Ino (2nd Gen) - Fujiki Kaoru (33) - 1989.11.28 Deidara - Tsuji Ryo / Ry☆ (33) - 1989.11.27 Nara Shikamaru (1st Gen) - Hattori Tsubasa (33) - 1989.09.13 Pein/Pain - Teruma (33) - 1989.06.06

Yamato / Tenzou - Fujita Ray (34) - 1988.09.06 Yakushi Kabuto (2nd Gen) - Okada Ryosuke (34) - 1988.02.16 Jiraiya (World Tour 2016) - Hisamatsu Ryouta (34) - 1988.02.06

Sarutobi Hiruzen, The Third Hokage (World Tour 2016) - Shirasaki Seiya (35) - 1987.08.11 Aburame Shino (World Tour 2016) - Honda Takaya (35) - 1987.04.12 Killer B - Koyanagi Shin (35) - 1987.03.14

Momochi Zabuza (World Tour 2016) / Tobi - Katayama Hironori (36) - 1986.04.22

Nagato - Tamaki Yuuki (37) - 1985.12.17 Hatake Kakashi - Kimisawa Yuki (37) - 1985.01.31

Konan / Terumi Mei - Kobayashi Yuka (38) - 1984.04.21

Uchiha Itachi - Rachi Shinji (39) - 1983.03.16 Tsunade - Daigo Seshiro / Cecile Daigo (39) - 1983.03.08 Zetsu - Kawai Ryuunosuke (39) - 1983.05.23

A - Kitamura Keigo (40) - 1982.08.08 Momochi Zabuza - Uchida Asahi (40) - 1982.05.30

Hoshigaki Kisame - Hayashino Takeshi (40) - 1980.01.05

Orochimaru - Hiro Yuumi (46) - 1976.11.05

Umino Iruka / Hatake Kakashi (World Tour 2016) - Ichinose Hidekazu (47) - 1975.03.16

Jiraiya - Umegaki Yoshiaki (63) - 1959.07.12

Sarutobi Hiruzen, The Third Hokage - Hirakawa Kazuhiro (64) - 1958.08.13

Year Unknown Character - Actor (Age) - Date of Birth

Orochimaru (World Tour 2016) - Ranma Yu - XXXX.09.12

[goalhofer]

2020 Olympics Japan Roster

Archery

Kawata Yūki (Hiroshima)

Muto Hiroki (Tokyo)

Furukawa Takaharu (Aomori)

Nakamura Miki (Yokohama)

Azusa Yamauchi (Tokyo)

Hayakawa Ren (Tokyo)

Athletics

Bruno Dede (Matsumoto)

Koike Yūki (Otaru)

Tada Shūhei (Higashiōsaka)

Yamagata Ryōta (Hiroshima)

Abdul Sani-Brown (Sokado)

Iizuka Shōta (Omaezaki)

Yamashita Jun (Tsukuba)

Julian Walsh (Hiroshima)

Bandō Yūta (Sumoto)

Hiroki Matsueda (Tokyo)

Akira Aizawa (Sukagawa)

Tatsuhiko Ito (Hamamatsu)

Ryoma Aoki (Kuki)

Ryūji Miura (Hamada)

Yamaguchi Kōsei (Higashiura)

Izumiya Shunsuke (Kanagawa)

Kanai Taiō (Hakodate)

Takayama Shun'ya (Hiroshima)

Abe Takotoshi (Tokyo)

Kazuki Kurokawa (Shimonoseki)

Hiromu Yamauchi (Aizuwakamatsu)

Kiryū Yoshihide (Hikone)

Rikuya Itō (Funabashi)

Kaito Kawabata (Matsusaka)

Satō Kentarō (Tokorozawa)

Aoto Suzuki (Saitama)

Shogo Nakamura (Yokkaichi)

Ōsako Suguru (Machida)

Yuma Hattori (Tōkamachi)

Ikeda Kōki (Hamamatsu)

Takahashi Eiki (Hanamaki)

Yamanishi Toshikazu (Kyoto)

Hayato Katsuki (Chukushino)

Masatora Kawano (Hyuga)

Satoshi Maruo (Kyoto)

Hashioka Yūki (Saitama)

Shiroyama Shōtarō (Hakodate)

Tsuha Hibiki (Kawagoe)

Takashi Etō (Mie)

Tobe Naoto (Noda)

Ejima Masaki (Kanagawa)

Yamamoto Seito (Okazaki)

Takuto Kominami (Sapporo)

Yu Ishikawa (Isehara)

Ran Urabe (Tokyo)

Tanaka Nozomi (Ono)

Kaede Hagitani (Saku)

Hironaka Ririka (Nagasaki)

Andō Yuka (Toyokawa)

Niiya Hitomi (Sōja)

Aoki Masumi (Okayama)

Kimura Ayako (Hiroshima)

Asuka Terada (Sapporo)

Yuna Yamanaka (Sakai)

Hanae Aoyama (Kobe)

Kodama Mei (Usuka)

Remi Tsuruta (Kagoshima)

Ami Saito (Takahashi)

Ichiyama Mao (Izumi)

Maeda Honami (Osaka)

Suzuki Ayuko (Toyohashi)

Fujii Nanako (Nakagawa)

Okada Kumiko (Ageo)

Kitaguchi Haruka (Asahikawa)

Boxing

Tanaka Ryōmei (Tokyo)

Sewon Okazawa (Tokyo)

Moriwaki Yuito (Tokyo)

Narimatsu Daisuke (Kumamoto)

Namiki Tsukimi (Narita)

Irie Sena (Tokyo)

Canoeing

Haneda Takuya (Toyota)

Adachi Kazuya (Tokyo)

Takanori Tōme (Tokyo)

Hiroki Fujishima (Kamikuishiki)

Yusuke Miyata (Wakayama)

Matsushita Momotarō (Komatsu)

Keiji Mizumoto (Yahaba)

Ayano Sato (Tokyo)

Yazawa Aki (Iida)

Teruko Kiriake (Yame)

Manaka Kubota (Kiyose)

Yuka Ono (Honjō)

Cycling

Arashiro Yukiya (Ishigaki)

Nariyuki Masuda (Sendai)

Nitta Yūdai (Aizuwakamatsu)

Wakimoto Yūta (Fukui)

Hashimoto Eiya (Gifu)

Yamamoto Kōhei (Makubetsu)

Nagasako Yoshitaku (Kasaoka)

Rim Nakamura (Kyoto)

Kaneko Hiromi (Yokkaichi)

Yonamine Eri (Osaka)

Kobayashi Yūka (Tosu)

Kajihara Yūmi (Saitama)

Kisato Nakamura (Chiba)

Miho Imai (Maebashi)

Sae Hatakeyama (Aigle, Switzerland)

Minato Oike (Shimada)

Diving

Terauchi Ken (Takarazuka)

Sakai Shō (Tokyo)

Reo Nishida (Osaka)

Tamai Rikuto (Takarazuka)

Hiroki Ito (Zama)

Murakami Kazuki (Ehime)

Mikami Sayaka (Yonago)

Arai Matsuri (Itami)

Haruka Enomoto (Utsunomiya)

Hazuki Miyamoto (Kōchi)

Itahashi Minami (Takarazuka)

Fencing

Tomohiro Shimamura (Tokyo)

Kaito Streets (Tokyo)

Kento Yoshida (Morioka)

Yudai Nagano (Ibaraki)

Kanō Kōki (Ama)

Minobe Kazuyasu (Echizen)

Yamada Masaru (Toba)

Uyama Satoru (Takamatsu)

Kyosuke Matsuyama (Tokyo)

Saitō Toshiya (Tokyo)

Shikine Takahiro (Tokyo)

Tokunan Kenta (Ikeda)

Rio Azuma (Osaka)

Tsuji Sumire (Gifu)

Nozomi Satō (Fukui)

Sera Azuma (Wakayama)

Yuka Ueno (Tokyo)

Aoki Chika (Minamiechizen)

Misaki Emura (Tokyo)

Norika Tamura (Mizuho)

Shihomi Fukushima (Munakata)

Rio Azuma (Wakayama)

Sumire Tsuji (Gifu)

Judo

Takatō Naohisa (Tokyo)

Abe Hifumi (Tokyo)

Ōno Shōhei (Naha)

Takanori Nagase (Ibaraki)

Mukai Shōichirō (Hongo)

Aaron Wolf (Shin-Koiwa)

Harasawa Hisayoshi (Shimonoseki)

Tonaki Funa (Sagamihara)

Abe Uta (Kobe)

Yoshida Tsukasa (Kyoto)

Tashiro Miku (Tokyo)

Arai Chizuru (Yorii)

Hamada Shōri (Kirishima Ichi)

Sone Akira (Kurume)

Karate

Naoto Sago (Tokyo)

Ken Nishimura (Fukuoka)

Araga Ryūtarō (Kyoto)

Kiyuna Ryō (Okinawa Ichi)

Miyahara Miho (Fukuoka)

Someya Mayumi (Tokyo)

Uekusa Ayumi (Tokyo)

Shimizu Kiyou (Osaka)

Pentathlon

Iwamoto Shōhei (Saga)

Tomonaga Natsumi (Saitama)

Rena Shimazu (Asaka)

Sailing

Nanri Kenji (Kanagawa)

Hokazono Junpei (Hioki)

Okada Keiju (Kitakyushu)

Koizumi Ibuki (Tokyo)

Leo Takahashi (Auckland, New Zealand)

Shibuki Iitsuka (Enoshima)

Tomizawa Makoto (Kashiwazaki)

Segawa Kazumasa (Sakaiminato)

Shibuki Iitsuka (Yokohama)

Anna Yamazaki (Hayama)

Eri Hatayama (Enoshima)

Sunaga Yuki (Sakado)

Doi Manami (Yokohama)

Yoshida Ai (Karatsu)

Yoshioka Miho (Enoshima)

Takano Sena (Suita)

Eri Hatayama (Zushi)

Shooting

Hiroyuki Ikawa (Tokyo)

Shigetaka Oyama (Toda)

Takayuki Matsumoto (Nagasaki)

Okada Naoya (Tsuyama)

Shiori Hirata (Kanagawa)

Haruka Nakaguchi (Kyoto)

Satoko Yamada (Saitama)

Kojiro Horimizu (Zentsūji)

Hiroyuki Ikawa (Yokohama)

Dai Yoshioka (Kyoto)

Ishihara Naoko (Tokyo)

Nakayama Yukie (Yūki)

Shiori Hirata (Nomi)

Haruka Nakaguchi (Kusatsu)

Chizuru Sasaki (Morioka)

Satoko Yamada (Kōka)

Softball

Fujita Yamato (Sasebo)

Ueno Yukiko (Fukuoka)

Goto Miu (Nagoya)

Mine Yukiyo (Fukuoka)

Kiyohara Nayu (Osaka)

Agatsuma Haruka (Tokyo)

Ichiguchi Yūka (Kanagawa)

Yamamoto Yū (Tokyo)

Hitomi Kawabata (Tokyo)

Atsumi Mana (Hamamatsu)

Minori Naito (Osaka)

Saki Yamazaki (Kakegawa)

Harada Nodoka (Sōja)

Mori Sayaka (Tokyo)

Yamada Eri (Fujisawa)

Climbing

Harada Kai (Kanagawa)

Narasaki Tomoa (Utsunomiya)

Noguchi Akiyo (Ibaraki)

Nonaka Mihō (Tokyo)

Surfing

Kanoa Igarashi (Huntington Beach, California)

Ōhara Hiroto (Chiba)

Maeda Mahina (Pupukea, Hawaii)

Tsuzuki Amuro (Shōnan)

Swimming

Honda Tomoru (Yokohama)

Ikari Yūki (Okayama)

Mura Ryūya (Yonago)

Shoma Sato (Tokyo)

Akira Namba (Yokkaichi)

Takahashi Kōtarō (Shizuoka)

Hagino Kōsuke (Oyama)

Irie Ryōsuke (Tennōji-Ku)

Kawamoto Takeshi (Nagoya)

Matsumoto Katsuhiro (Kanamachi)

Mizunuma Naoki (Tochigi)

Nakamura Katsumi (Tokyo)

Seto Daiya (Moroyama)

Sunama Keita (Yamatokoriyama)

Seki Kaiya (Tokyo)

Shioura Shinri (Isehara)

Miyu Namba (Yamaguchi)

Ageha Tanigawa (Tokyo)

Nagisa Ikemoto (Tokyo)

Aoi Masuda (Kobe)

Minamide Taishin (Kainan)

Yanagimoto Kōnosuke (Imari)

Konishi Anna (Toyooka)

Aoki Reona (Tokyo)

Hasegawa Suzuka (Kita)

Kobori Waka (Nara)

Ōhashi Yui (Hikone)

Teramura Miho (Nagareyama)

Watanabe Kanako (Tokyo)

Igarashi Chihiro (Kanagawa)

Ikee Rikako (Tokyo)

Ōmoto Rika (Kyoto)

Sakai Natsumi (Saitama)

Shirai Rio (Takarazuka)

Kida Yumi (Akasaka)

Namba Miyu (Nara)

Tanigawa Ageha (Shijonawate)

Ikemoto Nagisa (Uji)

Masuda Aoi (Kurashiki)

Inui Yukiko (Ōmihachiman)

Megumu Yoshida (Nagoya)

Fukumura Juka (Kyoto)

Kijima Moeka (Hakusan)

Okina Kyogoku (Higashioka)

Mayu Tsukamoto (Oamishirasato)

Mashiro Yasunaga (Higashioka)

Yanagisawa Akane (Saitama Ichi)

Table Tennis

Harimoto Tomokazu (Sendai)

Niwa Kōki (Tomakomai)

Mizutani Jun (Iwata)

Ishikawa Kasumi (Yamaguchi)

Itō Mima (Iwata)

Hirano Miu (Numazu)

Taekwondo

Ricardo Suzuki (Tokyo)

Sergio Suzuki (Tokyo)

Yamada Miyu (Aichi)

Hamada Mayu (Saga)

Volleyball

Ishijima Yūsuke (Matsubushi)

Shiratori Katsuhiro (Tokyo)

Shimizu Kunihiro (Fukui Ichi)

Ōnodera Taishi (Natori Ichi)

Fujii Naonobu (Miyagi Ichi)

Yamauchi Akihiro (Aichi Ichi)

Nishida Yūji (Inabe)

Sekita Masahiro (Tokyo)

Ishikawa Yūki (Aichi Ichi)

Lee Haku (Miyazaki Ichi)

Takanashi Kenta (Yamagata Ichi)

Ōtsuka Tatsunori (Osaka)

Yamamoto Tomohiro (Ebetsu)

Takahashi Ran (Kyoto)

Miki Ishii (Fujisawa)

Megumi Murakami (Echizen)

Ai Kurogo (Utsunomiya)

Koga Sarina (Saga)

Tasahiro Kanami (Ōtsu)

Mayu Ishikawa (Okazaki)

Shimamura Haruyo (Kamakura)

Kobata Mako (Kyoto)

Ishii Yuki (Kurashiki)

Mai Okumura (Nagatoro)

Araki Erika (Kurashiki)

Momii Aki (Sagamihara)

Hayashi Kotona (Kyoto)

Yamada Nichika (Toyota)

Wrestling

Otoguro Keisuke (Kōfu)

Otoguro Takuto (Kōfu)

Shohei Yabiku (Yokohama)

Fumita Ken'ichirō (Kōfu)

Takahashi Yūki (Kunawa)

Takatani Sōsuke (Kyōtango)

Yabiku Shōhei (Naha)

Susaki Yui (Matsudo)

Mukaida Mayu (Yokkaichi)

Kawai Risako (Tsubata)

Kawai Yukako (Tsubata)

Doshō Sara (Matsusaka)

Minagawa Hiroe (Uji)

Badminton

Momota Kento (Mitoyo)

Tsuneyama Kanta (Ōtsu)

Endō Hiroyuki (Tokyo)

Watanabe Yūta (Suginami)

Kamura Takeshi (Saga Ichi)

Sonoda Keigo (Yatsuhiro)

Yamaguchi Akane (Katsuyama)

Okuhara Nozomi (Ōmachi)

Fukushima Yuki (Kumamoto Ichi)

Hirota Sayaka (Kumamoto Ichi)

Matsumoto Mayu (Akita Ichi)

Nagahara Wakana (Akita Ichi)

Higashino Arisa (Iwamizawa)

Baseball

Kōyō Aoyagi (Yokohama)

Iwazaki Suguru (Shimizu)

Morishita Masato (Ōita Ichi)

Itoh Hiromi (Kayabe)

Yamamoto Yoshinobu (Bizen)

Tanaka Masahiro (Itami)

Yamasaki Yasuaki (Tokyo)

Kuribayashi Ryoji (Aisai)

Yūdai Ōno (Kyoto)

Senga Kodai (Gamagōri)

Taira Kaima (Ishigaki)

Umeno Ryūtarō (Nakagawa-Cho)

Kai Takuya (Ōita Ichi)

Yamada Tetsuto (Toyooka)

Genda Sōsuke (Ōita Ichi)

Asamura Hideto (Osaka)

Kikuchi Ryosuke (Tokyo)

Sakamoto Hayato (Itami)

Murakami Munetaka (Kumamoto Ichi)

Kondō Kensuke (Chiba Ichi)

Yanagita Yūki (Hiroshima)

Kurihara Ryōya (Fukui Ichi)

Yoshida Masataka (Fukui Ichi)

Suzuki Seiya (Tokyo)

Basketball

Togashi Yūki (Shibata)

Makoto Hiejima (Kyoto)

Hachimura Rui (Sendai)

Leo Vendrame (Nobeoka)

Watanabe Yūta (Zentsūji)

Kanamaru Kosuke (Fukuoka Ichi)

Baba Yūdai (Toyama Ichi)

Gavin Edwards (Funabashi)

Tanaka Daiki (Unzen)

Avi Schafer (Osaka)

Hugh Watanabe (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Harimoto Tenketsu (Nisshin)

Ira Brown (Willis, Texas)

Ochiai Tomoya (Tsuchiura)

Tominaga Akirasei (Nagoya)

Yasuoka Ryūto (Koshigaya)

Nagaoka Moeko (Urakawa)

Maki Takada (Toyohashi)

Miyoshi Naho (Ichikawa)

Rui Machida (Asahikawa)

Motohashi Nako (Tokyo)

Todo Nanako (Sapporo)

Hayashi Saki (Itoshima)

Evelyn Mawuli (Toyohashi)

Saori Miyazaki (Shibuya)

Miyazawa Yuki (Yokohama)

Akaho Himawari (Ishikawa)

Monica Okoye (Tokyo)

Stephanie Mawuli (Toyohashi)

Nishioka Risa (Ikoma)

Shinozaki Mio (Yokohama)

Yamamoto Mai (Hiroshima)

Equestrian

Takahashi Masanao (Tokyo)

Shingo Hayashi (Sapporo)

Hiroyuki Kitahara (Tokyo)

Kazuki Sado (Kyoto)

Kitajima Ryūzō (Kobe)

Ōiwa Yoshiaki (Schleswig Holstein, Germany)

Tanaka Toshiyuki (Fukuoka Ichi)

Kazuma Tomoto (Sturminster Newton, U.K.)

Mike Kawai (Valkenswaard, The Netherlands)

Fukushima Daisuke (Sakura)

Koki Saito (Katori)

Satō Eiken (Ogawa)

Field Hockey

Koji Yamasaki (Kōfu)

Genki Mitani (Echizen)

Tanaka Seren (Kyoto)

Ochiai Hiromasa (Tenri)

Murata Kazuma (Toyama Ichi)

Tanaka Kenta (Ōtsu)

Kitazato Kenji (Kumamoto Ichi)

Nagai Yūma (Kyoto)

Yamashita Manabu (Oyabe)

Tanaka Kaito (Tenri)

Nagayoshi Ken (Utsunomiya)

Fukuda Kentarō (Matsue)

Ōhashi Masaki (Nikkō)

Yamada Shōta (Maibara)

Zendana Hirotaka (Matsue)

Yoshikawa Takashi (Maibara)

Watanabe Kōta (Fukui Ichi)

Kirishita Yoshiki (Nara Ichi)

Kimika Hoshi (Kakamigahara)

Natsuhara Matsumoto (Matsubara)

Yu Asai (Hiroshima)

Mano Yukari (Kakamigahara)

Nagai Yuri (Kakamigahara)

Nagai Hazuki (Kakamigahara)

Oikawa Shihori (Tenri)

Kana Nomura (Nara)

Miki Kozuka (Nikko)

Segawa Maho (Tokyo)

Yamada Aki (Kōfu)

Nishikōri Emi (Matsue)

Kanon Mori (Hiroshima)

Mai Toriyama (Nara)

Sakurako Omoto (Iwakuni)

Asano Sakiyo (Kakamigahara)

Soccer

Ōsako Keisuke (Izumi)

Sakai Hiroki (Kashiwa)

Nakayama Yūta (Ryūgasaki)

Itakura Kō (Yokohama)

Yoshida Maya (Nagasaki)

Endoh Wataru (Yokohama)

Kubo Takefusa (Kawasaki)

Miyoshi Kōji (Kawasaki)

Maeda Daizen (Osaka)

Dōan Ritsu (Amagasaki)

Mitoma Kaoru (Kawasaki)

Tani Kosei (Osaka)

Hatate Reo (Shizuoka)

Tomiyasu Takehiro (Fukuoka Ichi)

Hashioka Daiki (Saitama)

Sōma Yūki (Tokyo)

Tanaka Ao (Kawasaki)

Ueda Ayase (Mito)

Hayashi Daichi (Osaka)

Machida Kōki (Mito)

Seko Ayuma (Osaka)

Zion Suzuki (Saitama Ichi)

Ikeda Sakiko (Saitama Ichi)

Shimizu Risa (Kobe)

Takarada Saori (Tateyama)

Kumagai Saki (Sapporo)

Minami Moeka (Yoshikawa)

Sugita Hina (Kitakyushu)

Nakajima Emi (Yasu)

Miura Narumi (Kawasaki)

Sugasawa Yuika (Chiba Ichi)

Iwabuchi Mana (Tokyo)

Tanaka Mina (Inagi)

Endō Jun (Shirakawa)

Shiokoshi Yuzuho (Saitama Ichi)

Hasegawa Yui (Toda)

Momiki Yūka (New York, New York)

Miyagawa Asato (Yokohama)

Kitamura Nanami (Osaka)

Yamashita Ayaka (Tokyo)

Shiori Miyake (Sapporo)

Hayashi Honoka (Uji)

Kinoshita Momoka (Hyogo)

Hirao Chika (Matsudo)

Golf

Matsuyama Hideki (Sendai)

Hoshino Rikuya (Mito)

Hataoka Nasa (Kasama)

Inami Mone (Tokyo)

Gymnastics

Hashimoto Daiki (Chiba)

Kaya Kazuma (Funabashi)

Kitazono Takeru (Osaka)

Wataru Tanigawa (Funabashi)

Daiki Kishi (Komatsu)

Ryosuke Sakai (Isehara)

Hatekeda Hitomi (Tokyo)

Hiraiwa Yūna (Tokyo)

Murakami Mai (Sagamihara)

Sugihara Aiko (Higashiōsaka)

Ōiwa Chisaki (Noda)

Sumire Kita (Tokyo)

Noshitani Sakura (Tokyo)

Sugimoto Sayuri (Nagoya)

Suzuki Ayuka (Anpachi)

Nanami Takenaka (Setagaya)

Yokota Kiko (Tokyo)

Hikaru Mori (Tokyo)

Megu Uyama (Kanazawa)

Handball

Naoki Sugioka (Kariya)

Yuta Iwashita (Kanazaki)

Kenya Kasahara (Kariya)

Adam Baig (Fukuoka Ichi)

Narita Kohei (Hiroshima)

Tokuda Shinnosuke (Inazawa)

Watanabe Jin (Ōita Ichi)

Rémi Feutrier (Tokyo)

Motoki Sakai (Isehara)

Motoki Shida (Kasumigauri)

Tatsuki Yoshino (Misato)

Agarie Yūto (Urasoe)

Mizumachi Kōtarō (Tokyo)

Rennosuke Tokuda (Iwakuni)

Yoshida Shūichi (Tarnow, Poland)

Sunami Kaho (Kagoshima)

Sunami Yui (Okayama)

Shiota Sayo (Takamatsu)

Yokoshima Aya (Takaoka)

Mana Horikawa (Hiroshima)

Itano Minami (Osaka)

Tanabe Yuki (Hakusan)

Ayaka Ikehara (Urasoe)

Hara Nozomi (Nobeoka)

Ōyama Mana (Takamatsu)

Sasaki Haruno (Takaoka)

Shiori Nagata (Fukuoka Ichi)

Sakura Hauge (Bergen, Norway)

Kondō Mahura (Tokyo)

Fujii Shio (Osaka)

Ishitate Mayuko (Fukui)

Rowing

Arakawa Ryūta (Yokohama)

Tomita Chiaki (Yonago)

Ōishi Ayami (Aichi Ichi)

Rugby

Jose Seru (Higashioka)

Lote Tuqiri (Namatakula, Fiji)

Colin Bourke (Tokyo)

Hano Kazushi (Nagoya)

Kameli Soejima (Labasa, Fiji)

Hikosaka Masakatsu (Aichi Ichi)

Brackin Karauria-Henry (Auckland, New Zealand)

Chihito Matsui (Osaka)

Ryota Kano (Tokyo)

Yoshikazu Fujita (Fukuoka Ichi)

Kippei Ishida (Amagasaki)

Naoki Motomura (Hachinohe)

Gōya Kazuhiro (Onojo)

Wakaba Hara (Niigata)

Rinka Matsuda (Kyoto)

Yume Hirano (Tokyo)

Haruka Hirotsu (Tokyo)

Marin Kajiki (Fukuoka Ichi)

Koide Mifuyu (Kumagaya)

Hana Nagata (Fukuoka Ichi)

Mei Otani (Kyoto)

Raichel Bativakalolo (Tokyo)

Mayu Shimizu (Tokyo)

Miyu Shirako (Tokyo)

Honoka Tsutsumi (Ureshino)

Skateboarding

Hirano Ayumu (Murakami)

Aoki Yukito (Shizuoka)

Horigome Yūto (Tokyo)

Shirai Sora (Sagamihara)

Hiraki Kokona (Kutchan)

Okamoto Misugu (Takahama)

Yosozumi Sakura (Iwade)

Nakayama Fūna (Toyama Ichi)

Nishimuri Aori (Tokyo)

Nishiya Momiji (Osaka)

Tennis

Tarō Daniel (Bradenton, Florida)

Nishikori Kei (Bradenton, Florida)

Nishioka Yoshihito (Tsu)

Sugita Yūichi (Tokyo)

Ben McLachlan (Queenstown, New Zealand)

Doi Misaki (Tokyo)

Hibino Nao (Ichinomiya)

Ōsaka Noami (Beverly Hills, California)

Aoyama Shūko (Osaka)

Shibahara Ena (Rancho Palos Verdes, California)

Ninomiya Makoto (Hiroshima)

Triathlon

Kenji Nener (Perth, Australia)

Makoto Odakura (Tokyo)

Niina Kishimoto (Kawagoe)

Takahashi Yūko (Mitaka)

Water Polo

Tanamura Katsuyuki (Ishigaki)

Adachi Seiya (Gifu Ichi)

Harukiirario Koppu (Tokyo)

Shiga Mitsuaki (Maebashi)

Takuma Yoshida (Nagahama)

Toi Suzuki (Yamagata Ichi)

Shimizu Yūsuke (Kumamoto Ichi)

Mitsuru Takata (Tokyo)

Arai Atsushi (Kawasaki)

Yusuke Inaba (Toyama)

Keigo Okawa (Yachiyo)

Kenta Araki (Tokyo)

Tomoyoshi Fukushima (Kagoshima Ichi)

Rikako Miura (Yamagata Ichi)

Yumi Arima (Yusashino)

Akari Inaba (Toyama)

Eruna Ura (Hakusan)

Kaho Iwano (Inabe)

Miku Koide (Kashiwazaki)

Maiko Hashida (Tokyo)

Yuki Niizawa (Tokyo)

Minori Yamamoto (Kyoto)

Kako Kawaguchi (Yokohama)

Marina Tokumoto (Tokyo)

Kyoko Kudo (Yokohama)

Minami Shioya (Yachiyo)

Weightlifting

Itokazu Yōichi (Tokyo)

Mitsunori Konnai (Setagaya)

Masanori Miyamoto (Naha)

Toshiki Yamamoto (Yokohama)

Miyake Hiromi (Niiza)

Yagi Kanae (Kobe)

Andō Mikiko (Shiroi)

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G1 Climax 29  Night 1 - 7/6/2019; Fighting Spirit Unleashed Tour in September; Tiger Hattori Announces Retirement

The first night of this year’s G1 Climax tournament has come and gone. It was an historic first, being the first time a G1 Climax tournament day has been held on American soil, but it also was not the only first to happen. The show was shown live on NJPWWorld, except in the USA, as AXS TV showed it live on American cable TV. It will be available soon on NJPWWorld VOD tho.

7/6/2019, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX (AXS TV [USA])

Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club] d. SHO & YOH [CHAOS] (Tonga > YOH, Super Powerbomb, 6:42)

Jeff Cobb [ROH] & Ren Narita d. Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] & Shota Umino (Cobb > Umino, Tour of the Islands, 7:18)

Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] d. Jay White & Chase Owens [Bullet Club] (Goto > Owens, GTR, 8:38)

Toru Yano [CHAOS], Juice Robinson & Jushin Thunder Liger d. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] (Yano > BUSHI, Rollup, 8:18)

G1 Climax 29 A Block: Lance Archer [SZKG] d. Will Ospreay [CHAOS] (Iron Claw, 18:16)

G1 Climax 29 A Block: Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club] d. EVIL [Los Ingobernables] (Bad Luck Fall, 11:33)

G1 Climax 29 A Block: SANADA [Los Ingobernables] d. Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] (O’Connor Bridge, 21:12)

G1 Climax 29 A Block: KENTA [FREE] d. Kota Ibushi (Go 2 Sleep, 20:51)

G1 Climax 29 A Block: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] d. Hiroshi Tanahashi (Rainmaker, 22:04)

It took four tries, but we finally have a winner between Okada v. Tanahashi in a G1 Climax match. The previous three attempts were time-limit draws that ended up screwing Okada in the end, all three times. Okada cut a post-match promo, in English. KENTA wins in his G1 Climax debut, and v. Ibushi was my pick of the night. Archer v.  Ospreay was better than it had any right to be. The tag matches were what they were. The arena was not sold out, by far, and on TV you could clearly see the empty sections. On the other hand, the crowd that was there was very much into the show, they were loud all night from pillar to post, they cheered the faces and booed the heels and that’s what you want out of a wrestling show. So on that point, I will call it a success. 

Current A Block standings:

Archer: 2pts (1W 0D 0L) Fale: 2pts (1W 0D 0L) KENTA: 2pts (1W 0D 0L) Okada: 2pts (1W 0D 0L) SANADA: 2pts (1W 0D 0L) EVIL: 0pts (0W 0D 1L) Ibushi: 0pts (0W 0D 1L) Ospreay: 0pts (0W 0D 1L) Sabre: 0pts (0W 0D 1L) Tanahashi: 0pts (0W 0D 1L)

During the intermission, NJPW announced three dates at the end of September on the East Coast. From all sources since then, it has become clear these are solo NJPW shows, without involvement from Ring of Honor, which, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. At the same time, not too keen on the name, as that was the name of the most unnecessary NJPW show last year, and it wasn’t very good to boot.

It was also announced that the New York date on 9/28/2019 will be the beginning of a retirement countdown for senior referee Tiger Hattori. So Jushin Thunder Liger is not the only retiree NJPW has coming up then. I will do a fuller profile of Hattori when the time comes. For now, here are the dates for the tour:

Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2019 - 9/27/2019, Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA - 9/28/2019, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, NY - 9/29/2019, 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, PA

We get a week off now, and then G1 Climax 29 gets going proper, with the next show on 7/13/2019, the openers for B Block. Jon Moxley will be there this time.

- 7/13/2019, Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

Kota Ibushi, Will Ospreay [CHAOS] & Yuya Uemura v. EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Lance Archer & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG] v. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shota Umino & Ren Narita v. KENTA [FREE], Clark Connors & Karl Fredericks

Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki [SZKG]

G1 Climax 29 B Block: Juice Robinson v. Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables]

G1 Climax 29 B Block: Jon Moxley [FREE] v. Taichi [SZKG]

G1 Climax 29 B Block: Toru Yano [CHAOS] v. Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables]

G1 Climax 29 B Block: Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] v. Jeff Cobb [ROH]

G1 Climax 29 B Block: Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] v. Jay White [Bullet Club]

Strong Style Story Podcast Episode 55 on Pro Wrestling Only

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When you realize once again some of your favorite seiyuu legends are already 50+ years old...

1. Keiji Fujiwara (Oct 5, 1964 - 55 years old)

Yes, he has a lot other roles under his belt besides Ardyn, and heck, I’m still salty toward FF15, and to be honest, he’s not the greatest villain in my opinion (based only on the base game, as I haven’t played any of the DLCs, including Episode Ardyn), but Ardyn is one of his recent roles and I just want to shout out to his awesome portrayal of the character. It was another reason why I so wanted to play this game in Japanese.

Keiji Fujiwara is that seiyuu you’d often hear everywhere. Like, I would watch some anime and he would appear in maybe 3 out of 5 of them. My current favorite is Maes Hughes, because I just finished re-watching FMA Brotherhood, and his death killed me again!! His other roles that I remember are Hattori Zenzou from Gintama, Ladd Russo from Baccano, Ali Al-Saachez from Gundam 00, Higuchi from Tatami Galaxy, Shiro Fujimoto from Ao no Exorcist, Hannes from Attack on Titan, Brody from Kekkai Sensen, and lots more that I haven’t seen or might have forgotten. But, let’s not forget that he also voiced Axel and Lea in Kingdom Hearts! He is also the voice of Reno in the FF7 Compilation and the upcoming Remake (in which he sounds much, much younger but still awesome)! And also Izana Kunagiri in FF Type-0 (I haven’t played the game haha, but I saw him on the trailers). 

2. Akira Ishida (Nov 2, 1967 - 52 years old)

I debated between putting Katsura or Natori there (two of my favorite Ishida roles), and ended up deciding to go with Zura, because to me, nothing really beats Ishida-san’s role as him. This...idiotic of a man that acts as the leader of an anti-government group. He raps. He cross-dresses. All the antics he gets up to. And just his overall stupidity! Like, seriously! His interactions with Gintoki and Kagura and the things he got up to to hide from the Shinsengumi xD (but he’s cool when he fights--his one and only redeeming quality lol). Some of his other roles that I know are Natori Shuuichi from Natsume Yuujinchou, Keiji Mogami from Mob Psycho 100, Kaworu Nagisa from Neon Genesis Evangelion, Myoe/Inari from Kyousougiga, Hideo Shimada from Parasyte, Femto from Kekkai Sensen, Fyodor Dostoyevsky from Bungou Stray Dogs, Touji Souya from Sangatsu no Lion, and others I have not seen.

Anyway, I learned that among the seiyuu, Ishida Akira-san is considered to be a “cool person”. In that one Gintama interview I saw, even the main casts + Suzuken regarded him as the “cool Ishida-san”. And then in a radio clip somewhere else, someone asked Sugita whether he had seen Ishida laugh, to which Sugita said that “the cool Ishida-san” laughed when he was recording an episode of Gintama that they had to redo the take (lol). On top of that, I have heard him voice an old man, an old woman, and then that one clip I heard of him voice all gender of all ages! There’s only one thing I have to say to that right now:

ALL HAIL ISHIDA AKIRA-SAMA!!!

3. Shinichiro Miki (Mar 18, 1968 - 51 years old)

I wasn’t much of a fan of this guy...not until I hear him as Roy, Monogatari’s Deishuu Kaiki, and Sangatsu no Lion’s Kai Shimada--all of which I have only seen in the last 3 years. I first heard him in Escaflowne, and after that, I only hear him as ikemen guys. Nothing wrong with that, but his roles never really captivated me, until I saw those three. 

I rarely hear him in the anime I watch, though when I do, they are often anime that I end up loving. Sometimes I mistake him with Junichi Suwabe, especially whenever I hear Kaiki speak in Monogatari. And then, I came across him in Gintama as Sakamoto...and I never hear that voice in any other anime again lololol. Also, he is currently the voice of Sir Nighteye in BnHA Season 4, and with Miyake Kenta as All Might, it just came to me that Roy and Scar are in BnHA as hero-sidekicks/friends xD

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2019 2.5D Actors ranking

I decided to do two rankings of my top 50 2.5D actors. One in terms of acting skill and level, and one in terms of how much I like them. 

RULES: 

1. I must have seen them in at least one 2.5D production and at least 2 different stage shows. And liked them in at least two different roles for their acting level

2. They must still be active in 2.5D shows.

3. I have not taken how much I like the actor into account. I am not a fan of all of these actors. I simply think they have exceptional acting ability.

Please don’t get offended, these are my opinions.

In the brackets I have included maximum three roles that I liked them in

So here is the ranking:

1. Suzuki Hiroki (Yato, Mikazuki Munechika, Arakita Yasutomo)

2. Honda Reo (Kikumaru Eiji, Ikaruga Misumi)

3. Aramaki Yoshiko (Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, Tsukioka Tsumugi)

4. Yamamoto Ikkei (Rinkai Line/Yamagata Shinkansen, Oishi Shuichiro)

5. Miura Hiroki (Atobe Keigo, Higekiri)

6. Sato Yugo (Kisarazu Atsushi/Kisarazu Ryo, Kaminari Denki)

7. Kuroba Mario (Kikumaru Eiji, Kise Ryouta, Mikazuki Munechika) 

8. Tateishi Toshiki (Yukimura Seiichi, Chigasaki Itaru)

9. Tanaka Ryosei (Inui Sadaharu, Joetsu Shinkansen, Arisugawa Homare)

10. Izaki Ryujiro (Kamio Akira, Asuka Haruto, Holland)

11. Tamaki Yuki (Toudou Jinpachi, Snake, Kogarasumaru)

12. Someya Toshiyuki (Tsurumaru Kuninaga, Hirakoba Rin, Ishigaki Koutaro)

13. Ota Motohiro (Iwaizumi Shunsuke, Takasugi Shinsaku, Sengo Muramasa)

14. Makishima Hikaru (Kaidoh Kaoru, Usui Masumi)

15. Noguchi Jun (Sakisaka Muku, Jinnai Enta)

16. Sasaki Yoshihide (Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Druitt, Akechi Goro)

17. Shiota Kouhei (Jackal Kuwahara, Tanaka Ryunosuke, Sakamoto Ryuji)

18. Sana Hiroki (Kaidoh Kaoru, Maraich, A)

19. Yamada James Takeshi (Takao Kazunari, Cancer, Holland)

20. Ozawa Ren (Toudou Heisuke, Jyuishimatsu, Sawamura Eijun)

21. Takagi Shun (Influenza/Mumps, Fred Abberline, Kamoshida Suguru)

22. Tanimizu Riki (Nansen Ichimonji, Fujise Kazuya)

23. Aoki Jin (Kita Ichimura, Tamanegi, Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki)

24. Ueda Keisuke (Nakahara Chuuya, Japan, Mikage Hisoka)

25. Kitamura Ryo (Toudou Jinpachi, Yagen Toushirou, White Blood Cell)

26. Norizuki Kouhei (Noell, Kurosaki Ichigo)

27. Ishida Shun (Oishi Shuichiro, Tamanegi)

28. Yamazaki Shougo (Taki Haginosuke, Ren/Sei)

29. Araki Kentaro (Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Tsurukubi)

30. Hiramaki Jin (Oishi Shuichiro, Sekimura Mikado)

31. Sakamoto Shogo (Echizen Ryouma, Horikawa Kunihiro)

32. Asuma Kousuke (Oikawa Tooru, Ichimura Gin, Hattori Hanzo)

33. Isawa Takuma (Yanagi Renji, Akiyoshi Fuuta [Not 2.5d])

34. Masuda Toshiki (Yukimura Seiichi, Oda Nobunaga)

35. Jinnai Sho (Yanagisawa Shinya, Soma, Sumeragi Tenma)

36. Nakamura Taro (Hyodo Juza, Ishida Tetsu, Niiboshi Reo)

37. Izumi Shuhei (Undertaker, Shi, Fukuzawa Yukichi)

38. Futaba Kaname (Saeki Koujiro, Ni)

39. Iwaki Naoya (Hirakoba Rin, Mizuki)

40. Kitagawa Naoya (Minami Kentaro, Honebami Toushirou, Sarutobi Sasuke)

41. Gomoto Naoya (Hisagi Shuhei, Kinjou Shingo, Takasaki Line)

42. Kawakami Shouta (Akutsu Jin, Zaraki Kenpachi, Daihannya Nagamitsu)

43. Kamisato Yuki (Chiyoda Line/Akita Shinkansen, Urie, Ageha)

44. Kimeru (Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Seibu Ikebukuro/Ginza Line/Joban Line)

45. Takasaki Shouta (Kikumaru Eiji, Yamazaki Susumu, Tobu Tojo Line/Shin’etsu Line)

46. Kamakari Kenta (Shishido Ryo, Takeda Ittetsu)

47. Hirose Daisuke (Kisarazu Atsushi/Kisarazu Ryo, England, Okita Souji)

48. Tomotsune Yuuki (Kondo Isami, Tadokoro Jin, Godot)

49. Kimisawa Yuki (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hatake Kakashi, Watanabe Osamu)

50. Hashimoto Shohei (Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Taikogane Sadamune, Nishinoya Yu)

[susavi]

アイナ・ジ・エンド / 死にたい夜にかぎって Visual  AD: Shinya Hanafusa (YAR) Ph: Kenta Sotobayashi (Rim) Styling: Masataka Hattori Make: EBARA (W) Hair: KUNIO KOHZAKI (W)

[keepingthespiritalive]

Hard Hit results for July 7, 2018

Hard Hit “fight 4 da future”, 7/7/2018 [Sat] 12:00 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

(0) Dark Match: Masao Ando (FREE) vs. Tetsuya Izuchi (HEAT-UP) ◆Winner: Ando (2:31) with a German Suplex. (0) Dark Match: SUSHI (FREE) vs. Raito Shimizu (Mumeijyuku Pro) ◆Winner: SUSHI (2:57) with a Sleeper Hold.

(1) Sen “Silencer” Nakadai (FREE) vs. Poai Suganuma (BJ Penn MMA) ◆Winner: Poai (2:41) via referee…

[inazuma-eleven-translations]

IE World Guide 2018

Inazuma Eleven Ares Official World Guide

Teams: Inakuni Raimon

Page 34 - Iwato, Kirina, Hanta

Tower of Defense

Iwato Takashi

Voice Actor: Miyake Kenta

Grade: 2nd Year

Shirt Number: 5

Position: Defender

His nickname is ‘Golem’. He’s active in the team as a defender and despite his intimidating looks, he’s actually a gentle giant. He has a habit of ending his sentences with ~gosu. He affectionately calls Hattori by the nickname ‘Han-chan’.

A Smile as Cool as Ice

Kirina Hiura

Voice Actor: Souma Saitou

Grade: 2nd Year

Shirt Number: 7

Position: MF

A beautiful boy with icy-blue hair and almond-shaped eyes. At first glance he appears cool and aloof, but he’s his grandmother’s boy at heart. The day before the match against Seishou Academy, he became Asuto’s confidante.

Ninja Sprint

Hattori Hanta

Voice Actor: Tomatsu Haruka

Grade: 2nd Year

Shirt Number: 4

Position: MF

His nimble body dashes across the field like a swift wind, and moving with light feet is his specialty. He generally wears a hood and his casual clothes are also pretty ninja-esque, but it is unconfirmed as to whether or not he is actually a ninja.

[leaveharmony]

*sniffles*

[iami0]

Amazon - Amazon Holidays from Onesal on Vimeo.

Amazon Japan approached Onesal Studio to illustrate together the world of the distribution station. In this collaboration, we took an abstract approach of the conveyor belt showing box characters and products living together in an ultra-detailed fun micro world.

The campaign consisted of key visuals, web assets, social pieces, and five TV and social films that went live throughout November and December of 2020 in Japan, and with one of the films being released during the end of the year NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen  (NHK紅白歌合戦), the most-watched event of the year in Japan.

This is the beginning of an ongoing series into 2021.

Credits: Client: Amazon Japan Direction: Onesal (Nahuel Salcedo, Damian Sendin) Executive Production: Ailin Brunner, Li Feng Production: Ailin Brunner, Lucia Gutkin Design: Damian Sendin, Lilen Herrera, Nahuel Salcedo, Koji Obara, Friedrich Neumann, Liam Pitchford, Mariuz Becker, Juan Nadalino, Yoritomo Shoji

Animation Lead: Ryo Kobayashi Previz: Sam Humphries Animation: Ryo Kobayashi, Damian Sendin, Lilen Herrera, Nahuel Salcedo, Ruben Stremiz, Maximo Ponz, Martin Ollo, Juan Nadalino, Esteban Blazquez Simulations: David Albrecht Kvien Modeling: Mateo Vallejo, Ruben Stremiz, Mariano A. Ruiz, Gabriel Quintana, Koji Obara, Juan Miyagi

Storyline: Nahuel Salcedo, Dami Sendin, Martin Paris Storyboard Artist: Nahuel Sagarnaga

Character Lead: Ruben Stremiz Rigging: Rodrigo Lopez, Martin Ollo Character Animation: Rodrigo Lopez, Máximo Ponz, Martin Ollo Pitch Producer: Ailin Brunner Treatment Designer: Maria Belen Guerra

Flame: Sho Aiuchi, Shusei Fujita, Tsuchiya Seri, Daido Emiko

Sound: Syn K.K. Sound Designers: Allan Mawdsley, Rudi Rock, Kaz Haga Sound Producer: Nick Wood, Kaz Haga Music Composer: Yuji Hagiwara, Kaz Haga Music Arranger: Yuji Hagiwara, Swinky, Kaz Haga Other Music Credits: Ito Taro / Hattori Kouya (Imagica Labs)  Muneaki Shibuya / Kenta Sakoda (McRay) Narrator: Keisuke Tanabe

[toga-kanazawa]

・ A.P.C. KANAZAWA #Repost @sacaiofficial with @make_repost ・・・ ⠀ Yosuke Kubozuka @yosuke_kubozuka in @apc_paris sacai Interaction #9 in The Fashion Post @tfpjp ⠀⠀⠀⠀ Photo by: Kenta Sawada @swdknt ⠀⠀⠀ Styling by: Masataka Hattori @masataka_hattori ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ #sacai #sacaiofficial #TFP #TheFahionPost ⠀⠀⠀ #APCxsacai #SAPCAI #Interaction9 #apckanazawa #togakanazawa @fukikaga https://www.instagram.com/p/CMg8H56B5Dy/?igshid=1ju486xfg8w79

[uenochikahair]

変態紳士クラブ　DOWN

Starring ;WILYWNKA / VIGORMAN / GeG / Kurumi

Director ; TAKUTO SHIMPO

Stylist ; YUJI YASUMOTO

HairMake ; CHIKA UENO

Cinematographer ; YUKI NAKAMURA

Camera Assistant ; NAOHITO MAEDA / SHIHO MIYAZAKI

Light Director ; GEN KAIDO

Light Assistant ; KENTA SASAKI / MITSUKI HAINO / CHISATO NISHIMOTO

Special Effect ; TAKASHI HATTORI

Color list ; HISASHI NEMOTO

Production staff ; YUTO SEMBA / SAKI IRIE / KOSUKE INOUE / NANA HARUYAMA

Producer ; KOTA NOGUCHI 

Production ; amidus