#nobuo murakami

[anamon-book]

対談 料理長　村上信夫・高橋忠之 柴田書店 装幀＝磯田尚男、撮影＝高橋不二男

[the-monkey-ruler]

Shinzo (2000) 爆裂战士マシュランボー

Director: Tetsuo Imasa / Kenji Nakamura / Haruo Kosaka / Toshiaki Komura / Miyo Sasaki / Mitsuo Hashimoto / Tomoharu Arata Edited by: Izumi Higashido / Makoto Kanjima / Kenichi Kaneka / Hiroyuki Kawasaki / Yukito Nonaka / Kenichi Yamada / Yōmichi Shirai Starring: Minami Takayama / Yuko Minakuchi / Yasuhiko Kawazu / Naosuke Tatsuta / Atsushi Kashiwagi / Kyoko Yamada / Ai Maeda / Tsuyoshi Hisakawa / Atsushi Kashiichi / Tomoe Sato / Junko Shimakata / Michitaka Kobayashi / Hideyuki Hori / Kenji Utsumi / Takashi Nakao / Mami Koyama / Toshio Furukawa / Keiko Han / Hiroo Egawa / Takeshi Aono / Banjo Ginga / Takashi Koda / Koji Fukusaku / Kazuko Sugiyama / Takumi Yamazaki / Horinoku / Nobutake Tatsuya / Tomohisa Aso / Norio Tsukui / Ienaka Hiroshi / Chie Seguchi / Hitoshi Domon / Akira Tahara / Kazuya Ichijo / Masaya Takatsuki / Masaharu Sato / Mitsuo Iwata / Keiko Yamamoto / Kunihiko Yasui / Hikaru Midorikawa / Mami Kanazuki / Hisaya Suganuma / Chigusa Ikeda / Hiromi Konno / Daisuke Nari / Yuko Nagashima / Nobuo Satouchi / Daifumi Tanaka / Naosuki Imamura / Takayuki Inoue / Akiki Chatan / Munehiro Ehoku / Rie Aoki / Yo Murakami / Tsuyoshi Nishi / Tsuyoshi Toshita / Higashi Genre: Animation Official website: www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/mashura/ Country/Region of Production: Japan Language: Japanese Date: 2000-02-05 (Japan) Number of epsiode: 32 Also known as: Mushrambo IMDb: tt0293741 Type: Reimanging

Summary:

In the distant past, the Guardian of the Milky Way galaxy named Lanancuras began to harbor a desire for more power. Because of his connection to the galaxy, he was able to absorb parts of planets and add them to his strength. As a result, he began invading the worlds he was assigned to protect. In the wake of his destruction, a following of creatures from across the galaxy pledged allegiance to Lanancuras and became known as the Kadrians. Taking notice of his ever-growing power and followers, the other Celestial Guardians confronted him; however, he had become too powerful, and they were defeated. Unable to subdue Lanancuras, the Celestial Guardians each gave up a part of their power and combined it into a single new Guardian, Mushra. In a final desperate attempt, they used Mushra's core by transforming it into a powerful card with which to seal Lanancuras in a prison. The prison was created from the remains of planets that had suffered under Lanancuras' tyranny. Because planets are themselves large beings, their combined strength (along with the power of the card) was able to restrain him. Thus Lanancuras was successfully sealed in a large meteorite.

The meteorite was sent off into the galaxy to be sealed forever. Meanwhile, the way Lanancuras had increased his strength had consequences on the planets of the Milky Way On Earth, around the 22nd century, it was in the shape of a virus that merged with human DNA and destroyed the humans that way. In order to eliminate the virus, scientists worked on combining human DNA with the DNA of animals and other creatures immune to the effects. They succeeded and created a sentient race known as Enterrans (a race of engineered Earthlings) which are based on humans, insects, reptiles, birds, sea creatures, wild beasts, and phantom beasts. Eventually, a cure was found and the human race survived.

However, due to Lanancuras' influence, the Enterrans fought their human creators as well as the robots that worked with the humans, driving the human race to a near extinction state. Luckily, a scientist named Dr. Daigo Tatsuro placed his 4-year-old daughter Yakumo in a sleep chamber in hopes that she would save the human race and find the human sanctuary Shinzo and bring peace back to Earth which was then renamed to Enterra. When the meteor that Lanancuras was imprisoned in struck Earth during the earlier parts of the Human-Enterran War, its fragment had struck an infant Yakumo giving her abilities that she would later discover.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinzo

Link: https://kissanime.com.ru/Anime/Shinzo-Sub/

[japaneseaesthetics]

Part 3 (of 3): “From 2009 through 2011 the Japanese monthly magazine Geijutsu shincho featured a twenty-one-article series in which Takashi Murakami and the preeminent art historian Nobuo Tsuji engaged in a creative dialogue. For each article，Tsuji selected a group of thought-provoking Asian paintings and objects and Murakami re-imagined them.The series was entitled“Japanese Picture Contest”(Nippon e-a wase)，making reference to the ancient aristocratic pastime of courtiers composing paintings and submitting them for judgment as examples of their knowledge and refined sensibilities.”

Top: traditional artwork

Bottom: Murakami’s re-imagination

[bittersweet--honey]

[gagosiangallery]

OCTOBER 16, 2017 Takashi Murakami  in conversation with Nobuo Tsuji at The Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York, New York. Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 6:30–8PM ET.

Contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and art historian Nobuo Tsuji will discuss key issues surrounding the terms “Superflat” and “kazari” and their connections to Japanese art. The audience will also receive a preview of the exhibition, "Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics, A Collaboration with Nobuo Tsuji and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." The books Lineage of Eccentrics: Matabei to Kuniyoshi and Nobuo Tsuji vs. Takashi Murakami: Battle Royale! Japanese Art History will be available for purchase after the lecture, and Mr. Murakami will be on hand to sign them. RSVP required: mgbcenter@columbia.edu.

[retro-vgm-revival-hour]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐STAGE 71: Games Of 2020⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Last year may not have gone down as one of the best years we had, if anything, comparing it to a dumpster fire wouldn’t be too far off .

In a year where so many things went wrong, video games were pretty much one of the very few Highlights that stood out in 2020.

The ability to spend hours disappearing into a beautiful world like those in the far away islands of Animal Crossing, the competitive but fun gameshow aesthetic of Fall Guys or revisiting old friends in the land of Midgar was a much welcomed breather that we all needed.

These video games provided the much needed distractions from everything else happening in the world, by enabling us to visit far away places filled with hours upon hours of entertainment, colorful, unique and intriguing characters …and most of all amazing music.

SO This is why THIS stage of the Retro VGM Revival Hour has chosen the 3 most amazing tracks from the various games released in 2020 to get you excited for what’s to come in 2021.

I hope you’re ready…. so lets begin.

                                      Full track listing: ���⭐⭐⭐⭐Game – Composer – Title – Company⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

1.) Yakuza: Like a Dragon – Hidenori Shoji, Yuri Fukuda, Chihiro Aoki & Saori Yoshida – “Kamurocho Battle Theme, Overcoming the Dragon & Substory Battle Theme“ – January 16, 2020 – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega – Windows PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S

2.) Granblue Fantasy Versus – Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Nishiki & Tsutomu Narita – “Such a Blue Sky, Noble Execution & Arvess“ – February 6, 2020 – Arc System Works/Cygames – PS4 & Windows PC

3.) Persona 5 Strikers – Atsushi Kitajoh, Gota Masuoka, Ayana Hira, Hiromu Akaba & Shoji Meguro – “Camping Trip, A Waltz of Feasting & Keeper of Lust“ – February 20, 2020 – Omega Force & P-Studio/Atlus – PS4, Windows PC & Nintendo Switch

4.) Ori and the Will of the Wisps – Gareth Coker – “Separated by the Storm, Hornbug & Escaping the Sandworm” – March 11, 2020 – Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios – Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S & Nintendo Switch

5.) Nioh 2 – Yugo Kanno & Akihiro Manabe – “Battle II, Azai Nagamasa & Dark Realm II” – March 12, 2020 – Team Ninja – PS4, Windows PC & PS5

6.) Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi & Masato Ohashi – “K.K. Slider Dream, Island Tour (Day/Snowy) & New Years Eve (12:00 a.m.)“ – March 20, 2020 – Nintendo – Nintendo Switch

7.)Doom Eternal – Mick Gordon – “BFG Division 2020, The Only Thing They Fear Is You & DOOM Eternal“ – March 20, 2020 – id Software/Bethesda Softworks – Windows PC, PS4, Google Stadia, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X/S & Nintendo Switch

8.) Final Fantasy VII Remake – Nobuo Uematsu, Shotaro Shima, Tadayoshi Makino, Masashi Hamauzu & Yasunori Nishiki – “Scorpion Sentinel, J-E-N-O-V-A – Quickening & One Winged Angel (Rebirth)“ – April 10, 2020 – Square Enix – PS4

9.) Trials of Mana – Hiroki Kikuta – “Axe Bring Storm, Swivel & Farewell Song“ – April 24, 2020 – Xeen/Square Enix – Nintendo Switch, Windows PC & PS4

10.) Sakura Wars – Kohei Tanaka – “Anastasia’s Theme, Hatsuho’s theme & Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan (w/ vocals provided by Ayane Sakura, Maaya Uchida, Hibiku Yamamura, Ayaka Fukuhara & Saori Hayami)“ – April 28, 2020 – Sega CS2 R&D/SEGA – PS4

11.) Streets of Rage 4 – Yuzo Koshiro, Olivier Deriviere, Groundislava, XL Middleton, Keiji Yamagishi, Harumi Fujita, Motohiro Kawashima, Yoko Shimomura, David Scatliffe (Scattle) & Das Mörtal – “Nora, Estel (Round 2) & Ms Y“ – April 30, 2020 – Dotemu, Lizardcube & Guard Crush Games/Dotemu – Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, Linux & macOS

12.) Maneater – Daniel James – “Prologue Theme, The Great Hunter & Arc Shark“ – May 22, 2020 – Tripwire Interactive & Blindside Interactive/Deep Silver – Windows PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S & Nintendo Switch

13.) Shantae and the Seven Sirens – Mark Sparling, Kentaro Sakamoto & Gavin Allen – “Risky Blows the Hatch, Turbulent Hip Shaking & Rise and Shine Shantae (w/ vocals provided by Cristina Vee)“ – May 28, 2020 – WayForward – iOS, macOS, Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch

14.) The Last of Us Part II – Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla & Mac Quayle – “It Can’t Last, Allowed to be Happy & Beyond Desolation“ – June 19, 2020 – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4

15.) Marvel’s Iron Man VR – Kazuma Jinnouchi & John Paesano – “Old Tech/New Threats, Cost of Doing Business & Heroes“ – July 3, 2020 – Camouflaj/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4

16.) Ghost of Tsushima – Ilan Eshkeri & Shigeru Umebayashi – “The Way of the Ghost, The Last of Clan Adachi & The Fate of Tsushima“ – July 17, 2020 – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4

17.) Paper Mario: The Origami King – Yoshito Sekigawa, Shoh Murakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Morishita & Fumihiro Isobe – “Event Battle, Swan Lake (Punk Remix) & Battle at Bowser’s Castle“ – July 17, 2020 – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo – Nintendo Switch

18.) Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout – Jukio Kallio & Daniel Hagström – “Didn’t Fall! (You Win), Fall ‘n’ Roll & Final Fall“ – August 4, 2020 – Mediatonic/Devolver Digital – Windows PC & PS4

19.) Battletoads – David Housden & David Wise – “Battletoads, Olympian Amphibians & To the Queen!“ – August 20, 2020 – Dlala Studios & Rare/Xbox Game Studios – Windows PC & Xbox One

20.) Marvel’s Avengers – Bobby Tahouri – “The Light That Failed, God of Thunder & By Force of Mind“ – September 4, 2020 – Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix – Windows PC, PS4, Google Stadia & Xbox One

21.) Hades – Darren Korb – “No Escape, The Painful Way & The Unseen Ones“ – September 17, 2020 – Supergiant Games – macOS, Windows PC & Nintendo Switch

22.) 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim – Hitoshi Sakimoto, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Yoshimi Kudo, Rikako Watanabe, Yukinori Kikuchi, Kazuki Higashihara & Azusa Chiba – “METHIONINE, Go Sentinels, Go! & VALINE“ – September 22, 2020 – Vanillaware/Atlus – PS4

23.) Genshin Impact – Yu-Peng Chen – “Make Haste Partner, His Resolution & Symphony of Boreal Wind“ – September 28, 2020 – miHoYo – Windows PC, PS4, Android, iOS & PS5

24.) Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time – Walter Mair – “Rude Awakening, Stage Dive (N. Gin Theme) & A Hole In Space (N. Tropy Theme)“ – October 2, 2020 – Toys for Bob/Activision – PS4 & Xbox One

25.) Amnesia: Rebirth – Mikko Tarmia – “Ghoul Chase, The Shadow & Ending (Part 2)“ – October 20, 2020 – Frictional Games – Linux, Windows PC & PS4

26.) Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues – Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson – “Arcade, Encino & Woodley Ave“ – October 27, 2020 – Flux Game Studio/GameMill Entertainment – PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch

27.) Ghostrunner – Daniel Deluxe – “Infiltrator, Let Them Know & Truth to Power“ – October 27, 2020 – One More Level & Slipgate Ironworks/All in! Games SA & 505 Games – PS4, Xbox One, Windows PC & Nintendo Switch

28.) Watch Dogs: Legion – Stephen Barton – “A Room with a Queue, It’s All Gone a Bit Tom Tit & Orwell That Ends Well“ – October 29, 2020 – Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft – Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna, Xbox Series X/S & PS5

29.) Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Jesper Kyd, Sarah Schachner & Einar Selvik – “Kingdom of Wessex (w/ Vocals provided by Melissa R. Kaplan), Raids of Rage & Drenglynda Skáldið/ The Steadfast Skald (w/ Vocals provided by Einar Selvik)“ – November 10, 2020 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft – Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna, Xbox Series X/S & PS5

30.) Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin – Hiroyuki Oshima – “Mayhem, Resentment & War“ – November 10, 2020 – Edelweiss/Marvelous – PS4, Windows PC & Nintendo Switch

31.) Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – John Paesano – “All In, Rhino Rampage & New York’s Only Spider-Man“ – November 12, 2020 – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment – PS4 & PS5

32.) Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory – Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez – “At Dusk: I Will Think of You (Main Menu 3), Night of Fate & Let It Go (Japanese ver. w/ Vocals provided by Takako Matsu)“ – November 11, 2020 – Square Enix – PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch

33.) Immortals Fenyx Rising – Gareth Coker – “Heart of the Hero, The Corrupted Heroes & Art of Warfare“ – December 3, 2020 – Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft – Amazon Luna, Windows PC, PS4, PS5, Google Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S & Nintendo Switch

34.) Cyberpunk 2077 – Marcin Przybyłowicz, P.T. Adamczyk, Paul Leonard-Morgan, Mattias Bärjed, David Sandström & Kristofer Steen – “The Rebel Path, The Heist & Juiced Up“ – December 10, 2020 – CD Projekt Red – Windows PC, PS4, Google Stadia, Xbox One, PS5 & Xbox Series X/S

35.) Resident Evil 3 – Kota Suzuki, Azusa Kato, Ryo Koike, Masami Ueda, Takayasu Sodeoka, Saori Maeda, Takumi Saito, Jeff Broadbent & Zhenlan Kang – “Invincible Nemesis, Resistance & Save Room“ – April 3, 2020 – Capcom – Windows PC, PS4 & Xbox One

36.) Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity – Kumi Tanioka, Reo Uratani, Ryotaro Yagi, Haruki Yamada, Ayana Hira, Asami Mitake, Hikaru Yamada, Shigekiyo Okuda, Gota Masuoka, Junya Ishiguro, Masako Otsuka, Takashi Yoshida & Hiromu Akaba – “Overlooking Hyrule/Prelude to Calamity (Title Screen), Urbosa: The Gerudo Chief & The Knight Who Seals the Darkness“ – November 20, 2020 – Omega Force/Nintendo – Nintendo Switch

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[shima-enaga]

Tag Game!

So I was tagged by the lovely @livefree-and-diestrong​ in not one, but TWO tag games under the read more! :> This was super fun to do and I really liked learning more about you from your own post Ree!

× share 5 little things about yourself that people might not be able to tell without seeing you in person, and tag a few people you want to get to know!

I played piano back in middle school up until my undergraduate years before I stopped which was about 7-8 years? I only recently picked it back up again after being inspired when I heard First Love by Yoongi.

During the time I stopped music I picked up knitting and crocheting because I really like making stuff with my hands. I like making shawls in particular so if I’m ever wearing a shawl or a cardigan, there’s a 98% chance I’ve made it~ 😘

I yell about this in the tags all the time but I really am 5′0′′ (152.4cm). I haven’t grown since middle school uGH

My trip to Japan this year was actually the first time I’ve ever traveled internationally!! 💖💖💖

I also did ballet and acrobatic dance up until middle school, which is why I have so much admiration for persons so dedicated to the craft ✨

Random Questions Tag~

Name: My real name is a secret but you can call me Shima :>

Nickname: Shima. During my rp days my nickname was Susu, but my friends irl like to call me ‘lil nya nya’ or any iteration that relates to a cat because they have decreed that within our circle, I’m the house cat lmao 🐱

Star sign: Libra, aka the most indecisive fucker in the zodiac. Don’t count on me to make decisions, just don’t do it. Spare yourself the pain

Gender: Female

Sexuality: I don’t prefer putting a label on it but if it helps, I am queer

Favorite color: Cherry blossom pink, like my hair!

Time right now: 9:20PM

Average hours of sleep: 6 on work days, 8 when I’m not working

Lucky numbers: I…don’t know? I’ve never really thought about it lol;;

Last Google search: FFXIV bard class and sakura sake kitkats 🍶

Number of blankets: One during the summertime since my sister blasts the a/c but I need two in the winter because my mom likes to leave the heat off and I despise the cold with a burning passion

Favorite fictional characters: Luke fon Fabre - Tales of the Abyss (this game and his character arc in particular saved me during a dark period in my life), Akira Kurusu/Ren Amamiya - Persona 5, Arsene Lupin - Code:Realize, Sakura from CLAMP, 

What are you wearing?: Cat printed pajamas

Favorite Book: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Kafka by the Shore by Haruki Murakami, After Dark by Haruki Murakami, And then There Were none by Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie,

Favorite Musician: Kajiura Yuki, Kalafina, Rurutia, Ludovico Einaudi, Yoko Shimomua, Nobuo Uematsu, Epik High, BTS. I often fall in love with songs rather than I do artists,

Dream Job: I love what I do now but if I had the chance, I really would have pursued something in music 🎹

Number of followers: 6

When did you create your account: This account specifically, since March actually 😅 I’ve been on tumblr since my undergrad days but the hellsite deleted by old blog during the purge 

What do you post about?: BTS and other kpop groups I’m interested in. I try to post most of my non kpop stuff and selcas on my sideblog

What made you get an account?: @livefree-and-diestrong actually :> I wanted a space to freely express my admiration for BTS without being made fun of by my friends so this came to be! 😊

Do you get asks on a daily basis?: Never, since I keep to myself and I’m such a lowkey blog

Why did you choose your url?: Shima enaga refers to a species of bird native to Hokkaido, Japan. Idk if the are actually the birds referenced in Baepsae but they are the cutest little cotton balls like omg just look at them 😢

Tagging: Anyone who wants to do it! Also bc the only mutuals I have, have already been tagged lol;; 

[artbookdap]

Happy birthday Takashi Murakami, born #OTD in 1962.⁠ ⁠ "And then, and then and then and then and then/Green Truth" (2006) is reproduced from 'Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics, A Collaboration with Nobuo Tsuji and @mfaboston published by @mfapublications⁠ ⁠ Edited with introduction by Anne Nishimura Morse.⁠ ⁠ #takashimurakami #murakami #superflat @takashipom @murakami_archive @annenishimuramorse https://www.instagram.com/p/CZckCcmJ8QF/?utm_medium=tumblr

[artruby]

Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics, A Collaboration with Nobuo Tsuji and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 

[sexoblogue]

Retentissement de l'hépatite C sur la sexualité

Un nouvel article a été publié sur https://sexoblogue.fr/retentissement-hepatite-c-sexualite

Retentissement de l'hépatite C sur la sexualité

Les patients atteints d’#hépatite C chronique rencontrent fréquemment des difficultés sexuelles qui vont être différentes en fonction du stade de la maladie @SOS_hepatites @HIS_hepatites

L’infection au virus de l’hépatite C (VHC) est une maladie chronique qui, malgré son évolution initiale asymptomatique, affecte plusieurs aspects du bien-être des patients, notamment la qualité de vie physique, mentale, sociale et sexuelle, et ce, même aux premiers stades de la maladie[ref]Foster, G. R. « Quality of Life Considerations for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C ». Journal of Viral Hepatitis 16, nᵒ 9 (septembre 2009): 605‑11. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01154.x[/ref].

Les questions liées à la santé sexuelle vont être associées au VHC de plusieurs manières :

Premièrement, les comportements et pratiques sexuelles peuvent être liés à un risque accru d’infection au VHC[ref]Chan, Denise P. C., Hsin-Yun Sun, Horas T. H. Wong, Shui-Shan Lee, et Chien-Ching Hung. « Sexually Acquired Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Review ». International Journal of Infectious Diseases: IJID: Official Publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 49 (août 2016): 47‑58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.030[/ref]. En effet, même si l’hépatite C n’est pas considérée comme une infection sexuellement transmissible, puisqu’elle se transmet essentiellement lors des échanges sanguins, la transmission dans les rapports sexuels peut tout de même avoir lieu en cas de règles, de rapports anaux non protégés ou de pratiques qualifiées de “hard”[ref]https://www.sida-info-service.org/les-hepatites-sont-elles-des-ist/[/ref].

Deuxièmement, l’infection au VHC peut entrainer des dysfonctions sexuelles à part entière. Les chercheurs ont mis en évidence trois types de troubles sexuels distincts en fonction du stade de la maladie[ref]Karaivazoglou, Katerina, Evangelia-Eirini Tsermpini, Konstantinos Assimakopoulos, et Christos Triantos. « Sexual Functioning in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Systematic Review ». European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 29, nᵒ 11 (novembre 2017): 1197‑1205. https://doi.org/10.1097/MEG.0000000000000949[/ref] :

les troubles sexuels pré-cirrhotiques, au tout début de la maladie

le déclin sexuel induit par la cirrhose, lorsque la maladie est évoluée

et les difficultés sexuelles associées aux interférons, qui est un des anciens traitements de l’hépatite C

Malheureusement, ces perturbations cliniquement significatives et durables qui perturbent la vie quotidienne des patients, échappent le plus souvent à l’attention des cliniciens.

Prévalence

Les études mettent en évidence difficultés sexuelles chez les patients atteints du virus de l’hépatite C (VHC) à des fréquences allant de 19% à 88% selon les études[ref]Verschuren, Jesse E. A., Paul Enzlin, Pieter U. Dijkstra, Jan H. B. Geertzen, et Rienk Dekker. « Chronic Disease and Sexuality: A Generic Conceptual Framework ». Journal of Sex Research 47, nᵒ 2 (mars 2010): 153‑70. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224491003658227[/ref].

Celles qui rapportent des pourcentages relativement faibles de dysfonctions sexuelles, (de 19,4 à 22,2 %), ont soit exclu d’autres comorbidités, comme le diabète sucré[ref]Soykan, A., H. Boztaş, R. İdilman, E. T. Özel, A. E. Tüzün, A. Özden, A. Özden, et H. Kumbasar. « Sexual Dysfunctions in HCV Patients and Its Correlations with Psychological and Biological Variables ». International Journal of Impotence Research 17, nᵒ 2 (mars 2005): 175‑79. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijir.3901267[/ref], soit leurs échantillons sont relativement jeunes[ref]Piazza, Marcello, Grazia Tosone, Guglielmo Borgia, Raffaele Orlando, Gianfranco Fenzi, Mario Vitale, Antonella Bloise, Angela Mariano, et Vincenzo Macchia. « Long-Term Interferon-α Therapy Does Not Affect Sex Hormones in Males with Chronic Hepatitis C ». Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research 17, nᵒ 9 (1 septembre 1997): 525‑29. https://doi.org/10.1089/jir.1997.17.525[/ref] ou comprennent des patients présentant des stades précoces de fibrose[ref]Elatrebi, Kamal, Mohamed El-Atrebi, et Hala El-Bassyouni. « Sexual Dysfunction in Males with Hepatitis C Virus: Relevance to Histopathologic Changes and Peginterferon Treatment ». Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association 17 (1 novembre 2011): 406‑10. https://doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.87183[/ref].

A l’inverse, celles incluant des patients cirrhotiques d’âge avancé montrent que la grande majorité (88%) présente des dysfonctions sexuelles[ref]Toda, Katsuhisa, Yoshiyuki Miwa, Shoko Kuriyama, Hideki Fukushima, Makoto Shiraki, Nobuo Murakami, Makoto Shimazaki, et al. « Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Chronic Viral Liver Disease: Its Relevance to Protein Malnutrition ». Journal of Gastroenterology 40, nᵒ 9 (1 septembre 2005): 894‑900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-005-1634-8[/ref].

Différents types de troubles sexuels

L’infection par le VHC est liée à des difficultés sexuelles principalement dans les domaines du désir, de la pulsion et de la satisfaction sexuelle[ref]Soykan, A., H. Boztaş, R. İdilman, E. T. Özel, A. E. Tüzün, A. Özden, A. Özden, et H. Kumbasar. « Sexual Dysfunctions in HCV Patients and Its Correlations with Psychological and Biological Variables ». International Journal of Impotence Research 17, nᵒ 2 (mars 2005): 175‑79. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijir.3901267[/ref].

Les études montrent également une association significative entre la dysfonction érectile et les antécédents d’infection par le VHC[ref]Chung, Shiu-Dong, Joseph J. Keller, Yu-Chih Liang, et Herng-Ching Lin. « Association between Viral Hepatitis and Erectile Dysfunction: A Population-Based Case-Control Analysis ». The Journal of Sexual Medicine 9, nᵒ 5 (mai 2012): 1295‑1302. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02663.x[/ref].

De plus, les patients atteints du VHC non traités présentent souvent des taux de testostérone totale et libre plus faibles, facteur de risque de dysfonction érectile[ref]Ferri, Clodoveo, Maria Antonella Bertozzi, et Anna Linda Zignego. « Erectile Dysfunction and Hepatitis C Virus Infection ». JAMA 288, nᵒ 6 (14 août 2002): 698‑99. [/ref].

Enfin, seul un pourcentage extrêmement faible (7,7 %) de patients atteints du VHC se sont plaints d’une perte totale d’intérêt pour le sexe[ref]Yamini, D, Benjamin Basseri, G Chee, Anush Arakelyan, P Enayati, Tram Tran, et F Poordad. « Tobacco and other factors have a negative impact on quality of life in hepatitis C patients ». Journal of viral hepatitis 18 (1 octobre 2011): 714‑20. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2010.01361.x[/ref].

Correlation entre troubles sexuels et stade de la maladie

1- Les troubles sexuels pré-cirrhotiques

Au tout début de la maladie, avant que le virus n’ai pu abimer le foie et entrainer ce qu’on appelle la cirrhose, les troubles sexuels les plus fréquemment observés sont les troubles du désir (baisse de la libido) et de la satisfaction sexuelle[ref]Soykan, A., H. Boztaş, R. İdilman, E. T. Özel, A. E. Tüzün, A. Özden, A. Özden, et H. Kumbasar. « Sexual Dysfunctions in HCV Patients and Its Correlations with Psychological and Biological Variables ». International Journal of Impotence Research 17, nᵒ 2 (mars 2005): 175‑79. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijir.3901267[/ref] [ref]Dove, Lorna, Raymond Rosen, Darmendra Ramcharran, Abdus Wahed, Steven Belle, Robert Brown, et Jay Hoofnagle. « Decline in Male Sexual Desire, Function, and Satisfaction During and After Antiviral Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C ». Gastroenterology 137 (1 juillet 2009): 873‑84, 884.e1. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2009.05.060[/ref] [ref]Elshimi, Esam, Wesam Morad, Noha Ezzat Mohamad, Nashwa Shebl, et Imam Waked. « Female Sexual Dysfunction Among Egyptian Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C ». The Journal of Sexual Medicine 11, nᵒ 3 (1 mars 2014): 768‑75. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsm.12412[/ref] [ref]Danoff, Ann, Oona Khan, David W. Wan, Lainie Hurst, Daniel Cohen, Craig T. Tenner, et Edmund J. Bini. « Sexual Dysfunction Is Highly Prevalent among Men with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Negatively Impacts Health-Related Quality of Life ». The American Journal of Gastroenterology 101, nᵒ 6 (juin 2006): 1235‑43. [/ref].

Ces difficultés peuvent s’expliquer par des processus physiopathologiques extrahépatiques et par la détresse psychologique accrue.

En effet, le fait que les patients atteints d’hépatite C signalent une plus grande altération de ces aspects de la sexualité qui sont basés sur des processus corticaux supérieurs, par rapport à d’autres sous-domaines sexuels, tels que l’érection, l’éjaculation ou l’orgasme, qui reposent principalement sur des réflexes, pourraient suggérer des perturbations des circuits neuronaux du cortex préfrontal, du système limbique, de l’hypothalamus et du striatum ventral, soit à cause des effets directs du virus, soit à cause d’une neuroinflammation induite par le VHC[ref]Stahl, Stephen M. « Circuits of Sexual Desire in Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder ». The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 71, nᵒ 5 (mai 2010): 518‑19. https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.10bs06115whi[/ref].

2- Les troubles sexuels induits par la cirrhose

Le déclin sexuel induit par la cirrhose semble être lié au stade de la fibrose hépatique uniquement chez les patients âgés et chez les patients atteints de cirrhose avancée[ref]Bonkovsky, Herbert L., Kristin K. Snow, Peter F. Malet, Carla Back-Madruga, Robert J. Fontana, Richard K. Sterling, Clark C. Kulig, et al. « Health-related quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis  »,. Journal of hepatology 46, nᵒ 3 (mars 2007): 420‑31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2006.10.009[/ref], alors que chez les patients plus jeune et ceux atteints d’une maladie hépatique plus légère, la gravité de la maladie ne détermine pas leur bien-être sexuel[ref]Vergniol, J., S. Duc, G. Hou, J. B. Hiriart, J. Foucher, F. Chenus, C. Fabères, et al. « Sexual Quality of Life Is Impaired in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C ». International Journal of Impotence Research 28, nᵒ 2 (mars 2016): 68‑73. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijir.2016.5[/ref].

La cirrhose s’accompagne souvent d’une altération des niveaux d’hormones sexuelles en raison d’un dysfonctionnement métabolique, d’une modification de la concentration de globuline liant les hormones sexuelles, d’une altération de la santé physique ou d’effets secondaires des médicaments, ce qui peut expliquer que ce stade va être plus délétère§re pour les personnes d’âge avancé[ref]Toda, Katsuhisa, Yoshiyuki Miwa, Shoko Kuriyama, Hideki Fukushima, Makoto Shiraki, Nobuo Murakami, Makoto Shimazaki, et al. « Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Chronic Viral Liver Disease: Its Relevance to Protein Malnutrition ». Journal of Gastroenterology 40, nᵒ 9 (1 septembre 2005): 894‑900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-005-1634-8[/ref].

3- Les difficultés sexuelles associées aux interférons

Aujourd’hui, le traitement de référence de l’hépatite C est basé sur les antiviraux à action directe (AAD). Ces nouveaux médicaments soignent toutes les formes de l’hépatite C et leurs effets secondaires sont légers.

Mais pendant des années, le traitement était basé sur l’interféron (INF), une protéine qui interfère avec la réplication virale et qui stimule l’activation des cellules immunitaires. Et c’est malheureusement encore le cas dans les pays qui n’ont pas les moyens de payer le prix exorbitant des AAD.

L’IFN est associé à une variété de symptômes comme les malaises, la fatigue, les troubles cognitifs et la dépression[ref]Foster, G. R. « Quality of Life Considerations for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C ». Journal of Viral Hepatitis 16, nᵒ 9 (septembre 2009): 605‑11. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01154.x[/ref].

Les difficultés sexuelles associées au traitement par IFN sont donc liées à l’effet combiné de la dépression et de la pathophysiologie virale.

Pendant le traitement par IFN, les patients atteints du VHC connaissent une baisse significative de tous les aspects du fonctionnement sexuel.

Toutes les études s’accordent à dire que ce déclin initial est suivi d’une amélioration progressive après la fin du traitement, ce qui est surtout évident chez les patients qui obtiennent une réponse virologique soutenue[ref]Elatrebi, Kamal, Mohamed El-Atrebi, et Hala El-Bassyouni. « Sexual Dysfunction in Males with Hepatitis C Virus: Relevance to Histopathologic Changes and Peginterferon Treatment ». Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association 17 (1 novembre 2011): 406‑10. https://doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.87183[/ref] [ref]Dove, Lorna, Raymond Rosen, Darmendra Ramcharran, Abdus Wahed, Steven Belle, Robert Brown, et Jay Hoofnagle. « Decline in Male Sexual Desire, Function, and Satisfaction During and After Antiviral Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C ». Gastroenterology 137 (1 juillet 2009): 873‑84, 884.e1. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2009.05.060[/ref] [ref]Malaguarnera, Mariano, Enzo Vicari, Aldo Calogero, Lisa Cammalleri, Ignazio Di Fazio, Maria Pia Gargante, Giovanni Pennisi, Corrado Risino, Salvatore Ranno, et Liborio Rampello. « Sexual Dysfunction in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Patients Treated with Interferon Alpha and Ribavirin ». Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research: The Official Journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research 28, nᵒ 10 (octobre 2008): 603‑9. https://doi.org/10.1089/jir.2008.0021[/ref].

En revanche, les rechutants qui continuent à recevoir un traitement d’entretien à l’IFN pendant une longue période présentent des difficultés sexuelles plus importantes que les rechutants non traités, ce qui soulève de sérieux doutes sur l’efficacité et la sécurité du traitement à long terme à l’IFN pour ce groupe de patients[ref]Snow, Kristin K., Herbert L. Bonkovsky, Robert J. Fontana, Hae-Young Kim, Richard K. Sterling, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, Timothy R. Morgan, Jules L. Dienstag, et Marc G. Ghany. « Changes in quality of life and sexual health are associated with low-dose peginterferon therapy and disease progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C ». Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 31, nᵒ 7 (avril 2010): 719‑34. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04235.x[/ref].

Le fait que les répondeurs virologiques déclarent une meilleure santé sexuelle après le traitement, alors que pour les non-répondeurs, l’IFN est associé à des difficultés sexuelles persistantes après le traitement, suggère indirectement que la déficience sexuelle associée au VHC est au moins en partie une conséquence du virus lui-même et pourrait être une cible possible pour les nouveaux agents antiviraux à action directe.

Quand les comorbidités pèsent sur la dysfonction sexuelle

La pathogenèse du dysfonctionnement sexuel lié au VHC est multifactorielle, englobant à la fois des sous-composantes physiques et psychologiques.

La plupart des études établissent une forte corrélation entre la dysfonction sexuelle et une mauvaise qualité de vie, en particulier dans le domaine physique et social, en soulignant le rôle crucial de l’évaluation standard de la santé sexuelle dans la pratique clinique quotidienne[ref]Toda, Katsuhisa, Yoshiyuki Miwa, Shoko Kuriyama, Hideki Fukushima, Makoto Shiraki, Nobuo Murakami, Makoto Shimazaki, et al. « Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Chronic Viral Liver Disease: Its Relevance to Protein Malnutrition ». Journal of Gastroenterology 40, nᵒ 9 (1 septembre 2005): 894‑900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-005-1634-8[/ref].

L’âge, le sexe et le taux de chômage sont en effet fortement associés au fonctionnement sexuel des patients atteints d’hépatite C chronique[ref]Verschuren, Jesse E. A., Paul Enzlin, Pieter U. Dijkstra, Jan H. B. Geertzen, et Rienk Dekker. « Chronic Disease and Sexuality: A Generic Conceptual Framework ». Journal of Sex Research 47, nᵒ 2 (mars 2010): 153‑70. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224491003658227[/ref].

De plus, les symptômes dépressifs sont fortement associés à une perturbation du fonctionnement sexuel et augmentent le risque de dysfonctions sexuelles associé à l’IFN[ref]Bonkovsky, Herbert L., Kristin K. Snow, Peter F. Malet, Carla Back-Madruga, Robert J. Fontana, Richard K. Sterling, Clark C. Kulig, et al. « Health-related quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis  »,. Journal of hepatology 46, nᵒ 3 (mars 2007): 420‑31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2006.10.009[/ref].

Enfin, outre la durée du traitement, d’autres paramètres sont apparus comme déterminants des dysfonctions sexuelles associées à l’IFN : l’âge avancé, la fibrose avancée, un mauvais fonctionnement physique de base, des antécédents d’hypertension, des taux de cholestérol élevés et l’utilisation d’antidépresseurs[ref]Elatrebi, Kamal, Mohamed El-Atrebi, et Hala El-Bassyouni. « Sexual Dysfunction in Males with Hepatitis C Virus: Relevance to Histopathologic Changes and Peginterferon Treatment ». Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association 17 (1 novembre 2011): 406‑10. https://doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.87183[/ref].

Conclusion

Plusieurs questions méritent encore des enquêtes rigoureuses à grande échelle, notamment le fonctionnement sexuel des femmes atteintes d’hépatite C, et l’impact des nouveaux traitements sur la santé sexuelle et la qualité de vie en général.

En outre, la sexualité humaine est un vaste phénomène aux dimensions et implications multiples, dont l’évaluation, que ce soit dans le cadre de la recherche ou dans un contexte clinique, exige du temps, de la sensibilité, de l’expertise, d’excellentes compétences en matière de communication et la capacité à créer une ambiance à la fois professionnelle mais aussi confortable et discrète.

Plusieurs études montrent que les médecins se concentrent sur différents domaines d’intérêt par rapport aux patients atteints du VHC et sont parfois perçus comme inattentifs aux besoins subjectifs des patients[ref]Cotler, S. J., R. Patil, R. A. McNutt, T. Speroff, G. Banaad-Omiotek, D. R. Ganger, H. Rosenblate, S. Kaur, S. Cotler, et D. M. Jensen. « Patients’ Values for Health States Associated with Hepatitis C and Physicians’ Estimates of Those Values». The American Journal of Gastroenterology 96, nᵒ 9 (septembre 2001): 2730‑36. [/ref].

C’est pourquoi nous sommes fermement convaincus que, lorsqu’ils évaluent les questions de santé sexuelle, les chercheurs ne devraient pas s’appuyer exclusivement sur des questionnaires d’auto-évaluation et des échelles psychométriques, mais aussi intégrer des entretiens cliniques semi-structurés, voire non structurés, permettant aux participants de communiquer un large éventail de leurs expériences subjectives.

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Part 1 (of 3) “From 2009 through 2011 the Japanese monthly magazine Geijutsu shincho featured a twenty-one-article series in which Takashi Murakami and the preeminent art historian Nobuo Tsuji engaged in a creative dialogue. For each article，Tsuji selected a group of thought-provoking Asian paintings and objects and Murakami re-imagined them.The series was entitled“Japanese Picture Contest”(Nippon e-a wase) ，making reference to the ancient aristocratic pastime of courtiers composing paintings and submitting them for judgment as examples of their knowledge and refined sensibilities.”

Top: traditional artwork

Bottom: Murakami’s re-imagination

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Dragon in Clouds—Red Mutation: The Version I Painted Myself in Annoyance After Professor Nobuo Tsuji Told Me, “Why Don’t You Paint Something Yourself for Once?”, Takashi Murakami, 2010. #art #museum @mfaboston #japanese #dragon @igboston #iphone #fullframe #red #white #splatter #drip (at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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On view—Takashi Murakami at MFA, Boston

OCTOBER 18, 2017

"Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is now on view through April 1, 2018. Contemporary works by Murakami are juxtaposed with treasures from the MFA’s renowned collection of Japanese art. The exhibition reveals how Murakami’s contemporary vision is richly inflected by a dynamic conversation with the historical past, framed by a creative dialogue with the great Japanese art historian, Professor Nobuo Tsuji. Click HERE for visitor information. __________ Image: Takashi Murakami © 2017 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

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Professor Tsuji and I are back today for an autograph signing! Join us from 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm and we will sign any official @takashipom merchandise purchased during that time (one per person, while supplies last). Free admission, enter through the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art entrance located off Museum Road. “Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics – A Collaboration with Nobuo Tsuji and the MFA” opens to members tomorrow and the public on Wednesday, October 18. @mfaboston (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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OPEN TODAY 12-7 PM. BACK IN THE BOOKSHOP: TRENDS OF JAPANESE ART IN THE 1960S : DEPARTURE FOR DIVERSITY (1983) Great book published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in 1983. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white with examples of leading firgure in 1960s Japanese art scene, across themes and movements such as Gutai, Mono-ha, Pop, Fluxus, Dada, conceptual art and much more, including profiles on Tetsumi Kudo, Yukihisa Isobe, Ushio Shinohara, Shusaku Arakawa, Takami Sakurai, Yoshio Murakami, Hisashi Indo, Tomio Miki, Nobuaki Kojima, Jiro Takamatsu, Genpei Akasegawa, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Koichi Tateishi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Koichi Tanikawa, Kei Hiraga, Ay-o, Tadanori Yokoo, Tasuo Ikeda, Tetsuro Komai, Hideo Hagiwara, Fumiaki Fukita, Yukio Fukazawa, Arinori Ichihara, Masuo Ikeda, Mitsuo Kano, Hideo Yoshihara, Tetsuya Noda, Bushiro Mouri, Saburo Muraoka, Shu Eguchi, Hisayuki Mogami, Ryokichi Mukai, Yoshikuni Iida, Bukichi Inoue, Isamu Wakabayashi, Masakazu Horiuchi, Kakuzo Tatehata, Haruhiko Yasuda, Moio Shinoda, Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Masunobu Yoshimura, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Minami Tada, Aiko Miyawaki, Nobuo Sekine, Takeo Yamaguchi, Masanari Murai, Toshinobu Onosato, Yoshishige Saito, Minoru Kawabata, Kumi Sugai, Yayoi Kusama, On Kawara, Keiji Usami, Takahiko Iimura. Texts in Japanese. One copy in the bookshop today and via our new website. #worldfoodbooks #Japan #1960s (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)

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Intro post: Tatsuki Machida

Now that the off-season is officially here, skating fans will have the opportunity to see their retired faves again and in Team Japan’s case the number of retired faves has been increasing every year. Of all TJ retired “stars”, one of them stands out through their personality, way of thinking, skating, and why not - refusal to speak to the media again.

Tatsuki Machida was what people call a “2nd tier” skater until his last couple of competitive seasons. He was the “almost there but not quite” guy.  Nobody in his family was involved with skating and he was doing it just for fun until he saw Daisuke Takahashi and decided he wanted to become a skater like him. 

His life story has inspired skaters and fans alike; thanks to him, many people were encouraged watching him get out of the crowd and reach the top. It’s probably one of the most beautiful “underdog becomes hero” fairy tales. But just like every other inspirational story, there’s more pain and sadness behind the medals than fulfillment and happiness. 

Early life

He was born a premature baby and the doctors told his mother there were chances he wouldn’t survive. His mother stood by his incubator praying until he started feeling better. 

He has a younger sister Sakura and his father is a company employee at Mazda

He was very close to his maternal grandmother Kumiko, who gave him a handmade amulet. Kumiko embroidered his silhouette on it. He always kept it in the pocket of his warm up jacket. 

When Kumiko fell sick, he wrote a letter to her: "My mother wants to visit Tottori to take care of you, but she can't. She can't leave here since I'm a figure skater. I feel very sorry for it." Kumiko died of cancer.

He used to live in Hiroshima. His mother worked in two places at the same time to pay the costs for his skating. 

When he was in the second year of University, his mother fell sick and spent over a month in the hospital. As he had seen how hard she worked, he told her "I'll try my best to earn prize money and to be a skater who will be invited to many shows. So please leave one of your two jobs" 

His mother and sister often went to see him compete. He is very close to his sister. 

Although he was living in Hiroshima, he decided to attend the same high school as Daisuke Takahashi in Kurashiki city, Okayama. He had to take the train every day.

He was obsessed with video games so much that one time he showed up at the rink with his console instead of his skating boots. 

He started taking interest in books when he traveled by train to school and back. 

He moved to Osaka when he entered Kansai University and joined the Kansai University skating club. 

The Kansai University skating club is now famous for its skaters: Nobuo and Kumiko Sato, Daisuke Takahashi, Nobunari Oda, Satoko Miyahara and Marin Honda. 

He became close friends with Takahito Mura and Keiji Tanaka.

Making a name for himself

He won the Jr National Championships in 2006 and placed 9th at the 2007 Jr World Championships

In 2008 he met Yuzuru Hanyu with whom he later developed a new friendship

In 2009 he finished 4th at the National Championships and was listed as first substitute for the Vancouver Olympics

In 2010 he won his first major international medal, a silver at the Four Continents Championships

He and Yuzuru Hanyu were assigned to their first (and same) Grand Prix event but none of them had a strong debut; Tatsuki had started trying quads in competition but he only landed one at the 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy, where he won the gold medal

In 2011 he moved to Lake Arrowhead to train with Anthony Liu, a coach he had met earlier at a summer camp 

Anthony Liu became like a father - older brother figure for him. With his help, he started to become more consistent 

In 2012 he contacted Phillip Mills after watching Ashley Wagner’s “Black Swan” program. He wanted a similar “bird-themed” program for himself. Mills choreographed Firebird for him

He became very close to Mills and his family; Mills would later describe him “A diamond; no colors, just sparkles. Sparkles of talent.”

Rise to fame and retirement 

By 2012 he had become Phillip Mills and Stephane Lambiel’s new muse; he was skating a Lambiel program for his short and a Mills program for his long

He finally qualified for the Grand Prix Final when he was 22, but finished last

He had a strong desire to go to Worlds but he finished 9th at the Japanese Nationals that same season 

He was deeply disappointed with himself but was already facing the Olympic season and he vowed he would rise from his own ashes. He shaved his head and started choreographing his first program, Byakuyako. 

At the start of the 2013-2014 season, he had only landed 2 ratified quads in competition. From then on he landed 28 in just a season and a half. 

He reached the Nationals podium for the first time, qualified for his first Olympics and Worlds and became the #2 man in the country and the world

He used to say he was aiming for the gold medal at the 2015 Worlds and was considering competing until 2018

He was talking about his FS as something that had never been seen before, and a challenge for him artistically and technically 

He forbid the media to disclose details about his new programs and he used to practice with the windows of the rink covered

His new SP, Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, was inspired by his personal experiences in his love life 

Phillip Mills told the media it was only the beginning of what Tatsuki had to offer to the audience

Nobody knew he intended to retire until the day he announced it 

The Aftermath

His mother, Yayoi Machida: “At first he was saying his goal was the World Championships. He would have possibly gone to Worlds if he had made the podium at the Nationals. Perhaps he thought he didn’t deserve to.”

He always brought around 5 books with him to every competition he went and always valued the artistic side of figure skating: for his FS Symphony no 9 he held his opening pose for 20 seconds so that the music could be longer, as the limit of 4:30 minutes was too short for the symphony.

Takahiko Kozuka: "Whenever we had meetings and press conferences we all enjoyed his comments which are well known as the ‘Machida quotes’. His way of thinking was completely different from ours and that will always be my perception of him. He was very different from me or any other skater for that matter. He was one of a kind."

Yuzuru Hanyu: “My ideal image of a man is Tatsuki. As an athlete and as a performer, he never turns away from the road he’s chosen.”

He told Takahito Mura “I know you have the ability so I’ll be counting on you to carry on the years I’ve given up on and achieve the things I couldn’t.” Mura said Tatsuki could have stayed for longer. 

“We enjoyed chatting even though he was never the type who talked much,” Mura describes Machida. “But he’s always been unique, and his breakthrough came around the time of ‘Timshel’. I was very shocked to find out that a skater who had been competing with me all this time had retired. His presence has been a big part of my life and I am truly grateful for his words - 'I entrust everything to you’. I have to get good results and do my best for him." 

"He retired just so suddenly. Otsukaresama from the bottom of my heart,” Daisuke Murakami said, choking up. “I’ve been rooting for him so much and I’ve worked so hard to catch up with him… he’s truly been an inspiration. The first word he told me was 'ganbatte’ (give your best). I will do that, keeping his words in my mind.”

At the 2012 NHK Trophy, Murakami suffered a serious injury. The socket in his right shoulder was dislocated and he needed an urgent surgery. He had to go on a long hiatus from skating to recover and he thought of retirement. But the only thing that changed his mind was Machida.“He was amazing,” Murakami says, referring to Machida’s 2013-2014 season. “He had a brilliant breakthrough at that time. His presence at the Sochi Olympics inspired me and I decided to keep going because I haven’t reached my full potential yet." 

Yoshinori Onishi, his last coach: “When I heard he retired, my wife and I burst into laughter. That’s just like him, I thought.”

Machida would always say “I’m the 6th ranked skater” and other such timid things, so Onishi told him “Humans are like this, if you only say negative words that’s how things will be. Carrying out one’s own words is essential. If you set a huge goal for yourself won’t you be able to do it and try your best?”

“Machida’s true character is actually clumsy. This boy who struggled with chasing both grad school and skating, he did so well,” Onishi said.

Phillip Mills: “Tatsuki’s Ladies in Lavender was about something completely different but I’m hoping that the people viewed it as something that helped themselves. It’s many different things that inspire me to try and give the skaters what they deserve. Something that will help them not only grow artistically but be successful competitively and to inspire hopefully the world and develop into an artist. Not just an athlete, but an artist as well. And I think Machida has done that, with me the best of anybody thus far. I was so fortunate to work with him for all those three seasons.”

Personal life

He is currently living in Saitama, near Tokyo, attending and working at the Waseda University. 

He wants to become a choreographer, art director and coach. He’d like to direct his own ice show. 

He is also dedicated to finding a way to facilitate the balance between skating and studies for elite athletes. 

He considers himself “simply a student, no longer a star” and has never spoken to the media since he retired in 2014. 

However, he keeps getting media attention whenever he appears and is always welcomed with a loud round of applause. 

When his appearance was confirmed at Prince Ice World right after his retirement, the tickets were sold out in less than 2 hours. Moreover, BS Japan broadcasted the show live for the first time in its history due to Machida’s sudden popularity.

While a classical music nerd, he also enjoys pop music and Korean pop music

He used to have a stalker who followed him closely wherever he went for about a year and a half; the stalker has disappeared from social media platforms for almost a year

He was constantly rumored to be in a relationship with fellow skater Haruka Imai; in 2014 she traveled with him in the US and Tatsuki introduced her to Phillip Mills, who choreographed her new programs

Skating style and qualities

Journalist Jean-Christophe Berlot: “As soon as Tatsuki Machida, the 2014 world silver medalist from Japan, entered into the Meriadeck rink, TV crews from Japan started following him wherever he would go, from his warm-up to concentration time to -- of course -- his practice sessions. "You can always feel when a master is entering into a hall," former great Pierre Brunet (who coached Carol Heiss to her Olympic victory) used to say. Machida's taking part in the Trophée should be an event in itself in Bordeaux.”

Tatsuki Machida on his own skating

I see figure skating as a performing art. A quadruple jump, like a quad toe, can be a piece of art in itself. A beautiful surrounding helps going into that direction, at least. So, it's important for me to use my technical capacity to create art. If you want to give a good performance, you need to understand culture, and to study the music, the composer's life, the choreography of your programs.You know -- (he smiles) -- in English, we say "figure skating," but in French, they say "artistic skating." I think they are right. Figure skating should be a performing art, just like ballet or dance. It belongs to the same category. I cherish performing arts.

During my time on the ice, I forget about the competition. I tell myself, "This is my stage." In this way I don’t just think of jumps, scores or medals. I think of expression. Jumping is also a way to express oneself. A jump is a piece of vocabulary to express one's feelings. I have to say that my skating career is 18 years old. I have worked on each one of these jumps all year long, and this for 18 years. They are just expression. I don't think of them, I just do them.The rink is my stage, and all I want to do is to focus on expression.

A quad expresses strength. It is so powerful. When I land a quad, I can hear the audience react directly. In comparison, a triple will be an enhancement to the program. I love big audiences. I always want to show my art to the entire world. In Japan, skating arenas are much bigger than this one, and they are always full!I like big audiences, especially for my long program: We have chorus in the fourth movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and a big audience makes it even more special! 

Tatsuki Machida’s skating through the audience’s eyes

His skating style has always been described as “larger than life”, “dramatic”, “grand”, and even “royal”. He had a commanding presence on the ice and his jumps were huge. He had one of the best 3A and probably the best 3Lz among all Japanese men. There was (and still is) a lot of meaning behind his programs; a thought, a personal experience, a feeling. He skates with his heart on his sleeve. He takes you along in his journey. He has the posture and lines of a ballet dancer. His best work is perhaps “The Inheritor”, a tribute to skating itself. Every jump is included in the program, in between intricate transitions and balletic choreography. It is the very essence of Tatsuki Machida - the person, the skater, the artist. 

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