#takahashi ryohei

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Uchida Rio as Hanno Tomoko and Suzuki Nobuyuki as Takahashi Ryohei in Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun (2022)

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QUIZPRI Legend Star - HE★VENS Part 2

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[libertastandem]

The voice actors of Sagiri, Chōbei, Yuzuriha and Shion on the Mappa stage for Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku!

Yumiri Hanamori (voices Sagiri) is so cute!

and Rie Takahashi is just like Yuzuriha! She's so bubbly!

[geekcavepodcast]

Good Night World Trailer

The online game "Planet" is home to a powerful team of players going by the name "The Akabane Family," with its members making up a pseudo-family that only exists in-game. Unbeknownst to the players, though, the four are actually all members of a broken, real-life family: a shut-in older brother, a high-achieving younger brother, an un-respected father, and a mother neglecting her household. In the game, The Akabane Family deals with monsters, guild clashes, and the machinations of "Black Bird," the game's final objective. "The tale takes a major turn as it entangles the real world and this real family." (Netflix)

Based on the manga by Uru Okabe, Good Night World is directed by Katsuya Kikuchi from a screenplay by Michiko Yokote. The anime stars the voice talents of Daisuke Hirose (Ichi / Taichiro Arima), Nobunaga Shimazaki (AAAAA / Asuma Arima), Akio Otsuka (Shiro / Kojiro Arima), Aya Endo (May / Miyabi Arima), Aoi Yuki (Pico), Ryohei Kimura (Leon), Hiroki Nanami (Sasumata), Kenjiro Tsuda (Shigatera), Rie Takahashi (Hana Kamuro), and Inori Minase (Aya Arima)

Good Night World hits Netflix on October 12, 2023.

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[puroresu-musings]

NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 2024 Review (Jan 2nd, 2024, Ariake Arena, Tokyo)

1, GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Title 3-Way Elimination Match - Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane (c) vs. Alejandro & Ninja Mack vs. YO-HEY & Tadasuke ***3/4

2, Jake Lee, Jack Morris & Anthony Greene vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Titus Alexander & Vinnie Massaro **1/2

3, Masa Kitamiya vs. Tomohiro Ishii ****1/2+

4, Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima ****

5, Great Sakuya & Nagisa Nozaki vs. Haruka Umesaki & Miyuki Takase **1/2

6, Takashi Sugiura vs. Ulka Sasaki ***

7, Hiroshi Tanahashi & HAYATA vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshinari Ogawa ***1/2

8, GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship - Daga (c) vs. Eita ***

9, NOAH/NJPW vs. House of Torture 12 Man Elimination Match - Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino, Daiki Inaba, Shuji Kondo, Ryohei Oiwa & Junta Miyawaki vs. EVIL, Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo ***3/4

10, GHC Heavyweight Championship - Kenoh (c) vs. Manabu Soya ****1/2

11, Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kota Ibushi *

This was my first full NOAH show I've watched in forever and it was a great watch. They pulled in a great crowd of over 5K, it had very good matches up and down the card, two fantastic bouts, but unfortunately it ended with one of the worst matches you're likely to see all year...

Things started hot with the Jr. Tag Title 3-Way. You know what to expect here; lots of crazy spots, not much in the way of traditional "psychology", and 100mph action. The crowd loved this and it was a great way to kick things off. There was confusion over the elimination nature of this one, and had it ended after after the first fall, I think I'd have liked it more, but it was a great little opener with the GLG duo of YO-HEY and Tadasuke eliminating both opponents at 8:48 and 12:24 respectively to win the straps. Things cooled down a tad with the next match, which was decent enough but just your standard 6-Man, which saw the GLG were victorious again.

The next match was something of a Dream Match for me, one that's been teased for a good couple of years now as Ishii and Kitomiya, two of my favourite guys from their respective companies, had an absolute war that is a strong MOTYC only two days in! You know what to expect here, it was tsandard Ishii big match fair, which is always tremendous. They pounded each other with chops, Lariats, headbutts, forearms punches and suplexes for 15:04, before Ishii got the win with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster. Amazing. The next match too was excellent as Go Shiozaki went over ageless veteran Satoshi Kojima, in a battle of the Go-wan Lariats! This was great, and kept relatively short at 13:56. Shiozaki won after an exchange of Lariats. Go formed a new faction called Team NOAH in the post-match.

Next up we got a couple of interesting debuts. "The Great Muta's daughter" Great Sakuya (Riko Kawahata) debuted in a doubles clash which ended in a DQ after she blew the dreaded Dokukiri in poor Umesaki's face. This was very silly, and the crowd were dead for it, but whilst it certainly wasn't great, it certainly wasn't bad either. The next match was better as former MMA fighter Ulka Sasaki battled NOAH legend Takashi Sugiura in a nice little exhibition. Sasaki looked good here, and it featured some good sequences, before Sugiura naturally won at the 11 minute mark with the Olympic Yossen Slam.

After intermission we got the ZSJ/Ogawa vs. Tana/HAYATA tag match. This was really good, as you'd expect, though at nearly 18 minutes it was a little long. They teased a lot of stuff with Zack and Tanahashi for their TV Title match at the Dome tomorrow. Sabre Jr. won for his team when he submitted HAYATA with a crazy leg stretch. The GHC Jr. Title bout was decent enough, as Daga retained over Eita in exactly 13 minutes. I expected a bit more here, and it ultimatly came off as a bit of a squash as Daga dominated the whole thing, despite the crowd really wanting Eita to win. The 6 on 6 Elimationation match was actually a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. Like everyone else, I'm at the end of my tether with this HoT stuff (and don't even get me started on Narita's inexplicably asinine inclusion in this nonsense), BUT, this match proves if done right, it can be pretty great. Obviously we got all the token House silliness like the never-ending stream of low blows, interference and incompetent refereeing, but it built really well as it boiled down to Kaito and EVIL, with Kiyomiya looking like a hero as he overcame the odds and sent EVIL to the floor with a Shining Wizard at the 26:14 mark to win for the babyfaces.

The first half of the Double Main Event; Kenoh's GHC Heavyweight Title defence against former tag partner Manabu Soya came next and it was another fantastic, hard-hitting war, and another early MOTYC. We all know Kenoh's great, and I've always been a fan of Soya since his All Japan days, but he's kind of lingered in the NOAH mid-card since arriving and gotten lost in the shuffle somewhat. Well this was a coming out party if ever there were one, both guys looked fantastic here, and I was worried someone was going to get legit KO'd at points, given how hard they were hitting each other. Kenoh missed a Moonsault knee drop by a considerable margin at the end there, but recovered well by devastating the big man with some headkicks and got the submission win at 28:36 with the Kenoh Special. Excellent, excellent match. Shiozaki came out in the post match and challenged Strong Fist to a title match, which will be happening on January 13th. Count me in as these two always have great matches together. And this is where I'd recommend everyone just turn this show off...

The Marufuji/Ibushi main event *sigh*... look I'm sure everyone already knows about this match, something that once upon a time was a dream match, but in the harsh realities of 2024, was an abject nightmare. This match was all kinds of bad, as Ibushi came into this thing banged up to oblivion and physically incapable of doing... anything, really. AND IT WENT 33:26!!! Which honestly felt like a good couple of hours watching live. Ibushi announced he was working through a broken hand and foot in the days prior, and when he made his entrance with tears streaming down his face, I feared the worst. The reality is this match shouldn't have happened, or if it did, have it go like 10 minutes maximum or something. And certainly don't have it be the main event! It was total insanity to book this to go north of 30 minutes. But even then, nobody made Ibushi try to do his signature spots in this thing. The guy couldn't even get himself up to go over the ropes on a backdrop, so what made him think attempting a Moonsault to the floor was a wise move? Well, he seemingly broke his ankle doing so, and the match only descended into more of a train wreck from there. The crowd were dead, almost like they were at a funeral, the "action" was a level lower than snail pace, and watching it was a profoundly sad experience. I never thought I'd see the day when the Keiji Muto of 2023 looked more mobile and having more business being in the ring than Kota Ibushi ever. Ibushi won with Kamigoye to put everyone out of their misery, none more so than the two guys in the match, then there was a totally bizarre post match where Kiyomiya and Jake Lee came out and seemingly banished Ibushi from NOAH. Ibushi could barely stand or walk on his way to the back, and this is a match I'll never watch again in my life. I had thought about giving this a DUD, but I couldn't be that harsh given the circumstances. Also, Marufuji did try his best out there, bless him. But the fact is Ibushi needs some time away from the ring to heal. I mean, this could be the end of his illustrious in-ring career, which is beyond heartbreaking, and he's looked a shadow of his former self since he returned to wrestling last Spring, but he wasn't even the same person out there on this show.

All in all, this was a great supershow from NOAH, marred slightly by a catastrophically bad main event, for obvious reasons. But I recommend everyone check it out up the fab Kenoh/Soya match, and just pretend the Ibushi/Maru match never happened.

NDT

[wrestlingisfake]

King of Pro Wrestling preview

Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - Naito is defending the IWGP world heavyweight championship. Sabre scored a win over Naito in July, during the G1 Climax, before going on to win the whole tournament. Normally the G1 winner would receive a title match at the Tokyo Dome in January, but Zack has elected to skip the wait and do it now. He hopes to win the title and bring it to the London show on October 20. Zack is already scheduled to face SANADA at that show; if he's successful here, that will become his first title defense.

New Japan desperately needs to establish a wave of new stars, and at 37 years old, Sabre is not exactly the ideal candidate to lead the next generation. But at this point New Japan has booked themselves into a corner. Naito is 42 and looks increasingly worn down, Hiroshi Tanahashi is a spent force at 47, and everybody else at their level has signed with WWE or AEW. EVIL, Shingo Takagi, and Sanada didn't catch fire. The Reiwa Musketeers (Shota Umino, Ren Narita, and Yota Tsuji) are still years away from being allowed to grab the brass ring, with Yuya Uemura and Ryohei Oiwa bottlenecked in line behind them. So under the circumstances, Sabre is the best available option in 2024.

That doesn't make it a lock Sabre will win the big one here. When Kenny Omega won the G1 in 2016, I was certain he'd be coronated as the top champion right away, but it didn't end up happening for almost two years. I don't really think they should pull the rug out from Sabre, but they're not afraid to do it if they're not ready to put a new guy on top.

It's particularly hard to predict New Japan's future plans because we have no idea what the Tokyo Dome main event will end up being. Normally that match would be locked in by now, and this year we can't be certain either Naito or Sabre will make it to Wrestle Kingdom. I suspect there's a reason for that, but I can't figure out what it could be.

I haven't gotten much out of Naito's matches lately, so this will mainly depend on the drama of Sabre trying to beat a top guy who's always been a cut above him, to finally score the crowning achievement of his career. If he doesn't win, a lot of fans are going to be bitterly disappointed, and I don't think New Japan will have a contingency plan for that. So I'm pulling for him, but I've been burned too many times to count on a title change.

David Finlay vs. Hirooki Goto - Finlay defended the IWGP global title against YOSHI-HASHI a couple of weeks ago, so now Yoshi's partner Goto wants a shot. These two were scheduled to meet on March 16 during the New Japan Cup, but Finlay had to withdraw due to a medical issue. When they finally squared off in August, Goto scored an upset victory. So Finlay is looking for some vengeance.

I'd love to tell you Goto has at least a shot of winning, but I can't convince myself of that. Finlay is just going to roll over this guy like he did Yoshi. These are placeholder matches against lower midcarders because Finaly has run out of guys that are worth beating. I'd like to think that after this match a young guy will step up to challenge him for the Tokyo Dome, but there aren't really that many young guys handy to fill that role. With that in mind, it's no wonder Finlay has--and will retain--the #2 heavyweight belt in the promotion.

DOUKI vs. SHO - Sho attacked Douki on September 29 and swiped the IWGP junior heavyweight title, so this is one of those matches where the champion intends to get his belt back by giving a title shot to the guy who stole it. I really don't need another run for Sho as the undeserving chickenshit heel champion. Douki should retain.

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shota Umino & El Phantasmo vs. EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru - This is billed as Tanahashi's 25th anniversary match, celebrating his in-ring debut in 1999. This is a trios match, and Tana is one of the NEVER trios champions, and Evil's team has been chasing that title for weeks. But for this match Tana is teaming with ELP and Shota instead of Toru Yano and Oleg Boltin, so the belts aren't at stake. I'm not sure what the point is, except that Shota finally convinced Phantasmo to stop thinking about joining Houe of Torture, and formally align with Hontai. An American booker would use this opportunity to fake us out and have ELP go ahead and double-cross the Hontai team to help Evil's team win. But I can't see New Japan doing that. More likely Yujiro or Nobu will simply lose the fall.

Jeff Cobb vs. Yota Tsuji vs. Ren Narita - Cobb's NJPW World television title is on the line, so this match has a 15-minute time limit. The first man to score a pin or submission on either opponent within the time limit will win the match and the title. On September 8, Cobb retained his belt against Tsuji in a time limit draw, and then Narita attacked both men to put himself in the title picture. I figure this is a way to move the title to Narita without cleanly beating either guy.

Shingo Takagi vs. Ryohei Oiwa - Takagi regained the NEVER title on September 29, and Oiwa stepped up to be the first challenger. I don't want to say it's too soon for Oiwa to get a push and/or a title run. But HENARE spent years trying to win the NEVER belt, and he finally won it from Shingo, only to lose it right back. If he's still just a good hand, I don't know why they'd strap a rocket to Oiwa's back. Something tells me this will be a straightforward win for Takagi, where the story for Oiwa will be how good he looked in defeat.

Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls vs. Bad Luck Fale & Caveman Ugg - Haste and Nicholls are defending the IWGP heavyweight tag title. The STRONG tag title is not at stake; Haste and Nicholls are scheduled to defend that one on October 20. Fale was a key member of Bullet Club, but he hasn't done much in Japan lately as he's been focused on the Bullet Club subgroup, Rogue Army, over in NJPW's shows in Australia and New Zealand. Ugg is a caveman in said Rogue Army. I could see this going either way. World Tag League is coming up, but I can't really see how it'd make a difference which of these teams heads into that with the belts.

Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney vs. KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight - Knight pinned Moloney in a trios match on August 30, so now he gets a shot for the IWGP junior heavyweight tag title. This is the first time he's teamed with Kushida since June, and the first time the Intergalactic Jet Setters have challenged for the junior tag title since April. In two-on-two matchups, the Jet Setters are 2-1 against the champions, but they've never beaten Connors and Moloney when the gold is on the line. I've been ready for a junior tag title change for a while now, but I don't have much confidence it'll happen this time. The safe bet is for the champs to retain.

Mistico vs. Hiromu Takahashi - Mistico is the MLW middleweight champion and the CMLL historic middleweight champion, but neither of those titles is at stake here. I think the story here is that Hiromu just wants to wrestle him. It seems like a pretty huge match, so it's kind of weird it's just opening the show. Mistico probably needs to win, unless they're setting up a title match someplace.

[kdramalands]

year-end drama recommendation

She's back and she's ready to share. Welcome to my annual year-end drama recommendation project where I share my favourite Japanese dramas I've watched during the year.

I hope 2023 was kind to you all!

I'm certainly not ready to end my year yet. As you can see, I still have 3 dramas to recommend to you all. Starting from today, 29th of December, till 31st of December — New Year's Eve, I will post one review a day, as I do every year and I will continue to do so until the end of the world (or just about when the barely working letter v key finally drives me mad, so please do not mention when there's a v missing in my notes, it's just my keyboard). I hope my short 2023 list won't disappoint! Now, I proudly present

1. Takahashi-kun from the Bicycle Shop (2022)

8eps, 25min each

Short, but sweet love story between a classic shy OL female lead, struggling in a toxic work environment, and a bleached-hair yankee male lead, who works at the bicycle repair shop owned by his grandpa. Main characters bond over... you're not going to believe this— a bicycle.

The plot is basically it. A slightly bumpy bicycle ride love story. No more, no less. There are no convoluted issues, no deep misunderstandings, and no dramatic scenes. Main couple meets over a slipped chain on Tomoko's precious bicycle, Deep Impact. Later, it turns out that Ryohei hates her squeaky brakes with passion every time she passes by his shop on her way to work, and recommends her to drop by to get it fixed.

Initially, Tomoko is a people pleaser, too afraid to refuse, and giving off the impression of an overly shy person, while Ryohei is bold, brutally honest, and — frankly — scaring people away with his delinquent image. As the story progresses and the couple gets to know each other more, she learns from him and he learns from her. They are wonderful to each other and the communication between them is so clear. The shortness and simpleness of this drama did not deter me from it, and I'm so glad it didn't because the chemistry between the characters made my heart flutter.

Part 2 || Part 3

[banqanas]

VIVA LA EVOLUCION (voice drama part) translations

BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE

CAST: SKEET ≠ Fukahori Miku (CV: Hosoya Yoshimasa) FUTURE ≠ Sunada Masahiro (CV: Kimura Ryohei)

0:00

Future: Now that you think about it, "skills" are as unique as the team themselves, huh. If we’re to compare them with jobs in games…

Future: Mad Jesters are thieves*.

Skeet: Rowdy Shogun are warriors*. ASTRO9 are sorcerers*, right.

Skeet: What about us, Future?

Future: I heard Libra and Yuki calling ourselves copycat experts.

Skeet: Yeah, that sounds about right. And Claude and X are the cheaters.

Future: But our skills isn’t just your typical copying or cheat codes.

Future: Our “scanning” isn’t just analysing and generating a cheap imitation.

Future: You gotta add some spice, do sometweaking, or even mix them up to reach beyond that skill's abilities. That’s real hacking.

Skeet: And in Super Tokyo, nothing is more superior than "copying" ability .

Skeet: Those upper class guard dogs Blue Shield probably doesn’t even realise we’re hacking their firewall.

2:57

Future: Where’s all that big talk just now dude? I thought you said you could break down Blue Shield’s security with your eyes closed!

Skeet: Get off my back! I’m almost in so shut your trap.

Future: I’ve always hated those guards. Nice to have an opportunity to get back at them.

Future: Let’s see what’s up their sleeves.

Skeet: Scanning complete!

Skeet: We can manipulate them to our orders now. Same with their drones and beams too.

Future: Now you’re talking. Let’s bring this game to the real open world!

Skeet: It’s the Blue Shield! We’re under attack!

Future: Shit, let’s bounce!

Future: Skill activate!

TL notes:

Unlike the earlier tracks, the setting for this voice drama takes place in Volume 1 of the novel. You can read a summary of the novel here.

*In the novel, the jobs for each team was written in kanji but had english reading. The meaning are pretty much the same if not a bit awkward.

Usual translation disclaimer apply, with extra grain of salts. Earsubbing technical terms is out of my regular repertoire.

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Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku TV anime - PV2

Singer Ringo Sheena and musical project Millennium Parade are collaborating on the opening theme song "WORK."

Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku TV anime will premiere on April 1, 2023.

Cast

Chiaki Kobayashi as Gabimaru

Yumiri Hanamori as Yamada Asaemon Sagiri

Kensho Ono as Yamada Asaemon Tōma

Rie Takahashi as Yuzuriha

Tetsu Inada as Tamiya Gantetsusai

Ryohei Kimura as Aza Chōbei

Aoi Ichikawa as Yamada Asaemon Fuchi

Chikahiro Kobayashi as Yamada Asaemon Shion

Yūsuke Kobayashi as Yamada Asaemon Tenza

Makoto Koichi as Nurugai

Daiki Yamashita as Yamada Asaemon Senta

Staff

Director: Kaori Makita

Series composition: Akira Kindaichi

Character Design: Akitsugu Hisagi

Music: Yoshiaki Dewa

Animation Production: MAPPA

Planning: Twin Engine

[connorjesup]

Thank you for taking me home. We're going out, after all. That's all you've been saying today. It's even making you laugh too.

[naritaren]

Wrestle Kingdom Predictions

Alrighty, here we go! Ryohei Oiwa vs. Boltin Oleg - Oiwa probably. It's got a 3 minute time limit so who knows. Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima and Togi Makabe vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Minoru Suzuki and Tiger Mask - Suzuki's team will take this. Catch 2/2 (TJP and Akira) vs LiYoh (Yoh and Lio Rush) - LiYoh Kairi v Tam Nakano - Kairi wins and Sasha Banks challenges after FTR vs Bishamon (Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) - Bishamon. FTR is dropping belts for a reason. Say good bye to these. ZSJ vs Ren Narita - ZSJ finally gets singles gold (pls) Karl Anderson vs Tama Tonga - Tama wins this or I'll fly to Japan myself and shank Gedo Keiji Muto, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shota Umino vs LIJ - LIJ is losing here. I think Sanada eats the pin from Shota Taiji Ishimori vs. El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Master Wato - El Desperado. (pls) Will Ospreay vs Kenny Omega - Kenny wins this one. I suspect nooj wants a belt in America on American tv and if FTR doesn't have the belts, Kenny can have this one. Okada vs Jay White - Okada wins and we start running back Okada vs Ospreay.

[thepeoplesmovies]

Watch Unsettling Trailer For Anime The Summer Hikaru Died

Netflix have released the first official teaser Trailer for upcoming Anime series The Summer Hikaru Died, set for release in 2025. The series is based Mokumokuren’s hit manga of the same name. Kadokawa published 5 volumes via their Young Ace Up comic book and now Ryohei Takeshita (Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night) directs the anime. Yuichi Takahashi is hand the main animation direction along…

[wild-icarus]

Ensemble, "Ca ira mon amour"/サ・イラ・モナムール Costume (Various) 1789 Les Amants de la Bastille Jp Toho 2018 (1/1)

The dance pairs/"couples":

Okubo Tetsuya and Hashimoto Yukiko (1st row L and R)

Togin Daisuke and Ori Saori (1st row center)

Tatsunori Senna and Matsushima Ran (2nd row L)

Kagaya Masato and Hirai Kotomi (2nd row center)

Matsunaga Kazuya and Shimada Yui (2nd row R)

Ohba Yusuke and Inoue Mayuko

Samejima Takuma and Higashikawa Ayumi

Suzuki Ryohei and Kitada Ryoko

Takahashi Shota and Sugiura Sayuri

Hashida Yasushi and Ide Eriko

Yamashita Ginji and Tsumugi Masui

[movienized-com]

Jigokuraku

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Serie / 地獄楽 / Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku Jahr: 2023- Genre: Anime / Action / Abenteuer Hauptrollen: Chiaki Kobayashi, Yumiri Hanamori, Mamiko Noto, Chikahiro Kobayashi, Rie Takahashi, Makoto Furukawa, Kenshô Ono, Daiki Yamashita, Yûsuke Kobayashi, Tetsu Inada, Ryohei Kimura, Shunichi Toki, Makoto Koichi … Serienbeschreibung: Eine Gruppe von Gefangenen und ihren Wärtern wird auf eine…