#Hiroshi Mikami

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Tanabata no Kuni // 七夕の国

by Hitoshi Iwaaki & Disney+ and Hulu

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I translated the first ever interview with Young Lion Mikami Kyosuke, published on New Japan’s website, from March 8, 2010.

Hit by Hansen’s bull rope and awakened to pro wrestling! A quick interview with anticipated newcomer Mikami Kyosuke

The Act Tower Tournament was held in Hamamatsu on March 7th. There, a newcomer made his long anticipated debut against Taguchi Ryusuke.

His name is Mikami Kyosuke. Influenced by pro wrestling since childhood, he joined the prestigious Senshu University’s wrestling club in order to become a professional wrestler. We managed to catch Mikami for an interview before his match! In this first-ever interview, we talked to him about his current state of mind, his passion, and information about himself.

- Your debut match was decided rather abruptly, wasn’t it?

M: Yes. I was told five days ago. And I’m still about to b*rf (from stress.) I thought “Well, I’m debuting after Fale” (laughs) (Fale Simi Taitoko = a trainee from the same class / debuted in April)

- Mikami, please tell us about your background.

M: I did judo and amateur wrestling, and then entered Senshu University on a wrestling sports recommendation from Nigata prefecture’s Maki Agricultural High school (now Maki Sougou High School)

- That’s a famous college with a prestigious connection to pro wrestling, right?

M: Our coach was Hase Hiroshi (ex pro wrestler, current Lower House member) and Nakanishi (Manabu) would watch over our training sessions as well. Hirasawa (Mitsuhide) was a third year student there when I was a first year. But, I dropped out……

- Excuse me for asking, but why did you drop out?

M: Because I didn’t go to class. I was an economics major but I don’t have any interest in economics (laughs). I originally wanted to do pro wrestling, which is why I originally started amateur wrestling in the first place.

- So, after that?

M: I tried to enroll with New Japan Pro Wrestling, but my application didn’t make it past the initial screening. My dad scolded me, saying “What’re you gonna do about your student debt, you bastard!” and I thought “This is really bad” as I moved back to my hometown. 

I owe my dad a large amount of money to pay off my student loan. So after that, I worked construction for about a year, and then for about four years I was a freeter working at restaurants, at a beach resort, a pachinko parlor, and so on. But then in May of 2009, the (New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo) admission test rules changed, and the height restriction was removed. Hirasawa said “Hey, what’re you gonna do? You gonna go for it?” and I submitted the application one more time.

- And in June 23rd of 2009, you became a student. Were you always a pro wrestling fan?

M: Yeah. Due to my dad’s influence, I always was. When I was still in preschool, I got hit by Stan Hansen’s bull rope at an All Japan show, and my pro wrestling awakening began. All Japan, New Japan, FMW, I loved ‘em all.

- Did you tell anyone about your debut?

M: My parents and my local friends. And later I told my friends on GREE [Note from me: GREE is a gaming social media ap, so this is kind of like telling your Steam friends or something] I told them, "I'm gonna be in a match." The reactions from everyone were pretty intense. Because I hadn't told anyone I was a trainee at New Japan. I only told everyone once the company officially announced it and posted my name on the website. As you might expect, my mother is worried about me. But my grandma, who loves pro wrestling, said “YEAH, GO GET EM!” (laughs)

- What is your special move?

M: I’m just debuting right now, I don’t have a special move yet (laughs) But, since I’ve been doing amateur wrestling for so long, I think I’ll concentrate on a single leg, double leg, and tackle.

- And your “sales point” is?

M: I’ve got a stocky body type, but I’m going for “chubby yet agile.”

- And your rivals are?

M: Right now, the students in the dojo are Fale and Takahashi, and classmates are perfect as rivals. And of course I’m aware of Hirasawa as well.

- What kind of wrestler do you want to be?

M: Most of all, I want to be someone that everyone wants to cheer for. Basically, it’s stupid, but I love attention (laughs) I want to be the kind of pro wrestler that makes the fans yell “DO YOUR BEST!”

- The opponent you want to fight is?

M: There are too many to even name.

- Finally, express your enthusiasm to us in one sentence.

M: Anyway, pleased to meet you all and thank you for your support, I’ll keep working hard and doing my best. Taguchi is IWGP Jr Tag Champion so, having a person like that as my debut opponent is an incredible honor. Anyway, I plan to use the things that he has taught me. Pleased to meet you all, thank you for your support.

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The Official Certified Ψ Birthdays List™

If there's anything I missed or a character you'd like me to add, let me know!

January:

1.01 - Mineo Nobunaki (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 6.01 - Kouno Jun (Our Hero Studies) 8.01 - Tadatsugu Takayuki (Mikami Case Files) 25.01 - Satou Hiroshi (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan)

February:

14.02 - Rifuta Imu* (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 22.02 - Saitou Marietta (Kanata Seven Change) 25.02 - Kouno Fukue (Our Hero Studies) 28.02 - Arisu Makino (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan)

*Imu has two different birthdays in the manga and a later released guidebook, so she celebrates twice! The February ones comes from the guidebook, the April Date comes from the manga (likely outdated).

March:

2.03 - Hinoki Nozomi (Our Hero Studies) 3.03 - Kurusu Yayumi (Our Hero Studies) 3.03 - Daigo Domon (Kanata Seven Change) 4.03 - Teruhashi Makoto (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 7.03 -Jaga Yokota (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 3.10 - Kimura (Our Hero Studies) 24.03 - Saiki Kumi (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 25.03 - Saiki Kumagoro (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan)

April:

10.04 - Shinoda Takeru (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 12.04 - Takahashi (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 12.04 - Koriki No.2 (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 13.04 - Imu Rifuta (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 15.04 - Mera Chisato (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 24.04 - Mikami Aiko (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan)

May:

5.05 - Ikari Keinosuke (Kanata Seven Change) 9.05 - Nendou Riki (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 13.05 - Saiki Kuniharu (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 14.05 - Saiki Kurumi (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 19.05 - Kongou Tsuyoshi (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 24.05 - Yoshida (Our Hero Studies)

June:

6.06 - Iridatsu Yuuta (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 8.06 - Oono Ishio (Our Hero Studies) 10.06 - Haganeno Ken (Our Hero Studies) 10.06 - Yarizaki Hideo (Our Hero Studies) 11.06 - Yumehara Chiyo (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 14.06 - Kouki Sawakita (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 16.06 - Saiki Kuusuke (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 18.06 - Hairo Kineshi (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 19.06 - Zolbe (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 27.06 - Nakanishi Kouta / Chouno Uryoku (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan)

July:

7.07 - Kanata Aoki (Kanata Seven Change) 7.07 - Ruchi Shizuru (Kanata Seven Change) 7.07 - Holy Lance Academy Headmaster (Our Hero Studies) 12.07 - Cafe Mami Manager (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 29.07 - Nakanishi Shinya (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan)

August:

6.08 - Teruhashi Kokomi (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 16.08 - Saiki Kusuo (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 24.08 - Shuuji Murata (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 28.08 - Suzumiya Hii (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan)

September:

2.09 - Kuboyasu Aren (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 5.09 - Akechi Touma (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 5.09 - Takeuchi Riki (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 7.09 - Aiura Mikoto (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 8.09 - Saiko Metori (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 10.09 - Toritsuka Reita (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 21.09 - Matsuzaki (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 23.09 - Soul Shout (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 26.09 - Kazuya Ikemi (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 29.09 - Kase Hinako (Kanata Seven Change)

October:

3.10 - Kaidou Shun (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 10.10 - Tanaka Akio (Kanata Seven Change) 14.10 - Mrs Kaidou (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 24.10 - Madouichi Jou (Our Hero Studies) 24.10 - Nendou Midori 25.10 - Mikami Mei (Mikami Case Files)

November:

13.11 - Hitori Shuu (Our Hero Studies) 29.11 - Anpu (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan)

December:

3.12 - Itano Yoriko (Saiki Kusuo No Ψ Nan) 4.12 - Watsuki Madoka (Our Hero Studies) 8.12 - Ibaraki Muchiko (Our Hero Studies) 26.12 - Asou Shuuichi-sensei

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Because we all hate fandom wiki, here are the birthdays of every Saiki K. character that had one listed:

January 1: Mineo Nobuaki (Alphonse Calcifer Raiden)

January 4: Kumi Kouji

January 7: Azuma Muto

January 7: Kanda Pinsuke

January 8: Tadatsugu Takayuki

January 25: Satou Hiroshi

February 20: Masuda Shuuji

February 28: Makino Arisu

March 4: Teruhashi Makoto

March 7: Yokota Jaga

March 21: Saiko's Father

March 24: Saiki Kumi

March 25: Saiki Kumagoro

March 28: Morikawa Minoru

April 5: Nakamaru Kousaku

April 6: Mishima Nobuaki

April 9: Hanako (the tiger)

April 10: Shinoda Takeru

April 10: Makishima Seiya

April 13: Imu Rifuta

April 12: Takahashi

April 12: Koriki No. 2

April 15: Mera Chisato

April 24: Mikami Aiko

May 4: Tanaka Ichirou

May 9: Nendou Riki

May 9: Pushi (the cat)

May 13: Saiki Kuniharu

May 13: Busujima Susumu

May 13: Clairvoyance Mikiko

May 14: Saiki Kurumi

May 19: Kongou Tsuyoshi

June 3: Yuuta Iridatsu

June 11: Yumehara Chiyo

June 14: Kouki Sawakita

June 16: Saiki Kuusuke

June 18: Hairo Kineshi

June 19: Zolbe

June 27: Chouno Uryoko

June 29: Tanihara Kenji

July 12: Café Mami's Manager

July 12: Manabe Baiku

July 20: Akanishi Shinichi

July 23: Niwayama Kyuuji

July 29: Nakanishi Shinya

August 1: Kihachi Bunta

August 6: Teruhashi Kokomi

August 16: Saiki Kusuo

August 18: Haruno Akio

August 24: Murata Shuuji

August 28: Suzumiya Hii

August 29: Nishi Soujirou

September 2: Kuboyasu Aren

September 5: Akechi Touma

September 5: Takeuchi Riki

September 7: Aiura Mikoto

September 8: Saiko Metori

September 10: Toritsuka Reita

September 19: Oohori Kouichi

September 21: Matsuzaki

September 23: Soul Shout

September 26: Ikemi Kazuya (Michael)

October 3: Kaidou Shun

October 14: Mrs. Kaidou

October 14: Ooshima Yuuji

October 22: Kuramochi Shinsuke

October 31: Nendou Midori

November 10: Hotei Tomotaka

November 20: Takizawa Kazushi

November 29: Anpu

December 3: Itano Yoriko

December 13: Shima Kyouka

December 15: Honekawa Kinsuke

December 16: Matsuda Ippei

December 24: Onimatsu Gokuya

December 27: Sugiyama Haruo

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Actor and director Hiroshi Mikami

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The YASHA CD Drama, Stage 1; A Long-Awaited Arrival To Our Arsenal

The first thing my beloved collaborator, @toichinagae, told me about when they reached out to me was the existence of the YASHA CD drama. I was very intrigued, as I'd never heard of it before. I knew of the TV drama, in fact I'd archived it a month or so beforehand, but I never knew that there was a CD drama that not only followed the manga more closely, but also featured some anime voice actors that I NEVER would've expected to work on it!

There are two CDs, this post will be focusing on the first one, referred to as "Stage One." This CD was released on March 24th, 2000, and produced by Pioneer LDC(Currently known as NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan.). This drama's screenplay was written by Asami Watanabe(I could not find any information about them online, it seems there is a key animator by the same name, I am unsure as to if they are the same person.), with music by Nobuo Ito.(Once more, there is very little information about them online.)

The cast list, as sent to me by @toichinagae via email, is as follows(I added some notes on notable characters each voice actor has played, just because I find it interesting.):

有末 静:石川 英郎   Arisue Sei: Hideo Ishikawa(You may know him from Doukyuusei, where he played Hara-sen.) 雨宮 :辻谷 耕史  Amamiya Rin: Koji Tsujitani 有末 比佐子: 井上 喜久子 Hisako Arisue: Kikuko Inoue(You may know her from Kiki's Delivery Service, wherein she played Maki.) 雨宮 協一郎:梁田 清之  Kyoichiro Amamiya: Kiyoyuki Yanada(You may know him from Perfect Blue, wherein he played Kantoku 永江 茂市:松本 保典 Nagae Moichi: Matsumoto Yasunori(You may know him from Sk8 the Infinity, wherein he played Joe.) 永江  十市: 野島 健児 Toichi Nagae: Kenji Nojima(You may know him from Banana Fish, he voiced Eiji.) 三上 尊:子安 武人 Takeru Mikami: Takehito Koyasu(You probably know him from somewhere, I personally know him from Jojo's Bizzare Adventure as DIO, and Adam from Sk8 the Infinity.) ケン･クロサキ: 古澤 徹 Ken Kurosaki: Toru Furusawa(You may know him from the '98 Trigun anime, wherein he played Millions Knives.) ライアン博士 池田 勝  Dr. Ryan: Masaru Ikeda ホッジス少佐:中 博史 Major Hodges: Hiroshi Naka(You may know him from Cowboy Bebop, where he plays Jobim.) 伊東 泰之:飛田 展男 Yasuyuki Ito: Nobuo Tobita (Unclear on who exactly this character is. This va was in Darling In The Franxx, but I don't think he had a notable role there.) 有末 静 (12才): 山田 美穂 Sei Arisue (12 years old): Miho Yamada(..She seems to have done work for a number of projects that are not appropriate for this blog. More power to her.) (*Note Toichi's voice at 12 years old is currently unknown.)

These CDs are currently untranslated, but you can find the .wav files for both in this drive folder.

I intend on creating youtube uploads for each track, for ease of use to potential translators and general accessibility for people who's devices cannot run .wav's(..if any exist lol.)

More to come soon!!

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Japanese actor Hiroshi Mikami in Yohji Yamamoto for Mr. High Fashion 1994

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2024 olympics Japan roster

Archery

Nakanishi Junya (Okayama)

Saito Fumiya (Gifu Ichi)

Furukawa Takaharu (Aomari Ichi)

Noda Satsuki (Kitakyushu)

Athletics

Higashida Akihiro (Nara)

Ota Tomoki (Hamamatsu)

Kasai Jun (Aichi)

Ogawa Daiki (Shizuoka)

Koyama Naoki (Saitama Ichi)

Hamanishi Ryo (Osaka)

Koga Yuta (Fukuoka)

Yamamoto Shouma (Osaka)

Nishi Yudai (Tokyo)

Yoshizu Takuho (Tokyo)

Takahashi Kazuki (Iwate)

Abdul Sani-Brown (Sakado)

Sakai Ryūichirō (Toyonaka)

Uzawa Towa (Miyagi)

Iizuka Shōta (Omaezaki)

Ueyama Koki (Matsusaka)

Satō Fūga (Tokyo)

Satō Kentarō (Tokorazawa)

Nakajika Yuki (Tokyo)

Izumiya Shunsuke (Yokohama)

Rachid Muratake (Matsuda)

Takayama Shun'ya (Hiroshima)

Tsutsue Kaito (Kumamoto)

Toyoda Ken (Tokyo)

Miura Ryūji (Hamada)

Aoki Ryōma (Kuki)

Akasaki Akira (Ōzu)

Ōsako Suguru (Machida)

Ikeda Kōki (Hamamatsu)

Kiryū Yoshihide (Hikone)

Yanagita Hiroki (Tokyo)

Kawabata Kaitō (Matsusaka)

Kawano Masatora (Hyūga)

Akamatsu Ryōichi (Gifu Ichi)

Shinno Tomohiro (Hiroshima)

Hashioka Yūki (Saitama)

Roderick Dean (Kobe)

Goshima Rino (Kanazawa)

Kokai Haruka (Myoko)

Morimoto Mariko (Osaka)

Tanaka Nozomi (Ono)

Goto Yume (Kakogawa)

Yamamoto Yuma (Nagoya)

Kabasawa Wakana (Maebashi)

Takashima Yuka (Hōfu)

Fukube Mako (Hiroshima)

Tanaka Yumi (Osaka)

Ichiyama Mao (Izumi)

Suzuki Yuka (Daisen)

Fujii Nanako (Nakagawa)

Okada Kumiko (Ageo)

Yanai Ayane (Fukuoka)

Hata Sumire (Yao)

Kitaguchi Haruka (Asahikawa)

Saitō Marina (Mito)

Ueda Momone (Itoshima)

Badminton

Kōdai Naraoka (Aomori Ichi)

Nishimoto Kenta (Ise)

Hoki Takurō (Yamaguchi Ichi)

Kobayashi Yūgo (Sendai)

Watanabe Yūta (Suginami)

Yamaguchi Akane (Katsuyama)

Ōhori Aya (Aizuwakamatsu)

Matsuyama Nami (Kitakyushu)

Shida Chiharu (Hachirōgata)

Matsumoto Mayu (Sapporo)

Nagahara Wakana (Akita Ichi)

Higashino Arisa (Iwamizawa)

Basketball

Yoshii Hirotaka (Osaka)

Togashi Yūki (Shibita)

Tajon Jacobs (Los Angeles, California)

Kawamura Yuki (Yanai)

Hiejima Makoto (Fukuoka)

Kai Toews (Kobe)

Hachimura Rui (Sendai)

Watanabe Yūta (Miki)

Yūdai Baba (Toyama Ichi)

Josh Hawkinson (Shoreline, Washington)

Keisei Tominaga (Tokyo)

Hugh Hogland-Watanabe (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Stephanie Mawuli (Nagoya)

Evelyn Mawuli (Nagoya)

Takada Maki (Toyohashi)

Yoshida Asami (Tokyo)

Machida Rui (Asahikawa)

Motohashi Nako (Asaka)

Yamamoto Mai (Hiroshima)

Hayashi Saki (Itoshima)

Miyazaki Saori (Saitama)

Miyazaki Yuki (Yokohama)

Todo Nanaka (Sapporo)

Akaho Himawari (Kanazawa)

Boxing

Harada Shudai (Tokyo)

Sewon Mensah-Okazawa (Kanoya)

Breakdancing

Ono Hiroto (Tokyo)

Nakarai Shigeyuki (Sapporo)

Yuasa Ami (Kawaguchi)

Fukushima Ayumi (Kyoto)

Canoeing

Tanaka Yuuki (Tokyo)

Haneda Takuya (Toyota)

Okazaki Haruka (Tokyo)

Yazawa Aki (Iida)

Climbing

Narasaki Tomoa (Utsunomiya)

Anraku Sorato (Yachiyo)

Mori Ai (Mito)

Nonaka Mihō (Tokyo)

Cycling

Arashiro Yukiya (Ishigaki)

Ōta Kaiya (Okayama)

Obara Yuta (Hashikami)

Nakano Shinji (Hanamaki)

Nagasako Yoshitaku (Kasaoka)

Imamura Shunsuke (Ukiha)

Hashimoto Eiya (Gifu Ichi)

Kuboki Kazushige (Furudono)

Nakamura Rimu (Kyoto)

Kawaguchi Urara (Hyogo)

Yonamine Eri (Osaka)

Sato Mina (Chigasaki)

Ōhta Riyu (Ageo)

Kakita Maho (Kitakyushu)

Ikeda Mizuki (Ōnojō)

Uchino Tsuyaka (Fukuoka)

Kajihara Yūmi (Saitama Ichi)

Hatakeyama Sae (Yokohama)

Diving

Shō Sakai (Sagamihara)

Tamai Rikuto (Takarazuka)

Mikami Sayaka (Yonaga)

Enomoto Haruka (Utsunomiya)

Arai Matsuri (Itami)

Equestrian

Kawai Mike (Valkenswaard, The Netherlands)

Ōiwa Yoshiaki (Münsingen, Germany)

Tomoto Kazuma (Motosu)

Kitajima Ryūzō (Kobe)

Tanaka Toshiyuki (Fukuoka)

Shibayama Haase-Takashi (Kobe)

Satō Eiken (Ogawa)

Sugitani Taizō (Izumi)

Fencing

Kanō Kōki (Ama)

Minobe Kazuyasu (Echizen)

Yamada Masaru (Toba)

Iimura Kazuki (Kyoto)

Matsuyama Kyōsuke (Tokyo)

Shikine Takahiro (Ōita Ichi)

Nagano Yūdai (Ibaraki)

Yoshida Kento (Morioka)

Yoshimura Miho (Tokyo)

Azuma Sera (Wakayama Ichi)

Miyawaki Karin (Tokyo)

Ueno Yūka (Hita)

Emura Misaki (Ōita Ichi)

Fukushima Shihomi (Munakata)

Takashima Risa (Ōmuta)

Ozaki Seri (Sapporo)

Field hockey

Nakamura Eika (Tochigi)

Asai Yū (Hiroshima)

Suzuki Miyu (Gifu Ichi)

Nagai Yuri (Kakamigahara)

Nagai Hazuki (Kakamigahara)

Oikawa Shihori (Tokyo)

Kozuka Miki (Nikko)

Kobayakawa Shiho (Matsue)

Mori Kanon (Hiroshima)

Toriyama Mai (Tokyo)

Tanaka Saki (Morika)

Urata Kana (Osaka)

Shimada Amiru (Ōtsu)

Omoto Sakurako (Iwakuni)

Hasegawa Miyu (Matsue)

Ogawa Rika (Gifu Ichi)

Golf

Matsuyama Hideki (Sendai)

Nakajima Keita (Saitama Ichi)

Yamashita Miyū (Neyagawa)

Sasō Yūka (San Ildefonso, The Philippines)

Gymnastics

Hashimoto Daiki (Chiba Ichi)

Kazuma Kaya (Funabashi)

Oka Shinnosuke (Kamakura Ichi)

Sugino Takaaki (Kamakura Ichi)

Tanigawa Wataru (Funabashi)

Nishioka Ryusei (Higashiosaka)

Kishi Rina (Toda)

Nakamura Haruka (Osaka)

Okamura Mana (Yokkaichi)

Ushioku Kohane (Nagoya)

Mori Hikaru (Tokyo)

Handball

Nakamura Takumi (Fukuoka Ichi)

Yasuhira Kosuke (Takaoka)

Sakurai Tomoya (Mito)

Okomoto Daisuke (Yamaguchi)

Fujisaka Naoki (Fukui)

Takano Sota (Tokyo)

Sugioka Naoki (Kariya)

Yoshida Shūichi (Wakayama Ichi)

Adam Baig (Fukuoka Ichi)

Tokuda Shinnosuke (Iwakuni)

Watanabe Jin (Ōita)

Motoki Shida (Mito)

Tamakawa Hiroyasu (Tokyo)

Yoshino Tatsuki (Misato)

Judo

Nagayama Ryuju (Bibai)

Abe Hifumi (Kobe)

Hashimoto Soichi (Tokyo)

Nagase Takanori (Mito)

Murao Sanshirō (Tokyo)

Aaron Wolf (Tokyo)

Saito Tatsuru (Osaka)

Tsunoda Natsumi (Yachiyo)

Abe Uta (Kobe)

Funakobu Haruka (Fujiyoshida)

Tashiro Takaichi (Tokyo)

Niizoe Saki (Kashihara)

Takayama Rika (Tokyo)

Sone Akira (Kurume)

Pentathlon

Satō Taishū (Aomori Ichi)

Uchida Misaki (Kumagaya)

Rowing

Furutu Naoki (Tottori)

Miyaura Masayuki (Mito)

Arakawa Ryūta (Yokohama)

Hirouchi Emi (Kyoto)

Ōishi Ayama (Nagoya)

Rugby

Ishida Taiga (Kumamoto)

Ishida Kippei (Amagasaki)

Tsuoka Shotaro (Fukuoka Ichi)

Matsumoto Junya (Kagoshima)

Josua Kerevi (Viseisei, Fiji)

Fukushi Moeki (Hyogo)

Taninaka Kippei (Hyogo)

Noguchi Yoshihiro (Tokyo)

Ueda Kazuma (Hyogo)

Maruo Takamasa (Tokyo)

Okudaira Yu (Hyogo)

Koga Yoshiyuki (Tokyo)

Yoshizawa Taichi (Tokyo)

Utsumi Hanako (Yokohama)

Ōtani Mei (Kyoto)

Kajiki Marin (Fukuoka Ichi)

Saegusa Chiaki (Sapporo)

Tanaka Emii (Uozu Ichi)

Tsutsumi Honoka (Ureshino)

Nakamura Chiharu (Yokohama)

Nishi Arisa (Tokyo)

Hara Wakaba (Niigata Ichi)

Hirano Yume (Tokyo)

Matsuda Rinka (Fuchu)

Mizutani Sakura (Mie)

Sailing

Tomizawa Makoto (Kashiwazaki)

Okada Keiju (Kitakyushu)

Iitsuka Shibuki (Yokohama)

Tanaka Misaki (Higashiura)

Nagamatsu Sera (Ōita Ichi)

Oura Nishida-Capiglia (Mie)

Yoshioka Miho (Fujisawa)

Shooting

Okada Naoya (Tsuyama)

Yoshioka Dai (Kyoto)

Nobata Misaki (Ōita Ichi)

Skateboarding

Nagahara Yuro (Hakuba)

Onodero Gin'u (Yokohama)

Shirai Sora (Sagamihara)

Horigome Yūto (Tokyo)

Hiraki Kokona (Tomakomai)

Yosozumi Sakura (Iwade)

Kusaki Hinano (Tsukuba)

Yoshizawa Koko (Sagamihara)

Akama Rizu (Sendai)

Nakayama Fūna (Toyama Ichi)

Soccer

Leo Kokuba (Chiba Ichi)

Suzuki Kaito (Shizuoka Ichi)

Nishio Ryūya (Osaka)

Sekine Hiroki (Shizuoka Ichi)

Kimura Seiji (Chiba Ichi)

Kawasaki Sota (Kōfu)

Yamamoto Rihito (Yokohama)

Joel Chima-Fujita (Tokyo)

Fujio Shota (Osaka)

Saitō Kōki (Tokyo)

Hosoya Mao (Ushiku)

Nozawa Taishi (Naha)

Araki Ryotaro (Kumamoto Ichi)

Mito Shunsuke (Yamaguchi Ichi)

Takai Kota (Yokohama)

Ōhata Ayumu (Fukuoka Ichi)

Hirakawa Yu (Kashima)

Keiji Sato (Tokyo)

Uenaka Asahi (Fukuoka Ichi)

Yamada Fuki (Minakuchi)

Uchino Takashi (Chiba Ichi)

Yamashita Ayaka (Tokyo)

Hirao Chika (Matsudo)

Shimizu Risa (Kobe)

Minami Moeka (Yoshikawa)

Kumagai Saki (Sapporo)

Takahashi Hana (Kawaguchi)

Tōko Koga (Osaka)

Kitagawa Hikaru (Kanazawa)

Hasegawa Yui (Sendai)

Miyazawa Hinata (Minamiashigara)

Seike Kiko (Tokyo)

Nagano Fūka (Tokyo)

Momoko Tanikawa (Nagoya)

Fujino Aoba (Machida)

Hayashi Honoka (Uji)

Ueki Riko (Kawasaki)

Tanaka Mina (Kawasaki)

Hamano Maika (Takaishi)

Shū Ohba (Fujisawa)

Moriya Miyabi (Nara Ichi)

Ishikawa Rion (Akita Ichi)

Chiba Remina (Tsukuba)

Surfing

Inaba Reo (Ichinomiya)

Connor O'Leary (Cronulla, Australia)

Kanoa Igrashi (Huntington Beach, California)

Matsuda Shino (Yokohama)

Swimming

Matsuyama Riku (Saitama Ichi)

Takehara Hidekazu (Munekata)

Taniguchi Taku (Hyogo)

Terakado Genki (Mito)

Murasa Tatsuya (Nagoya)

Mano Hidenari (Yokohama)

Matsumoto Riku (Tokyo)

Minamide Taishin (Kainan)

Matsumoto Katsuhiro (Iwaki)

Watanabe Ippei (Tsukumi)

Hanaguruma Yu (Sakaide)

Mizunuma Naoki (Moka)

Honda Tomoru (Yokohama)

Seto Daiya (Moroyama)

Matsushita Tomoyuki (Utsonomiya)

Kanagimoto Kōnosuke (Imari)

Higa Moe (Hiroshima)

Kobayashi Uta (Nagano)

Shimada Ayano (Mie)

Wada Ami (Nagano)

Yasunaga Mashiro (Tochigi)

Sato Tomoka (Tsukuba)

Kijima Moeka (Hakusan)

Yoshida Megumu (Nagoya)

Ebina Airi (Sapporo)

Matsumoto Shiho (Shizuoka Ichi)

Hirai Mizuki (Kariya)

Ikee Rikako (Tokyo)

Suzuki Satomi (Onga)

Aoki Reona (Tokyo)

Tanigawa Ageha (Osaka)

Narita Mio (Tokyo)

Kobori Waka (Nara Ichi)

Mitsui Airi (Yokohama)

Makino Hiroko (Tokyo)

Ōhashi Yui (Hikone)

Igarashi Chihiro (Yokohama)

Shirai Rio (Takarazuka)

Ikemoto Nagisa (Nara Ichi)

Masuda Aoi (Kurashiki)

Table tennis

Shinozuka Hiroto (Nagoya)

Harimoto Tomokazu (Sendai)

Togami Shunsuke (Tsu)

Hayata Hina (Kitakyushu)

Hirano Miu (Numazu)

Harimoto Miwa (Sendai)

Tennis

Nishikori Kei (Bradenton, Florida)

Taro Daniel (Bradenton, Florida)

Naomi Osaka (Los Angeles, California)

Uchijima Moyuka (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Aoyama Shūko (Osaka)

Ena Shibahara (Rancho Palos Verdes, California)

Triathlon

Kenji Nener (Perth, Australia)

Odakura Makoto (Tokyo)

Takahashi Yūko (Mitaka)

Volleyball

Nishida Yūji (Inabe)

Ōnodera Taishi (Natori Ichi)

Fukatsu Akihiro (Hiroshima)

Miyaura Kento (Kumamoto Ichi)

Ōtsuka Tatsunori (Osaka)

Yamauchi Akihiro (Aichi Ichi)

Sekita Masahiro (Tokyo)

Takahashi Kentarō (Yamagata)

Takahashi Ran (Kyoto)

Yūki Ishikawa (Okazaki)

Kai Masato (Tokyo)

Yamamoto Tomohiro (Ebetsu)

Uchida Akiko (Tokyo)

Ishii Miki (Fujisawa)

Kojima Manami (Sendai)

Fukudome Satomi (Tokyo)

Araki Ayaka (Tokyo)

Wada Yukiko (Tokyo)

Tominaga Koyomi (Komae)

Hayashi Kotona (Osaka)

Sarina Koga (Saga Ichi)

Mayu Ishikawa (Okazaki)

Nanami Seki (Funabashi)

Inoue Arisa (Maizuru)

Nichika Yamada (Nagoya)

Miyabe Airi (Kobe)

Water polo

Watanabe Taiyo (Kyoto)

Ogihara Daichi (Kagoshima)

Kai Inoue (Los Angeles, California)

Date Kiyomu (Osaka)

Nitta Ikkei (Kanazawa)

Nishimura Towa (Kyoto)

Tanamura Katsuyuki (Ishigaki)

Adachi Seiya (Kakamigahara)

Suzuki Toi (Yamagata)

Takata Mitsuru (Hiroshima)

Inaba Yūsuke (Toyama)

Ōkawa Keigo (Tsuchiura)

Araki Kenta (Fukuoka Ichi)

Weightlifting

Miyamoto Masanori (Naha)

Murakami Eishiro (Toyama Ichi)

Suzuki Rira (Shiroi)

Wrestling

Sogabe Kyotaro (Matsuyama)

Higuchi Rei (Ibaraki Ichi)

Kiyooka Kotaro (Kōchi Ichi)

Takatani Daichi (Kyōtango)

Ishiguru Hayato (Tokyo)

Fumita Ken'ichirō (Kōfu)

Kusaka Nao (Takamatsu)

Susaki Yui (Matsudo)

Fujinami Akari (Yokkaichi)

Sakurai Tsugumi (Kōchi Ichi)

Motoki Sakura (Saitama Ichi)

Ozaki Nonoka (Tokyo)

Kagami Yuka (Yamagata Ichi)

[docrotten]

GODZILLA VS. MEGALON (1973) – Episode 199 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

“Megalon! Megalon! Wake up, Megalon! Come on, rise up now, to the Earth’s surface! Destroy the Earth! Destroy our enemies! Rise up! Go on! MEGALON!” That’s quite the cheering section you have there, Megalon. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Bill Mulligan, Jeff Mohr, and guest hosts Dirk Rogers and Bryan Clark – as they go quadruple kaiju in Toho’s Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 199 – Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)

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An inventor creates a humanoid robot (Jet Jaguar) that is seized by the undersea nation of Seatopia & used as a guide for Megalon and Gigan to destroy the above-ground dwellers as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society. In an attempt to stop them, a now independently thinking Jet Jaguar brings Godzilla into the fight.

  Director: Jun Fukuda

Writing Credits: Jun Fukuda (screenplay; Shin’ichi Sekizawa (treatment)

Music by: Riichirô Manabe 

Cinematography by: Yuzuru Aizawa 

Editing by: Michiko Ikeda 

Production Design by: Yoshifumi Honda

Special Effects by: Teruyoshi Nakano (director of special effects)

Selected Cast:

Katsuhiko Sasaki as Inventor Goro Ibuki

Hiroyuki Kawase as Rokuro ‘Roku-chan’ Ibuki

Yutaka Hayashi as Hiroshi Jinkawa

Robert Dunham as Emperor Antonio of Seatopia / Motorcycle assailant

Kôtarô Tomita as Lead Seatopian Agent

Ulf Ôtsuki as Seatopian Agent

Gentaro Nakajima as Truck Driver (credited as Gen Nakajima)

Sakyo Mikami as Truck Driver’s Assistant

Fumiyo Ikeda as Man from Unit 1

Kanta Mori as Japan Special Defense Forces Chief

Shinji Takagi as Gojira

Hideto Odachi as Megaro

Tsugutoshi Komada  as Jetto Jagâ

Kenpachirô Satsuma as Gaigan (credited as Kengo Nakayama)

With Doc and Chad occupied elsewhere, Jeff and Bill welcome guest hosts Bryan Clark and Dirk Rogers to examine a last-minute replacement feature for episode 199. Trust us, you will not be disappointed as the Grue-Crew champions another Toho, 1970s, Kaiju entry, Godzilla vs. Megalon, for some silly yet still awesome man-in-suit action. Joining Godzilla and Megalon on screen are fellow giant monsters, Gigan and Jet Jaguar. Jeff finds himself surrounded by kaiju super-fans Bill, Bryan, and Dirk. This episode should not be missed! Enjoy!

At the time of this writing, Godzilla vs. Meagalon is available to stream from Tubi, Freevee, Pluto TV, MAX, the Criterion Channel, and multiple PPV sources. The film is also available on physical media as a Blu-ray in Godzilla, the Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 (The Criterion Collection).

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode will be the podcast’s landmark bicentennial (that’s 200th, folks)! In honor of that occasion, the 70s Grue-Crew will also be celebrating the 50th anniversary of what many call the greatest horror movie of all time: The Exorcist (1973). Join us to discuss the film in which one character says, “There seems to be an alien pubic hair in my gin.”

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com.

Check out this episode!

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Yohji Yamamoto × Hiroshi Mikami (1994)

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パラサイト・イヴ 東宝株式会社 商品事業室 原作＝瀬名秀明、監督＝落合正幸、出演＝三上博史・葉月里緒奈・別所哲也・中嶋朋子 ほか

[losvolumenes]

Mishima (Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, Paul Schrader, 1985)

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Peacock King (1988)

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Films watched in 2020.

166: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Schrader, 1985)

★★★★★★☆☆☆☆

“Only knowledge can turn life's unbearableness into a weapon.“

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Grass Labyrinth (1979)

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Mayumi Ogawa and Hiroshi Mikami in Farewell to the Ark (1984) dir. Shūji Terayama

Cinematography by Tatsuo Suzuki