#Kazuki Iwamoto

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Pentagon Pursuit | Part 2 | Robaato Rasamu's Job Hunt

#FM24 #PentagonPursuit Part 2: Robaato Rasamu's Job Hunt. Our #PentagonChallenge gets started as our new Japanese protagonist goes on the hunt for his first job as a #FootballManager. He has a few decent job and potentially lands on his feet. Read here:

Fledgling 39-year-old Football Manager Robaatu Rasamu was on the job hunt, fresh from completing a thesis exploring the evolution of the beautiful game. He was keen to follow in the footsteps of his heroes, including the likes of Marcelo Bielse, Fernando Diniz, Sir Alex Ferguson, José Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti. But, with no coaching experience and only Sunday League Football playing…

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2020 Olympics Japan Roster

Archery

Kawata Yūki (Hiroshima)

Muto Hiroki (Tokyo)

Furukawa Takaharu (Aomori)

Nakamura Miki (Yokohama)

Azusa Yamauchi (Tokyo)

Hayakawa Ren (Tokyo)

Athletics

Bruno Dede (Matsumoto)

Koike Yūki (Otaru)

Tada Shūhei (Higashiōsaka)

Yamagata Ryōta (Hiroshima)

Abdul Sani-Brown (Sokado)

Iizuka Shōta (Omaezaki)

Yamashita Jun (Tsukuba)

Julian Walsh (Hiroshima)

Bandō Yūta (Sumoto)

Hiroki Matsueda (Tokyo)

Akira Aizawa (Sukagawa)

Tatsuhiko Ito (Hamamatsu)

Ryoma Aoki (Kuki)

Ryūji Miura (Hamada)

Yamaguchi Kōsei (Higashiura)

Izumiya Shunsuke (Kanagawa)

Kanai Taiō (Hakodate)

Takayama Shun'ya (Hiroshima)

Abe Takotoshi (Tokyo)

Kazuki Kurokawa (Shimonoseki)

Hiromu Yamauchi (Aizuwakamatsu)

Kiryū Yoshihide (Hikone)

Rikuya Itō (Funabashi)

Kaito Kawabata (Matsusaka)

Satō Kentarō (Tokorozawa)

Aoto Suzuki (Saitama)

Shogo Nakamura (Yokkaichi)

Ōsako Suguru (Machida)

Yuma Hattori (Tōkamachi)

Ikeda Kōki (Hamamatsu)

Takahashi Eiki (Hanamaki)

Yamanishi Toshikazu (Kyoto)

Hayato Katsuki (Chukushino)

Masatora Kawano (Hyuga)

Satoshi Maruo (Kyoto)

Hashioka Yūki (Saitama)

Shiroyama Shōtarō (Hakodate)

Tsuha Hibiki (Kawagoe)

Takashi Etō (Mie)

Tobe Naoto (Noda)

Ejima Masaki (Kanagawa)

Yamamoto Seito (Okazaki)

Takuto Kominami (Sapporo)

Yu Ishikawa (Isehara)

Ran Urabe (Tokyo)

Tanaka Nozomi (Ono)

Kaede Hagitani (Saku)

Hironaka Ririka (Nagasaki)

Andō Yuka (Toyokawa)

Niiya Hitomi (Sōja)

Aoki Masumi (Okayama)

Kimura Ayako (Hiroshima)

Asuka Terada (Sapporo)

Yuna Yamanaka (Sakai)

Hanae Aoyama (Kobe)

Kodama Mei (Usuka)

Remi Tsuruta (Kagoshima)

Ami Saito (Takahashi)

Ichiyama Mao (Izumi)

Maeda Honami (Osaka)

Suzuki Ayuko (Toyohashi)

Fujii Nanako (Nakagawa)

Okada Kumiko (Ageo)

Kitaguchi Haruka (Asahikawa)

Boxing

Tanaka Ryōmei (Tokyo)

Sewon Okazawa (Tokyo)

Moriwaki Yuito (Tokyo)

Narimatsu Daisuke (Kumamoto)

Namiki Tsukimi (Narita)

Irie Sena (Tokyo)

Canoeing

Haneda Takuya (Toyota)

Adachi Kazuya (Tokyo)

Takanori Tōme (Tokyo)

Hiroki Fujishima (Kamikuishiki)

Yusuke Miyata (Wakayama)

Matsushita Momotarō (Komatsu)

Keiji Mizumoto (Yahaba)

Ayano Sato (Tokyo)

Yazawa Aki (Iida)

Teruko Kiriake (Yame)

Manaka Kubota (Kiyose)

Yuka Ono (Honjō)

Cycling

Arashiro Yukiya (Ishigaki)

Nariyuki Masuda (Sendai)

Nitta Yūdai (Aizuwakamatsu)

Wakimoto Yūta (Fukui)

Hashimoto Eiya (Gifu)

Yamamoto Kōhei (Makubetsu)

Nagasako Yoshitaku (Kasaoka)

Rim Nakamura (Kyoto)

Kaneko Hiromi (Yokkaichi)

Yonamine Eri (Osaka)

Kobayashi Yūka (Tosu)

Kajihara Yūmi (Saitama)

Kisato Nakamura (Chiba)

Miho Imai (Maebashi)

Sae Hatakeyama (Aigle, Switzerland)

Minato Oike (Shimada)

Diving

Terauchi Ken (Takarazuka)

Sakai Shō (Tokyo)

Reo Nishida (Osaka)

Tamai Rikuto (Takarazuka)

Hiroki Ito (Zama)

Murakami Kazuki (Ehime)

Mikami Sayaka (Yonago)

Arai Matsuri (Itami)

Haruka Enomoto (Utsunomiya)

Hazuki Miyamoto (Kōchi)

Itahashi Minami (Takarazuka)

Fencing

Tomohiro Shimamura (Tokyo)

Kaito Streets (Tokyo)

Kento Yoshida (Morioka)

Yudai Nagano (Ibaraki)

Kanō Kōki (Ama)

Minobe Kazuyasu (Echizen)

Yamada Masaru (Toba)

Uyama Satoru (Takamatsu)

Kyosuke Matsuyama (Tokyo)

Saitō Toshiya (Tokyo)

Shikine Takahiro (Tokyo)

Tokunan Kenta (Ikeda)

Rio Azuma (Osaka)

Tsuji Sumire (Gifu)

Nozomi Satō (Fukui)

Sera Azuma (Wakayama)

Yuka Ueno (Tokyo)

Aoki Chika (Minamiechizen)

Misaki Emura (Tokyo)

Norika Tamura (Mizuho)

Shihomi Fukushima (Munakata)

Rio Azuma (Wakayama)

Sumire Tsuji (Gifu)

Judo

Takatō Naohisa (Tokyo)

Abe Hifumi (Tokyo)

Ōno Shōhei (Naha)

Takanori Nagase (Ibaraki)

Mukai Shōichirō (Hongo)

Aaron Wolf (Shin-Koiwa)

Harasawa Hisayoshi (Shimonoseki)

Tonaki Funa (Sagamihara)

Abe Uta (Kobe)

Yoshida Tsukasa (Kyoto)

Tashiro Miku (Tokyo)

Arai Chizuru (Yorii)

Hamada Shōri (Kirishima Ichi)

Sone Akira (Kurume)

Karate

Naoto Sago (Tokyo)

Ken Nishimura (Fukuoka)

Araga Ryūtarō (Kyoto)

Kiyuna Ryō (Okinawa Ichi)

Miyahara Miho (Fukuoka)

Someya Mayumi (Tokyo)

Uekusa Ayumi (Tokyo)

Shimizu Kiyou (Osaka)

Pentathlon

Iwamoto Shōhei (Saga)

Tomonaga Natsumi (Saitama)

Rena Shimazu (Asaka)

Sailing

Nanri Kenji (Kanagawa)

Hokazono Junpei (Hioki)

Okada Keiju (Kitakyushu)

Koizumi Ibuki (Tokyo)

Leo Takahashi (Auckland, New Zealand)

Shibuki Iitsuka (Enoshima)

Tomizawa Makoto (Kashiwazaki)

Segawa Kazumasa (Sakaiminato)

Shibuki Iitsuka (Yokohama)

Anna Yamazaki (Hayama)

Eri Hatayama (Enoshima)

Sunaga Yuki (Sakado)

Doi Manami (Yokohama)

Yoshida Ai (Karatsu)

Yoshioka Miho (Enoshima)

Takano Sena (Suita)

Eri Hatayama (Zushi)

Shooting

Hiroyuki Ikawa (Tokyo)

Shigetaka Oyama (Toda)

Takayuki Matsumoto (Nagasaki)

Okada Naoya (Tsuyama)

Shiori Hirata (Kanagawa)

Haruka Nakaguchi (Kyoto)

Satoko Yamada (Saitama)

Kojiro Horimizu (Zentsūji)

Hiroyuki Ikawa (Yokohama)

Dai Yoshioka (Kyoto)

Ishihara Naoko (Tokyo)

Nakayama Yukie (Yūki)

Shiori Hirata (Nomi)

Haruka Nakaguchi (Kusatsu)

Chizuru Sasaki (Morioka)

Satoko Yamada (Kōka)

Softball

Fujita Yamato (Sasebo)

Ueno Yukiko (Fukuoka)

Goto Miu (Nagoya)

Mine Yukiyo (Fukuoka)

Kiyohara Nayu (Osaka)

Agatsuma Haruka (Tokyo)

Ichiguchi Yūka (Kanagawa)

Yamamoto Yū (Tokyo)

Hitomi Kawabata (Tokyo)

Atsumi Mana (Hamamatsu)

Minori Naito (Osaka)

Saki Yamazaki (Kakegawa)

Harada Nodoka (Sōja)

Mori Sayaka (Tokyo)

Yamada Eri (Fujisawa)

Climbing

Harada Kai (Kanagawa)

Narasaki Tomoa (Utsunomiya)

Noguchi Akiyo (Ibaraki)

Nonaka Mihō (Tokyo)

Surfing

Kanoa Igarashi (Huntington Beach, California)

Ōhara Hiroto (Chiba)

Maeda Mahina (Pupukea, Hawaii)

Tsuzuki Amuro (Shōnan)

Swimming

Honda Tomoru (Yokohama)

Ikari Yūki (Okayama)

Mura Ryūya (Yonago)

Shoma Sato (Tokyo)

Akira Namba (Yokkaichi)

Takahashi Kōtarō (Shizuoka)

Hagino Kōsuke (Oyama)

Irie Ryōsuke (Tennōji-Ku)

Kawamoto Takeshi (Nagoya)

Matsumoto Katsuhiro (Kanamachi)

Mizunuma Naoki (Tochigi)

Nakamura Katsumi (Tokyo)

Seto Daiya (Moroyama)

Sunama Keita (Yamatokoriyama)

Seki Kaiya (Tokyo)

Shioura Shinri (Isehara)

Miyu Namba (Yamaguchi)

Ageha Tanigawa (Tokyo)

Nagisa Ikemoto (Tokyo)

Aoi Masuda (Kobe)

Minamide Taishin (Kainan)

Yanagimoto Kōnosuke (Imari)

Konishi Anna (Toyooka)

Aoki Reona (Tokyo)

Hasegawa Suzuka (Kita)

Kobori Waka (Nara)

Ōhashi Yui (Hikone)

Teramura Miho (Nagareyama)

Watanabe Kanako (Tokyo)

Igarashi Chihiro (Kanagawa)

Ikee Rikako (Tokyo)

Ōmoto Rika (Kyoto)

Sakai Natsumi (Saitama)

Shirai Rio (Takarazuka)

Kida Yumi (Akasaka)

Namba Miyu (Nara)

Tanigawa Ageha (Shijonawate)

Ikemoto Nagisa (Uji)

Masuda Aoi (Kurashiki)

Inui Yukiko (Ōmihachiman)

Megumu Yoshida (Nagoya)

Fukumura Juka (Kyoto)

Kijima Moeka (Hakusan)

Okina Kyogoku (Higashioka)

Mayu Tsukamoto (Oamishirasato)

Mashiro Yasunaga (Higashioka)

Yanagisawa Akane (Saitama Ichi)

Table Tennis

Harimoto Tomokazu (Sendai)

Niwa Kōki (Tomakomai)

Mizutani Jun (Iwata)

Ishikawa Kasumi (Yamaguchi)

Itō Mima (Iwata)

Hirano Miu (Numazu)

Taekwondo

Ricardo Suzuki (Tokyo)

Sergio Suzuki (Tokyo)

Yamada Miyu (Aichi)

Hamada Mayu (Saga)

Volleyball

Ishijima Yūsuke (Matsubushi)

Shiratori Katsuhiro (Tokyo)

Shimizu Kunihiro (Fukui Ichi)

Ōnodera Taishi (Natori Ichi)

Fujii Naonobu (Miyagi Ichi)

Yamauchi Akihiro (Aichi Ichi)

Nishida Yūji (Inabe)

Sekita Masahiro (Tokyo)

Ishikawa Yūki (Aichi Ichi)

Lee Haku (Miyazaki Ichi)

Takanashi Kenta (Yamagata Ichi)

Ōtsuka Tatsunori (Osaka)

Yamamoto Tomohiro (Ebetsu)

Takahashi Ran (Kyoto)

Miki Ishii (Fujisawa)

Megumi Murakami (Echizen)

Ai Kurogo (Utsunomiya)

Koga Sarina (Saga)

Tasahiro Kanami (Ōtsu)

Mayu Ishikawa (Okazaki)

Shimamura Haruyo (Kamakura)

Kobata Mako (Kyoto)

Ishii Yuki (Kurashiki)

Mai Okumura (Nagatoro)

Araki Erika (Kurashiki)

Momii Aki (Sagamihara)

Hayashi Kotona (Kyoto)

Yamada Nichika (Toyota)

Wrestling

Otoguro Keisuke (Kōfu)

Otoguro Takuto (Kōfu)

Shohei Yabiku (Yokohama)

Fumita Ken'ichirō (Kōfu)

Takahashi Yūki (Kunawa)

Takatani Sōsuke (Kyōtango)

Yabiku Shōhei (Naha)

Susaki Yui (Matsudo)

Mukaida Mayu (Yokkaichi)

Kawai Risako (Tsubata)

Kawai Yukako (Tsubata)

Doshō Sara (Matsusaka)

Minagawa Hiroe (Uji)

Badminton

Momota Kento (Mitoyo)

Tsuneyama Kanta (Ōtsu)

Endō Hiroyuki (Tokyo)

Watanabe Yūta (Suginami)

Kamura Takeshi (Saga Ichi)

Sonoda Keigo (Yatsuhiro)

Yamaguchi Akane (Katsuyama)

Okuhara Nozomi (Ōmachi)

Fukushima Yuki (Kumamoto Ichi)

Hirota Sayaka (Kumamoto Ichi)

Matsumoto Mayu (Akita Ichi)

Nagahara Wakana (Akita Ichi)

Higashino Arisa (Iwamizawa)

Baseball

Kōyō Aoyagi (Yokohama)

Iwazaki Suguru (Shimizu)

Morishita Masato (Ōita Ichi)

Itoh Hiromi (Kayabe)

Yamamoto Yoshinobu (Bizen)

Tanaka Masahiro (Itami)

Yamasaki Yasuaki (Tokyo)

Kuribayashi Ryoji (Aisai)

Yūdai Ōno (Kyoto)

Senga Kodai (Gamagōri)

Taira Kaima (Ishigaki)

Umeno Ryūtarō (Nakagawa-Cho)

Kai Takuya (Ōita Ichi)

Yamada Tetsuto (Toyooka)

Genda Sōsuke (Ōita Ichi)

Asamura Hideto (Osaka)

Kikuchi Ryosuke (Tokyo)

Sakamoto Hayato (Itami)

Murakami Munetaka (Kumamoto Ichi)

Kondō Kensuke (Chiba Ichi)

Yanagita Yūki (Hiroshima)

Kurihara Ryōya (Fukui Ichi)

Yoshida Masataka (Fukui Ichi)

Suzuki Seiya (Tokyo)

Basketball

Togashi Yūki (Shibata)

Makoto Hiejima (Kyoto)

Hachimura Rui (Sendai)

Leo Vendrame (Nobeoka)

Watanabe Yūta (Zentsūji)

Kanamaru Kosuke (Fukuoka Ichi)

Baba Yūdai (Toyama Ichi)

Gavin Edwards (Funabashi)

Tanaka Daiki (Unzen)

Avi Schafer (Osaka)

Hugh Watanabe (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Harimoto Tenketsu (Nisshin)

Ira Brown (Willis, Texas)

Ochiai Tomoya (Tsuchiura)

Tominaga Akirasei (Nagoya)

Yasuoka Ryūto (Koshigaya)

Nagaoka Moeko (Urakawa)

Maki Takada (Toyohashi)

Miyoshi Naho (Ichikawa)

Rui Machida (Asahikawa)

Motohashi Nako (Tokyo)

Todo Nanako (Sapporo)

Hayashi Saki (Itoshima)

Evelyn Mawuli (Toyohashi)

Saori Miyazaki (Shibuya)

Miyazawa Yuki (Yokohama)

Akaho Himawari (Ishikawa)

Monica Okoye (Tokyo)

Stephanie Mawuli (Toyohashi)

Nishioka Risa (Ikoma)

Shinozaki Mio (Yokohama)

Yamamoto Mai (Hiroshima)

Equestrian

Takahashi Masanao (Tokyo)

Shingo Hayashi (Sapporo)

Hiroyuki Kitahara (Tokyo)

Kazuki Sado (Kyoto)

Kitajima Ryūzō (Kobe)

Ōiwa Yoshiaki (Schleswig Holstein, Germany)

Tanaka Toshiyuki (Fukuoka Ichi)

Kazuma Tomoto (Sturminster Newton, U.K.)

Mike Kawai (Valkenswaard, The Netherlands)

Fukushima Daisuke (Sakura)

Koki Saito (Katori)

Satō Eiken (Ogawa)

Field Hockey

Koji Yamasaki (Kōfu)

Genki Mitani (Echizen)

Tanaka Seren (Kyoto)

Ochiai Hiromasa (Tenri)

Murata Kazuma (Toyama Ichi)

Tanaka Kenta (Ōtsu)

Kitazato Kenji (Kumamoto Ichi)

Nagai Yūma (Kyoto)

Yamashita Manabu (Oyabe)

Tanaka Kaito (Tenri)

Nagayoshi Ken (Utsunomiya)

Fukuda Kentarō (Matsue)

Ōhashi Masaki (Nikkō)

Yamada Shōta (Maibara)

Zendana Hirotaka (Matsue)

Yoshikawa Takashi (Maibara)

Watanabe Kōta (Fukui Ichi)

Kirishita Yoshiki (Nara Ichi)

Kimika Hoshi (Kakamigahara)

Natsuhara Matsumoto (Matsubara)

Yu Asai (Hiroshima)

Mano Yukari (Kakamigahara)

Nagai Yuri (Kakamigahara)

Nagai Hazuki (Kakamigahara)

Oikawa Shihori (Tenri)

Kana Nomura (Nara)

Miki Kozuka (Nikko)

Segawa Maho (Tokyo)

Yamada Aki (Kōfu)

Nishikōri Emi (Matsue)

Kanon Mori (Hiroshima)

Mai Toriyama (Nara)

Sakurako Omoto (Iwakuni)

Asano Sakiyo (Kakamigahara)

Soccer

Ōsako Keisuke (Izumi)

Sakai Hiroki (Kashiwa)

Nakayama Yūta (Ryūgasaki)

Itakura Kō (Yokohama)

Yoshida Maya (Nagasaki)

Endoh Wataru (Yokohama)

Kubo Takefusa (Kawasaki)

Miyoshi Kōji (Kawasaki)

Maeda Daizen (Osaka)

Dōan Ritsu (Amagasaki)

Mitoma Kaoru (Kawasaki)

Tani Kosei (Osaka)

Hatate Reo (Shizuoka)

Tomiyasu Takehiro (Fukuoka Ichi)

Hashioka Daiki (Saitama)

Sōma Yūki (Tokyo)

Tanaka Ao (Kawasaki)

Ueda Ayase (Mito)

Hayashi Daichi (Osaka)

Machida Kōki (Mito)

Seko Ayuma (Osaka)

Zion Suzuki (Saitama Ichi)

Ikeda Sakiko (Saitama Ichi)

Shimizu Risa (Kobe)

Takarada Saori (Tateyama)

Kumagai Saki (Sapporo)

Minami Moeka (Yoshikawa)

Sugita Hina (Kitakyushu)

Nakajima Emi (Yasu)

Miura Narumi (Kawasaki)

Sugasawa Yuika (Chiba Ichi)

Iwabuchi Mana (Tokyo)

Tanaka Mina (Inagi)

Endō Jun (Shirakawa)

Shiokoshi Yuzuho (Saitama Ichi)

Hasegawa Yui (Toda)

Momiki Yūka (New York, New York)

Miyagawa Asato (Yokohama)

Kitamura Nanami (Osaka)

Yamashita Ayaka (Tokyo)

Shiori Miyake (Sapporo)

Hayashi Honoka (Uji)

Kinoshita Momoka (Hyogo)

Hirao Chika (Matsudo)

Golf

Matsuyama Hideki (Sendai)

Hoshino Rikuya (Mito)

Hataoka Nasa (Kasama)

Inami Mone (Tokyo)

Gymnastics

Hashimoto Daiki (Chiba)

Kaya Kazuma (Funabashi)

Kitazono Takeru (Osaka)

Wataru Tanigawa (Funabashi)

Daiki Kishi (Komatsu)

Ryosuke Sakai (Isehara)

Hatekeda Hitomi (Tokyo)

Hiraiwa Yūna (Tokyo)

Murakami Mai (Sagamihara)

Sugihara Aiko (Higashiōsaka)

Ōiwa Chisaki (Noda)

Sumire Kita (Tokyo)

Noshitani Sakura (Tokyo)

Sugimoto Sayuri (Nagoya)

Suzuki Ayuka (Anpachi)

Nanami Takenaka (Setagaya)

Yokota Kiko (Tokyo)

Hikaru Mori (Tokyo)

Megu Uyama (Kanazawa)

Handball

Naoki Sugioka (Kariya)

Yuta Iwashita (Kanazaki)

Kenya Kasahara (Kariya)

Adam Baig (Fukuoka Ichi)

Narita Kohei (Hiroshima)

Tokuda Shinnosuke (Inazawa)

Watanabe Jin (Ōita Ichi)

Rémi Feutrier (Tokyo)

Motoki Sakai (Isehara)

Motoki Shida (Kasumigauri)

Tatsuki Yoshino (Misato)

Agarie Yūto (Urasoe)

Mizumachi Kōtarō (Tokyo)

Rennosuke Tokuda (Iwakuni)

Yoshida Shūichi (Tarnow, Poland)

Sunami Kaho (Kagoshima)

Sunami Yui (Okayama)

Shiota Sayo (Takamatsu)

Yokoshima Aya (Takaoka)

Mana Horikawa (Hiroshima)

Itano Minami (Osaka)

Tanabe Yuki (Hakusan)

Ayaka Ikehara (Urasoe)

Hara Nozomi (Nobeoka)

Ōyama Mana (Takamatsu)

Sasaki Haruno (Takaoka)

Shiori Nagata (Fukuoka Ichi)

Sakura Hauge (Bergen, Norway)

Kondō Mahura (Tokyo)

Fujii Shio (Osaka)

Ishitate Mayuko (Fukui)

Rowing

Arakawa Ryūta (Yokohama)

Tomita Chiaki (Yonago)

Ōishi Ayami (Aichi Ichi)

Rugby

Jose Seru (Higashioka)

Lote Tuqiri (Namatakula, Fiji)

Colin Bourke (Tokyo)

Hano Kazushi (Nagoya)

Kameli Soejima (Labasa, Fiji)

Hikosaka Masakatsu (Aichi Ichi)

Brackin Karauria-Henry (Auckland, New Zealand)

Chihito Matsui (Osaka)

Ryota Kano (Tokyo)

Yoshikazu Fujita (Fukuoka Ichi)

Kippei Ishida (Amagasaki)

Naoki Motomura (Hachinohe)

Gōya Kazuhiro (Onojo)

Wakaba Hara (Niigata)

Rinka Matsuda (Kyoto)

Yume Hirano (Tokyo)

Haruka Hirotsu (Tokyo)

Marin Kajiki (Fukuoka Ichi)

Koide Mifuyu (Kumagaya)

Hana Nagata (Fukuoka Ichi)

Mei Otani (Kyoto)

Raichel Bativakalolo (Tokyo)

Mayu Shimizu (Tokyo)

Miyu Shirako (Tokyo)

Honoka Tsutsumi (Ureshino)

Skateboarding

Hirano Ayumu (Murakami)

Aoki Yukito (Shizuoka)

Horigome Yūto (Tokyo)

Shirai Sora (Sagamihara)

Hiraki Kokona (Kutchan)

Okamoto Misugu (Takahama)

Yosozumi Sakura (Iwade)

Nakayama Fūna (Toyama Ichi)

Nishimuri Aori (Tokyo)

Nishiya Momiji (Osaka)

Tennis

Tarō Daniel (Bradenton, Florida)

Nishikori Kei (Bradenton, Florida)

Nishioka Yoshihito (Tsu)

Sugita Yūichi (Tokyo)

Ben McLachlan (Queenstown, New Zealand)

Doi Misaki (Tokyo)

Hibino Nao (Ichinomiya)

Ōsaka Noami (Beverly Hills, California)

Aoyama Shūko (Osaka)

Shibahara Ena (Rancho Palos Verdes, California)

Ninomiya Makoto (Hiroshima)

Triathlon

Kenji Nener (Perth, Australia)

Makoto Odakura (Tokyo)

Niina Kishimoto (Kawagoe)

Takahashi Yūko (Mitaka)

Water Polo

Tanamura Katsuyuki (Ishigaki)

Adachi Seiya (Gifu Ichi)

Harukiirario Koppu (Tokyo)

Shiga Mitsuaki (Maebashi)

Takuma Yoshida (Nagahama)

Toi Suzuki (Yamagata Ichi)

Shimizu Yūsuke (Kumamoto Ichi)

Mitsuru Takata (Tokyo)

Arai Atsushi (Kawasaki)

Yusuke Inaba (Toyama)

Keigo Okawa (Yachiyo)

Kenta Araki (Tokyo)

Tomoyoshi Fukushima (Kagoshima Ichi)

Rikako Miura (Yamagata Ichi)

Yumi Arima (Yusashino)

Akari Inaba (Toyama)

Eruna Ura (Hakusan)

Kaho Iwano (Inabe)

Miku Koide (Kashiwazaki)

Maiko Hashida (Tokyo)

Yuki Niizawa (Tokyo)

Minori Yamamoto (Kyoto)

Kako Kawaguchi (Yokohama)

Marina Tokumoto (Tokyo)

Kyoko Kudo (Yokohama)

Minami Shioya (Yachiyo)

Weightlifting

Itokazu Yōichi (Tokyo)

Mitsunori Konnai (Setagaya)

Masanori Miyamoto (Naha)

Toshiki Yamamoto (Yokohama)

Miyake Hiromi (Niiza)

Yagi Kanae (Kobe)

Andō Mikiko (Shiroi)

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Wrestlequest: Tokyo

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

Anyway, here’s the list:

December 28, 2019

DDT

“D-Ou Grand Prix 2020: The Final!”

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Abema TV 

Attendance: 2,019 

Chihiro Hashimoto and Yuki Ino defeat Keigo Nakamura and Keisuke Ishii

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

Saki Akai defeats Sakura Hirota

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

Shinya Aoki defeats Super Sasadango Machine

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

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

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

December 30, 2019

Gatoh Move

“GTMV #26″

Ichigaya Chocolate Square

Attendance: 77

Hagane Shinnou defeats Lulu Pencil

Chris Brookes defeats Mitsuru Konno

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

December 30, 2019

Big Japan Wrestling: The World Is Not Enough Round 2

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Samurai TV

Attendance: 1,150

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

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

Daisuke Sekimoto defeats Kosuke Sato

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

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

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

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

January 1, 2020

YMZ Pro Wrestling

“The 7th Sunrise”

Basement Mon Star

Attendance: 120

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

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

No English Allowed Match: Cherry defeats Kakeru Sekiguchi 

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

January 2, 2020

All Japan Pro Wrestling

“New Year Wars 2020, Day 1″

Korakuen Hall

Streamed live on AJPW.tv

Attendance: 1,445

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 2, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 1″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 408

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 3, 2020

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

“Happy New Freedom 2020″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 215

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 3, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 2″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 453

Three Way Match: Starlight Kid defeats Natsu Sumire and Ruaka

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

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

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

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

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

January 5, 2020

Tokyo Joshi Pro

“New Year Dish”

Itabashi Green Hall

Streamed live on DDT Universe

Attendance: 223

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

Akemi Daredasore defeats Pom Harajuku 

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

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

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

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

January 5, 2020

New Japan Pro Wrestling: 

“Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night 2″

Tokyo Dome

Streamed live on NJPW World

Attendance: 30,063

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jay White (w/Gedo) defeats Kota Ibushi

Chris Jericho defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi

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

[recentanimenews]

J-Novel Club Licenses Official Ascendance of a Bookworm Fanbook

  J-Novel Club held a live stream on Twitch last night, taking the opportunity to announce the acquisition of two new titles. The publisher's latest additions include the Ascendance of a Bookworm Official Fanbook and Miri Mikawa's historical fantasy Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower.

  The first volume of the official Ascendance of a Bookworm fanbook is intended to be read after Part 3 Volume 2 of the original light novel series. The book will launch soon on J-Novel Club, and contents include full-color art, bonus stories, and a Q&A with author Miya Kazuki. 

  Ascendance of a Bookworm Official Fanbook 

by Miya Kazuki with Illustrations and Art by You Shiina and Suzuka 

    Description: 

Here is the first official Ascendance of a Bookworm fanbook, intended to be read after finishing Part 3 Volume 2. This book contains a slew of additional content, including all the color and cover artwork up to Part 3 Volume 1, a short story on some new apprentices’ first tour of the temple, a manga chapter by Suzuka, and three four-panel manga by You Shiina.

  Also inside are design sheets showing how Bookworm’s characters were visually brought to life, and a Q&A with author Miya Kazuki containing lesser-known details about the plot as well as information on how she planned out and developed the series.

  Parts 1 and 2 of Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower are live on J-Novel Club. 

  Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower 

by Miri Mikawa with Illustrations by Kasumi Nagi 

    Synopsis:

Rimi has spent most of her life making food for the protector god of the land. She is suddenly sent as a tribute to the great empire of Konkoku, becoming one of the emperor’s concubines. She comes close to losing the taste of her home country, but she is saved by the gastronomist Shusei. As she dreams of a reunion with the kind scholar, she does her best to survive in the envy-filled rear palace with the help of her natural cheerfulness and her skill as a cook.

  Then out of nowhere, she is arrested and sentenced to be executed on the charge of disrespecting the emperor! How will Rimi get out of this mess? Find out in this Chinese-inspired fantasy story about a princess and her love for food surrounded by gorgeous men.

  J-Novel Club also made a bunch of new print announcements, including:

  The Faraway Paladin (Manga) By Mutsumi Okubashi and Original Work by Kanata Yanagino

A Lily Blooms in Another World By Ameko Kaeruda with illustrations by Shio Sakura

Her Majesty's Swarm By 616th Special Information Battalion with illustrations by Eiri Iwamoto

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer By Yu Okano with illustrations by Jaian

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (Manga) By Haiji Nakasone and Original Work by Yu Okano

The White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap By Kureha with illustrations by Yamigo

Tearmoon Empire By Nozomu Mochitsuki with illustrations by Gilse

Ascendance of a Bookworm Official Fanbook By Miya Kazuki and Illustrations / Art  by You Shiina and Suzuka

My Friend's Little Sister Has It In for Me! By mikawaghost with illustrations by tomari

  Source: Press release

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his brand new comic, MONSTER FLIGHT, at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: Joseph Luster

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[AJPW NEWS] The full event card was announced for the “Champion Carnival” kick-off show on April 7, as a new rookie will be making his official debut as well.

That rookie being Kazuki Ebina who will be maing his pro debut for the promotion on April 7 in his hometown of Sendai. Ebina was born May, 30, 1990 and hails from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. His current stats list him at 177cm and that he currently weighs in at 95kg. His sports background is in basketball with his in-ring idol being Kenta Kobashi. Ebina got his start in the All Japan Dojo back on July 2, 2017 and is seeing a 9 month turn around for his debut as a member of the roster.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling "2018 Champion Carnival", 4/7/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Miyagi

() Kazuki Ebina's Debut Match: Atsushi Aoki vs. Kazuki Ebina () Koji Iwamoto, Atsushi Maruyama, Yohei Nakajima & CarBell Ito vs. Hikaru Sato, Yusuke Okada, Josh Bodom & Aizawa #1 () Joe Doering, Takuya Nomura, Yoshitatsu & KAI vs. Takao Omori, Ryoji Sai, The Bodyguard & Yutaka Yoshie

() Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 30th Anniversary Special Single Match: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Ultimo Dragon

() Carnival B Block Match: Jun Akiyama vs. Dylan James () Carnival B Block Match: Suwama vs. Zeus () Carnival A Block Match: Shuji Ishikawa vs. Yuji Hino () Carnival A Block Match: Kento Miyahara vs. Shingo Takagi

The full event cards are now listed for the April 7 through April 15 shows.

AJPW Event Cards for March & April 2018 http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/02/ajpw-event-cards-for-march-april-2018/

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Quinton’s Animation Extravaganza 310

0310

Run to the Nest of Evil

I was looking back at my double date with Miyako and Fluttershy. I had decided to go on another. This location was Mario Bros. Pizza and Pasta in Saffron City. I immediately told Miyako and Fluttershy about it and they accepted. Just then, General Tetsuzan contacted me. According to him, a scientist named Professor Iwamoto had been kidnapped by Egos to build a secret weapon for them. I immediately rounded up my fellow Powerpuffs, the Mane Six and the Battle Fever J and we set off toward the Egos base. On the way, we found the professor’s son, Kazuki, whom Kensaku had been helping train his pigeon, Ryuseigo, to fly to a special whistle that not only emits sound, but special magnetic waves. We figured that this boy may be useful in helping us track down Egos, so we took him with us. When we found Egos’ base, we realized that the weapon had already been completed and that Professor Iwamoto was to be disposed. Kazuki immediately tooted his whistle and Ryuseigo came flapping his wings and rescuing the professor, while we destroyed the secret weapon. Once the father and son were reunited, the professor’s kidnapper revealed his true identity, Egos’ eighteenth monster, Magnet Monster. I immediately used Fire Blast on him, weakening him. My fellow Powerpuffs and the Mane Six then used their magic attacks to cripple the Egos Monster even further. Finally, the Battle Fever J finished Magnet Monster off with their Penta Force Cannon. That night, Miyako, Fluttershy and I chowed down on a huge family pizza. It was the perfect double date for three magical youths.

[cooperhewitt]

Literary Colors

Author: Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada

This is a page from the book The Japanese Art of “Kusaki-zome,” Nippon Colours: Dyeing in a Hundred Colours with Juices of Plants and Grasses, by Akira Yamazaki, grandfather of my colleague Kazuki Yamazaki, who is, along with his father, Seiju Yamazaki, among the foremost authorities in Japanese natural dyeing and color science. The page shows four bundles of silk threads dyed with natural plant materials in shades most favored in Japan, historically researched by Akira Yamazaki through literary references. Akira Yamazaki was a well-known scholar and a literatus of the Meiji and Taisho eras and became interested in colors through his study of ancient literature. The focus of the book is to shed light on the Japanese color palette and color names that match dye plants mentioned in literature and in ancient official documents. The knowledge of natural dyeing was rapidly lost when Japan opened its doors to the world. After the new Meiji Era began in 1868, an influx of Western goods, technology, and culture came into Japan. The Japanese were thrust out of the feudal society into the modern age. Chemical dyes were embraced as the latest technology in textile production, eradicating natural dye practices, except indigo, which held on among traditional dyers. Akira Yamazaki related to Kazuki that without the continuing practice of Chinese herbal medicine in Japan, he would not have been able to take on the natural dye research. He coined the term Kusaki-zome meaning dyeing with plants and grasses to differentiate it from chemical dye practice. He published a book with the same title in Japanese in 1958 while undertaking the tri-lingual publication of The Art of Kusaki-zome seen here (in Japanese, English, and French). The threads on the upper and lower left are dyed with benibana (safflower) Carthamus tinctorius. The color of the upper threads is Kurenai (Castilian Red), and the lower is Shinku (Orange Red). This shade of warm red with beni dye should give a good indication of what the red in Cooper Hewitt’s under-kimono would have been if the fabric were dyed in natural beni dye instead of chemical red. The threads on the upper and lower right are dyed with suoh, Caesalpina Sappan L, a flowering tree that produces a valuable reddish dye called brazilin, which is used for dyeing fabric as well as making red paints and inks. The color of the upper threads is Shinpi (Holly Berry), and the lower is Enzi (Deep Carmine, Crimson Red). The sketch in the middle of the page is of the flowering tip of suoh. The Japanese text below the sketch explains that the Sappan wood’s bark and roots yield red dye that manifests in one of the widest variety of shades depending on which auxiliaries are used in the dye process. This may be the reason why Sappan wood has been imported to Japan continuously since the Nara Period AD 710 to 794.

Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada is an artist, author, curator, historian, and educator with expertise in Japanese textile arts.

from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum http://ift.tt/2zZireM via IFTTT

[puroresulist]

Puroresu Best Bout Listing for July 2017

All Japan Pro Wrestling

Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori vs. Tomoyuki Oka & Katsuya Kitamura, 7/5 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Koji Iwamoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi, 7/5 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Shuji Ishikawa vs. Suwama, 7/17 @ Korakuen Hall Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. Jake Lee & Naoya Nomura, 7/17 @ Korakuen Hall Hikaru Sato vs. Minoru Tanaka, 7/17 @ Korakuen Hall Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Tank Nagai & Ayumu Honda, 7/23 @ Nasu Highland Park Jake Lee & Naoya Nomura vs.  Zeus & The Bodyguard, 7/28 @ Aichi Sports Center Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato vs. Atsushi Maruyama & Masashi Takeda, 7/28 @ Aichi Sports Center Hikaru Sato vs. TAJIRI, 7/30 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Gym

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Masaya Takahashi vs. Takayuki Ueki, 7/17 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Ryuji Ito & Abdullah Kobayashi, 7/17 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan Hideki Suzuki vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, 7/17 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Shinobu, 7/17 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan

DRAGON GATE

Shingo Takagi, Takashi Yoshida & El Lindaman vs. Naruki Doi, Big R Shimizu & Ben-K, 7/1 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Stadium MaxiMuM vs. Jimmyz Elimination Match, 7/6 @ Korakuen Hall YAMATO vs. T-Hawk, 7/23 @ Kobe World Hall CIMA & Dragon Kid vs. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino, 7/23 @ Kobe World Hall Shingo Takagi, Takashi Yoshida & El Lindaman vs. Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Susumu & Ryo “Jimmy“ Saito, 7/23 @ Kobe World Hall Jimmy Kagetora vs. Flamita, 7/23 @ Kobe World Hall

Dramatic Dream Team  

Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mike Bailey, 7/2 @ Shinjuku Village Studio 106 Shunma Katsumata vs. Yuki Ueno, DNA, 7/4 @ Korakuen Hall” Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu vs. Kouki Iwasaki & Naomi Yoshimura,DNA , 7/4 @ Korakuen KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi, 7/9 @ Hakata StarLanes Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Big Boss MA-G-MA & Black Buffalo, 7/16 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Stadium Konosuke Takeshita vs. Keisuke Ishii, 7/23 @ Korakuen Hall Konosuke Takeshita vs. Naomi Yoshimura, 7/23 @ Korakuen Hall Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Paulie, 7/23 @ Korakuen Hall

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Yuji Bagata vs. GO Asakawa, LION’S GATE, 7/4 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi, 7/17 @ Hokkaido Phys. Ed. Center SANADA vs. EVIL, 7/20 @ Korakuen Hall Hirooki Goto vs. Yuji Nagata, 7/21 @ Korakuen Hall Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin, 7/21 @ Korakuen Hall Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii, 7/23 @ Machida Gym Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata, 7/23 @ Machida Gym Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA, 7/24 @ Big Palette Fukushima Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto, 7/26 @ Sendai Plaza Hall Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito, 7/29 @ Aichi Pref. Gym SANADA vs. Michael Elgin, 7/30 @ Gifu Industry Center

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Daisuke Harada & Tadasuke vs. Taiji Ishimori & Hi69, 7/13 @ Korakuen Hall Naomichi Marufuji & Maybach Taniguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya, 7/20 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Stadium Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Brian Cage, 7/27 @ Korakuen Hall Taiji Ishimori & Hi69 vs. HAYATA & YO-HEY, 7/27 @ Korakuen Hall

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Yusaku Obata vs. Daiki Inaba, 7/9 @  Aichi Sports Center Kenoh vs. Daiki Inaba, 7/11 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Masato Tanaka vs. Yusaku Obata, 7/11 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Kohei Sato vs. Kenoh, 7/12 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Masato Tanaka vs. Yuko Miyamoto, 7/12 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Masato Tanaka vs. Kenoh, 7/23 @ EDION Arana, 2nd Stadium Masato Tanaka vs. Yusaku Obata, 7/30 @ Korakuen Hall Ikuto Hidaka & Takuya Sugawara vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Sean Guinness, 7/30 @ Korakuen Hall

WRESTLE-1

Masayuki Kono vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio, 7/12 @ Korakuen Hall MAZADA vs. Andy Wu, 7/16 @ Hirano Community Hall The Great Muta, The Great Kabuki & TNT vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu & Hiroshi Hase, MASTERS, 7/26 @ Korakuen Hall

MISC/INDIE

BASARA - Ryuichi Kawakami vs. FUMA, 7/5 @ Shinjuku FACE FREEDOMS - Daisuke Masaoka vs. Minoru Fujita, 7/5 @ Korakuen Hall FREEDOMS - Daisuke Masaoka, Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto vs. Violento Jack, Miedo Xtremo & Ciclope, 7/30 @ Tsurumi Greenland Memorial Park K-DOJO - Isami Kodaka vs. TAKA Michinoku, 7/16 @ TKP Garden Chiba K-DOJO - Kaji Tomato & Taishi Takizawa vs. Kotaro Yoshino & Dinosaur Takuma, 7/16 @ Garden City Chiba NEW - Keisuke Okuda & Akira Joh vs. Kazunari Murakami & Shiro-Fukumen #5, 7/16 @ Messe Wing Mie Onita Produce - Suwama, Atsushi Aoki & KIYOSHI vs. Atsushi Onita, Jushin Thunder Liger & Ricky Fuji, 7/16 @ Yokohama Yaht Special Ring TOKYO GURENTAI - NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA, FUJITA & KIKUZAWA vs. CIMA, Eita, Takehiro Yamamura & Kaito Ishida, 7/19 @ Shinjuku FACE Kenji Fukimoto vs. Yuko Miyamoto, 7/19 @ Shinjuku FACE

JOSHI SELECTION

Crysis - Chigusa Nagayo, Shiro Koshinaka & AKIRA vs. Jaguar Yokota, Seiji Miyane & TARU, 7/23 @ Shinagawa Prison Hotel Ice Ribbon - Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto & Arisa Nakajima, 7/17 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall SEAdLINNNG - Nanae Takahashi & Sareeee vs. Arisa Nakaima & Tsubasa Fujimoto, 7/14 @ Korakuen Hall Sendai Girls - Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto, 7/15 @ Niigata City Gym Sendai Girls - DASH Chisako & Cassandra Miyagi vs. Hikaru Shida & Syuri, 7/15 @ Niigata City Gym Stardom - Mayu Iwatani vs. Yoko Bito, 7/16 @ Korakuen Hall Stardom - Kagetsu & Hana Kimura vs. Jungle Kyona & HZK, 7/16 @ Korakuen Hall Stardom - Mayu Iwatani vs. Viper, 7/23 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Stadium Tokyo Joshi - Reika Saiki vs. Yuka Sakasaki, 7/30 @ Shinjuku FACE WAVE - Rina Yamashita vs. Ryo Mizunami, 7/2 @ Korakuen Hall WAVE - Kaori Yoneyama & Cherry vs. Yumi Oka & Yuki Miyuzaki, 7/2 @ Korakuen Hall

[keepingthespiritalive]

AJPW results for April 16, 2018

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Champion Carnival”, 4/16/2018 [Mon] 18:30 @ Oro City Hall in Kagoshima (-) Carnival A Block Match: Kento Miyahara vs. Bodyguard ~ withheld due to Bodyguard being unable to compete on the show. Miyahara gets an automatic bye in the league. (1) Atsushi Aoki, Yusuke Okada & Naoki Sakurajima (Kyushu) vs. Koji Iwamoto, Atsushi Maruyama & Kazuki Ebina ◆Winner: Aoki (11:21)…

[keepingthespiritalive]

AJPW results for April 10, 2018

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Champion Carnival”, 4/10/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Aore Nagaoka in Niigata 481 Spectators (1) Koji Iwamoto vs. Kazuki Ebina ◆Winner: Iwamoto (6:00) with a Boston Crab. (2) Zeus, Ryoji Sai, Ultimo Dragon & Yusuke Okada vs. Takao Omori, Yuji Hino, Atsushi Maruyama & Shigeno Shima (Niigata) ◆Winner: Zeus (10:00) following a Short-range style Biceps Explosion on Maruyama.…

[keepingthespiritalive]

AJPW results for April 7, 2018

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Champion Carnival”, 4/7/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Miyagi 1,290 Spectators (1) Kazuki Ebina’s Debut Match: Atsushi Aoki vs. Kazuki Ebina ◆Winner: Aoki (6:11) with a Boston Crab. (2) Koji Iwamoto, Atsushi Maruyama, Yohei Nakajima & CarBell Ito vs. Hikaru Sato, Yusuke Okada, Josh Bodom & Aizawa #1 (FREE) ◆Winner: Iwamoto (9:24) with the Koko no…

[keepingthespiritalive]

News Listings for May 2, 2018

News Listings for May, 2018

AJPW NEWS

Several updates following the conclusion of the “2018 Champion Carnival”.

First up director Takao Omori announced that rookie Kazuki Ebina has withdrawn from All Japan Pro-Wrestling. The young man felt the pressures of competing and touring. He last competed on the April 20 show against Koji Iwamoto, but even on his debut back on April 7 there was issues with him not believing himself…

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[AJPW NEWS] Several updates following the conclusion of the “2018 Champion Carnival”. 

First up director Takao Omori announced that rookie Kazuki Ebina has withdrawn from All Japan Pro-Wrestling. The young man felt the pressures of competing and touring. He last competed on the April 20 show against Koji Iwamoto, but even on his debut back on April 7 there was issues with him not believing himself to be ready. Omori stated that there is a tremendous responsibility for pro-wrestlers to conduct and handle themselves in an appropriate manner, but Ebina proved to be the case of being not 100% mentally when it comes to being disciplined enough for the rigorous work that everyone has to put forth while on tours.

Then Yusuke Okada suffered a right ankle injury during the final day of the Champion Carnival. A right fibula fracture to be exact. It is not career threatening in the least, but one that will take the proper rest and care for him to return at 100%.

Then the board of directors held a meeting and announced it as official that Kento Miyahara will be defending the Triple Crown Heavyweight belt against Naomichi Marufuji. This follows the conclusion of the Champion Carnival in which Marufuji bested Miyahara for the win. Miyahara stated that he is still in regret following the loss, but this is not the first time that he has fallen and needed to strive to come back to the top.

Then the World Tag belts were announced to be in defense on June 3, as  Ryoji Sai and Dylan James defend against TAJIRI and KAI. This match comes about following the conclusion of the final day of the Champion Carnival after KAI captured the direct win over James and asserted themselves as the next challengers. Miyahara stated that he was familiar with Marufuji during his time in NOAH, but the final of the Carnival was the first time he felt what the 20 year veteran can deliver in a big match. He now knows the level that he will have to overcome once more to prove himself as a true Triple Crown Champion. Then Marufuji, though focused on the GHC Heavyweight title match also in May, stated that he cannot deny the history of what the Triple Crown holds. Not only from the lineage that brought forth the creation of NOAH, but the history that the belt holds for the sport in general. To hold the belt around his waist is a cherished with. He acknowledged that he may not stand with the best in terms of size and weight, but his skill and effort in the ring has brought him to this level to compete against some of the very best that the ring has to offer today.

All of the event cards were updated to reflect upon the absences and changes...

All Japan Pro-Wrestling "2018 SUPER POWER SERIES", 5/24/2018 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) Yohei Nakajima vs. Ishikiri (-) Osamu Nishimura & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Keiichi Sato (-) Jun Akiyama, Takao Omori, Atsushi Maruyama & Black Tiger VII vs. Suwama, Shuji Ishikawa, Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato (-) Joe Doering, Ryoji Sai & Dylan James vs. Zeus, TAJIRI & KAI

(-) Jake Lee's Return Match: Jake Lee & Koji Iwamoto vs. Naoya Nomura & Yoshitatsu

(-) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [60th Champion] Kento Miyahara vs. [Challenger] Naomichi Marufuji ~ 1st title defense.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Super Power Series”, 6/3/2018 [Sun] 16:00 @ Kobe Sanbo Hall in Hyogo

(-) Yohei Nakajima vs. So Daimonji (LAND'S END) (-) Takao Omori & Atsushi Maruyama vs. SUSHI & Otokozakari (-) Jake Lee, Koji Iwamoto & Billyken Kid vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Atsushi Aoki & Katsumi Oribe (-) Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu & Naoya Nomura vs. Zeus, The Bodyguard & Takoyakida

(-) World Tag Championship Match: [82nd Champions] Ryoji Sai & Dylan James vs. [Challengers] TAJIRI & KAI ~ 1st title defense.

(-) Masakatsu Funaki Debut 33rd Anniversary ~ Special 6 Man Tag Match: Masakatsu Funaki (FREE), Suwama & Hikaru Sato vs. Jun Akiyama, Kendo Kashin (FREE) & Black Tiger VII (FREE)

AJPW Event Cards for May & June 2018 http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/04/ajpw-event-cards-for-may-june-2018/