#Kengo Ishii

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These two are just so cute! 🥰

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Oblivion Battery Episode 10 Review - Vs. Hikawa High

I had a feeling Kei would revert back to his amnesiac self. It’s unfortunate that he had to change back so quick. It makes me wonder if it really was hypnotism that caused the Commander to return or if it was overexertion of his body after what Haruka said last episode about how Kei was accompanying him on his training regime. I’m unsure if this show will get a season 2 because if it ends in just 12 episodes, the cause of Kei’s amnesia and his reversion to his commander self will never explained.

I do feel like Kotesashi will win the practice game with Hikawa High. I just have this feeling that it’s going to happen. It’s because they got more training and that their key players have improved a lot. I haven’t watched a lot of baseball anime, but the sport is a lot more strategic than I remembered. Since Kotesashi is full of strategists, that is the reason why I believe they’ll win. Some highlights of the match so far is Yamada hitting a ball. It was nice to see him confident and excited. It was also nice to see the genius battery doing their thing too!

Also, I want them to win just for the sole reason to rub it in Makita’s face. I don’t really like Makita. I don’t know why, but he just rubs me the wrong way. He’s like a cockier, louder version of Haruka. I also don’t like that he’s mean to Shunpei. Shunpei is another one of my favorites in this anime, so anyone who’s mean to him will have to answer to me! Also, Makita really likes to gloat a lot. He gloated about how he got taller and gained a few pounds while Shunpei remained the same. He’s voiced by Mark Ishii, who’s known for voicing Lev Haiba from Haikyuu. I haven’t heard him in a new role for a very long time. Surprisingly, this role fits him. Although I don’t like Makita, I do like how he’s the butt of the gags in this episode from nobody getting his rather simple surname correct to being called a gorilla and stupid by his fellow teammate.

Another new character appears. He is Kirishima. He’s a sneaky guy who also happens to be the ace of Hikawa. However, he’s not playing in the practice match. His white hair, snake-like face and his body demeanor oozes crafty. He really likes to mess around with Makita and calls him a gorilla whenever he can. He’d definitely someone to watch out for, even if he’s not playing. Also, I feel like Kengo Kawanishi is having a blast playing characters that need a Kansai dialect. He did it with Tsugeura from Wind Breaker and now with Kirishima. It’s also amazing how different Tsugeura and Kirishima sound. When he voices Kirishima, it sounds like a lower pitched version of Akira Ishida’s voice. He’s super talented, honestly.

Next episode seems to be about Shunpei’s past and I honestly can’t wait. Aoi and Shunpei have been flip-flopping on who I like better. If I learn about Shunpei’s past, maybe I’ll bump him up to first place. What are your thoughts on this episode?

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Yamabuki, Hyakusho no Hyaku no Koe, Yokosuka 1953, Tamaneko Tamabito, Kengo Yagawa Showcase: DIGGER, Nou Tenki, Quiet and Evil Japanese Film Trailers

Yamabuki, Hyakusho no Hyaku no Koe, Yokosuka 1953, Tamaneko Tamabito, Kengo Yagawa Showcase: DIGGER, Nou Tenki, Quiet and Evil Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend I hope you are well. This is the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first one here. This week, I posted a review for Rampo Noir as part of my yearly Halloween film review. I also took part in a Heroic Purgatory podcast recording covering Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. In terms of what I have watched, Teruo Ishii’s Horrors of…

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Kora Kengo as Akutagawa Ryunosuke in Bitter Honey, Gakuryu Ishii, 2016.

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NJPW 50th Anniversary Show - 3/1/2022: Loads of Legends Appear For Celebratory Extravaganza; Kota Ibushi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan Out of Anniversary and New Japan Cup

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Today was the 50th Anniversary event for New Japan Pro Wrestling. Although the actual date of the debut show was 3/6/1972, it’s not always strictly observed on that day. Nevertheless, it’s a long time for a pro wrestling company to be around (and it won’t be the only Japanese company observing that milestone, as All Japan Pro Wrestling is 50 this year as well). Through three ownerships and countless changing winds for the business, NJPW has weathered the storms, even during periods where it did not look like they would. Congratulations to them.

It was announced yesterday that neither Kota Ibushi nor Hiroyoshi Tenzan would be on this show, or in the New Japan Cup after all. Tenzan’s knee injury is still bothering him so that will pull him out. With that, the winner of Toru Yano v. Taichi will get a bye into the third round on forfeit. With Ibushi, it seemed like he was going to make it, but ultimately it was determined he would not be as fit as he should be given the nature of his injury. Ibushi is 39, he is not getting any younger. We may be seeing a decline in his ability to wrestle regularly at this stage, however as this show will prove, there are those far older who are still giving it a go. Great O-Khan now gets a forfeit win into the 2nd round, to face Taiji Ishimori. The fourth match on this show was changed as well, with Young Lions Yuto Nakashima & Kosei Fujita stepping in.

Prior to the opening match, long time veteran NJPW ring announcer Hidekazu “Kero” Tanaka brought out a Who’s Who of former NJPW stars and legends. Keiji Muto, Masahiro Chono, Tatsumi Fujinami, Seiji Sakaguchi, Norio Honaga (who would be a special referee during the 6th match), Akira Maeda (!!!), Jushin Thunder Liger, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kazuo Yamazaki, Wataru Inoue, Tiger Hattori, Shiro Koshinaka, Kengo Kimura, Riki Choshu, Milano Collection AT, Minoru Tanaka, Masahito Kakihara and Motoyuki Kitazawa were all in the ring, along with Kazuchika Okada. The original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama, gave a video message as he is not in good health to be appearing live (and neither is NJPW’s founder Antonio Inoki). Seiji Sakaguchi and Kazuchika Okada then gave short little statements, with Okada saying how nervous he was to be part of this historic event.

 NJPW 50th Anniversary Show - 3/1/2022, Tokyo Nippon Budokan (NJPWWorld)

EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO [Bullet Club] d. Tiger Mask IV, YOH [CHAOS] & Ryohei Oiwa (Yujiro > Oiwa, Pimp Juice, 6:35)

Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] d. Taichi [SZKG], TAKA Michinoku [SZKG] & Minoru Tanaka [GLEAT] (ELP > TAKA, Thunderkiss ‘86, 9:50)

CIMA, El Lindaman & T-Hawk [#STRONGHEARTS] d. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG] (CIMA > DOUKI, Meteora, 9:22)

Will Ospreay, Great O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare [United Empire] d. Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, Yuto Nakashima & Kosei Fujita (O-Khan > Fujita, Eliminator, 9:20)

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] d. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Shiro Koshinaka [FREE] (Shingo > Honma, Last Of The Dragon, 12:38)

Champion v. Champion Tag Match: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] d. Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato (Goto > Taguchi, Shoto, 15:04)

NJPW 50th Anniversary Match: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS], Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tatsumi Fujinami [Dradition] d. Minoru Suzuki [SZKG], Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] & Yoshiaki Fujiwara [FREE] (Okada > Suzuki, Rainmaker, 18:12)

The babyfaces win the main, with Fujinami closing out the show with an “Ichi, Ni, San, DAAAA!” in tribute to Inoki. Okada and Tanahashi gave their own tributes to Inoki and the future of NJPW as well. Fujiwara and Suzuki kinda got each others’ goat through the match as well, with Fujiwara still trying to act as Suzuki’s trainer. Bishomon defeat Team Six or Nine in the annual Heavy v. Junior match, and it was a fun match, showing the triumph of four guys on the roster who’ve been seen as chronic underachievers or joke wrestlers.

GLEAT and #STRONGHEARTS showed out big on this show, with a tease of a singles match between Els Desperado and Lindaman, both champions in their companies.

Overall this was what the Anniversary show is supposed to do, make you feel good about NJPW and pro wrestling, with a lot of teases coming for the New Japan Cup 2022 tournament that starts tomorrow. I won’t be posting about it until Thursday, mind, but I think we’ll all be OK for it.

Tomorrow’s card:

New Japan Cup 2022

All shows on NJPWWorld

- 3/2/2022, Tokyo Nippon Budokan

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: CIMA [#STRONGHEARTS] v. TAKA Michinoku [SZKG]

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Tomoaki Honma v. YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS]

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Yuji Nagata v. Hirooki Goto [CHAOS]

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Togi Makabe v. Jeff Cobb [United Empire]

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Toru Yano [CHAOS] v. Taichi [SZKG]

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Hiroshi Tanahashi v. YOH [CHAOS]

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] v. Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] v. El Desperado [SZKG]

While we are celebrating anniversaries, it’s also the 19th anniversary of Kenta Kobashi defeating Mitsuharu Misawa, at last, for a title, which was the beginning of one of the greatest title runs ever, Kobashi’s lone, 13-defense reign of the GHC Heavyweight title. Next year is the 20th anniversary for that; I will mark my calendar now to do a longer-form piece about it at some point.

That’s really it for today. WAVE ran today as well. Tokyo Joshi held a show at a swimming pool with one match yesterday so I don’t think I really need to get into that one. 

Be back Thursday, which promises a new unit reveal in Dragon Gate.

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映画「ほったまるびより」Blu-ray

Cast / Risa Oda Satoko Shibata

Yu Goto Kaho Kogure Ayaka Suga Yui Yabuki

Director, Screenplay, Edit / Nao Yoshigai

Cinematographer / Mai Yoneyama Lighting / Daiki Kato Sound Recording / Junichi Sasaki Production Designer, Stylist / Koyuki Kato Costume / Kanae Shimoyama

MoVI Director / Hikari Homma Under Water Camera / Masaaki Chijimatsu

Camera Assistant / Satoshi Ichiki, Yusuke Kitami Under Water Camera Assistant / Arisa Kaneko

Assistant Director / Sho Ishii Production Support / Nanako Kobayashi, Omoi Sasaki

Music / Satoko Shibata Recording Support / Yukako Kaiwa

Choreography / Nao Yoshigai, Ayaka Suga, Yu Goto, Yui Yabuki, Kaho Kogure Color Grading / Hiroshi Iwanaga Recording Studio / TOEI DIGITAL CENTER Sound Editor / Masaya Kitada Sound Engineer / Takamasa Haraguchi Foley Assistant / Mayumi Tsumita Foley Artist / Miyuki Horiuchi

Title Logo Design / Yurie Hata Photography / Natsuki Kuroda

Producer / Tokushi Suzuki, Kengo Nakamura, Kaihei Shiota Publicity / Ui Yamanaka, Shun Takeda

Executive Producer / Toshio Watanabe

Costume Support / ANTIPAST, RED profire Location Support / Fululu Old-House, Yamagishi-Home

Planning / Tokushi Suzuki Planning Support / Takatoshi Naoi Production Support / SPOTTED PRODUCTIONS

Support / Mao Sonohara, Nami Isomura, Michiyo Hasegawa, Shunta Saito, Miyuki Shimoyama, Hiromu Nishizawa, Rei Kikuchi, Keijiro Suzuki, Neo Sora, Takuro Araki, CORE Inc., CAMPFIRE

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°•Seiyuus featured in the blog with Shimono °.•*

「A」

Akesaka Satomi

Amamiya Sora

Amasaki Kohei

Aoi Shouta

Aoi Yuki

Asakura Momo

Asanuma Shintaro

「B」

Ban Taito

「C」

Chiwa Saito

「E」

Eguchi Takuya

「F」

Fukuen Misato

Fukuyama Jun

「H」

Hama Kento

Hanae Natsuki

Hanazawa Kana

Harada Hitomi

Haruno Anzu

Hatanaka Tasuku

Hayami Saori

Hayami Show

Hidaka Rina

Hikasa Yoko

Hino Satoshi

Honda Yoko

Horie Shun

Horikawa Ryō

Horiuchi Kenyuu

「I」

Inada Tetsu

Inoue Marina

Ishii Kazutaka

Ishikawa Kaito

Ishikawa Yui

「K」

Kaji Yuki

Kakihara Tetsuya

Kamiya Hiroshi

Kaneda Tomoko

Kanemoto Hisako

Kato Emiri

Kawanishi Kengo

Kawasumi Ayako

Kayano Ai

Kimura Ryohei

Kito Akari

Komatsu Mikako

Komoto Keisuke

Kondo Takashi

Konishi Katsuyuki

Kugimiya Rei

「M」

Maeno Tomoaki

Mariya Ise

Masuda Toshiki

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu

Midorikawa Hikaru

Misaki Kuno

Miyamoto Katsuya

Miyano Mamoru

Miyata Kouki

Mizuhashi Kaori

Morikubo Showtaro

Murase Ayumu

「N」

Nagatsuka Takuma

Nakahara Mai

Nakamura Shugo

Nakamura Yūichi

Namikawa Daisuke

Nishiyama Koutaro

Nojima Kenji

「O」

Ōgame Asuka

Ohashi Ayaka

Okamoto Nobuhiko

Ono Daisuke

Ono Kensho

Otsuka Akio

Ozawa Ari

「S」

Saitō Momoko

Saitō Sōma

Sakakihara Yuki

Sakura Ayane

Sakurai Takahiro

Sato Gen

Satō Takuya

Seki Tomokazu

Shimazaki Nobunaga

Sugita Tomokazu

Suzaki Aya

Suzuki Chihiro

Suzuki Momori

Suzuki Tatsuhisa

「T」

Taketatsu Ayana

Taneda Risa

Takahashi Hidenori

Taniyama Kishou

Tatsumi Yuiko

Terashima Junta

Terashima Takuma

Toki Shunichi

Tokui Sora

Tomatsu Haruka

Toriumi Kōsuke

Toyonaga Toshiyuki

Tsuda Kenjiro

Tsujitani Kōji

「U」

Uchida Maaya

Uchida Yuuma

Uchiyama Kouki

Uesaka Sumire

「Y」

Yamaguchi Kappei

Yamamoto Kazutomi

Yamamoto Maria

Yamashita Daiki

Yasumoto Hiroki

Yonoga Tsubasa

Yusa Kōji

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[November] J-Actors Birthday Calendar

♪ November 1st

◎ Hashimoto Taito 橋本汰斗 1991

◎ Ochi Yuuki 越智友己 1990

◎ Shirasu Jin 白洲迅 1992

♪ November 2nd

◎ Menjou Kentarou 校條拳太朗 1990

◎ Mizue Kenta 水江建太 1995

◎ Ryusei 1994

◎ Takane Masaki 高根正樹 1993

◎ Tomita Masanori 冨田昌則 1972

◎ Yoshida Shougo 吉田翔吾 1992

♪ November 3rd

◎ Sakiyama Tsubasa 崎山つばさ 1989

♪ November 4th

◎ Matsukawa Daisuke 松川大祐 1997

◎ Nakashima Daichi 中島大地 1988

♪ November 5th

◎ Nakajima Takuto 中島拓斗 1994

◎ Taniguchi Masashi 谷口賢志 1977

◎ Tawada Hideya 多和田任益 1993

♪ November 6th

◎ Kento 健人 1993

◎ Sunaga Fuuta 須永風汰 1992

◎ Watanabe Daisuke 渡辺大輔 1982

♪ November 7th

◎ Hagiya Keigo 萩谷慧悟 1996

◎ Nasuda Yuudai 奈須田雄大 1994

◎ Tsukamoto Takuya 塚本拓弥 1975

♪ November 8th

◎ Shimotsuki Yukari 霜月紫

◎ Shirakashi Judai 白柏寿大 1993

◎ Tominaga Yuuya 富永勇也 1994

◎ Yamaki Takanori 八巻貴紀 1992

♪ November 9th

◎ Hayashi Akihiro 林明寛 1987

◎ Kido Yuuya 木戸邑弥 1992

◎ Ogasawara Hiroaki 小笠原大晃 1982

◎ Ookuchi Kengo 大口兼悟 1981

◎ Yamaguchi Kei 山口渓 1996

♪ November 10th

◎ Ayuba Shuri 阿由葉朱凌 2004

◎ Kikuchi Shuuji 菊池修司 1995

◎ Machida Naoki 町田尚規 1992

◎ Yabuki Takuya 矢吹卓也 1986

♪ November 11th

◎ Chiba Kouta 千葉冴太 1997

Kiyama Ryuu 輝山立 1992

◎ Yasukawa Junpei 安川純平 1992

♪ November 12th

◎ Ikegami Shouma 池上翔馬 1984

◎ Mikami Shun 三上俊 1981

◎ Takasaki Shungo 高崎俊吾 1992

♪ November 13th

◎ Ishida Shuusaku 石田周作 1985

♪ November 14th

◎ Oono Takurou 大野拓朗 1988

◎ Taka 1993

◎ Yamauchi Keisuke 山内圭輔 1991

♪ November 15th

◎ Hongou Kanata 本郷奏多 1990

◎ Iizumi Manabu 飯泉学 1986

◎ Zaiki Takuma 財木琢磨 1992

♪ November 16th

◎ Arata Makkenyuu 新田真剣佑 1996

◎ Nagayama Takashi 永山たかし 1978

◎ Yata Yuusuke 矢田悠祐 1990

♪ November 17th

◎

♪ November 18th

◎ Hirano Masafumi 平野雅史 1985

♪ November 19th

◎ Yuuki Kazuya 結城伽寿也 1993

♪ November 20th

◎ Aomine Yuuki 青峰佑樹 1991

◎ Matsuda Gaku 松田岳 1992

♪ November 21st

◎ Ishii Mark 石井マーク 1991

◎ Yokoyama Masafumi 横山真史 1986

♪ November 22nd

◎

♪ November 23rd

◎ Date Kouji 伊達幸志 1987

◎ Ichinose Ryuu 一ノ瀬竜 1997

◎ Iwanaga Hiroaki 岩永洋昭 1979

◎ Kako Rion 加古臨王 1980

◎ Sadamoto Fuuma 定本���馬 1995

◎ Soejima Kazuki 副島和樹 1993

♪ November 24th

◎

♪ November 25th

◎ Itou Sumiya 伊藤澄也 1993

◎ Shitara Ginga 設楽銀河 2002

◎ Yoneyama Yuuta 米山雄太 1981

♪ November 26th

◎ Atae Shinjirou 與真司郎 1988

◎ Izawa Yuuki 井澤勇貴 1992

◎ Miki Takafumi 三木崇史 1985

♪ November 27th

◎ Hayashi Shuuji 林修司 1979

◎ Tsuji Ryou 辻諒

♪ November 28th

◎ Kanegae Kou 鐘ヶ江洸 1992

◎ Matsumura Taiichirou 松村泰一郎 1986

♪ November 29th

◎ Furuta Kazuki 古田一紀 1995

♪ November 30th

◎ Yuasa Masayuki 湯浅雅恭 1993

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Heisei era Sentai team 27 of 32: ToQger

Status Post #8259

ToQ 1gou (Red) / ToQ 1gou of Darkness (Black): Right Suzuki (Jun Shison, Homare Mabuchi as a child)

ToQ 2gou (Blue): Haru Tokashiti (Jin Hiramaki, Keishiro Nagase as a child)

ToQ 3gou (Yellow): Mio Natsume (Riria Kojima, Kaoruko Ishii as a child)

ToQ 4gou (Green): Hikari Nonomuri (Ryusei Yokohama, Hikaru Yamasaki as a child)

ToQ 5gou (Pink): Kagura Izumi (Ai Moritaka, Rara Shimizu as a child)

ToQ 6gou (Orange): Ticket (puppeteered by Tsutomu Sekine, voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi) > Akira Nijino (Shin Nagahama) > Zett (Kengo Ohkuchi) > Akira Nijino

Extra Hero (Cyan): Ryo Tokashiti / Ryo Knight (Mizuki Ohno)

ToQ 7gou (Violet): Conductor (Tsutomu Sekine)

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Crunchyroll to Stream "Monster Strike The Movie"!

The Monster Strike TV series, based on the game of the same name, is currently a staple here at Crunchyroll. And now, the big screen version of the anime is set to being streaming as well! Read on for full details!

  Monster Strike The Movie launches on Friday 6/2 with start time TBA. It will be available to members worldwide excluding Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

    Monster Strike: The Movie serves as a prequel to the net anime series based on the game of the same name. The anime tells the story of Ren, who returns to his hometown with no memories of having lived there. When a a cell phone repairman installs the Monster Strike app on his phone, Ren finds himself pulled into a real-world version of the game and begins piecing his memories together again.

  The Monster Strike app involves collecting monsters and catapulting them in a physics-based system; it's available either as a smartphone app or a 3DS game. The app reportedly earns daily revenues of more than $4 million daily, and is popular worldwide.

    Main staff:

 Director: Shinpei Ezaki (Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation)

 Screenplay: Taku Kishimoto (Silver Spoon, Haikyu!!)

 Story Composition: Jiro Ishii, Yoichi Kato

 Original Character Design: Tatsuro Iwamoto

 Original Monster Design: Masayuki Kondo

 Animation Design: Shizue Kaneko

 Anime Production: Liden Films, Ultra Super Pictures, XFLAG Pictures

 Production: XFLAG

 Distribution: Warner Brothers Japan

    Main Voice Cast:

   Ren Homura (elementary school age): Maaya Sakamoto

 Haruma Kagutsuchi (elementary school age): Tomo Muranaka

 Aoi Mizusawa: Lynn

 Minami Wakaba: Juri Kimura

 Akira Kagetsuki (junior high school age): Kengo Kawanishi

 Oragon: Jun Fukushima

 Ren Homura (junior high school age): Yusuke Kobayashi

 King Arthur of Knights of the Round Table: Nana Mizuki

 Genome: Koichi Yamadera

  ---

  Patrick Macias is editor in chief of Crunchyroll News & Otaku USA magazine.

He is currently serializing his latest writing project, MONDO TOKYO, on Wattpad.

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

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Working side by side each day - and sharing the bond of being the two geeks of this office - Kengo and Winnie have become quick friends despite the language barrier. He’s more chill and quick to laugh off the mistakes she makes when attempting to speak Komorebigo.

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Puroresu Best Bout Listing for March 2017

All Japan Pro Wrestling Keisuke Ishii vs. Koji Iwamoto, 3/12 @ Korakuen Hall Jun Akiyama vs. KENSO, 3/12 @ Korakuen Hall Kento Miyahara, Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo vs. Zeus, Jake Lee & Ryoji Sai, 3/27 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Big Japan Pro Wrestling Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Hideki Suzuki, 3/5 @ Korakuen Hall Kankuro Hoshino vs. Masashi Takeda, 3/5 @ Korakuen Hall Isami Kodaka vs. Ryuji Ito, 3/8 @…

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Under Your Bed アンダー・ユア・ベッド (2019) Dir: Mari Asato

Under Your Bed アンダー・ユア・ベッド (2019) Dir: Mari Asato

Under Your Bed    アンダー・ユア・ベッド 「Anda- Yua Beddo」 Release Date: July 19th, 2019 Duration: 98 mins. Director: Mari Asato Writer: Tatsuya Ishii (Screenplay), Kei Ohishi (Novel) Starring: Kengo Kora, Kanako Nishikawa, Kenichi Abe, Ryosuke Miyake, Yugo Mikawa, Website IMDB Handsome leading man Kengo Kora takes on a daring role in this film as he portrays a stalker who, when we first meet him, is living…

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Puroresu Best Bout Listing for January 2017

All Japan Pro Wrestling

Kento Miyahara, Jake Lee & Naoya Nomura vs. Suwama, Joe Doering & Hikaru Sato, 1/2 @ Korakuen Hall Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya, 1/3 @ Korakuen Hall Keisuke Ishii vs. Yuma Aoyagi, 1/3 @ Korakuen Hall Kento Miyahara vs. Takao Omori, 1/15 @ Hakata StarLanes

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi, 1/2 @ Korakuen Hall Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yoshihisa Uto, 1/29 @ Nagoya Diamond Hall

DRAGON GATE

Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk & El Lindaman vs. Masato Yoshino, Ben-K & Kotoka, 1/18 @ Korakuen Hall

Dramatic Dream Team

HARASHIMA vs. Mike Bailey, 1/3 @ Korakuen Hall Jun Kasai vs. Akito, 1/3 @ Korakuen Hall Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazusada Higuchi, 1/7 @ Kasukabe Fureai KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO, 1/7 @ Kasukabe Fureai KUDO Vs. Tetsuya Endo, 1/8 @ Aichi Sports Center Konosuke Takeshita & Mike Bailey vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi, 1/9 @ Osaka Oyodo Center HARASHIMA vs. Daisuke Sasaki, 1/9 @ Korakuen Hall Konosuke Takeshita vs. KUDO, 1/29 @ Korakuen Hall DNA - Kouki Iwasaki vs. Ryota Nakatsu, 1/7 @ Kasukabe Fureai BASARA - Isami Kodaka vs. FUMA, 1/6 @ Shinkiba 1stRING BASARA - Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu, 1/8 @ Osaka Oyodo Center Ganbare - Kenshin Ohka & Osamu Nagamaguchi vs. Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura, 1/21 @ BASEMENT MON☆STAR

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega, 1/4 @ Tokyo Dome Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, 1/4 @ Tokyo Dome Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata, 1/4 @ Tokyo Dome Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI, 1/5 @ Korakuen Hall Volador Jr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero, 1/22 @ Korakuen Hall

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Takashi Sugiura, 1/7 @ Korakuen Hall Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge, 1/7 @ Korakuen Hall Hajime Ohara vs. Taji Ishimori, 1/7 @ Korakuen Hall Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenoh, 1/9 @ Korakuen Hall Takashi Sugiura vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, 1/9 @ Korakuen Hall Takashi Sugiura vs. Atsushi Kotoge, 1/11 @ Yokohama Radiant Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi vs. Kenoh & Masa Kitamiya, 1/21 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Hajime Ohara vs. Daisuke Harada, 1/21 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Kohei Sato vs. Yusaku Obata, 1/1 @ Korakuen Hall Kohei Sato & Shogun Okamoto vs. Yusaku Obata & KAI, 1/14 @ Shinika 1stRING Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masato Tanaka, 1/22 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd

WRESTLE-1

Masayuki Kono vs. Manabu Soya, 1/8 @ Korakuen Hall Kaz Hayashi & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Daiki Inaba & Yusuke Kodama, 1/8 @ Korakuen Hall MAZADA vs. Andy Wu, 1/8 @ Korakuen Hall Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi, 1/25 @ Shinjuku FACE Daiki Inaba vs. Shinjiro Otani, 1/25 @ Shinjuku FACE

MISC/INDIES

FREEDOMS - Daisuke Masaoka vs. Yuya Susumu, 1/3 @ Shinkiba 1stRING HEAT-UP - Kazuhiro Tamura vs Rocky Kawamura, 1/19 @ Shinyurigaoka 21 Hall VKF - Koji Kanemoto vs Masamune, 1/21 @ Osaka Fukushima Center Guts World - Keizo Matsuda & YUJI KITO vs. Masked Mystery & Daisuke, 1/24 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Guts World - Mr. Gannosuke, Guts Ishijima, Michio Kageyama vs. Masao Orihara, Dick Togo, Amigo Suzuki & Liang Ping, 1/24 @ Shinkiba 1stRING FREEDOMS - Yuya Susumu & HAYATA vs. Takashi Sasaki & Dyna Mido, 1/29 @ Moriguchi Gym K-DOJO - Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami vs. Kengo Mashimo & Ayumu Honda, 1/29 @ Blue Field

JOSHI SELECTION

OZ-A - Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Kyoko Kimura, 1/8 @ Shinjuku FACE OZ-A - Hikaru Shida & Syuri vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kagetsu, 1/8 @ Shinjuku FACE WAVE - Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami vs. Kyoko Kimura & Kagetsu, 1/8 @ Shinjuku FACE Sendai Girls - Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Aja Kong, 1/9 @ Shinjuku FACE Stardom - Io Shirai vs. Viper, 1/15 @ Korakuen Hall Stardom - Yoko Bito & Kairi Hojo vs. Kay Lee Ray & Nixon Newell, 1/15 @ Korakuen Hall Tokyo Joshi - Yuu vs. Shoko Nakajima, 1/21 @  BASEMENT MON☆STAR Kyoko Kimura Retirement - Kyoko Kimura, Hana Kimura & ISAO vs. Minoru Suzuki, Aja Kong & Meiko Satomura, 1/22 @ Korakuen Hall SEAdLINNNG - Nanae Takahashi vs. Arisa Nakajima, 1/26 @ Korakuen Hall WAVE - Yumi Ohka & Yuki Miyazaki vs. Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami, 1/28 @ Shinkiba 1stRING JWP - Hanako Nakamori vs. LEON, 1/29 @ KFC Hall Stardom - Kairi Hojo vs. Nixon Newell, 1/29 @ Shinkiba 1stRING

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Full Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome, Summer Struggle in Osaka + Nagoya Cards Revealed; RIP Paul Orndorff (10/29/1949 - 7/11/2021)

New Japan Pro Wrestling finally revealed the cards for the first batch of Summer Struggle tour shows that starts tomorrow, as well as the full cards for the two Summer Struggle in Osaka shows, Summer Struggle in Nagoya, and, crucially, Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome.

The Tokyo Dome show doesn’t have any real surprises, as it’s a dome show, therefore we should be getting many title matches and maybe a special singles grudge match or two. Both tag title matches and the IWGP Juniorheavyweight title match have been added to this show. There is also two dueling stipulations for the KOPW2021 New Japan Ranbo that is opening the show, but I’m not entirely sure I can make sense of it right now, so here, read this interview with Toru Yano and see if you can figure it out.

The two shows in Osaka and the show in Nagoya are both punctuated with special singles match main events; two of them in preview for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team title match at Wrestle Grand Slam, the other featuring grudge matches Hiroshi Tanahashi v. KENTA, and Tomohiro Ishii v. EVIL.

Kota Ibushi will be kept off the tour until the 7/19/2021 date in Ibaraki. Robbie Eagles makes his first in-ring appearance for NJPW since December on the 7/17/2021 Korakuen Hall show.

These are the cards we have for the tour so far. I’m not expecting any other announcements until after the Tokyo Dome show.

Summer Struggle 2021 - 7/13/2021, Aomori New Aomori Prefectural Sports Park Maeda Arena

Yuya Uemura v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], YOH [CHAOS] & Yota Tsuji v. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Rocky Romero [CHAOS] & Master Wato v. KENTA, Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Gedo [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada & SHO [CHAOS] v. Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan [United Empire]

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado & DOUKI [SZKG]

- 7/14/2021, Akita Nices Arena

Yota Tsuji v. El Desperado [SZKG]

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], SHO [CHAOS] & Yuya Uemura v. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Rocky Romero [CHAOS] & Master Wato v. KENTA, Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Gedo [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada & YOH [CHAOS] v. Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan [United Empire]

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

- 7/17/2021, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura v. KENTA, EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo [Bullet Club]

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki [SZKG]

Robbie Eagles, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Ryusuke Taguchi v. Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

- 7/19/2021, Ibaraki Tatsunoko Arena

Robbie Eagles, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] & Yuya Uemura v. EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Rocky Romero [CHAOS] & Tiger Mask IV v. KENTA, Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Gedo [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] & Yota Tsuji v. Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan [United Empire]

Kota Ibushi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Master Wato v. Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Summer Struggle in Osaka - 7/22/2021, Osaka EDION Arena (NJPWWorld)

Robbie Eagles, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. KENTA, EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] v. Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan [United Empire]

Kota Ibushi & Master Wato v. Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG]

Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] v. Taichi [SZKG]

- 7/23/2021, Osaka EDION Arena (NJPWWorld)

Ryusuke Taguchi, Rocky Romero [CHAOS] & Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] v. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Jado [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] & Toru Yano [CHAOS] v. KENTA, EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan [United Empire]

Kota Ibushi & Master Wato v. Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. Taichi [SZKG]

Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] v. Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG]

Summer Struggle in Nagoya - 7/24/2021, Aichi Dolphin’s Arena (NJPWWorld)

Robbie Eagles, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Ryusuke Taguchi, Rocky Romero [CHAOS]. Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo, Yujiro Takahashi & Jado [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano [CHAOS] v. Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan [United Empire]

Kota Ibushi & Master Wato v. Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] v. EVIL [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi v. KENTA [Bullet Club]

Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome - 7/25/2021, Tokyo Dome (NJPWWorld / FITE)

KOPW2021 New Japan Ranbo: Toru Yano v. TBA

IWGP Juniorheavyweight Tag Team Championship: Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] (c) v. Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

IWGP Juniorheavyweight Championship: El Desperado [SZKG] (c) v. Robbie Eagles [CHAOS]

Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] v. Jeff Cobb [United Empire]

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Tetsuya Naito & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] (c) v. Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG]

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] (c) v. Kota Ibushi

Earlier today we learned of the death of “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff at the age of 71. He was recently diagnosed with dementia, although it’s not certain if that contributed to his passing. Orndorff was one of the major players in the nationwide expansion of the WWF in the 1980s, his programs with Hulk Hogan, both as a rival and partner, drawing major gates, leading to the very first Wrestlemania, which he took part in the main event with Roddy Piper v. Hogan & Mr. T.

Orndorff was forever linked with Hogan, as they both shared Hiro Matsuda as a trainer. Indeed, Orndorff’s first tour of NJPW, from 10/10/1980 - 11/6/1980, saw him frequently tag with Hogan, usually in addition to Jimmy Garvin. Orndorff returned for several tours in 1983, and had singles rivalries with the likes of Akira Maeda and Seiji Sakaguchi, also getting wins over Kengo Kimura & Ryuma Go. 

His NJPW work was but a blip in a superstar career, mind you, but that’s kinda what this blog is for.

Paul Orndorff had the looks and the abilities. A lot is going to be written about him coming up, a lot of it more knowledgeable than what I can provide, so it’s worth reading up. Our condolences to his family, friends and loved ones.

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Brewed from Rice (Japanese Version) from Shuhari - Sawaya Matsumoto on Vimeo.

原料に勝る技術なし。 Rice is the essence of all.

If such things as sake brewing techniques exist, they shouldn't be only techniques for brewing good sake with any ingredient. They should be adapted skills that suit the characteristics of the ingredient used and the desired taste. We need to not only consider our know-how and skills but also rethink the concept of “ingredients”. That's what we think.

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Credits:

Directed by Kota Ishii (HOEDOWN) Produced by Naohiro Nagato (teamLab) Cinematography by Koichi Takagi (HOEDOWN), Takehiro Goto Drone Grip by Shota Nakajima Music by Kengo Tokusashi