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Japanese bloggers talk about future of fight business

By Zach Arnold | February 28, 2006

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By Zach Arnold

Some people in public may be afraid to use the “y” word in Japan, but it’s not stopping the various top Japanese MMA writers on the Internet from discussing the matter. Inside (and outside) the MMA business, last week’s yakuza arrests continue to draw attention and speculation about what else may be revealed shortly. One of the more influential writers, Mr. Gryphon, had a chance to write a post about this story on his web site today.

Here is the Japanese text from his post:

「イノキ・ボンバイエ恐喝未遂事件」は発展するか？

この事件は今のところ、各新聞の記事がばらばらで微妙に違い、断片的にしか分からない。

これはヤミがどうこうとかいうより、複数のポイントがあるこの事件で、単純に新聞が割くスペースの中では紙面化されるところが各紙で違っているからだろう。

じゃあ、このままうやむやかというとそうでもなくて、たしか先週金曜日かそこらの事件でしょ？だとしたら週刊ポスト、週刊現代あたりは日程的に間に合わないとしても、木曜日発売の週刊文春・週刊新潮はけっこう取材をやってるんじゃないかと思う。

世間一般でどれだけ興味をもって扱ってくれるかは分からないけど週刊文春は、森下前社長の自殺時もけっこう記事を載せていたからね。

あと、自分はどの雑誌がどれぐらいの質や傾向があるか分からないけど、極道系の情報を専門的に扱う一連の雑誌（いわゆる「実話系雑誌」）があるじゃない。あのへんが扱うってことはないかね？詳しい人はあとで報告してくださいね。

何が今のところ問題かというと、最初に書いた話

今は「脅した」という事実関係だけがとりあえずの問題だが、今後は「じゃあ何で、ヒョードル出場をお前らが妨害したの？」

「だれになんて依頼されたの？」という話になるよな。

まさか「われわれは純粋なファンで、ヒョードルに得体の知れないイベントで無駄な相手と戦って欲しくなかった」とかは言わないだろうし。

このときは「やめろと言った」という報道で、今の「出られたのは俺たちのおかげ」という報道ではなかった。錯綜してるね。

で、問題は「出場やめろ」であっても「俺が話をつけて出場可能にしてやった」でも、全く無関係の人がいきなりそう言えるだろうか、ということ。この種の人たちは「たけしのＴＶ出場は教育上悪い」でも「環境を守れ」でも「金儲けのうまい竹下さんを総理にしよう！」でも、何でも無理矢理関わっていくことも多いのだけれど、逆に以前からの、これらの容疑者と格闘技との関係はどうだったのかと。

今後の報道では、この部分が整理されていくでしょう。

Here is a translation of what is said:

There are a lot of small but significant differences in the news stories published until now. The story broke on Friday, so it was too late for the Friday weeklies (Bunshun, etc.) to talk about it, but we can expect coverage in the weeklies to come out on Thursday.

However, what we do know is that the police are investigating some threats by the yakuza. The bigger questions that will develop are:

While it is not unexpected that the yakuza are involved in this business, it seems that the police are determined to clarify the exact involvement of the yakuza within the fight industry.

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One Response to “Japanese bloggers talk about future of fight business”

  1. FightOpinion.com - Your Global Connection to the Fight Industry. says:
    March 3, 2006 at 12:21 am

    […] Yamamoto talks about how everything related to Inoki has been bad over the last few years. The involvement of Inoki in the 2003 MMA show has been debatable, since the word inside the industry was that Inoki was paid by the K-Confidence office for an appearance fee to show up on TV and be at the event, and also for the usage of the likeness of his image. While Inoki had some involvement in the show, it may not be necessarily to the extent that is being portrayed on a public level. Tarzan is clearly using the story of the yakuza being arrested as an attack point on Inoki and also as an attack on Kawamata’s credibility, trying to paint Kawamata as a man who has yakuza connections himself. He tries to make Kawamata look bad by talking about Mirko’s no-show on the Inoki event and all the problems surrounded Fedor’s participation. However, Yamamoto doesn’t ask the questions that Gryphon and other Japanese online writers have pointed out: […]

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