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Friday, June 16th, 2006By Tetsuya Sano ã“ã“ã«PRIDE無差別級ＧＰ二回戦ã®ãƒã‚±ãƒƒãƒˆãŒã‚る。 7月1æ—¥ã€åƒ•ã¯å‹äººé”ã¨å…±ã«ã•ã„ãŸã¾ã‚¹ãƒ¼ãƒ‘ーアリーナã«è¶³ã‚’é‹ã¶ã€‚ There is a ticket of PRIDE open weight GP 2nd round. On July 1st, I will go to Saitama Super Arena with friends. フジテレビãŒï¼°ï¼²ï¼©ï¼¤ï¼¥ã¨ç¸ã‚’切ã£ãŸã®ã¯åƒ•é”ファンã«å‡„ã¾ã˜ã„ショックを与ãˆãŸã€‚ ã„ã‚„ã€ãƒ•ã‚¡ãƒ³ã ã‘ã§ã¯ãªãæ ¼é—˜æŠ€ã« ãã‚Œã»ã©é–¢å¿ƒã®ãªã„人々ã«ã¾ã§ãã®ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒƒã‚¯ã¯åºƒãŒã£ãŸã€‚ フジテレビ以外ã®åœ°ä¸Šæ³¢å±€ã®å¤•æ–¹ã®ãƒ‹ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ã‚¹ã€yahooã€livedoorãªã©ã®ãƒˆãƒƒãƒ—を飾り ã¾ã•ã«ãƒ—ãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹æ ¼é—˜æŠ€ç•Œã«ã¨ã£ã¦æœªæ›¾æœ‰ã®ä¸€å¤§äº‹ä»¶ã¨è¨€ãˆã‚‹ã ã‚ã†ã€‚ PRIDE-FujiTV affair gave us, Japanese fans, a huge shock. And this is a huge impact for general public too. TV networks (without […]
AERA, Playboy, and Gendai talk about Fuji TV & DSE
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006By Zach Arnold This week’s edition of AERA, a weekly magazine produced by Asahi Shimbun, had a one-page article about the PRIDE press conference from last week. The focus was on what Hidehiko Yoshida & Emelianenko Fedor would do next in their careers. It starts off by talking about Yoshida in the PRIDE 2006 open-weight […]
Media wrap-up: Sakakibara, Fuji, and PRIDE
Friday, June 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold As you could imagine today, there was a giant fallout in media reaction (newspapers, TV, etc.) in regards to the Thursday press conference that DSE management held at the Prince Hotel in Tokyo. We will take a look at some of the reaction from the press (both from English and Japanese sources). […]
Weekly magazines focus on DSE situation
Thursday, June 8th, 2006Yahoo Japan HP: “Complete denial of ‘Black Association’ by PRIDE” By Zach Arnold At yesterday’s press conference, DSE President Nobuyuki Sakakibara vociferously defended his company and denied all allegations of ties to the yakuza. He specifically named Shukan Gendai as a publication that damaged his company and caused the cancelation of the Fuji TV deal. […]
Media coverage of Fuji TV/PRIDE story
Monday, June 5th, 2006Image credit: Sports Nippon By Zach Arnold Related link: Fuji TV cancels PRIDE for good Message board: Give us your thoughts on the story Update: Asahi Shimbun reports that Tokai TV (Nagoya – where Sakakibara came from) will not air the Hustle Aid show, claiming that because the show is not airing nationwide on the […]
Fuji TV cancels PRIDE for good
Monday, June 5th, 2006Bottom Japanese headline on Yahoo Japan HP: Fuji cancels PRIDE By Zach Arnold Update I: The PRIDE page on the Fuji TV official web site has been removed and deleted. Japanese blogger(s) covering the story: Technorati (list of writers) | Burning Spirit (and here) | Swimming Eye (Tetsuya Sano) | Angle-Japan | Gryphon | NHBnews […]
Gendai: Fuji TV not to renew PRIDE TV deal?
Sunday, May 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold As noted yesterday on the message board, Shukan Gendai came out with a page article in this week’s magazine, proclaiming that their campaign against DSE for being an alleged yakuza group is showing some effects. They claim that the TV deal between DSE/PRIDE & Fuji TV is up in September, and that […]
Kameda Brothers become next media target
Monday, May 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold It apparently isn’t only PRIDE that is getting the yakuza scandal treatment. This week’s edition of Shukan Post is promoting a “scoop” story about the alleged ties between the yakuza and the (star) boxing Kameda Brothers. The yakuza spotlight continues to shine in relation to the fight & entertainment worlds. Last week, […]
Gendai: Company supplied PRIDE owner with mansion
Monday, May 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold A summary transcript of this week’s Shukan Gendai article about PRIDE, Fuji TV, and Nippon TV.
Who will fall next?
Monday, May 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold Earlier this morning, reports surfaced that major members of the powerful Goto-gumi yakuza group were arrested. Just minutes ago, Nikkan Sports released a more detailed news article. The news outlet discusses, in passing, the influence of Goto-gumi on the fight game in Japan (something I alluded to on the message board). The […]
Gendai fires back at DSE
Friday, May 5th, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE President Nobuyuki Sakakibara responded with legal threats a couple of days ago in response to the long-term campaign of allegations made against him by Shukan Gendai in relation to yakuza influence. However, these new threats clearly have not deterred Kodansha (the publisher of Gendai) from their aggressive article series against DSE. […]
Sakakibara’s new response to Gendai & Kawamata
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE President Nobuyuki Sakakibara issued a statement on the PRIDE HP about Shukan Gendai & Seiya Kawamata. In the statement, Sakakibara says the following: DSE & PRIDE are not backed by yakuza money Kawamata’s testimony and claims are one-sided and false The statements that Kawamata & Gendai have made are frustrating and […]
He’s baaaaack…
Saturday, April 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold Earlier in the week at Puroresu Power, we talked about Antonio Inoki’s attempt to get into the IFL or be associated with the new MMA project. Sherdog reports that Inoki is now the IFL’s “Global Ambassador.” IFL 4/29 Atlantic City results. Maybe this Jitsuwa Knuckles article would be informative for those associated […]
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