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戸山流槍術
Toyama Ryu Sojutsu
Toyama School Spear Fighting. An interesting Sword vs Juken (bayonet)
The Toyama School was established in 1925 by a committee of senior experts of several sword traditions for the curriculum of the Rikugun Toyama Gakko.
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THE IDOLM@STER M@STERS OF IDOL WORLD!!!!! 2023
Information regarding the MOIW 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 11th and 12th of February 2023. This live will feature all five brands of IDOLM@STER on the stage together after 8 years.
The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:
DAY 1&2
IDOLM@STER 765PRO ALL STARS
Eriko Nakamura (Haruka Amami), Asami Imai (Chihaya Kisaragi), Akiko Hasegawa (Miki Hoshii), Azumi Asakura (Yukiho Hagiwara), Mayako Nigo (Yayoi Takatsuki), Hiromi Hirata (Makoto Kikuchi), Naomi Wakabayashi (Ritsuko Akizuki), Asami Shimoda (Ami/Mami Futami), Manami Numakura (Hibiki Ganaha), Rie Kugimiya (Iori Minase)
DAY 1 ONLY
IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS
Triad Primus [Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Eriko Matsui (Nao Kamiya), Mai Fuchigami (Karen Hojo)], Eldritch Loreteller [Haruka Chisuga (Ryo Matsunaga), Chiyo Ousaki (Koume Shirasaka)], Cyber Glass [Mina Nagashima (Haruna Kamijo), Rui Tanabe (Hina Araki)], Foreign Seaside [Nao Toyama (Mizuki Kawashima), Miharu Hanai (Tomoe Murakami)], from U149 [Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba)]
IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE
Strawberry Pop Moon [Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki)], TIntMe! [Eri Inagawa (Tamaki Ogami), Akari Harashima (Iku Nakatani), Keiko Watanabe (Momoko Suou)], HanaSakuya [Yuu Kahara (Emily Stewart), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi)], Cleasky [Asuka Kakumoto (Elena Shimabara), Chouchou Kiritani (Miya Miyao)]
IDOLM@STER SideM
DRAMATIC STARS [Shugo Nakamura (Teru Tendo)], Jupiter [Takuma Terashima (Toma Amagase), Daichi Kanbara (Hokuto Ijuin)], Beit [Shun Horie (Pierre), Tomohito Takatsuka (Minori Watanabe)], MofuMofuEn [Shogo Yano (Nao Okamura), Keisuke Furuhata (Shiro Tachibana)], C.FIRST [Yuri Ise (Shu Amamine), Masaya Miyakaze (Momohito Hanazono), Takeo Otsuka (Eishin Mayumi)]
IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS
Hokago Climax Girls [Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa)], Straylight [Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi)], noctchill [Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa)]
DAY 2 ONLY
IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS
Threat Sign [Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Teru Ikuta (Natalia)], Dimension-3 [Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Shiki Aoki (Asuka Ninomiya)], flamme martini [Maki Kawase (Tsukasa Kiryu), Sayaka Harada (Miyu Mifune), Satsumi Matsuda (Syoko Hoshi), Minori Suzuki (Hajime Fujiwara)], HappyHappyTwin [Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Rei Matsuzaki (Kirari Moroboshi)], miroir [Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Rika Nagae (Hayate Hisakawa)]
IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE
Chrono-Lexica [Yuka Saito (Subaru Nagayoshi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Rika Abe (Mizuki Makabe)], Senkou☆HANABIDAN [Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayam), Nana Hamasaki (Noriko Fukuda), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama), Eri Ozeki (Minako Satake)], 4 Luxury [Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Minami Takahashi (Konomi Baba)]
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FRAME [Kentaro Kumagai (Hideo Akuno), Kento Hama (Ryu Kimura), Takuya Masumoto (Seiji Shingen)], Café Parade [Sho Karino (Yukihiro Kamiya), Takuya Kodama (Makio Uzuki), Daiki Kobayashi (Saki Mizushima)], F-LAGS [Yuko Sanpei (Ryo Akizuki), Shunya Hiruma (Kazuki Tsukumo), Takehiro Urao (Daigo Kabuto)]
IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS
Illumination Stars [Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya)], L’Antica [Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku)], ALSTROEMERIA [Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama)], SHHis [Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)]
SPECIAL GUEST
ZWEIGLANZ [Minori Chihara (Leon), Rie Takahashi (Shika)]
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These three items are from the collection of the Kojima Museum, located in the former Kojima residence in Onojimachi, Machida City (Tokyo).
They are, from top to bottom, Kojima Shikanosuke's wooden practice swords and his two mokuroku (certificates) for the Tennen rishin-ryu sword style. I thought the swords were especially neat because you almost never see them with metal tsuba.
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It also occurred to me that I should probably add a quick "Today I Learned" post about Kojima Shikanosuke:
+ Kojima Shikanosuke, also known as Kojima Tamemasa, was born in 1830 and died in 1900, aged 70. He lived his entire life in Onoji village in the Tama district of Musashino province, which was just outside the city of Edo.
+ He came from a wealthy farming family and served as the headman of Onoji, the central village in a village league, which is an administrative grouping of multiple, generally smaller, villages.
The position of headman was hereditary, as was common for many posts during the Edo period, and it was previously held by his father, Masanori, whom he succeeded in 1838 at age 18.
The Kojima family's land made up a large portion, roughly 1/6th, of the overall village league. Onoji was also an important post town on the Oyama Kaido, the road linking Edo and Shizuoka, which was not only a secondary route to the better-known Tokaido but a popular pilgrimage route in its own right.
In other words: think less "tiny farming community" and more "bustling post town"; less "country bumpkin village head" and more "capable, well-educated young administrator for this district".
+ We know a lot about the Kojima family, Onoji, and the villages in Tama because of a series of diaries kept by the family: Masanori started the first one in 1836 and Shikanosuke continued it from 1848 on. Additional, two further generations continued diaries past the Meiji period, making the set of journals an important resource.
+ Aside from being a capable administrator, Shikanosuke was well known as a Confucian scholar (a disciple of Kikuchi Kikujo) and a master of Chinese poetry (a disciple of Toyama Unnyo). He owned a large library of more than 10,000 books, and regularly welcomed traveling scholars, poets, and others into his home.
+ In the 1840s, the Kojima family built a fencing hall next to their home in Onoji to encourage young people to learn swordsmanship. He invited Kondo Shusuke to teach the Tennen rishin-ryu sword style, which was popular in the area.
The dojo was later frequented by Kondo Isami, Hijikata Toshizo, Okita Soji, and other members of the Sheikan, who regularly came to Tama to teach.
Shikanosuke received his license in the Tennen rishin-ryu in 1848.
+ He became close friends with many of the Shieikan's members through the Onoji fencing hall, and the Kojima museum's collection includes a large number of letters sent to him by Kondo Isami, Hijikata Toshizo, and Okita Soji. (You can read some surviving letters here.) He even received a New Year's greeting from Sannan Keisuke - the only known letter written by Sannan.
Shikanosuke was distantly related to Hijikata Toshizo through the Hashimoto family, and there are multiple examples where Hijikata addresses him as "brother Kojima" in his letters, including the most famous (infamous?) one he's written where he brags about his women in Kyoto.
However, he was probably even closer to Kondo Isami than he was to Hijikata. He taught Kondo how to write Chinese poetry, many examples of which still survive in various collections. The two also had a ceremony to become sworn brothers in 1863, just before Kondo left for Kyoto. (Such a ceremony usually involved the exchange of cups of sake, not entirely unlike the ceremony for marriage.)
I am wondering whether Shikanosuke became sworn brothers with both Kondo and Hijikata? (That would be such a Three Kingdoms reference, wouldn't it?)
+ In addition to being sworn brothers and close friends, Shikanosuke was also a major backer of the Shinsengumi, regularly sending gifts and funds to Kondo and Hijikata.
+ Although the Kojima family was among the wealthy and powerful families in their area, they focused a lot of their efforts on helping everyone in their village league, organizing food for the village poor during times of bad harvests, setting up a defense force when there was rioting and looting in Edo in the 1860s, and providing supplies and care during the flooding following the earthquake and the epidemics of cholera and measles in the 1850s.
+ Shikanosuke didn't care for the westernization of the country following the Meiji restoration and never adopted a western hairstyle or clothing. Can't you just imagine him grumbling about all the modern western things that are getting popular?
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Master Seiko Toyama, 10e DAN (當山清幸) _ Sanseiryu _ Uechi-ryu Karate-do🙏
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Episode 784 - Máistir Maxime Chouinard
Máistir Maxime Chouinard is a Martial Arts practitioner and instructor of Antrim Bata.
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Máistir Maxime Chouinard - Episode 784
Máistir Maxime Chouinard started training in 1997 with Kyokushin karate in his hometown of Sainte-Anne des Monts. In 2002, he started to practice and research Historical Martial Arts, focusing on the military sabre, La Canne and Le Baton. The same year, he also started practicing Japanese kenjutsu, becoming an instructor in Shinkendo, Toyama Ryu and Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu. Over the years, he also trained in Canne de combat, Yagyu Shinkage Ryu, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and Olympic fencing, and participated in Dog Brothers events. In 2007, he traveled to Ireland, where he was introduced to Antrim Bata, a style of bataireacht or Irish stick, which he started teaching in 2009. He now works to promote this art around the world and is heading Antrim Bata internationally. Maxime is also an affiliate member of the HEMA Alliance.
In this episode, Máistir Maxime Chouinard talks about the style of the Irish stick, Antrim Bata, and his experience training in kenjutsu. Listen to learn more!
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Oct. 2022
United/ビッケブランカ
Telltale Signs/Sobs
★Close It Quietly/Frankie Cosmos
★Inner World Peace/Frankie Cosmos
family line/THE BED ROOM TAPE
EVOLVE/Tsukasa Inoue
Hysteria/Indigo Sparke
Wildflower/The Avalanches
We Will Always Love You/The Avalanches
Hello 88/Takeo Toyama
★Orchid Room/Joni
Close Distance/FloFilz
YUKI 20th Anniversary Coupling + Remix Collection 2002-2022『Ode to JOY』/YUKI
YUKI 20th Anniversary The Singles Collection 2002-2022『Tears of JOY』/YUKI
ユーミン万歳！～松任谷由実50周年記念ベストアルバム～/松任谷由実
We'll Be Okay EP/THE CHARM PARK
Dreaming/[.que]
from here to there/Ryu Matsuyama
★ms/鈴木真海子
No More Summer Songs/Phantom Handshakes
少年の日(-Light years Ⅱ-THE NORTH FACE Sphere A/W)/haruka nakamura
★EXPERT IN A DYING FIELD/The Beths
Osmanthus/小瀬村晶
The Bird's Nest/Feather And Down
maze/chelmico
gokigen/chelmico
Frankie Cosmosさいこー。ニューヨーク出身なのも。。
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Takumi's Thoughts on Toyama Division
Asato Rikiya
"I admire and respect Asato-kun! A man who works hard as he does to provide for his family is okay in my books! Judging from his body style and stance, he obviously has good upper and lower-body strength. Maybe I should take my students on a field trip to Toyama to observe how he works. I'm certain they could learn something!"
Yano Ietsuna
"I quite admire Yano-san's handiwork! His glass sculptures are quite popular among some of the staff here at the academy. I've seen his work, and I'm impressed at the thought that goes into each one! The boy has a bright future, but that's only if he manages to get in control of his emotions! I think I should invite him here to Sendai. A tough and demanding training session should toughen him a bit!"
Kensaku Morimoto
"I don't know Kensaku-san well, I'm afraid. Ryu-san seems to know more about him as they are acquainted. Personally, I think he's a good man, but a bit scrawny. He should join Yano-san here for a good workout session!"
ECO BooN
"Toyama Division is an interesting place, for sure! All three of these men represent their division well! However, 2/3 of the group need some serious toughening up, ASAP! They'll never get far in the D.R.B. the way they are now!"
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Tomikou Ryu
Tomikou Akie Ryu | 劉・愛姫恵・富幸
Having recently graduated from university, Tomikou has opted to focus on her career as a model before her return home and impending arranged marriage. She’s currently in Paris for work, and is visiting the various shops while guarded by her family hired security team. Sick of her bodyguards and manager dictating her every move, she takes the chance to ditch her entourage when they pass by the Louvre. Ducking into the museum, she wanders around enjoying the new exhibits that have been added since she had last visited.
Her period of freedom didn’t last long though. Not even ten minutes after giving them the slip, Tomikou spotted her guards searching for her through the crowd of tourists. Slipping pass the Mona Lisa visitors, she quickly headed for the new antique exhibit she had passed earlier. After closing the exhibit door behind, she ran for the other side of the corridor, trying to put more distance between herself and her entourage. As she ran, she was hit with a blinding sensation of light and pain. The last thing she remembers before losing consciousness was the sound of people shouting.
When she awoke and was informed of her time-traveling and the residents being vampires, Tomikou took the news shockingly well, and to the surprises of the other guests, she was more excited to learn about vampires and having fun than worried about her stay.
History
Tomikou Akie Ryu is the middle child and only daughter of Toshiyuki Ryu and his wife, Michie Fujisaki, and is a princess of the Ryu clan. She was born in Toyama prefecture within the sacred mountain range, of Tateyama. Like all Dragon Ayakashi, she spent her first 25 years of life as a hatchling underwater in the waters she was born in. Upon reaching 25 years of life, she gained her human form and moved to live on land with the rest of her family. She spent the majority of her childhood/fledgling years in Tokyo or traveling abroad for work and competitions. At 28 or the human equivalent of a 3 year old, her parents had arranged and her engaged to fellow Dragon Ayakashi, Tatsuya, the heir apparent and prince of the Yuri clan.
During her years as a hatchling, like all other Dragon Ayakashi, Tomikou spent her time training her Draconic abilities and powers, and learning about the culture and history of her species. She mainly socialized with other the various Dragon Ayakashi and their hatchlings of the different regions of East Asia. She also spent a lot of time with her cousins who are similar in age to her.
When she was about 5 years old, she met her older fiancé for the first time; it was practically hatred at first sight as Tatsuya mercilessly teased and bullied her and continued doing so even after the elder became a fledgling.
Growing up in her human form, Tomikou spent a lot of her time learning and studying the traditional Japanese and other East Asian arts and training her growing dragon abilities.
At 30 years old (Human 5), her parents had her take up artistic gymnastics, figure skating, and ballroom dancing in hopes of reducing her clumsiness. How well the lessons did in helping with her clumsiness is debatable as she is still very much a klutz when she’s not 100% focused.
By the time she was 34/9, she began competing in both gymnastics and figuring competitions on the international level. When she graduated from elementary school, Tomikou opted to quit gymnastics so that she can focus more on figure skating and the other lessons her parents had her take. In doing so, she moved in with her older brother, Takayuki, in Seoul, South Korea, where she studied and trained throughout junior high. During those three years, she would dominate the junior circuit, sweeping all the major competitions and taking the championship title at the Youth Olympic Games, the ISU Championships, the Junior Grand Prix Final, and the World Junior Championships.
Around the time she began competing in competitions, Tomikou was scouted by a modeling agency and began modeling for fashion houses throughout Asia. By the time she was 38/13, she had moved onto walking in fashion shows and modeling for famous fashion houses and some cosmetic brands in her spare time. Modeling eventually became a large part of Tomikou’s full-time career after her retirement from competitive figure skating, and began walking in more fashion shows and working for more companies than before.
After changing coaches and moving back to Tokyo for high school, she continued to take the competitive figure skating world by storm. Like her junior circuit career, Tomikou dominated the competition in the senior circuit, winning the Grand Prix Final, the ISU World Championships as well as well as the 2026 Olympic Games in Milano Cortina, Italy. She eventually earned the nicknames Empress Mikou and Goddess of Ice. After her seventh consecutive championship wins at the Four Continents Championship and World Championships in the 2031-232 season, she chose to take a break from competitive figure skating to focus on her studies and expand her horizons in other fields. She would come back for the 2033-2034 season and officially announced her retirement from competitive figure skating after winning her third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the Ladies’ singles event.
In 2032 after graduating from UCLA (with a degree in Psychology and Business Economics and a minor in Creative Writing) and finishing her acting classes at Speiser/Sturges Acting Studio, she competed in the Miss Grand Japan pageant. She didn’t have much expectations for herself when she entered the competition, but she liked the mission and goals behind the pageant, and considered it to be a good experience. She hadn’t expected to actually win Miss Grand Japan, nor to be crowned queen at the main Miss Grand International (MGI) competition. As MGI, Tomikou moved to Bangkok, Thailand to complete her responsibilities as MGI and worked alongside the MGI organization to stop war and bring peace.
Completing her reign as queen, she returned home to Tokyo where she joined her best friend and upperclassmen in building KiyoKou Talent Agency (清幸 キヨコウ) and finished the final year of her athletic career. In the three years following graduation, Tomikou focused all of her time on her career, real estate investment, and assisting in the family business and clan matters.
It’ll be after two grueling months of continuous fashion shows, traveling, filming, and photo shoots, that Tomikou will feel the need to escape from her current life, and stumble into Comte de Saint Germain.
Appearance
As both an Ayakashi and a super model, Tomikou is an extremely beautiful young woman with captivating round almond-shaped sea blue eyes, high cheekbones, fair skin, and soft but distinctive features. It has been noted by others that her facial features make her memorable and difficult to mistake others for her. She has a slender but curvaceous figure with well toned muscles and hip-length ebony black hair.
In her Ayakashi form, Tomikou has an ombre of white to teal scales speckling her cheeks and limbs, her nails become more claw like, and her pupils appear larger and are vertically slitted. There are also three slits behind each of her ears that act as her gills when she is underwater. Despite her age being that of a fledgling already, she has yet to gain her horns in her Ayakashi form, and is thus still regarded as a hatchling. She will not be able to shift into her full dragon form until she is at least 35-40 human years.
When working, Tomikou can often be seen wearing comfortable but fashionable clothes; attire befitting of one of the heirs of the Ryu clan. Her attire often consists of what would be classified as business chic or business casual. Her hair is typically styled into elegant updos or half dos, ranging from braids, curls, buns, ponytails, and etc; it is rare to see her let her hair down when in public unless it is required for work.
Personality
Tomikou is a sweet, intelligent young woman who is well-mannered, but is also extremely frank about who and what she does and does not like and does not sugar coat her words when critiquing. She’s not afraid of being disliked, and prefers to be true to herself and thoughts even if she’s not 100% sure of who that is yet. Typically upon first meeting with strangers, many have found Tomikou to be rather reserve and standoffish with how serious and frank she can be.
However, she does love and care deeply about her family, and is fiercely loyal to them and those she deems as friends. She is willing to do almost anything for her family sans marriage. She has also been known to have a rather fierce temper and is very no nonsense and strict when it comes to work and family matters. She does have a sense of humor though, but it is rare for her to find something humorous by popular modern comedy.
When not dealing with her extended family, she’s rather free-spirited and mischievous, and more often than not marches to her own drum beat. Most of the time Tomikou can be found wearing a soft or mischievous smile on her face, but it’s difficult for others to tell if she’s actually enjoying herself or planning some sort of prank. Her friends and family have noted that she is quite inquisitive and prone to mischief if left alone or bored for too long. There have been many an incident due to Tomikou’s boredom.
Like many of her species, Tomikou does have a violent streak and falls to it once provoked enough. She has no issues with using some physical violence to settle matters, and enjoys watching a good fight. Like the rest of her family, she tries to curbs this aspect of her species by sparring and training as often as possible. She chooses marksmanship in archery and guns as her preferred method to temper her violent urges.
Being the only daughter of the Ryu clan, Tomikou’s has had to not only hold herself to strict standards but has had to meet all of her family’s lofty expectations. To maintain a sense of sanity, she has had to create a persona to deal with her extended family and the media in which she was always level-headed, even tempered, and saintly patient; all things that she very much is not.
Normally, Tomikou is very kind and considerate of others, taking extra special care with children. Combining that and her public persona, she has earned the title of Japan’s last living Uruwashiki ( 麗しい), the epitome of the classic Japanese beauty even greater than a Yamato Nadeshiko; a title the people closest to her are skeptical of as Tomikou is unbelievably clumsy outside of work matters.
Due to the pressures of her family and her career, Tomikou often feels suffocated by the standards and restrictions she has had to live by. In trying to not disappoint her family, she doesn’t actually know what she wants to do with her life outside of the career she has been lucky to land herself with. She’s very uncertain if modeling and fashion is what she wants to do with her life or if she’d be interested in pursuing a career outside of the fashion world.
Tomikou is also prone to occasional bouts of loneliness and depression, which she tries hard to hide from her friends and family. During these times, she has on occasion ditched her manager and security detail in order to have some time for herself and feel alive again.
Personal Information
Title: Miss Grand Japan 2022, Miss Grand International 2022, Olympian,
Legal Name: Tomikou Akie Ryu
Age: 50 almost 51, 25 almost 26 in human form
Birthday: 1985/2010 November 16
Year of Arrival: 2036 October
Height: 173 cm, 5′8″
Weight: 57.6 kg, 127 lbs
Blood Type: O
Nationality: Japanese
Ethnicity: East Asian (Chinese/Japanese/Korean? She’s not exactly sure)
Species: Ayakashi - Dragon/Tatsu/Wani
Nicknames: Mimi, Mikou
Occupations: Supermodel, Blogger, Philanthropist, Environmentalist, Real Estate Investor, Vice President of KiyoKou’s Talent Agency
Former: Competitive Figure Skater
Schools: University of California, Los Angeles
Aspirations: Undetermined; still searching
Family:
Toshiyuki Ryu - father (Age - 1000+)
Michie Fujisaki - mother (Age - 800+)
Takayuki Ryu - older brother (Age - 143)
Yoshiyuki Ryu - younger brother (Age - 16)
multiple adopted siblings (human and otherwise)
Role Models:
Komatsuhime
Madame_de_Pompadour
Nene
Ii Naotora
Hwang Jini
Kim Yuna
Asada Mao
Hanyu Yuzuru
Empress Dugu Jialuo
Favorite Flower: White Violets, Tulips, Daffodils, Lilies
Favorite Food: Fusion cuisine, Japanese food, Sweets in general, KBBQ, Boba/Bubble Milk Tea
Favorite Type of Book: Mythology, Fantasy, Adventure genres; Lord of the Rings
Favorite Type of Music: Classical, Traditional, R&B, Rock, and Pop
Favorite Quotes:
"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." — Katharine Hepburn
"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place." — Kurt Vonnegut
Favorite Subject: Language and Psychology
Best Subject: Literature, Economics, and Language
Worst Subject: Calculus, Religious Studies
Special Skills:
Clairvoyance/Psychic Medium
Polyglot - Japanese, Classical Chinese, Draconis, Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin, Mermish, English, French, German, Italian, Hanakotoba, Thai, and etc.
Ikebana
Tea Ceremonies
Gymnastics
Dance Choreography
Judo
Kendo
Violin
Sweets Artisan
Hobbies/Interests:
Architecture
Languages
Music
Dancing
Photography
Mythology
Sweets
History Enthusiast
Reading
Marksmanship - Archery and Guns
Fashion
Likes:
Punctuality
Freedom
Clean water and nature
Intelligence
Passion
Boba/Bubble Milk Tea
Dislikes: Tatsuya Yuri (her fiance), Diets, Ignorance
Bad with/at: Manual Labor, Motion Sickness, Reptiles
Abilities
Being an Ayakashi, specifically a Dragon Ayakashi, Tomikou has a plethora of innate powers and abilities.
Long life/immortality - physical aging ceases/slows when she gains her horns
Age Stages:
Hatchling [25 years; early childhood] -> Fledgling [26-50, gaining human form; adolescence] -> Dragonette [50-100, gaining horns; young adult] -> Adult [100+] -> Elder [1000+] -> Ancient [1500+]
Shape shifting and partial shifting
Water manipulation
Wind manipulation
Weather manipulation
Breathing underwater
Lightning manipulation
Natural Defense - an offensive and defensive vortex armor of wind, water, and sometimes lightning
Draconis - the language of Dragons
Communication with aquatic creatures
Mirror magic
Water magic
Accelerated healing
Regeneration
Heighten senses (Sight, Smell, Touch, Hearing, and Taste)
High endurance
High resilience
Extreme strength
Flight
Breathing underwater
Nature’s Voice (environment and animals)
Etymology
劉 | Ryu | Liu/Lau/Luu = Death
愛姫恵 | Akie = beloved princess blessings
富幸 | Tomikou = fortune and happiness
Trivia
Outside of work related activities, she is unbelievably clumsy, often tripping over things (sometimes even air) or dropping things.
She has effectively been banned by friends and family from doing any kind of manual labor; i.e., weight lifting, carpentry, and etc in fear of her harming herself or others.
She had taken acting classes while living in Los Angeles in preparation for commercial filming and show/film casting.
She draws a lot of her own fan merchandise.
With how old her parents are, Tomikou is not completely sure what ethnicity she and her siblings would actually fall under.
Until she gains her horns, Tomikou is known as a Dragon fledgling or juvenile afterwards she is referred to as a dragonette or a young adult.
At 50-51 years old, she’s considered a late bloomer by dragon standards as most others gain their horns by their 45th year.
She has a teddy bear she carries around with her and is unable to sleep without. Her older brother got it for her when she was born. She named it Hicchan, short for Hikaru.
Growing up, she has often been compared to the great beauties of East Asia such as the Four Beauties of China, Hwang Jini of Korea, and Oichi of Japan.
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Akanesasu Shojo Game PV Introduces Original Character Nagi Voiced by Maaya Sakamoto
In addition to the TV anime, the Akanesasu Shojo/The Girl in Twilight project plans to offer a simulation game app for Android and iOS. The game's official website has started streaming a 80-second PV to introduce its system and original character Nagi voiced by Maaya Sakamoto. The game's launch date is set for October 2018.
Nagi, who appears only in the game story, is described as: "The protagonist of the game edition. A girl who has been travelling to find her sisters in the parallel world. Sine she grew up in a harsh world, she sometimes can't understand Asuka and other's common senses. As travelling together, she gradually opens her mind to them."
New key visual for the game including Nagi in the center
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Animax's 20th anniversary TV anime is set to premiere on Animax, Tokyo MX, Yomiuri TV, and ANIMAX
on PlayStation on October 1, 2018.
PV with English subtitles posted on Pony Canyon USA's official YouTube channel
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Key visual
Story introduction:
In October 2018, a group of girls living in a local city are performing a certain ceremony. They are the
members of "Crystal Radio Research Society," a circle founded by Asuka Tsuchimiya, whose merit is her
brightness, along with her friends at the same high school. The ceremony is only inspired by an urban
legend... However, several conditions coincide accidentally, it turns into a situation that is beyond just
a game.
Main voice cast:
Asuka Tsuchimiya: Tomoyo Kurosawa (Otome Arisugawa in Aikatsu!)
You Tounaka: Lynn (Himari Takanashi in Interviews with Monster Girls)
Mia Silverstone: Nao Toyama (Chitoge Kirisaki in Nisekoi)
Nana Nanase: Ami Koshimizu (Hibiki Hojo/Cure Melody in Suite PreCure♪)
Chloé Morisu: Marina Inoue (Nao Modorikawa/Cure March in Smile PreCure!)
Main staff:
Original Scenario: Koutaro Uchikoshi (Ever17 -the out of infinity-)
Original Character Designer: Masakazu Katsura (Video Girl, ZETMAN)
Concept Artist: Hiroyuki Asada (Tegami Bachi)
Main Theme: Kenji Ito (Romansing Saga series, Puzzle & Dragons)
Music Producer: Ryu☆ (BEMANI series)
Director: Jin Tamamura (Chivalry of a Failed Knight)
Series Composition Writer: Shogo Yasukawa (Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma)
SF Setting Supervisor: Hiroshi Yamamoto (MM9 series, The Stories of Ibis)
Anime Character Designer: Daiki Harada (Sasami-san@Ganbaranai, Sweetness and Lightning)
Anime Production: DandeLion Animation Studio (ROBOMASTERS：The Animated Series), Jumonji (Fantasista Doll)
Source: Animax Braodcast Japan press release
©Akanesasu Anime Project ©Akanesasu Game Project
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Toyama-Ryu Batto jutsu in Florida
Aikido of Gainesville offers Aikido, Iaido, Kendo, jiu-jitsu, kung fu, judo, Toyama Ryu Batto Jutsu, Shotokan Karate & Japanese Aikijutsu classes also available. You can contact us at (352) 494-7816.
For more information, visit https://www.aikidoofgainesville.com/toyama-ryu-hon-iaido-batto.html
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組 UNITE 2021 ONLINE FUNDRAISER – $20 (2-days 10 TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BUDO GROUPS) FRIDAY, SEPT. 17th & 24th // 6 – 8:30 PM (EST) NYBA is a not-for-profit 501-c(3) Japanese sword school in NYC and we’re hosting an online fundraising event called 組 Unite – 2021 this Fall and need your support. Our goal is to create a cross-cultural exchange to foster greater respect, tolerance and a better understanding of traditional asian culture, it’s mental and physical benefits as well as a way to unite a like-minded community of dedicated practitioners. Ultimately, funding our long-term goal of establishing a dedicated group practice space for traditional Japanese Martial and Cultural Arts in NYC. Please join us online for some interviews, workshops, and demonstrations… @shinkyokushin_new_york – Kyokushin Karate (空手) New York Kyudo Dokokai – Kyudo (弓道) Archery @philiportizbudo @omnytaiko – Taiko Drums (太鼓) NY Kenshinkai – Kendo (剣道) Fencing @naigelato @byakkokan_nyc – Iaido (居合道) Toyama Ryu @nynaginata – Naginata (薙刀) @kokacalligraphy – Shodō (書道) Calligraphy @bondstreetdojo – Aikido (合気道) @yoshitsugu_nagano – Japanese Tea Ceremony (茶道) New York Budo Association – Iaido (居合道) Featured performer – @kunikazuyahagi Sensei – current headmaster of @ryushinshouchiryu TICKET LINK: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unite-2021-fundraiser-tickets-163543798905 FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: https://fb.me/e/NJawvDVY ONLINE AUCTION: https://www.32auctions.com/UNITE2021 NYBA MERCH: https://new-york-budo-association.creator-spring.com/ This event is sponsored by: @globus_washitsu @wearesakuraco @ilysm.jpg @brooklynkura @hodo_masks @tezumitea @tenuguiart @kaedekimonos @brooklynzencenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #japaneseculture #japan #budo #martialarts #samurai #iaido #kendo #naginata #aikido #karate #shinkyokushinkarate #kyokushin #taiko #taikodrums #japaneseteaceremony #beauty #traditional #japanesehistory #japanesecalligraphy #brush #calligraphy #matcha #fundraiser #nycevent #support #空手 #太鼓 #samurai #合気道 #ninja @make_repost @make_repost.official @yoshin_project @budocool @kenjutsuworld @martialarts__worldwide @humansofmartialarts @blackbeltmag @martialarts_world_ (at New York Budo Association) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNIj9srDGH/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Nato il 16 Maggio del 1957, il Maestro Alibrandi inizia la pratica del Karate nel 1972 sotto la guida del Maestro Bruno Ravignani (della scuola di Wa-do Ryu del Maestro Toyama Yutaka) che lo introduce anche agli aspetti basilari della pratica del Judo.#artimarziali #sport #vincenzoalibrandi #voce24news
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Capital Area Budokai is dedicated to the proliferation of Japanese Budo and Martial Ways. They are students of Kendo, Atarashii Naginata, Kyudo, Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo, Nakamura Ryu Battodo, Toyama Ryu Iaido, and Mugai Ryu Iaihyodo. Otakon is please to be able to feature live demonstrations as part of the Otakon Matsuri Cultural Celebration at Otakon 2017!
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Uchida was born in Fukuoka prefecture. He was the son of Shinto Muso-ryu practitioner Uchida Ryōgorō, and from an early age was interested in many forms of Japanese traditional martial arts, including kyudo, kendo, judo and sumo. In 1895, he attended the Toyogo University, where he studied the Russian language and in 1897, made a trip to Siberia.
As a youth, Uchida joined the Genyosha nationalist group, and soon became the leading disciple of its founder, Toyama Mitsuru. The Genyosha was active in raising funds and agitating for a more aggressive foreign policy towards the Asian mainland. When the Donghak Rebellion began in Korea in 1894, he went to Korea to help the rebels. After his return to Japan, in 1901, he founded the Black Dragon Society, an ultranationalist society which advocated a strong foreign policy towards Russia and Japanese expansionism towards Korea and Manchuria. In 1903, he joined the Tairo Doshikai, a political group advocating war against Russia.
After the successful conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War, he turned his attention towards advocating the annexation of Korea. He was one of the sponsors of the pro-Japanese Iljinhoe political party in Korea in 1907. During the 1920s and 1930s, he was active in attacking liberalism in Japanese society and politics. He was arrested in 1925 on suspection of planning the assassination of Japanese Prime Minister Takaaki Kato & the Emperor of Japan, Emperor Yoshihito, but was found innocent.
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Ryōhei Uchida
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