KENDOJIDAI 2024.3 Translation: Pepijn BoomgaardPhotography: Sasai Takamasa Three young Kenshi made the Japanese Kendo scene their own in 2023. In this series, we try to find out what brought them to the top of the…
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KENDOJIDAI 2023.2 Photography: Nishiguchi KunihikoTranslation: Pepijn Boomgaard Ibaraki Junior Kendo Team is one of the strongest youth Dojo in Japan. The Dojo was created from the ground up by director Amagai Masumi. The Dojo has…
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All Japan Kendo Championship INTERVIEWNatsumeda Ryusuke
First time participant and winner of the 71st All Japan KENDO Championship2024.2 KENDOJIDAI Translation: Anne Zwart Natsumeda Ryusuke participated in and won his first ever national championship in November 2023. His remarkable achievement was moving to watch. What was going through Natsumeda as he climbed his…
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All Japan Kendo Championship INTERVIEWNatsumeda Ryusuke
First time participant and winner of the 71st All Japan KENDO ChampionshipKENDOJIDAI 2024.1 Tournament commentary: Yoshinari MasahiroReporting: Yanagida Naoko, Teraoka Tomoyuki, Tsuchiya TomohiroPhotography: Nishiguchi Kunihiko, Sasai Takamasai, Sugino ShinsukeTranslation: Anne Zwart In this year’s All Japan KENDO Championship, two young fighters aged 23 and 25 clashed…
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2024.1 KENDOJIDAI Translation: Pepijn Boomgaard, Sato Mariko What is the “ideal Kamae” for you? What kind of Kamae will put pressure on the opponent and improve your performance in a match or an exam? In…
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2023.11 KENDOJIDAI Translation: Jouke van der Woude Shikake-waza learned from initiation centered Keiko Ogawa Tsunato, Renshi 7th Dan (Kumamoto) Born in 1980 in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture. After graduating from Yatsushiro Higashi High School, he…
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Report: Yoshinari MasahiroPhotography: Nishiguchi KunihikoTranslation: Anne Zwart Watanabe Tai (Kumamoto), who is currently captain of the Japan national team for the World Kendo Championships, achieved the first place title for the first time in…
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2023.10 KENDOJIDAI Report: Teraoka TomoyukiPhotography: Nishiguchi KunihikoTranslation: Jouke van der Woude For the past three years, they have devoted themselves to rigorous training with the hope of becoming the best in Japan. The culmination of…
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KENDOJIDAI 2023.10 Photography: Sasai TakamasaTranslation: Anne Zwart The winner of the Shiai that would decide Japan’s next top individual student Kenshi was Kimura Keito, who is also a candidate for Japan’s national team at…
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2023.5 KENDOJIDAI The new and highly anticipated Samurai League has been launched. The league is centered on corporate teams, and is a bit different from conventional tournaments. We asked Miyahara Tadashi, the president of RF… -
2021.4 KENDOJIDAI Photography: Sasai TakamasaInterview: Yanagida NaokoTranslation: Anne Zwart Takenaka Kentaro, Kyoshi 8-Dan Born in Hyogo Prefecture, 1972. Graduated from PL Gakuen High School, went on to study at the University of Tsukuba, and after…
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2023 KENDOJIDAI Composition: Teraoka Tomoyuki Photography: Nishiguchi Kunihiko Translation: Jouke van der Woude The famous University of Tsukuba achieved its first national title in a long time. The team was led by four seniors: Ohira Shoshi,…
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Excerpts from the Nakabayashi Interview video. Interview questions and answers are rephrased and re-written. Profile Could you tell us about how and when you started Kendo? Nakabayashi: I started Kendo at the Lycee International… -
2023.3 KENDOJIDAI Composition: Teraoka TomoyukiPhotography: Nishiguchi KunihikoTranslation: Pepijn Boomgaard The famous University of Tsukuba achieved its first national title in a long time. The team was led by four seniors: Ohira Shoshi, Kurokawa Yudai, Jukurogi…