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  • Utsunomiya Japan Cup: Rider Crashes After Contact With Spectator — 5ch Asks, “Can We ID the Culprit?”

    On October 18, a crash occurred during the “Utsunomiya Japan Cup” cycling road race in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, after a rider made contact with a spectator along the course. On the 19th, the event’s official X (Twitter) account confirmed the incident and issued a statement urging spectators to follow proper race-watching etiquette and asking people to refrain from trying to “identify the culprit” on social media. On 5ch threads, users searched for footage that might show the scene, discussed the race’s international reputation and Japan’s unique culture of broadcasting road races, and — despite the organizers’ request — kept speculating about the age and gender of the person involved.

    The official X account of the “Utsunomiya Japan Cup Cycle Road Race” — billed as Asia’s top-level road race — posted an update on the 19th regarding the race held on the 18th.

    It reported that a rider had made contact with a spectator and crashed, and once again called on spectators to follow proper viewing etiquette.

    The organizers’ official X account stated, “During the road race held on Sunday, October 18, a rider made contact with a spectator along the course and crashed,” adding, “Regarding the running of the event…”

    Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

    2AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:44
    So anyway — if you check this thread, can you figure out who did it?
    10AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:50
    The Japan Cup road race is technically one tier below the top-level UCI WorldTour, in the UCI ProSeries — but foreign riders have been saying things like "the crowd's energy is amazing and they really get the race" and "the organization is great too, they should just bump it up to WorldTour level." Well, this kind of put a damper on that.
    28AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:56
    Re: #10 Apparently there's no other country that broadcasts as much live cycling road racing on TV as Japan does.
    12AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:50
    Even at the Tour de France you get spectators touching the riders.
    33AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:01
    Re: #12 I'm not into cycling, but I saw a YouTube clip of the Tour de France where some idiot woman's banner ended up causing a huge multi-rider pileup right behind her.
    17AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:52
    Oh, the one where someone spread out a towel and did that pointless obstruction thing?
    18AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:52
    Because an Osaka night-view video channel on YouTube is more fun to watch than "Peace-kun" from Omiya Park anyway.
    19AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:53
    The Tour de France has incidents like this all the time — this is basically just part of the sport lol.
    26AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:55
    If the person doesn't come forward themselves, this witch hunt is probably going to keep going.
    29AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:56
    That kind of thing happens all the time at the Tour de France. Dogs running across the road too, for that matter.
    30AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:58
    You don't have to go hunting for the culprit, but acting all "not my problem" after causing a crash is garbage.
    31AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:58
    Guess there'll be more "etiquette police" around starting next year too — that'll get annoying in its own way.
    32AnonymousOct 19, 2026 20:59
    The person looked like an old-timer who clearly isn't on social media, so tracking them down is probably going to be tough.
    38AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:05
    If there's a culprit, someone's gotta track them down, right?
    46AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:18
    Re: #38 Well then why don't you do it?
    45AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:17
    Fri-Sat I was near Orisk, so I managed to make it.
    48AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:21
    In the first place, is it even okay to just take over the roads of a decent-sized town without any regard for the residents? "We got a permit" doesn't automatically make it fine.

    There must be people who are unhappy about it. Japan doesn't even have a bike-racing culture to begin with — so just hold it at a racetrack like F1 does, or do it indoors.
    51AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:25
    Re: #48 On the 18th it was almost entirely park roads and golf-course access roads.
    54AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:32
    Re: #48 It's a pretty rural area, so even with the road closures there isn't much traffic congestion.
    50AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:24
    Re: #28 J Sports 4 has basically become a dedicated cycling channel at this point — it broadcasts every major race in the world live. France and other European countries air plenty of their own domestic races, but they don't really broadcast other countries' races live very much. J Sports 4, though, broadcasts absolutely everything live.

    Sasha, who does F1 commentary, has actually been doing cycling commentary for J Sports since 2003 — this year too, in between his F1 commentary work, he did over four hours of live Tour de France commentary.
    56AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:36
    No video yet, even after all this.
    59AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:40
    Re: #56 If you search a bit it comes up — some middle-aged lady or guy was holding a towel spread out on the inside of the course, stepped right out in front of the riders, and their hand hit a rider's handlebars.
    62AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:42
    Re: #59 So everyone really is stuck on whether it was a guy or a lady, huh.
    63AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:50
    Wait, aren't road bikes like 3 million yen? For a bicycle, that's insane. Can the old lady even afford to pay for that?
    71AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:15
    Re: #63 They're not gonna use it again anyway, so no problem.
    64AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:53
    Since it's basically the last race of the year, each team gives away all the stuff they don't need to haul back home to the fans.
    78AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:39
    Re: #64 For spectators, the real action starts after the race ends. Teams' sponsorship deals for the year sometimes wrap up right at this race, so they just hand out all the sponsor-branded gear to whoever's in the crowd. There's even a chance you could end up with a free bike.
    65AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:56
    "Asia's top-level cycling road race, the Utsunomiya Japan Cup Cycle Road Race" —

    I'm a cyclist myself, and I didn't even know a race like that was being held in Japan.
    69AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:01
    Re: #65 Calling it "Asia's top-level" is just wrong. Of the top-tier UCI WorldTour races, only these two are held in Asia:

    Feb 16-22: UAE Tour (United Arab Emirates)
    Oct 13-18: Tour of Guangxi (China)

    The Japan Cup is in the category one tier below that.

    Background and Key Points of the Discussion

    The Utsunomiya Japan Cup is a race in the UCI ProSeries, one tier below the UCI WorldTour, and as some thread users pointed out, the “Asia’s top-level” label is debatable (the only WorldTour races held in Asia are the UAE Tour and the Tour of Guangxi). A defining feature of Japanese road cycling races is that spectators can watch for free right up close to the course, which is part of why overseas riders praise the “incredible crowd energy” — but that same closeness is also what creates the risk of contact accidents like this one. In fact, the Tour de France has seen multiple crashes caused by spectator banners or contact, so this incident isn’t especially unusual. Where thread opinion split was over the gap between the organizers’ request to refrain from “hunting for the culprit” and the reality — posts speculating about the person’s age and gender kept coming anyway. There was also disagreement over the road closures themselves: some worried about the impact on residents’ daily lives, while others countered that the actual closed sections that day were mostly park roads and golf-course access roads, so the real-world impact was limited — meaning it’s not quite fair to simply call it “seizing public roads without asking.”

    *This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Cycling] Utsunomiya Japan Cup statement on rider crash — contact with spectator, calls for etiquette and restraint from “hunting for the culprit” on social media.”

  • Musk to Gift SpaceX Stock to Every Child in America

    Elon Musk has revealed he will give the SpaceX stock he personally owns to every child in the United States. AFPBB News reported the story on October 19, 2026, and a thread quickly sprang up on 5ch’s News Flash+ board. Word also spread that rather than issuing new shares, the stock would be distributed by transferring Musk’s personal holdings into the U.S. Treasury’s “Trump Accounts.” Reactions in the thread were mixed — some praised it as a generous giveback, while others wondered whether receiving shares might be conditional on supporting the Republican Party, and whether it would affect the stock price or existing shareholders.

    Musk to Gift SpaceX Stock to Every Child in America: AFPBB News

    October 19, 2026, 19:16

    Dateline: Washington/United States [ United States, North America ]

    Source: afpbb.com / Original article here

    13AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:21
    The cost of handing this out must be insane
    Though I guess the benefits are probably worth that cost
    21AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:24
    Re: #13
    Every single kid in America is gonna have a brokerage account opened lol
    22AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:24
    Re: #13
    What are you even talking about
    There's no way it costs that much
    It's Elon we're talking about
    15AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:21
    And he's an immigrant from South Africa, no less
    23AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:24
    So does everyone get it no matter whether the Republicans win or lose?
    19AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:23
    Bet it's worth like 1,000 yen or something lol
    32AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:28
    Re: #19
    Right now it's a bit over 20,000 yen
    26AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:26
    Since it's free, guess it's fine even if it ends up worthless
    28AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:26
    Re: #26
    "Worthless paper"? Spoken like a true boomer
    30AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:27
    >Every child in America

    Hmm…
    My mom's already 80 though…
    Bit late to tell her to go get American citizenship now…
    She's already asleep, guess I'll ask her tomorrow
    33AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:28
    Sounds about as legit as buying a plot of land on the moon (a classic novelty-gift scam)
    34AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:29
    Every child?
    I bet it's limited to people confirmed to have voted Republican
    Though before that, if the Republicans lose the midterms this whole thing probably gets scrapped anyway
    49AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:36
    >AI's answer
    "If everyone in the world invested, everyone could profit (get richer)" — that's entirely plausible under how capitalism works. The feeling that "it's weird for everyone to profit" comes from treating investing like gambling (horse racing, casinos), a 'zero-sum game' where someone's winnings are someone else's losses. But the real nature of stock investing is a 'positive-sum game' — the world's total wealth (value) keeps growing, so everyone's slice of the pie gets bigger.
    55AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:39
    Re: #49
    Of course it says that — it's just regurgitating stuff scraped from investment news and sites run by people who want you to invest
    In reality some people do lose money, and companies don't always grow or keep expanding forever
    52AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:38
    Must be a huge headache for shareholders lol
    53AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:38
    You know how American dramas show small towns run by some local bigwig?
    This is starting to feel like the nationwide version of that
    59AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:40
    Figured the stock must be crashing so I went to check
    But it's not really doing that, at least for now
    64AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:43
    Re: #59
    It's not new share issuance, right? He's just giving away his own holdings?
    If so the stock price shouldn't drop
    But aren't those shares supposed to be locked up for at least another six months? Is it really okay to transfer them like this?
    65AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:43
    Oh I see, so this is for next year's Nobel Peace Prize
    73AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:44
    Funny how something that ends up looking kind of socialist is coming from a guy who's basically the embodiment of capitalism
    75AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:45
    Re: #73
    Wait, why does Musk support the Republicans again?
    91AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:55
    Lucky…
    America still has dreams left in it
    115AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:11
    Re: #91
    Because there's no bureaucratic red tape
    And no universal health insurance either
    99AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:00
    Re: #1
    Won't the existing shareholders complain about this?
    113AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:09
    Re: #99
    The big shareholders are basically all his buddies anyway
    102AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:03
    I don't know much about stocks, but what happens if the people who get them end up with unrealized losses?
    109AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:05
    Re: #102
    How can something you got for free count as a "loss"?
    116AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:12
    Musk's so generous it's making me tear up (ノ_<)
    Rich people get bashed a lot, but there are ones like this who give back
    If you own stock since childhood you learn why investing matters
    Wish Japan would take a page from this ヽ( ´_つ｀)ノ
    123AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:17
    Re: #116
    Japan botched its talent development — it trained people strong in law and finance, and companies valued that

    America and China trained up STEM talent instead

    And that's how you end up with an Elon and a ton of IT and AI companies
    137AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:36
    I respect Musk for not censoring X, but then there's that flying car everyone was talking about yesterday.
    Apparently it needs 12 hours of gas filling just to stay airborne for 6.7 seconds.
    I get that he needs to generate buzz, but still.
    141AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:39
    Re: #137
    Still more dream-worthy than Chinese-made EVs plastering screens all over the passenger side
    I want to fly right over some car crawling along a rural highway lol
    152AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:55
    This is probably part of the "universal high income" Elon's been pushing for a while
    He's aiming for a society where anyone can collect generous welfare payments ("namapo") once AI and robots make human labor unnecessary
    168AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:32
    Re: #152
    Why's that gotta be stock though (gouges your eyes out)
    170AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:35
    Re: #152
    Future-proof welfare, huh. Good idea
    Give UBI to Japanese kids too.
    197AnonymousOct 20, 2026 03:32
    American kids are getting brokerage accounts opened for them without even asking lol
    They're just transferring Elon Musk's own shares into them

    The U.S. Treasury has launched a new investment/savings account program for children called "Trump Accounts," automatically enrolling tens of millions of kids.
    199AnonymousOct 20, 2026 03:48
    Re: #197
    That's America for you, incredible

    Background and Key Points of This Story

    This stock gift is built on the “Trump Accounts” system established under the Trump administration. Under this scheme, the U.S. Treasury automatically opens brokerage accounts for children and encourages contributions, and it appears Musk will transfer his own shares into these accounts. Since this isn’t a new share issuance, it shouldn’t dilute existing shareholders’ stakes — though since SpaceX is privately held, the actual state of its share price is hard for outsiders to verify. Some in the thread speculated the plan might fall through depending on the midterm election results, but that’s speculation not confirmed in the article itself — the only confirmed fact is the announcement that “every child in America” is the intended recipient.

    *This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch (News Flash+) thread “Musk to Gift SpaceX Stock to Every Child in America.”

  • Matsuko Always Orders the Same Mister Donut Classics — 5ch: ‘French Crullers Are a Work of Genius’

    When Mister Donut’s new “Sichuan-style Spicy Addictive Mala Noodles” came up on the October 19 broadcast of “5-ji ni Chuu!”, Matsuko Deluxe instantly shot back, “I would never eat that,” revealing that she always sticks to the same go-to order. That set off a lively 5ch debate that had nothing to do with the new product — French Cruller vs. Angel French, whether Old Fashioned dough tastes different than it used to, and everyone’s own personal Mister Donut staples.

    10/19 (Mon) 8:51 PM

    TV personality Matsuko Deluxe (53) appeared live on TOKYO MX’s “5-ji ni Chuu!” (weekdays at 5:00 PM) on the 19th, where she talked about her “ordering philosophy” at the famous donut chain.

    The show covered news that Mister Donut’s new menu item, “Sichuan-style Spicy Addictive Mala Noodles,” was generating buzz, but Matsuko flatly declared, “I would never eat that.”

    Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

    3AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:42
    Don't cry over French Crullers, man
    16AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:51
    Re: #3
    Calling it "conservative," but doesn't Old Fashioned just taste different from how it used to?
    I used to love it, but at some point the recipe changed and it started tasting cheap, so I'm not into it anymore…

    Also Pon de Ring feels hollow now, doesn't feel like you're really eating anything.
    The co-op shop donuts (seikyo, campus/workplace co-op stores) taste better.
    4AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:42
    French Crullers are a straight-up invention.
    On par with Kabuki-age (a popular soy-sauce rice cracker snack).
    9AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:44
    This woman only ever talks about food or trash-talking people.
    10AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:45
    I barely order donuts, but
    if I did, I'd go with the classics too —
    French Cruller and Pon de Ring.

    That's just how it is at any chain, honestly.
    I end up ordering the exact same thing every time now.
    12AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:46
    Ariyoshi (comedian famous for roasting people) does nothing but talk trash.

    She's at least a notch better than that.
    13AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:47
    She looks like she'd happily eat one of every single flavor,
    so her hesitating on her third pick? Yeah right.
    14AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:49
    I always end up buying the new stuff, but honestly the classics taste better.
    And yet I keep buying the new stuff anyway.
    15AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:50
    Captain Obvious strikes again (lit. "the guy who just rehashes stuff everyone already knows")
    18AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:51
    Re: #15
    Keep getting cocky with that line and people are gonna start hating you.
    21AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:53
    Are you dumb?
    It's Angel French, obviously (´・ω・`)
    22AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:53
    Always Angel French and Pon de Ring, every time.
    24AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:57
    To me, Mister Donut is basically the Angel Cream shop.
    26AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:02
    If I'm eating in-store: two out of French Cruller, Pon de Ring, Angel Cream, and either Old Fashioned or the chocolate-coated Old Fashioned.
    If I'm taking it home: one of every one of those, plus whatever else catches my eye.
    32AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:07
    French Crullers start making me feel sick the more I eat them, not a fan.
    33AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:08
    Speaking from experience, this stuff out-fattens even pizza or ramen.
    Actors in both Japan and the US use it to bulk up for roles.
    34AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:09
    It's been ages since I've gone — the one near me closed down —
    but do they still have the Cinnamon Donut?
    Old Fashioned is my favorite, though it's actually pretty high-calorie.
    36AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:09
    Just shut up and eat the Choco Fashion already.
    If it's bad, I'll personally refund you every yen.
    43AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:16
    I'd love to try a Mister Donut French Cruller that actually tastes good.
    Every single location near me makes a bad one.
    46AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:23
    Old Fashioned, Choco Fashion, or Pon de Double Chocolate.
    47AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:23
    Order everything and you're gonna pack on serious weight.
    48AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:23
    Coconut Chocolate is my favorite.
    They ruined Old Fashioned by making the dough all fluffy.
    The old dense, crumbly texture was so much better.
    50AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:25
    Most people who order French Cruller are boring.
    Angel French is the obvious choice.
    57AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:41
    Re: #50
    Go apologize to Hamada.
    52AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:29
    Mister Donut's Mocchurin was great, but refrigerating it versus not completely changes the taste.
    Obviously the unrefrigerated one was better.
    People say it tastes the same as the top-selling Pon de Ring, but I actually hate Pon de Ring.
    And it was me — a guy who hates Pon de Ring — who got hooked on Mocchurin.
    The unrefrigerated kind, of course.
    54AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:31
    Re: #52
    Opposite for me.
    I think Pon de Ring is great but wasn't into Mocchurin.
    Just comes down to taste, I guess.
    56AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:39
    63AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:45
    I just don't get why Pon de Ring is so popular.
    78AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:54
    Re: #63
    I hate Pon de Ring too.
    But it's the most popular, so I guess a lot of people must genuinely like it.
    That's basically why I don't go to Mister Donut much.
    I just figure it's a different world from mine.

    Background and Key Points of This Discussion

    The original article is about Matsuko Deluxe’s remarks on her ordering style, made when she was asked on “5-ji ni Chuu!” about Mister Donut’s new “Sichuan-style Spicy Addictive Mala Noodles.” The thread quickly abandoned that new product and turned into everyone sharing their own “go-to order at Mister Donut.” The debate split along two main lines: (1) whether French Cruller or Angel French fans have the more “normal” preference, and (2) nostalgic complaints that Old Fashioned and Pon de Ring “don’t taste like they used to.” There’s almost no discussion of the new product itself — the thread’s real content shifted from the mala noodles in the headline to a debate about how classic donuts have changed over the years, which readers might not expect from the headline alone, since it reads like a new-product report but isn’t really about that. Note that some posts touching on Matsuko’s body or age were excluded from this writeup, as they amounted to personal insults.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisuposoku+) thread “Matsuko’s Mister Donut order is “ultra-conservative”: “French Cruller, Old Fashioned, and…” “Doesn’t eat dim sum or pie”.”

  • Kaori Iida and Homare Okamura Have Lunch Together, 5ch Buzzes: ‘She’s Met About Half the Alumnae’

    Morning Musume 1st-generation member Kaori Iida and current 15th-generation member Homare Okamura had lunch together, with Iida reporting on her own Instagram that she’d ‘had my first lunch with Homa-chan, aka Homare Okamura.’ On a thread in 5ch’s Hello! Project subforum, the post sparked discussion that Okamura has been meeting one-on-one with roughly 20 OGs (graduated members) over the past year or so, and that Iida has kept up ongoing relationships with several juniors, including Maria and Aoi — making the sheer breadth of both women’s social circles the thread’s main talking point. The thread also ran long on side chatter about changes in their looks with age, height comparisons, and who might make a good future leader.

    1AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:12
    Iida hangs out with all kinds of current members,
    and Homare's had meals with almost every OG —
    they're both amazing.
    3AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:15
    Guess that settles it, huh.
    4AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:16
    45 years old and 21 years old.
    9AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:18
    Re: #4
    Wasn't Homare's 'mom-and-dad age' pegged at 49?
    Mei's was more like 46-47, if I remember right. (fan slang for guessing which member 'reads' as how old)
    5AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:16
    Ahh…
    guess Panda-san's finally done for. (a running in-joke nickname)
    6AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:17
    Iida hangs out with Maria, Aoi, and Gettā too, you know.
    7AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:17
    This reeks of something.
    8AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:17
    Wait, Homare? Didn't she have dinner with like
    20 Morning Musume OGs between last year and this year?
    18AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:24
    Re: #8
    Twenty people is basically half of all Morning Musume OGs
    when there's only around 30 OGs who haven't fully retired from the scene.
    10AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:18
    I think I've figured it out.
    11AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:19
    Wait no, scratch that —
    Mei's mom was said to be the same age as Iida, so that'd make her 45.
    12AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:19
    Guess it's just tradition.
    15AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:20
    Watched their video —
    standing next to Homare, Iida looks shockingly tiny.
    20AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:25
    You've been asleep since 'LOVE Machine' if you didn't know Iida's short.
    21AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:25
    Homatan's legendary bus tour is coming!
    32AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:33
    Re: #21
    The maze and the BBQ venue are both gone now, though.
    24AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:25
    Re: #1
    It's not 'Nth-gen member' (期生) for Morning Musume — it's 'Nth gen' (期) or '(Nth gen) member.'
    26AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:29
    Iida gets cuter every year.
    30AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:31
    Re: #26
    I feel that so hard.
    The Iikubo I see now looks cuter than the Iikubo I watched on TV as a kid —
    back then she kind of looked scary.
    64AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:06
    Re: #30
    Is that a genuine typo, or are you doing it on purpose?
    28AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:30
    Say what you want, but having senpai like that is a good thing.
    29AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:30
    My memory's fuzzy and I haven't compiled a real list, but
    over the past year or two hasn't Homare
    had one-on-one meals or drinks with people like
    Nakazawa
    Iida
    Yaguchi
    Ichii
    Ishikawa
    Tsuji
    Ai-chan
    Reina Tanaka
    Fuku-chan
    Ikuta
    Sayashi
    Ayumi
    Ma-chan
    Kudo
    Chin
    Yoko
    Chii

    …around there?
    34AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:34
    Can't picture Reina and Homatan together — is that for real?
    36AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:36
    Re: #34
    My memory's too fuzzy to be sure…
    Wish some hardcore Homare stan would put together a proper list.
    I'm pretty sure some of this showed up briefly in her Stories too.
    40AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:38
    Homatan's even got Nakazawa's seal of approval, after all.
    41AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:38
    Iida: 'By the way, Homatan, are you taking baths?'
    42AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:39
    Re: #1
    https://www.instagram.com/p/DerJMCPJw1C/
    https://i.imgur.com/hDn9FjK.mp4

    Story
    https://i.imgur.com/PN0y24y.mp4


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    Morning Musume. '26
    Had my first lunch with Homa-chan, aka Homare Okamura ✨

    Homa-chan is so straightforward, honest, and a ton of fun 😆
    Forgot to take photos, so we did the SEXY BOY dance instead ✨

    #MorningMusume
    #MorningMusume26
    #MorningMusumeOG
    #sexyboys
    #frozenfriedrice

    homare__okamura.official
    Thank you so much, Iida-san!! 🫶🏻
    46AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:42
    Re: #43
    Honestly, you'd have to be a lunatic to survive that era's murderous schedule.
    49AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:44
    Homatan becomes leader and it's a guaranteed V-shaped recovery.
    50AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:44
    Iida and Aoi-chan are close enough that their whole families hang out together —
    they've gone out tons of times.
    51AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:45
    Leader Nonaka is fantastic too —
    I'd love to watch her lead for another 5-10 years,
    but I'm also curious to see how a Homare leadership would play out.
    53AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:47
    The picture of wobbly rookie leader Homare being propped up by Mei.
    57AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:49
    On Mei's Instagram today too,
    Homare and Mei are as close as ever,
    and Re: #53 nailed it —
    the two of them have just the right distance between them.

    Not a Sayu-Eri type pairing —
    more like the perfect Sayu-Reina-style partnership. (fan nicknames for famous Morning Musume best-friend duos)
    56AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:49
    Homatan's a real-life eldest daughter, so she's got natural leader qualities.
    58AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:54
    Homare's actually the Nonaka type too —
    she hangs out with senior OGs way more than with her juniors.
    60AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:56
    Re: #58
    Ah, true —
    they're alike in that respect.

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    At one point in the thread, a poster claimed Kaori Iida’s age was “45,” but as corrected in >>9 and >>11, that’s just posters’ guesswork based on memory, not a number she’s ever publicly confirmed — readers shouldn’t take it as settled fact. Separately, as pointed out in >>24, Morning Musume convention is to say “Nth gen” (期), not “Nth-gen member” (期生), so the “-sei” phrasing used in the thread title is the kind of thing fans would typically flag for correction. For context, Morning Musume is known as a group where alumnae (OB/OG) and current members stay closely in touch, and Iida, even among 1st-generation members, is known for frequently treating and cheering on her juniors. Multiple posters also testified that Homare Okamura, as a 15th-generation member, has had an unusually large number of one-on-one meetups with OGs over roughly the past year, and the sheer breadth of that social circle became the thread’s central topic. That said, it’s worth noting that the specific list of which OGs she’s met is based on posters’ hazy recollections, not confirmed official information.

    ※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Morning Musume.’s 1st-gen member Kaori Iida and 15th-gen member Homare Okamura went on a lunch date 🤍💛.”

  • Ichiro Furutachi slams Atsuhiko Nakata’s rare TV return — 5ch reacts: “Is this just a wrestling act?”

    Freelance announcer Ichiro Furutachi, 71, brought up Atsuhiko Nakata of the comedy duo Oriental Radio on Fuji TV’s official YouTube channel on the 19th — Nakata is set to appear on “Neptune League” for the first time in 16 years — and had some harsh words: “He turned his back on TV, and now suddenly he’s popping up everywhere? That pisses me off.” Nakata had scaled back his TV appearances in recent years due to his school-management work and political remarks, making this something of a return to his old stomping ground. On 5ch, reactions split between those calling Furutachi’s remark “pro-wrestling-style theater” (a scripted feud for show) and those calling Furutachi himself “the smaller man” here, with plenty of side discussion about how TV casting has shifted since Hitoshi Matsumoto’s hiatus from entertainment work.

    Mon, Oct 19, 9:49 PM

    Freelance announcer Ichiro Furutachi (71) appeared on Fuji TV’s official YouTube channel on the 19th, and had a moment where he called out a certain comedian.

    It happened in a preview clip for the same network’s “Neptune League,” airing on the 26th. In it, Atsuhiko Nakata of Oriental Radio — making his first appearance in 16 years — smiled and said, “No wonder I’m so happy, especially getting to be in this studio with my partner,” before declaring, “Delivering perfection is what makes the Perfect Human.” (A reference to Oriental Radio’s signature “Perfect Human” song and catchphrase.)

    Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

    3AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:53
    Is this just a wrestling act? Lame.
    8AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:56
    Re: #3
    Well, it's Furutachi — figures.
    5AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:54
    Proof that there's no freedom of speech on TV.
    7AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:56
    Both of these guys are monster talkers who never let anyone else get a word in.
    9AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:57
    Nakata's still better than Furutachi, honestly.
    11AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:01
    Re: #1
    "The nerve of this guy" — that phrase exists just for him.
    12AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:02
    Furutachi's a real industry veteran, yet turns out he's a petty little man.
    34AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:20
    Re: #12
    It's just pro-wrestling theater. These two are actually close friends in real life.
    16AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:04
    Rare case where I agreed with the thread just from the title alone.
    59AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:50
    Re: #16
    Read the actual quote and it's obviously just a wrestling-style bit.
    17AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:05
    If he were still doing F1 commentary today, he'd probably nickname Antonelli something like 'the Blue Speed-of-Sound Experience.' (Furutachi was a legendary F1 announcer famous for over-the-top nicknames, like calling Ayrton Senna the 'Prince of Speed.')
    18AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:06
    To Furutachi, Nakata's basically his YouTube mentor.
    21AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:07
    …is what he said on his YouTube channel lol.
    23AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:08
    If only Acchan (Nakata's nickname) had even a little bit of charm…
    30AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:15
    As long as he greets people properly, there's no problem.
    44AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:30
    Re: #30
    You mean Mr. T-da?
    31AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:16
    Must be nice living in a country where you get paid just for saying 'it pisses me off.'
    32AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:18
    Historically, betrayal just doesn't get forgiven — TV industry pride, gotta hold the line here.
    33AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:19
    He's just ribbing him while giving him a boost, that's all.
    TV industry really is trash, huh.
    39AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:28
    Pokapoka, Sunday Japon, Neptune League
    Guess non-Yoshimoto talent really can get booked on these shows after all. (Yoshimoto is Japan's biggest comedy talent agency.)
    40AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:29
    Grammar nitpick: '背を向けた' reads more naturally with に (turned his back ON TV) than with から (turned away FROM TV) — the article's phrasing is a bit off.
    42AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:30
    I actually own one of those 'Happiness Brainwashing' T-shirts.
    Never wear it though. (A jab at Nakata's motivational-guru persona.)
    43AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:30
    Recently watched some old pro-wrestling footage he commentated, and he was so busy showing off his pre-written catchphrases that he barely called the actual match.
    45AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:31
    Wasn't it that after the whole Matsumoto thing, TV as a whole started blacklisting him?
    Is 'he chose to stop appearing himself' actually accurate?
    49AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:39
    Re: #45
    So he was only able to come back because Matsumoto disappeared?
    46AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:33
    TV people sure keep using him.
    Is he just doing whatever his agency tells him?
    48AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:38
    I kind of think this is TV stations signaling to Matsumoto that they don't want him back

    and that's why offers to Nakata are increasing.
    Maybe I'm overthinking it though.
    52AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:42
    If anything, Furutachi's the one calling himself small here
    so really, he's the one who got cut down, not Nakata…
    60AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:51
    Whenever a non-comedian criticizes a comedian, all their comedian buddies swoop in with 'loving' teasing — that's the usual pattern here.
    65AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:53
    Re: #60
    No, Furutachi's just teasing Nakata, that's all.
    66AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:55
    'TV's so old-fashioned lol, from now on it's YouTube!'
    'Japan's taxes are too high lol, from now on it's overseas!'
    ↓
    YouTube stops making money
    ↓
    Comes back to Japan. 'Actually, I really do want to be on TV.'

    Background and Key Points

    Atsuhiko Nakata has drawn mixed reactions over the years for his political remarks and his school-management ventures, and there was a period when he scaled back his TV appearances as a result. This “Neptune League” appearance is said to be his first in 16 years, and Furutachi’s comment takes the form of a sarcastic jab at that “TV comeback.” Within the thread, some pointed out that the two men are actually close friends off-camera, and the prevailing view was that this is less a genuine clash than a scripted back-and-forth — in other words, pro-wrestling-style theater. There was also a notable amount of speculation that, since Hitoshi Matsumoto stepped back from entertainment work, variety-show casting has shifted, making it easier for someone like Nakata, who had kept his distance from TV, to be booked into the openings left behind. It’s worth noting, however, that this is speculation from 5ch users and not a confirmed fact about the shows’ actual casting decisions.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread “Ichiro Furutachi slams Atsuhiko Nakata: “He turned his back on TV… and now suddenly he’s popping up everywhere? That pisses me off”.”

  • Neuroscientist Nobuko Nakano Apologizes for ‘Sexual Entertainment’ Remark — 5ch: ‘That’s Not Really an Apology’

    During the broadcast of Nippon TV’s “News to” on the 15th, brain scientist Nobuko Nakano sparked controversy by using the phrase “sexual entertainment” while discussing how politicians build their personal networks. On the 19th, Nakano apologized on her Instagram, saying her words had been “taken in a way different from what I intended,” and explained that she had meant to point out “the structural problem of female politicians finding it hard to attend nighttime gatherings.” The incident is also remembered for MC announcer Chiaki Kuroki immediately pushing back on air with, “I don’t think that’s the case.” On 5ch, many posters questioned the form of her apology, saying it reads as pinning the blame on listeners’ interpretation rather than owning her words, while some showed understanding for the underlying point she was trying to make.

    Brain scientist Nobuko Nakano apologizes for her “sexual entertainment” remark on the 15th broadcast of “News to,” explaining her true intent: “it was taken in a way different from what I meant,” pointing to “the structural problem of female politicians finding it hard to attend nighttime gatherings”

    Brain scientist Nobuko Nakano updated her Instagram on the 19th, apologizing for a remark made during the 15th broadcast of Nippon TV’s “News to” (weekdays, 1:55 PM) and explaining what she actually meant.

    Nakano, who serves as the Thursday commentator on the program, stirred controversy by bringing up “sexual entertainment” while discussing how politicians build their networks.

    Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

    5AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:15
    She didn't just ignore it and actually apologized, so isn't that fine?
    50AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:36
    Re: #5
    It's the fault of whoever misunderstood it weirdly!
    That's not what you'd call a real apology.
    6AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:15
    Yomiuri TV's MC, announcer Chiaki Kuroki, calmly shot back on the spot: "I don't think that's the case."

    Chiaki's a pro.
    7AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:17
    You guys misunderstood again?
    Pathetic!
    9AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:18
    So she's saying it's a problem with how listeners took it — there's zero apology for the actual content of what she said, which means this isn't an apology at all.
    13AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:20
    Is she basically saying "you people really are a handful"?
    16AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:20
    "Different from my intent"?
    Don't you mean that's exactly what you wanted to say?
    17AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:21
    She's saying the same thing politicians always say —
    "the other side just misunderstood on their own," lol
    19AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:21
    "It's the fault of the dumb people who misunderstood on their own — I'm not the one at fault."

    Yep, that's about the size of it.
    20AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:22
    Basically she wanted to imply, in a roundabout way, that women use themselves as a "weapon" to land work —
    and that got flatly shot down on air.
    23AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:23
    Re: #20
    Are you dumb?
    The point is that politicians trade information at these "sexual entertainment" gatherings, so female politicians have a harder time getting access to it.
    22AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:23
    Maybe it's from all her years hosting "Soko Made Itte Iinkai," but her ability to react instantly to a risky comment is next-level.
    She's a host you can rely on in live TV.
    25AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:24
    Come on, that's literally the expression she used — obviously ("JK" = net slang for "use some common sense").
    27AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:26
    What she's saying isn't actually wrong, though.
    28AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:26
    Where in her corrected statement does the phrase "sexual entertainment" even show up?
    Would it be in there if she'd just phrased it more politely?
    29AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:27
    It reads like "I didn't do anything wrong, but I'll apologize anyway."
    31AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:27
    Isn't it precisely because she's a woman that she'd be the one able to provide this "sexual entertainment," not be shut out of it?
    32AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:28
    Re: #1
    The announcer's follow-up — or more like interruption — did land at a kind of odd moment, though…
    33AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:29
    She used a word so specific there's no way to misread it, and now it's this.
    People think that once someone's been "cleared" as fair game, you can say anything to them.
    34AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:29
    If you're going to make excuses, at least bring one that actually holds up.
    36AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:31
    Watching Showa-retro exploration videos on YouTube is way more fun than watching the "Peace-kun" mascot from Omiya Park, honestly.
    39AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:32
    Why does her Wikipedia "related topics" section list Soka Gakkai (a major Japanese religious and political organization)?
    41AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:32
    Women just can't use that platform.

    The bell rings, the bell rings
    Waving goodbye, you say farewell
    On the last train with its red lamp
    (quoting lyrics from an old enka ballad)
    43AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:33
    Feels like she just wanted to say "sexual entertainment" for the shock value.
    Dinners, drinking parties, hostess bars — politicians can't even go to that kind of open venue in the first place.
    44AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:33
    This is the same person who said she found it questionable when news exists purely to satisfy people's rubbernecking — and got flamed with "then don't go on tabloid shows yourself" —
    and now, lol, she's on a brand-new tabloid show.
    45AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:35
    Re: #1
    And there it is, there it is —
    "an expression that invited misunderstanding"

    Nah, nobody misunderstood anything.
    46AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:35
    Re: #40
    Either her vocabulary's thin or she's just bad at explaining things. The smarter someone actually is, the better they should be at making themselves understood in plain language.
    Like the hosts on "Children's Phone Consultation Room" — they're great at explaining things, lol (a long-running Japanese radio show where experts answer kids' questions simply).
    62AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:40
    Re: #46
    That phone consultation show is pre-recorded, so it's edited.
    89AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:57
    You say it because you actually believe it — it just slips out.
    Even my amateur "brain science" gets it right once in a while, right?
    95AnonymousOct 20, 2026 01:00
    Re: #89
    The guy who got seriously chewed out by the former president of Microsoft Japan was also a "brain scientist," wasn't he.

    Background and Key Points of This Story

    The “I used an expression that invited misunderstanding” style of apology is a phrase politicians and celebrities reach for again and again, and it tends to locate the problem not in what was actually said but in how listeners interpreted it — exactly the pattern that draws backlash on forums like this, with posters saying she’s “blaming the audience.” Nakano’s actual point appears to have been a structural one: female politicians, who have a harder time attending nighttime gatherings and sexual-entertainment-type settings, end up at a disadvantage when it comes to trading information. But the term “sexual entertainment” itself carried such a strong punch that the word took on a life of its own before her explanation could catch up. The fact that the MC shot the remark down instantly, live on air, is also being read as a sign the show’s staff sensed the risk in real time. Beyond the rights and wrongs of the remark itself, the thread also spun off into discussion of Nakano’s past media appearances.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[TV] Nobuko Nakano apologizes for her “sexual entertainment” remark on the 15th broadcast of Nippon TV’s “News to” — “it was taken in a way different from what I intended”.”

  • Japan Series Overtime Could Push Back VIVANT’s Start Time — TBS Announcement Has 5ch Saying ‘The Broadcast Is Mandatory’

    On the 19th, TBS announced that if Game 2 of the “SMBC Japan Series 2026,” scheduled to air on the 25th, runs past three hours, it will delay the start time of the Sunday Theater drama VIVANT. The matchup is the championship decider between DeNA and SoftBank, with the series having opened on the 24th at Yokohama Stadium and PayPay Dome. On 5ch, discussion centered on the existence of a “mandatory rule” requiring one of the key networks or NHK to carry the Japan Series broadcast live through to the end, the fact that Japan Series ratings in recent years have stayed in the single digits, and comparisons between those ratings and VIVANT’s.

    “Baseball or Bepan?” [Bepan is the secret unit from VIVANT] Japan Series Game 2 — if the game runs past three hours, “VIVANT”‘s start time will be pushed back

    On the 19th, TBS updated the programming schedule on its own website, confirming it will air a live broadcast of Game 2 of the pro baseball “SMBC Japan Series 2026” (at Yokohama Stadium) on the 25th.

    The championship series between the Yokohama DeNA BayStars and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks runs from the 24th at Yokohama Stadium and Mizuho PayPay Dome.

    Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here

    6AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:27
    Great, this is gonna produce another generation of kids who hate baseball
    85AnonymousOct 20, 2026 01:22
    Re: #6
    Kids couldn't care less about VIVANT
    7AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:28
    Re: #1
    Baseball ratings are like 8% at best, right?
    Being forced to air this is basically a punishment game
    8AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:29
    These days even Nippon TV only airs it out of obligation
    10AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:30
    I'd guess VIVANT and baseball have overlapping viewer demographics, but baseball doesn't seem popular with old folks anymore either, so I guess that's why it's getting bashed
    11AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:30
    Just hand the broadcast rights for 'yakyu' off to another network lol (yakyu — a jeering misspelling of 'baseball' used by baseball-haters on 5ch)
    15AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:34
    Re: #1
    Re: #11
    Broadcasting the baseball Japan Series isn't about broadcast rights or anything like that —
    it's mandatory.

    Rules on broadcasting the pro baseball Japan Series:
    1. One of the key networks + NHK absolutely must broadcast it
    2. The game absolutely must be broadcast start to finish

    No matter how low the ratings, no matter how much a station doesn't want to air it, if they're assigned, they have to broadcast.


    Not many people know this.
    From the perspective of TV industry people, pro baseball is treated like a cursed object because of its low ratings
    50AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:55
    Re: #11
    In yesterday's preview for Sazae-san [a long-running Sunday-evening anime], it said "next episode" instead of "next week's episode,"
    and people were saying they must've changed the wording in anticipation of the Japan Series broadcast —
    turns out Fuji TV didn't get the broadcast rights after all.

    Re: #42
    It's this time of year and it's the weekend, so they should just run it as a day game like in the old days.
    Since it's usually a night game, day games used to feel special too
    12AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:31
    Baseball's definitely getting trashed for this
    13AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:31
    After 9pm they could just bump it to the sub-channel, no?
    14AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:33
    It would definitely pull better ratings than the Japan Series.
    Games 1 and 2 of the Japan Series have been single digits for years now, haven't they
    16AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:35
    Baburu e GO!! (Bubble Fiction, the 2007 movie)
    19AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:36
    Re: #16
    Hirosue was so hot in that
    18AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:35
    Well of course TBS is going to broadcast a BayStars game
    20AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:36
    Re: #18
    Being a shareholder or whatever has nothing to do with it lol
    It's a rule — whichever station gets assigned is forced to broadcast the game
    21AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:38
    Re: #15
    The relationship between Japanese TV networks and baseball
    is just like North Korea 🤮
    22AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:38
    It's all part of the plan to scoop up viewers waiting for VIVANT, so everything's going according to plan
    23AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:40
    A drama this childish is popular?
    Japanese people's intelligence really is dropping
    25AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:40
    Re: #23
    Go remember how insanely low-IQ Showa-era [1926–1989] TV shows were, grandpa lol
    24AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:40
    Isn't that exactly what the sub-channel is for?
    TV networks really are inflexible lol
    26AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:41
    Re: #24
    Putting the Japan Series on a sub-channel is banned by the rules
    28AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:41
    What's the point of a 6:30 first pitch?? Just start it at 5
    29AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:42
    It's gonna soak up VIVANT's viewers and pull baseball's best ratings of the year!
    31AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:43
    Theory: zero people are watching VIVANT because they genuinely think it's good
    34AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:46
    Re: #31
    Theory: zero people are watching pro baseball because they genuinely think it's interesting

    Honestly, this theory would get way more support
    Only an idiot could sit through watching that stuff
    33AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:46
    Far from becoming a bigger social phenomenon than season 1,
    it's apparently a hollow, mediocre flop
    Might as well just air baseball
    41AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:50
    Re: #33
    Every single episode of VIVANT beat last year's Japan Series ratings
    38AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:47
    I don't think the Japan Series is gonna pull good ratings this time
    40AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:49
    Re: #38
    We only just watched the underdog Yokohama team and the champion Hawks not long ago
    If this were dragging to game 7 it'd be one thing, but for game 2 it's gonna be tough no matter who wins first
    47AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:54
    Re: #40
    TBS broadcast that game 2 too, and it bombed
    The Japan Series barely scrapes into double digits for game 1 and the final game
    Games 2 and 3 especially have terrible ratings

    Game 2, Sunday Oct 27
    SoftBank vs. DeNA 6-3, TBS
    17:45 4.0
    18:03 6.9
    56AnonymousOct 20, 2026 01:01
    Re: #40
    Maybe it's because I'm a Pacific League fan (and hate 'em), but I've got zero interest in a Hawks game lol — though I am rooting hard for the BayStars
    42AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:50
    Baseball should just be Sunday mornings, no?
    The old folks are sleepy by nighttime anyway
    45AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:52
    Ratings in Kitakyushu are pretty high when SoftBank's playing
    But in Kanto it's weak no matter who's in it — even with the Giants it's not much different from Yakult or DeNA
    52AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:56
    Re: #45
    Regional ratings are low-value to sponsors
    In terms of actual viewer numbers, 10% in northern Kyushu comes out to less than 1% of the Kanto rating
    So even with high ratings regionally, there's no real payoff for the key networks
    What matters is the Kanto rating
    66AnonymousOct 20, 2026 01:08
    Re: #1
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    [Dodgers] At Dodger Stadium, where playoff ticket prices have crashed, long lines form for free beer
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    91AnonymousOct 20, 2026 01:26
    Kanagawa's got one of those indie UHF stations too, right, like Sun Television?
    93AnonymousOct 20, 2026 01:28
    Re: #91
    TVK, TV Kanagawa

    Background and Key Points of This Discussion

    There’s a long-standing arrangement for broadcasting the pro baseball Japan Series: one of the commercial key networks or NHK must always carry the game live, from start to finish. Because the assigned station has to see the game through to the end regardless of ratings, broadcasts have continued even as ratings have stayed in the single digits in recent years. Alongside explanations of this system, posters in the thread pointed out that VIVANT’s per-episode ratings have topped those of past Japan Series broadcasts, and noted the broadcasters’ own circumstances — that ratings carry different value in Kanto versus regional areas — revealing structural factors on the industry side that can’t be captured by a simple popularity comparison.

    ※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Entertainment & Sports News+) thread “[TV] “Baseball or Bepan?” TBS to broadcast Japan Series Game 2 — if the game runs past three hours, Sunday Theater’s “VIVANT” start time will be pushed back.”

  • Triple Crown Winner Teruaki Sato in MLB? Maybe Just ‘.260, 30 HR, 80 RBI, .820 OPS’

    Teruaki Sato, who claimed the Central League Triple Crown with the Hanshin Tigers, got NPB fans on 5ch debating “what kind of hitter he’d actually be if he moved to MLB.” The thread’s starting point was a baseline the original poster threw out — a .260 average, 30 home runs, 80 RBI, and an .820 OPS — and from there the discussion branched into comparisons with Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma Okamoto, the rule of thumb that college-drafted position players adapt to top-level pro ball more slowly than those who turn pro straight out of high school, and how Sato’s free-swinging approach would hold up in MLB, where plate discipline gets tested far more. Both optimistic and harsh predictions followed.

    1AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:46
    Is that really about where he'd land?
    4AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:47
    .220 18 60 .740
    10AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:51
    Re: #4
    Yeah, that's probably about the line.
    12AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:53
    Re: #4
    Yeah, something like that, honestly.
    8AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:50
    He's a lesser hitter than Murakami or Okamoto, so it's doubtful he even clears 20 homers.
    70AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:54
    Re: #8
    He outhit both Okamoto and Murakami last year, though.
    9AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:51
    He could probably hit even more homers than that — the ball carries farther over there.
    16AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:58
    Re: #9
    Wait, does the MLB ball really fly farther?
    26AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:08
    For position players, only the ones who adapted to pro-level pitching within 4 years of turning pro out of high school ever make it over there. Maki, who hit .300 with 20 homers as a college-draft rookie, actually has better odds than Sato.
    28AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:08
    Re: #26
    Sato was slow to adapt as it is, and he's a free swinger on top of that.
    36AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:14
    He could probably hit around 30 homers or so? Batting average would be .230 at best, though.
    46AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:28
    Ichiro, Matsui, Ohtani, Seiya, Okamoto, Murakami — for position players, success comes down to whether you adapted to pro-level ball within 4 years of turning pro out of high school. By that measure, college draftees are already out of the running.
    48AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:29
    Re: #46
    Even college draftees are fine if they adapt by year one or two, though. Look at Aoki — dominant batting title in the minors in year one, then won the batting title AND Rookie of the Year in the majors in year two.
    50AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:30
    Sato still hasn't even passed Maki in career hits or OPS. He should become the best in Japan first before we talk MLB.
    76AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:58
    Re: #50
    That's because manager Okada had him messing with his hitting mechanics and other unnecessary tweaks, they clashed, and he got sent down to the minors over it.
    52AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:35
    .215, 35, 85, .750 — that's probably about right.
    55AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:37
    Re: #52
    If he puts up numbers like that, it'd actually beat expectations. But if an MLB team is paying out something like 3 billion yen, they're probably expecting more like an .880 OPS.
    53AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:35
    Re: #48
    College draftees really are a mixed bag. Akiyama, a similar type of player, flopped over there too.
    57AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:39
    Re: #53
    Akiyama didn't blossom into a title-caliber, top-tier player until his 5th year as a college-draft pro. That really is late.

    And Sato's in his 5th year as a college draftee too.
    54AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:36
    The sheer number of games and all the travel probably make it rough too. Staying motivated sounds tough as well.
    58AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:39
    Re: #54
    Even Okamoto reportedly loses weight by the summer stretch run.
    60AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:41
    Sorry, but Sato just has way too many weaknesses.
    61AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:44
    Re: #60
    Year one could go pretty badly for him. It all comes down to how well he adjusts — he grew enough to win the Triple Crown in NPB, so that's exactly the kind of growth I want to see from him over there.
    63AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:50
    He doesn't have the power Murakami or Okamoto have. I'd guess 15 homers, .230, .790 OPS.
    71AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:56
    Re: #63
    That OPS is way too high! How many walks is he supposed to be drawing to get there?
    64AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:50
    Ohtani put up something like a 1.066 OPS, so shouldn't Sato be able to clear at least 1.000, maybe even push past 1.100 if things break right? And don't forget his home park is Koshien.
    65AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:52
    Re: #64
    Okay then, what's Sato's OPS on the road?
    75AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:56
    Re: #70
    Murakami and Okamoto still have the higher OPS — Sato's only ahead because they missed time with injuries.
    79AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:59
    Re: #75
    Staying healthy is part of being good too. Don't make excuses for them.
    84AnonymousOct 20, 2026 01:01
    Okamoto: 156 games, .232, 33 HR, 92 RBI, .762 OPS. Murakami: 127 games, .207, 35 HR, 77 RBI, .825 OPS. I'd lean toward the Murakami line for him.
    87AnonymousOct 20, 2026 01:04
    Re: #84
    He's not the type who draws walks like Murakami. Sato's an even bigger free swinger than Okamoto.
    86AnonymousOct 20, 2026 01:02
    He's the Triple Crown winner, but it's all first-half banked stats, so there's no real sense of dominance. Even on paper, drop his numbers into the Pacific League and he wouldn't have won a single title.
    90AnonymousOct 20, 2026 01:05
    Re: #86
    When Murakami won the Triple Crown, he was also interleague-play MVP that same year.

    Background and key points of this discussion

    The Triple Crown measures domestic standing — leading the league in batting average, home runs, and RBIs — and whether those numbers hold up in MLB, where pitching quality and ballpark differences are far greater, is a separate question entirely; that premise runs under the whole thread. Commenters split mainly on two points. First, whether Teruaki Sato — now in his 5th year as a college draftee — fits the rule of thumb that “only players who adapted to top-level pro pitching within 4 years of turning pro out of high school have gone on to succeed in MLB.” Second, how his free-swinging approach would play in MLB, where plate discipline is tested much more rigorously: optimists pointed to his raw power and how differently the ball carries over there, while the more cautious pointed to a likely jump in strikeouts and drop in OPS. Readers should note that the predicted batting averages and home run totals floated in the thread are just individual posters’ gut feelings, not an official forecast based on team scouting or statistical modeling.

    ※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G board) thread “Even Triple Crown winner Teruaki Sato would supposedly end up just a ‘.260, 30 HR, 80 RBI, .820 OPS’ hitter in MLB“.

  • Yoshiaki Kanemura Voices Concern Over Hanshin’s Approval of Teruaki Sato’s MLB Bid — Also Weighs In on Coaching Staff Departures

    Sports Hochi commentator Yoshiaki Kanemura addressed, on the October 19 broadcast of MBS Radio’s “Kanemura Yoshiaki no Eekagen ni Se~!,” Hanshin’s decision to approve infielder Teruaki Sato’s bid to pursue a Major League career via the posting system this offseason. Sato, the team’s star hitter who won the Triple Crown this season, prompted Kanemura to voice anxiety about the team’s weakened lineup, saying, “What are they going to do without him?” He also touched on the departures of coaches Eiichi Koyano and Atsushi Fujimoto, declining to state a reason and merely commenting, “I can guess.” Reactions on 5ch were split over whether the coaches’ departures signal turmoil within the club or are simply routine personnel moves, and opinions also diverged over how much weight to give Sato’s Triple Crown.

    Yoshiaki Kanemura voices concern over Hanshin’s approval of Teruaki Sato’s posting bid: “What are they going to do without him? I have no idea what’ll happen!”… also says “I can guess” about coaches Eiichi Koyano and Atsushi Fujimoto’s departures

    Yoshiaki Kanemura, a Sports Hochi commentator who played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes and Chunichi Dragons during his playing career, appeared on MBS Radio’s “Kanemura Yoshiaki no Eekagen ni Se~!” on the 19th.

    Addressing Hanshin’s approval of infielder Teruaki Sato’s bid to pursue a Major League career via the posting system this offseason, he voiced concern over the team’s weakened lineup: “What are they going to do without Teru-teru? It’s shocking, I have no idea! Once the Triple Crown winner is gone…”

    Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here

    3AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:56
    Re: #3
    Teru's transfer was probably already priced in, but the coaches leaving feels closer to an actual crisis.
    19AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:02
    Re: #1
    Re: #3
    Next year they'll lose even more than this year, and he'll probably be throwing tantrums nonstop.
    26AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:08
    Re: #1
    Re: #3
    Only idiots who've never played a sport in their life think the manager or coaches actually matter that much in baseball.
    8AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:58
    What's with the "I can guess" comment?
    29AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:09
    Re: #8
    If he says that, he'll get banned from Koshien again and end up with nothing but Orix commentary gigs.
    42AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:16
    Re: #29
    Kanemura's not exactly popular in Nagoya either, you know.
    15AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:59
    Teru's Triple Crown was only possible because Murakami and Okamoto weren't around, though.
    66AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:34
    Re: #15
    The numbers are still impressive though.
    80AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:39
    Re: #15
    By that logic, Murakami's Triple Crown was only because Seiya Suzuki wasn't around either.
    Even Kiyohara said Seiya Suzuki was the strongest player in Japan.
    83AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:39
    Re: #15
    Murakami and Okamoto rack up homers playing in a dome and the tiny Jingu Stadium.
    Both their home run counts would tank if they played at Koshien.
    21AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:04
    Honestly, doesn't Hanshin kind of not want to win the championship?
    Because salaries would skyrocket.
    30AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:09
    Re: #21
    The Murakami Fund got caught up in the insider trading scandal involving Livedoor and Nippon Broadcasting System shares, and when its founder was forced to step down (he later made a comeback), the fund sold off its Hanshin Electric Railway shares. Hankyu Holdings (now Hankyu Hanshin Holdings) bought up those shares, putting Hanshin under Hankyu's umbrella — so maybe that salary-suppression thing isn't really an issue anymore?
    35AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:12
    With Okamoto and Murakami gone it was already easier to win the Triple Crown, and now if Sato's gone too, Maki and Morishita have a huge shot at the Triple Crown next season lol
    39AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:14
    Re: #35
    If those two head to MLB as well, we'll be left with even smaller fry.
    38AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:13
    This guy has nothing to do with Hanshin at all.
    He's annoying, wish he'd just disappear.
    43AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:16
    Re: #38
    We're probably even less connected to Hanshin than Kanemura is lol
    41AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:15
    Even Orix's manager Nakajima said the team and players had gotten totally slack by the time he left. I guess it's tough to keep motivation up over a long season.
    But the bigger problem is the farm team, not the first team — it's nothing but scrubs. Even watching their pregame practice, their focus level is shockingly low.
    53AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:22
    This guy's desperately trying to stay relevant by name-dropping Hanshin, but Hanshin couldn't care less about him.
    56AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:24
    Does this guy even have any connection to Hanshin?
    Fujikawa (the manager) is shutting out even Hanshin alumni right now, so I doubt Kanemura actually knows what's going on inside the team.
    60AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:26
    Re: #18
    I mean, seriously
    what are the odds both of them conveniently came down with health issues at the same time lol
    68AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:35
    Re: #1
    Fine, keep it vague, but at least tell us what he was putting up with, Kanemura.
    Though if you think about it normally, it's probably Fujikawa.
    72AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:36
    Re: #60
    They're playing six days a week, over three hours a game every day.
    On top of practice too — everyone's body is wrecked.
    76AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:37
    Re: #72
    They could've just rested him during the meaningless end-of-season games.
    79AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:39
    Re: #76
    They prioritized Teru's shot at 40 home runs.
    Put another way, that's about all the Climax Series is worth — it's just a sideshow.
    84AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:40
    Re: #76
    There's a title on the line, after all.
    And Hanshin fans are coming out to see SatoTeru and Morishita, so they can't afford to rest them.
    That's probably why he pleaded directly to get treatment time worked into practice hours.
    77AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:37
    Murakami and Okamoto are both heading over too, so it's fine.
    It's sad to see star players leave Japan, but there should be some balance.
    82AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:39
    Re: #77
    He's not really star-player level though.
    85AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:40
    Re: #79
    The opponent isn't (soft-tossing) Aoyagi, so there's no way he can hit lol
    90AnonymousOct 20, 2026 00:41
    A win rate just a bit over .500 and advancing in 3rd place is plenty good enough.
    If an overqualified player wants out, just let him go.
    Especially if he can't deliver when it matters most.
    Using the money from the posting fee to reinforce the roster with multiple players is absolutely the better move.
    Of course the coaches have to resign and take responsibility lol
    It'd be scarier if they just quietly stuck around.

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    The posting system lets a player, with his team’s consent, gain the right to negotiate a move to Major League Baseball; Teruaki Sato is the Hanshin Tigers’ star hitter who won the Triple Crown in the 2025 season. Kanemura’s phrase “shiran de” is Kansai dialect roughly equivalent to “I can’t vouch for what happens next,” and reads as a blunt expression of concern over losing a key asset. Meanwhile, the club has given no official explanation for the departures of coaches Eiichi Koyano and Atsushi Fujimoto, and since Kanemura himself avoided stating anything definitive — saying only “I can guess” — speculation about internal circumstances spread through the thread. Readers should note that two competing takes on Sato’s Triple Crown coexist here: that he “only won it because Murakami and Okamoto weren’t around,” and that it was simply “an impressive record” — neither backed by any objective statistical analysis, both remaining purely impressionistic opinions from 5ch.

    ※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Sokuhou+) thread “[Baseball] Yoshiaki Kanemura voices concern over Hanshin’s approval of Teruaki Sato’s posting bid, “I have no idea”… “I can guess” about coaching staff departures.”

  • Even the Kamakura Shogunate Mnemonic Changed: 5ch’s Running List of ‘Things That Used to Be Called Something Else’

    A 5ch thread listing things whose names have changed over the years — like “jeans are now ‘denim’” and “Georgia used to be ‘Gruzia’” — blew up with replies. Topics ranged from official renamings of countries and dog breeds to barely-alive slang for toothpaste and bell-bottoms, and partway through, posters started objecting that “some of these aren’t renamings — they’re just different things.” Plenty of people were also surprised to learn that the mnemonic for founding the Kamakura shogunate had changed from “Nice Kingdom (1192)” to “Nice Box (1185).”

    1AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:51
    Everyday items & names
    Rewind ⇒ Fast-reverse (as media moved from tape to DVD/streaming)
    Jeans (jiipan) ⇒ Denim / jeans
    2AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:54
    Gruzia → Georgia
    Kiev → Kyiv
    Shiba-ken, Akita-ken → Shiba-inu, Akita-inu (old vs. new reading of "dog" in the breed names)
    3AnonymousOct 19, 2026 21:57
    Bald → 'Natural'
    5AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:01
    Diamond 4 → Rito Kyame
    7AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:02
    Reira → Layla
    62AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:18
    Re: #7
    🐹＜Still at it, huh
    9AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:04
    Nosebleed (hanaji) used to be written 'hanadi' (鼻血/はなぢ)
    Ground (jimen) was also written 'dimen' (地面/ぢめん)
    The voiced form of 'chi' (ち) is technically 'di' (ぢ), but so many idiots kept misspelling it 'ji' (じ) that 'ji' got officially allowed too.

    In other words, it's the bottom of society running the world.
    20AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:21
    Re: #9
    The 'ji' in 'jimen' (ground, 地) isn't a voiced version of 'chi' (ち) at all — it was always its own separate reading, 'ji' (じ). Same deal as in 'nunoji' (fabric), 'kiji' (dough/cloth), and 'jihada' (bare skin).
    10AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:07
    When did people start calling brake discs 'disc rotors'?
    11AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:09
    Re: #1
    It's less that the names changed and more that some of these are just different things entirely.
    12AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:10


    13AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:11
    'Railway Memorial Day' quietly became 'Railway Day'
    14AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:12
    So what happens to 'Confession Memorial Day,' then?
    15AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:13
    Savile Row → sebiro (business suit; one theory traces the Japanese word to the London street)
    Waishatto ('white shirt') → Y-shirt (shortened after 'white' got misheard as 'Y')
    16AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:17
    Takamatsunomiya Cup → Takamatsunomiya Kinen (horse race renamed)
    17AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:18
    MD (MiniDisc) ⇒ data files / audio tracks / streaming subscriptions

    That's not a renaming, that's just everything being completely different
    18AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:18
    If 'tokkuri' (turtleneck) counts, so should 'rappa zubon' (bell-bottoms, lit. 'trumpet pants')
    19AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:20
    Even some young people still say 'chakku' for zipper
    22AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:21
    Someone really should update 'hamigakiko' (tooth-polishing powder) by now — it hasn't been powder in decades
    31AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:28
    Re: #22
    → 'nerihamigaki' (toothpaste paste)
    60AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:17
    Re: #22
    Choco-mint
    23AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:23
    Vincent van Gogh (anglicized 'Binsento') ⇒ Vincent van Gogh (Dutch pronunciation, 'Finsento')
    24AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:23
    'Nuke it in the microwave' (renji de chin) still works as an expression, but modern microwaves don't even make that 'chin' (ding) sound anymore, right?
    25AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:24
    I still use an old microwave, so I still say 'chin'
    26AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:25
    I bet the adults who called every home game console a 'Famicom' have finally died out
    33AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:28
    Denim is technically just the name of the fabric, not the pants — but Ayumi Hamasaki saying odd things like 'wearing denim' caught on as a misunderstanding and spread from there
    36AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:30
    Re: #33
    Kind of like 'spaghetti' vs. 'pasta'?
    34AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:29
    'Nice Kingdom (1192), the Kamakura Shogunate' ⇒ 'Nice Box (1185), the Kamakura Shogunate' (the mnemonic for the founding year changed)
    38AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:33
    Jitterin'Jinn → Whiteberry
    51AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:51
    Different angle from OP, but where I'm from we said 'buruuma' for gym shorts and 'shumiizu' for a slip/chemise
    52AnonymousOct 19, 2026 22:53
    Re: #20
    What's that theory actually based on?
    Not clear how you'd even prove something like that
    55AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:10
    'Boin' (slang for big boobs) → 'kyonyuu' (big breasts)
    Then again, isn't 'kyonyuu' old-fashioned too by now?
    56AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:14
    Millibar and hectopascal aren't a case of 'the name changed,' lol (they're just different units)
    67AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:23
    Morning Musume → Morning Musume '26 (the group tacks on the year now)
    69AnonymousOct 19, 2026 23:24
    Okama/homo/lez, etc. → LGBTTQQIAAPO2S

    Background and talking points

    Each change raised in the thread has its own backstory. “Gruzia → Georgia” reflects a 2015 change by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made to move away from the Russian-derived name. “Kiev → Kyiv” followed Russia’s 2022 invasion, as major media switched to honor the Ukrainian pronunciation. “Nice Kingdom → Nice Box” stems from textbooks adopting the theory that the Kamakura shogunate’s founding should be dated to 1185, when real control was established, rather than 1192, when the shogun was formally appointed — the year itself didn’t change, just which year counts as the founding. Some replies argued these aren’t cases of “the name changing” so much as “one thing being swapped for an entirely different thing” (>>11), and the same objection came up around brake discs vs. disc rotors, where a difference in part terminology was being treated as a mere renaming. The ji/di spelling rule comes from modern kana usage conventions, and other replies pushed back on the accuracy of the popular theory behind it.

    ※This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread「Wow, there really are a lot of things whose names changed between then and now」.