He has been involved i​n decathlon form university and won the Japan Championship for the first time in 2010 when he was in the 4th grade. The following year, in 2011, he set a record for the Japanese track and field world to break the Japanese record for the first time in 18 years. And he p​articipated​in his first world track and field. In 2012, he participated in the London Olympic Games for the first time in 48 years as a Japanese player, and in 2014 he set a new record in Japan.
Takefusa Kubo
Originally from the training organization of the world famous football club FC Barcelona. At that time, he was called “Japanese Messi” and “Left handed Iniesta” because his play style is similar to Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta. His number one feature is ball control skill. Due to his great dribbling these nicknames are well-deserved.
He has started to play soccer since he was 3 years old. In August 2009, he saw an advertisement saying that Barcelona Camp would be held in Japan and you could play against Barcelona if you could become an MVP there. In April 2010, he participated in a tournament held in Belgium as a Barcelona school selection and was selected as a tournament MVP. After that, he belonged to the subordinate organization of Kawasaki Frontale. In August 2011, he passed the trial match of FC Barcelona’s subordinate organization Cantera and went to Spain. He played soccer in Spain until 2015, but an accident happened and he returned to japan. And then he joined FC Tokyo’s subordinate organization. In May 2017, he made his debut as a top team. And he became the first J-Leaguer born in the 21th century.
In November 2017, it was announced that he had signed a professional contract with FC Tokyo. He made his first debut in the match on November 26, and set a young record for the third place in J.League history. However, he gradually lost the opportunity to participate in the match and transferred to Yokohama F. Marinos for a limited time in order to improve the quality of performance. He had played there for 5 months. He returned to FC Tokyo in 2019 and played for half of a year. Then in June 2019 it was decided to transfer to Spain’s prestigious Real Madrid and play as Team B. His technique was highly evaluated and he was promoted to the top team. In the Spanish newspaper Maruka, he was selected as the first place in the evaluation ranking. In August 2019, he transferred to Mallorca for a limited time. He was selected as “Break Eleven” by La Liga Espanola with a clear (obvious) record in the team suffering from the bottom of ranking, and (despite) his performance attracted worldwide attention. In August 2020, it was announced that he transferred to Villarreal for a limited time. And recently it was announced that he would leave Villarreal.
In May 2017, at the age of 15, Kubo was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2017 U-20 World Cup. In October 2017, he also played for the Japan U-17 national team for 2017 U-17 World Cup. On June 9, 2019, he debuted for the Japan national team against El Salvador. He also participated 2019 Copa América.
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Toshizo Hijikata
Toshizo Hijikata lived in Japan during the late Edo period. He was a member of Shinsengumi. They guarded the Shogun. And he was a Vice President of Shinsengumi. He supported the president, Isami Kondo. He was a very strict person. So he was feared as a Vice President of the ogre. He died in Hokkaido at the age of 35.
In 1835, he was born in Musashino Kuni (Hino city, Tokyo). He was the tenth child and he was the youngest in his family. His father was a wealthy farmer. But he wanted to do martial arts and be a samurai. So he made an effort to practice swordfighting.
As a child, he was a very naughty boy. Also he was a smart boy.
When he was 11 years old, he started to work in the dry goods dealer (Ito Gofukuten). But he quarreled with the leader for a trivial matter and walked back about 40 kilometers to his house. He was so stubborn that he wouldn’t return to the shop even if his family persuaded him.
Next, he started to sell the medicines (Ishida Sanyaku).
The Shinsengumi, or "newly selected troops," protected the Shogun in the last years before the Meiji Restoration.
Hijikata met Isami Kondo when he was 25 years old. He joined Shieikan which Isami Kondo ran. After that, he applied for the Roshigumi to protect Tokugawa Iemochi, the 14th Shogun of the Edo Shogunate. And he went to Kyoto with members of Shieikan. Shinsengumi started in 1863 because they succeeded there. They guarded the Shogun.
He was a Vice President of Shinsengumi. He was a very strict person. So he was feared by all as a Vice President of the ogre. But just before he died in Hakodate, he was kind to everyone.
In 1864 July 8th, Ikedaya case happened. Shinsengumi beat Sonno Joi ha (supporters of the doctrine of restoring the emperor and expelling the barbarians). When he heard that Isami Kondo’s army had found Sonno Joi ha, he immediately joined forces. But he didn’t storm Ikedaya immediately and ambushed around there. The achievements of the Shinsengumi in the Ikedaya case were very great. So the prize was exceptional.
Immediately after the Boshin War began, Isami Kondo was arrested. He tried to save Isami Kondo, but Isami Kondo was executed. When the war of Utsunomiya castle happened, he won temporarily. But it was inferior to a modern weapon of the new government troop with swords and spears. He escaped in Goryokaku, but his stomach was shot and he died. He was 35 years old.
Hijikata's sword was returned to Tokyo. People come to look at it every year.
The Hijikata Toshizo Museum opened in Hino City in 1994. It is in the same building where Hijikata grew up.
A fictional Hijikata appears in the game Hakuouki.
Demon Slayer
Demon Slayer became one of the representative comic books in 2020. Not only Japanese people but also people all over the world are fascinated by the comic book. And it expanded the range of success from 2019 to 2020, so it was featured on a great deal of media.
“Demon Slayer” is one of a comic book which started to serialize from Weekly Shonen Jump in 2016 on No.11. It was written by Gotouge Koyoharu. The book is completed from 1 to 23. It is a fight story between humans and demons. Demons appear in various places to catch and eat humans. However people who were trained specially confront demons. Even though it is simply a fight story, it is composed of stories that are laughing, moving, powerful.
Tanjiro Kamado decided to embark on a journey because his sister Nezuko Kamado was made to be a demon. Then, he entered an organization which is called “Kisatsutai”. People can attend it over an audition, so there are many strong people in it. Begging with Tanjiro and members who have each “breathing”. Tanjiro has breathing of water, Zenitsu Agatsuma who is synchronous to Tanjiro has breathing of thunder, and Inosuke Hashibira who is also synchronous to Tanjiro has breathing of animals. In addition, there are 9 of the strongest slayers who are called “Hashira”. On the other hand, there is the worst and strongest demon which is called Muzan Kibutsuji.
Demon Slayer started from a comic book, and it expanded various things. Anime started in 2019, and the movie started in 2020 as the “Mugen train” version. In addition, a smartphone app started in 2020, and a home video game is going to start in 2021. Furthermore, there is a stage of the orchestra which performs with pictures of the story of Demon Slayer. In the summer of 2021, the stage of Demon Slayer is going to be held.