Talk:Masaki Sumitani

message: I basically translated the equivalent Japanese wiki: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%8F%E8%B0%B7%E6%AD%A3%E6%A8%B9. 
I found some mistakes in Mainichi newspaper link. The name of HG's partner is "Izubuchi", not "Debuchi". I checked their Japanese official website from Yoshimoto Kogyo. 
 In addition, HG didn't make his debute in profesional wrestling in 1997 --it was his debute as comedian. HG actually made his debute as professional wrestler on Nov 3, 2005.
Thank you for the additions! I tried to work a little on the language on this article, to make it sound more natural to English readers. I removed some bits, but tried to integrate as much of the material as I could. Two things are not clear to me though: what is 2chome-gekijo? A comedy club? Also, was Kendo Kobayashi Sumitani's senior at Yoshimoto Shinki-geki, or Yoshimoto Kogyo, or are those the same thing? — MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 12:59, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation

message: This article seems to conform reasonably well with Wikipedia standards.  If there are no further objections I will remove the clean up tag. Revmachine21 15:40, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No comments for 3 days... removal tag is gone. Revmachine21 11:14, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: Sumitani's lover is not an actress Anne Suzuki (鈴木杏). She is Anna Suzuki (鈴木杏奈)! The two is different. His lover is this person. However, it may be easy to be confused because their name is similar. --211.15.48.50 03:20, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sumitani's lover

message: HG was in the 12th Episode of the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 08:42, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Cameo 

message: The criticism section should have a counterarguement of some kind. Not all gays in Japan feel the same way as those two "sources." Quite frankly I think those two quotes are made by dumb people. Only someone completely ignorant would assume all homosexuals act the way HG does (yes, unfortunately there are a lot of ignorant people in this world...). But I do know for a fact those views are not the standard. I just can't cite any sources unless you count listing my boyfriend, or some of our gay friends living in Japan right now as sources... 59.85.208.174 09:59, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah I hear you on this one, it's hard to source unofended points of view becuase people don't tend to write about how unoften they were by something. But I belive this stretches out accross a lot of issue that most people either accsept for what it is (i.e. a joke in this case) or counld'nt care less. It's a shame only one side tends to voice themselfs in these issues.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elcaballooscuro (talk • contribs) 10:29, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism 

message: He is clearly gay. Just because he is married doesn't suddenly expose him not to be gay. Many gay guys are married. If he has sex with her, it means that he is bi, to say the least. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.22.242.102 (talk) 18:59, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Married Gay 

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:36, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Hardgay.jpg

message: :The fact that Hard Gay does not portray any Japanese gay subculture also explains why the sketch was allowed to be aired on Japanese TV, which has its own code of political correctness.
Which is immediately followed by several paragraphs stating that he dresses in a "gay fetish outfit," purchased from a shop which "specializes in gay fashion", and goes on to say that he was criticized for a "stereotypical depiction of gay men." The above quoted statement is either unclear as to its intended meaning, or this is baseless, unsourced conjecture regarding the "why" he was allowed on TV. Ham Pastrami (talk) 03:01, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradictory claim 

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