(NOAH) "Come At Me You Bastards" ~ Kenoh's column (September #1)

Q: How are you so tanned?
KENOH: I went to Miyakojima*
Q: I envy you
KENOH: Miyakojima's sea is not blue, but a yellowish green. It was so beautiful. When I saw that magnificent coral, it was so big I couldn't believe it. My heart became pure. Kiyomiya's name has "kiyo*" (清) in it. Well, at a young age he has been spoiled by LIDET, from now on the issue is going to be of a rapidly greedy person.
Q: As usual, you are hard on Kaito Kiyomiya.
KENOH: Takeda* (Arihiro) seemed to have visited in May of this year, but he did not go in the ocean. I think I know why! If you swim in a beautiful sea like Miyakojima, I think that your heart will become pure....
Q: President Takeda has an unclean heart.
KENOH: It's obvious. Speaking of which, Takeda said to "Weekly Pro", "I will make Choshu's dojo on Miyakojima". I won't let you do that. I have already done it.
Q: That's significant.
KENOH: Have YOU ever been to Miyakojima?
​Q: Yes, I have. In May of this year I went to the FREEDOMS tournament there, before Riki Choshu retired in May of this year.
KENOH: Collusion! Choshu is the chairman of LIDET Entertainment.
Q: !!
KENOH: Good, because I talked about collusion last time. So, what are we going to do on this weeks agenda?
Q: I would like to delve into Osaka on the 13th September, the "N-1 VICTORY" tournament ends in six days, but because the result is not...
KENOH: However, the 9th September event report will be published in this issue.
Q: Published from page 27
KENOH: The timing is bad this week. Speaking of which, an interesting match has been arranged for the 16th September in Osaka.
Q: Which card?
KENOH: Yoshiki Inamura vs Kazuyuki Fujita. Inamura stood in front of Fujita and slapped* him. Everyone is green faced with a beast like that (rough). I felt a strong belief when after less than a year, he gave that slap. Had that been Kiyomiya, the babyface would have ended it with a handshake.
Q: Indeed. Inamura did not give it.
KENOH: Someone who has been spoiled by the company like Kiyomiya can't act like that, but Inamura tackled Kazuyuji Fujita, the former All Japan Pro Wrestling champion. The reason he was able to do that is because he acted with conviction as a member of Kongoh. Kiyomiya will be working with Keiji Mutoh and Jun Akiyama on the 13th September in Osaka. What incentive is born from that? You should be fighting. In Kongoh we would be demanding "lets fight" to wrestle in the ring. I would go to the venues of both All Japan and Wrestle-1 and slap them. Even speaking backstage without the asshole customers, there is no conception in Kiyomiya about allowing LIDET to assemble such a card.
Q: I suppose it will become a topic
KENOH: For the most part, Kiyomiya can't excite the match by himself, and in that way, Inamura has risen one or two steps above Kiyomiya. As expected, he is a university graduate!
Q: Inamura is from the Faculty of Buddhism at Komazawa University
KENOH: It is the perfect department for Kongoh. I have to say that there is a difference now between Inamura, and Kiyomiya who is the current GHC Heavyweight champion, but that difference will be filled on the road to the 16th in Osaka. With Inamura's slap, the battle with Fujita will be a brutal battle, and a sense of expectation has been born. Inamura entered Kongoh without any backing, and tried to find his own path. I am hated by both you and the company, so it is not easy to make a decision to work together.
Q:....
KENOH: I saw you grinning when Takeda said "the story about collusion is interesting", and he was smirking. You are a cohort of LIDET?
Q: It's not like that
KENOH: I am going to clarify this collusion someday. The previous talk on it was pretty interesting, but this time its evasive.
Q: I don't know about Korakuen on 9th September due to the deadlines...
KENOH: The readers are not effected, you are an information company, and you tell me that? So what, the publishing industry is bad?! In my series, the speed and freshness of information is vital. Since it will be released one week after the interview, I can't throw in the good material about the current events.
Q: That being said, by no means....please say something interesting at the end.
KENOH: Ridiculous request. Then finally..."I will return" (In the style of Kitamiya)
Q: Yes! (Inamura style)

Article translated from "Weekly Pro"
Picture credit: "Weekly Pro"

*Okinawa, Kenoh's beloved holiday island. 
* Ironically, Kiyomiya's "Kiyo" is the Kanji for "pure". 
*Noah's president
*Kenoh uses a sumo term "Harite" which means to slap using an open hand. I have changed it for Western readers who won't be used to\understand the term unless they watch sumo.