RATELS at MEGARAGE

Streamed live from MEGARAGE, Kawasaki on July 17th 2019
You can view the footage here (please consider subscribing to Coteani as they often have Noah events at the venue)

CHAOTIC 
disorderly, disordered, in disorder, in chaos, in disarray, disorganized, topsy-turvy, haywire, confused, RATELS, Dove, three people who came from Dove, Osaka where RATELS came from

OFF THE RAILS
off the rails. (idiomatic) In an abnormal manner, especially in a manner that causes damage or malfunctioning. (idiomatic) Insane. (idiomatic) Off the intended path. (idiomatic) Out of control. RATELS interviews.

Usual chaotic RATELS entry after the entry footage has been played twice, Tadasuke (holding drink) enters first and then after looking at the names vanishes for a few seconds and then comes back with the others. YO-HEY sits in HAYATA'S seat, Tadasuke motions for him to move, HAYATA then removes him and proceeds to stand off screen. Daisuke Harada can be seen checking that he is in the right seat (FYI he is wearing a plaster having been bloodied with the GHC Junior belt by Yoshinari Ogawa a few days before, and he is the only one who checks his name)
HAYATA (very shy, although YO-HEY attempts to put him at ease because he knows that he is uncomfortable), stays off screen when everyone is being introduced, and only sits down when YO-HEY motions for him to. If this video does anything aside from demonstrate the dynamics within RATELS, it highlights the bond between the two of them. HAYATA tries to vanish early on, but YO-HEY tells him to stay, and much to HAYATA'S horror, a waitress comes round to ask them if they want a drink, which means he can't vanish then.

So once everyone is seated, everyone is introduced; Daisuke Harada "Young Master" (he explains the meaning of the name later in the show) is reminded that he needs his mic to speak (he's been drinking the least, but seems to be at times just as drunk as Tadasuke and YO-HEY, and only has about two drinks during the whole event. Someone needs to stay in control and it isn't the other three.)
Tadasuke introduced, and both YO-HEY & Harada hold up their mics to him like its a press conference. YO-HEY starts harassing his right nipple. Tadasuke starts by yelling into the microphone.
YO-HEY introduced, pretends to cry at the loud reception he is given by the crowd. Says loudly "thank you very much" a few times to HAYATA.
Then its HAYATA'S turn; YO-HEY tells him to pick up the mic, which he does but he doesn't speak, and naturally YO-HEY speaks for HAYATA saying in a deep voice "Thank you...thank you" to applause, then says he (HAYATA) is a "bad man from Hiroshima".
HAYATA vanishes when the attention he is on him, and YO-HEY says he is going to get beer. This is his first disappearing act, and it won't be his last.

While HAYATA is away, YO-HEY has hysterics at Harada's mimicking his "oooooh" sound, and we get an explanation of what a Ratel is (a small fierce creature which when cornered fights to the death, kind of like a junior wrestler), and then we get a discussion of their careers. Tadasuke starts fumbling with his mic to check it is on, (it is), and YO-HEY & HAYATA can be seen checking theirs, although HAYATA puts his down. Tadasuke doesn't quite understand the question about Noah juniors, so YO-HEY repeats it for him. It's going to get worse than this towards the end.
YO-HEY comes up with a couple of silly names to describe RATELS, and he and Tadasuke dissolve into laughter (sounds like "Teriyaki Fighters" was mentioned as a possible name, possibly in association from something in Osaka Pro).

HAYATA disappears for the second time, and refuses to speak into the microphone when YO-HEY holds it up to him (he's only been sitting down for about five minutes - I'm serious, I timed him), and gets a drink for Tadasuke. Very touchingly, because YO-HEY was fanning himself earlier, HAYATA comes back with a fan.
The host says that HAYATA got out of there rapidly. 
Harada gets up too, but YO-HEY stops him.

Spring Collection Pictures
(These portrait pictures were taken for a second Noah photobook)

Tadasuke has his hair in a ponytail today which is compared to the picture taken for the book, YO-HEY strokes Tadasuke's hair, and then attacks his nipple again

Waitress comes round to take the empty drinks (and to give Harada his purple RATELS drink), YO-HEY orders another beer for HAYATA. YO-HEY jokes that there is only a half picture of Tadasuke ("Okasan") because (and this is what it sounds like)..he had been eating small clams and had an accident because he had a runny stomach. Tadasuke sways drunkenly as he laughs.

When asked about RATELS, Tadasuke describes them as "Sakuru" and the others agree - this doesn't really translate well, but it basically means to dig, to scoop, so I guess he means that they are continually scratching away at the surface.

RATELS tweets - HAYATA'S vegetable garden, YO-HEY in the hospital, YO-HEY'S "wife is busy" text
"Harada is boss, Tadasuke is Okasan*...and HAYATA is "Wife"..."
(*Mother)

HAYATA by this time, now the conversation has swung round to him and the dojo garden, is half out of his seat and ready to run. YO-HEY somewhat proudly explains that HAYATA cultivates it, and the radish he has grown gets praised by the host.
HAYATA attempts to vanish when the tweet ("Wife is busy") is mentioned, YO-HEY (who is imitating him) doesn't let him. The tweet is a screenshot of a private conversation between HAYATA & YO-HEY where HAYATA asked YO-HEY if he wanted to play basketball or table tennis. HAYATA, however gets his chance when YO-HEY isn't looking. This is his third time in vanishing.

YO-HEY talks about his time in the hospital, HAYATA was his first visitor. The forbidden\awkward question of YO-HEY'S betrayal of RATELS is bought up. RATELS forgave him and let him back, YO-HEY says it was that or join the Backbreakers! Getting back to YO-HEY in the hospital, Harada says they kept making him laugh and imitates how he looked because with a tube stuck in his lung as it hurt.

Question Corner

HAYATA creates excitement by moving his mic and making a sound, he has no intention of talking though. Everyone claps, YO-HEY knows it was just an accident.

As they are in an arcade bar, naturally one of the questions is what is their favorite games? HAYATA whispers to YO-HEY, and YO-HEY says that HAYATA'S is "Mario Maker". YO-HEY says he creates hard levels and laughs at them when they are no good beating them. Soon after this, HAYATA vanishes for the fourth time,  (when YO-HEY is not looking), and comes back with a drink for Tadasuke, he tries to walk off again but YO-HEY makes him sit down.

Tadasuke likes Pachinko, Sonic Brothers, and if I heard YO-HEY correctly, Bomberman, and punching simulation arcade games.

I don't think Harada is much of a gamer, he wasn't too sure what a puzzle game is.

YO-HEY likes Dragon Storm (online game) which is a 3D fantasy fighting game. 

By this point YO-HEY and Tadasuke start to get slowly more drunk, Harada remains a little more sober (he is the only one to drink the MEGARAGE RATELS drink, which oddly for RATELS contains no alcohol), and HAYATA has drunk by this time about four bottles of beer. HAYATA goes to vanish again by taking Tadasuke's empty glass to the bar (colluded by Tadasuke), but YO-HEY tells Tadasuke not to encourage him, and stops them both. Then a waitress comes round to remove it, YO-HEY think the arm reaching in is HAYATA and goes to stop her by grabbing it! Needless to say, he has to apologise profusely.

The answer to most questions now becomes "Quiet Storm" - i.e. Daisuke Harada says that the GHC Heavyweight is a goal, Tadasuke says maybe he can take it from Quiet Storm. Yone's giant fro is also mentioned by YO-HEY, and Quiet Storm is the answer given by YO-HEY to every question going forward. He is referred to as a "city member" as coming from Osaka Pro, he sees the city as home.
HAYATA gives a whispered answer "Twice" to a question, and YO-HEY looks amazed. No one can believe he has spoken. HAYATA waves YO-HEY away, he's not going to say anything more, although YO-HEY has been prodding him into it all evening.

A question involving the color pink is asked, and YO-HEY has hysterics about it being Tadasuke.  During this HAYATA vanishes for the fifth time when YO-HEY notices he is out of beer, YO-HEY tries to stop him, fails. Goes to say something on the microphone, but doesn't. By this time Tadasuke and YO-HEY are laughing drunkenly, even more so when Tadasuke's bouncing up and down is mentioned, and then likened to HAYATA'S constant quickly vanishing. YO-HEY holds his hand up to answer a question, and says RATELS are unparalleled.

Harada attempts to get HAYATA to answer a question, despite a countdown, he doesn't respond.

Harada is asked about how he got the name "Young Master", it came from Osaka Pro and a stable he was in, (Tadasuke couldn't stop laughing at this), which was called "Speed Master" and people used to call him "Young Master" wherever he went.

HAYATA whispers something to YO-HEY, which he laughs at, won't repeat.

Then we get a special message from Akio Harada, who is Daisuke's older brother. This was the first time were introduced to him, and since then he has become a figure well known to Noah fans, but the funniest is when he starts squabbling with his younger brother on Twitter. Harada (who knows he is watching), starts waving to the camera.
The crowd cheer loudly when Akio appears, and we get a short video of the Harada Butcher Shop in the Katayama section of Osaka. It has been in the family for almost 30 years. However, despite the others watching, Harada barely looks up! He is using his phone, and then talking to the waitress!
So, what did Harada think of his older brothers message? He thought it was real, everyone laughs as it was pre-recorded on YouTube. Harada is asked what the store speciality is, he says its Pork Cutlet  (although he didn't at first hear the question), but he does remember one thing, today is Akio's birthday, which becomes an obsession for Harada.
YO-HEY, however, is obsessed with Lion Fujiwara appearing in Global Junior League. Which he isn't.

The focus again is back on HAYATA, and so he vanishes for the sixth time, and when he does come back, he is bringing drinks. While he is away Tadasuke talks about YO-HEY'S dropkick, YO-HEY is drunk and giggly, and HAYATA vanishes again for the SEVENTH time in an hour and a half when the focus is once again on him, and he brings back yet more drinks...not that by this time Tadasuke or YO-HEY need them (at one point YO-HEY starts kissing his muscles), and Harada is still obsessed with Akio appearing, pointing at the camera and talking to his brother and mentioning his birthday as behind him a picture of Naomichi Marufuji flashes up, and then vanishes quickly away before Harada can see it.

Global Jnr League is advertised (HAYATA eventually won it), and they all comment on it at the end of the show.
YO-HEY tells Tadasuke to have another drink before he answers by saying, "Okasan, have another drink".
Tadasuke by this time is very drunk, not even answering properly, crowd laughing at his drunkenness because Tadasuke appears to be using random words and rambling sentences. YO-HEY follows up, and the crowd claps hesitantly as no one has any idea of what he said.

We get a "Same" out of HAYATA after whatever the hell it is YO-HEY said but he has to be encouraged by YO-HEY to do it who sits with his microphone on his back, and Tadasuke who demonstrates to HAYATA how to use a microphone. HAYATA says "Same", everyone claps, HAYATA tries to leave, YO-HEY shrieks and pulls him back into his seat. In total HAYATA vanished seven times, three he was stopped by YO-HEY, and as the camera fades out, and after everyone waves goodbye, we get a shot of YO-HEY telling HAYATA off, and the audible sound of his slapping his leg!

OTHER
~ Everyone wore a "Space Invaders" Megarage t-shirt. Except HAYATA.
~ YO-HEY harassing Tadasuke's right nipple twice
~ YO-HEY, drunk, going to pick up Tadasuke's glass and he realises its not his.

GIF credit: Megarage\Coetani