(NOAH) Kakizome: "The year in total" (New Years Resolutions)
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In Japan it is traditional at the start of the New Year to practice what is known as "Kakizome" (literally "first writing"). Once people would write poetry, but it has become more common these days for people to write auspicious kanji.
Noah has had a tradition for many years (as indeed do many promotions) of their wrestlers writing out their goals and intentions (and their mottos, which is kind of like a "New Years Resolution"), for the New Year. This year twenty three members of the Noah roster have written their resolutions and their motto for 2021. Kanji is meant to be auspicious, but naturally, some people have gone off the rails...
GO SHIOZAKI
Calligraphy: "We Love Noah"
Motto: All greater love for Noah
KAITO KIYOMIYA
Calligraphy: "Smile"
Motto: Because it's such a time, you can enjoy a magnificent view with a smile
NAOMICHI MARUFUJI
Calligraphy: "Ramen"
Motto: Noah and I are aiming for the top
TAKASHI SUGIURA
Calligraphy: "Not the Chunichi Dragons"
Motto: Hankyu Braves
KENOH
Calligraphy: "Dream"
Motto: "Fulfill" rather than "Nurture"
KATSUHIKO NAKAJIMA
Calligraphy: "ONLY ONE"
Motto: From here, it's fun
MOHAMMED YONE
Calligraphy: "Guidance"
Motto: A new partner and new stories
SHUHEI TANIGUCHI
Calligraphy: "Organised"
Motto: Complete preparedness, I have to get results
AKITOSHI SAITO
Calligraphy: "Awakening"
Motto: The water you drink after drinking alcohol and taking a rest is as good as the sweet dew that has fallen from heaven.
(Proverb which basically means that even plain cold water is sweet, i.e. the simple things are good)
MASA KITAMIYA
Calligraphy: "Steadfast"
Motto: Confronting difficulties on the 10th anniversary of debut
MANABU SOYA
Calligraphy: "Construct"
Motto: Building up Kongoh's Manabu Soya
Calligraphy: "Cherish the moment as it changes"
Motto: Eternal return
(Fredrich Nietzsche, a concept that the universe and all existence and energy has been recurring, and will continue to recur, in a self-similar form an infinite number of times across infinite time or space.)
KINYA OKADA
Calligraphy: "Application"
Motto: Gaining the center from basic to advanced
DAISUKE HARADA
Calligraphy: "Let's laugh and walk no matter how steep the road is"
Motto: Even if the road is rough, I want to walk with a laugh
(Harada has taken inspiration from Masamori Tokuyama, a Japanese born Korean boxer)
ATSUSHI KOTOGE
Calligraphy: "Solid"
Motto: Building a foothold for myself
JUNTA MIYAWAKI
Calligraphy: "A big leap"
Motto: Leaping further in a year
HAJIME OHARA
Calligraphy: "In bloom"
Motto: A year when the buds finally bloom
SEIKI YOSHIOKA
Calligraphy: "Proof"
Motto: Focus on the medal as proof (rough, does not translate well)
Calligraphy: "One and only"
Motto: "I want to strengthen Tadasuke by speaking of this"
HAOH
Calligraphy: "King"
Motto: Become a true King by winning a belt
NIOH
Calligraphy: "Crimson"
Motto: "Deep red" in every sense
YASUTAKA YANO
Calligraphy: "Impact"
Motto: I want you to remember first
YO-HEY
Calligraphy: "Eruption"
Motto: No nipples, no life?
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