(NOAH) Kakizome: "The year in total" (New Years Resolutions) 2022

2nd January 2022
Pro Wrestling DX

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 members of the Noah roster have written their resolutions and their motto for 2022. Kanji is meant to be auspicious, but naturally, Sugi....

Katsuhiko Nakajima: "World"
Sending Noah to the world as a "Global" champion

Keiji Mutoh: "Continuation"
"I want to celebrate my 60th birthday with the red belt"

Naomichi Marufuji: "Momentum"
Making out the shape of momentum in the year of the New Years Day Budokan

Takashi Sugiura: "Standing strong"
I want to be sharp, because I feel old
(This is the polite version, Sugi is making erection innuendos)

Kaito Kiyomiya: "Time"
"I have heart, now is the time to engrave it" (rough)

Kenoh: "Achievement"
"From a sense of attack, to "numbers and results"

Go Shiozaki: "Running wildly (but in a good way)"
"Because it has been painful, I am going to run wild"

Masa Kitamiya: "Dance all the way while being clumsy"
"Related to the profession" that I noticed after 10 years
(This is the title of a book commemorating the 10th anniversary of the death of Danshi Tatekawa. Tatekawa was a politician and a comic storyteller, he was considered revolutionary as he scoffed at the traditions of his profession)

King Tany: "More Funky!"
"I will enjoy myself more and more"

Mohammed Yone: "Radiance"
"In a year when promotions, Funky units and customers shine"

Akitoshi Saito: "Renew"
"Something may be known in springtime..."

Manabu Soya: "Penetrate"
"Stick to self, challenge the status quo"

Yoshiki Inamura: "Ungai Soten"*
"Set out without injuries, and be sure to leave results within the year"
*This means that there are blue skies beyond the clouds i.e. overcoming difficulties

Kinya Okada: "Breakthrough"
"Keep fighting and keep thinking"

Daisuke Harada: "Dokan"
"Ace explosion"

Atsushi Kotoge: "Solution"
"I want to be unleashed and find a solution"

Hajime Ohara: "Break"*
"Aim for GTO**"
*As in "buds break open", could be considered more to mean "bloom" in English.
**Likening himself as a vehicle suitable for all competitions

YO-HEY: "Explosion"
"There is a possibility of becoming an explosive explosion"

Seiki Yoshioka: "Waves"
Wind and waves even in turbulence (i.e. ups and downs)

Tadasuke: "Propaganda"
"Send out and bring in"

Haoh "Sign"
"To have "My own words"

Nioh "Form"
"Wearing a belt, it's all about that"

Yasutaka Yano: "Evolution"
"Aim for the unknown side"

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