(ALL JAPAN) Dressing Room

Weekly Pro

11th February 1986 (Issue no.130)

...Jumbo Tsuruta's alma mater, Yamanashi Prefectural Hikawa High School, is one of the prefecture's top schools for academics and sports. Mariko Hayashi, the Naoki Prize-winning author who is currently making headlines, is also an alumna of the same school. Tsuruta was devastated by the group shoplifting incident involving some of the juniors. "Good things don't last forever, do they?" he said, his expression gloomy.

...The final stages of the Hokkaido series only have two matches, on the 4th in Otaru and the 5th in Sapporo, but the fact that they'll be staying in Sapporo for four nights starting on the 2nd is a major draw for the wrestlers. With the Sapporo Snow Festival just around the corner, they're practically humming, "The sake tastes great!" However, this comes with the caveat that they don't mind the cold. The main wrestlers, including Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta, Tenryu, and Tiger Mask, have a Setsubun bean-throwing ceremony scheduled for the 3rd, and as usual, Mr. Oisoga's* day off isn't really a day off. In any case, he seems to be in a good mood in Sapporo for the winter tour.    

...On January 20th, during the off-season, the Pro Sports Awards ceremony was held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Grand Hall from 6 PM. The All Japan Pro Wrestling recipients were Great Kojika and Tiger Mask. This party, bringing together top stars from various fields, is an incredible gathering and attracts the attention of fans every year. Kojika happily commented, "When you've been doing this for so many years, all sorts of things happen. It's a great honor."

Notes

The Naoki Prize: Japan's highest-ranking literary award

Mr Oisoga: From what I can tell this was a grumpy bus driver (ironically, Noah have a "Mr Orange").

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