Yuki Ota, the first Japanese fencer to ever win an Olympic medal, a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for the men’s foil individual event, has announced his retirement from his role as the chairman of the Japanese Fencing Federation on the 19th of June in 2021. Ota is well known in Japan for…
2023 Kirin Challenge Cup Third Match, Japan vs El Salvador
The third match of the Kirin Challenge Cup pits Japan against El Salvador from Central America. The match was played at the Toyota Stadium on Thursday 15 June which resulted in a resounding 6-0 win for Japan. El Salvador has played against the Samurai Blue once in the past during the Kirin Challenge Cup of…
2023 Kirin Challenge Cup Fourth Match, Japan vs Peru
Japan’s fourth match in the Kirin Challenge Cup and the last match of the season saw themselves challenging Peru, a tough-to-crack South American team. The match was played at the Panasonic Suita Stadium on Tuesday 20 June and ended in a 4-1 win for Japan which proved the effectiveness and possible future implementations of the…
GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE | NIKKE Half-Year Anniversary Livestream Recap
Goddess of Victory: Nikke, is a new third-person shooting game with gacha mechanics developed by Shift Up and published by Level Infinite, a subsidiary of Tencent Games. The development of the game has started back in 2017 and it was finally released for Android and iOS devices on November 4th, 2022. Nikke was released for…
2023 Kirin Challenge Cup Second Match, Japan vs Colombia
The Japan National Football Team’s second match in the 2023 Kirin Challenge Cup saw them up against a strong and organised Colombia side. Japan aims to continue experimenting and establish a solid playing identity that they can uniquely call theirs following their 1-1 draw against Uruguay in the first match of the 2023 Kirin Challenge…
Mirai Akari Announces Retirement
Mirai Akari is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber who produces music, gaming content, and vlogs. The Mirai Akari Project was originally created on March 1st, 2014 by another Virtual YouTuber named Eilene before the VTuber boom created by Kizuna AI in 2016. However, it wasn’t until 2017 that Mirai Akari debuted with a self-introduction video…
If We Burn
The fiery resolve of the Hong Kong people blazes furiously in James Leong and Lyn Lee’s brutal documentary. If We Burn
Samurai Blue’s First Step to the 2026 World Cup, Japan vs Uruguay
With the end of the 2022 Qatar World Cup and Japan national team, also known as ‘Samurai Blue’ manager Hajime Moriyasu signing a new contract on the 28th of December, 2022 to take Japan to the 2026 Canada, USA, and Mexico World Cup, the long road to 2026 begins. The first step towards that is…
Hino’s Inazuma Eleven Famitsu Interview Translated
Famitsu has released the full 10-page interview with Hino featured on Famitsu 1789 on their website regarding the various Level 5 works that are in development. I will only be translating the Inazuma Eleven section of the interview however, but if you would like to read the whole interview, please let me know and I…
Inazuma Eleven Victory Road March 9th 2023 Development Update Translation
This post marks the last of the 3 translation posts from the updates posted on the Level 5 development blog! I will continue to upload translations as they are released when new updates are available. New Video Release at Level 5 Vision! Released Here Too! Important Information! 25 Years Later Inazuma Eleven Victory Road will…
Inazuma Eleven Victory Road December 28th 2022 Development Update
This is the second post of the 3 posts of translations that I will be doing, the next one will be the development update posted on the 9th of March, 2023. In the meantime, please enjoy the translation of the December 28th, 2022 development update from the Level 5 development blog. The Worrying Match System…
The Dark Hound 