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  little_bee

  11 months ago

  Wow, very interesting! I have been to a couple of local amateur fights (combatants who are not compensated, but do get placed and receive awards) in my home town, but I’ve never seen professional combatants. It must have been exciting for you to interview such a fascinating person!
  
  BTW, this is my first post ever, on any blog, so…greetings fellow posters and Koichi!
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  Maciel

  11 months ago

  hi lol i started posting last week, it feels weird to me to post comments cause it feels like Koichi is gonna be mean to me cause i say dumb stuff or not but its cool =]
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  little_bee

  11 months ago

  I felt a little weird too at first. But I'm sure he won't be mean. Seems like a nice guy. ^-^
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  Tofugu_Erin

  11 months ago

  Haha, we don't bite.
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  Tofugu_Erin

  11 months ago

  Don't be silly. As long as you keep your comments relevant and not too drawn out (i.e. treating the comments like a forum) we're more than happy to have you here! You really don't have anything to worry about!
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  Maciel

  11 months ago

  noob question!
  whats a forum? where ppl just talk about random things or somthing???
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  JackTamaki

  11 months ago

  Wow! That's great that she was willing to do an interview. It was really great getting to see what she had to say about her life in Japan.
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  emiko

  11 months ago

  AAAAAHHHHH! She's so cool! I really liked the interview!
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  Izeyhec

  11 months ago

  wow that's pretty cool i think that it must be pretty awesome to be a fighter like that and be in such a different place i think it would be tons of fun well a lot of work but still it would be a good time!
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  Fredy

  11 months ago

  Cool and different article! Nice! Cool to hear from people currently in Japan and doing different things!
  Also, when I read the teacher part, I thought "やんくみ!?"
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  ch1ka

  11 months ago

  When i saw the first picture i thought she was the one with the leg up high! but when i saw the second picture it all became clear.
  
  Anywho, shes awesome! You should have asked her "Why Japan?!"
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  Roxanne

  11 months ago

  Because Japan is the only place with like 20 brands of tofu on one shelf.
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  ch1ka

  11 months ago

  lmaoooo!
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  Mai

  11 months ago

  o__o Thats super awesome. She seems like a really strong person since she travelled to such a distant place on her own and was able to make friends & kinda blend in with the culture :]. Not only that, but she is physically strong too.
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  Sukotto

  11 months ago

  Wow. She must have a lot of energy to pursue two careers at once!
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  Shane

  11 months ago

  Nice interview. I have a friend, an American, who has been a pro fighter in Japan for the last 10 years. His name is Ryan Bow. Maybe you can do an interview with him as well!
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  Roxanne

  11 months ago

  I know Ryan Bow! We have lunch sometimes, lol.
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  Livvi_Spatula

  11 months ago

  Is "don't mess with my" up at the top a typo for "don't mess with me"?
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  koichi

  11 months ago

  yep
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  ghindo

  11 months ago

  Cool interview! Amazing how the power of the internets can bring together such an unlikely meeting!
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  christian

  10 months ago

  This is quite interesting. Really shines a light on womens' restling in Japan. So when are you interviewing Chiaki Kuriyama? : )
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  elkarlo

  5 months ago

  Wow what a great interview. I am going to Japan this March. Right now I am a sparring partner, for a low level pro fighter. I plan on joining a gym in Japan. This makes me all the more excited. Thanks for the interview Tofu, it was really interesting.
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  elkarlo

  5 months ago

  OH BTW I'm in love. No Koichi not with you =P
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