Rugby events create surge of interest ahead of World Cup

Edit The Japan News 27 May 2017
The Yomiuri Shimbun Young and old, male and female, everyone is getting ready for the Rugby World Cup in autumn 2019 — the first to be held in Asia — thanks to various events and efforts to stoke public interest ... She touched the ball down, drawing wows from the roughly 70 participants. Each team has three players in street rugby, which was invented by Ippei Onishi, 53, the former captain of the Kobe Steel Rugby Club ... Speech ... + - ... ....

Survey: 57% of Tokyo high schools demand hair-color proof

Edit Asahi News 01 May 2017
Nearly 60 percent of public high schools in Tokyo ask students with light-colored hair for proof, such as childhood photos, that these locks are their “real hair,” an Asahi Shimbun survey showed. Many schools run by the Tokyo metropolitan government prohibit their students from dyeing or perming their hair as part of the dress code ... (This article was written by Shinpei Doi and Ippei Minetoshi.) ....

Japan bank on Hagino, Ikee for world swimming charge

Edit Supersport 17 Apr 2017
Ikee, meanwhile, became the first woman to win five titles in the Japanese championships, which ended on Sunday ... Japan's men will once again be a force in the breaststroke with 200m world record holder Ippei Watanabe and Yasuhiro Koseki, who completed a 100-200m double at the Japan nationals ... MEN - Katsumi Nakamura, Shinri Shioura, Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Hagino, Yasuhiro Koseki, Ippei Watanabe, Masato Sakai, Daiya Seto, Yuki Kobori ... ....

Japan bank on Hagino, Ikee for world champs

Edit Supersport 17 Apr 2017
Ikee, meanwhile, became the first woman to win five titles in the Japanese championships, which ended on Sunday ... Japan's men will once again be a force in the breaststroke with 200m world record holder Ippei Watanabe and Yasuhiro Koseki, who completed a 100-200m double at the Japan nationals ... MEN - Katsumi Nakamura, Shinri Shioura, Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Hagino, Yasuhiro Koseki, Ippei Watanabe, Masato Sakai, Daiya Seto, Yuki Kobori ... ....

Swim phenom Ikee makes history with 5-title haul

Edit The Japan News 17 Apr 2017
The Yomiuri ShimbunNAGOYA — At the end, super-teen Rikako Ikee was ready to just get it over with and head home. But not without making Japanese swimming history ... The five titles for the second-year high schooler came over a packed four days ... In the men’s 200 breaststroke, Yasuhiro Koseki overtook early leader Ippei Watanabe over the final 50 meters to capture his third straight title in 2.07.18 and qualify for Budapest ... Speech ... + - ... ....

Topping a local rival

Edit The Japan News 01 Apr 2017
Pinch-hitter Ippei Nishijima’s two-run homer sparked a five-run rally for Osaka Toin in the top of the ninth inning after Riseisha rallied to tie the game at 3-all ......

Volting in again

Edit Manila Standard Today 28 Mar 2017
There are a few great things that I enjoy as an adult, but given a chance, I would trade some of my prized possessions including my liberty as a grownup just to get back to that carefree feeling of just watching my favorite cartoons on free TV all day ... the three sons of Kentaro and Mitsuyo Gō, along with the only daughter of General Oka; Megumi (Jamie Robinson), and Ippei Mine (Mark Gordon), an orphan cowboy ... Topics ... ....

Japanese Romeo Watanabe seeks Tokyo gold -- and more

Edit The Times of India 23 Feb 2017
TOKYO. Fresh from setting a new world record, Japan's latest swim sensation Ippei Watanabe is plotting Tokyo Olympic glory in 2020 -- and he wants his gold medal sealed with a kiss ... "I'm blessed that I'll be at my peak as a swimmer when the Tokyo Olympics arrive," Watanabe told AFP in an interview ... "I put in a message with my dreams written on it. saying I wanted to be like Kosuke Kitajima and swim at the Olympics." ... RELATED ... Milaap ... 3000....

CHANGING OF GUARD / Teen breaks world record, emerges as 2020 gold medal hopeful

Edit The Japan News 08 Feb 2017
The Yomiuri Shimbun Like many young swimmers of his generation, Ippei Watanabe grew up idolizing Kosuke Kitajima, the superstar who made history by becoming a double Olympic gold medalist in the breaststroke, not once but twice ... 29 ... Slide 1 of 3. PrevNext. Sports Hochi. Ippei Watanabe swims to the world record in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke at the Tokyo metropolitan championships on Jan. 29. The Yomiuri Shimbun. The Yomiuri Shimbun ... + -....

Japan's Watanabe sets WR in 200M breaststroke

Edit TSN Canada 02 Feb 2017
TOKYOJapan teenager Ippei Watanabe set a world record in the men's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes, 06.67 seconds ... "I want to become a swimmer who can keep breaking records." ... ....

Japan’s Watanabe sets breaststroke world record

Edit The News International 30 Jan 2017
TOKYO. Japan’s Ippei Watanabe broke the men’s 200 metres breaststroke world record on Sunday by becoming the first swimmer to go under two minutes, seven seconds ... “It still hasn’t sunk in....

Swimming: New world record-holder Watanabe says he can go faster

Edit Kyodo 30 Jan 2017
TOKYO, Japan - Japan's latest swimming sensation Ippei Watanabe attends an awards ceremony of the Japan Swimming Fe... ....

Japan's Watanabe sets world record in 200-meter breaststroke

Edit The Miami Herald 29 Jan 2017
Japan teenager Ippei Watanabe has set a world record in the men's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes, 06.67 seconds ... ....
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