A garment display at the V&A by Ryunosuke Okazaki - his vision of peace

2018 Aiea Taiheiji Kendo Tournament Results

Yonenbu Division (11 years and younger)

1st: Ryunosuke Oda

2nd: Shu Etsumi

3rd: Jacob Amano

Shonenbu Division (12 – 14 years old)

1st: Zachary Yamamoto

2nd: Brandy Matsumoto

3rd: Ethan Amano

3rd: Abigail Mejia

Seinenbu Division (15 years and older w/o dan)

1st: Neil Shimabukuro

2nd: Joshua Amano

3rd: John Pitts

Women’s Open Division

1st: Zidi Hiromoto

2nd: Megan Watanabe 3rd: Tina Kaku

3rd: Aki Stachiewicz

Yudansha 1 – 3 Dan Division

1st: Daiki Miura

2nd: Nicklas Matsumoto

3rd: Randy Umetsu

3rd: Kevin Chun

Yudansha 4-Dan and Up Division

1st: Christopher Goodin

2nd: Braxton Fukutomi

3rd: Billy Kang

3rd: Andy Fujimoto

Master’s Open Division

1st: Garrett Matsumoto 2nd: Jon Shishido

3rd: Ken Sugano

3rd: Iwao Sato

Children’s Team Matches

1st: Aiea Taiheiji

2nd: Kenshikan

Adult’s Team Matches

1st: Aiea Taiheiji

2nd: Mililani

Grand Champion Daiki Miura

Kantosho Award (Fighting Spirit) Shu Etsumi

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

2018 Aiea Taiheiji Kendo Tournament Results

Yonenbu Division (11 years and younger) 1st: Ryunosuke Oda

2nd: Shu Etsumi

3rd: Jacob Amano

Shonenbu Division (12 – 14 years old) 1st: Zachary Yamamoto

2nd: Brandy Matsumoto

3rd: Ethan Amano

3rd: Abigail Mejia

Seinenbu Division (15 years and older w/o dan)

1st: Neil Shimabukuro

2nd: Joshua Amano

3rd: John Pitts

Women’s Open Division 1st: Zidi Hiromoto

2nd: Megan Watanabe 3rd: Tina Kaku

3rd: Aki Stachiewicz

Yudansha 1 – 3 Dan Division 1st: Daiki Miura

2nd: Nicklas Matsumoto

3rd: Randy Umetsu

3rd: Kevin Chun

Yudansha 4-Dan and Up Division 1st: Christopher Goodin

2nd: Braxton Fukutomi

3rd: Billy Kang

3rd: Andy Fujimoto

Master’s Open Division 1st: Garrett Matsumoto 2nd: Jon Shishido

3rd: Ken Sugano

3rd: Iwao Sato

Children’s Team Matches 1st: Aiea Taiheiji

2nd: Kenshikan

Adult’s Team Matches 1st: Aiea Taiheiji

2nd: Mililani

Grand Champion Daiki Miura

Kantosho Award (Fighting Spirit) Shu Etsumi

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

The Drop by Milly Sharple - the poem (by Ryunosuke Satoru) reads:

Individually, we are one drop

Together, we are an ocean -

Briar loved this so much, she bought it! (-:

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

Photographie prise durant le herofestival de Marseille 2024 - www.herofestival.fr/

Model: commander_eiji

Instagram: instagram.com/commander_eiji

明日があるさ

Nanako, Shinosuke, and Ryunosuke "helping" Kenji in the garden

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

(Left) Wataru Yamazaki（山﨑 渉） [Teikyo Univ.]

(Right) Ryunosuke Hayashi（林 竜之介） [Tokai Univ.]

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”

~ Ryunosuke Satoro

Photo by Ryunosuke Kaneko

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

Can you see the web through the sunlignt?

Work in the morning is balmy.

Whenever lesson starts, students always make me smile and laugh... :-)

Japanese version

other books by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

Picture of actor Kamiki Ryunosuke from his High School Year Book

Picture of actor Kamiki Ryunosuke from his high school sports day

小説家芥川龍之介（1892-1927）の誕生日。辰年・辰月・辰日・辰の刻に産まれたのが名の由来といわれる

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(Left) Wataru Yamazaki（山﨑 渉） [Teikyo Univ.]

(Right) Ryunosuke Hayashi（林 竜之介） [Tokai Univ.]

The Spider's Thread Original novel of Ryunosuke Akutagawa "kumo-no-ito"

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Photo by Ryunosuke Kaneko

(Left) Wataru Yamazaki（山﨑 渉） [Teikyo Univ.]

(Right) Ryunosuke Hayashi（林 竜之介） [Tokai Univ.]

Photo by Ryunosuke Kaneko

Photo by Ryunosuke Kaneko

Photo by Ryunosuke Kaneko

Photo by Ryunosuke Kaneko