Thom Fain トム ∙フェイン

🇺🇸 living in 🇯🇵 | Founder そうぎょうしゃ @MonthlyPuroresu | Broadcaster コメンテーター | Bookings: [email protected]

[Thom Fain トム ∙フェイン @ThomFain]

Full circle moment. From STARDOM to @W_UNIVERSE2020, I’ve had the privilege of calling Mayu Iwatani’s matches as she’s made history time and again. Today she became the first woman to hold both IWGP and GHC championships. What a journey. 🏆

#pw_mg @MayuIwatani

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@aitaikimochi Accurate

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@OliverJia1014 Seriously. Thank you for speaking up, this was so wack

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My Japanese wife is better at directions in Tokyo than I am, speaks exactly one sentence of professional wrestling Japanese, has strong opinions about konbini onigiri rankings she recites on demand.

I came for the wrestling, but it’s truly feeling like I found everything else.

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Japan as a tourist: The precision of the Japanese train system is a lesson in collective harmony and civic trust!

Japan as a resident: The Chuo Line is delayed AGAIN and I have to stand in the rain during 台風6 reading a sign that says 'we apologize for the inconvenience'

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Obviously had to snag this Undertaker tee! ¥10,000 sounds expensive, until you realize these go for 3x over on Etsy in America.

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Found myself in a used clothing store in Shimokitazawa this morning looking at a rack of American band tees next to a rack of happi coats.

Nobody planned this, but that's Tokyo; nobody had to. Just decided to take an escalator to the JR line headed the other way.

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https://t.co/q5bVkoBOp9

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Korakuen Hall is one block from Tokyo Dome. It holds 1,800 people, hosting legends of puroresu since 1962.

The seats are uncomfortable & view is intimate, but every major promotion in Japan has a history within those walls.

On non-show nights the neighborhood has no idea.

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@IronCrane46 @OliverJia1014 I have been known to load up on taco rice bowls when they finally come around... I guess 2 or 3 per week isn't "bulk"

Can't imagine going as hard as her lol

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The thing about Japanese 7-Eleven that doesn't translate into a single tweet; it’s not a cheap convenience store w/ junk…

It’s a civic institution w/ better food than many fast casual chains back home.

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@OliverJia1014 Still some people will buy Japan 7-Eleven food in bulk, like it’s Costco 😂

https://t.co/I6PoLdvxmh

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If you’re American & never been inside Japanese conbini, there’s almost no way to prepare for a 7-11 addiction

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NJPW has been sold to TV Asahi and CyberAgent.

Bushiroad leadership believes this will benefit New Japan, and "maximize NJPW’s video and digital strategy for corporate value enhancement."

Interesting times! #NJPW @W_UNIVERSE2020

[ブシロード公式 @bushi_PR]

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@Fightful @CeeHawk Blessed be our sport

[Oliver Jia (オリバー・ジア) @OliverJia1014]

NEW: In my latest piece for @thedispatch, I interviewed model SAO @kawausosuki0513 about her rise to fame on social media!

We discussed the differences between Western and Japanese beauty standards, staying positive in a world of negativity, and more.
https://t.co/BLI1Qo1uIn

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Living abroad means picking new rituals to stay sane. Mine is Giants–Swallows at Jingu — same game I watched with Dad.

Different cheers, different beers, same nine innings. Baseball is forever ⚾️

[Monthly Puroresu @MonthlyPuroresu]

Oshikatsu' — the lifestyle of supporting your favorite — now occupies 14M Japanese.

Joshi puroresu has quietly become its most honest expression, and we think the Western fan flying to Tokyo for a Polaroid deserves the rub

@wakana_uehara #女子プロレス

https://t.co/zIp2e6IgYp

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@hoshizorarock Can’t stop, won’t stop

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@storshun @AutismCapital You had to be there on your mom’s floral print couch to really know

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@DAKKADAKKA1 It was fun to grow up with technology but not on it