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https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/9ebffc98495...
Read the article with google translate
Features Ayane Takenaka a female arm wrestling champion won the men's division
The interview part is really interesting. It tells how she just started lifting a 20kg dumbbell while her parents were watching TV. She also defeated an adult in armwrestling during her elementary days as the article says.
And in school she was good at math so when she finished her work early she uses her desk as weights to train her arms.
Eventually she went up to junior high and started challenging boys from other classrooms. And continuing lifting her desk but this time adding weights she brought from home and adding grip exercises.
Pics not from the article but would go great with the thread
Why do I only see this now? Ayane is such a gift <3
https://sinnjyuku29.hatenablog.com/entry/2022...
Here's more, if someone can find the video of all that flexing, that would be the hottest thing I've seen all year.
The photo set linked from the first article, if anyone missed it: https://shueisha.online/sports/81033?gi=5&utm...
Sadly, the screencaps on that blog post seem to be from an unarchived Twitcast or Youtube Live, so those seem to be all there is. Her name in Japanese is 竹中絢音 if you want to search by that.
Also, from that same Japanese female muscle blog @radek13 linked, apparently Ayane Takenaka had another TV appearance just earlier this month, and her biceps look better than ever: https://sinnjyuku29.hatenablog.com/entry/2023...
It's from a show called "よるのブランチ" (Yoru no Brunch/Night Brunch), and this seems to be a link to the episode: https://twitter.com/TVer_Promo/status/1632924...
Unfortunately those free online streaming links for tver.jp seem to only stay up for a few days, so I've missed it. This is a preview clip for the episode, which shows Ayane but not her flexing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv2Bqgi0vpY
This is the main page for the show, and this seems to be the (paid) archive page for that episode, so I may see how far Chrome auto-translate and a VPN endpoint in Japan can get me later.
As an update, I was able to sign up for an account on the paravi.jp streaming service (the archived episode page I linked above), after their test page confirmed I would need to be on a VPN to Japan, but when it comes to actually subscribing for a month so I can download the episode, they don't allow credit cards issued overseas, or any type of prepaid/debit card/Paypal/etc. If anyone is actually in Japan, DM me and we can probably work something out, otherwise I'll have to see if there's a way I can use the iTunes payment option without an Apple device...
@radek13 Mostly just when there's something kind of unique that seems like it'll get lost otherwise :)
I know from past experience that little late-night shows like this don't always get archived well once they're off the air.
I also tried to no avail, seems like a credit card issue as you said. Hopefully someone here from Japan could snag it, or we'll get lucky and find it uploaded to youtube.
Damn, I remember seeing it being announced and made a mental note to check it on 9th of March, but then forgot.
She's gotta be on gear her arms and hands look insane.
There is a good chance of this.
https://sinnjyuku29.hatenablog.com/entry/2023...
They actually did a few drawings of her story lol
Hey, thanks! That's a new appearance on a different variety show, but luckily it can be seen at the same tver.jp site (link), it's within the viewing period this time and will be up until April 4. I can get the video to play in my browser and have already been able to capture a partial stream, so I should be able to download the full thing when I have time tomorrow (my usual browser plugins are failing partway through, so I'll probably have to use an alternate downloader)
Ok, got the full episode in 1080p. I had to use yt-dlp (or rather, the GUI version). Wasn't able to capture the audio part of the stream, just the video for some reason.
The two video clips I put together from it:
Plus some cropped stills that were onscreen graphics from it:
Also, this one that I didn't upload to the main site because it was already shown in the armwrestling clip:
Here's a download for the full episode if anyone wants to see it (again, no sound): https://mega.nz/file/q9BFwQDY#HgPqb-TM7SfBHMe...
Ok, got the full episode in 1080p. I had to use yt-dlp (or rather, the GUI version). Wasn't able to capture the audio part of the stream, just the video for some reason.
The two video clips I put together from it:
Plus some cropped stills that were onscreen graphics from it:
Also, this one that I didn't upload to the main site because it was already shown in the armwrestling clip:
Here's a download for the full episode if anyone wants to see it (again, no sound): https://mega.nz/file/q9BFwQDY#HgPqb-TM7SfBHMe...
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https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/9ebffc98495...
Read the article with google translate
Features Ayane Takenaka a female arm wrestling champion won the men's division
The interview part is really interesting. It tells how she just started lifting a 20kg dumbbell while her parents were watching TV. She also defeated an adult in armwrestling during her elementary days as the article says.
And in school she was good at math so when she finished her work early she uses her desk as weights to train her arms.
Eventually she went up to junior high and started challenging boys from other classrooms. And continuing lifting her desk but this time adding weights she brought from home and adding grip exercises.
Pics not from the article but would go great with the thread