Baruto activities

[Akinomaki]

Baruto had his first entertainer appearance in a leading role - he was the sole guide at a trip to Nara, even did the narration.

It got a "kawaii" response on the net.

http://www.j-cast.com/2016/04/23265020.html?p=all

those pics are at the program page: http://asahi.co.jp/tsalad/guest/index.html?date=20160423

CM for the program - the whole thing may appear somewhere later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shvc5BEnQFA

Baruto

will start a career as entertainer in Japan: he joins Office Kitano, of Beat Takeshi (Kitano).

He appeared as one of several guests without much of a role in a number of variety programs already Edited April 23, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

Next Rizin fight for Baruto on Sep. 25th: http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Kaido-Hoovelson-209985

Fuji-TV will broadcast it: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/rizin/index.html

Maybe that is on one of the Vaughn streams.

Edited September 21, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Asojima]

39 minutes ago, Akinomaki said:

Fuji-TV will broadcast it: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/rizin/index.html

Maybe that is on one of the Vaughn streams.

Yes it is.  Here or There .

 

Edited September 21, 2016 by Asojima

[Atenzan]

Can someone record the fight? I'm very interesting in watching him after he chewed and spat out Peter Aerts.

[Katooshu]

Baruto defeated MMA veteran Kazuyuki Fujita by unanimous decision, moving to the quarterfinals of Rizin's openweight tournament (where he could meet the likes of Mirko Cro Cop or Wanderlai Silva). I haven't  seen the fight, but the reports Ive read make it sound similar to his first fight (messy and slow-paced without serious damage done), although with Baruto taking more punches than before.

 

 

Edited September 26, 2016 by Katooshu

[Akinomaki]

Baruto got a small cut under the eye, his opponent announced his retirement after the fight. http://www.daily.co.jp/ring/2016/09/26/0009525033.shtml

Before

Edited September 26, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

Baruto was in Tetsuko's heya on Oct. 25th.

 

He's often on TV now, for traveling features, and the other day on a program for checking people's meals, he confused it with the travel series. The city he visited was Saku: in Estonia a town of the same name exists and the two cities have established friendly relations. Baruto after that was named friendly relations ambassador by Saku-shi.  http://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/nagano/20161111/KT161110SJI090013000.php

Baruto was confronted with a game character, Haruto. http://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201611110014/

 

Edited November 12, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

On 12.11.2016 at 19:28, Akinomaki said:

Saku: in Estonia a town of the same name exists and the two cities have established friendly relations. Baruto after that was named friendly relations ambassador by Saku-shi.

The official event was yesterday in a hotel in Tokyo. The city in Nagano pref. is host-town at the 2020 Olympics. http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/1739094.html

Edited November 17, 2016 by Akinomaki

[just_some_guy]

Here's Baruto crushing an apple (or maybe tomato? Can't tell). Take that, apple.
Most likely a promo for the upcoming Rizin MMA event.
 

 

Edited December 27, 2016 by just_some_guy
not sure if it's an apple.

[Kuroyama]

Maybe it's an onion.

[Akinomaki]

Baruto won his 2nd round fight today 3-0 by decision against Tsuyoshi Kousaka. With this he proceeds to the semi-final on New Year's Eve. http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/etc/20161229-OHT1T50219.html

booing from the crowd - and he gets so annoyed that he says "day before yesterday"/ototoi instead of "day after tomorrow"/asatte about his next fight - to more booing

 

 

Edited December 29, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

First loss for Baruto in the RIZIN semi-final today, and by KO: in the first round after 49s - win by Mirko Cro Cop. http://www.daily.co.jp/ring/2016/12/31/0009794579.shtml

Edited December 31, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

On 29.12.2016 at 18:29, Akinomaki said:

Baruto won his 2nd round fight today 3-0 by decision against Tsuyoshi Kousaka. With this he proceeds to the semi-final on New Year's Eve.

booing from the crowd - and he gets so annoyed that he says "day before yesterday"/ototoi instead of "day after tomorrow"/asatte about his next fight - to more booing

the fight with Kousaka, without the interview, so without the worst booing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy-w7jQWAqM

On 31.12.2016 at 12:22, Akinomaki said:

First loss for Baruto in the RIZIN semi-final today, and by KO: in the first round after 49s - win by Mirko Cro Cop.

The intro of the 2 fighters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0eyEjoD1Lg

Baruto enters with  Big in Japan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYjy519No9Q

the fight (long): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Exgw82IyDc

the fight (English commentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D9JhbBhHGY

loser interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUwaXOuPpo0

 

It's gone above, another of the 1st round fight against Fujita: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6vy-ct_34E

[Akinomaki]

The first TV drama actor role for Baruto - to be aired on May 8th. http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/1805559.html

as assistant fishmonger in a TBS drama series about a tax investigator (the one on the left) http://www.tbs.co.jp/hot-jyouhou/201704101109.html

 

Edited April 10, 2017 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

Baruto will appear in the stage production of Steven King's The Green Mile and play John Coffey

more pics:

http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2017/09/30/114/index.html

http://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0094840.html

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2098149/full/

Edited September 30, 2017 by Akinomaki

[orandashoho]

2 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

more pics:

http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2017/09/30/114/index.html

http://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0094840.html

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2098149/full/

Actually these links go to pages with the same picture cropped in different ways, with a lot of text in Japanese which I can't read.

As one of King's Constant Readers I am interested in this production of course, and I wish I could go and see it.
In the book (and the film with Tom Hanks) John Coffee was black, a seasonal farm worker in conservative rural America in a time of racial discrimination. In the play, we will see a Caucasian giant among Japanese -- perhaps such a man would be subject to the same kind of distrust and exclusion if he is dimwitted (and not rescued by a sumo scout). A lot of the subtext in the story is typically American, I'm not sure it would translate well.

[Akinomaki]

58 minutes ago, orandashoho said:

Actually these links go to pages with the same picture cropped in different ways, with a lot of text in Japanese which I can't read.

The other pics are below the texts, linked as thumbs

[orandashoho]

Doesn't he look young! Amazing that he has a sumo career behind him already. I wish him well.

[Kuroyama]

1 hour ago, orandashoho said:

Doesn't he look young! Amazing that he has a sumo career behind him already. I wish him well.

He is young. He's only 32.

Mind you, these days anyone younger than 40 looks like a teenager to me, so...

[Akinomaki]

On 9/30/2017 at 17:48, Akinomaki said:

Baruto will appear in the stage production of Steven King's The Green Mile and play John Coffey

That day actually was the day of the premiere in the Globe Theatre in Tokyo - after Tokyo it will go to Kyoto. https://www.greenmile-stage.jp/

Baruto's performance was called very credible (more pics:) http://enterstage.jp/news/2017/10/008060.html

Spoiler

把瑠都の演じる死刑囚ジョン・コーフィと絆を結んでいくのも、この誠実な人物ならばと納得がいく。

心優しい巨漢のコーフィ役の把瑠都は、これが初舞台。一つ一つの言葉を丁寧に喋ろうとするほど、懸命さや誠実さが伝わってくる。圧倒的に大きな体と把瑠都本人も普段から醸し出している人の良さが、コーフィという役にぴたりとはまり、その優しさは“死”へと向かう刑務所の中で“生”のあたたかさを感じさせた。

http://www.astage-ent.com/stage-musical/s76403.html

死刑囚ジョン・コーフィーを演じる元大関の把瑠都。人一倍大きな体は存在感抜群だ。一見怖そうな風貌ではあるが、 言葉がうまく出てこない役柄と優しげな眼差しが把瑠都をとても愛らしく見せ、初舞台であることを忘れさせてしまう演技力に魅了された。特に、本来二度と見ることがなかったはずの夜空を嬉しそうに見上げるシーンでは、切なさがあふれていた。

The pics were all from the dress rehearsal. Baruto and the leading actor appeared on the TBS news show Vivit on the 29th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGMUuX9DZKA&t=85m (3min., bad sound)

Edited October 3, 2017 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

Baruto vs. Bob Sapp next - on Abema TV Gold (not viewable for me so far), Oct. 22nd 20:00h JST

Baruto as John Coffey

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[Akinomaki]

Baruto appeared as Hulk in an PR event for the Japan dubbed version of the movie Thor: Ragnarok http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201710260000797.html

[Akinomaki]

On 10/26/2017 at 17:27, Akinomaki said:

Baruto appeared as Hulk in an PR event for the Japan dubbed version of the movie Thor: Ragnarok

videos from the event, to start at the appearance of Baruto

part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X6Fm36jBKY&t=5m12s

"I thought too much about wishing to be like such a super hero after watching a film, and in the morning I turned into this."

part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlmg5TTivng&t=30s
 

Edited November 1, 2017 by Akinomaki

[dada78641]

Baruto will be starring alongside Santou Ryuuda in a TV adaptation of an LGBT themed manga called "My Brother's Husband" by Gengoroh Tagame. It's about cultural differences in daily life of a family with a single father, his daughter and his brother's husband from Canada.

More info from NHK: http://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/30000/285794.html

Here's some more info on the manga the TV drama will be adapted from: https://honcierge.jp/articles/shelf_story/3675

It's set to air from March 4 next year, on Sundays, three episodes in all.

Edited December 5, 2017 by dada78641

[rhyen]

This should be filed under off topic, probably in former baruto activities.

not in the ozumo discussion.