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Dean Fujioka Knockout Divas APRIL 2015 Japan’s number one English language magazine DEAN FUJIOKA Taking on a Killer Role SHOOTING THE SALARYMAN Candid Snaps of the Corporate Class at Work and Play KNOCKOUT DIVAS The Wild Women of Japanese Pro Wrestling ALSO: Club Med in Japan, How to Build a Better Bento, Movies, Events around Town,www.tokyoweekender.com and More... APRIL 2015 APRIL 2015 www.tokyoweekender.com APRIL 2015 CONTENTS 12 THE SALARYMAN PROJECT Capturing elusive moments of the corporate worker in his natural environment 14 16 20 CLUB MED’S FINOLHU VILLAS DEAN FUJIOKA WOMEN’S PRO WRESTLING Welcome to your Maldivian escape from the The multitalented actor talks about Getting up close and personal with the everyday. Did we mention the lagoon? playing roles on both sides of the law glorious ladies of joshi puroresu 6 The Guide 15 Club Med Japan’s CEO Mori Seguchi 28 Previews Spring forward into tech, a tequila tipple Explaining the secrets of the all-inclusive Fairy tales, psychedelic gumshoes, and the for your hanami, and cupcake royalty vacation resort’s success in Japan Best Picture Awardee for 2015 8 Art Around Town 19 Insiders Club 30 Agenda A Belgian master, a Welsh conceptualist, Get invites to events around town and Katy Perry’s Prismatic World Tour, a week and two giants of Japanese ink painting register to win an exclusive spa package of beer, and a bubble run 10 The Art of Bento 24 People, Parties, Places 34 Back in the Day Earn your black belt in the Way of the Celebrating French cuisine, a night of hula An icon of the silver screen brings his Lunch Box in Midtown, and National Day bashes elegant insouciance to Kyoto www.tokyoweekender.com APRIL 2015 THIS MONTH IN THE WEEKENDER to take on the role of an infamous killer, and just what he thinks the Japanese APRIL 2015 entertainment industry could learn from its US counterpart. Women’s professional wrestling in Japan may have picked up some of its initial tricks from international grapplers, but it is clear that it has long since outstripped anything else being done overseas. Joshi puroresu, as it’s Publisher BC Media Group known here, has a fascinating history Chairman Ray Pedersen and more than a few colorful characters Executive Producer Asi Rinestine who make action inside—and outside— the ring interesting. Editor Alec Jordan Although taking off from Tokyo in Art Director Liam Ramshaw the heart of sakura season is the last thing on our minds, the conversation Media Director Kotaro Toda we had with Club Med Japan’s CEO Mori Account Executives Ohad Elbaz Nobu (Nick) Nakazawa Seguchi had us eyeing a trip to one of the country’s two resorts—or their five- Media Consultants Mary Rudow star flagship on the Maldives—for the link and you’ll miss it. Sophia Bai coming Golden Week holidays. Cherry blossom season Marketing Ingrid Dubreuil And finally, lest we be dazzled by has just arrived here in the brief show of pinks around town, Society Bill Hersey B Tokyo, and with it another let’s not forget about the dark-suited resetting of some of the city’s many salarymen who provide Tokyo with Lead Writer Matthew Hernon calendars—financial and academic its usual hues, muted as they may be. years are launched anew in the fourth Editorial Associates Vivian Morelli Photographer Bruno Quinquet has been month. It’s just one more reminder, if Sarah Custen capturing the city’s corporate workers in Kyle Mullen we ever really need it, that time here a fascinating series of images over the sometimes runs a bit out of joint with years, and his pictures just might give the rest of the world. you another perspective on the inner Film Christopher O’Keeffe Our cover story catches us up with lives of these fellows we often take for a multitalented, polyglot actor who IT Manager Nick Adams granted. has set his sights on success not just DBA Iryna Sundutova Until next time—kampai!—and see in his native land, but on the global you around town. stage. You can see Dean Fujioka on the new US show “The Pinkertons,” but the Fukushima-born star also has a lot to say about a much more challenging EST. Corky Alexander, 1970 role that he recently brought to the screen. We find out why Fujioka chose Editor Published monthly at the Regency Shinsaka Building, 5th floor 8-5-8 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 (03) 6666-4924 / (03) 6432-9229 (fax) [email protected] To subscribe to the Tokyo Weekender, please call (03) 6666-4924 or email: [email protected] For ad sales inquiries, please call (03) 6666-4924 or email: [email protected] WRITERS WANTED www.tokyoweekender.com Tokyo Weekender is looking for a few good writers. If Opinions expressed by Weekender contributors you’ve got a travel story you want to share, a gift for the are not necessarily those of the publisher written word, or have a unique take on life in Tokyo, we’d like to hear from you. To join our team of freelancers, please send us an email at [email protected] Published by BC Media Group www.bulbouscell.com APRIL 2015 www.tokyoweekender.com the guide MARC BY MARC JACOBS NYLON LAPTOP CASE Who says laptop cases have to be plain and boring? 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