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Winnie the Pooh cosplays as Yuzuru Hanyu for new plushie collaboration
- Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2026 - Tweet
Apparently it’s not a bother at all for Pooh Bear to dress up like the Japanese skating star.
- Japan
- (collaboration • cute • Disney • figure skating • ice skating • plushies • skating • sports • Winnie the Pooh • Yuzuru Hanyu)
Japanese figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu and Winne-the-Pooh announce crossover merch line [Pics]
- Casey Baseel
Aug 12, 2026
![Japanese figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu and Winne-the-Pooh announce crossover merch line [Pics]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/1_1a7b8e.jpg?w=640 "Japanese figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu and Winne-the-Pooh announce crossover merch line [Pics]")
Pooh Shower tradition inspires over 100 crossover items.
- Japan
- (cute • Disney • figure skating • skating • sports • Winnie the Pooh • Yuzuru Hanyu)
A roadside hair salon stall in China made us Norway’s Haaland for US$1, and warmed out hearts too
- Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2026
The haircut wasn’t the only great thing we got out of this great-price deal.
- China
- (China • COK • crazy • Erling Haaland • funny • hair salons • haircut • hairstyling • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soccer • sports • tourism • travel)
Hatsune Miku, VTuber Suisei Hoshimachi perform opening pitch at pro baseball game in Japan [Video]
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2026
Suisei throws smoke, some commenters throw shade.
- Japan
- (anime • baseball • Chiba Lotte Marines • cool • crazy • funny • Hatsune Miku • HoloLive • Hoshimachi Suisei • Lotte • manga • music • sports • video • virtual idols • virtual YouTubers • vocaloids • VTubers • weird)
“Stab-kill for two deaths” and other fun Japanese baseball terms
- Master Blaster
Jul 19, 2026
And it’s one, two, three strikes you’re dead at the old ball game!
- Japan
- (baseball • Chuman Kanae • history • jargon • language • Masaoka Shiki • sports)
One Piece docking at Round 1 amusement centers in both Japan and the USA
- Master Blaster
Jul 3, 2026
Prepare for pan-Pacific pirate play.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • card games • games • limited edition • manga • One Piece • Round 1 • sports)
Japanese soccer fans show excellent manners as World Cup opens[Pics, video]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2026
Chants and headbands aren’t the only tradition supporters of Japan’s sports teams bring with them when attending events overseas.
- Japan
- (2026 World Cup • COK • culture • etiquette • manners • moving • soccer • society • sports • touching • World Cup)
Study shows that regularly watching sports reduces risk of depression among the elderly
- Master Blaster
Jun 2, 2026
Unless you live in Buffalo.
- Japan
- (depression • health • Ibaraki Prefecture • nursing homes • science • seniors • sports)
Nintendo’s Super Mario throws out first pitch at professional baseball game in Japan[Video]
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2026
Turns out Mario throws a baseball like he throws a fireball.
- Japan
- (baseball • Baystars • cool • Mario • nintendo • Nippon Professional Baseball • NPB • sports • Super Mario • video • video games • Yokohama • Yokohama Stadium)
Holy Fungus Mud Volleyball is Japan’s most filthily beautifying bacteria event of the summer!
- Casey Baseel
May 6, 2026
Getting dirty in Gifu comes with benefits for your skin and stomach.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • cosmetics • crazy • funny • Gifu • mud • skin treatments • sports • volleyball • weird • wellness)
Haikyu fan event lets you step onto the court, see what it’s like to play with the anime athletes
- Casey Baseel
Apr 20, 2026
“Haikyu on the Court” is more than just a cool name.
Sanrio’s best-loved butthole defies physics in adorable sumo collaboration[Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2026
Pompompurin’s charm point apparently can’t be concealed.
- Japan
- (crazy • cute • funny • Hello Kitty • Japan Sumo Association • Pompompurin • Sanrio • sports • SuMALL • Sumo • sumo wrestling • weird)
Every Japanese pro baseball team to play with Mario question block bases once this year
- Master Blaster
Mar 13, 2026
Players should get power-ups each time they pass one, too.
- Japan
- (baseball • Mario • nintendo • Nippon Professional Baseball • NPB • sports • Super Mario Bros. • video games)
Exclusive Super Mario Yoshi figure to be given away at Dodgers Stadium [Video]
- Casey Baseel
Mar 10, 2026
Yoshi meets Yoshi for a special Nintendo bobblehead.
- Japan, USA
- (baseball • cool • Dodgers • Los Angeles Dodgers • Major League Baseball • MLB • nintendo • sports • Super Mario • Super Mario Galaxy Movie • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie • video • video games • Yoshi • Yoshinobu Yamamoto)
Can we be just like Shohei Ohtani on a budget with a Hello Kitty cap?
- Master Blaster
Feb 28, 2026
Hello Ohtani.
- Japan
- (100-yen stores • baseball • cosplay • Daiso • DIY • fashion • Go Hatori • Shimamura • Shohei Ohtani • shopping • sports • WBC)
It’s illegal for yakuza to go to professional baseball games in Japan, Tokyo arrests remind us
- Casey Baseel
Feb 14, 2026
Life of crime or live baseball fan? You can only choose one.
Foreigners accounting for over 80 percent of off-course skiers needing rescue in Japan’s Hokkaido
- Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2026
Japan is pissed off about the off-piste skiing.
- Japan
- (COK • foreign tourists • Hokkaido • outdoors • overtourism • rescue • skiing • snowboarding • society • sports • video)
McDonald’s Japan partners with anime English teacher, but did they commit a cultural error?[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 5, 2026
Ellen-sensei is the latest otaku spokesperson for McDonald’s, but there’s one organization she’d never endorse.
- Japan
- (anime • baseball • Ellen Baker • Ellen-sensei • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • otaku • sports • video)
Naruto jerseys coming to Major Leage Baseball theme nights, Hello Kitty to take over a field
- Casey Baseel
Feb 5, 2026
The Brewers believe it!
- Japan, USA
- (anime • awesome • baseball • cool • cute • Hello Kitty • Major League Baseball • manga • Miami Marlines • Milwaukee Brewers • MLB • Naruto • Ninja • Sanrio • sports)
Umamusume anime cosplayers make news in U.S. for their pro football fandom【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 20, 2026
Colorado cosplayers capitalize on the connection of ‘horse.’”.
- Japan
- (anime • cosplay • cosplayers • Denver Broncos • football • horses • manga • sports • Uma Musume • Umamusum • video • video games)
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