i miss the crowd back in 2019 that shouts the player's names. Much more... engaged
FOR REAL. It's packed but like dead. I don't know if they are allowed to cheer though
i miss the crowd back in 2019 that shouts the player's names. Much more... engaged
FOR REAL. It's packed but like dead. I don't know if they are allowed to cheer though
Irisawa kinda fell apart as this match went on. Shows on her face
Nishimura sliding along
Good one by Inoue there Too bad it didn't pay off
Irisawa coming alive now
All right . Mizuki closes it out
Not as convincing all the way through as I had hoped for. Didn't even feel real Japan-y. But there were moments. Araki was a blast And I think the serve love is working
i miss the crowd back in 2019 that shouts the player's names. Much more... engaged
FOR REAL. It's packed but like dead. I don't know if they are allowed to cheer though
it is a Tuesday night, Japanese businesses are working and against a “team Japan should beat”.
That combination just is not going to get you a big crowd.
Friday-Sunday will be much bigger.
There were only 1,861 people in the 10,000-seat arena today. Sad!
There were only 1,861 people in the 10,000-seat arena today. Sad!
What'd you expect none of those girls are popular except Koga. Ishikawa and Nagaoka's fans dipped
Apparently this recorded 1000+ people in attendance is the lowest in history and is way below the minimum which was expected to be at least 5000 people
Here are some tweets by actual people in the industry not random fans. Ironically Mayu Koga and Nagaoka's merch have all sold out this day 1 but someone said there are smaller merch booths outside of Nippon Gaishi Hall where fans can also buy without having to enter the arena.
They need to do something about that
https://twitter.com/masaki_karaya/status/1663557178945597444
This is another new team so it's a little understandable that there aren't enough core fans but Koga has some popularity in Japan her name alone should have generated the minimum amount of spectators but it didn't
having sold out merch is no way an indication of how successful an event is especially if we're talking on site merch which are at the very least 100 stock of each item per member. some fans even hoard or mass buy merch to sell online at a higher price especially to foreign fans
If you compare this to the 2018-2019 squad
Mayu Kurogo popular toray duo highschool stars that teens adored
Ishii and Koga popular ace duo
Ishii Shinnabe and Nagaoka popular veterans
Miyashita popular setter
Miya Sato was a thing too
Now
Koga and Mayu are not a duo. They never had that kind of chemistry.
Mayu and Momii would have been a popular duo.
The other sub-aces Hayashi and Inoue are not popular at all.
BUT it's useless to even worry about that right now they should concentrate on winning as much as possible. It can't be helped that Koga is the only popular player for this leg.
Imma reserve judgement for Nishikawa until the end of this tournament cuz what in the inflatable arms was that
Imma reserve judgement for Nishikawa until the end of this tournament cuz what in the inflatable arms was that
What did you think about Araki?
What did you think about Araki?
Glad she finally made it to the main team. I think Manabe was initially expecting to see that kind of energy on Hammy but she couldn't block and she never made any clear moves.
Also, I'm convinced that Araki becomes more confident once she puts on those goggles (that Foluke gave her btw)
The first time she joined Saga her Nishi Nippon article said she had some anxiety issues that's why she cries easily and she wanted to grow out of that phase.
Display MoreApparently this recorded 1000+ people in attendance is the lowest in history and is way below the minimum which was expected to be at least 5000 people
Here are some tweets by actual people in the industry not random fans. Ironically Mayu Koga and Nagaoka's merch have all sold out this day 1 but someone said there are smaller merch booths outside of Nippon Gaishi Hall where fans can also buy without having to enter the arena.
They need to do something about that
https://twitter.com/masaki_karaya/status/1663557178945597444
thats alarmingly low especially in japan for an nt match no less it should put some pressure on jva to give the girls more exposure. that's less than nec's homegame audience
I thought it was packed but I guess it was just the angle of the camera showing the sides smh. That is odd. V2 teams have more pull than today's audience.
thats alarmingly low especially in japan for an nt match no less it should put some pressure on jva to give the girls more exposure. that's less than nec's homegame audience
I disagree and TBS does so much for them already. Hayashi, inoue, seki and irisawa have all gotten their own episodes.The problem is the erratic player changes in the main team. There's very little time for anyone to even remember each player's names.
yeah like last year manabe and eventually saori were hyping yoshino sato and she turned out to be a complete flop but so many people were already hoping she'd be the next ebata or female ran (depending on which gen you're in)