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I basically translated the equivalent Japanese wiki: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%8F%E8%B0%B7%E6%AD%A3%E6%A8%B9.
I found some mistakes in Mainichi newspaper link. The name of HG's partner is "Izubuchi", not "Debuchi". I checked their Japanese official website from Yoshimoto Kogyo. [1] In addition, HG didn't make his debute in profesional wrestling in 1997 --it was his debute as comedian. HG actually made his debute as professional wrestler on Nov 3, 2005.
Thank you for the additions! I tried to work a little on the language on this article, to make it sound more natural to English readers. I removed some bits, but tried to integrate as much of the material as I could. Two things are not clear to me though: what is 2chome-gekijo? A comedy club? Also, was Kendo Kobayashi Sumitani's senior at Yoshimoto Shinki-geki, or Yoshimoto Kogyo, or are those the same thing? — MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 12:59, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for the correction :) And here are some clarifications:
"2cho-me gekijo" is a multi-purpose hall which opened by Yoshimoto Kogyo in Osaka in 1986. The purpose of setting up this hall was to give more chances to younger comedians and find next generation's superstars. Many famous comedians like "Downtown" started gaining popularity from the stage in 2cho-me gekijo, and soon the hall became the contre of comedy among young people. However, the hall sort of became the centre stage of those comedians who started their successful career, and the original purpose of 2cho-me gekijo started falling apart. The hall was closed in 1999, and Yoshimoto Kogyo set up the new hall "baseYoshimoto" to serve the same original purpose.
Kendo Kobayashi is Sumitani's senior at Yoshimoto Kogyo. Just for the trivia, Kobayashi gained his popularity through 2cho-me gekijo in late 90s.
For the clarification on "Yoshimoto Shinki-geki", please refer this external link: http://www.tbs.co.jp/eng/catalog/english/variety/325.html
I haven't looked up specifically "2cho-me gekijo" however "2 Cho-Me" or "Ni Cho-Me" is the gay district of Shinjuku (the club district in Tokyo).
Since when did Wikipedia start linking to torrent downloads? --Keito
This article seems to conform reasonably well with Wikipedia standards. If there are no further objections I will remove the clean up tag. Revmachine21 15:40, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Video clips of hard gay can be found on Google Video by searching for the phrase Hard Gay. I'm not knowledgable enough about international copyright law to know whether it is acceptable to link to these videos or not, or if it would be appropriate to post links to sample clips on the article's page. Thoughts?
--RootsLINUX 05:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
== Questions on a few of the things
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A couple of things
70.94.32.126 07:27, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
Sumitani's lover is not an actress Anne Suzuki (鈴木杏). She is Anna Suzuki (鈴木杏奈)! The two is different. His lover is this person. However, it may be easy to be confused because their name is similar. --211.15.48.50 03:20, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
HG was in the 12th Episode of the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 08:42, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
...and briefly spoofed in Naruto episode 186. Danorux 07:27, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
The criticism section should have a counterarguement of some kind. Not all gays in Japan feel the same way as those two "sources." Quite frankly I think those two quotes are made by dumb people. Only someone completely ignorant would assume all homosexuals act the way HG does (yes, unfortunately there are a lot of ignorant people in this world...). But I do know for a fact those views are not the standard. I just can't cite any sources unless you count listing my boyfriend, or some of our gay friends living in Japan right now as sources... 59.85.208.174 09:59, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe the correct English equivalent of the katakana レイザーラモン should be "Laser Ramon", and not "Razor Ramon", citing a printed label affixed tp an offical piece of HG merchandise distributed by TBS Japan, specifically the flashing cube-shaped cell phone straps. His name is actually spelled "Layzer Ramon" on the strap label, but one can assume that this is a misspelling of "Laser". I don't believe any official product or statement issued by TBS has ever included the English text "Razor Ramon", therefore making the claim of copyright infringement on "Razor Ramon" of the WWE invalid. A picture of the official piece of Bakuten merchandise showing the "Layzer Ramon" text can be found here. Yakuza Sentinel 13:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
The main point I was trying to make is that his name isn't レイザーラモン(reiza- ramon for those of you who don't speak the moon language). That's not a variant of his name. There are only really two variants, and you can romanize them however you want. レイザーラモンHG, and レイザーラモン住谷. Of course the HG can be extended out to Hard Gay and the like. Oh, and let's also assume for the sake of arguement that they really meant to spell his name correctly in English, and drop out "razer", "layzer", and "lasor", they each scored less than a thousand (well, so did laser), so they're not particularly notable. ~Anonymous
The name is officially Razor Ramon. All of the other variants are just bad romanizations. HG said himself in an interview that the name is based off of the American wrestler Scott Hall, who went by the name Razor Ramon. The interview was just in a magazine, (scanned in here, though I'm not sure which issue of Giant Robot the interview appeared in. I checked their site, and believe it was the latest issue, #45. Kuoushi 20:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Any idea on what Hard Gay is up to now? I haven't really seen or heard much of him in the past few months. Is he retired from show business? Is he deciding to raise his family? Or does he still come on TV from time to time? Any news on this?
Could someone quote an article or post a show where Suzuki said she would stop working after marrying Sumitani? I suppose first-hand evidence would be nice for a few people who might find that hard to believe. Thank you! - Anonymous
http://cc.msnscache.com/cache.aspx?q=3969934232585&lang=ja-JP&mkt=ja-JP&FORM=CVRE That link should work. It's the cache to the article, the main article seems to have been taken down at some point. ~Anonymous
They should both stop working as they are shining examples of the shallow television subculture in Japan. If you think American TV is bad, Japanese TV really is an "idiot box".
He is clearly gay. Just because he is married doesn't suddenly expose him not to be gay. Many gay guys are married. If he has sex with her, it means that he is bi, to say the least. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.22.242.102 (talk) 18:59, 27 February 2007 (UTC).
Are you joking? He is clearly straight and is only acting gay. It's pretty easy to act like that while being straight, and Hard Gay acts according to the Japanese stereotypes of gays. Armyrifle 17:26, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
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Which is immediately followed by several paragraphs stating that he dresses in a "gay fetish outfit," purchased from a shop which "specializes in gay fashion", and goes on to say that he was criticized for a "stereotypical depiction of gay men." The above quoted statement is either unclear as to its intended meaning, or this is baseless, unsourced conjecture regarding the "why" he was allowed on TV. Ham Pastrami (talk) 03:01, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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