My neighbor, Horiguchi-san, would at first glance appear to be a typical neighbor: She pays her taxes regularly, separates her garbage properly and puts it out on the correct day, is unfailingly polite, and has been a close family friend for a period far preceding my appearance. By all accounts, she is a normal, upstanding Japanese citizen.
Until you get to know her better.
Her son, Genki, you see, is a professional wrestler. He trains in Mexico and is proficient in Spanish. I know little about the sport but imagine chairs and opponents’ heads play a prominent part. In fact, while well into her 70s, I suspect that chairs and heads were also at one point (or several) no strangers to Horiguchi-san’s life. My point is that you never know about your neighbors until you really get to know them.
Genki will appear in a Kumamoto match on October 8 to benefit Kumamoto earthquake victims and celebrate his 20th anniversary in the sport which I suspect none of our readership will attend, but Horiguchi-san is my friend and neighbor and Genki is her son, so here you are. - William