This article examines the K-1 event held at Saitama Super Arena on March 22, 2020, amid the coronavirus crisis. It discusses the decision to proceed despite requests for cancellation, online information about the organizers and operating companies, the Saitama governor’s warnings, and concerns over the roughly 6,500 attendees. It also questions why NHK and commercial broadcasters appear to avoid addressing this issue.

April 7, 2020
NHK’s news programs never touch on K-1, which should have been one of the largest causes of the clusters.
Commercial television wide shows probably do not touch on it either.
When I woke up this morning, what crossed my mind was the cause of the increase in the number of infected people in Tokyo and the metropolitan area.
NHK’s news programs never touch on K-1, which should have been one of the largest causes of the clusters.
Commercial television wide shows probably do not touch on it either.
Thinking that perhaps this might be the case, I searched just now, and sure enough, it was exactly as I expected.
There is no advanced country in the world, especially among the G7, that would force, or allow to be forced, the holding of such an event in the metropolitan area in that manner at that time.
In China, such a thing would absolutely be impossible.
Before forcing it through, those involved would probably have been detained and punished as serious offenders.
The following is the result of my search.
Who is the organizer of K-1?
A Korean-affiliated company? The name has finally been identified, causing even more uproar than the coronavirus!?
https://catchmove.net/k1-management/
K-1 was held on March 22.
Amid the coronavirus uproar, there were concerns over the spread of infection.
There is also criticism that it was carried out in a way that ignored requests from ministers and the governor.
Who is the organizer of K-1?
Is it really a Korean-affiliated company?
Who is the person named?
I investigated.
The entity that controls K-1 is a company registered in Hong Kong called “K-1 Global Holdings Limited.”
This company owns the trademark rights to K-1.
It has done so since January 2012.
Previously, it was a domestic company, but the rights were sold.
The current “K-1” is different from the “K-1” that was hugely popular on television when Andy Hug and others were active.
Director Ishii, producer Tanikawa, and others transferred the trademark rights.
New operating companies repeatedly went bankrupt.
And the current operating company is the fourth or fifth.
Who is the representative of the company that owns the rights to K-1?
The representative of K-1 is Mr. Mike Kim of Hong Kong.
However, this company is only the rights holder.
In reality, there is a separate operating company.
The number of visitors to K-1 is said to have been “6,500.”
If infected people emerge from among them, will the authorities conduct PCR tests for all 6,500?
In reality, if their families are also included, the number may reach the tens of thousands.
Motohiro Ono, Governor of Saitama Prefecture
@oonomotohiro
March 22
Regarding the K-1 event held at Saitama Super Arena, we have repeatedly requested cooperation in voluntary restraint, but it is truly regrettable that we did not receive cooperation.
We instructed the organizer to take as many epidemic-prevention measures as possible, and to obtain contact information for all attendees in preparation for any contingency.
But false names, addresses, and phone numbers could be used, couldn’t they?
Are they stupid, K-1?
#K1
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The K-1 representative is Mr. Mike Kim of Hong Kong.
The representative of the operating company is said to be a relative of a Chongryon executive named Gen.
National companies and Japanese capital have Japanese corporate nationality, so they invest for Japan and secure employment for Japan.
Foreign capital should also be like that.
There are also Hong Kong people like this, even among Hong Kong people who protect their fellow citizens.
Global companies do not protect the people.
What is the nationality of the organizer?
The nationality of Mr. Mike Kim is unknown.
However, because the company is in Hong Kong and from the name, he is thought to be a Hong Kong national.
Is K-1’s operating company Korean-affiliated?
The operation of K-1 is coordinated by the “K-1 Executive Committee.”
There are details elsewhere about the reasons why the event was continued in this situation, but there seem to be various circumstances.
Organizer and copyright holder
K-1 Executive Committee
Planning and production
M-1 Sports Media Co., Ltd.
Operation
Good Loser Co., Ltd.
It is said that the de facto owner of these companies is a Korean-affiliated manager.
The fact that they stubbornly went ahead to this extent makes one feel that there was some intent.
Many of the 10,000 people will scatter throughout the Kanto region.
The new school year and the new fiscal year are also beginning.
The cherry-blossom viewing season is just ahead.
How do the people holding this event intend to take responsibility?
And the people who go to such an event are simply irresponsible.
They should be isolated right there in Super Arena.
The K-1 representative is Mr. Mike Kim of Hong Kong.
The representative of the operating company is said to be a relative of a Chongryon executive named Gen.
I am not saying everything is necessarily so, but somehow it leaves me uneasy.
K-1 operating company
Company name
M-1 Sports Media Co., Ltd.
English name
M-1 SPORTS MEDIA K.K.
Representative
Representative Director Shigeru Toyoda
https://www.k-1.co.jp/company/
Who is the de facto representative of K-1’s operating company?
The representative of K-1’s operating company is Mr. Toyoda, president of M-1 Sports Media Co., Ltd.
It is said that the person who has influence over that company is Mr. Mitsuru Ya〇.
Whether this is true is not certain.
That Mr. Mitsuru Ya〇 is from Saitama Prefecture.
After graduating from high school, he became an all-Japan champion in “Kendokai,” which is said to have deep ties with Chongryon.
In August 2000, he began a yakiniku business.
He established a real-estate company and quickly succeeded as an investor.
An article in Shukan Bunshun pursued his background and his connections related to Korea.
Mr. Yabuki is said to be a figure whose name appears in various fields, while being involved with GEN Sports Entertainment, which operates the professional wrestling organization “WRESTLE-1” and “K-1 GYM General Headquarters,” and also becoming a major shareholder of the long-established major PR company Kyodo Public Relations.
Quote: weekly magazine.
The trigger for Shukan Bunshun’s reporting was information that “Tokyo Girls Collection,” TGC, had been taken over by a Chongryon-affiliated company.
Was a person related to the operating company a former president of TGC?
Mr. Ya〇 seems to have been a former president of TGC.
He is involved in diversified businesses.
“Zavel changed its company name to Branding in 2008 and launched the cosmetics select shop ‘Cosme Kitchen’ and the Japanese business of the popular American brand ‘kitson,’ but after an embezzlement scandal, it fell into financial difficulty and sold the trademark rights to TGC in order to secure funds.
The planning and operation of TGC had been handled by a subsidiary called F1 Media, and this was also sold.
The person who then became president of F1 Media was a man named Mitsuru Yabuki.”
“It may be a North Korean operating company.”
Amid requests for self-restraint, the father of Mitsuru Yabuki, also known as Man-sik Hyun, who held the K-1 event at Saitama SA on the 22nd, is a full-time activist of Chongryon.
Mr. Yabuki is president of F1 Media, and it appears that “Tokyo Girls Collection” is also being operated through a Chongryon-related acquisition.
I suspect that the profits from these are probably moving to the North.
Zen Nihon Douwakai
http://zennihondouwakai-tokyo.jp/sokuhou48.html
Hideo Kobune
Tokio Ichikawa at Pumori Co., Ltd.
Connect Holdings
Major shareholders
Tatsuo Sato
Eco Capital LLC at Frontier Group, Yoshinori Kaneko, formerly SFCG
Mitsuru Yabuki
Shukan Bunshun Web, August 29, 2012
“Tokyo Girls Collection” acquired by a Chongryon-affiliated company!
The operating company of TGC is F1 Media, Mitsuru Yabuki.
January 2011
Largest shareholder of F1 Media
Branding Co., Ltd. → Azabu Building Ltd.
The entity controlling K-1 is a company registered in Hong Kong called “K-1 Global Holdings Limited.”
The operation of K-1 is coordinated by the “K-1 Executive Committee.”
The representative of K-1’s operating company is President Toyoda.
The person said to have influence is Mr. Mitsuru Ya〇.
Amid this coronavirus uproar, there are many negative comments online about the event being held.
Since there were just under 7,000 attendees, it is natural to be concerned.
The claim that the owner of the operating company is a Korean-affiliated manager is information that became a rumor online based on a Shukan Bunshun source.
The truth remains in darkness.
The operating company says it made efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus, but what will actually happen?
The real evaluation will come from now on.
Saitama Governor Motohiro Ono inspected the event that was forced through despite the government’s request.
The organizer says, “If an infected person appears, we will respond swiftly.”
Online reactions:
“The governor’s mask is too small to mean anything.”
“Once an infected person appears, it is too late.”
“Both the governor and the organizer are at a terrible level.”