1)Please tell us your name and where it came from.
-"Y.S.B."...It's just an initial that this club I was a member of back in school used,
so it has nothing to do with the Super Turbo scene.
-"Wasabi"...Hayao was the one who bestowed this name upon me! A long time ago at Nishi-Spo(now Nishi-Sega),
I once teamed up with Hayao and Eriho, two Hugo players from the Kansai region. When they said "Hey, let's
write our names in hiragana", Hayao turned "YSB" into "‚킳‚Ñ(Wasabi)". lol


2)How many years have you been playing 3S?
Same time as Konitan: since the 3S location tests. I guess this would be my 15th year playing.
(Ebara said 17 years though, so he might be the one that's right lol)

3)Where is your home arcade?
- My eternal home is Shinjuku More.
- Where I first started playing was, along with Konitan, around the Jinbou-chou area.
- In the Ranbat days, I played at Shimura Newton since it was close to my home.
- Nowadays I play at Versus once a week, or Yokohama Freedom since it's near where I work.
- I also showed my face at Gyoutoku Tecmo whenever they held events there.
(but I was shocked to hear that they're shutting down at the end of March...)

4)Please tell us your first experience with 3S.
I played since 2nd Impact, but Hugo was the worst character in the game so there were moments
where I was going to quit, but since he got better in 3S I decided to keep playing him. lol

5)Your main character and why you chose them
Hugo. Along with the previously answered question, I've also played grapplers ever since Zangief
in World Warrior. I'm don't think I would be hooked on Hugo this much if he was actually a good character..

6)Players you respect?
Hiro-chan(Best Oro from Nagoya). He's the first person on my list who is both older than me,
and I can't seem to beat much. As older people get, the worse they should be getting at this game,
but he's so sick!

7)Players you consider your rivals?
- All of BM Jirou. They're all my friends, but whenever I play them things get very intense.
- Everybody, because Hugo's so weak. lol

8)Players you're keeping an eye on?
- I'd be going on forever on this question...so first I'll just say "all of these younger players
coming out lately". Great reactions, highly motivated, and I can't seem to beat them so I don't
really want to play against them. lol
- The White Ken player from Yokohama...he's naturally skilled, so if I ever take him to Versus
I think he can make it to at least Meishou rank.
- Also the people who started out halfway through 3S's lifespan, not to mention I'm enjoying
the fact that female players have been coming out a lot more these days. (^p^)

9)Any memorable matches of yours?
Here's also another question that I could go on forever about, but if we're talking about matches
that made myself feel good...lol

- When I teamed up with TK(Q) during this one Machida Beat Live 2v2 Ranbat, I actually managed to beat
Nitto Yun, who was in his prime back then, at a tournament for the very first time(not to mention with
zero seconds left). I think it was after that day that the Machida scene accepted me as a strong player.
(this was 10 years ago lol)

- When my team(happy[AL], Sawaguchi[YU], Sugiyama[NE], TK[Q], myself) managed to beat out the team of
Nuki, Boss, Pierre, KO and Match during Coop Cup 3.

- When I actually managed to place in a Shimura Newton Ranbat.

- When I managed to beat Raoh in an anchor battle at SBO3, when his team previously managed to win SBO.

- The time when Tokura went completely apeshit and I managed to rank to Ouja status for the first time.

- The day I won a Namiki Ranbat undefeated.

- In 2003, back when I traveled to Osaka for the first time and played a "10 match Gachi" against Umezono,
I caught him with a walk-up Gigas while his cr.MK was in recovery frames. Someone yelled at me "GO BACK TO
TOKYO~!" while Hayao said "GODLY!" next to me.

- The shock I experienced when I played against Deshiken for the first time(around the first Coop Cup)

...if I go on any more I feel like Ebara's going to start complaining, so unfortunately I'm going to have
to stop here. lol

10)If you would change one thing about 3S?
- Since everyone keeps saying "get rid of Chun's cr.MK xx SA2 hitconfirm", if I were to say something 
as a Hugo player...give him some EX throws!
- Make LP 360 unquickroll-able, while give HP 360 damage. Meat Squasher should be as fast as EX Lariat,
and unquickroll-able.
- Give Ultra Throw as much range and startup as LP 360.
- Give Backbreaker the same startup as 360 while unquickroll-able like Megaton.

11)Self-analysis
Points I like about myself:
- It feels good whenever there's a video of myself and I seem to stand out. lol
- Continuous coins(it means I hate losing to the point where I'll hog the machine until I win~ lol)
- But for a serious answer, it's to entertain all the viewers watching as a BM Jiro member,
and giving other players who use weak characters hopes and drea*shot*

12)What do you find interesting about 3S?
Since everyone keeps talking about parries, I'll instead say this:
"Comparing your own character to other games, you stand with no relevance to strength".
Players who I personally find interesting are all on 3S. "I want to beat that guy",
"I want to win like that guy", "I wanna get destroyed lol" I think that these new and young players
are able to achieve their goals because of simple reasons like these, not to mention "wanting to beat
the veterans" and "trying their best to get up on the grand stage".
That, and I think the Danisen rankings and the Touzaisen events are amazing!


13)Will you keep playing 3S from this point on?
- As long as arcades don't shut down.
- As long as the player base doesn't decrease.

14)Please tell us your tasks and goals down the line.
There are so many to name, but since I don't have as much free time as I used to I'm just going to
have to laboringly (....can't tell you guys here lol)
My first goal is to make it to Meishou rank! Whenever I see something like "Hugo's the
only one that doesn't seem to be in Meishou, what a bummer", that motivates me.

15)Last words?
Sorry for writing such long answers.*
(If there's going to be an SBO this year, I hope to team up with top tier characters lol)


* No problem, I had fun translating this. haha -aku