It's the stars of New Japan Pro-Wrestling as you've never seen them before! Teenager Tetsuya Naito is aiming for the top of New Japan Academy and the chance to face his idol, the IWGP champion and "Once-in-a-Century Talent" Hiroshi Tanahashi. But when "Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada spoils Naito's plans, will the ordeal force Naito to abandon his dreams?

The astounding athletes of New Japan Pro-Wrestling return to a world of high school rivalries! As Tetsuya Naito reminisces about his study abroad in Mexico and the lessons he learned there, old and new opponents make their presences known. Between “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada, the “Ace” Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata, or even the foreign exchange student Kenny Omega, can Naito reach the top? For that matter, does being the champion still mean the same thing to him? See if Naito fulfills his destino in this final volume of New Japan Academy!

In this first major study of the region in English, the author examines the key themes of Kyushu’s history from earliest times – the cultural interaction with the continental mainland, settlement, location and infrastructure as well as trade and commerce, – arguing that it was the principal stepping-stone in terms of Japan’s cultural, social and economic advance through history up to the present day. Although an integral part of Japan, Kyushu is culturally distinct in that its location on the East China Sea has exposed the region to an unusually high degree of influence from overseas. There was diplomatic exchange between this island and China, for example, even before the political entity of Japan came into existence. Kyushu, in fact, has been the setting for many of the major cultural encounters in Japan’s history, from the introduction of Buddhism, Confucianism and Christianity to gunpowder, coffee and tea. The volume also includes a colour plate section containing 60 images which support the text and provide the reader/researcher with invaluable pictorial references to Kyushu’s history from earliest times to the present day.