Giant Baba graces the cover of pro wrestling magazine 'G Spirits' Vol.80, releasing June 24

・Content Overview

This issue features a special focus on All Japan Pro Wrestling as an organization, a rare in-depth look in recent times.

After leaving Japan Pro Wrestling in August 1972, Giant Baba founded a new promotion in October of the same year. Tracing the 'King's Road' path reveals many previously unknown episodes!

Genichiro Tenryu, the 'Guardian of the King's Road,' shares his full perspective on Baba as a leader.

What was the background behind Jumbo Tsuruta and Nobuhiko Takada's joint training sessions?

Legendary referee Kyōhei Wada details the philosophy and techniques of 'King's Road' refereeing.

Ring announcer Fumihito Konomoto reflects on his two years with 'Motoko & All Japan'.

Keiji Mutoh, as an agent, shares insights into Great Muta's time in WCW.

The Rikidōzan series reaches its final chapter, summarizing the second golden age of Japanese pro wrestling.

The Great Kabuki recalls 'Akisue Takachiho's warrior training in America'.

Yamazaki Itsuki of JB Angels recounts his two WWF overseas tours.

The life story of 'El Pantera', the Black Panther Mask, is unveiled.

・Table of Contents

[Special Feature]

The King's Road

— All Japan Pro Wrestling in the Showa and Heisei Eras

[Recollections]

Genichiro Tenryu

Osamu Kawanobe

Kyōhei Wada

Fumihito Konomoto

[Interviews]

The Great Kabuki

Recollection — Akisue Takachiho's American Warrior Training

[Part 1] The Day the UN Heavyweight Championship Was Born

Keiji Mutoh

On 'Foreign Wrestlers' and 'Overseas Pro Wrestling' [Part 2]

Itsuki Yamazaki

What Is 'All-Japan Women's Pro Wrestling'? [Part 3]

[Series]

Rikidōzan in the Second Golden Age

[Final Episode] Why the Master-Disciple Tag Team of Inoki and Rikidōzan Was Never Realized

[Alíva Méjico]

El Pantera

The Untold Career and Glorious Achievements of the Still-Energetic Black Panther Mask

[Part 1] Cheerleader for Women's Professional Basketball

[Hara Eisei's Martial Arts Photo Gallery]

Episode 80: '1987'

・Product Details

Title: G SPIRITS vol.79 (Tatsumi Mook)

Release Date: March 25, 2026

Format / Pages: A4 / 112 pages

Price: ¥1,650 (¥1,500 + tax)

Publisher: Tatsumi Publishing Co., Ltd.

ISBN: 978-4777833405

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・G Spirits Book Series Also Available!

A comprehensive anthology series collecting Keiji Mutoh's testimonies from the 'G Spirits' magazine. This third volume includes dialogues with The Great Kabuki, Kendo Nagasaki, Kazu Hayashi, and referee Tiger Hata. Newly recorded interviews for this book reflect on the golden era of Heisei New Japan Pro Wrestling!

・Table of Contents

The Era When Keiji Mutoh Was a 'Young Lion'

Keiji Mutoh × Kendo Nagasaki

'The Night Before Muta' and 'The Failed SWS Recruitment'

Space Lone Wolf at 8 PM on Mondays

The Birth of 'The Demon Incarnate' Great Muta

Keiji Mutoh × The Great Kabuki

What Was Passed from Father to Son

The 'Fighting Spirit Trio' and the Golden Age of Heisei New Japan Pro Wrestling

'The Demon Incarnate' in the New Japan Pro Wrestling Era

In Memoriam — Memories with 'Jigokumon Oni' Masa Saito

Keiji Mutoh × Kazu Hayashi

10 Years of the New All Japan Pro Wrestling

'The Demon Incarnate' from All Japan Pro Wrestling to the W-1 Era

Recollection — Reunion and Farewell with 'Destruction King' Shinya Hashimoto

Keiji Mutoh × Tiger Hata

Retirement on February 21, 2023, against Masahiro Chono

Match Review — Antonio Inoki vs. Muhammad Ali

Match Review — 'The Showa Ganryujima' Rikidōzan vs. Masahiko Kimura

・Product Details

Title: G Spirits Anthology Volume 3 — Keiji Mutoh Edition (G SPIRITS BOOK vol.22)

Release Date: March 6, 2026

Format / Pages: A5 / 232 pages

Price: ¥2,310 (¥2,100 + tax)

Publisher: Tatsumi Publishing Co., Ltd.

ISBN: 978-4777833443

Official Website: http://gspirits.jp/

Official X: https://x.com/g_spirits

Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/g.spirits/

Purchase here:

[Amazon] https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4777833445

[Rakuten Books] https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/18512954/