Daisuke Matsuzaka

By Taishi KUDO

Daisuke was born September 13th , 1980 in Aomori. He is a right-handed pitcher who plays for the Seibu Lions in Japan’s Pacific League. Daisuke was a Yokohama high school student and he came on Koushien (the biggest meeting of baseball teams of high schools) in 1998 and won. After his graduation, he was taken by the Seibu Lions as the first pick of the 1998 draft. His fastball ranges from 90 to 96 mph (145-154 km/h) with good late movement. He also throws a splitter, changeup and slider with almost the same delivery. In 1999, he got “Rookie of the year” prize. From 1999 to 2001, he got “The greatest number of wins” prize. In 2003 and 2004, he got “The most valuable earned run average” prize. In 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005, he got “The largest number of strikeouts” prize. In 2000, he got the “Sawamura” prize. From 1999 to 2001, he got the “Best nine” prize. From 1999 to 2001 and from 2003 to 2006, he got the “Golden globe” prize.

Career Statistics (Through 2006)

Year Win Lose IP K ERA
1999 16 5 180 151 2.60
2000 14 7 167 144 3.97
2001 15 15 240 214 3.6
2002 6 2 73 78 3.68
2003 16 7 194 215 2.83
2004 10 6 146 127 2.90
2005 14 13 215 226 2.30
2006 17 5 186 200 2.12
TOTAL 108 60 1402 1355 2.95

Deathnote Desu

By Hitomi Hata & Chinatsu Takagi

"Ryuk, I will show a more interesting thing from now on to you," said first Kira (Light) in the second 'Death Note' movie. The second Kira, the third Kira and 'The Eyes of The Grim Reaper' make their appearance in this movie. A true shock begins from here. Do not miss the ending that is not in the original comics! You can't imagine this movie's ending because it was such a complicated story. You will wonder whether Kira Light or L will die. Whose is the last name? Who is the last person to be written a death note? There are all answers in 'Death Note'.
One day, Light Yagami, who is the elite university student, picked up the Deathnote that the Grim Reaper (Ryuk) dropped on the human world. The human whose name is written in this notebook shall die. Light decided to kill criminals in the world by using a Deathnote, and make the ideal world by his hand. The people who are criminals died one after another. Then people called the person who killed them 'Kira.' The detective, who is called L, tries to search into who Kira is. The battle was started! But an unexpected happening occurred. Another Deathnote was dropped by Rem whose mind was different from Ryuk's mind.
We will now introduce to you Deathnote's main character and cast. Light Yagami (Kira) is Tatsuya Fujiwara. He can get 1st place on the examination in the whole country. Therefore he is an honor student and has a sharp mind. One day he picked up Deathnote that the Grim Reaper dropped to the human world. The human whose name is written in this notebook shall die. He de-cided he would steer the world into a New World. L is Ken'ichi Matsuyama. He is a detective. He solved difficult, unsolved events in a lot of coun-tries. Everyone calls him "Top of shadow" and "Last remaining card.” He is the only one who can move the police in all parts of the world. And no one usually knows his name, his face or where is he. Ryuk is Shido Nkamura (voice). The Grim Reaper. He was tired of the Grim Reaper’s world that was boring and uninteresting and he was interested in the human world because he thought the human world was funny. Then he dropped his Deathnote to the human world. Only the man who touched the notebook could possibly know Ryuk. Misa is Erika Toda. Owner of another Deathnote. She's active as a teen magazine model. She is an innocent and an eccentric girl. It starts some trouble with the second Kira because she wants to approach Kira. We interviewed 20 students about 'Deathnote'. Thirteen students watched 'Deathnote'. They said that it was exciting and a little difficult. Their negative opinions were that it was not interesting for an unreal story. Then we asked students if they want to watch 'Deathnote The Last Name.’ Fourteen students answered, “Yes,” but six students said “No”. We asked why. They an-swered, "Because I want to know the ending." and "I want to compare the movie with the original,” the students who want to watch it said. The stu-dents who are not interested in the movie said that it seems like a car and dark movie. We examined which character is the most popular in 'Deathnote'. The most popular char-acter was L. We love L too!! Because he is quite a character, and his looks are good. The second most popular character was Ryuk. Surprisingly, his popularity exceeded that of Light who was the lead. The students who like Light said, "Light is two-faced. This is his charm." Besides them, there are more interesting characters. You should watch it.

Bonnie and Clyde

By Maki Fujii

In 1930s, there was a couple who were the most dangerous gang in America. They were Bonnie and Clyde. They were given up by their parents and society and had no aim in life. They only depended on each other’s love to live. They were challengers of power and wealth. This is a true story of Bonnie and Clyde. This movie was made in 1967. It was directed by Arthur Penn and produced by Warren Beatty, the actor who was acting as Clyde Barrow. When he read the scenario of Bonnie and Clyde, he decided to make this movie by himself. He selected a new star, Faye Dunaway, as Bonnie Parker. This movie gave people a big shock. There are many movies about Bonnie and Clyde but this movie became more famous than others.

Produced by…………..Warren Beatty
Directed by…………..Arthur Penn
Screenplay by…………..David Newman and Robert Benton
Director of Photography…………..Burnett Guffey, A.S.C.
Art Director…………..Dean Tavoularis
Music Composed by…………..Charles Strouse
Costumes designed by…………..Theadora Van Runkle
Clyde Barrow…………..WARREN BEATTY
Bonnie Parker…………..FAYE DUNAWAY
Buck Barrow…………..GENE HACKMAN
Blanche…………..ESTELLE PARSONS
C.W. Moss…………..MICHAEL J. POLLARD

FAYE DUNAWAY
Faye Dunaway was born in Florida on the 14th of January, 1941. When she was in university she started to learn acting. In 1966, she came out in a movie and she was selected as Bonnie Parker in this movie. After this, she became a big star. When people saw a picture of Bonnie Parker, they were very surprised that she was beautiful. Bonnie Parker was born in Texas on October 1st, 1910. Her dream was to be an actress or poet but it changed after she met Clyde in 1930. She was 19 years old.

WARREN BEATTY
Warren Beatty was born in Virginia on the 30th of March, 1939. After he succeeded with this movie, he made many movies as a director or producer. He really liked movies. In this movie he plays Clyde Barrow. Clyde Barrow was born in Texas on the 24th of March, 1909. He had been thrown into prison many times before he met Bonnie. He was a very dangerous offender but some people said that he was nice man.

THE TRAIL'S END
By Bonnie Parker
You’ve heard the story of Jesse James, how he lived and died. If you’re still in need of something to read, here’s the story of Bonnie and Clyde. Now Bonnie and Clyde are the Barrow Gang. I’m sure you all have read how they rob and steal and those who squeal are found dying or dead. They call them cold-hearted killers. They say they are heartless and mean. But I say this with pride, that I once knew Clyde when he was honest and upright and clean. But the laws fooled around, kept taking him down and locking him up in a cell. Till he said to me, “I’ll never be free, so I’ll meet a few of them in hell.” If a policeman is killed in Dallas, and they have no clue to guide. If they can’t find a fiend, they just wipe their slate clean and hang it on Bonnie and Clyde. If they try to act like citizens and rent them a nice little flat about the third night, they’re invited to fight by a sub-gun’s rat-a-tat-tat. Someday they’ll go down together. They’ll bury them side by side. To few it will be grief, to the law a relief, but it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde.