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Momo no Seishun (Peach Youth)

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MOMO NO SEISHUN (PEACH YOUTH) – ATSUSHI KOTOGE & DAISUKE HARADA
桃の青春 – 小峠篤司＆原田大輔

I hope you will like it. I would appreciate your feedback for this drawing.

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Extra Notes

A few weeks ago in Pro-Wrestling NOAH, Daisuke Harada was blindsided by his partner after their match. His rival and former partner Atsushi Kotoge then came in out of the blue to make the save. Kotoge’s actions, though, led to him being dumped by his own team as well. After the chaos that ensued, Kotoge and Harada shook hands and decided to reunite once again as the tag team Momo no Seishun (Peach Youth). And this is why this fan art was made.

This wouldn’t be the first time I’ve drawn about Momo no Seishun. Back in 2015, I made a fan art of Attack on Titan characters Jean Kirstein and Marco Bott dressed as Kotoge and Harada. Back then, they were the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. I thought the tag team were similar to the dynamic of Jean and Marco, so I made that fan art.

However, part of me felt that I should’ve made a fan art for Kotoge and Harada themselves. That idea was shelved when Kotoge and Harada split up. But now that they’re back together, it was a perfect time to do the piece.

For this piece, I tried to make something that could use colors related to peach, since that is part of their name after all. That’s why I ended up making something similar to an anime promotional poster or DVD cover.

Their pose here is based on their typical pose when they set up one of their tag team moves, the Double Dropkick. Although recent pictures of them show them being very serious, I decided to let them smile here to fit with the warm peach-inspired background.

I hope you would enjoy this piece.

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REVOLUTION! Atsushi Kotoge

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革命！小峠篤司
REVOLUTION! ATSUSHI KOTOGE

私はあなたがそれを好き願っています。 あなたのフィードバックは非常に高く評価されています。
I hope you will like it. I would appreciate your feedback for this drawing.

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Extra Notes:

I’ve really wanted to draw Pro-Wrestling NOAH pro-wrestler Atsushi Kotoge for a while already. He came across to me as a really cool wrestler. Also, he once reminded me of Attack on Titan’s Jean Kirstein, which I had drawn as a wrestler in numerous occasions. In fact, one of my Jean Kirstein fan arts featured him dressed in Kotoge’s pro-wrestling gear.

However, I haven’t really drawn Kotoge himself. But when he unveiled his cape and brought in the Revolution gimmick, I decided it’s time to make the illustration.

I decided to make two versions of this piece. One features a sunburst theme, while the other features a manga-style impact theme. I also decided to make poster versions of this, as well as a profile photo version.

The piece was supposed to be submitted next month. But because of the feedback I saw from the preview sketch, especially a retweet from Kotoge himself, I decided to just go ahead and finish it. I was itching to see the final results, anyway.

I hope you enjoy this piece. REVOLUTION!

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