電気山 read as でんきやま(denkiyama)。 For you, and probably most of the rest of the world, these three characters mean “electricity mountain”. But not for Kenji. Kenji oh Kenji, How this must have made your life infinitely more interesting.   And for me, It is one of the main reasons why I started this blog.

Ladies and Gentlemen. the Denkiyama (電気山)

Rain : slaps are for sissies.
Rain : suplex!
kenji numano : suplex! hahaha
kenji numano : or you could DENKIYAMA ME!
kenji numano : hahaha YES! I OWN YOU AS OF TODAY!
kenji numano : woooh i gotcha!
Rain : denkiyama
Rain : electric mountain!
Rain : wooooo
Rain : whatever the hell that is

Obviously, at that point in time, I was just about as clueless as you are now.  I knew what it means literally, but, denkiyama > suplex? the suplex? the manliest wrestling move of all time? I knew I was in for an interesting evening. A very interesting evening.

kenji numano : hahaha YES!
kenji numano :  ill draw it for u. my dad used to torture us with it
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Rain : is that a foot up the ass?
kenji numano: hahaha i think its called “indian medicine”
kenji numano : hahaha
Rain : that is so werid
Rain : seriously.
Rain : *weird
kenji numano : hahahaha i know it was traumatizing but seriously funny i had to do it to all my classmates in school
Rain : a foot up the ass. wthell.
kenji numano : NO!
Rain : you should patent that.
kenji numano : its WAY WEIRDER THAN THAT
kenji numano : ITS A FOOT ON THE GROIN

So it’s not a foot up the ass, but a foot on the groin. read on. It just gets better.

Rain : patent and go pro wrestling
kenji numano : ITS A VIBRATING FOOT ON THE GROIN
Rain : man.
kenji numano : u shouldnt be that shocked uve been studying japanese people/culture
Rain : not the weirdest thing i’ve seen
Rain : but one of the weirder ones nonetheless.
kenji numano : i dont doubt it. and at the moment dont have the stomach for it
Rain : and why is that called the denkiyama?
kenji numano : ask my dad?
kenji numano : haha no idea
kenji numano : hahaha u should make a blog of weird japanese stuff. put this in it
Rain : i am saving this conversation and publishing this.

This has got to be one of the weirdest things I’ve found recently.  I don’t know if it’s a family secret passed down from father to child, or just a practical joke gone awfully wrong. Kenji, I acquiesence to your family’s ingeniousity. especially your father’s.

I was half serious about going and patenting that in pro wrestling. Or maybe even made into an anime.  Looking back, after consulting with a good friend Heineken, he reminded me of the GenkiDama(原気魂).  The “spirit bomb” for all you non-geeks out there.  It’s an attack in Dragon Ball, and is considered by fans to be the strongest attack in the whole series. more on the Spirit Bomb here.

…… and Foot->Groin. I doubt there is an attack stronger than that.  Goku needs lots of people for his Genki Dama to be effective, while the denki yama only requires 1 person’s effort. Evolution. Master Roshi would be proud.

and honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if Kenji’s father turns out to be a descendant of Son Goku.

I look forward to hearing more about your family Kenji.   If the father is this much wacky, I can’t help but wonder how the rest of his family measures up. =)

and speaking of Dragonball, trailer is leaked. A few denkiyama’s here and there wouldn’t been a bad addition.

Frankly speaking, I’m not liking it one bit.