Aki Miyagawa moved to Tokyo to pursue her dream to be a taiko drummer, but had a hard time balancing her strict training regimen with her part-time job. Now, after 15 years, she's returning to coach others for a taiko festival.

After winning the fierce Inter High race, Sakamichi and the other Souhoku team members receive an invitation to compete in the Kumamoto Hi Province Mountain Range Race towards the end of summer. The top-tier teams from around the country compete in this race, including Souhoku's rivals Hakone Academy (which yearns to take down Souhoku), Kyoto Fushimi, and Hiroshima Kureminami - as well as Kumamoto Daiichi High School's team led by Shin Yoshimoto.

About a girl who marries in the middle of the Pacific War, is widowed at 18, and her unflagging struggle to survive during and after the war with her son.

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

Akari, who evacuated with a cat when earthquake struck, meets Kanoko, who also took her cat with her at the evacuation site. Jin, who lived in the same apartment, also loves big cats, and the three become close to each other through cats and eventually live together.

GW Tour 2026 in Kumamoto was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on May 4, 2026 at Kumamoto-jō Hall in Kumamoto, Japan.

A college student works a part time job at a bookstore, and meets an older patron wearing a long coat who tells her that "the young are beautiful, but the old moreso". Shortly afterwards, a friend tells her of a suspicious person who has been following her mother. When she gets home, she finds her mother watching a high school film from decades ago, featuring her mother and father, as well as another boy they both seemed to get along with. On the path to find her mother's stalker, our heroine arrives at a second floor detective's office with her friend. Together, they tail the suspect in a car, but...

After hearing that his estranged father is in Kumamoto, Washichiro heads to Kyushu. Along the way, he picks up a runaway girl and his friend Kinta, who is also on a pre-marital trip to Kumamoto. Despite getting caught up in various disturbances, Washichiro manages to gather information about his father in Kumamoto. Set against the backdrop of Kumamoto and Aso, Washichiro makes a final, intense run! This final installment of the series features a glamorous cast, including the heroine Miu Nakamura, regular member Shingo Yanagisawa, as well as Tatsuo Umemiya, Kiyoko Suizenji, Jun Nagasawa, Okada Masuda, and others, who help make the conclusion spectacular!

Jidai-geki period / folklore type stories that were comissioned by the Kumamoto prefacture of Kyushu island in 1996 and filmed over a period of three years. Kumamoto Monogatari is a 2002 omnibus which includes the three short films: Zuiketsu Genso: Tonkararin Yume Densetsu, Kikuchi-jo Monogatari: Sakimori-tachi no Uta, Onna Kunishuu Ikki.

Marigold Shining Attack 2026 ~ Day 4 was a professional wrestling event promoted by Dream Star★Fighting Marigold, held on May 8, 2026 at Kumamoto Shintoshin Plaza Hall in Kumamoto, Japan.