Caption: The campaign goes underway with "Big Japan" pro wrestlers in the Tsuduki ward of Yokohama City
Located in Ikonobe City, in the Tsuduki ward of Yokohama are wrestlers from the "Big Japan" promotion. In cooperation with city officials, they are wrestling with criminal activity in the region. On the 10th, two wrestlers combined their strength with Ikonobe's crime prevention force. Immediately on that same day, at the south entrance of the city's municipal train station center, a campaign was announced against pick-pocketing.
Big Japan Pro Wrestling was established in 1995. Presently, approximately 20 people belong to it, where it holds events in every part of the country. In May of this year, a female wrestler belonging to Big Japan Pro Wrestling accused a man of threatening her. The same city officials arrested the man, and the incident deepened the bond with the city. From there, it's said that they agreed on the spirit of contributing to the region together.
[We look kind of like these scary people we're going after], said the masked wrestlers during their work on the 10th, as elementary and middle school students returning home from school showed deep interest. Itō Ryūji, age 35 said "Pro wrestlers have an image of being violent, but we also want to have a close relationship with people in the region. We're grateful for being able to do however little to decrease crime." Afterwards, he carried out such activities as distributing fliers.
Original text:
大日本プロレスが防犯活動に一役、都筑署と協定結ぶ/横浜
キャンペーンを行う大日本プロレスのレスラー＝横浜市都筑区
横浜市都筑区を拠点とする「大日本プロレス」（同区池辺町）が都筑署と協力して、地域の防犯活動に取り組んでいる。10日に両者は協定を結び、「池辺町防犯隊」を結成。早速同日に市営地下鉄センター南駅前で「空き巣に気を付けよう」などと呼び掛け、キャンペーンを行った。
大日本プロレスは１９９５年に結成。現在約20人が所属し、全国各地のイベントなどで活躍している。今年５月、大日本プロレスに所属する女子選手を脅迫した容疑で男が同署に逮捕された事件を機に親交を深め、「一緒に地域貢献を」と意気投合したという。
「俺みたいな怖い人について行くなよ」。10日の活動でマスクマンらが声を掛けると、下校途中の小中学生らも興味津々。伊東竜二選手（35）は「プロレスは暴力的なイメージを持たれがちだが、地域の人にも親しみを持ってほしい。少しでも犯罪を減らしていけたらうれしい」。今後もビラ配りなどの活動に携わる予定だ。
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