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World Exposition in Osaka

Floats from the Okuma Kabuto festival of Ishikawa Prefecture's Nanao are carried during an event featuring the central Japan prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 27, 2025.

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World Exposition in Osaka

A float from the Okuma Kabuto festival of Ishikawa Prefecture's Nanao is carried during an event featuring the central Japan prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 27, 2025.

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Baseball: Rays vs. Angels

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Angels has a kabuto helmet placed on his head after hitting a grand slam in the second inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 18, 2023, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.

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Baseball: Rays vs. Angels

Shohei Ohtani (facing camera) of the Los Angeles Angels celebrates with teammates in the dugout while wearing a kabuto helmet after hitting a grand slam in the second inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 18, 2023, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani celebrates with teammates in the dugout while wearing a "kabuto" helmet after hitting a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 16, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Rangers

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani celebrates with teammates in the dugout while wearing a "kabuto" helmet after hitting a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 16, 2023.

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Baseball: Mariners vs. Angels

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani has a kabuto helmet placed on his head after hitting a solo home run in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 3, 2023.

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Baseball: Mariners vs. Angels

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani celebrates with teammates in the dugout while wearing a kabuto helmet after hitting a solo home run in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 3, 2023.

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Baseball: Mariners vs. Angels

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani gestures to the dugout while wearing a kabuto helmet after hitting a solo home run in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 3, 2023.

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Baseball: Mariners vs. Angels

Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani celebrates with teammates in the dugout while wearing a kabuto helmet after hitting a solo home run in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 3, 2023.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Tigers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels is pictured wearing a kabuto helmet after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning during Game 2 of a baseball doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on July 27, 2023.

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Angels' samurai helmet maker

Tomotaka Tanoue, president of Marutake Sangyo Co., is pictured in Satumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 7, 2023. The company manufactured the "kabuto" helmet being used as the Los Angeles Angels' home run celebration prop in the 2023 Major League Baseball season.

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Angels' samurai helmet maker

Tomotaka Tanoue, president of Marutake Sangyo Co., is pictured in Satumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 7, 2023. The company manufactured the "kabuto" helmet being used as the Los Angeles Angels' home run celebration prop in the 2023 Major League Baseball season.

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Baseball: Angels samurai armor

Photo taken on June 26, 2023, shows a custom samurai warrior armor, donated to the Los Angeles Angels by the Kagoshima Prefecture-based manufacturer of their kabuto home run celebration helmet, displayed at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.

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Baseball: Mariners vs. Angels

Shohei Ohtani (L) of the Los Angeles Angels has a ball boy help him put on a "kabuto" warrior helmet after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on June 9, 2023.

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Golfer Hataoka at MLB game

Japanese pro golfer Nasa Hataoka is pictured next to a "kabuto" warrior helmet, the Los Angeles Angels' home run celebration prop, at a baseball game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 24, 2023.

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Baseball: Royals vs. Angels

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels, wearing a kabuto helmet, celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo homer during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 23, 2023.

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Baseball: Royals vs. Angels

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels, wearing a kabuto helmet, celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo homer during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 23, 2023.

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Baseball: "Kabuto" warrior helmet for Angels home run celebrations

Photo taken on April 8, 2023, in Anaheim, California, shows a samurai warrior helmet, called a "kabuto" in Japanese, used by the Los Angeles Angels starting from the 2023 season for home run celebrations in the dugout. An armor maker based in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture received a request from the major league club to make the helmet, costing 330,000 yen (about $2,500).

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Baseball: "Kabuto" warrior helmet for Angels home run celebrations

Photo taken on April 8, 2023, in Anaheim, California, shows a samurai warrior helmet, called a "kabuto" in Japanese, used by the Los Angeles Angels starting from the 2023 season for home run celebrations in the dugout. An armor maker based in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture received a request from the major league club to make the helmet, costing 330,000 yen (about $2,500).

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Barbers create hairstyle inspired by feudal lord's crest

SENDAI, Japan - Some 190 hairdressers put the finishing touches to create a "Sendai-gari" hairstyle during a community event in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2014, in an effort to produce a new local trendy hairstyle modeled after the famous crescent crest on 17th-century Sendai feudal lord Date Masumune's "kabuto" helmet.

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Barbers cut hair in style inspired by feudal lord's crest

SENDAI, Japan - A boy gets a "Sendai-gari" hairstyle during a community event in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2014, held to promote the new local hairstyle bearing impressions of a famous crescent crest on 17th-century Sendai feudal lord Date Masumune's "kabuto" helmet.

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Logo of the Japan Exchange Group

Japan Exchange Group, JPX, financial instruments exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange, TSE, securities, securities trading, securities, stock, stock trading, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = March 25, 2019, Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo of the Japan Exchange Group

Japan Exchange Group, JPX, financial instruments exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange, TSE, securities, securities trading, securities, stock, stock trading, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = March 25, 2019, Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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A soldier in armour

The domaru (torso guard) was used by samurai from the mid-Kamakura Period. The man strikes a stately pose in his kabuto war helmet, shoulder protectors, hitatare frontal armour and war shoes. By this time, however, armour was little more than an object for decoration.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐28‐0]

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Japanese "Kabuto" helmets decorated with era name designs

Photo taken on April 17, 2019, in Nagoya, central Japan, at an outlet of Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K., shows Japanese "kabuto" helmets decorated with pure gold ornaments in the shape of kanji characters representing Heisei (L), Japan's current imperial era, and the new era name, Reiwa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese "Kabuto" helmets decorated with era name designs

Photo taken on April 17, 2019, in Nagoya, central Japan, at an outlet of Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K., shows Japanese "kabuto" helmets decorated with pure gold ornaments in the shape of kanji characters representing Heisei (L), Japan's current imperial era, and the new era name, Reiwa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese "Kabuto" helmets decorated with era name designs

Photo taken on April 17, 2019, in Nagoya, central Japan, at an outlet of Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K., shows Japanese "kabuto" helmets decorated with pure gold ornaments in the shape of kanji characters representing Heisei (L), Japan's current imperial era, and the new era name, Reiwa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo