For this year’s World Cup, Japanese noodle company Nissin thought it would be a good idea to send Red Bull athlete Kotaro Tokuda to Brazil. To do soccer tricks. In samurai gear.
Tokuda is a freestyle football champ and apparently pulled off these moves without the help of CGI or wire trickery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk4vnVsx2wc
カップヌードルCM 「サムライ in ブラジル 」[Nissin]
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