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Shido Swordplay's 'Autumn Five-Match Series,' Round 4: Owari Rematch Set for Nov. 8

Friday, October 23, 2026 (Torek 52)　— Culture Desk, Migiwa Tono

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Round 4 of 'the Autumn Five-Match Series,' the sword bearers' intercity tournament, will be held on November 8 at the Owari Martial Arts Hall, the Hinokuni Sword Bearers' Association announced on the 23rd. Tokei's association, which lost its winning streak in a home defeat to Hokuto in the previously reported Round 3 on the 18th, stands at two wins and one loss overall heading into the Owari rematch. Chitose Kaname, 41, head of the Kaname school, offered only a brief line: 'If I'm fighting, I'm fighting to win.'

Shido Swordplay's "Autumn Five-Match Series" is an intercity tournament among the Tokei, Owari and Hokuto sword bearers' associations, each round decided by a five-match individual contest. Tokei beat Hokuto's Himuro school 3-2 in the October 3 opener, but as previously reported, lost at home in Round 3 on the 18th, leaving its overall record at two wins and one loss. Round 4, against Owari, was formally confirmed on the 23rd for November 8 at the Owari Martial Arts Hall.

Gen Minase, 22, a rising talent of the Minase school who won his intercity debut in the opener, is expected to be named again for Round 4. "A loss stings more in a five-match series," he said after practice on the 23rd. "I want to stand there again with the same feeling I had when I won the opener."

Chitose Kaname, 41, head of the Kaname school, who settled the opener's anchor match without drawing his sword, offered a brief comment: "If I'm fighting, I'm fighting to win. I'd rather be judged by how many times I didn't draw, but I've never once thought it was fine to lose." The Kaname school holds the active record for accompanying exclusion operations, with 27 call-outs and only three drawn blades — a roughly one-in-ten draw rate, per the association's own figures.

A captain for Owari's sword bearers, a frequent city rival in sports such as Hexball, said: "Tokei will be carrying the sting of losing to Hokuto in Round 3. We're sharpening our own focus for it." Round 5, the series finale, is expected to be held in Tokei in early November, with the full series settled by then.

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— Translated from the Japanese edition. The signal is one-way; corrections cannot be sent back.