The remaining pair of compositions making up this EP included, an abstract contribution from Noriko, the recording name of Newcastle DJ, James Postlethwaite.
Noriko Mitose | Noriko Matsueda | Noriko | Noriko Yui |
But when Yabe's mother Tami (Haruko Sugimura) impulsively asks Noriko to marry Kenkichi and follow them in their northward resettlement, Noriko agrees.
On the original video release of episode 1, Noriko's training montage was accompanied by music composer Kōhei Tanaka's rendition of a piece inspired by Vangelis' theme from Chariots of Fire.
Shinohara and his wife, Noriko, are the objects of a documentary film by Zachary Heinzerling called Cutie and the Boxer (2013).