when you think how big asia is, it is wise to keep 1 representing, constantly in the top 3 in pro shows and top 10 in the olympia.
about the only ifbb pro that can get his drug smuggling history completely overlooked and forgiven.
keeps the asian population locked into bodybuilding. huge target audience. wise move by the ifbb as a business decision.
I train in a gym with about 80% of members being competitive bodybuilders, and i can tell you:
NOBODY gives a shit about Hidetada. There are bodybuilding videos running all the time in the gym, Jay Cutler, Lee Priest, Johnnie Jackson, even Gustavo Badell, but NEVER, not even once, "Big Hide".
When there is no IFBB pro on the screen, they show Japanese bodybuilders that compete nationally like Koji Godo, Konuma, Kizawa Daisuke but i have never seen Hide.
I have also never heard anyone mentioning Hide, they love Arnold, or Ronnie or Dorian, but the Japs aren't stupid, they all know Hide is there only because of politics.
http://musclemediajapan.com/index3.html
