Billy's Bootcamp

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Billy's Bootcamp is an exercise program developed by Billy Blanks. It created a pop culture phenomenon in Japan in 2007, much like Tae Bo did in the U.S. earlier, selling more than 200,000 copies in May of the same year alone.[1]

Billy Blanks visited Japan on June 21, 2007 to promote Bootcamp.[2] Upon arrival Blanks was greeted by 200 Japanese fans who affectionately call him "Taicho" (Japanese: 隊長, chief) at Narita International Airport.[3] Blanks appeared on many Japanese TV shows during his ten-day stay in Japan such as SMAP×SMAP where Shingo Katori, a member of popular Japanese boy band SMAP, impersonated Blanks. [4]

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  1. ^ ビリーの減量ＤＶＤ大人気　メタボ対策の通販商品 (HTML). Kyodo News. Retrieved on 2007-06-18.
  2. ^ ビリーズブートキャンプがやってきた！ (HTML). Nikkan Sports. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  3. ^ ビリー隊長来日、成田空港でファン200人歓迎 (HTML). Sports Nippon. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
  4. ^ ビリー、２０日来日…ダイエットＤＶＤ「ブートキャンプ」ブレーク (HTML). Sports Hochi. Retrieved on 2007-06-18.
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