# The Japanese David Blaine?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-david-blaine/331830>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 19, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-david-blaine/331830 "2005-11-19T19:38:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-david-blaine/331830/1 "2005-11-19T19:38:29Z")

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I’ve been seeing some video clips online featuring a Japanese street magician who does does seemingly amazing tricks. I say seemingly, because the camera work is much like David Blaine’s.

A few tricks:

pushing a coin through a glass coffee table  
emptying a bottle of water, replacing the cap and seeming to refill it by shaking it back and forth  
linking two Life Saver candies together and unlinking them.  
Anybody else seen these or know who this guy is?

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**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-david-blaine/331830/2 "2005-11-19T20:45:57Z")

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His name is Cyril Takayama and he is very good.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-david-blaine/331830/3 "2005-11-20T00:31:10Z")

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I Googled his name, and… wow. I love the burger trick.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-david-blaine/331830/4 "2005-11-20T00:35:04Z")

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OMFG. I just saw the briefcase disappearance. I don’t care how it was done; it was just stunning, visually.