

We are full of elite river guides; some are good-looking and some are scary-looking?! We also have many female river guides, providing a comfortable ambience for female customers. That is why we boast a great number of female customers. Our Land Earth’s guides are cheerful and playful, so why don’t we have great fun together?






Shigemitsu Sakoda
Shige- Swift water rescue technician Instructor
- Technical rope rescue technician Instructor
- RAJ official senior river guide
- Kumamoto firefighting school rescue section,Lifesaving Instructor
He is the pioneer of the rafting service in the Kuma River. Recently he can’t drink as much as he used to, but his guide techniques show no sign of declining. Not to mention about his profession as a river guide in the Kuma River, the Kawabe Rive and the Mae River, he also works as a sea-kayaking guide and water-rescue instructor. He is the president of Land Earth.






Masami Otsuki
Macha- Technical rope rescue technician
- RAJ official senior river guide
- Swift water rescue technician
He is the most gentle guide at Land Earth. He is clearheaded and industrious. Probably, nobody enjoys rafting as much as he does.
Since he enjoys rafting so much, he tends to like agressive courses. His guide techniques in the Kuma River, the Kawabe Rive and the Mae River are the very best, and is the No. 1 guide among young guides.






Masayo Ogata
Mama- Swift water rescue technician
- RAJ official senior river guide
She is the most experienced guide at Land Earth. Because of her injury, she didn’t have much opportunity to go to the rivers in 2008 and she was bit frustrated, but she is back now.
She is a super-safety-conscious guide in the rivers. She is a very skilled guide who loves rivers and knows well about the danger and joy of rivers. Once she gets mad, her madness seems to be so terrifying to subside raging torrents.





Ryuuzhi Kubota
Ryuuzhi- RAJ official senior river guide
- Technical rope rescue technician
- Swift water rescue technician
His charm is his natural dreadlocks. He is deeply attracted to India, and holds the title of Sadhu for monks in India. His skill is excellent, and is very popular among foreign customers.







Kotaro Takamatsu
Kotaro- Swift water rescue technician
- Technical rope rescue technician
- RAJ official senior river guide
He is very quiet and passive. He doesn’t look like he is interested in outdoor sports. But he seems to become a totally different person in the rivers, and he is a surprisingly skilled river guide. When he drinks, he becomes somebody different, again, and talks a lot. He loves mountains, and runs away to a mountain sometimes. Please let us know immediately if you happen to see him.





Takeya Ogusu
Takechan- RAJ official senior river guide
Takechan-man is a plumber in Kitakyushu! from Kitakyushu to Landearth, he keeps customers enjoying by his cheerful mood like a hero.
Everyone relies on him because he grasps the situation well as a veteran. Sometimes he enjoys himself more than customers, so he is a popular river guide of Landearth.





Yoshihiro Hukami
Yocchan- RAJ official senior river guide
He used to be a giant, weighing 0.1 ton, but now he is a super-slim nice guy!
He deals with the incident calmly in the river as well as on the land. He is the most affectionate man in Landearth. Yotchan's smile is expensive, but worth seeing.






Jun Hashiguchi
Junnii- Swift water rescue technician
- RAJ official river guide
Reliable guide who comes all the way from Nagasaki every week. Influential person with over 10 years of his career. No. 1 entertainer of Land Earth. This guide is second to none in Japan when it comes to entertainment. The mysterious boomerang man may be like him.






Katsuki Hijino
Kakkii- Swift water rescue technician
- RAJ official senior river guide
Former employee of our Land Earth. He went back to his home town and works there now.
No.1 free man of Land Earth but when he is at river, he is reliable brother who induce guides monitoring the situations all the time with sharp eye. Crackerjack guidance technique of kuma river, Kawabe river and Mae river.





Takahiro Takeuchi
Kinpo- RAJ official river guide
Nice gear! Nice car! He is Kimpo Anderson lives in kita kyushu! Driving an armored car now! Aim at 〇〇crossing at four p.m.! No.1 rich guide!





Takako Shigematsu
Takanee- RAJ official river guide
She has more than 10 years of career as a guide. However, her guiding technique is still like amateur's because she guides few times in a year... But her energy on a guide talk and high spirit when touring is bigger than anyone else. Her guide name changes every year. Never mind about it.





Yuichirou Miyata
Nicky- RAJ official river guide
He is the original river lover who likes rafting very much! Welcome to Nickey world♪ He swims best of all guides and is pretty confident of 10 meters' jump. He pumps up rafting by his muscles when guiding!!





Shoko Ihara
Shoko- RAJ official river guide
She is a shop clerk of Patagonia in Fukuoka! She loves nature and plays in mountains and rivers!! She is also a guide of Landearth who is loyal to nature, enjoying a lot in all fields. She makes everyone happy with her wonderful smile. Her guiding technique is not far behind from that of men's.






Kojiro Horike
Kojiro- Swift water rescue technician
- RAJ official river guide
He belongs to the young team in Landearth. Fellow from Hokkaido who came to land earth while wandering. Young person who loves outdoor and who can amuse guest by youth and skillful Hokkaido dialect. He changes suddenly in the river though he does not change when drinking.





Hikaru Nishi
- RAJ official river guide
He is on the run but sometimes appears. He belongs to the young team in Landearth.
We are registering him in the rare guide book since he comes and goes most unexpectedly. Please let us know if you find him.





Rei Yamamoto
ReicheruNamaskar♪
She enjoys both out-of-door life and in-door-life, a fishing girl. She makes efforts every day as a fresh shop staff. We have various out-of-door goods in this shop. Please come to have a look☆
Reicheru




Emiko Kawanabe
EmiQueen of lunch! Lunch meal of Land Earth is cooked by Emi-chan! She is the beautiful draw of Land Earth who can handle anything from cooking yummy lunch to taking pictures!





Tetsuya Nakamura
TetsuHere comes Techan from Chiba! He is a surfer for 20 years. Is he a handsome guy in Nishino-omote? He is also a leader of Tanegashima surfing team. His main job is the owner of taco restaurant and does sea-kayaking only on weekends. Please come to "Tacoratino" in Nishino-omote to eat taco made of organic vegetables! His main job might be surfer, then?





Kentarou Kawanabe
KenchanHis heavily-boned body shows that he belonged to the football team.
He does great job as both the guide of sea kayaking and the instructor of surfing school. His teaching technique is excellent!
He also makes delicious sweet potatoes of An-non, Murasaki(purple), and tankan oranges without using agrichemical nor chemical fertilizer in Tanegashima Utau(singing) Farm.
