TIMELINE (UPDATED)
Cincinnati is behind Tokyo by thirteen hours.
24 July 2010, Saturday
Tokyo
– Momoshiro is last seen leaving his host family's house in Biei, Hokkaido
– Momoshiro's last telephone call is to his teacher in charge of the school camp.
24 July 2010, Sunday
Cincinnati 11 am (Tokyo, midnight)
- Sanada Genichirou advances to the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Global Tennis Masters
26 July 2010, Monday
Tokyo
- Momoshiro's disappearance is briefly reported in a few morning dailies
Tokyo, 8 pm (Cincinnati, 7 am, same day)
- Tezuka becomes embroiled in a doping scandal
Tokyo, 8.30 pm (Cincinnati, 7.30 am, same day)
- The Seishun Gakuen (International) Tennis Fanclub, Tezuka Kunimitsu Supporters Club (TKSC) launches an online petition with the support of the Kaidoh Kaoru Supporters Club and Echizen Ryoma Fanclub
27 July 2010, Tuesday
Tokyo, 3 am (New York – 26 July 2010, 2pm)
- Atobe and Fuji have a long-distance telephone conversation
Cincinnati, 9 am (Tokyo, 10 p.m., same day)
- Tezuka holds his press conference
Cincinnati, 11 am (Tokyo, midnight, same day)
- Kevin Smith blurts out to Echizen Ryoma that Momoshiro is missing, somewhat exaggerating it by stating that he has been missing for a week
Cincinnati, 4.30 pm (Tokyo, 5.30am, 28 July 2010)
- Echizen Ryoma crashes out of the Cincinnati Global Tennis Masters
- Yukimura Seiichi advances to the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Global Tennis Masters
Cincinnati, 7pm (Tokyo, 8am, 28 July 2010)
- Atobe gate-crashes Tezuka's apartment
Cincinnati, 8 pm (Tokyo, 9am, 28 July 2010)
- Yukimura slams a tennis ball into Kirihara Akaya's stomach. The force is not enough to seriously hurt Kirihara, but it is enough to make him hurt
28 July 2010, Wednesday
Tokyo, 10.04 am (Cincinnati, 9.04pm, 27 July 2010)
- Yanagi Renji hears someone call him Sempai in a vague dream
Tokyo, 11.30 am (Cincinnati, 10 pm, 27 July 2010)
- Yanagi Renji wakes up, but there's no good coffee
Tokyo, midnight (Cincinnati, 11am)
- Yanagi reaches Inui Sadaharu's house on bike
29 July 2010, Thursday
Tokyo, 4 am (Cincinnati, 3 pm, 28 July 2010)
- Yukimura Seiichi collapses on the court, just before his match against Sanada Genichirou begins
Tokyo, 7am (Cincinnati, 6pm, 28 July 2010)
- AMI Group releases first press statement on Yukimura Seiichi
- Oshitari Yuushi calls Inui Sadaharu
Tokyo, 9 am (Cincinnati, 8 pm, 28 July 2010)
- AMI Group releases second press statement, informing press that there will be a full press conference within the next twenty-four hours
Tokyo, noon (Cincinnati, 11 pm, 28 July 2010)
- The boys gather at a café in Tokyo. From Rikkaidai, Hyoutei, Seigaku, Fudomine, St Rudolph's, Yamabuki...
Tokyo, 1 pm (Cincinnati, midnight, 29 July 2010)
- Kaidoh Kaoru is in the hospital. So are Atobe Keigo, Tezuka Kunimitsu and the rest, waiting for the doctors to deliver the results of the tests on Yukimura
Tokyo, 1.15 pm (Cincinnati, 00:15 am, 29 July 2010)
- A pow-wow in the sixth conference room in the Atobe summer cottage at Karuizawa
Tokyo, 1.30 p.m. (Cincinnati, 00:30 am, 29 July 2010)
- Atobe calls in to the sixth conference room in the Atobe summer cottage at Karuizawa
Tokyo, 1.30 p.m. (Cincinnati, 00:30 am, 29 July 2010)
- Atobe calls in to the sixth conference room in the Atobe summer cottage at Karuizawa
Tokyo, 1.40 p.m. (Cincinnati, 00:40 am, 29 July 2010)
- Ryuzaki Sumire barges into the NTAJ
Biei, Hokkaido, 3 p.m. (Cincinnati, 2:00 am, 29 July 2010)
- Kikumaru Eiji finds Oishi Syuuichirou
Tokyo, 6.30 p.m. (Cincinnati, 05:30 am, 29 July 2010)
- Kaidoh Kaoru knocks on the door of Tezuka Kunimitsu's hotel room
- They have a short chat with Echizen Ryoma
Tokyo, 7.00 p.m. (Cincinnati, 06:00 am, 29 July 2010)
- Yagyuu Hiroshi and Akutagawa Jirou arrive back in Tokyo
- Niou Masaharu is late and upon arrival, socks Jirou to vent his general annoyance at the high-handed pettiness of Atone's security team
Tokyo, 8 p.m. (Cincinnati, 07:00 am, 29 July 2010)
- Tezuka Kunimitsu Official Supporters' Club breaks with the Puremia Management Agency
Tokyo, 8.30 p.m. (Cincinnati, 07:30 am, 29 July 2010)
- Tezuka Kunimitsu wakes to the news that his official supporters' club has gone to war with his former management agency
Tokyo, 10.00 p.m. (Cincinnati, 09:00 am, 29 July 2010)
- Panel announced to adjudicate on Tezuka Kunimitsu's case
Tokyo, 11.00 p.m. (Cincinnati, 10:00 am, 29 July 2010)
- Oshitari, Fuji, Tachibana and the others hold a pow-wow
- Saeki and Shiraishi eavesdrop unintentionally
Tokyo, 11:45 pm, 30 July 2016 (Cincinnati, 10:45 am, 29 July 2010)
- Tezuka calls Oishi, to say hi
Tokyo, 01:35 am, 30 July 2016 (Cincinnati, 12.35 p.m., 29 July 2010)
- Oishi and Eiji find Momoshiro Takeshi
- Atobe is not enjoying his lunch much, but it's not the chef's or sommelier's fault
Tokyo, 01:45 am, 30 July 2016 (Cincinnati, 12:45 p.m., 29 July 2010)
- Eiji finally manages to get Atobe Keigo on the phone, and talks to Tezuka, Kaidoh and Echizen
Tokyo, 02:06 am, 30 July 2016 (Cincinnati, 13:06 p.m., 29 July 2010)
- Taki Haginosuke updates Atobe Keigo on the events to-date