Billy's Bootcamp
{{short description|Military inspired exercise program by Billy Blanks}}
Billy's Bootcamp is an exercise program developed by Billy Blanks. It created a pop culture phenomenon in Japan in 2007, similar to the effect Tae Bo had in the U.S. earlier, selling more than 200,000 copies in May of the same year alone.{{cite web|url=http://www.chunichi.co.jp/s/chuspo/article/2007061801000393.html |title=ビリーの減量ＤＶＤ大人気 メタボ対策の通販商品 |accessdate=2007-06-18 |work=Kyodo News |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620112040/http://www.chunichi.co.jp/s/chuspo/article/2007061801000393.html |archivedate=2007-06-20 |url-status=dead }}
Billy Blanks visited Japan on June 21, 2007 to promote Bootcamp.{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/f-et-tp0-20070620-215707.html |title=ビリーズブートキャンプがやってきた！ |accessdate=2007-06-20 |work=Nikkan Sports |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626060707/http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/f-et-tp0-20070620-215707.html |archivedate=2007-06-26 |url-status=dead }} Upon arrival Blanks was greeted by 200 Japanese fans who affectionately call him "Taicho" ({{langx|ja|隊長}}, chief) at Narita International Airport.{{cite web|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/ente/200706/21/ente207143.html |title=ビリー隊長来日、成田空港でファン200人歓迎 |accessdate=2007-06-21 |work=Sports Nippon |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625184854/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/osaka/ente/200706/21/ente207143.html |archivedate=2007-06-25 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20070618-OHT1T00050.htm |title=ビリー、２０日来日…ダイエットＤＶＤ「ブートキャンプ」ブレーク |accessdate=2007-06-18 |work=Sports Hochi |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620124456/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20070618-OHT1T00050.htm |archivedate=2007-06-20 |url-status=dead }}
A tie-in video game based on the program, titled Billy's Bootcamp: Wii de Enjoy! Diet (ビリーズブートキャンプ Wiiでエンジョイダイエット！), was released in 2011 exclusively in Japan for the Wii,[https://www.4gamer.net/games/423/G042357/20190313041/ 「Fit Boxing」プレイヤー必見！ “中の人”に聞く，開発秘話と正しい運動法。プロによるレクチャー動画もあり] {{in lang|ja}}, 4Gamer.net, March 16, 2019 as the third and final installment of Rocket Company's Shape Boxing fitness game trilogy.