"I'm a Kyoto person, but I'm rooting for the other team from the bottom of my heart." People who are uncomfortable with the miracle of Kyoto International High School
Aug 22, 2024
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Kyoto International High School, a Korean-American school widely known in Korea as a Korean school song that begins with "'Once Upon a Cross East Sea, Yamato Land is a holy old dream site' has advanced to the Koshien finals. The Japan National High School Baseball Championship, held at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, is called the "Spring Koshien" and "Summer Koshien".
Japan has 4,000 high school baseball teams alone. Among them, one-hundredth of the teams are advancing to the Koshien finals. Forty-nine teams made it to the finals this year. During the annual Koshien period, the entire Japanese archipelago watches the match of the nation's top high school students live. It will be broadcast live on NHK, a real public broadcasting station, and will receive national attention. It is a phenomenon similar to the 'country of baseball'.
Kyoto International High School's baseball team made the finals for the first time in the summer of 2021 and made it to the finals in 2022, but this year, it hit a `big accident' of advancing to the finals for the first time ever.
Kyoto International High School, founded by Koreans in Japan, was first opened in 1947 as Kyoto Chosun Middle School. In 1958, the school became the Kyoto Korean Academy, and in 1963, the high school was established. And in 2003, it became an official school approved by the Japanese government. Currently, it has been approved by both Korea and Japan and has become an official educational institution as Kyoto International Middle and High School. A small school with only 160 students. Among them, there are 87 female students and 73 are male students, of which 61 are baseball team members. The baseball team was established in April 1999.
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However, there are many Japanese who are uncomfortable just by advancing to the summer Koshien finals of Korean Kyoto International High School.
Kyoto International High School's announcement of its advance to the final "Kyodo News Agency"I'm a Kyoto citizen, but tomorrow (the final) I'll cheer for Kanto Daiichigo with all my strength" and "I'll cheer for Kanto Daiichigo with all my strength." "Do your best for Japan","Whatever song someone sings, the Sea of Japan is Sea of Japan (East Sea)"The comment gets the most sympathy and support.
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The baseball team also includes some Korean Japanese players, but the number of Japanese players is much higher. In the case of Haruki Fujimoto, who is currently the captain of the baseball team and the central batter, he is a Japanese from Fukuoka City who admires a baseball player from Kyoto International High School and applied to the school himself. However, a school that calls Sea of Japan the East Sea cannot cheer", "All the players were Korean names at the time of its establishment, but suddenly they became Japanese names." In fact, there was a view that raised a conspiracy theory that most of the baseball team was Korean-Japanese.
Kyoto International High School, which took a day off on the 22nd and completed team training, will play the final of the summer Koshien against Tokyo Kanto Daiichi High School on the 23rd.
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