Yosuke Kawaguchi (40) from Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture, who died in the sinking accident of a sightseeing boat off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, was a staff member of the Sakaide City Hall and visited Hokkaido on vacation.
I got a job at the city hall after working for a private company, and was the chief of the cooperation section in charge of environmental protection.
According to a colleague at work, he was selected as a member of a department newly established by the mayor to tackle important issues in the city, and he was expected to have a future.
A man who worked in the same department until February said, "I was working very seriously, steadily and efficiently. He was a reliable boss who gave me easy-to-understand advice even for trivial questions." I was talking.
Mr. Kawaguchi said that he liked to move his body in his private life.
According to his acquaintances, he occasionally participated in marathon competitions and softball practice, and also belonged to a Yosakoi group in Kagawa prefecture and performed dances with his friends.
Marugame City, where he lived with his parents, has been a local since Kawaguchi moved from outside the prefecture when he was in elementary school. Was working on.
According to the people involved in the baseball club at that time, at the last summer tournament in high school, he was a hard worker, such as staying on the ground until late to try to contribute as a substitute even if he missed the regular entry.