This year's annual 'change battledore' was announced with the theme of people who became a hot topic this year.
In addition to the battledores of professional baseball player Munetaka Murakami, a battledore honoring Japan's World Cup soccer team was also hurriedly produced and unveiled.
Every year around this time, a doll wholesaler in Taito Ward, Tokyo produces the “Kawari Hagoita”, and this year seven people were selected.
Among them, the battledore of Yakult Munetaka Murakami, who hit 56 home runs, the most for a Japanese player in a season, smiled and raised three fingers, expressing that he was the youngest player to win the Triple Crown.
In addition, Shohei Otani, who was active in the major leagues, Queen Elizabeth of England, who reigned for the longest 70 years and had a state funeral, and Haruhiko Kuroda, the governor of the Bank of Japan, were selected.
Also, apart from these seven, in order to praise the good fight of the Japan national team, which was unfortunately defeated in the soccer World Cup on the 6th, the representative's uniform and the battledore with the words "Delight of Doha" were hurriedly produced and lined up. .
Hisatoshi Yokoyama, president of the doll wholesaler "Kyugetsu" said, "Today was disappointing, but I wanted to support the Japanese national team who impressed me, so I made it in a few days right after they made it through the first league. I hope it will be a good year,” he said.
The exhibition will be held at the "Kyugetsu" head office in Taito-ku, Tokyo until the 8th, and will be exhibited at department stores in various places after that.