Senbatsu High School Baseball started on the 18th at Koshien Stadium, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary since its opening this year, and the players from the 32 participating schools marched powerfully at the opening ceremony.
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Senbatsu Opening Ceremony: 32 schools marching into the venue
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[Full text of player oath] Aomori Yamada Captain Kosuke Hashiba
Composing “Ima Arite” in memory of Shinji Tanimura
Yamanashi Gakuin's captain Yoshitora Nakahara aims for consecutive championships: ``I'll do my best every single game''
Opening Ceremony Moderator Momoka Furuta: ``Persons with disabilities have infinite possibilities.''
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Senbatsu Opening Ceremony: 32 schools marching into the venue
attention
[Full text of player oath] Aomori Yamada Captain Kosuke Hashiba
Composing “Ima Arite” in memory of Shinji Tanimura
Yamanashi Gakuin's captain Yoshitora Nakahara aims for consecutive championships: ``I'll do my best every single game''
Opening Ceremony Moderator Momoka Furuta: ``Persons with disabilities have infinite possibilities.''
Senbatsu Opening Ceremony: 32 schools marching into the venue
Senbatsu celebrated its 96th anniversary this year, and the opening ceremony was held from 9 a.m. on the 18th.
At the ceremony, to the performance of Aimyon's "Ai no Hana," which was chosen as this year's entrance march, Yamanashi Gakuin, last year's winning school and aiming to become the fourth school in history to win the tournament in a row, led the 32 participants. The school's athletes marched powerfully from south to north.
Players from Japan Airlines High School Ishikawa and Seiryo High School, who are from Ishikawa Prefecture, which was affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, also stepped on the Koshien soil with great force, receiving a particularly loud applause from the stands.
Next, after the players lined up on the outfield, a moment of silence was held for those who lost their lives in the earthquake.
Aomori Yamada Captain Kosuke Hashiba
Kosuke Hashiba, captain of Aomori Yamada High School, said, ``What we can do is keep chasing the white ball in front of us, and enjoy baseball to the fullest.'' I vow to fight with all my heart and soul to make this a great step forward,'' the players vowed powerfully.
The tournament will be held over 13 days, including two rest days, and if all goes well, the final will be held on the 30th of this month.
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[Full text of player oath] Aomori Yamada Captain Kosuke Hashiba
This is the full text of the player oath given by Kosuke Hashiba, captain of Aomori Yamada.
Existing now opens the door to the future.
It is now, and the times are starting to come together.
In 1924, the Spring Senbatsu Tournament was held as the first national junior high school baseball tournament.
100 years since that day.
As high school baseball players, our dreams and admiration for the Koshien Tournament have remained unchanged over the years, and it continues to be a dream stage.
Standing here at Koshien Stadium, a place I have dreamed of, I feel the weight of the history and tradition built by our predecessors.
At the same time, we are feeling the joy of being able to devote ourselves to our favorite game of baseball with our one and only friends.
On New Year's Day this year, a large earthquake occurred off the coast of the Noto Peninsula.
As we were spending time together as a family, we were struck with fear and deep sadness by the violent shaking.
People in the disaster-stricken areas are still forced to live a life of hardship and hardship.
All we can do is keep chasing the white ball in front of us and enjoy baseball to the fullest.
I pledge to put all my heart and soul into fighting through the Senbatsu Tournament, which begins today, as a new step towards the next 100 years.
100 years until today, 100 years from today.
Composing “Ima Arite” in memory of Shinji Tanimura
Before the opening ceremony, a video of Tanimura singing at Koshien Stadium was shown on a large screen in memory of Shinji Tanimura, who composed the Senbatsu High School Baseball tournament song ``Ima Arite'' and passed away last October. it was done.
Tanimura composed the Senbatsu High School baseball tournament song ``Ima Arite,'' which was released in 1993, at the request of Yu Aku, who wrote the lyrics.
Mr. Tanimura wanted the memorable phrase "Ah, Koshien" to be included in the lyrics, and the song has been loved by high school baseball players and high school baseball fans for many years as a way to feel the arrival of spring.
Mr. Tanimura sang along with local high school students and graduates at Koshien at the 2008 opening ceremony, and on the 18th, a 4-minute video of the event was broadcast.
In 2018, "Ima Arite" was selected as the entrance march song for the opening ceremony.
Yamanashi Gakuin's captain Yoshitora Nakahara aims for consecutive championships: ``I'll do my best every single game''
Yoshitora Nakahara, captain of Yamanashi Gakuin, which won last year's Senbatsu for the first time as a Yamanashi Prefecture team and is aiming to become the fourth school in history to win the tournament consecutively, said after the opening ceremony, ``Hearing the players take the oath right in front of me, I felt like it was finally starting.'' "We will go into each match with the feeling that we are challengers and give our all," he said with enthusiasm.
Opening Ceremony Moderator Momoka Furuta: ``Persons with disabilities have infinite possibilities.''
Momoka Furuta, a second-year student at Gifu Prefectural Gifu Kita High School in Gifu Prefecture, served as master of ceremonies at the opening ceremony. She has poor eyesight, so she printed the manuscript large to make it easier to read and wore a hat to protect her eyes from the sun. .
After the opening ceremony, Mr. Furuta said with tears in his eyes, ``Ever since I was asked to be the host, I've thought about today many times, so I'm really happy. I'm glad I was born.'' Ta.
She also expressed her thoughts by saying, ``I want people to feel that with support, people with disabilities can have many successes, and that people with disabilities have unlimited potential.'' I spoke.
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