🇯🇵 Ichiro talked about the unpleasant things he experienced in society. He said that high school was the hardest time for him and he doesn’t want to go through the same thing again. He said that there were a lot of people he didn’t like even during his time as a player.
November 10, 2024
🇯🇵 Ichiro talked about the unpleasant things he experienced in society. He said that high school was the hardest time for him and he doesn’t want to go through the same thing again. He said that there were a lot of people he didn’t like even during his time as a player.
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Ichiro just like me fr fr
He said he had no choice but to silence the people who didn’t like him by producing results.But it was really painful.
“But high school was still much better than Cleveland” – Also Ichiro
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School sucks for everyone I guess. Even Ichiro.
We may never have world peace, but if we could just get a society of young people who don’t try to destroy each other mentally, we’d be doing so much better.
Sucks that they’re making him go through high school again. But who am I to judge another culture’s norms
Does he also have recurring nightmares of showing up back in high school, having not done any of the assignments that are due, missed most of the lectures, and can’t remember where his locker is or what the code is?
How do you not like Ichiro
He’s so real for that, I love him
So I was using the Google to translate and got down to the ads.
High School hard for everyone, life helps you realize that. Tough time but growth happening.
Picture looks like AI-generated Ichiro
Takeshi Yamasaki (former NPB player), who was five years older than Ichiro and attended the same high school, said that he regularly suffered unreasonable violence and verbal abuse from his seniors.At that time in Japan, seniority-based hierarchy was much stronger than it is today. Ichiro probably had the same experience as Yamasaki.
Completely understandable. If you read his biography, he was hazed a lot by the older players on the team. Seniors got to do whatever they wanted to their younger teammates.
Anyone have a translated page link? For some reason when I send it through google translate it immediately links to the main yahoo.jp page.
I teach in Japan. Japanese high school is a whole nother level of hell most Americans or Europeans couldn’t comprehend. During Ichiros days teachers could get away with beating students and I’ve had other teachers tell me they were beaten in school. My wife who is Japanese was kicked by her softball coach.
That’s on top of the competition and class load. A top player like Ichiro at a top high school would’ve been living a very Spartan existence. Complete with the Spartan culture if older players being able to beat the crap outta younger ones.
I’d love to read an autobiography of Ichiro, he seems so interesting
In 2008, an article in The Seattle Times reported that some Mariners teammates held a hostile attitude toward Ichiro, and a few even discussed a plan to attack him as a group. The article stated that certain players were frustrated by Ichiro’s pursuit of personal records and his use of an interpreter. Although Ichiro remained silent about this issue, the smile he usually wore had disappeared.
It was Ken Griffey Jr. who ultimately helped Ichiro in this situation. For Ichiro, Griffey had been a hero for many years, and they first met in 1995 as part of a Japanese TV show segment. Griffey rejoined the Mariners in 2009, and with his naturally positive personality, he quickly broke down the barrier between Ichiro and the other players.
19 comments
Ichiro just like me fr fr
He said he had no choice but to silence the people who didn’t like him by producing results.But it was really painful.
“But high school was still much better than Cleveland” – Also Ichiro
[deleted]
School sucks for everyone I guess. Even Ichiro.
We may never have world peace, but if we could just get a society of young people who don’t try to destroy each other mentally, we’d be doing so much better.
Sucks that they’re making him go through high school again. But who am I to judge another culture’s norms
Does he also have recurring nightmares of showing up back in high school, having not done any of the assignments that are due, missed most of the lectures, and can’t remember where his locker is or what the code is?
How do you not like Ichiro
He’s so real for that, I love him
So I was using the Google to translate and got down to the ads.
https://i.imgur.com/YGPdQsf.jpeg
High School hard for everyone, life helps you realize that. Tough time but growth happening.
Picture looks like AI-generated Ichiro
Takeshi Yamasaki (former NPB player), who was five years older than Ichiro and attended the same high school, said that he regularly suffered unreasonable violence and verbal abuse from his seniors.At that time in Japan, seniority-based hierarchy was much stronger than it is today. Ichiro probably had the same experience as Yamasaki.
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO90482290T10C15A8000000/
Completely understandable. If you read his biography, he was hazed a lot by the older players on the team. Seniors got to do whatever they wanted to their younger teammates.
Anyone have a translated page link? For some reason when I send it through google translate it immediately links to the main yahoo.jp page.
I teach in Japan. Japanese high school is a whole nother level of hell most Americans or Europeans couldn’t comprehend. During Ichiros days teachers could get away with beating students and I’ve had other teachers tell me they were beaten in school. My wife who is Japanese was kicked by her softball coach.
That’s on top of the competition and class load. A top player like Ichiro at a top high school would’ve been living a very Spartan existence. Complete with the Spartan culture if older players being able to beat the crap outta younger ones.
I’d love to read an autobiography of Ichiro, he seems so interesting
In 2008, an article in The Seattle Times reported that some Mariners teammates held a hostile attitude toward Ichiro, and a few even discussed a plan to attack him as a group. The article stated that certain players were frustrated by Ichiro’s pursuit of personal records and his use of an interpreter. Although Ichiro remained silent about this issue, the smile he usually wore had disappeared.
It was Ken Griffey Jr. who ultimately helped Ichiro in this situation. For Ichiro, Griffey had been a hero for many years, and they first met in 1995 as part of a Japanese TV show segment. Griffey rejoined the Mariners in 2009, and with his naturally positive personality, he quickly broke down the barrier between Ichiro and the other players.
High school was like two fucking rats in a sock