Female team member can’t play in Kōshien
Posted by Matt Dioguardi on June 25th, 2007
- Being the captain of the baseball team at Shimonoseki Chuo Kogyo High School in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture–a semifinalist in the summer 2005 prefectural tournament–doesn’t protect Sunao Iwakawa, 18, from being benched during official games. She has to sit out games for one very important reason–she is female.
Aw, come on … Let her play! :-(This is a great story, follow the above link and read the rest of it!Links:
- Wikipedia — High school baseball in Japan
Japanese article links:
- 2007/06/15 キャプテンは女子、甲子園目指し部員まとめる…下関中央工野球部, The Yomiuri Shimbun.
- 2006/07/13〈「プレーボール」を聞くまでに下〉 女子部員, The Asahi Shimbun.
June 25th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Not to put too fine a point on it…but Shimonoseki Kogyo is located in Shimonoseki City…and Shimonoseki City is in Prime Minister Abe’s district.
A challenge to traditional gender roles, Abe-san?