Realizing a unique collaboration between fencing and calligraphy What is the secret behind the plan?

The first time to commemorate, Men's Foil Japan National Team Ryohei Noguchi, Toshiya Saito, Women's Foil Haruka Yanagioka participated. After writing, the representative of Ginza Calligraphy School, Uegomori Dongyu, will give online guidance. You can also enjoy how the characters of the players improve as soon as they see it.

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Host an eventYuhei Sato(Provided by the person)

-Why did you start planning this "athlete x calligraphy"? 

Sato:The reason is that I wondered, "Is there anything I can do together?" With the athletes who have become unable to work due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.

During the period of self-restraint, many athletes introduced training and held talk shows through SNS, but everyone wanted to focus more on the individuality of athletes, and everyone worked on it once. Yes, we have realized a calligraphy project that you can work on at home.

When you look at the athlete directory, you can often see the athlete's favorite words and inscriptions on the seat, and the words are familiar to both the athletes who have devoted themselves to one competition and the fans.

In "Athlete x Calligraphy", "Athlete" (a coined word that combines athlete x word. "Ass" also includes the meaning of us tomorrow and us), which raises motivation before the game. We ask everyone to write with a brush and tell us the reason for choosing it and the episodes contained in the words.



Shiho Nishioka, a female foil player, and Daiki Fujino, a male foil player, will appear in uniforms for the second time, which was held as the "Legend Party". Fujino, who hasn't worn a uniform for the first time in a month, said with deep emotion, "I like the uniform."



The third time, Misaki Emura, a female saber who was doing calligraphy until the 4th grade of elementary school, and Kenta Tokunan, a male saber, participated. The characteristic costumes of Maleficent and Aladdin were impressive.

Of 9 fencing playersIntroducing works at once

Ryohei Noguchi who chose "Abandoned sleeping and eating". "I am so absorbed in something that I forget about sleeping and eating, which is the basis of my life. I want to increase the fun and favorite things in my life. "



The word drawn by Toshiya Saito is "Banri Ikku". He says that he is comparing it with his fencing life in the sense that he will continue to strive for one thing without being upset.

Nishito said that he encountered this word in Miyamoto Musashi's "The Book of Five Rings", which was recommended by the Japanese national team Oleg coach, when he was in high school. It seems that there was a time when he wrote "Mariichiku" on the back of the mask.



Haruka Yanagioka is "Yamadame Stone" (Select Sanryu Senseki).

"I'm not good at exercising, but I'm here because I've been doing my best since I was 5 years old. My motto is always to make small efforts," he said.



"I've been writing calligraphy since junior high school. I'll do my best to write good characters," said Daiki Fujino, who is enthusiastic.

"I've been told by my father since I was little, and it's still in my head. I'm working hard every day with these words in my heart," says Fujino.It was highly evaluated as "powerful and well-balanced" (representative of Kamigogo blunt cow).



Shiho Nishioka wrote that calligraphy was "I've been in elementary school since I was in elementary school, but it was my favorite subject at that time," wrote "Ichigo Ichikai.""I think that good and bad things all start with human relationships, so I want to value the connections between people," he says.



Emura's asward is "convinced". When I was at a loss about my choice, I mentioned that I heard the story of Mr. Tadahiro Nomura (judo / gold medalist) saying, "I should be convinced." Instead, I've been able to make an effort to make a convincing choice, "he said.



Tokunan's asward is "Katsumi patience". Tokunan said he was doing kendo when he was in junior high school. "Practice with my teacher, who I met in junior high school, has cultivated a mentality that overcomes my endurance."


--- It has been held 7 times so far, but how about actually putting it into shape? Do you have any future prospects? 


Sato:Even those who are not familiar with sports through the calligraphy video may be interested in sports as a result of touching the individuality of the athlete, and the characters written with the brush show strong individuality, so I think that the appeal of the players, which has not been known to fans until now, will be brought out.

Currently, social distance is required, so we are holding it in an online distribution format using videos, but in the future we would like to develop events and so on.

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