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On October 5, Kanayan and Seigi from the comedy duo “Boshimax” appeared, introduced by YouTuber Kaito Ogawa. We asked them about their memories of when they were high school ball players, how Kanayan’s old school, Keio High School, won the summer Koshien championship, and how they decided to go into comedy.
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Kana-yan, a certain record holder in the Tokyo Six University Baseball League
Takano (MC): Congratulations to the two members of Boshimax for making it through to the first round of “M-1”.
Kanayan：Thank you very much. The schedule for the second round has just been uploaded, and I am very excited. Nice to meet you.
Seigi: I’m a combination of various nerves, but I’ll do my best to enjoy myself today. Nice to meet you.
Celeina (MC): The two members of Bosimax are from the Keio baseball team, aren’t they? Seigi-san participated in the Koshien (the Japanese National High School Baseball Championship) when you were in high school.
Seigi: I played in Koshien when I was a sophomore in high school. I was from Shizuoka High School, and at that time I played in the first game on the second day. The third game was at Hanamaki-Higashi High School, and he was the famous Daiki Obara.
Kanayan：No, no, no, Hanamaki-Higashi is Shohei Otani, the second left-handed pitcher.
Seigi: Oh, I see, Shohei Otani.
Takano: The manzai has begun, hasn’t it?
Seigi:Shohei Otani and I were at the same opening ceremony. When I saw his body there, I thought he was going to be a big name in the future, and he has become a big name.
Kanayan： It’s been a hot topic since then. It wasn’t because he caught your eye that it sold.
Takano: It has a groovy feel. I heard that both of you were pitchers.
Kanayan: I was a right-handed pitcher and hit 143km.
Seigi: I was 144km.
Takano: That’s amazing.
Seigi: Kana-yan holds the record in a university league called the Tokyo 6 University Baseball League. It hasn’t been broken yet, right?
Kanayan: I still hold the record.
Takano: What kind of record is it?
Kanayan: This is the record for the most goals conceded after the war.
Takano: Really?
Seigi: Keio lost 18-0, a historic defeat.
Takano: It was a sad record.
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Keio High School won the summer Koshien championship, and I was there cheering for my juniors.
Celeina: It may be hard to say after such a story, but Keio High School won the National High School Baseball Championship for the first time in 107 years.
Kanayan: They did it. I am grateful. I did nothing but pathetic things. I also went to high school at Keio, so I was directly junior to him. I used to play baseball with Director Moribayashi at that baseball stadium in Hiyoshidai, so I went to Koshien to cheer for my junior to win the semi-finals and the final.
Celeina： Since those days when you were a member of the Keio baseball team, were you able to wear your hair long or wear sunscreen?
Kanayan: I didn’t wear sunscreen, but there were some who did, and some had hair so long that their eyes were hidden by their bangs. I talked about this on YouTube before Keio won the Koshien championship, and at that time I also talked about Director Moribayashi.
He is actually an elementary school teacher who also coaches the baseball team at Keio High School, which is unusual. He usually explains things to elementary school students, so I told him on YouTube that he teaches high school students carefully from the beginning, and when Keio won the championship, that part was picked up by the Internet news. The way it was cut out sounded a bit disparaging, so I would like to correct it here (laughs).
Celeina： Now, I would like to listening a song. I asked Mr. Seigi to choose a song that he would like everyone to listen to together on the radio at this time. What song would it be?
Seigi: A song that pushes me to the edge, perfect for the evening, “Kimishidai Train” by ONE OK ROCK.
