On November 26th at the Shonan Campus, the Sports Promotion Center (SPC) held a farewell party for clubs participating in the December 2025 inter-college competition. The event was designed to bring together five athletic clubs on our campus that participate in the intercollegiate sports competition, a national university sports competition held in December, to increase their sense of unity. A large number of members, students, and faculty members from various clubs rushed to the front of Building 4, which was the venue for the event.
At the beginning, President Hideki Kimura gave a speech and said, “I hope that we can make use of the fruits of our training and achieve good results.I believe that the cheers of everyone here will give strength to the athletes, so please come visit us and support us.” Next, the captains of the cheerleading team, men’s and women’s volleyball teams, men’s soccer team, and men’s basketball team spoke about their enthusiasm for the intercollegiate team, and the cheer squad, cheerleading team, and brass band research group sang cheering songs and school songs to cheer the students on. At the end, SPC Director Rikukawa gave encouragement, saying, “The intercollegiate competition is the culmination of the fourth-year students’ competition.For the underclassmen, please do your best and make it a good tournament for the fourth-year students who have taken care of you.” Referring to the phrase “Pounding the Rock” that is displayed in the locker room of the NBA San Antonio Spurs, he summarized by saying, “The reason why the rock cracked was not because of the last hit. It was because of the continuous, full force of the blows up until then. I hope everyone will do their best until the end.”
◆Enthusiasm of each club captain
Cheerleading Club Captain Kokone Kawashima (3rd year student, Faculty of Child Education)
“Sometimes it’s fun, sometimes it’s tough, and we want to continue to be a team that works hard in practice as a team, and where each and every one of us does our best for someone else. We’ll do our best to win at the intercollegiate tournament.”
Men’s volleyball club, captain Yasuyasu Shirai (4th year student, Faculty of Physical Education)
“We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who supports us on a daily basis, and we will fight with all our might to become the best in Japan.”
Women’s Volleyball Club, Captain Nozomi Mitsuhiro (4th year student, Faculty of Culture and Social Studies)
“We will never forget our gratitude to everyone who has supported us up to this point, and we will all do our best and fight with smiles, aiming for the championship.”
Men’s Soccer Club, Captain Kuwako Ryu (4th year student in the Faculty of Physical Education)
“This year, we finished fourth in the league and were able to win an intercollegiate ticket for the second year in a row. Our first match was against Chukyo University, which we lost to last year, so we will do our best to avenge our revenge.”
Men’s Captain Hirobu Suzuki (Second in the 4th year of the Faculty of Physical Education)
“We will thoroughly focus on defense and loose balls, which are our weapons, and make head coach Takayuki Irino (SPC instructor) and Riku-san (SPC director Akira Rikukawa) into men!”
