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| Seiya Suzuki @ The Japan Times |
TOKYO — The Hiroshima Carp hit yet another home run as “kamitteru,” a coined word that means being godlike or superhuman which was used to describe the baseball team’s feat this season, was selected as Japan’s top buzzword in 2016, the award’s organizer said Thursday.
The word highlights the Carp’s achievements, including winning their first Central League pennant in 25 years on Sept. 10 and finishing the season with a 17.5-game lead over the runner-up Yomiuri Giants.
Hiroshima manager Koichi Ogata renewed the trend of using the term in June when he described Seiya Suzuki’s performance as “kamitteru” after the outfielder hit sayonara home runs in two consecutive games against the Orix Buffaloes.
The expression, which had already been used mainly among young people for years, became even more popular after Ogata used it and the second-year manager described the entire ballclub as “kamitteru” at the end of the season.
This is the second straight year in which a top buzzword in Japan was related to baseball, with last year’s co-winner being “triple three,” used to describe a player posting at least a .300 batting average with 30 steals and 30 homers in a season, after two players achieved the feat in 2015.
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