'Is the reason we lost to Korea because we're working adults?' ,,,,,,,,,, Japanese pitcher, KIA Shirakawa: "All those players are elite"

After Korea defeated Japan in the Asian Games final to win the gold medal, a local Japanese broadcaster drew attention by labeling their national team as 'adult players,' but Japan showed the absurd behavior of never calling their national team 'Japan' until the end. The Japanese sports website 'Sportsnavi' stated that in the game, Korea was written as 'Korea,' while Japan was referred to as 'adult Japan national team' instead of the national 'Japan ' name. This was a name used to highlight that the Japanese national team is composed of corporate players. In fact, although the Japanese national team was made up of corporate baseball players in this tournament, Since they were strong opponents for the national team, such notations in international tournaments are somewhat disappointing. However, unlike the typical corporate baseball in Korea, Japan has competitiveness enough to aim for professional status through the NPB   draft, and among them, there are many players with such strong capabilities. KIA's Japanese pitcher Keisho Shirakawa (25) congratulated the Korean team on their gold medal on social media after the Asian Games baseball final, noting that some Koreans are disparaging the championship. ,,, Shirakawa was quite surprised by the controversy, saying, "I don't know much about Korean corporate baseball, but from a Japanese perspective, the level of Japanese corporate baseball is very high." He continued, "I understand that corporate teams aren't 'leagues' but play in tournaments, where the strongest teams in the country, like Koshien, compete to compete for the championship," ,,, "Basically, corporate teams rank higher than independent leagues (Shirakawa also comes from independent leagues), but compared to independent league players, they are older, and their training environment and facilities are not much different from those in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB)," ,,, "Only those who haven't gone pro are all players who played elite baseball from childhood through university, so there are so many players who are as good as pros in Japanese corporate baseball." Therefore, Shirakawa said, "The KBO League teammates who faced that Japanese national team cheered for them to do well, and I sincerely congratulate Korea on winning the gold medal by defeating that team." Japan deliberately used this 'working adult' term to give the impression of diminishing the value of the gold medal won by Korea   , but in fact, Korea suffered a crushing defeat in the Super Round and played evenly with Korea in the finals. However, Japanese media seemed eager to make this fact, but even the text broadcast referred to amateur baseball, and even in the text broadcast,   Japan expressed a sense of superiority over Korean baseball!!!!!!!!