Asahi (ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa)

**Asahi** kungiya ce ta kwallon kwando ta Japan da Kanada ta 'yan wasa masu son da kuma masu sana'a wadanda suka kasance a Vancouver daga shekara ta 1914 zuwa shekara ta 1941. Kungiyar ta lashe gasar zakarun league da yawa, musamman a cikin shekarun 1930.

## Tarihi
An kafa Asahi a matsayin babbar kungiya a shekara ta 1914, a karkashin manajanta na farko da kuma kocin, Matsujiro Miyazaki . Mambobin ƙungiyar sun haɗa da issei da Nisei. Wadannan sun hada da sanannun 'yan wasa: Yo (Yoshitaro) Horii, Mickey (Hatsu) Kitagawa, da Tom Matoba . Bayan 1918, Asahi ita ce kawai tawagar Japan ta Kanada bayan kungiyar Vancouver Nippon ta rushe. Yawancin 'yan wasan Vancouver Nippon sun shiga Asahi. Kungiyar ta kasance a cikin Oppenheimer Park na Vancouver - wanda aka fi sani da Powell Street Grounds - a cikin Japantown na birnin.

Kocin Miyazaki, wanda ya girma a Japan, ya kasance mai tasiri sosai ga nasarar da kungiyar ta samu. Ya haɗa dabarun Jafananci a cikin horar da shi, wanda kafofin watsa labarai suka kira "smartball" ko "brainball", saboda dogaro da saurin gudu da tsaro ba tare da iko da bugawa mai nauyi ba. An tsara wannan dabarar don samun nasara a kan ƙananan firam ɗin mai kunnawa. Bunting, cutoff da tushe-sata sun kasance daga cikin shahararrun dabarun su, kuma sun jaddada aiki tare don ƙirƙirar kariya mai banƙyama.

### Gasar Zakarun Turai

* A shekara ta 1918, sabuwar ƙungiyar da aka kafa ta shiga City International Baseball League kuma ta yi wa kungiyoyi masu yawa na Caucasian.
* A shekara ta 1919 Asahi ta lashe lambar yabo ta farko ta gida ta hanyar lashe lambar yabo na Vancouver International League .
* Yayinda yake karkashin jagorancin Miyazaki, kungiyar ta kai ga burinsu na lashe gasar zakarun Terminal League a 1926. Nasararsu ta ci gaba har zuwa shekarun 1930 tare da su kuma lashe a 1930 da 1933.
* A cikin 1937-1941, ƙungiyar ta lashe gasar zakarun Pacific biyar a jere.
* A shekara ta 1938 kungiyar ta lashe gasar zakarun Triple League .
* A cikin 1939 da 1940 tawagar ta lashe gasar zakarun Burrard League . 

### Nuna wariyar launin fata
Asahi ta kasance mai aiki a lokacin tsananin wariyar launin fata na Asiya. Yayinda aka yaba wa 'yan wasa a cikin kafofin watsa labarai, sun fuskanci wariyar launin fata a rayuwarsu ta yau da kullun ciki har da iyakance damar aiki da rarrabewa a wurare kamar wuraren wasan kwaikwayo. Nasarar Asahi, duk da wadannan wahalar, ya sanya tawagar alama ce ta juriya ta Japan da kuma shiga al'adu. Kungiyar ta ba da gudummawa wajen rufe gibin tsakanin tsararraki tsakanin issei da yaran da aka haifa a lokacin yakin basasa. Kungiyar ta taimaka wajen sulhunta dangantakar da ke tsakanin 'yan Kanada na Japan da fararen al'umma ta hanyar samar da sha'awa ɗaya wanda ya kawo su biyu tare. A lokacin shahararren nuna bambanci na launin fata, Oppenheimer Park ya zama wurin da shingen ya fadi yayin da magoya bayan Asahi da Occidental za su goyi bayan juna. Halin Asahi na wasa da ƙuduri a filin ya ba su "girmamawa mai girma" daga magoya bayan Turai-Kanada.

Bayan Harin da aka kai wa Pearl Harbor, Kanada ta yi kira ga Dokar Matakan Yakin 1914 kuma duk 'yan Kanada na zuriyar Jafananci an yi rajista a matsayin 'maƙiya' kuma an tilasta su shiga sansanonin fursunoni. Wannan ya haifar da rushewar ƙungiyar Asahi. Ba su sake yin wasa a matsayin ƙungiya ba.

## Kyauta
An shigar da tawagar cikin Hall of Fame na Baseball na Kanada a shekara ta 2003,  da kuma Hall of Fame ta Wasannin BC a shekara ta 2005.  An sanya tawagar a matsayin Taron Muhimmancin Tarihi na Kasa a ranar 26 ga watan Agusta, 2008.  An kaddamar da takardar girmama tawagar a Oppenheimer Park a ranar 18 ga Satumba, 2011, ranar cika shekaru 70 na wasan karshe na tawagar.   A cikin shekara ta 2014, Cibiyar Al'adu ta Kanada ta Japan a Toronto ta ba da gudummawar ƙaramin kayan aiki daga rigar Asahi ta asali a cikin tarin su ga aikin Six String Nation. An sanya agogo a gaban belin guitar wanda ke tallafawa guitar a zuciyar aikin. An bayyana gudummawar a fili a lokacin bikin kafin wasan a ranar 10 ga watan Agusta, 2014 a Cibiyar Rogers a lokacin bukukuwan Ranar Baseball ta Kanada ta Toronto Blue Jays, inda aka sanya guitar da madauri a filin ta hanyar Blue Jays mascot "Ace", jikan Babe Ruth Ruth sannan kuma Blue Jay Munenori Kawasaki. A ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 2019, an girmama tawagar tare da hatimi na gidan waya wanda Kanada Post ta bayar.

### A cikin kafofin watsa labarai
A cikin Disamba 2014, wani ɗakin studio na Japan ya fitar da wani fim ɗin wasan kwaikwayo na lokaci mai suna *The Vancouver Asahi* tare da Satoshi Tsumabuki da Kazuya Kamenashi . kasa da kasa na Vancouver, yana karɓar lambar yabo ta Babban Masu sauraro, kuma an sake shi a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo a ranar Disamba 20. 

Wani shirin fim na 2003 game da kungiyar, Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story, Jari Osborne ne ya ba da umarni. Hukumar Fim ta Kasa ta Kanada ce ta samar da shi, fim din ya haɗu da fina-finai da kuma nishaɗi mai ban mamaki, tare da ganawa da Asahi na ƙarshe. Fim din na minti 50 ya sami kyaututtuka hudu ciki har da Rockie Award for Best Sports Program a Banff Television Festival da Golden Sheaf Award . 

*Zuciya ta Gwarzon* littafi ne na 2016 na Ellen Schwartz .  Labarin game da wani yaro ne mai suna Kenji "Kenny" Sakamoto wanda ke da burin zama dan wasan baseball na Vancouver Asahi, amma mafarkinsa ya rushe lokacin da gwamnatin Kanada ta ba da umarni ga duk 'yan Japan da za a sanya su a sansanonin fursunoni, sannan ya sami izinin share ƙasar kuma ya yi filin wasan baseball. Littafin ya lashe lambar yabo ta Silver Birch .

A ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, 2019, an saki Minti na Tarihi, wanda ke nuna wasan baseball na Asahi da kuma shigar da dan wasa tare da sauran 'yan Japan. Mutumin da ya tsira na karshe na kungiyar, Koichi Kaye Kaminishi (11 ga Janairu 1922 - 28 ga Satumba 2024),  da kuma marubucin littafin Joy Kogawa ne suka ba da labarin gajeren ɓangaren. 

## Shahararrun ɗalibai
Matsujiro Miyasaki shine kocin farko na kungiyar. An san shi da dabarun "Small Ball", wanda ya haɗa da sa hannun sa hannu sau biyu. Ya jaddada saurin da kariya marar lahani.

Roy Yamamura ya kasance na yau da kullun tare da tawagar daga 1924-1941. Ya zama kocin kungiyar a 1938 yayin da ya ci gaba da buga wa kulob din wasa. Ya kasance mai sha'awar magoya baya saboda yawan sa na sata da kuma iyawar karewa, wanda ya ba shi laƙabi "dan wasan rawa". Shi ne kawai Jafananci Kanada da ya buga wa tawagar Arrows wasa a saman rukuni na Vancouver na tsawon shekaru biyu.

Kaye Koichi Kaminishi shine wanda ya tsira na karshe daga cikin tawagar. Ya taka leda tsakanin 1939 da 1941. Ya mutu a ranar 28 ga Satumba, 2024, yana da shekaru 102.

Kaz Suga ya kasance tauraron dan wasa a lokacin kakar wasa ta karshe a shekarar 1941. Yana da matsakaicin batting na 0.395 kuma yana da tsammanin ga tsarin wasan "smartball" na tawagar.

Junji Ito na ɗaya daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasan kungiyar Asahi Baseball. Ya zama sananne a matsayin 'Sarkin Bunting' yayin da matsakaicin batinsa ya hau sama da 0.400 kuma a kan tushe, halayensa sun kasance kusan nan take. Ya tsara dabarun "smartball" zuwa kammalawa.

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