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In _Jujutsu Kaisen_ 's episode 15 "Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event—Group
Battle 1—" (Transcription: Kyōto Shimai-kō Kōryū-kai—Dantai-sen ①—; Japanese:
京都姉 妹校交流会—団体戦①—), when the Goodwill Event between the Tokyo and Kyoto schools
is being kicked off, Gojo Satoru invites Utahime Iori from the Kyoto school to
say a few words. She fumbles due to being put on the spot so suddenly, and
then Gojo cuts her off anyway by saying that they are out of time, and that
the Goodwill Event is now begun. Before the mic cuts off completely, we can
hear Utahime exclaiming in frustration at Gojo's antics.

The scene then cuts to the trio—Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Kugisaki
Nobara—sprinting together in the woods. At this point, Yuji looks at the other
two and asks, "Was that Ichiro?" to which Nobara replies, "Idiot."

Presumably, Nobara is referring to Gojo here, as it seems to be a common way
of referring to him informally among themselves. For instance, when the Kyoto
and Tokyo students meet for the first time as a group in the previous episode,
Gojo (who is not present there) is referred to as "that idiot", and Megumi
even points this out explicitly.

However, what does Yuji mean here by asking, "Was that Ichiro?" As far as I
can tell, no character by this name has been introduced so far, and neither
does the name Ichiro appear anytime later. Is something being lost in
translation? From what I can make out, the dialogue in the Japanese dub goes
as follows:

> **Yuji:** Ichiro?  
>  **Nobara:** Aho-ku-sa...

Of course, I could be hearing something incorrectly, but there is definitely
not much going on here that could be mistranslated.

**Question:** What does Yuji mean by his question, "Was that Ichiro?" to
Nobara and Megumi? Who is Ichiro?


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What does Yuji mean by the question "Was that Ichiro?" at the start of the Goodwill Event?


That is in reference to what Utahime said: 先輩を敬え！(Respect your senpai!)

This comes from the interview of baseball player Ichiro Suzuki, after Japan's
championship in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. (Note that the
[article](https://jumpmatome2ch.net/archives/42018.html) in the
[comments](https://anime.stackexchange.com/posts/comments/77961) incorrectly
points to the 2009 interview.) He yells this to his teammates at they shower
him in champagne as he tries to be interviewed (note that he's not actually
angry).

You can see the interview [here](https://youtu.be/bjYjB6Uk7W8) at the 5 second
mark.


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