Businessman Takafumi Horie, 52, a.k.a. Holliemon, updated his X (formerly Twitter) on April 10. He expressed his displeasure with points raised by some users. Photo: Mr. Horie attended the meeting wearing a T-shirt, which appeared to be his casual clothes, while the players were all dressed in suits. Yesterday was the annual end-of-season debriefing for the Kitakyushu Shimonoseki Phoenix, a professional-level baseball team. This is the team’s fourth season, and the team finished in third place in the league. The team finished its fourth season in third place in the league, and has maintained a fairly stable ranking so far: second, second, first, and third,” he wrote, adding that he also showed a photo of himself at the debriefing. Horie attended the meeting wearing a T-shirt that appeared to be his casual attire, while the other team members and players were all dressed in suits. One user quoted Mr. Horie’s post and pointed out, “An old man in plain clothes is sitting in the middle of the group, even though they are all dressed in suits. Horie responded to that post. He said, “It’s funny that the synonym for a suit is plain clothes. The synonym for plain clothes is uniform. Does suit = uniform? A baseball player’s uniform is not a suit, right? You’re the one who’s crazy,” he retorted. Various opinions were received in response to this post.
