March is the graduation season in Japan. Kyoto University held a graduation ceremony on the 24th. Many graduates entered the venue according to traditional cosplay. One of the men, dressed as Ukrainian Zelensky, gained attention following being widely reported by the media. Even Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian Minister of the Interior, shared his photo on Twitter and congratulated him on his graduation.
The concept advocated by Japan’s Kyoto University is “free style of study”, and the most symbolic representative event is their COSPLAY graduation ceremony. In Japan, graduates must wear formal suits when they attend the graduation ceremony, but Kyoto University allows students to cosplay, which is their tradition since the 1980s.
As Japan ushers in the first graduation season without wearing a mask following the epidemic, many students at Kyoto University’s graduation ceremony this year (2023) are well-dressed, and one of them is a male student with a beard and a dark khaki T-shirt T-shirts with the Ukrainian national emblem on them. He pointed out in an interview that he was dressing up as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky because following he started growing a beard in December, many people said the two looked alike, and he also praised Zelensky as the most manly man in recent memory man.
After the video of his interview was broadcast, it went viral on the Internet. Even Anton, the adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, also quoted his photo on Twitter and asked for his name. Anton thanked him for supporting Ukraine, felt honored to have Japan and the Japanese people supporting him, and congratulated him on everything going well following graduation. Many Ukrainian people also poured into the student’s Twitter to express their gratitude and blessings. The student praised Ukraine’s soldiers and people on Twitter for being as brave as Zelensky. Although he can only rely on donations for support now, he hopes to help Ukraine rebuild in the future.
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