臺灣學生棒球員留學日本之初探

棒球運動從日治時期引進臺灣至今，已有百年歷史之久，這期間有不少臺灣學生棒球員遠赴日本留學打球，延續他們的棒球夢想。自1926年能高棒球隊羅道厚等4人赴日留學之後，開啟了臺灣學生棒球員赴日留學的大門。近年來以日本留學生身份加入日本職業棒球隊的陽岱鋼、李杜軒、蕭一傑等例子，也帶動了赴日留學的一股風潮。本研究主旨在探討臺灣學生棒球員赴日留學打棒球的因素、歷程、及成效，並以文獻分析法及半結構式訪談，蒐集相關文獻結合訪談資料，經整理、歸納及討論出以下結果：（一）1926年臺灣學生棒球員赴日留學打球，是為延續棒球運動生涯的管道；（二）2001年後，臺灣學生棒球員留學因素除本身意願及家庭支持外，受到日本棒球環境吸引及符合加盟日本職棒非外籍球員的條件是赴日留學打球的主要因素；（三）日本比臺灣的訓練強度高、訓練時間長，且較重視課業學習的教育制度是赴日留學打球的重要歷程；（四）去日本留學在語言、球技、禮儀以及自主能力上，都比去日本留學前有明顯的提昇；（五）最終能順利以留學生身份進入日本職業棒球隊的機率偏低。

關鍵字

學生棒球員；日本職棒；日本留學

並列摘要

Since the period of Japanese occupation, baseball has been introduced to Taiwan from Japan for a century. There have been quite a few Taiwanese student baseball players studying abroad in Japan and extending their baseball dream. The gate for Taiwanese student baseball players to study in Japan has been since Lo Dau-hou and other four people who played in Neng Kao Baseball Team went abroad to Japan in 1926. In recent years, there have been some successful cases like Yang Dai-gang, Li Du-shiuan and Shiau Yi-jie who joined Nippon Professional Baseball as foreign students and had led a trend of studying abroad to Japan. The main purpose of this study is to discover the factors, the process, and the results. Content Analysis and Semi-structural Interviews are adopted to collect related documents and interview data. By marshalling and combining these data, the following conclusions are summarized: 1. The aim of the Taiwanese baseball students study in Japan was continued of a baseball career in 1926. 2. After 2001, in addition to players' willing and family support, the factors of Taiwanese student baseball players' studying abroad include the attraction of the environment of Japanese baseball and the qualification of joining Nippon Professional Baseball as a non-foreign player, 3. The intensity of training is higher and the duration of training is longer in Japan than in Taiwan, and the education focusing on schoolwork is more highly viewed in Japan. 4. There is a significant progress in language abilities, baseball skills, manners, and self-control after studying abroad in Japan. 5. The chance of being a Nippon Professional Baseball player is relatively low as a foreign student.