Rakuten's Tanaka: Tests to Camp

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The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' #1 draft pick, Masahiro Tanaka, will be taking his high school graduation exams between January 29 to 31, after which he'll be reporting to the Eagles' Spring training camp in Okinawa at the start of February. He's not so concerned about the 2,800 km trip to join the team. However, he said that he "hasn't studied at all, so the tests are what he needs to be concerned about. Komadai will have their graduation ceremony on March 1.

Source: Nikkan Sports [2007-01-04 8:40]

For those of you not familiar with the Japanese school system, the official school year is April 1st to March 31st (with the actual start date usually in the first or second week of April, ending the first or second week of March). The graduation exams do include materials that may be covered in the last couple of months, so I expect Ma-kun to be cramming for the exams between workouts throughout January. Basically, though, he'll be graduating a month and a half early.

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