They say June 13 is tetsujin no hi (鉄人の日), Day of the Iron man. Former Japanese baseball player Sachio Kinugasa (衣笠祥雄) whose nick name was tetsujin (鉄人：Iron man) broke Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig's world record for consecutive games played on June 13, 1987.
Lou Gehrig had made the record of 2130 games from June 1, 1925 to April 30, 1939 during 14 years.
Tetsujin Kinugasa had made the record of 2215 games from Oct. 19, 1970 to Oct. 22, 1987 for 17 years.
His record was renewed by Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. on June 12, 1996. He had made the world record of 2632 games from May 30, 1982 to Sep. 20, 1998 for 16 years.
To keep doing something everyday is very difficult. What a strong will and body they had!
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