Tuesday, October 9, 2012.
As autumn arrived, the scorching temperatures of the summer of 2012 gradually faded, and it had been almost two months since Waseda Jitsugyo successfully defended their Summer Koshien championship.
The impact of winning the championship for the seventh consecutive time in history was enormous. This victory made Lin Guanglai a household name across Japan, a Koshien star everyone knew. In just over a month, countless media outlets had treated him like a hot commodity, with interviews and documentaries bombarding him, which was overwhelming even for someone like Lin Guanglai, who was already accustomed to such attention.
After finishing Koshien in August, Lin Guanglai didn't have much time to rest before quickly joining the U18 representative team under the guidance of coach Ogura Quanyou, heading to Korea to participate in the U18 World Cup.
