With 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia coming up next year, the new home kit
was prepared to get Japan’s players ready for the contests of the
World’s highest level. The base colour is “KACHI-IRO”, meaning the
colour Spirit of Victory in Japanese, dark indigo colour, which is one
of Japan’s traditionally-favoured colours.
“KACHI-IRO” used to be widely preferred by samurai warriors of Japan’s
middle ages for their special clothes worn under their battle armours.
It’s considered the darkest indigo-dyed colour and created by hitting
cloths throughout the dyeing process. Hitting is translated as KATSU in
Japanese language, and KATSU has the same pronunciation of the letter
meaning victory. Certainly, those warriors and the following generations
of Japanese believed the colour as a lucky charm brings victories to
their battles and life itself.
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