Kyoiku Shuppan Co., Ltd. conducted a questionnaire survey on "sports recommendations *" at national, public and private universities nationwide, and released the analysis results of the answers obtained from 776 out of 452 universities in Japan.

 According to the survey, 452 out of 166 universities make sports recommendations.It was found that more than one in three universities carry out sports recommendations.3% (1 schools) at national universities, 19.5% (8 school) at public universities, and 2.2% (1 schools) at private universities, which tended to be higher in universities with a faculty of education.

 69.3% (115 schools) of the universities are recruiting only specific competitions, 16.3% (27 schools) are universities regardless of the sport, and 14.5% (24 schools) are undisclosed.Of the 115 universities that are recruiting only specific sports, the most recruited were baseball (79 schools), followed by soccer (73 schools) and volleyball (65 schools).Kendo (20th) and Kyudo (6th), which are traditional Japanese sports, also ranked in the top 19 of the best 1 competitions by competition, while the target competitions at the Olympic Games are lined up.Among the universities that specify the sport, the largest number of competitions offered at one university was 41.At universities that are recruiting only girls, unlike boys, cheerleaders are in 2nd place and softball is in 3rd place in the top rankings.

* "Sports recommendation" is defined as "admission test that emphasizes competition results and athletic ability in passing judgment", and includes not only "recommended admission test" but also "AO admission test".

Reference: [Obunsha Co., Ltd.] Obunsha Survey Report Survey on the actual situation of "sports recommendation" in university entrance examinations About 4% of the responding schools carry out "sports recommendation"!

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