大谷選手、藤井八冠ら登場　年末恒例「変わり羽子板」―東京

　今年明るい話題を提供した人物を描いた年末恒例の「変わり羽子板」が５日、東京都台東区の人形専門店「久月」本社で披露された。米大リーグで２度目のア・リーグ最優秀選手（ＭＶＰ）に選ばれた大谷翔平選手や、将棋の八大タイトルを史上初めて独占した藤井聡太八冠ら９人が登場した。
　優勝を意味する「アレ」のスローガンでプロ野球阪神を３８年ぶりの日本一に導いた岡田彰布監督や、対話型ＡＩ（人工知能）「チャットＧＰＴ」を開発した米オープンＡＩの共同創業者サム・アルトマン氏らも選ばれた。
　久月の横山久俊社長（４１）は「今年はいろいろと明るいことがあった。いい年だったなと振り返ってほしい」と話した。（2023/12/05-10:03）

"Hagoita" wooden paddles featuring nine people who came into the limelight this year were unveiled at an event at traditional Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s headquarters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
   The people include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani, who was named the American League's MVP for the second time, and Sota Fujii, who became the first-ever shogi player to hold all eight major titles in the traditional board game.
   Also among the featured figures are Akinobu Okada, manager of the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball team, which won the Japan Series for the first time in 38 seasons, and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman.
   "There were some good news this year. we want people to think that it was a good year," Kyugetsu President and CEO Hisatoshi Yokoyama said.
   The annual hagoita-unveiling event was the 38th of its kind.