Japanese Student Attends Graduation Ceremony Dressed As Volodymyr Zelensky
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The attire was a part of the university's graduation, where the students were allowed to dress in whatever they wanted.
A student in Japan dressed as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky at his graduation ceremony in an effort to "express solidarity" with the war-torn country, as per a report in the BBC. The student, Amiki Yomiuri, entered the Kyoto University campus and drew the attention of others as he was dressed in khaki pants and an olive-coloured shirt, an outfit frequently donned by Mr Zelenskyy. He added that he had worked on growing his beard. You took on student loans, worked part-time jobs, studied hard, labored diligently to receive your college degree, you *should* be able to wear whatever you want."Kyoto University allows students to wear whatever they want to their graduation ceremony."🧐😳📷 Media Group FB pic.twitter.com/szhEXuVn3R
The attire was a part of the university's graduation, where the students were allowed to dress in whatever they wanted. "Since December, when I was growing out my beard, I was told I look like President Zelensky," he told the Japanese news outlet Yomiuri.
The student was holding a wooden shamoji, which is also known as a rice serving spoon, identical to the one that Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave to Mr Zelensky as a gift during his recent trip to Kyiv.
As seen in pictures on social media, the graduate student also had signs with messages of support and important quotes from Mr Zelensky's speech to the United States Congress in December last year.
