Sports cheers!? What is a “chant”?
Have you ever heard the word “chant”? If you like sports, you may have come across it.
This time, I’d like to explain what the word “chant” means.
What is a chant?
A chant is mainly something used to support players or your favorite team.Cheering methods used when supporting (a team or person)It is.
Cheering in rhythm is called a chant.
It’s quite a mainstream term in sports like soccer.
Like this,The songs that supporters (fans) sing are chants.It is.
There are often many different types of chants.
The chants used vary by team depending on the scene.
It seems there are chants in pro wrestling and baseball as well, but when I hear the word “chant,” what comes to mind is soccer, after all.
soccer chant
Chants exist in the J.League, in national team matches, for overseas teams, and even in high school soccer.
They sometimes turn other songs into parody versions to use as chants.
For example, I’m a supporter of the team Gamba Osaka, and the chant for Yasuhito Endo (Yatto), who is also called up to the Japan national team, is:THE BLUE HEARTSIt’s a parody version of “Linda Linda.”
Even in high school soccer, cheers are created based on J.League support styles, and recently,Live kidspopular withYabai T-Shirt ShopSometimes the band’s songs, such as “Gather! Party People” by [Name], are also used.
Etymology of “chant”
Chant is a word of Old French origin meaning a style of offering prayers with a fixed rhythm and melody.
In Japanese, it is generally translated as incantation or chant.
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It is described as follows on Wikipedia.
The shouted slogans and fight songs that are repeated in unison are also called chants [citation needed].
TranslationWikipedia
It seems that cheers repeated under the lead of a call leader are called “chants.”
Lastly
This time I explained it using soccer as the main example, but there are also things that can be called chants in cheerleading, professional wrestling, and other sports.
It might be interesting if you focus on that next time you look.