In his autobiography, Ototake Hirotada describes how he once took part in a running race at his elementary school: "When the audience saw me running along with my bottom on the ground, I can just imagine some of them saying: 'Why do they make a kid like that run in front of everybody?
乙武洋匡的自傳中描述他在國小時參加賽跑的經歷，有這麼一段：「觀眾看到我拖著屁股跑步，難保不會有人說：『為什麼要讓那種小孩在大家的面前跑呢？