Nao Higashihama, who is doing voluntary training by himself in Chikugo, Fukuoka Prefecture. Last season, due to a sickness on his right shoulder and a new corona infection, he was late and couldn’t make a record of 4 wins and 4 losses. I have vowed to make a comeback this year.
Nao Higashihama “I don’t want to finish without achieving satisfactory results as it is, and I think it’s a year-to-year game, so I’d like to make it such a year so that I can go higher and higher from here.”
Higashihama is 31 years old, who is in his 10th year as a professional. He has become a player with a long career among the Hawks pitchers.
Nao Higashihama “I noticed that I’m older, and I’m going to be Wada-san, Kayama-san, and I, so I wonder if I have to do the regular pitching times and double digits.”
Meanwhile, a new player from Okinawa has joined the Hawks pitchers this year. I am reassured that Nao Higashihama’s classmates will come.
Katsuki Matayoshi “I’m surrounded by the most in my life. To the camera. Laughter.”
Katsuki Matayoshi, who transferred from Chunichi Dragons to Softbank, came to the stadium in Chikugo last Thursday. It has been eight years since he entered the professional league after working in an independent league. The right arm with outstanding attention, which has grown to become a middle pitcher representing the ball world, has made a start in the new world.
Katsuki Matayoshi “Although I have the feeling that I will appeal to the newcomer again, I would like to build my body carefully without being impatient and try to be a member of the team’s middleman. “
Higashihama and Matayoshi who became the same team. As a citizen of the prefecture, expectations are high for the “Okinawa Relay,” where Higashihama is the starting lineup and Matayoshi is the successor!
Katsuki Matayoshi “I’m really a classmate, and when I was in high school, it’s really (reassuring) Shinya Kayama who can throw me in the same uniform as a perfect superstar player, so it would be great if I could relay in Okinawa. I think it’s the best
Nao Higashihama “There are places where I don’t want to rely on that (relay), so it’s a starting lineup, but I think Okinawans will be happy if such a relay is realized. But “
I’m looking forward to the success of my classmate Uchinanchu’s right arm who sweats in Fukuoka.
Both of them are expected to play an active role. By the way, pitcher Matayoshi announced that he was enrolled on the 11th of this month in this voluntary training. It seems that it will be a new start for me, including my private life. It was a sport.
