Aozora Nakajima, who released an oversized foul that reached the stand at Jingu Stadium
A lightly swung ball crosses the fence and disappears into the forest. Sora Nakajima, a sixth-grade elementary school student who is a catcher for the Kobayashi Killers, a youth baseball team active in Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture, is a slugger who was also selected as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows Junior. In batting practice with too much distance, teammates protect behind the fence.
The NPB12 baseball team junior tournament, a baseball tournament for elementary school students, was held at the end of last year. Soya Kokubo, the winner of the Dragons Junior, hit the ball to the middle of the left wing seat at Jingu Stadium and got a lot of attention, but it was Nakajima who was hitting a ball that was comparable.
“If I was in, I would have won.”
The shocking blow was in the second qualifying match against Eagles Jr. at Jingu Stadium, with two bases loaded in the fourth inning to chase two points. The hit ball, which was pulled from count 3-0, went far beyond the fence set up for the tournament and flew to the middle stage of the right wing seat. But he is unfortunately to the right of Paul. He didn’t get a grand slam and fell to a grounder on the next pitch.
“I was a little quick to open my body …”. He was disappointed, but he was able to see his strength on the national stage. She recalls, “It was a lot of fun.”
