Warm-up game in November… Director Kuriyama “I think I picked the best members”
On the 4th, the Japanese national baseball team “Samurai Japan” held a press conference in Tokyo, looking forward to next spring’s WBC (World Baseball Classic), and next month’s “Samurai Japan Series” warm-up game against Nippon-Ham, Giants and Australia. 2022″ announced 28 members. They will play against Nippon-Ham on November 5th and against the Giants on November 6th (both at Tokyo Dome). After that, they will play against Australia (Sapporo Dome) on the 9th and 10th.
15 people, more than half of them, were selected for the first time, including Lotte’s Roki Sasaki, the “Reiwa monster”, Hiroto Takahashi Chunichi, the Giants’ pitcher, and Hanshin infielder Teruaki Sato. A new member will appeal to join the samurai in WBC. The breakdown is 13 pitchers, 3 catchers, 6 infielders, and 6 outfielders.
Director Hideki Kuriyama emphasized, “We chose the best members for this battle, considering various factors and circumstances.” With the theme of winning the game and making the most of the players’ characteristics, he said, “What we have to do to win in March. First, we will fight hard in these four games.”
[Rhestr o aelodau gêm cynhesu Samurai Japan]
〇 Pitcher
Aki Sasaki (Lotte)
Daisuke Moriura (Hiroshima)
Hiroto Takahashi (Chunichi)
crowd (giant)
Daiya Miyagi (Orix)
Taikai Ito (Nippon Ham)
Masahito Morishita (Hiroshima)
Shosei Togo (Giant)
Jin Yongshengtai (DeNA)
Soichiro Yamazaki (Orix)
Kaito Yoza (Seibu)
Keiji Takahashi (Yakult)
Kyomi Yuasa (Hanshin)
〇 Catcher
Yuya Mori (Seibu)
Takuya Kai (Soft Bank)
Yuhei Nakamura (Yakult)
〇 Infielder
Tetsuto Yamada (Yakult)
Sousuke Genda (Seibu)
Mu Xiuwu (DeNA)
Kazuma Okamoto (Giant)
Takumu Nakano (Hanshin)
Munetaka Murakami (Yakult)
〇 Field Player
Yukyo Shuto (Soft Bank)
Koji Chikamoto (Hanshin)
Teruaki Sato (Hanshin)
Kensuke Kondo (Nippon Ham)
Yasutaka Shiomi (Yakult)
Ryoma Nishikawa (Hiroshima)
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