DeNA, a professional baseball team holding a camp in Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture, held its first Kouhaku match on the 10th. Rookie Takateru Watarai, who joined the team in first place in the draft, lived up to previous reputation with 3 hits and 2 RBIs in 4 at-bats.
He is a right-handed pitching left-handed outfielder with skillful bat control and long-hitting power is. On the other hand, issues remained in the right field defense, such as when processing a batted ball.