Mariners Yusei Kikuchi "You are asked how you behave in adversity" 14:43 May 1st

While the opening of the major league was postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, Mariners' pitcher Yusei Kikuchi responded to an independent interview with NHK, saying "What to do when you are in adversity" Will be asked. ”He said he would do his best as a top athlete in any situation.

In the major leagues, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the start of the season was postponed in mid-March, and the camp was also suspended.

In the United States, the serious situation continues, with more than one million infected people, and there is no prospect of opening the major league.

Kikuchi, who was the second year in the Mariners, has not returned to Japan and remains in Arizona where the camp was held and continues to self-train, but in Arizona restrictions on going out are taken and facilities of the baseball team and That means you can't even use a private gym.

Against this backdrop, Kikuchi has been running in a limited place such as a park, training to improve agility, and pitching practice such as catching ball from late March to maintain the physical condition created by the camp. I am trying to

It means that you have recently practiced with pitcher Yoshitoshi Hirano from the same team.

Kikuchi has responded to an independent interview with NHK on the 30th.

First of all, about living and raising a child who will be 1 year old in July as the infection spreads, he said, "Since my son should be the most important and prevent infection, I also take a walk outside. It's not easy to do. I try not to get out of the city. I check Japanese news every day and I hope I can get back to good condition as soon as possible in one day. "

“I have a desire to play fast, but I feel complicated because the world is in a difficult situation. When I am in adversity, I behave like that. I think that I think, so I will prepare for the beginning of the event. "

In Japan, there is a big impact on the baseball children, such as the cancellation of Senbatsu High School Baseball, "I think that what I can do now is to believe that there is always summer, and to prepare. I will do that. I believe that there is always this season, "he said.