Nippon Professional Baseball, Rakuten, announced that it has decided on the slogan of this season, aiming to be the best in Japan for the first time in eight years, to "Tohoku, the best in Japan, with the idea of fighting with all its soul."
According to the team, the word "one soul", which is written as "soul" in the Chinese numeral "one", says, "Aiming to be the best in Japan for the first time in eight years, players will fight with their fans with their soul in one ball. The slogan design of the Chinese character "Ichi" was written by director Kazuhisa Ishii.
Director Ishii mentioned that it has been 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, "We can only play baseball. The most important message is that the players show their actions. I want to realize the victory again with Tohoku as a whole." I swore strongly.
In addition, on the 18th, the distribution of camp members scheduled to be held on the main island of Okinawa from the 1st of next month has been decided, and four new pitchers who joined from the university and working people, including pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa, who is the first in the draft, will be Kin I will participate in a 1st Army camp in the town.
On the other hand, due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, foreigners who do not have a status of residence are currently not allowed to enter the country, so it is expected that the three new foreign players joining this season will be delayed in joining.