Japan National Team coach Atsunori Inaba, who is aiming to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, visited a professional baseball Yakult camp in Okinawa on the 5th, and hoped for the further growth of 21-year-old Munetaka Murakami.
Director Inaba started touring the camp of 12 teams from the 3rd, and visited the Yakult camp in Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture on the 5th.
Director Inaba exchanged words with a smile with director Shingo Takatsu, who played with Yakult, and Atsuya Furuta, who is a temporary coach.
Then, he was called to the national team in the warm-up game in March, and last year he was watching how Murakami, who was selected as the first and best nine, is working on the defensive practice of the third, which is becoming thin in the Japanese national team.
Director Inaba said, "I was able to make a voice and I was conscious of pulling the team, so I was reliable. I have a personality at that young age, so I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of activity this will be." I was expecting it.
Murakami said, "I have a desire to carry the Hinomaru on my back and join the team with the desire to become a representative player in Japan, and that is gradually becoming a reality. I want to practice more and grab it." I was talking.