Pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano, a professional baseball giant, will serve as the opening pitcher for the seventh time in a row for four years.
According to the people concerned, on the morning of the 28th of last month, which was the last day of the camp, Tatsunori Hara told pitcher Sugano that "Tomoyuki, I'm going to open" and was decided to be the opening pitcher.
Pitcher Kanno is 31 years old in his 9th year as a professional.
Last season, he won 13 consecutive victories from the opening pitcher and set a new record for professional baseball, and also contributed to the team's consecutive league titles by winning two titles, the most wins and the highest win rate, with a good record of 14 wins and 2 losses.
At the camp, the pace of adjustment was slower than usual due to the influence of going to the United States aiming for a major league transfer using the posting system off.
Even so, in the practice game on the 27th of last month, which was the first actual mound, he made good adjustments by pitching with no runs in the second inning and three strikeouts.
This is the seventh time that Pitcher Kanno has served as the opening pitcher for four consecutive years.
The giant will play against DeNA with the opening card from the 26th of this month at Tokyo Dome, the home base.