The opening ceremony was rehearsed at Koshien Stadium before the opening of Senbatsu High School Baseball, which will be held for the first time in two years, on the 19th.
This year's Senbatsu is the first national tournament in high school baseball after the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and 32 schools, including 10 for the first time, will participate.
The opening ceremony was also reduced in scale as we took thorough measures against infection, and it was decided that the opening ceremony would be held in an unusual format in which only the six schools with the match marched on the first day.
At the rehearsal of the opening ceremony held at Koshien Stadium from 9 am on the 18th, the captains of 6 schools walked from the state where they lined up in the outfield at intervals to the infield according to the entrance march "Paprika". We also confirmed the production of the pre-recorded images of the marches of the other 26 schools projected on the vision of the stadium.
After that, the captain of Sendai Ikuei High School in Miyagi, Shimanuki, practiced a player oath that included the joy of playing baseball with the corona wreck and the feelings for the disaster area, which has been 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake.
The tournament will start on the 19th and will be held for 13 days including rest days.
The player's oath is Ikuei Sendai, Captain Shimanuki
After the rehearsal of the opening ceremony, the captain of Sendai Ikuei High School, who takes the player's oath, responded to an online interview saying, "I firmly imagine that a customer who is stepping on the soil of Koshien Stadium for the first time will take the player's oath. I was able to have it. "
On top of that, he was enthusiastic about playing a major role in the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, saying, "I can take an oath as a player in such a year, so I want to confidently take an oath as a representative of 32 schools to convey my hope to those who see it." I was there.