Along with the opening of professional baseball on the 26th, a life-sized panel of Takumi Kuriyama, who is expected to achieve a total of 2000 hits, was set up at the Tokorozawa City Hall in Saitama Prefecture, where Seibu is based.
Seibu's Kuriyama is expected to set a record for this season with 74 hits, which is the first player to hit 2000 hits in total.
On the 26th, a life-sized panel of Kuriyama made by the city was set up at the city hall of Tokorozawa City, where the baseball team is located, to coincide with the opening of professional baseball.
The panel shows the total number of hits to date as "1926", and in the future, we will increase the number of hits each time Kuriyama hits.
As soon as the panel was installed, a fan who visited took a picture and said, "I would like to come to see it every day. I hope that it will be achieved soon."
Shota Chiba of the Tokorozawa City Commercial Tourism Division said, "We installed a panel at the request of citizens and fans. I would like to expect Seibu Ichigo and Kuriyama, who is 20 years old, to have a strong batting."