It is expected that Kodai Senga, a pitcher of Softbank, who is aiming to return to the 1st army from an injury on his left foot, will be additionally convened for the Japan National Baseball Team at the Tokyo Olympics.
The members who have been nominated for the Japan national team for baseball at the Tokyo Olympics were announced on June 16, but giant Kota Nakagawa declined the national team due to a fracture of the left rib.
For this reason, as a result of the selection of alternative pitchers by Japan national team coach Atsunori Inaba and the national team coaches, it was found in interviews with the people concerned that the policy was decided to convene pitcher Chiga of Softbank.
Pitcher Senga was late due to a calf injury on both legs before the camp in February, and was unable to make it in time for the opening.
After that, he returned to the actual battle in the match of the 3rd army on June 17, and when he pitched in the match of the 3rd army on the 29th, coach Yoshinori Tateyama of the Japanese national team visited the inspection and said, "I was throwing a powerful ball." I was reporting to the director.
28-year-old pitcher Senga won three major titles in the pitcher category last season: the most wins, the best ERA, and the most strikeouts.
As a representative of Japan, he participated in the 2017 WBC = World Baseball Classic, and was the only one from Japan to be selected as an excellent player by position.