Atsunori Inaba, the Japan National Baseball Team coach for the Tokyo Olympics, visited Senichi Hoshino's memorial monument in Aichi Prefecture and vowed to win a gold medal to his teacher who was the coach at the 2008 Beijing tournament.
At the 2008 Beijing tournament, where baseball was played at the last Olympic Games, Mr. Hoshino led the Japanese national team, and coach Inaba, who was playing at Nippon-Ham at that time, also participated as a player, but missed the medal in 4th place.
Before the Tokyo Olympics, Director Inaba visited Zuienji Temple in Ama City, Aichi Prefecture on the 10th, and a part of the remains of Mr. Hoshino, who died three years ago, was put in and engraved with "dream" in his own character. I vowed to win a gold medal by joining hands in front of the memorial monument.
Director Inaba said, "I'm going to take the gold medal for the Tokyo Olympics. Please keep an eye on me." Director Hoshino said, "Do your best as you like." talked.
He said, "I have always had the regret of the Beijing tournament and the apology that I couldn't make Coach Hoshino a man. Coach Hoshino had a very strong feeling that Japanese baseball had to be strong. I want to always have a fight with me. "