At the draft meeting held on the 11th, professional baseball Softbank announced that it would nominate Kazama ball pitcher of Akita Akisakura High School, who has the fastest straight of 157km, in 1st place.
On the 9th, Softbank announced that Sadaharu Oh, the chairman of the baseball team, will nominate pitcher Kazama of Akita Akisakura High School in first place, according to media coverage online.
Kazama has a fastball of 157km straight, and in the summer Koshien, he took 10 strikeouts in the first round and led the team to victory.
"I heard that he is a fastball pitcher with very good qualities and the cut ball is also wonderful. I thought that he might become an ace in the future, so I decided to nominate him in 1st place. I said.
On top of that, he said, "I haven't fully grown up yet, so I'd like to take some time to start by building a solid foundation."
For the draft meeting to be held on the 11th, Seibu announced on the 8th the player who was nominated for the first place in the 12 teams for the first time.