Professional baseball and giants have decided to create a new women's baseball team with the aim of expanding the baseball competition population, and on the 8th, announced four new players.

On the 8th, the giant announced that it would create a women's baseball team with the aim of expanding the baseball competition population and increasing the number of female fans.


This is the third professional baseball team to create a women's baseball team, following Seibu and Hanshin.



Rina Kaneman, a catcher of Heisei International University, was selected as pitcher Aitoshi Shimano of Kobe Koryo High School in Hyogo, who won the national high school women's baseball tournament, and Japan's representative for women under the age of 18. There are 4 players including players.

On the 8th, the four players participated in the Giants' Fan Thanksgiving Day held at the Kokugikan in Tokyo and Ryogoku in uniforms, and were covered by the giant Tatsunori Hara.


After that, pitcher Shimano stated his enthusiasm, "I will do my best to contribute to the development of the women's baseball world."



According to the team, players are considering opportunities to participate in the camp in February and practice with giant players, and will be recruiting players for tryouts in the future.


And we are aiming to participate in the amateur league "Venus League" of women's baseball from next year.

Third in the professional baseball team after Seibu Hanshin

This is the third time that a professional baseball team has created a women's baseball team.


In the 12 teams, Seibu founded the women's baseball team "Saitama Seibu Lions Ladies" for the first time in April last year, and Hanshin founded "Hanshin Tigers Women" in February.


Both play in the same uniforms and hats as the NPB team, and are supported by providing practice areas and tools.


This time, the giant has created the third women's baseball team.

Women's professional baseball league with a deficit as an issue

In the women's professional baseball league, where the management deficit is an issue, the number of players was insufficient and no official game was held this season.


The Women's Professional Baseball League, which was established in 2009, had about 70 players belonging to 4 teams and played about 60 league games a year.


However, the deficit continued due to the decrease in the number of spectators, and 36 people, about half of the players, left the team all at once after the end of the season.


After that, the number of people decreased, and we couldn't form a team this season, so we couldn't hold an official match.

This is the first time the final of the national high school women's baseball tournament has been held at Koshien Stadium.

This year, the final of the National High School Women's Baseball Tournament was held at Koshien Stadium for the first time.


The National High School Women's Baseball Tournament has been held every summer in Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture.


Forty teams participated in the 25th event, and the first round to the semi-final was held in the same city of Tamba as usual, and the final was held at Koshien Stadium for the first time.


In the match, Kobe Koryo High School in Hyogo, to which pitcher Aitoshi Shimano, who joins the giant women's baseball team, beat Kochi Chuo High School 4-0 and won the championship for the first time in five years.