Professional baseball player Yakult announced that relief pitcher Ryuta Konno, who contributed to the league victory last season, was infected with the new coronavirus.
According to Yakult, pitcher Konno got a positive result when he underwent a PCR test conducted by the team on the 21st.
He has no symptoms and is isolated from the team.
Pitcher Konno was assigned a corner of the winning pattern last season and pitched in 64 games, marking 7 wins, 1 loss and 28 holds.
The right arm, who contributed to the team's league victory and the best in Japan, will leave just before the start of this month 25th.