Director Hideki Kuriyama, the Japanese national baseball team, visited the Senbatsu High School Baseball Stadium at Koshien Stadium and watched the high school students fighting hard.
Director Kuriyama is inspecting various places to understand the trends of not only professional baseball players but also amateur baseball players, and on the 24th, he visited the Koshien Stadium where Senbatsu High School Baseball is held.
We watched the first game, which was the last card of the first round, the game between Osaka Toin High School and Naruto High School in Tokushima, and watched the hard play of the high school students.
After watching the game for about two hours, Kuriyama responded to an online interview saying, "The fun and difficulty of baseball is the same for both professionals and high school students. High school baseball is in the middle of Japanese baseball and is important for baseball. I could feel the part. "
Then, for the WBC = World Baseball Classic scheduled for next year, "WBC will be a battle close to a tournament. Most of the tournament games are experienced by high school baseball coaches, so there is much to learn." talked.
When asked about becoming a high school student, he said, "The possibilities are not zero. I think it's a dream story. I have to abandon my preconceptions about being a high school student."