Coach Kuriyama joins Miyazaki before the WBC Japan national team training camp "Aiming for the best in the world"

Before the training camp of the Japan national team for the WBC = World Baseball Classic starts in Miyazaki City from the 17th, Director Hideki Kuriyama will enter Miyazaki and say, "We will train together as a team with the aim of becoming the best in the world. ' said his aspiration.

Separately from the players, Kuriyama arrived at Miyazaki Airport on the afternoon of the 16th and was welcomed by a large number of fans.

A welcome ceremony was held in the lobby, and the airport staff presented them with hand-made bougainvillea leis.

Afterwards, Director Kuriyama addressed the gathered fans, saying, “Players scattered around the world have gathered here in Miyazaki. We will train together as a team with the aim of achieving this goal,” he said.

A woman in her 60s from Kunitomi who had been waiting for Kuriyama's arrival for nearly four hours said, "I'm glad I got to see Kuriyama. I'm going to watch practice tomorrow. I want him to be the best in the world." was

In addition, a man in his 70s from Miyazaki City said, "Director Kuriyama gave me energetic and positive words, so I will support him. It's a pity that Shohei Ohtani won't come to Miyazaki, but I'm looking forward to seeing pitchers such as Darvish. I was talking.

WBC's Japan national team's Miyazaki training camp will be held until the 27th of this month, and a send-off match with Softbank will be held on the 25th and 26th.

Members participating in the training camp also announced Otani and other four major league players will not participate

On the 16th, 26 representative members were announced to participate in the training camp, including major league pitcher Yu Darvish of Padres and pitcher Aki Sasaki of Lotte.

Since they are participating in the major league training camp, four players belonging to the major league team, including Angels Shohei Ohtani, will not join during the training camp.

In addition, until the representative team members of the major leagues join, there will be only two players registered as outfielders in the national team. It was also announced that three people, including Aiya Nishikawa, will participate in the training camp.