Six professional baseball openers were played.
Rakuten vs Orix was won by Rakuten 3-1.
Rakuten was stable with third-year pitcher Hayakawa allowing three hits and no foreballs in five innings, giving up one run.
Orix pitcher Ono limited the team to one run in the fourth inning, but left control issues with four foreballs.
Yakult vs Lotte won 4-3.
For Lotte, Yasuda hit a three-run shot to show off his long-hitting ability.
Yakult pitcher Ozawa, who is aiming to earn a spot in the starting rotation, threw four innings, gave up three hits and three foreballs, and gave up three runs.
SoftBank vs. Giants was won 2-1 by the Giants.
The Giants allowed three hits and one run in tenacious pitching by potential starting pitcher Mendes.
SoftBank's 4-year veteran pitcher Wada threw a fastball, allowing one run in four innings with seven strikeouts to advance into the Opening Day rotation.
Kurihara, who was in good form, hit his third home run of the opener.
DeNA vs. Hanshin was won by Hanshin 2-0.
Hanshin pitcher Otake, who was drafted in the active draft, started and threw four innings, allowing one hit and no runs, to advance to the starting rotation.
DeNA pitched five scoreless innings as the pitcher returned from right elbow surgery and allowed five hits.
▽ Japan Ham vs Seibu Japan Ham won the bye 2-1.
Both starting pitchers threw five innings, allowing one hit and no runs.
Takayuki Kato, the opening pitcher of Japan Ham, threw at a good tempo and did not give up a foreball.
Seibu pitcher Imai had a powerful fastball.
▽ Chunichi and Hiroshima were won by Chunichi 8-7.
In Chunichi, Okabayashi had three hits.
Rookie Fukunaga hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to show off his strength.
Hiroshima's opening pitcher, Ryo Osera, had a chance to lose control, and he threw until the middle of the sixth inning, giving up four runs.