Tomojun Machida experienced a selection V in Tokoha Kikukawa 2nd year and a runner-up in the 3rd summer championship.
Former Yokohama High School Baseball Club captain, Kenta Ogawa, the representative director of the Japan Future Sports Promotion Association, is playing a central role in the initiative, and the branch manager of Shizuoka Prefecture is the “legendary second baseman.” It is Mr. Tomohiro Machida of the former Tokoha Kikukawa (currently Tokoha Daikikugawa) known as. I agreed with Mr. Ogawa’s activities because his thoughts on baseball and his thoughts on children overlapped.[Atsushi Ma]
Mr. Machida talks about Mr. Ogawa as “a captain of our generation who has a glance.” The two are classmates. Machida won the 2007 selection tournament and also won the second place at Koshien in the summer of 2008. Mr. Machida is a master who has been described as “there is no hope if you hit the second shot.” Mr. Ogawa has been known all over the country since junior high school, and at Yokohama High School, he participated in Koshien and also served as captain.
The two have been friends since high school and have been in contact with each other even after graduation. Mr. Machida knew Mr. Ogawa’s love for baseball, which he had continued in a difficult financial situation. He also knew that he wanted to give back to baseball and to extend the enjoyment of baseball to the next generation of children. Machida himself took off his uniform and spent the same time. That is why when Mr. Ogawa, who started the effort to donate baseball equipment to economically difficult children, asked for cooperation, he answered immediately.
“Every year, the population of baseball is declining. I was raised by baseball, so I was asked to speak to me when I wanted to give back.”
Mr. Machida is the branch manager of Shizuoka Prefecture at the Japan Future Sports Promotion Association, of which Mr. Ogawa is the representative director. They are looking for children in need of baseball equipment in Shizuoka Prefecture and participating in events to increase the baseball population. If you ask “Machida of Tokoha Kikugawa”, there is no high school baseball fan who doesn’t know the name. Taking advantage of his outstanding name, he also cooperates in recruiting baseball team members and conveys the joy of competition in the baseball class. Underlying the activity is baseball and gratitude to those around us. It can be said that the reason why I was able to shine in Tokoha Kikugawa was because of the support of the local people.
“Children also came to practice in high school and supported me. I also participated in Koshien and made me feel really good. This time my generation has become a good uncle. So I have to do it for the children. I’m thinking “I have to do it” instead of “I wish I could do it”. “
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