Aim Koshien, today is Okinawa Shogaku, the champion of last summer. Among the 27 third-year students in the last summer, there were twins who pursued their dreams together at Oki Shogaku, where his father and grandfather had achieved great achievements.
The second seed of summer, Okinawa Shogaku. I am aiming to participate in Koshien for the second consecutive year. In the spring prefectural tournament, Taiyo Yoshiyama defends the mound as an ace among the teams that boast a solid defense with only one goal in five games up to the semifinals. He threw about 25 times and got no runs. He says he achieved a no-hitter no-run in the semi-finals and created a sense of responsibility to lead the team more.
Taiyo Yoshiyama “I’ve become more confident since I made a no-hit no-run, and I wondered if I could contribute to the team unless I pitched like an ace.”
With Yoshiyama’s good throw, Takashi Oki won the runner-up in the spring, approaching “one more” until the victory. However, this summer, only one school that won the Okinawa tournament can participate in Koshien. Director Kimiya Higa says that the challenge for the current team is “rebound from inferiority” in order to grasp that “one more”.
Director Kimiya Higa “I think it’s ideal not to be inferior, but if that happens, I think that there will be one or two scenes that do not collapse and bounce back in 5 games and 6 games, so I will grow in that kind of place. I want you to connect to
The director’s harsh voice flies in order to face adversity this summer. Twenty-seven third graders who are trying to challenge the culmination of summer with their friends who have worked hard for two and a half years. Among them, two people who have been devoting themselves to baseball together for about 10 years.
“I’m Kenji.” “I’m Koji.” Makishi Kenji and Koji brothers. They are twins that look and voice exactly like each other.
Captain Maemori Kakurai “It feels like we’re always together, and if one person comes into the story, we’ll definitely come into the story again. It ’s not like it ’s going up, it ’s quite a mood maker. ”
The two fathers are Keiji Makishi, who was active as a representative of Japan in judo and indiscriminate class. Together with his grandfather, Tadao, who was his director when he was enrolled in the Okinawa Shogaku High School Judo Club, he became the best individual in Japan and the best in the world as a representative of Japan as a group.
The Makishi brothers were born into such a judo family. Born in Saitama, both of them have been working on judo since the second grade of elementary school …
Kenji Makishi “I was invited by a friend two years older to play baseball, and when I went to the experience, it was fun and I felt like I was going to play baseball together. I also enjoyed playing baseball.”
When I started playing baseball together from the 4th grade of elementary school, I became a captive. As a result, the competitions they tackled were different, but high school still aspired to Okinawa Shogaku, where his father and grandfather built a golden age in the judo club.
Koji Makishi “There are also fathers and grandpas, but when I got to know Okinawa Shogaku, I saw Mizutani’s Koshien and I wanted to play there, so I did it there.”
Koji Makishi “My dad allowed me to be free, so he respected their opinions.”
Two people who entered the powerful Okinawa Shogaku after seeing their father, grandfather, and seniors who were active in Koshien. I have been working hard for three years as the best practice partner even when I can’t practice as I expected due to Korona-ka.
Kenji Makishi and Koji “There is a limit to what other people can do because they are one person, but if you do something that only two people can do, such as catch ball or pepper, or if you do something like swinging, you can do more like this. It’s better, isn’t it? ” I don’t talk about that because the position is different on the ground, but when I go home and see the swing, I try to say what I noticed when I saw “I’m down my shoulder” or “I’m taking a detour around the bat”.
And while improving each other’s abilities, with my father’s advice in mind, I am trying to help the team as a mood maker.
Kenji Makishi “(From my father) I don’t think that if you take everything positively, you won’t turn into a bad person, so I remember that you should be positive and cheerful.”
Okinawa Shogaku where twin brothers liven up the team. Summer is coming to Koshien for the second year in a row, where all the abilities that have been refined for three years will be put out.
Captain Maemori Kakura “I want to be able to challenge the summer after preparing for what we do, rather than adjusting to the other party.”
Taiyo Yoshiyama “The goal is to win the qualifying and participate in Koshien to win.”
Koji Makishi “I have the regret that I pulled my leg in the spring, so I want to be a batter who can pull and lead the team to victory in the summer. With the feeling that I will pull.”
Kenji Makishi “I think it’s a bright person in the team, so I think everyone gets nervous when they enter the tournament, but as a fielder, I’m more and more supportive and rhythmic as a fielder, but the rhythm from batting. I want to be able to create a good team. “
Meeting “I will definitely win! Oh !!”
