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Interview with commentator Tomohiro Ueno

In addition to conveying the situation and information in sports broadcasts, it is a live commentary that draws out the words of the commentators and feels the atmosphere and enthusiasm of the venue. You will often remember the famous sports scenes of the past with the words of the commentary announcer.

Mr. Tomohiro Ueno, who joined the radio station Nippon Cultural Broadcasting in 1991 and has been in the world of live commentary for over 30 years, is in charge of the commentary of sports such as the Olympic Games, including professional baseball such as “Nippon Bunka Broadcasting Lions Nighter”. Since becoming a freelance announcer in 2014, she has been active as a commentator and reporter on various channels, mainly baseball.

Mr. Ueno says that there was a match that he unintentionally watched during work. Mr. Ueno prefaced by saying, “There are parts where my memory is still vague…” and then chose the best 5 of the “Famous/Chin” matches.

Hideo Nomo shakes hands with manager Keiji Suzuki (left) after winning a complete game in July 1994. Photo by Kyodo News
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[5th ​​place]May 7, 1997 NPB Seibu x Daiei 21-0

This is the game where Seibu scored every time at the Fukuoka Dome. The hits that the Seibu batting line piled up are 29. It was interesting to see Mr. Kiyoshi Toyoda, who won the 2-hit shutout victory in the hero interview even though he hit that much (laughs).

Daiei’s first hit was a safety bunt by Koushi Yugamiya in the middle of the game. Even in the commentary room, there was a bit of ambivalence, like, “What if this was a one-hit?”

The match was decided early, so as a commentator, I’m curious about Seibu’s “players who haven’t hit yet”. I remember Yusuke Kawata (next season Yakult’s 1st Army outfield defense coach) and Hiroyuki Takagi (current Lions Academy coach) who did not have a hit among the fielders who participated that day, including pinch hitters.

By the way, in terms of the game with a strange record, Kintetsu vs Seibu on September 3, 1999, which was the longest game in Pacific League history at the time (5 hours 19 minutes), was updated to 5 hours 32 minutes. On August 29th of the following year, Seibu vs Lotte was also live. Both were games after the 12th inning. I was aware that the games I commented on tended to be long, but the announcers often gave birth to jinxes such as, “This is what happens in his game.”