After winning the Asian Baseball Championship and returning home, Motoyama Mukaiyama, Jin Nakamura, and Soichiro Kayo attend a press conference after returning to Japan on the 11th at Haneda Airport.
On the 11th, the Japanese representative from Japan, who won the Asia Baseball Championship (Taiwan) for the first time in two tournaments, returned to Haneda Airport and held a press conference, where outfielder Hajime Mukaiyama was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP). Naoki (NTT East) expressed his joy, saying, “I’m happy. I want to connect this to the 2026 Aichi/Nagoya Asian Games.”
In the final on the 10th, they defeated Taiwan, which also had professional players, 1-0. Mukaiyama’s timely hit allowed him to save one point with a follow-up pitch. Soichiro Kayo (Toyota Motors), who finished the ninth inning, said, “Even though I made a mistake, I was able to make up for it.At the Asian Games (Hangzhou this fall), I was disappointed with my bronze medal, so I was able to take revenge.” .
2023-12-11 13:07:27
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