In 2025, Fukuoka Softbank will win Pacific League League for the second consecutive year and also the Persol CS Pacific. With the team poised to compete in the Japan Series, the Professional baseball Draft Conference supported by Lipovitan D will be held on Thursday, October 23rd.

How did the players selected in last year's draft achieve this season, their first year as professionals? We've picked three Fukuoka Softbank rookies, including second-round draft pick Yudai Shoji. We'll look back at their performance this season.

Yudai Shoji records his first professional hit RBI, while Toya Kawaguchi becomes the first Pacific League development rookie to be promoted to the team.

Shoko, the second overall pick in the draft out of Kanagawa University, was the only rookie to make the A team in camp. He appeared in 9 games in the open tournament, batting .364 with 3 stolen base runs batted in, but did not make the opening day lineup.

On May 1, he was promoted to the pro ranks for the first time, and on May 5, he made his first professional appearance as a substitute in a game against Saitama Seibu. He made 10 appearances in May, 3 At Bat and no appearances hit. He was promoted again in July. second baseman On July 10, he made his first professional appearance starting line-up as the No. 9 hit in a game against Orix the long-awaited first professional appearance . He also hit hit in the "Rexxam Fresh All-Star Game 2025.

On September 28, he hit a doble off of Seibu Chihiro Sumida pitcher left-center field for his first professional RBI hit. He finished the season with a .235 batting average (17 At Bat 4 hit), 2 RBI and 1 stolen base in 26 games without ever being demoted to the second tier after August.

In his first appearance in the "2025 PERSOL Climax Series Pa," he started in the first game of the final stage. extra inning He was used as a substitute in the 10th inning, and Hotaka Yamakawa stepped on home walk-off for a timely hit by a player.

The 6th overall pick in the draft Shunsuke Iwasaki pitcher pitched his first professional game in the 5th position on May 25 against Orix. He took 2 struck out including his first strike out, but gave up 4 hit and 3 runs. In 24 games in the farm, he went 3-5 with 2 saves and a ERA record of 4.52. We expect him to step up in the future with his experience with the first team.

　Toya Kawaguchi pitcher The first team drafted him by the Tokushima Indigo Sox in the 6th round of the draft, and he went to Fukuoka Softbank Western League 16 games, ERA 0.98. He appealed to the public and was registered as a manager on June 20. He made his debut for the first team in the "Nippon Seimei Central-Pa Interchange Game 2025" Hanshin Tigers on the following day (June 21) and made his first NPB strike out appearance against Seishiro Sakamoto with fork. He made 1 inning unearned runs relief appearance, including 2 consecutive struck out. runs He pitched in five games for the Ichigun, all of which were closer without a loss.

He was removed from the roster on July 18, but he pitched 32 games in the farm, 35.1 inning and finished his first NPB season with an impressive 38 strike out, better than innings pitched. ERA 0.76.