On October 30th, Fukuoka Softbank, who win in the fifth round of the "SMBC Japan Series 2025" held in Koshien, won the Japan for the 12th time in five years. At the championship press conference held after the game, coach Yuki Kokubo, Ukyo Shuto players, and Hotaka Yamakawa players took the stage. Below is a question and answer from director Yuki Kokubo.

--First of all, the first time in Japan in five years. Congratulations. How did you feel about becoming the first Japan No. 1 as a coach?
After all, I think I felt double the joy because of what happened last year, and I had a sense of loss from losing here last year for a year. When I participated in the Japan Series, I was really happy because I thought I would climb to the top this year.

--"Three mountains". The view you have
I think that I will gradually feel that kind of thing in the press and when I return to Fukuoka and meet the fans in person.

ーーWhat kind of advice did you say to the players before today's 5th game?
I haven't put it on. Especially.

--There was also a player appointment that was a short-term decisive battle. The aim of using Kohei Arihara pitcher on the 4th as a starter was
We didn't talk about it before the game. When I decided to go in 4 days, I told them on ground, and if I win 4 more Japan I will enter the off-season. We were doing an all-out war with the idea that everyone would baseball. Today, I decided on Arihara in 4 days, and if I went to the 7th round, I went to Moinero in 4 days.

ーー About today's content of the pitcher camp
After all, even in the battles after May and June, the fact that we have won almost all the games we have won since the 6th inning led to the championship, and I think we were able to win the climax and the Japan Series. I think it was a symbolic pitcher of the way The Hawks played in 2025.

--In the behind-the-scenes development, Yuki Yanagita players tied the score home run in the 8th inning and Isami Nomura players won the game in the 11th inning home run. How did you see it?
Today's home run was the same, and Yamakawa, who won the MVP, had the impression that there were a lot of effective home run in this Japan series. Ishii (Daichi) I saw pitcher for the first time since April 4th that he had a runs, but it was a pitcher that was difficult to score, but Yanagida often scored two runs. Before that, Minei got on base three times in three at-bats, and Minei's performance cannot be overlooked.

--In the second game, the batting line exploded, but the other four games were by one run. The scene that divided the fate
It doesn't come out (laughs). I was going to take the championship today and decide, but I also thought it wouldn't be that easy. It's hard to name one scene...... I was surprised by today's home run of bravery.

--Four consecutive losses in last year's Japan Series. How that experience was lived in this series
I entered the place where I wanted to think of it as something completely different from the regular season. Originally, I thought it would be better to use Ozeki (Tomohisa) and pitcher, who has won the title of the highest winning percentage with 13 wins, but I decided to use a player who is in good condition now, so I let Otsu throw first. I felt sorry for the players in that respect, but I used them because I thought the Japan Series and the pennant were different.

ーー Softbank Hawks The year of the 20th anniversary. Looking back at the entire season
I think there were a lot of things (laughs). At the very end, Kondo (Kensuke) finally made it in time for the Japan series, and when he thought, 'Let's all be together,' Akira Nakamura said that his back ...... hurt. In the end, I think this year was like that, but even without such a lineup, the replacement players who had grown strongly did it. I think it was a year that was too much in many ways.

ーーWhat kind of words do you want to say to the players?
I think, "Please take a good rest."

--Finally, a word to the fans
In the offseason less than two months after last year's Japan Series ended, wherever I went, I received words such as 'it was a pity', 'I was frustrated', and 'next year'. This year, I entered the Japan Series with that feeling firmly in my heart, so I am very happy to be able to report to the fans that I have become the best in Japan.