NPB AWARDS 2025 supported by Lipovitan D (26th, Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa)
Nippon-Ham pitcher Hiromi Ito was awarded the Sawamura Award, Most Wins, and Most strike out. "I think 15 wins is a wall I have to overcome, and I would like to win the award again once I've overcome that," he said, expressing his desire to achieve his first 15 wins, something he missed with 14 wins this season.
He is the second player from the team to receive the Sawamura Award, the first in 18 years since Darvish in 2007. He is also the first player from Hokkaido to receive it. Next season, he will aim to win the award for the second consecutive year, something that even Darvish failed to achieve. "Of course I have the desire to do so, and when I think about the numbers needed to win a championship as starter, I think the standard (for the Sawamura Award) is a must, so I would like to lead the team with both numbers and enthusiasm. It would be best to aim for the regulations before they were changed." Starting next season, the selection criteria for the Sawamura Award will be relaxed from 200 inning to 180 inning, and from 10 complete game to 8 complete game, but he is aiming for higher goals and has his sights set on next season.
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