"First of all, I was happy to be able to play in a first-team game, and I think the good thing about this season was that I was able to show what I'd learned in the farm team with Karakawa."

Lotte's Shota Ueda looked back on this season as follows.

In his fifth year as a pro, he made his first appearance in the first team in two years, appearing starting line-up at "No. 8, catcher" against Seibu on September 23, leading Yuki Karakawa, who had been a battery in the farm, to a 3 hit no runs to closer lead in the seventh inning, Koshiro Hiroike to a 1-0 8th inning, runs to a no , and Rikuto Yokoyama, who entered the draft the same year runs to a no starting line-up mask in the 9th inning, shutout game win.

He also hit a 138-kilogram fastball pitch, the seventh pitch that Takayuki Kishi threw from 2 balls 2 strike in a 0-0 3rd inning against Rakuten on Sept. 30, and it was his first professional hit pitch, falling in front of center fielder the pitcher.

He has played in five games this season. In order to increase his playing opportunities from next season onwards, he said enthusiastically, "First and foremost, I want to do my best defense so that the team can trust me, and I also want to work hard this off-season to improve my batting, which is an issue for me."