On November 22nd, the "Rakuten Eagles Fan Appreciation Festival 2025 Supported by Aoyama Clothing - EAGLES MEETS YOU!" was held at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi. Players and fans interacted in the stadium in the morning, and in the afternoon, players gathered on the field for various events.
First up was Daichi Suzuki Daichi, Hiroto Kobukata, Yukiya Ito, Itsuki Murabayashi Kazuki, and Daisuke Nakashima, all dressed in suits for the "Everyone's Suit Contest Supported by Aoyama Clothing." They ranged from smart styles with ties to more casual styles. After the unveiling, fans voted, and in the end, Suzuki Dai was crowned the winner, closer Murabayashi in third place and Nakajima in second, and commenting, "Tohoku is the best!"
After the players, dressed in suits, left the field, the Morinaga & Co. in Jelly presents the Stand-in home run Competition began. On the day, the wind was blowing and the conditions were tough for the batters, so first Kengo Horiuchi The players tried but ended up with zero hits. Kosei Shoji pitcher tried without using the handicap, but only managed one hit.
I saw it Uchi Seiryu pitcher taunted him, saying, "Are you just having fun?" When asked how confident he was, he declared, "Yes, I am," and hit two home run despite being handicapped by a metal bat. Ryosuke Tatsumi The player hit the ball into the stands right from the first pitch, but after that he didn't perform well and only managed one more hit...
In "Strange Red and White Battle Supported by Sendai Terminal Building Co., Ltd.", they were divided into odd and even groups and faced each other in different rule positions than usual. Note that inning starts with bases loaded. Before entering the at-bat, draw lots and execute the written theme. From the at-bat of the first Naoto Nishiguchi pitcher, the ball became a tennis ball and the bat became a tarai, and the "strange red and white match" began.
In the bottom of the first inning, No. 1 Hideto Asamura player hit a timely hit with a frying pan, and the odd army took the lead. However, in the top of the second inning with a score of 0-4, Fumiya Kurokawa player's running grand slam tied the score. In the bottom of the second inning, both ambassadors of "pinch hitter Takero Okajima" and "pinch hitter Ginji" also at-bat. walk-off What was the result of the at-bat that took ...... Unfortunately, we didn't score. It ended in a draw.
The popular annual "Rookie Performance" featured a video appearance by Po Hsiang Yang as the "Idol Producer." As "ROOKIE STREET," players Rui Muneyama, Kazuto Tokuyama pitcher and Yuya Kishimoto performed CUTIE STREET's "Kawaii Dake Dame Desu ka?" (Is It Okay to Just Be Cute?). Munetayama said, "I didn't realize the dance would be this hard," but he got the stadium excited with his cute dance moves.
The event concluded with a speech by player representative Kazuki Tanaka, who walked around the field to express his gratitude to the fans in the stands.
