On the 8th, Softbank Hawks held a press conference in Fukuoka City to announce the new players. Manager Hiroki Kokubo was also in attendance and immediately gave his first order. Looking around at the players on stage, he said, "I have a question. Those of you who are already keeping a baseball notebook, please raise your hand." He then continued, "Make sure you keep a baseball notebook. It's essential for growth. You can't turn what you've been taught into your own sense by memorizing it alone. First, make a baseball notebook. Make your own notebook as a starting point."
He also revealed that at the welcome party the day before, he had told them not to use the phrase "contribute to the team's win," and said, "None of them used it. I think they understood that they can't contribute to the team's win unless they build their own castle and get into a situation where they can play in the game first." He instructed, "Once you become a regular player, it will naturally come out of your mouth, so I would like you to stop using that phrase until then."
Furthermore, when each player was asked which senior player they would like to talk to, pitcher Ryusei Oya (Chukyo University), who was third in the development draft, answered that it pitcher Kazuki Sugiyama who had the most saves this season. The manager laughed and said, "I've been managing pitcher Sugiyama for about five years, but I never thought that five years from now he would become a player that new players would want to talk to," and expressed his hope that "people grow. There is a possibility that the players here will also become players that new players would want to talk to in five years."
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