Lotte outfielder Katsuya Kakunaka attended contract negotiations at ZOZO Marine Stadium on the 12th and signed a contract for an estimated annual salary of 60 million yen, a decrease of 6 million yen.

In his 19th season, he played in 27 games, batting .167 with one Home Run and five RBI. He looked satisfied, saying, "Of course the amount would go down. It didn't go down as much as I thought it would." His highest annual salary was 141 million yen in 2017, and has been on a downward trend since then, at 66 million yen in both 2024 and 2025. "My salary has been going down, and it's getting tough to pay taxes, so I'm thinking of selling my house. If anyone is interested, I'll sell it for around 1 billion yen. I'm open to negotiations to lower the price from 1 billion yen. It's about 110 square meters and in a really nice location in the city center," he said, making an unusual appeal to sell his home at a press conference after renewing his contract.