March 28, 6:30 p.m. at Kyocera Dome Osaka for Orix vs. Northeast Rakuten 1st round game.

Last season's record: Orix vs. Tohoku Rakuten 15-10

The first game will be held on March 28th at 6:30pm at .
Orix: Hiroya Miyagi pitcher 20 games, 7-9, ERA 1.91
Northeast Rakuten: Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher 25 games, 11-6, ERA 2.54

Orix Hiroya Miyagi pitcher is the second year in a row that pitcher has opened the season. In last year's season opener, he was 6.1 innings 3 runs and suffered a black star. number The 2025 season, which has been changed to "18," should be well-prepared, with 13 strike out from Chunichi the hitting lineup in the opening game on March 12. The team's ace will be the team's first opening game in two years win, and will be the first team to be decorated by Mamoru Kishida.

Tohoku Rakuten ・ Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher will also open the season pitcher for the second year in a row. In the four openers, he has 17 innings pitched, 11 hit, 9 strike out, 3 runs, and 1.59 ERA, and is also in perfect condition.

The rookies who made the opening day lineup are Orix the first-round draft pick and the fourth-round draft pick, and the first-round draft pick and the fourth-round draft pick, respectively. Yusuke Mugitani and the 4th overall draft pick. Ryoma Yamanaka The rookies who made it to the opening day lineup were the first- and fourth-round draft picks. Northeast Rakuten is the first-round draft pick and the fourth-round draft pick. Rui Muneyama and a 4th-round draft pick. Masahiro Ehara pitcher The first and the fourth overall picks in the draft are from the Tohoku region. They won the opening day of the season by making a good appeal during the camp and the open season. We look forward to seeing them play with the energy and vigor of rookies.

Text by Ayako Kikuchi

・ Pacific League standings /individual results