Softbank Hawks 's fifth-round draft pick, infielder Takayoshi Takahashi (JR East Japan), has started his preparations for the opening day first team. On the 7th, the team began joint voluntary training for rookies. With the exception of outfielder Emil Serrano Plensa, who has joined the rehabilitation team, 11 players worked out with the regular menu.

As it was the first day of practice, they started with a light menu. fielder focused on fielding drills and running. Takahashi, who is the same age as outfielder Takahiro Suzuki (CLUB REBASE), the 5th pick in the developmental draft, is the only one from the corporate league among his同期 (same age), and he said with a satisfied expression, "It was the first time in a while that we practiced as a whole team, so I was more tired than usual, and I do feel the fatigue."

third baseman After graduating from Chūōgaku University, he played for JR East, and in the 2025 season, he won the best nine in baseball the year he entered the professional ranks as a right-handed long-range gunner. The 24-year-old, who has worked his way through college and the working world, said, "I'm really glad that I went to the working world. If I had joined the pros from high school, I would have been defeated by the environment, but I don't think I would have been able to integrate well into baseball. I think I would not have been able to blend in well with baseball. Thanks to my experience as a university student and a working adult, I was able to easily adapt to today, and I am happy about that. Since I came here from the working world, I hope you can see how I behave toward baseball. He will face baseball with the sense of distance he has found for himself, and will continue on to the A team in the Miyazaki camp, and beyond that, to the first team for the opening day of the season.