Seibu Lions The second overall pick in the draft, Hakua Iwashiro pitcher (22) of Chūō University, entered the Wakashishi Dormitory in Tokorozawa, Saitama, on April 7, taking with him some of Toyama's famous products, which he stuffed into his stomach to the point where he thought he didn't need them anymore.

The Toyama, Tateyama-cho native, who moved into the dormitory around noon that day, was holding a "masuzushi" in his left hand. When asked how much he ate when he returned home for the New Year holidays, he replied with a greedy look, "I ate. I ate a lot. I can't put it into words in terms of quantity, but I ate so much that I felt like I didn't need any more," and boarded the Shinkansen with the food he had enjoyed so much that he set foot on Saitama soil.

A golden rookie who played as a relief pitcher at Chuo University and is also a candidate for reliever next season, he is steadily moving forward in the new year, saying, "I want to quickly start communicating with my classmates and first of all, blend in with them."