Lotte's Ryusei Ogawa infielder released a voluntary training session at ZOZO on August 8, catch working up a sweat with balls and knocks, followed by machine hitting and bunt practice. Ogawa, who mainly plays second base, started 16 games at second base and 41 games at second base last season. This season, however, he has many rivals, including Yudai Fujioka infielder who will try out for the second time, but he said, "I want to play wherever I can. I'm ready to play any position if I get the chance. In particular, I think I'll be playing second base, so I'll practice hard with second baseman and short stop and be ready to play either position," he said with determination.

He said he went on a trip to Osaka with friends at the start of the year, spending the time relaxing, "Just hanging out in the city, going into shops, eating, drinking and chatting." He also went to a shrine with his family for the first time of the year, and humbly commented on the result of his fortune-telling slip, "It was a medium luck. If I drew a great luck, I'd use up too much of my luck, so I thought a medium luck would be good." The words written in the work section were, "Your environment will change depending on your actions." In 2026, he will continue to use his utility skills as a weapon and eagerly seek more playing time than his personal best of 119 games in 2024.