Seibu Lions' second-round draft pick, pitcher Hakua Iwaki (22) from Chuo University, threw 32 pitches in bullpen on the 24th for the first time with catcher sitting behind him.

On the second day of the fourth round of rookie joint voluntary training, everyone did sprint training before entering bullpen. It has been decided that he will start in the first-string Miyazaki/Nango group for the spring training camp that begins on February 1st. catcher Yuto Koga (26), a senior at Chuo University who is four years older than Iwaki, will also start in the same group, and Iwaki is already excited to meet him, saying, "If I see him, I'll go and say hello right away!"

There is a possibility that a "medium-sized battery" will be realized as early as the first day of bullpen. "short stop bounce I can't do it, I'll apologize right away," and I wonder if I'm going to throw wildly because I'm nervous... While laughing anxiously, he said, "I hope you can accept my pitch while having a good sense of tension."