Orix Buffaloes manager Mamoru Kishida showed hesitation regarding the lottery drawing role for the draft meeting to be held on the 22nd. Since 2024, his first year in office, the team's first-round picks overlapped with Lotte of the same league, resulting in two consecutive losses for Aoyama Gakuin University's Nishikawa and Ken-dai Takasaki's Ishigaki. Last year, Manager Saburo drew the winning ticket first, and Kishida said with a wry smile, 'I wonder. I've missed twice now... Won't they say, "Stop it already. We're not leaving it to you anymore"?'

That said, he maintains a style of accepting major roles whenever competition arises. As for superstitions or secret strategies, he intends to trust his intuition, stating, 'I don't do them. I have nothing.'