Softbank Hawks 's S-group infielder Hotaka Yamakawa, who is in charge of training, joined the Miyazaki camp on the 14th. During the lunch batting practice, he hit a series of spectacular balls over the fence. Yanagi, who also participated in the lunch batting practice, commented, "Agu (Yamakawa) and others looked really good moving. They looked light." He is in impressive shape.

Even after the evening when the whole team practice ended, he continued to work up a sweat indoors by hitting the machine. Last year, when the S-group system was introduced for the first time in the team's training camp, he practiced for about 10 hours from February 1st, with the theme being "just do things slowly." Manager Kokubo commented, "I think he's the type who likes to do things slowly for a long time. Everyone has their own way of adjusting."