Orix Buffaloes The first time I saw him, I thought he was going to be a great player. Ho Naito infielder (21) invoked the "Naito Cannon" in a practice game against Samty on August 18. 2-2 in the fifth inning, with one out and runners at first and third, he full count swung at a straight left-handed pitch and drove it over the left field wall for the final three runs of the game. I was thinking of hitting a outfield fly, and it came up at a good angle. In the third inning, he hit an RBI single to left field. 6 At Bat 4 hit 4 RBI runs were scored, including three long balls.

After spending most of the season in rehabilitation the past two years, last season he batted .470 in the Western League, the most on the team, but failed to achieve his goal of a promotion to the first team with a .272 batting average, .3 Home Run and .42 RBI. He said, "You have to be able to do everything defense, hitting, and base running." At the Miyazaki camp, he worked under Coach Kojima infield defense base running day after day. With Tonomiya, another first baseman player, out with a posterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee, he is eager to "show that I can do it," Naito said.

His dream is to be a No. 4 hitter like Lee Dae-ho, an alumnus of the baseball team who has hit 486 Home Run in Japan, the United States, and Korea. Manager Kishida said, "He's a good player, Lee Dae-Ho. Please become one!" Kishida hoped to see him blossom in his fourth year with the team. I want to focus on results. I want to be an active member of the first team. He hopes to make his first professional arch when he gets a chance to pitch. He will be named the second "Dejo-san" of Ori. (Shunta Nanbu)