◆ "LUXAS Samurai Japan Series 2026" Softbank Hawks 4-0 Japan (23rd, Hinata Sun Marine Stadium Miyazaki)

Softbank Hawks was a practice game against Samurai Japan, and a training player Haruto Fujiwara took the mound in the fifth position. 1 inning hitter all three pitches fastball in the game hit no Walk of 1 runs. He got Seishiro Sakamoto, who led off, to fly out to center field with three consecutive 155 km/h pitches, and then he broke his own fastest speed by one km to 156 km/h on the first pitch by Reito Nakayama. He gave up Walk to Nakayama, but got the next batter, Yuhei Nakamura, to hit double play a Yu-Goro. I was in the zone. I was able to push it straight, so that gave me confidence," said the third-year right fielder from Iizuka High School.

Chief Coach Kurano pitcher explained about his future development plan, "I still want to bring him up as a starter. breaking ball count I want him to improve his level while pitching long inning in the farm so that he can always be a starter. He was negative about an early assignment to the first team with a short inning season. After the game, manager Hiroki Kokubo said, "I guess both Armenta and Fujiwara made their first appearances with the first team. That must have been a good memory against Samurai Japan.