◆Pre-season game Softbank Hawks Yakult (5th, Mizuho PayPay)

Naoyuki Uwasawa, who has been decided to open the pitcher with Softbank Hawks, made his first appearance in the open game and went 4 strike out with 1 hit runs in 4 innings. hitter He showed off his impressive pitch by cooking 12 people with 46 pitches. When he closer to perfection until the third inning, he allowed Santana to hit first run with one out in the fourth inning, but Osuna threw a grounder double play closer. It was his first appearance since he threw 2 inning in the Japan-Taiwan exchange game against the CITIC Brothers (Taipei Dome) on February 25th.

On the 27th, the day Uesawa returned to Miyazaki from the Taiwan tour, manager Hiroki Kokubo informed him that he would be entrusted with the important role. He had previously served as the opening day pitcher twice during his time with Nippon-Ham.