◆Pre-season Rakuten Eagles and Nippon-Ham (12th, Shizuoka)
For Rakuten Eagles, catcher Hikaru Ito, who joined the team from DeNA after exercising his overseas free agent (FA) rights, will be wearing starting line-up mask for the first time in an exhibition game. pitcher Naoto Nishiguchi will start. Rakuten Eagles 's starting line-up is as follows.
1 (2) Kofukuda
2 (Left) Gonzalez
3 (3) Kurokawa
4 (Right) McCusker
5 (1) Suzuki
6 (center) Nakajima
7 (finger) Asamura
8 (Play) Sozan
9 (catcher) Hikaru Ito
pitcher Nishiguchi
![[Photo] Famous jockey throws first pitch with a desperate look on his face!](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Photo] Rakuten Eagles 's Kenta Maeda becomes police chief for a day! Does he look good in the uniform?](https://hochi.news/images/2026/01/25/20260125-OHT1I51427-L.jpg)
![[Photo] Lin Xiang's professionalism is amazing! The uniform is a kid's size.](https://hochi.news/images/2023/02/12/20230212-OHT1I51417-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Manager Hajime Miki praised first-round draft pick Satoshi Fujiwara for shutting out the opposition for five innings, saying, "Even when runner got on base, closer them down well." Naoto Nishiguchi is scheduled to start on the 12th.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/11/20260311-OHT1I51256-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] First-round draft pick Satoshi Fujiwara pitched well, allowing only two hit no runs in five innings. "I wish I could pitch better and leave a bad impression."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/11/20260311-OHT1I51146-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Both teams hold a moment of silence before the start of the exhibition game against Nippon-Ham 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/11/20260311-OHT1I51090-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] The starting starting line-up for the exhibition game against Nippon-Ham is the first draft pick, right-handed pitcher Satoshi Fujiwara](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/11/20260311-OHT1I51072-L.jpg)
![[Nippon-Ham] Yuki Nomura was in the starting starting line-up in right field, but only played one game last season, and tried second base during training camp.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/12/20260312-OHT1I51117-L.jpg)
![[Nippon-Ham] The Giants' Togo hits, Taiwanese national team catcher Lyle Lin acquires "I want to contribute to becoming the best team in Japan" -number "38"](/asset/img/news/no_fighters.png)
![[Nippon-Ham] Manager Shinjo: "Kacchan is scary when he has multiple runner on base." To the new foreign player who has hit four home runs in five games, "He has to follow the signs..."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/11/20260311-OHT1I51263-L.jpg)
![[Nippon-Ham] Manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo comments on Kotaro Kiyomiya return to action in the second team: "I'll take my time and watch the next 7-8 games."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/11/20260311-OHT1I51193-L.jpg)
