Orix Buffaloes (Miyagi) -Rakuten Eagles (Shoji)

Kyocera Dome 18:30

Rakuten Eagles 's opening day pitcher is Shoji, who had 4 wins last year. The last time a team's opening pitcher had fewer than 5 wins the previous year was... (including rookies)

Yasuhiro Ichiba (2 wins) in 2006 =●

2007 Hisashi Iwakuma (1 win) = ●

13th year Takahiro Norimoto (newcomer) =●

All three of them were losing pitcher.

The win-loss record for a first-time opening pitcher in the team's history is ○●●●－－○●, with only Iwakuma in 2005 and Wakui in 2021 having achieved win on their first opening day start?

Meanwhile, Orix Buffaloes 's Miyagi will be their opening day pitcher for the third consecutive year. He win, so he is also looking to secure his first win.