The "Pacific League Fans Meetup 2026" is now available on the official Pacific League TV YouTube channel. From Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, players Rui Muneyama, Fumiya Kurokawa, and Daisuke Nakashima are featured in a lively discussion.

Kurokawa's favorite player is "that" player who boasts about his power.

The video immediately reveals the close bond between the team members, starting with a dice-roll talk at the beginning, which shows Muneyama's laid-back personality. In a segment titled "The Eagles Player Encyclopedia," where teammates are introduced according to a theme, Kurokawa bluntly says, "I would like to support YG the most," as the player who would make you want to cheer him on.

"YG-kun" refers to player YG Yasuda, as The Eagles fan would know. His registered name changed from "Yuma Yasuda" to "YG Yasuda" this season, and when asked about this, Kurokawa said, "What does YG mean? We don't know either. There are various theories, but we don't know the real reason," and everyone got excited wondering about the origin of the mysterious "YG."

In addition to Kengo Horiuchi and YG Yasuda, Yukiya Ito and Yuya Ogo were also named as "players who liven things up." Nakajima, who trained with "Ogoyuki" (Ogo and Ito), revealed, "The stories they told were so funny... I mean, really?!"

In "Praise Talk!", a segment where players from other Pacific League League teams are discussed, Muneyama speaks about the greatness of younger players. First, he praises Saitama Seibu's Seibu Lions Natsuo Takizawa, saying, "Natsuo. defense is truly amazing. After watching him for the whole year last year, I thought he was No. 1." He also mentions Chiba Lotte Marines 's Terachi Ryusei Terachi as "one of the players whose batting I thought was amazing."

Finally, they drew a portrait of pitcher Kenta Maeda who became their teammate this season. "I hope Maeken doesn't see this..." they lamented, but how did the finished artwork turn out? You won't want to miss the interaction between the three of them, who are always smiling.


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