◆Nippon Life Central-Pacific Interleague Series 2026 Nippon-Ham―Chunichi (14th · ES CON FIELD)

At B1 Levanga Hokkaido, SG Keisei Tominaga (25), the Japanese men's national basketball team, appeared at the first baseman pitch ceremony before the game against Chunichi. Wearing the same number '30' Nippon-Ham uniform as basketball, he brilliantly bounce pitch. "I think I could have thrown to a good spot, but one regret is that I wish I had thrown a bit faster." pitch 10 minutes before the event, they did a brief practice using baseball balls, saying, "I was doing this before the actual practice, but when I actually stood at the mound, the atmosphere was a bit different. As a professional sports team from Hokkaido, I hope we can work even harder and keep the team excited." As a professional sports team in Hokkaido, they pledged to cooperate with Nippon-Ham.

In the 2025-26 season, his first year in the B.League, Tominaga played in all 60 games as a starter in the five-man starting lineup, leading Levanga to a top-of-the-table clash until the end of the season. He averaged a league-leading 19.5 points per game among Japanese players and was selected as the Most Impressive Player (MIP) of the regular season.