◆NAMICS Fresh All-Star Game 2026: Central League Select Team vs. Pacific League Select Team (27th, Hard Off Niigata)

Softbank Hawks Hawks pitcher Taito Murakami, the team's first-round Pacific League League All-Stars starting in the third inning.

He took mound in the third inning with the score 1-0. He runs on infield single to second base with two outs and runners on first and third, but he baffled hitter with his hit, which was clocked at 152 km/h, and his powerful vertical-breaking curveball. "I want to keep this momentum going and be able to pitch in the first team," he said, looking ahead to the second half of the season.

After leaving the game, he was also seen serving as first base coach, a role unique to the All-Star Game.