◆ Seibu Lions Pacific League: Seibu vs. Softbank Hawks (7th, Belluna Dome)
Softbank Hawks pitcher Kobayashi Juto has been added to the active roster.
The right-hander played for Hiroshima until 2025 and joined the team in May as a developmental player from the Shikoku IL’s Tokushima. On July 27, he earned a spot on the active roster alongside Luis Rodriguez, pitcher, Chun-Wei Chang (Zhang Junwei), and pitcher. In the farm league, he made nine appearances and impressed with a stable pitch ERA of ERA 2.02.
Additionally, pitcher Toshiya Nakamura has been removed from the active roster.
![[Video] What?! A player is doing strength training during the match!!](https://hochi.news/images/2026/04/03/20260403-OHT1I51418-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Seibu Lions vs. Softbank Hawks](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Seibu Lions] Takeya Nakamura, nicknamed "Okawari-kun," joins the first team; he will celebrate his 43rd birthday on the 15th... If he is registered as an active player, it will be his first appearance of the season.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/07/20260807-OHT1I51146-L.jpg)
![[DeNA] Fourth-round draft pick Koshin Katayama, who earned his first professional win last month, and Kosuke Baba, who was just registered as a regular player, have joined the first team.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/07/20260807-OHT1I51258-C.jpg)
![[Chunichi] Takaya Ishikawa hits a priceless two-run doble to take the lead! He changes the game in the 8th inning in a tense pitcher duel.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/06/20260806-OHT1I51492-C.jpg)
![[Farm] Ryukei Takahashi recorded 2 RBI, but starter Tomohisa Ozeki gave up 7 runs as the Young Hawks lose.](https://media.insight.pacificleague.com/webp/PryL0BpP0hsCFITnPO3CL8XWOQhvLDr5RzhWbLSK.webp)
![[Farm] The young Hawks lose after giving up 9 runs; Yoshiyasu Sasakawa records 3 hits and 3 stolen bases](https://media.insight.pacificleague.com/webp/sZR73mPyBUPqhAksb7Xamb4eXFeQ3kJL2Qg0pq58.webp)
