◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Rakuten vs. Orix Buffaloes (November 11th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)
On the 11th, Rakuten Eagles held a fundraising event at their home stadium for the "2026 Kumamoto Earthquake."
Four players, Hayakawa, Murabayashi, Tai, and Shigenaga, held donation boxes and collected donations. Players' association chairman Hayakawa said with a solemn expression, "We did this with the hope of offering our condolences to the victims and with the wish for a swift recovery."
The fundraising campaign is also scheduled to take place on the 12th and 13th.
![[Video] So cute! Nogizaka baseball Club's ceremonial pitch](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/29/20260329-OHT1I51303-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Orix Buffaloes](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Softbank Hawks] Team captain Ryoya Kurihara and Kumamoto native Riku Watanabe participate in fundraising activities for the 2026 Kumamoto earthquake. Manager Hiroki Kokubo: "We want to help in any way we can."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/11/20260811-OHT1I51110-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Riku Watanabe, who hails from Kumamoto, said, "I felt that there are many people who support us"... Fundraising activities for the "2026 Kumamoto Earthquake"](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/11/20260811-OHT1I51108-L.jpg)
![[Chunichi] Coach Nobuhiko Matsunaka, a native of Kumamoto, and others participate in fundraising activities to support areas affected by the Kumamoto earthquake, along with Hiroto Takahashi and Kento Fujishima.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/11/20260811-OHT1I51183-C.jpg)
![[Farm] Tsuyoshi Ishihara recorded 2 hits and 4 RBIs but the comeback fell short; the retiring Wataru Karashima pitched to one hitter](https://media.insight.pacificleague.com/webp/zx8ukMTcW38N6XqtwermyWsGIWDqDDXiOdJbgBYR.webp)
