[The strongest]Three reasons why monster pitchers were born from Iwate-Baseball kingdom Iwate had the soil to raise monster players-[Shohei Otani, Aki Sasaki, Yusei Kikuchi, Hanamaki Higashi High School, Hiroshi Sasaki]

The other day, a severe earthquake ran through the Japanese professional baseball world. In the match on April 10, 2022, he recorded 13 consecutive strikeouts against the powerful Orix batting line with a maximum 164 km straight and a 150 km high-speed fork, and achieved a perfect match in that match. that’s right. As you know, that player is Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Aki Sasaki. He has been active since high school with a maximum of 163 kilograms of straights as a weapon, and was called the “monster of Reiwa” and joined Lotte as the first draft pick. He was recognized for his talent as “a person who will become Japan’s ace in the future”, and for two years after joining the team, he devoted himself to building his body while continuing to make adjustments. Last season in 2021, he recorded an ERA of 2.27 in 11 games. In his first climax series, he recorded a double-digit number of strikeouts, showing off his monstrosity. In 2022, his third year, he will make professional baseball sluggers dance sharply with a straight line of over 160 km and a high-speed fork of around 150 km from the open game. Aki Sasaki, but did you know that he has something in common with Shohei Otani, who is showing great success in dual wielding? Yes, they are from the same Iwate prefecture. Although we went to different high schools, we all come from Iwate, a region in the Tohoku region where nature is abundant and it gets very cold in the winter. In recent years, Iwate Prefecture has produced many wonderful pitchers, including Otani, Roki Sasaki, and Yusei Kikuchi. Well, what is there in the land called Iwate? Out of curiosity, I did some research and found out that Iwate is an attractive region with many hidden reasons for becoming a “baseball kingdom.” In high school baseball in Iwate, I learned that there are top-class “wonderful coaches” in Japan, including “Hanamaki Higashi High School,” “Morioka University Affiliated High School,” and “Ofunato High School.” However, what is even more amazing is that beyond the framework of high school baseball, in the long run, “the soil that can produce players who are active in professional baseball and the major leagues” has been created. Therefore, in this video, we will discuss the baseball environment in their hometown, Iwate Prefecture, entitled “Three Monsters-Four Reasons Why Monsters Are Born from the Baseball Kingdom, Iwate-“. And while touching on the athletes and coaches who represent Iwate Prefecture, I would like to talk about the theme of “why do Iwate produce top-level athletes one after another?”