Submission of "Professional Baseball Desire Notification", which is obliged by high school students and university students who wish to enter the professional, closed on December 12, according to Takano Committee = Japan High School Baseball Federation, high school students are one more than last year 106 people submitted.

Among them, Kiyomiya who gathers a lot of attention is a large-sized infielder who struck 111 home runs, which is said to be the largest in high school, from a privileged physique with a height of 1 meter 84 cm and a weight of 101 kilos, already with Hanshin Yakult is declaring the nomination for the first place, and other teams are also considering nomination for the first place.

This year's high school student attracted attention from the fielder, and Kazunari Yasuda of Osaka's Kosei company high school who played a major role with Kiyomiya at the World Cup under the age of 18 held in Canada last month, Nakamura Shinzo, a Hiroshima Hiroshima high school in Hiroshima who hit six home runs in a summer nationwide high school baseball games in Hiroshima who updated individual's most frequent home run record in one tournament for the first time in 32 years, also gained high evaluation from professional scouts I am receiving. The professional baseball draft conference will be held in Tokyo on 26th this month.