Regarding Yamato who declared FA from Hanshin, DeNA and Orix were negotiating for acquisition, and Hanshin asked for a multi-year contract to remain in the team.

Under these circumstances, DeNA announced on 30th that it had agreed to sign a contract with Yamato. The contract is estimated to be 300 million yen in total for 3 years, and the number of the jersey has been decided to be "9".

Yamato has a reputation for one of the most powerful defensive capabilities in the field that can protect both Uchino and Outfield, and was selected as the Golden Grab Award in outfielder in Heisei 20 years. Also, in the batting of the task I tried a switch hitter since last year, I played 100 games, although I have not reached the batting for this season, the batting rate was 20% 8 minutes.

In DeNA, it was a challenge for the short players and second players to be thin, and we aimed to win Yamato.