I’ll introduce Chono Hisayoshi. He is 31
years old now. He graduated from Nihon University, and after graduating he got a job at Honda Motor Co., Ltd. He became a member of the company baseball team from 2007 to 2009. He was evaluated as a great
baseball player at both Nihon University and the Honda baseball team. He joined the
Giants from 2010. His position is outfielder, and his uniform number is 7.
He has been the head of the team’s players association from this year. Other personal history is that he was a member of the Japanese team in the 2013 World
Baseball Classic.
He has a lot of good points. For example, he has good dynamic visual acuity, has great power, is a speedster and an outfielder
with a good arm. He plays the fourth position in the batting order
recently. This batter position is usually filled by the best batter on the team. He
has won many titles for the past 6 years, such as the rookie king, Batting
Champion, Best Nine Award, the single-season hit record (he got this title with
Sakamoto Hayato, who is his teammate), Golden Glove Award and the first prize
in the Japanese Series and so on. Incidentally, his entrance musics are usually western music, such as P!nk and Madonna, so if you like western music and watch a Giants game, you can enjoy his entrance music. The of video at the bottom is his entrance music, which is "Today's the Day/P!nk", so let's watch it and listen to his entrance music. I found this clip from Youtube (https://youtu.be/bpaEKAH28rU) .
When I was a high school student, I was
elected as No.1 viewers gift, which is the Giants Special Campaign. So I got a
chance to meet the Giants players of the first team. I watched a
practice at the Tokyo Dome before a game in the players’ presence. I was so
excited!! I took many pictures and I shook hands with Giants players. After watching, I met Chono Hisayoshi and I had my photograph taken with him. And I
interviewed him about Winning Beer Splash. I said “How did you feel about your Winning Beer
Splash?” He answered “I was so excited.” And I said “I heard that beer smart in
eyes, so did it smarts when beer fell all over you?” He answered “Yes, it did.
Winning Beer Splash is so exciting, but when beer fell all over me, my eyes hurt.” When I finished interviewing to him, he gave me his autograph ( on the right
side and top picture is this). This experience was like a dream to be able to meet the
Giants player of the first team and to talk to them, so it’s such a special memory for me.
