October 30, 2023
On Thursday, October 26, the professional baseball draft was held, and a member of the Keio University Athletic Association Baseball Club was selected.
Ryuta Hirose (infielder, fourth-year student, Faculty of Business and Commerce) - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, third-round pick
This marked the first in-person press conference to be held at the Hiyoshi Campus in four years. Many members of the press gathered at the venue, and the draftee, Ryuta Hirose, took the stage with Manager Tetsuya Horii to express his joy at being selected and his ambitions for the future.
With his selection, Hirose becomes the first professional baseball player to have graduated from Keio Yochisha Elementary School.
Photo: Akisue Takematsu