<figure id="attachment_280897" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-280897" style="width: 2770px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="0bb8342e"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/12/339e217bcf7e2d110f03048ee8703966.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-280897" class="wp-caption-text">He attended the press conference with his eccentric hair and beard clean shaven, but his body shape was plumper than at this time (Image: Jiji Press)</figcaption></figure>
 Rui Okoye, 25, was selected to join the Giants in the current draft. At the press conference, he appeared a bit plump, but he was dressed like a gentleman, wearing an orange tie with the Giants&#8217; colors, his hair trimmed on the side of his head, and his beard shaved.
 He was dressed like a gentleman, wearing a Giants orange tie, his hair cut on the side of his head, and his beard shaved. I want to do my best with the feeling that there is no end in sight.
 He expressed his determination, saying
 The closest thing I have in mind is to make the first team for the season opener.
 I will do my best with the feeling that there is nothing left to do,&#8221; he said with a cheerful expression on his face. However, as has been the case every year during his time with Rakuten, he made a similar declaration of determination before the season opener, but this year&#8217;s results were 200 runs batted in, 0 home runs, and 0 runs batted in in 6 appearances. He also made a number of defensive mistakes and had many breakdowns. Despite this, Okoye was taking things at his own pace and did not appear to be in any danger. Baseball fans took to social networking sites to discuss Okoye&#8217;s press conference, saying, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think there is much left to do.
 He is not the kind of guy who thinks there is no end in sight.
 &#8220;You need to get rid of your flab first,&#8221; etc.
 One baseball official also commented, &#8220;He&#8217;s not a good player.
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 One baseball fan also commented, &#8220;He has a big mouth and a habit of slacking off.
 He has a big mouth and a habit of slacking off. Even if he makes it to the first team, he will not be a regular player for the Giants. Even if he makes it to the first team, he will be a substitute or a defensive pitcher, and in the first half of the season, he will be a &#8220;panda&#8221; who attracts customers. If he can&#8217;t bring in any more customers, he&#8217;ll probably be out of the job by the end of the season.
 He is a &#8216;panda to attract customers&#8217; in the first half of the season.
 Even so, there is still hope. The Giants recognize the &#8220;big mouth&#8221; and the selfishness of their players as part of their individuality. If Okoye&#8217;s character can be successfully guided as an individual, there is no reason to doubt that he could be a good fit.
 On November 11, Giants chief hitting coach Hiromoto Okubo (55) also commented on Okoye&#8217;s personality on his YouTube channel, &#8220;Dave Okubo Channel.
 He said that Okoye is the type of person who insists, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you use me? He said, &#8220;We have information that he is the type of person who insists on &#8216;Why don&#8217;t you use me?
 If you don&#8217;t think, &#8216;If they use me, I&#8217;ll do it,&#8217; you won&#8217;t be able to do it in the pro game. I had always thought that was something to look forward to. I was thinking that there aren&#8217;t many girls now who can say that kind of bullish thing.
 He took a favorable view of the situation. Indeed, the Giants have a track record of bringing back &#8220;big-mouth&#8221; players such as Shuichi Murata (41), who transferred from DNA, and Sho Nakata (33), who transferred from Nippon Ham last year. In fact, although it is not widely known, Nakata is the ideal hitter for Okoye.
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 This magazine conducted an exclusive interview with Okoye in 2015, shortly after his team won the Koshien championship at Kanto Ichi High School. In that interview, Okoye expressed his thoughts on Nakata as follows.
 I don&#8217;t want to be pigeonholed into any one type, so I have my targets in the areas of base-running, offense, and defense. For base running, I have Naohiro Suzuki of the Giants. For defense, Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Ichiro. For batting, I have a different type of player in Sho Nakata. He puts spin on the ball and brings it to the plate. That is the kind of batting I am aiming for. I want to be a player who has all of those things and has never been like that before.
 This year, Nakata has put away his &#8220;big mouth&#8221; and gained 20 kilograms in weight to make a successful comeback, but what kind of transformation will Okoye undergo after witnessing Nakata&#8217;s transformation?
<figure id="attachment_280894" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-280894" style="width: 1812px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="be6065ac"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/12/U3P1012.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-280894" class="wp-caption-text"> Okoye when interviewed by this magazine in 2015, shortly after his participation in Koshien. His expression and body shape are toned.</figcaption></figure>

 Jiji Press, Tetsuko Takemoto

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