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<p> On April 11, &#8220;Josei Jishin&#8221; (women&#8217;s magazine) reported the serious relationship between Munetaka Murakami (23) of the Yakult baseball team, who played fourth for the Samurai Japan in the WBC, and Erika Hara (24), a female golf player. According to the article, the two began keeping in touch through a friend of an acquaintance, and last October they enjoyed a private date at a karaoke bar in Tokyo&#8217;s Minato Ward.</p>
<p><strong> The restaurant is a favorite of players who sometimes go there with Tetsuto Yamada (30), a senior player of the Yakult Swallows with whom they are good friends in private. On that day, between the regular season and the Climax Series, they enjoyed some time alone with Hara, who was absent from his tour. The regular season of the Central League ended on October 3 and the Climax Series started on October 8, so it must have been during that time.</strong></p>
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<p> (A reporter for a sports paper.) Just around that time, this magazine discovered Murakami in his private life. On the day the Yakult won the second game of the Climax Series against the Hanshin Tigers to clinch the Japan Series, we found Murakami leaving Jingu Stadium after the game. His car was a flashy green luxury car. The car entered a gas station, and Murakami, dressed in a sweatshirt, got out of the driver&#8217;s seat, refueled, and quickly drove away.</p>
<p><strong> Murakami&#8217;s car was in Swallows colors, and his fans were delighted, saying, &#8220;Murakami&#8217;s love for the Swallows is real. In commemoration of last year&#8217;s triple crown, Murakami was presented with a condominium worth 300 million yen by a housing manufacturer, a sponsor of Yakult. The estimated annual salary for this season is 600 million yen plus piece-rate payments for three years, a total of 1.8 billion yen, so 20 million yen is a small price to pay for a large contract. When his contract expires in the off-season of 2013, he is sure to use the posting system and go to the major leagues. The current market value in the majors is said to be 4 billion yen over 3 years.</strong></p>
<p> Then all that is left is to settle down&#8230;. It is easy to make such a hasty conclusion because of the reports of a love affair, but speaking of Murakami, there have been no rumors at all about a love affair until now. Murakami appeared on &#8220;Super Professional Baseball ULTRA&#8221; (NTV) broadcast in January 2010, and was asked, &#8220;Who is your ideal wife? He answered, &#8220;I want a beautiful woman!</p>
<p><strong> I want a beautiful woman!</strong></p>
<p><strong> I don&#8217;t care who it is as long as it&#8217;s beautiful!</strong></p>
<p> He said, &#8220;I&#8217;m fine with anyone as long as she&#8217;s beautiful! His co-star, Tetsuro Degawa, said, &#8220;On the contrary, it&#8217;s so refreshing! He was also quoted by co-star Tetsuro Izukawa as saying, &#8220;On the contrary, it&#8217;s refreshing!</p>
<p><strong> Erika Hara is 173 centimeters tall and boasts a model-like style, making her a highly popular &#8220;eight-headed beautiful golfer. Hara is currently entered in the Lotte Championship (April 12-15) on the U.S. Women&#8217;s Tour, and she is aiming to join the U.S. Tour in the near future.</strong></p>
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<p> Hara, who was directly interviewed by &#8220;ALBA Net,&#8221; a comprehensive golf website, about the latest love affair report, said, &#8220;I&#8217;m rooting for you so much!</p>
<p><strong> I&#8217;m rooting for you!</strong></p>
<p> Hara, when directly asked by ALBA Net, a comprehensive golf website, about the news of his love affair, said, &#8220;I&#8217;m supporting you so much! Murakami, on the other hand, was also interviewed by the press before the Bay Stars game on March 11,</p>
<p><strong> He said, &#8220;We are good friends.</strong></p>
<p> I&#8217;m a good friend,&#8221; he said,</p>
<p><strong> We went out for dinner in October. I went out to dinner in October, and to karaoke, too, but that&#8217;s not all true.</strong></p>
<p><strong> I support her as a normal athlete, and she is one of my good friends.</strong></p>
<p> He emphasized the &#8220;friend&#8221; relationship. But before the news report, he said, &#8220;I heard that I was going to be in something like this,</p>
<p><strong> &#8220;I heard that she was going to be in a movie like this,&#8221; he said, adding that he had contacted her.</strong></p>
<p> He also emphasized that they are good friends. In addition, he hit a two-run homer in the first inning of the Bay Stars game that day. In his hero interview, he touched on the news himself,</p>
<p><strong> There is a lot of information out there, but I don&#8217;t want to be misled by it.</strong><strong> Recently, there are a lot of weekly newspapers and cars parked around my house, so it&#8217;s a little difficult to get there, but&#8230;please trust me and follow me.</strong><strong> Please trust me and follow me. Thank you very much!</strong></p>
<p> Thank you very much! The fans at the stadium cheered loudly. The Internet said, &#8220;What an honest man!</p>
<p><strong> &#8220;What an honest person!</strong></p>
<p><strong> &#8220;What a superstar who answers what everyone wants to hear!</strong></p>
<p> and &#8220;What an honest superstar who answers what everyone wants to hear. We will be keeping a close eye on the future of these two.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_305976" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-305976" style="width: 1056px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6c5fae18"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/04/3a7dab7ac63fa71533e353efff1d2ad3.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-305976" class="wp-caption-text"> Erika Hara imitating the peppermill performance of the Samurai Japan team (from @JLPGA_official, the official Twitter feed of the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers&#8217; Association (JLPGA)).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_306184" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-306184" style="width: 1404px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="e81557d3"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/04/33b2f844b778d3f915cd84a9ae65ee64.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-306184" class="wp-caption-text"> (From Erika Hara&#8217;s Instagram @warriorsmilerika_9)</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_306186" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-306186" style="width: 1396px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="fa1b5707"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/04/296d38aa2bb2b96ab16ad588887425bd.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-306186" class="wp-caption-text"> (From Erika Hara&#8217;s Instagram @warriorsmilerika_9)</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_306191" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-306191" style="width: 1396px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="bb131387"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/04/765c614283774313567bbe8d1b583376.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-306191" class="wp-caption-text"> (From Erika Hara&#8217;s Instagram @warriorsmilerika_9)</figcaption></figure>
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 Masaaki Saito, Ichiro Takatsuka

 On April 11, "Josei Jishin" (Women's Journal of Japan) reported the serious relationship between Munetaka Murakami (23) of Yakult, the No. 4 golfer for the Samurai Japan in the WBC, and Erika Hara (24), a women's golf player. According to the article, the two began keeping in touch through a friend of an acquaintance and started dating last year.

Yakult&#8217;s Munetaka Murakami, who is romantically involved with an &#8220;8-tall beautiful golfer,&#8221; is seen by this magazine as having a private life and &#8220;marriage aspirations.

Yakult’s Munetaka Murakami, who is romantically involved with an “8-tall beautiful golfer,” is seen by this magazine as having a private life and “marriage aspirations.

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