Discovering conjugal love in France as well…… rugby Japan’s Inagaki’s father-in-law talks about the tough battle that awaits his daughter and her husband.

Inagaki is kind to his daughter, but to Arai, he feels more like “a top athlete in a different sport than a son-in-law.

Baseball doesn’t have body contact like rugby. I think it’s great that they bump each other’s bodies. I can’t do that, and it’s a man’s sport.

Watching him play on TV all the time, even when he made heavy contact with an opposing player during a game and fell to the ground, he got up immediately and went right to where he was supposed to be. I heard that after facing world-class players, the impact on the body is different from what you get domestically, so I think he is tough and I am impressed by him.

When I met them, they had not yet been selected as members of the World Cup team, so perhaps I could not talk with them beyond the tournament in France, but because of their age (33), they may think that this tournament will be their last in terms of the World Cup. Therefore, I think he is putting all his energy into this tournament.

His daughter-in-law is cheering for her son-in-law. Inagaki’s match against Chile on March 10 was his 50th game for the national team, and Takako Inagaki watched it from the stands. She also watched Inagaki’s efforts against England from the stands, and after the game, Inagaki rushed to Takako’s side. Inagaki rushed to Takako’s side after the match. The match against Samoa on July 28 was an important one for the team to advance past the group stage, as they had lost 22-24 in a test match played in Sapporo on July 22. Inagaki: “We were pressured in the set pieces (scrums and lineouts) in the July match, so we want to secure the ball and provide good ball to the backs. Takako-san is sure that she will visit the Samoa game as well, but she is not sure if she will be able to make the trip to …….

Takako said, “I have heard that my daughter will only be able to watch the rugby match in Nice (against England). After that, she will remain in France for her day job. Modeling is a tough world. For example, I have heard that sometimes, as soon as you enter a room, you are told, ‘You don’t have to stay any longer. I guess they help each other to win the battle on their respective stages, even though they have been in France as a couple for almost a month or more,” said Arai.

As a coach, Mr. Arai has also developed the talents of Ichiro while he was with the Orix, and Yoshihiro Maru (Giants) and Ryosuke Kikuchi while in Hiroshima. Arai, who has watched his talent blossom without ever stepping out of line, will surely be silently wishing his son-in-law and his wife the best of luck in a foreign land.

Attending the wedding of Takako’s sister, Hisae. On the right is Hiromasa Arai, her father, who is active in the professional baseball world and is known for having coached Ichiro