In the conference room officially organized by the Japan Baseball Association, every seat is occupied at this moment. Present are not only the players selected for this U18 representative team, set to represent Japan in August in Korea, the supervising coaches responsible for leading the team, but also a large batch of official media at the back of the room fiddling with video and recording equipment - this tournament, these media will follow from start to finish and record the entirety of this tournament.
This arrangement was unprecedented before and gives a glimpse into the mindset of the industry personnel: after missing several tournaments for various reasons, both the Japan Baseball Association and Takano Ren have high expectations for this "strongest U18 in history" - the sole goal they set for this team in this tournament is none other than to win the championship!
