Yusei Kikuchi And Wife Rumi On Life In Toronto

you say Kikuchi eight outstanding Innings here tonight got him 98 you say kuchi is out to a great start Delta foret te one take one and this is a big big big deal in Japanese baseball thank you for doing this kichi thank you so much for having us today as a free agent making a decision where to play it's not just a personal one it's a family decision why were you interested in playing in Toronto in Canada when I was playing uh at the rer center first year in mb so I felt uh I love this Ballpark and the city was amazing and you know beautiful I got offer from the brues I got goosebumps because I can play with Brady and Bo and George and also I can PR for the entire country so yeah easy to make a decision for me easy but it is a new country yeah what was it like for your family coming here and playing in Canada [Music] since being here have you been able to find Community with other Japanese immigrants or people from Japan that have made a life here in Canada [Music] not that it needs any selling but I'm going to make you the tourism board for a minute for those who haven't been what's the best part of Japanese culture and its people [Music] [Music] save me a spot in a private jet when you go back and he got him you say's pitching with a lot of confidence right now us say kikuchi's really been cruising you're playing for an entire country but Japanese Canadians specifically have taken a lot of pride in having you here what's that like for you yeah it's very happy to to see see that and I'm very grateful I want to you know continue pitching well every 5 days in front of them to inspire them how is your experience as a sports broadcaster informed your perspective on him in his career as a professional athlete I'm so proud of him because I know how difficult it is and usually we are speaking Japanese so we have to learn English and adust to culture and to the country [Music] so and he Strikes Out judge this is drawing huge ratings back to Japan right now have you noticed that every five days there's an increase in Asian fans when you're on the mount yeah so she's nodding her head yes I felt that the number has been increasing a little bit so yeah I'm very happy I want more agents to know about bres and how much fun baseball is now for the hard-hitting question are you more nervous about Us's next start or Leo throwing the first pick definitely Leo Leo's first yes me too yeah because can't control right I don't know what's going to [Music] happen he was practicing for a while but you know there are lot lot of people and a lot of fans lot of media so I don't know what's going to happen now you see how she feels when you piss yeah yeah kind of reg this is supposed to be a day off of the stress for you so but it's still stressful no one have more fun than Leo tonight for Leo and US Kikuchi how do you do R he were doing R right yeah I thought so already he he were a p like Father well you both have helped getting more Asians interested in baseball getting more Canadians to know and be interested about Japan so on behalf of all of us here in Canada or got to I got to thank you my pleasure thank you

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Id: mYC9KFJvE48

Length: 6min 39sec (399 seconds)

Published: Fri May 31 2024