Sho Nakata, 36, who played for Nippon Ham, the Giants, and Chunichi, and retired at the end of this season, appeared on YouTube “Atsugiya ch” [official Kenshi Sugitani], which was updated on March 9. He reflected on his retirement ceremony. Sho Nakata, 36 , appeared on YouTube’s “Atsugiya ch” [ official website of Kenji Sugitani] on September 9 .At his retirement ceremony in September this year, Nakata was moved to tears by video messages from Darvish of the Padres, Sakamoto and Maru of the Giants, and the appearance of Hideki Kuriyama, his mentor at Nippon Ham, and Atsunori Inaba. After reflecting on the excitement of the day and expressing his gratitude, he suddenly said, “Even I won’t forgive Shohei Otani and Kenji Sugitani. As I watched everyone’s video messages, I thought. “Huh? Otani? Why?” He mentioned that Otani, his junior from Nippon Ham, did not appear in the video message, but smiled and said, “It can’t be helped, he’s a superstar,” and seemed to agree with that. He continued, “And you? What were you doing? Sugitani asked. Sugitani was unable to attend the ceremony due to an overseas location for a TV show he was appearing in. When Sugitani explained the situation, Nakata said angrily in a deliberate manner, “I have an acquaintance who is in charge of the program, so I’m going to have you removed from the program. He revealed that he had expected Sugitani to make a surprise appearance during the ceremony even though he had been informed of his absence, and said, “He didn’t even show up. I thought you would have come. He continued, “I don’t think it’s right for them to spend all that money after having taken care of them so much. As a member of society and as a human being,” he said. Sugitani, who was very upset with him, finally explained to him with a grin, “Well, well, it can’t be helped,” and said, “I’m sure our relationship will change, but I’m not a robot either. I’m not a robot either. I’m a human being, too. I have feelings, you know?” He joked, making the staff laugh.
