On December 3rd, Fighters pitcher Taikai Ito from Shikabe Town renewed his contract and his annual salary is estimated to exceed 300 million yen. Read the article about this video＞ https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/stv/category/sports/ste40a9ab5bd4b4dd98bcb09f2f34fe759 Q. Did you sign it? (Pitcher Taikai Ito) “Yes, I did. I uploaded it.” Q. How about the big price (300 million yen)? (Pitcher Taikai Ito) “Yes, I’ve surpassed it.” Pitcher Taikai Ito, who is in his fifth year as a professional pitcher and is from Shikabe Town, won two titles this season as a pitcher for “Most wins” and “Most strikeouts”, and was awarded the “Sawamura Award”, the highest honor for a starting pitcher, for the first time. (Pitcher Taikai Ito) “I’m especially happy about the Sawamura Award, as it’s an award I’ve been aiming for, but when the win comes along with it, my happiness doubles, so I have a strong desire to win one more time and secure the title myself.” This season, he pitched in 27 games and won 14 games. He pitched 196.2 innings, had 195 strikeouts, and had an ERA of 2.52. Pitcher Ito renewed his contract for an estimated 340 million yen, an increase of 120 million yen from this season. He is the first pitcher to earn more than 300 million yen in his sixth professional season since Yu Darvish in 2010. (Pitcher Taikai Ito) “Mr. Dal is a high school graduate, and I am a university graduate, but I am very happy about it.The taxes are tough…I am a Fighters player, so whether there is a WBC or not, I will make sure to adjust from the opening day, and there are still a lot of things to do. I want to pitch more innings, and I want to get more strikeouts, so I want to go back to the drawing board and think about what went well and what went wrong this year so that I can run with overwhelming numbers for a year, and I want to have a good offseason.” Q.What are your goals for next season? (Pitcher Taikai Ito) “Winner… If we win the championship, keep pitching well for a year, and have the best results on the team, I think all kinds of titles will naturally follow, so I just want to win the championship rather than thinking about myself.” (Broadcast on December 4, 2025) #Fighters #ContractRenewal #Daimi Ito #Odai #Hokkaido #STV
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