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is a Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Central League. He was the Carp's top pick in the 2013 autumn draft. ==Early Baseball Career== Daichi started playing baseball when he was in 4th grade in Kokubu Nishi Elementary School in Kagoshima. He transferred to Sakuragahara Junior High in Nagasaki where he joined its softball club. Due to an injury to his right arm when he was in grade school, however, he pitched with his left arm until his 3rd year where he was finally able to undergo surgery. He then entered Nagasaki Nihon University Junior and Senior High School,〔(在学生インタビュー No.7 スポーツ学部 大瀬良大地さん ) 九州共立大学公式サイト〕 where he continued to play as pitcher. During the quarter finals of the Nagasaki prefectural tournament in his junior year, he battled with soon-to-be Carp teammate Takeru Imamura of Nagasaki Prefectural Seiho High School, where he pitched a complete game, giving up only 4 hits and one run, and earned the win with a 3-1 score.〔(大学生野球名鑑 大瀬良大地 ) スポーツニッポン〕 His team then defeated Sohseikan High school, and proceeded to compete in the Summer Koshien. During the first round battle with Hanamaki Higashi High School, however, despite having pitched 5 scoreless innings, he lose to pitcher Yusei Kikuchi (now with the Seibu Lions).〔 After graduation, he chose to enter Kyushu Kyoritsu University instead of joining the 2009 draft, wanting to be under the guidance of Coach Sei Nakazato who was responsible for rearing notable NPB pitchers such as Nagisa Arakaki and Takahiro Mahara.〔 He took up sports science, and was tasked to further develop his thin upper-body build. Within four years, he was assigned to do pilates workouts, then moved on to full-fledged weight training, making him gain an additional 14 kg.〔 In the Autumn 2010 Fukuoka Big 6 Baseball Tournament, he obtained a 5-0 win-loss record and a 0.63 ERA, which contributed greatly to his team's championship. He was selected as one of the Best 9, and was given the league's Rookie Award. In his sophomore year, he was given the Most Valuable Player Award in the summer tournament, and Best 9 and MVP award again in the autumn. His team won the championship for both seasons. In 2011, their team won the Kyushu Tournament championships, but was defeated by Sōka University's Yasuhiro Ogawa in the 2nd round of the Meiji Jingu Tournament, despite Ohsera having delivered 159 pitches in 9 innings and 10 KOs. Later on during the off-season, he was quoted saying he wanted to have a re-match with Ogawa, and that this defeat was his motivation for training harder.〔 In 2012, he again won the MVP and Best 9 awards, and his team championed again in Fukuoka League's summer and fall tournaments. Then finally, his wish for a rematch came true in June during the quarter-finals of the 61st Japan National Collegiate Baseball Championship. True to his word, he pitched a winning shut-out game, giving up only 3 hits, and delivered eight 151 km/h pitches. They were, however, defeated by Waseda University in the next leg. He was elected as team captain in his senior year. In all his 57 league games, he went 38-5, with an ERA of 1.07. International Baseball Career In July 2011, he was selected to participate in the USA College Baseball Championships, where he wore the jersey no.14 and participated in 2 games.〔 He was again selected in 2012. He was also a member of the national team (Samurai Japan) for the 2012 Asian Baseball Championship Tournament, where Japan triumphed for the 5th consecutive time. He struck out 9 consecutive batters in 3 innings during the second leg match against Pakistan. In November, he became the winning pitcher during the 2nd game of the 2013 Baseball Challenge vs Chinese Taipei held in Taiwan. His jersey was sold for 378,000 yen through a Samurai Japan Charity Auction, where proceeds were given to tsunami relief/reconstruction efforts in the Philippines via the Japan Red Cross Society. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daichi Ohsera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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