(I feel so honored and very grateful for the support that I have. I think this league and Japanese professional softball is so top tier that it’s pretty, it’s just a pretty cool moment.)
大活躍の今シーズンを振り返って
圧倒的な投球を見せたファライモ選手-Journal-ONE撮影
Q:今シーズンはどういった思いで迎えましたか?そして振り返ってみてどうでしたか。
(What were your thoughts going into this season, and how do you feel looking back on it now?)
(At the beginning of this season, I was really just looking forward to going through my process. It was earlier in the year and I really just wanted to figure out what I like to do, how I like to compete and then by the end, I had figured that out and so it feels pretty good to have that.)
ファライモ選手の活躍がチームに勝利を導いたーJDリーグ提供
チームで成し遂げた3連覇
Q:そんな中で、今シーズン1番思い出に残っている試合とプレーを教えてください。
(Which game is the most memorable game and then in that game which play you remember?)
(They all kind of blend together because we played so much. I know that there are moments for my, like with my teammates that are the most memorable. Like Soa hitting a home run. Yuzu, Kyoko making all those plays, those individual moments in my brain stick. I think maybe the semi-final game against Shokki is a whole game that I thought was just really great softball.)
(I think it was the semi-final game because the whole season, Kiri and I had been working on like following intuition, keeping it simple and it felt like all of our hard work not just physically but mentally really paid off in that game. We were so comfortable, we were so dialed in and on the same page. That’s why it was my favorite game.)
トヨタでのキャリアについて
Q:ファライモ選手はトヨタに所属して3年目になりますが、チームはいかがですか?
(You’ve been here like almost 3 years as a player in Toyota. How do you feel?)
(Yeah, I feel so lucky. I think it’s really difficult for a team to have great culture in 1 year or to be surrounded by great people in just 1 year, but to do that 3 years in a row, I just feel so lucky, so honored and blessed to be on the team that I am.)
ソフトボール界を賑わすファライモ選手の投球術-Journal-ONE撮影
パワフルな投球をするために
Q:ファライモ選手は力強い投球が魅力ですが、自身の投球は年々どう変化していると思いますか?
(You always throw powerful pitches, like throughout three years, how like each year make you like different, like how do you feel about it?)
(I think that each year has challenged me in very different ways. I would say this year, particularly because I played in a lot of different leagues, it’s kind of just like how far is my will gonna take me, like how much can I actually battle and keep coming back to compete for these teams. So I think that way this year, I was challenged and I’m pretty happy that like my heart was still there by the end, like I wasn’t burned out or anything. So I think that was this year’s challenge.)
(I think it’s because I found joy in all of the challenges. It’s hard to burn out when you like things and you’re happy, like you’re grateful to have those obstacles.
So for me being able to like rely on people and find joy in the sport still, I think that kept my mentality on, whereas before, I might not have been in that head space and then it would just like, I’d definitely burned out.)
準決勝の豊田織機戦に臨むトヨタの選手たち-Journal-ONE撮影
応援してくれるファンへ
Q:最後に、来シーズンに向けてファンの皆さんに何を伝えたいですか?
(What do you wanna tell for the fans for next season?)
(I want to tell all the fans, everyone that came out this year, grab a friend and bring them along. I think we’ve done, we’ve has done such a great job of creating a good experience for fans. But I still think that we can get some more people there at the games. I think the more people that are there, the more people fall in love with the sport and the better it is for all of us.)