It has been announced that MANATO from the seven-member dance and vocal group "BE:FIRST" will appear in a special program just before the start of the 2024-25 season of the US professional basketball "NBA", which will be live-streamed on WOWOW's official YouTube channel and WOWOW on-demand from 8:00 pm on October 20th. MANATO is a big fan of the NBA and was appointed "Friends of NBA" last year.
The new NBA season will start on October 23rd, and this program, titled "BE:FIRST MANATO's First Appearance! NBA 2024-25 Season Just Before the Start SP!", will convey the charm and highlights of the new era of the NBA. MANATO's favorite is the Los Angeles Lakers, and he is likely to talk passionately about Rui Hachimura, who is expected to make further leaps. WOWOW's "So! Sports NBA" Editor-in-Chief Sotaro Nagasawa, basketball analyst Chris Sasaki, and WOWOW announcer Misaki Miyawaki will also appear.
MANATO commented, "I'm MANATO from BE:FIRST! This will be my first time appearing on a WOWOW NBA program! I'm also an NBA fan, so I hope I can enjoy it from the same perspective as everyone else! There will be unexpected trades and the new season is unpredictable, but I hope we can all have an exciting time together!"
WOWOW will broadcast and stream the NBA's 2024-25 season every day. They plan to broadcast games of the Lakers, the team Hachimura belongs to, every week.
◇The WOWOW NBA broadcast and streaming schedule for October is as follows.
8:30am on October 23rd = "NBA 2024-25 Season Opening Game Knicks vs Celtics" (WOWOW On Demand) 10:45am on the 23rd = "NBA 2024-25 Season Opening Game Rui Hachimura Scheduled to Play Timberwolves vs Lakers" (WOWOW Live, WOWOW On Demand) 8:30am on the 24th = "Bucks vs 76ers" (WOWOW On Demand) 8:30am on the 26th = "Pacers vs Knicks" (WOWOW On Demand) 10:50am on the 26th = "Rui Hachimura Scheduled to Play Suns vs Lakers" (WOWOW Prime, WOWOW On Demand) 8:00am on the 27th = "Celtics vs Pistons" (WOWOW Live, WOWOW On Demand) 9:30am on the 28th = "Clippers vs Warriors" (WOWOW On Demand) 11:00am on the 29th = "Rui Hachimura Scheduled to Play" Lakers vs. Suns" (WOWOW Live, WOWOW On Demand) ▽ 8:30am on the 30th = "Mavericks vs. Timberwolves" (WOWOW On Demand) ▽ 8am on the 31st = "Celtics vs. Pacers" (WOWOW On Demand)
