On August 31, voice actress and singer Akari Yura appeared at the ceremonial pitch for the professional baseball independent league game between the Tochigi Golden Braves and Gunma Diamond Pegasus at Jet Black Flowers Stadium (Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture). She showed off a stunning pitching form in a super-mini bottoms that highlighted her beautiful legs, but the ball she threw didn't go into the strike zone. "I'd practiced a lot, and I was able to hit it well in the catch just before, but when I got up to mount the ball, I got nervous and it went off to the right, which was very disappointing," she said.
Yura plays Shinomiya Kokoa in the smartphone game app "D4DJ Groovy Mix," a DJ-themed media mix project "D4DJ," and is also a member of the unit "UniChØrd," to which Shinomiya Kokoa belongs, releasing songs and performing live.
Yura reflected, "It was very encouraging to hear the cheers of the fans from the stands! It really made me realise how amazing the athletes who normally compete in that tense atmosphere are. Thank you for giving me a special experience that I will never forget!"
