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Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Daisuke Ikenaga Part2 Playing manager of French baseball team We bring you the interview of Daisuke Ikenaga, a playing manager of the French baseball team called “Savigny Lions”. Now we tell you his activities as a bridge between Japan and France. – Daisuke Ikenaga – Born in Tokyo in 1980. He started playing the baseball in 5th grade. After he graduated university, he worked part-time and took team tryout tests. Moved to the US in 2005 he joined a team called “Japan Samurai Bears” there. After the US, he played

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Daisuke Ikenaga Part1 Playing manager of French baseball team Have you heard of the “independent baseball league”? In Japan, there are independent leagues separate from the professional baseball. There are 4 leagues in Japan called respectively “Baseball Challenge League” “Shikoku Island League Plus” “Kansai Independent League” and “Girl’s Professional Baseball League“. Today we introduce you to a young baseball player who works as a bridge between Japanese independent leagues and a French team. Daisuke Ikenaga, a playing manager of the French baseball team called “Savigny Lions”. We met him through