Norimoto will be successor of Japanese "living legend".

Masahiro Tanaka has been still the center of hot stove league. Nobody has not known his next home in U.S, but there is the fact he is about to across the Pacific ocean, and the Rakuten Golden Eagles must compensate the big hole of "Living Legend" of Japanese baseball.

But most of Japanese baseball fans likely notice one of young right-hander, Takahiro Norimoto, will be part of the core in their rotation automatically. His success in 2013 season was big hope for the Rakuten fans, who might know the rumor Tanaka will leave the team after the season. It let Rakuten fans allow Tanaka to go MLB.

The rookie of the year 2013 in the Pacific League and opening game starter of the team collect 15 wins at last, and showed he could endure big pressure on post season by his fastball, slider, change-up, and extraordinary mental strength. It made him became the first pitcher who notched double digit strikeout on the Climax Series and the Nippon Series.

The 23 years old right-hander just finished his first season as a professional baseball player, but Tanaka himself appoint Norimoto as a successor of him. The young Japanese baseball legend may found or notice some essence of an ace in Norimoto.