Mongolia-born Yokozuna Hakuho or known as M.Davaajargal threw out the first pitch on April 1 at the Tokyo Dome prior to the opening game between the Tokyo Giants and Chunichi Dragons as Japanese Baseball’s Central Division kicked off its season.

Wearing the number 69 on his jersey, Hakuho fired a strike clocked at 112 kilometers per hour. A buzz went through the crowed as the ball popped loudly into the catcher’s mitt, and even the Giants manager, Hara Kantoku, seemed impressed by the Yokozuna’s arm calling the pitch a thing of beauty.

Hakuho commented afterwards, “That was awesome. It made quite the noise when it hit the mitt didn’t it. I want to do that again.” Hakuho actually had a little incentive before taking his turn to throw out the first pitch.

Five days earlier when Major League Baseball opened its own season in Japan, 16 year-old Japanese golf sensation, Ryo Ishikawa, threw out the first pitch clocking 94 kilometers per hour. At the time Hakuho commented, “I can’t lose to him. I need to at least throw it 100.”

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