【Hochi Shimbun Co., Ltd.】 Yuta Izumiguchi’s first cover! “Monthly Giants November Issue” on sale from Wednesday, September 24th
The Hochi Shimbun Co., Ltd. Press release: September 22, 2025 To Members of the Press Yuta Izumiguchi’s first cover appearance! “Monthly Giants November Issue” on sale from Wednesday, September 24th Includes a Kazuma Okamoto digital panel stand
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Hochi Shimbun (President and CEO: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa), publisher of Sports Hochi, will release the November 2025 issue of Monthly Giants, a fan magazine supervised by the Yomiuri Giants, in bookstores and online bookstores nationwide starting Wednesday, September 24th. It’s 88 full-color A4 pages. The bonus is a digital panel stand featuring player Kazuma Okamoto. It can be ordered at bookstores. You can also order it at your local YC (Yomiuri Shimbun retailer). It’s also available for purchase at the Giants Official Online Store and Shop Hochi, as well as at the Giants’ official merchandise shop at Tokyo Dome, GIANTS STORE BALLPARK TOKYO. Former Manager Yoshinobu Takahashi and Coach Tomohiro Nioka look back on their appearances during their playing days Second-year player Yuta Izumiguchi, who has secured the regular shortstop position and is competing for the batting title, has graced the cover for the first time. In the lead interview, he discusses his breakthrough season. Former manager Yoshinobu Takahashi analyzes Izumiguchi in his popular series “Monthly Yoshinobu.” In “Time Slip The Covers,” which traces the covers of Monthly Giants back to the magazine’s first issue, former manager Yoshinobu Takahashi, who first appeared on the cover and in the lead feature in the April 1998 issue, and first-team head pitching coach and chief batting coach Tomohiro Nioka, whose first cover was in the October 1999 issue, look back on those days. In “Lead to the Victory!”, first-team pitching coach Toshiya Sugiuchi appears in the “Direct Coach Interview,” while players Ayuri Shimano and Cocoa Higashi appear in “G Smile!”, which introduces the private lives of Giants female players. In the highly popular relay interview, pitchers Yushi Akahoshi and Chiharu Tanaka, who are good friends even outside the stadium, talked about each other’s private lives. “FOR3VER” poster and an October calendar commemorating Yoshihiro Maru’s cycle hit A critically acclaimed series by G-party talents. Artist Genki Iwahashi EE (Executive Editor of this magazine) ordered a glove from the baseball equipment store “Kubota Slugger” to help him achieve his goal of a 130 km/h pitching speed. Shota Ushirogami of the super public bath idol group “Junretsu” reported on his first time as a stadium MC at Giants Town Stadium. 19-year-old actor Riku Onishi YAE (Young Advisory Editor of this magazine) had his first experience as a groundskeeper at Giants Stadium. The included pinups are a “FOR3VER” poster featuring footage from the memorial event for Lifetime Honorary Manager Shigeo Nagashima, who passed away on June 3rd at the age of 89, and an October calendar commemorating player Yoshihiro Maru’s cycle hit.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/71317/787/71317-787-6db89a37840b1d0738fcdeab1db1dc84-1028×864.jpg ■Publication overview Title: Monthly Giants November 2025 issue Release date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 *In some areas, bookstore release may be delayed by a few days. Price: 900 yen (tax included) Publisher: Hochi Shimbun Specifications: A4 size, 88 pages, full color Sales locations: Bookstores nationwide, major online bookstores, YC (Yomiuri Shimbun sales outlets), etc. 《EC site》 Shop Hochi
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https://store.giants.jp/ja/ 【Inquiries regarding Monthly Giants】 Hochi Shimbun Tokyo Head Office Main Phone: 03-6831-3333 Reception Hours: Monday through Friday, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM 【Inquiries Regarding this Release】 Email: pr1872@hochi.co.jp
