First Live Broadcast of the Show! Mitsuru Manaka, Kenshin Kawakami, and Ryota Igarashi Live on May 25 (Mon) for 'Dugout!!! 90-Minute Pre-Interleague Play Special'

The nationwide free BS broadcasting station "BS10" (pronounced: BS Ten) will expand the baseball talk variety show "Dugout!!!" broadcast on Monday, May 25, 2026, to 90 minutes and deliver it as the program's first live broadcast. Mitsuru Manaka, Kenshin Kawakami, and Ryota Igarashi will make live appearances as guests. Please look forward to the "Pre-Interleague Play Special," full of highlights to help you enjoy the unprecedented nationwide free continuous live broadcast of all 18 schedules of the "Nippon Life Interleague Play 2026" on BS10, viewed from the professional perspectives of legendary OBs.

[Highlights of the 90-Minute Special "Dugout!!!" "Pre-Interleague Play Special" at 9 PM on 5/25 (Mon)]

1. First-ever "Live Broadcast" in the history of "Dugout!!!"! Delivering plenty of highlights for the Interleague Play! Prior to the start of the continuous live broadcast of all 18 schedules of the "Interleague Play," BS10 is making the "Dugout!!!" episode on the day before the opening a special! A 90-minute expansion, 30 minutes longer than usual! Furthermore, as the program's first live broadcast, it will be delivered as a special edition focusing solely on the Interleague Play! We are collecting comments from viewers via the official BS10 app, and the performers will introduce them in real-time! Please look forward to a two-way interactive live broadcast!

2. Playback of memorable scenes from the "Interleague Play" with gorgeous professional baseball OBs! With the cooperation of all 12 Central and Pacific League teams and various broadcasting stations, we will look back on past memorable scenes of the Interleague Play and the active performances of successive MVPs through footage from that time. Delivered alongside professional commentary by Mr. Mitsuru Manaka, Mr. Kenshin Kawakami, and Mr. Ryota Igarashi!

3. Direct coverage & exclusive interviews at the "Interleague Play" eve press conference! Program MC Marie Ueda will conduct direct coverage of the customary press conference held the day before the opening of the Interleague Play! Through exclusive ambush interviews with young players from 6 teams, unexpected relationships not usually seen will be revealed!?

4. Ultra-luxurious presents prepared! An ultra-luxurious present is prepared jointly by both the "Dugout!!!" and the "BS10 Professional Baseball Broadcast" programs! The full details of the treasure presents that baseball fans will drool over will be revealed during the live broadcast...!

[Program Overview] "Dugout!!!" "Dugout" refers to the bench where the manager and players wait during a game... In this program, professional baseball players and OBs talk about all sorts of things in the baseball world as if they were talking in the "dugout"! Furthermore, it's a baseball talk variety program that can be enjoyed even outside of games, such as "My Best 9" where they choose players they want to play with. [Broadcast Time] Every Monday 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM (*Live broadcast from 9:00 PM on Monday, May 25)

[Program Overview] "BS10 Deep Reading with Data! Super Commentary! Professional Baseball Broadcast"

1. Live broadcast of a total of 18 cards across each schedule of the Nippon Life Interleague Play 2026! In the Nippon Life Interleague Play, which started in 2005, a programming schedule that conducts "continuous live broadcasting" for all schedules during the period on a nationwide broadcast is an "unprecedented" initiative for terrestrial and free BS broadcasting stations! It will be a baseball broadcast where you can enjoy the entire Interleague Play, including the daily fluctuating standings of the 12 teams. (*According to BS10 research based on the broadcast records of terrestrial and free BS stations from 2005 to 2026)

2. [Interleague Play Broadcast Schedule/Cards] *Broadcast dates, times, and commentators are subject to change.

Date Matchup Card Broadcast Time Commentator

May 26 (Tue) Tokyo Yakult Swallows vs Saitama Seibu Lions Evening 5:55~ Shingo Takatsu / Hisanobu Watanabe

May 27 (Wed) Tokyo Yakult Swallows vs Saitama Seibu Lions Evening 5:55~ Mitsuru Manaka

May 28 (Thu) Yokohama DeNA BayStars vs Orix Buffaloes Evening 5:40~ Takashi Saito

May 29 (Fri) Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp Evening 5:55~ Hitoshi Tamura / Tomohiro Abe

May 30 (Sat) Orix Buffaloes vs Chunichi Dragons Afternoon 1:55~ Nobuyuki Hoshino

May 31 (Sun) Saitama Seibu Lions vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars Afternoon 1:55~ Kazuki Mishima

June 2 (Tue) Yokohama DeNA BayStars vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Evening 5:55~ Seiichi Uchikawa / Teppei

June 3 (Wed) Yokohama DeNA BayStars vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Evening 5:55~ Hiroaki Shimauchi

June 4 (Thu) Yokohama DeNA BayStars vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Evening 5:55~ Hatsuhiko Tsuji

June 5 (Fri) Chunichi Dragons vs Saitama Seibu Lions Evening 5:55~ Kimiyasu Kudo

June 6 (Sat) Chunichi Dragons vs Saitama Seibu Lions Afternoon 1:55~ Hidenori / Yukinaga Maeda

June 7 (Sun) Chunichi Dragons vs Saitama Seibu Lions Afternoon 1:25~ Takeshi Yamasaki / Sho Nakata

June 9 (Tue) Chiba Lotte Marines vs Chunichi Dragons Evening 5:55~ Toshiaki Imae / Yoshihisa Naruse

June 10 (Wed) Chiba Lo