The next-generation television platform ABEMA aired “Tell Us Your Faves! SV Leaguer Hangout Map: Suntory Sunbirds Osaka Edition vol.2” on Thursday, May 7, 2026. The program explores the appeal of players active in Japan’s top volleyball league, the Daido Life SV League, while introducing places where the athletes often spend time. The third installment focuses on Suntory Sunbirds Osaka, who finished first in the regular season and advanced to the finals. The show interviews Ran Takahashi, Rui Takahashi, Yoshimitsu Kire, Taishi Onodera, and Itsuki Kashiwada, revealing their private sides and their ambitions for back-to-back SV League titles. Ran Takahashi, Yoshimitsu Kire, and Itsuki Kashiwada introduced their personal “game-day meals,” from routines to reward meals. Kashiwada recommended TERRA COFFEE ROASTERS Esaka Park in Esaka, Osaka, saying, “The beans change every time I go, and it’s really delicious.” He visits about once a week. According to the owner, the shop changes its coffee beans weekly, revealing Kashiwada’s coffee routine. Kashiwada also said his game-day breakfast always includes eggs and natto, explaining that keeping that routine intact is his version of a game-day meal. Kire introduced the katsudon at Kanko Center Kurusu in his hometown of Nose, Osaka Prefecture. He recalled that in junior high school, the entire team would go there to eat katsudon before important matches, and said he still visits whenever he returns home. Takahashi introduced the Kyobashi yakiniku restaurant Yakiniku Yacchan as his “reward meal” spot. He described the owner as “a very Kansai-style, funny person” and said the counter-only restaurant is “really fun.” He especially likes the assorted horumon platter. As for his recommended way to eat it, he enthusiastically said that the premium tripe dipped in a “mysterious red powder” is exceptionally good, laughing that it is not spicy and that the restaurant will not reveal what the powder is. The owner also commented that Takah