In his first year at Hanamaki Higashi High School, Ōtani Shōhei made a goal-achievement sheet based on the Mandala Chart. At its center he wrote Dora ichi hachi kyūdan: to be the first-round draft pick of eight teams.
Around it he set the goals that would lead there, among them body building, control, breaking balls and mental strength. He also included un, luck, and ningensei, character.