2009 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season

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2009 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Pacific League champions
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters insignia (2004-2021).png
League Pacific League
Record82–60–2 (.577)
League place1st
Team information
Parent company Nippon Ham
PresidentJunichi Fujii
Manager Masataka Nashida
Captain Atsunori Inaba
Ballpark Sapporo Dome
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The 2009 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters season was the 64th season for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters franchise.

Contents

Regular season

Standings

2009 Pacific League regular season standings
PosTeam
PldWLTGBPCTHomeAway
1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14482602—.57646–25–136–35–1
2 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144776616.5.53839–32–138–34–0
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144746553.5.53140–28–434–37–1
4 Saitama Seibu Lions 144707049.50038–32–232–38–2
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 1446277515.5.44837–31–425–46–1
6 Orix Buffaloes 1445686226.39632–40–024–46–2
Source: [1]

Record vs. opponents

Pacific League
Chiba Lotte Marines 18–6–1
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 11–12–1
Orix Buffaloes 16–8–0
Saitama Seibu Lions 12–12–0
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 13–11–0
Central League
Chunichi Dragons 1–3–0
Hanshin Tigers 2–1–1
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2–2–0
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2–2–0
Yokohama BayStars 3–1–0
Yomiuri Giants 2–2–0
Interleague total 12–11–1
Total82–60–2

Game log

Legend
 Fighters win
 Fighters loss
 Fighters tie
 Postponement
BoldFighters team member
2009 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3 Eagles 3–1 Iwakuma (1–0) Darvish (0–1) Arime (1)42,3280–1–0
2April 4 Eagles 6–5 Gwyn (1–0) Fujii (0–1) Kawagishi (1)36,3160–2–0
3April 5 Eagles 9–6 (11) Kawagishi (1–0) Sakamoto (0–1)34,2520–3–0
4April 7 Marines 1–9 Tadano (1–0) Karakawa (0–1)17,5681–3–0
5April 8 Marines 7–8 Tateyama (1–0) Sikorski (1–1) H. Takeda (1)18,8532–3–0
6April 10@ Hawks 9–1 Darvish (1–1) Wada (1–1)26,9403–3–0
7April 11@ Hawks 9–0 Fujii (1–1) Takahashi (0–1)28,3064–3–0
8April 12@ Hawks 4–5 Sugiuchi (1–0) Sweeney (0–1) Mahara (1)28,2964–4–0
9April 14 Buffaloes 8–7 Kaneko (1–1) Tadano (1–1) Kato (4)17,5484–5–0
10April 15 Buffaloes 5–11 Kikuchi (1–0) Motoyanagi (0–1)17,5795–5–0
11April 16 Buffaloes 1–7 M. Takeda (1–0) Nakayama (0–1)20,7026–5–0
12April 17@ Lions 4–2 Darvish (2–1) Wakui (2–1) H. Takeda (2)15,1817–5–0
13April 18@ Lions 6–4 Tanimoto (1–0) Shotsu (0–1) H. Takeda (3)28,5258–5–0
14April 19@ Lions 8–6 Miyanishi (1–0) Onodera (1–1) H. Takeda (4)22,3159–5–0
15April 21 Hawks 10–5 Kamiuchi (2–0) Tadano (1–2)17,4869–6–0
16April 22 Hawks 3–2 Houlton (2–0) Tateyama (1–1) Mahara (3)19,1389–7–0
17April 23 Hawks 6–7 Miyanishi (2–0) Settsu (0–2)18,36410–7–0
18April 24@ Buffaloes 11–0 Darvish (3–1) Komatsu (0–2)18,72411–7–0
—April 25@ Buffaloes Game postponed due to rain
19April 26@ Buffaloes 3–11 Kishida (3–0) Sakakibara (0–1)13,22311–8–0
20April 28@ Eagles 4–2 Yagi (1–0) Kawai (0–1) H. Takeda (5)13,32612–8–0
21April 29@ Eagles 1–2 Tanaka (4–0) M. Takeda (1–1)20,38112–9–0
22April 30@ Eagles 2–4 Hasebe (1–2) Sweeney (0–2) Arime (2)11,23912–10–0
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1 Lions 2–1 (12) Onuma (1–1) Tateyama (1–2) Nogami (1)28,00712–11–0
24May 2 Lions 6–7 (11) H. Takeda (1–0) Nogami (0–1)34,71113–11–0
25May 3 Lions 5–6 (12) Tanimoto (2–0) Onodera (1–2)40,75414–11–0
26May 4@ Marines 10–7 Tadano (2–2) Omine (1–1) H. Takeda (6)30,05815–11–0
27May 5@ Marines 2–0 (5) Yagi (2–0) Kobayashi (0–3)22,72616–11–0
28May 6@ Marines 3–7 Watanabe (1–3) Sweeney (0–3)23,13916–12–0
29May 8 Buffaloes 1–10 Darvish (4–1) Nakayama (0–3)26,63817–12–0
30May 9 Buffaloes 2–3 Fujii (2–1) Komatsu (0–4) H. Takeda (7)26,30818–12–0
31May 10 Buffaloes 2–7 M. Takeda (2–1) Yoshino (0–1)28,15619–12–0
32May 12@ Eagles 8–1 Yagi (3–0) Isaka (1–1)10,23120–12–0
33May 13@ Eagles 3–7 Tanaka (5–0) Sakamoto (0–2)13,98320–13–0
34May 14@ Eagles 7–0 Sweeney (1–3) Hasebe (2–3)10,67721–13–0
35May 15@ Buffaloes 4–2 Darvish (5–1) Nakayama (0–4) H. Takeda (8)11,40522–13–0
36May 16@ Buffaloes 7–3 Fujii (3–1) Komatsu (0–5) H. Takeda (9)21,96523–13–0
37May 17@ Buffaloes 0–6 Mitsuhara (1–0) M. Takeda (2–2)19,46723–14–0
38May 19 Giants 6–16 Yagi (4–0) Takahashi (2–1)33,05024–14–0
39May 20 Giants 5–6 Hayashi (1–0) Greisinger (5–3) H. Takeda (10)33,60225–14–0
40May 22 Swallows 3–2 Tateyama (5–0) Fujii (3–2) Lim (14)20,93225–15–0
41May 23 Swallows 0–3 Darvish (6–1) Barrett (0–1)31,28826–15–0
42May 24@ Dragons 0–1 Kawai (3–0) M. Takeda (2–3) Iwase (11)31,71126–16–0
43May 25@ Dragons 4–10 Asakura (5–2) Itokazu (0–1)29,05126–17–0
44May 27@ BayStars 4–5 Kizuka (1–0) Kikuchi (1–1) Yamaguchi (3)13,06226–18–0
—May 28@ BayStars Game postponed due to rain
45May 29@ BayStars 7–1 Fujii (4–2) Miura (5–3)7,34927–18–0
46May 30 Tigers 2–8 Darvish (7–1) Fukuhara (2–4)42,32828–18–0
47May 31 Tigers 4–4 (12)Game tied after 12 innings42,05128–18–1
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
48June 2 Carp 2–1 Maeda (4–5) Itokazu (0–2) Nagakawa (17)20,25228–19–1
49June 3 Carp 2–7 Tateyama (2–2) Yokoyama (1–3)22,25729–19–1
50June 5@ Giants 2–5 Gonzalez (6–0) Fujii (4–3) Kroon (9)44,24229–20–1
51June 6@ Giants 2–3 Utsumi (2–3) Darvish (7–2) Kroon (10)44,88729–21–1
52June 7@ Swallows 3–0 M. Takeda (3–3) Kawashima (4–4) H. Takeda (11)20,03230–21–1
53June 8@ Swallows 3–4 Lim (1–0) Tateyama (2–3)12,51530–22–1
54June 10 BayStars 3–5 Miyanishi (3–0) Walrond (3–5) H. Takeda (12)10,97731–22–1
55June 11 BayStars 3–9 Sweeney (2–3) Oyamada (0–1)22,58232–22–1
56June 13 Dragons 1–9 Darvish (8–2) Yamamoto (0–2)35,69933–22–1
57June 14 Dragons 11–10 Kawai (5–0) Itokazu (0–3) Iwase (15)33,08633–23–1
58June 16@ Tigers 3–4 Kubo (2–4) M. Takeda (3–4) Fujikawa (6)21,31033–24–1
59June 17@ Tigers 10–5 Yagi (5–0) Shimoyanagi (5–4)23,54334–24–1
60June 20@ Carp 5–1 Darvish (9–2) Saito (4–5)30,99335–24–1
61June 21@ Carp 5–7 Maeda (5–5) M. Takeda (3–5) Nagakawa (20)30,48635–25–1
62June 26@ Marines 5–0 Darvish (10–2) Kobayashi (1–5)28,36736–25–1
63June 27@ Marines 5–4 Yagi (6–0) Karakawa (4–4) H. Takeda (13)23,51337–25–1
64June 28@ Marines 2–3 (7) Ono (4–4) Sweeney (2–4)18,18437–26–1
65June 30 Eagles 1–3 Itokazu (1–3) Hasebe (4–6) H. Takeda (14)23,24838–26–1
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
66July 1 Eagles 5–10 M. Takeda (4–5) Fujiwara (0–2)23,37439–26–1
67July 2 Eagles 3–6 Hayashi (2–0) Arime (0–1) H. Takeda (15)25,44240–26–1
68July 4 Hawks 7–3 Sugiuchi (9–1) Yagi (6–1)18,08640–27–1
69July 5 Hawks 3–2 Houlton (6–3) Sweeney (2–5) Mahara (14)18,66040–28–1
70July 7@ Lions 4–6 Kishi (9–1) Itokazu (1–4)12,52540–29–1
71July 8@ Lions 3–4 Iwasaki (2–0) Darvish (10–3) Onodera (10)12,52540–30–1
72July 9@ Lions 2–8 Wakui (10–3) M. Takeda (4–6)12,62540–31–1
73July 10 Marines 0–4 Tadano (3–2) Kobayashi (1–7)25,69041–31–1
74July 11 Marines 5–6 Ejiri (1–0) Kawasaki (1–1) H. Takeda (16)37,11642–31–1
75July 12 Marines 6–7 (12) Miyanishi (4–0) Ito (2–2)34,76443–31–1
76July 14@ Hawks 1–2 Otonari (4–4) Fujii (4–4) Mahara (16)31,26243–32–1
77July 15@ Hawks 9–1 Darvish (11–3) Fujioka (3–4)33,03144–32–1
78July 16@ Hawks 3–2 Kikuchi (2–1) Sugiuchi (9–2) H. Takeda (17)33,54945–32–1
—July 18 Lions Game postponed due to rain
—July 19 Lions Game postponed due to rain
79July 20 Marines 3–4 Fujii (5–4) Omine (2–5) H. Takeda (18)22,00446–32–1
80July 21 Marines 3–7 Tadano (4–2) Matsumoto (0–1)18,74247–32–1
81July 22 Marines 1–2 Darvish (12–3) Naruse (4–5)23,54748–32–1
All-Star Break : CL and PL split series, 1–1
82July 28@ Marines 5–1 Yagi (7–1) Kobayashi (2–8)24,55849–32–1
83July 29@ Marines 6–5 Ejiri (2–0) Sikorski (5–5) H. Takeda (19)17,87850–32–1
84July 30@ Marines 7–6 Miyanishi (5–0) Ogino (2–2) H. Takeda (20)15,13751–32–1
85July 31 Hawks 1–5 Darvish (13–3) Germano (4–2)29,52552–32–1
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
86August 1 Hawks 2–1 Houlton (8–4) Tateyama (2–4) Mahara (21)33,54352–33–1
87August 2 Hawks 1–7 M. Takeda (5–6) Sugiuchi (9–3)35,63953–33–1
88August 4@ Lions 5–1 Yagi (8–1) Wakui (12–4)20,47354–33–1
89August 5@ Lions 2–5 Ishii (5–7) Kikuchi (2–2) Onodera (16)18,51054–34–1
90August 6@ Lions 7–4 Tateyama (3–4) Iwasaki (2–4) H. Takeda (21)19,36055–34–1
91August 7@ Eagles 1–3 Tanaka (9–4) Darvish (13–4) Gwyn (4)20,22655–35–1
92August 8@ Eagles 8–6 Fujii (6–4) Nagai (7–5) H. Takeda (22)20,54256–35–1
93August 9@ Eagles 4–1 M. Takeda (6–6) Hasebe (4–6) H. Takeda (23)16,07757–35–1
94August 11 Buffaloes 3–4 (12) Hayashi (3–0) Okubo (2–1)20,01358–35–1
95August 12 Buffaloes 8–2 Kondo (6–7) Sunaga (2–1)21,88458–36–1
96August 13 Buffaloes 4–8 Sweeney (3–5) Hirano (2–8)33,82359–36–1
97August 14 Lions 2–3 Darvish (14–4) Onuma (2–4) H. Takeda (24)34,09560–36–1
98August 15 Lions 0–2 Kikuchi (3–2) Kishi (11–2) H. Takeda (25)33,56761–36–1
99August 16 Lions 6–7 (10) Miyanishi (6–0) Onodera (2–5)30,39962–36–1
100August 18 Eagles 6–3 Iwakuma (10–5) Yagi (8–2)15,10562–37–1
—August 19 Eagles Game postponed due to rain
101August 20 Eagles 4–1 Nagai (8–6) Tadano (4–3) Fukumori (3)24,01062–38–1
102August 21@ Hawks 2–6 Otonari (6–7) Darvish (14–5)34,37462–39–1
103August 22@ Hawks 3–4 Houlton (9–6) Ejiri (2–1) Mahara (26)32,51162–40–1
104August 23@ Hawks 1–3 Sugiuchi (12–3) M. Takeda (6–7)33,64862–41–1
105August 25@ Buffaloes 10–11 (10) Shimizu (1–2) Tateyama (3–5)12,38162–42–1
106August 26@ Buffaloes 6–2 Itokazu (2–4) Kondo (7–8)20,36063–42–1
107August 27@ Buffaloes 3–1 Tadano (5–3) Hirano (2–10) H. Takeda (26)9,41264–42–1
108August 28 Hawks 1–3 Miyanishi (7–0) Otonari (6–8) H. Takeda (27)23,40265–42–1
109August 29 Hawks 3–5 Kikuchi (4–2) Mise (0–1) H. Takeda (28)29,64866–42–1
110August 30 Hawks 3–2 Sugiuchi (13–3) Miyanishi (7–1) Mahara (27)28,48366–43–1
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
111September 1@ Marines 2–9 Omine (4–5) Itokazu (2–5)10,13466–44–1
112September 2@ Marines 3–1 Sweeney (4–5) Kobayashi (3–12) H. Takeda (29)16,54267–44–1
113September 3@ Marines 1–7 Naruse (8–5) Tadano (5–4)10,16767–45–1
114September 4@ Eagles 9–2 Kikuchi (5–2) Kawagishi (2–3)13,93068–45–1
115September 5@ Eagles 10–3 M. Takeda (7–7) Aoyama (1–4)19,78169–45–1
116September 6@ Eagles 3–4 Fukumori (6–0) Tateyama (3–6)19,53369–46–1
117September 8@ Lions 0–5 Wakui (14–5) Sweeney (4–6)15,34669–47–1
118September 9@ Lions 4–7 Ishii (8–8) Tadano (5–5) Bayliss (1)14,01869–48–1
119September 10@ Lions 4–5 Fujita (2–0) Tateyama (3–7) Matsunaga (1)15,16069–49–1
120September 11 Marines 3–2 Shimizu (5–6) Fujii (6–5) Sikorski (11)29,44969–50–1
121September 12 Marines 4–2 Karakawa (5–6) Yagi (8–3) Sikorski (12)38,30769–51–1
122September 13 Marines 1–3 Darvish (15–5) Ono (7–7) H. Takeda (30)42,06970–51–1
123September 15 Eagles 2–5 M. Takeda (8–7) Iwakuma (12–6) H. Takeda (31)20,35171–51–1
124September 16 Eagles 7–3 Nagai (11–6) Sweeney (4–7)20,44671–52–1
125September 17 Eagles 7–3 Tateyama (4–7) Satake (0–1) H. Takeda (32)21,63672–52–1
126September 18@ Buffaloes 7–6 (11) H. Takeda (2–0) Kaneko (11–8)13,68473–52–1
127September 19@ Buffaloes 4–1 Itokazu (3–5) Hirano (3–11)18,91474–52–1
128September 20@ Buffaloes 2–7 Vogelsong (1–4) Miyanishi (7–2)24,20874–53–1
129September 21 Lions 5–3 Wakui (15–5) M. Takeda (8–8)38,16574–54–1
130September 22 Lions 5–2 Hsu (1–1) Sweeney (4–8)34,21474–55–1
131September 23 Lions 6–1 Nishiguchi (4–3) Yoshikawa (0–1)26,95574–56–1
132September 25@ Hawks 0–0 (12)Game tied after 12 innings31,27874–56–2
133September 26@ Hawks 5–4 (12) H. Takeda (3–0) Fujioka (5–8)32,31275–56–2
134September 27@ Hawks 2–4 Otonari (8–9) M. Takeda (8–9) Mahara (29)33,30075–57–2
135September 29 Buffaloes 3–12 Sweeney (5–8) Ihara (0–3)19,57676–57–2
136September 30 Buffaloes 2–3 Itokazu (4–5) Kondo (8–12) H. Takeda (33)17,35277–57–2
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137October 1 Buffaloes 6–5 Kishida (9–4) Hayashi (3–1) Kaneko (3)19,78477–58–2
138October 3 Marines 1–11 Yagi (9–3) Omine (5–6)34,22878–58–2
139October 4 Hawks 2–4 M. Takeda (9–9) Otonari (8–10) H. Takeda (34)41,69879–58–2
140October 5 Lions 10–5 Onodera (3–5) Hayashi (3–2) Fujita (3)41,99979–59–2
141October 6 Lions 4–5 (12) Tateyama (5–7) Nishiguchi (4–4)35,44280–59–2
142October 7 Lions 3–8 Fujii (7–5) Kimura (0–4)17,62381–59–2
143October 8@ Buffaloes 1–11 Kishida (10–4) Yoshikawa (0–2)15,29781–60–2
144October 10 Eagles 1–7 M. Takeda (10–9) Aoyama (3–5)36,25782–60–2

Roster

2009 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Postseason

Climax Series

Stage 2

Game 1
Team123456789 R H E
Rakuten0102003028120
Nippon-Ham1000000359130
WP: Masanori Hayashi (1–0)   LP: Kazuo Fukumori (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: Teppei Tsuchiya (1)
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1)
Game 2
Team123456789 R H E
Rakuten0001000001101
Nippon-Ham00010020X390
WP: Keisaku Itokazu (1–0)   LP: Hisashi Iwakuma (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1)
Home runs:
RAK: Fernando Seguignol (1)
NIP: None
Game 3
Team123456789 R H E
Rakuten000300000370
Nippon-Ham010000010260
WP: Masahiro Tanaka (1–0)   LP: Tomoya Yagi (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: Naoto Watanabe (1)
NIP: Shinji Takahashi (1)
Game 4
Team123456789 R H E
Rakuten000300010490
Nippon-Ham13000023X9140
WP: Shugo Fujii (1–0)   LP: Hiromichi Fujiwara (0–1)
Home runs:
RAK: None
NIP: Hichori Morimoto (1), Terrmel Sledge (2)

Japan Series

Game 1

Team123456789 R H E
Yomiuri010020100480
Nippon-Ham0100010013120
WP: Dicky Gonzalez (1–0)   LP: Masaru Takeda (0–1)   Sv: Marc Kroon (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Yoshitomo Tani (1)
NIP: Terrmel Sledge (1)

Game 2

Team123456789 R H E
Yomiuri000200000280
Nippon-Ham00400000x4120
WP: Yu Darvish (1–0)   LP: Tetsuya Utsumi (0–1)   Sv: Hisashi Takeda (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Yoshiyuki Kamei (1)
NIP: Atsunori Inaba (1)

Game 3

Team123456789 R H E
Nippon-Ham110010010440
Yomiuri02102002X783
WP: Wirfin Obispo (1–0)   LP: Keisaku Itokazu (0–1)   Sv: Marc Kroon (2)
Home runs:
NIP: Atsunori Inaba (2), Eiichi Koyano (1), Kensuke Tanaka (1)
YOM: Lee Seung-Yeop (1), Shinnosuke Abe (1), Michihiro Ogasawara (1)

Game 4

Team123456789 R H E
Nippon-Ham0040102108111
Yomiuri0010000304130
WP: Yagi (1–0)   LP: Takahashi (0–1)   Sv: Takeda (2)
Home runs:
NIP: Shinji Takahashi (1)
YOM: Ramírez (1)

Game 5

Team123456789 R H E
Nippon-Ham010000001241
Yomiuri000000012372
WP: Yamaguchi, (1-0)   LP: H. Takeda, (0-1)
Home runs:
NIP: Takahashi (2)
YOM: Kamei (2), Abe (2)

Game 6

Team123456789 R H E
Yomiuri010001000260
Nippon-Ham0000000000111
WP: Tetsuya Utsumi (1–1)   LP: Masaru Takeda (0-2)   Sv: Marc Kroon (3)

Awards

Various Fighters players won awards for their regular season performances. Five players were selected for the Best Nine Award: Yu Darvish, Shinji Takahashi, Kensuke Tanaka, Atsunori Inaba and Yoshio Itoi. Shinya Tsuruoka and Eiichi Koyano joined Best Nine winners Takahashi, Tanaka, Inaba and Itoi to take seven of the nine available PL Golden Glove Awards. Darvish was voted the PL Most Valuable Player as well as the PL Most Valuable Pitcher.

Player statistics

Batting

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Jason Botts 1121453016.2380
Yu Darvish 235000000.0000
Shugo Fujii 223010000.3330
Yuji Iiyama 763614120001.3332
Takahiro Imanami 54010000.2500
Atsunori Inaba 135500781503741785.3005
Naoto Inada 65654183007.2771
Yoshio Itoi 131425741304031558.30624
Keisaku Itokazu 135010000.2000
Luis Jiménez 39121132850514.2310
Makoto Kaneko 1364545813831 * 51466.3046
Kazumasa Kikuchi 581000000.0000
Toshimasa Konta 566511152104.2312
Eiichi Koyano 138530651573341182.2967
Hichori Morimoto 1073165078144129.2479
Kazuya Murata 445515161205.2918
Satoshi Nakajima 33110000.3330
Sho Nakata 22363102001.2780
Tomohiro Nioka 69170254350425.2530
Tomoyuki Oda 110100001.0000
Shota Ono 77154193290315.2080
Yoshihiro Sato 1015330022.2001
Terrmel Sledge 117418531112712788.2661
Brian Sweeney 212000000.0000
Takayuki Takaguchi 35000000.0000
Shinji Takahashi 13450866157221875.3097
Masaru Takeda 244000000.0000
Kensuke Tanaka 14457593163344349.28331
Tomochika Tsuboi 84146133980015.2670
Shinya Tsuruoka 1222632558141129.2211
Tomoya Yagi 203000000.0000
Yang Dai-Kang 1511220000.1820
  Indicates PL leader in the category
^* Makoto Kaneko set a NPB record on April 14, 2009, by hitting at least one double in seven consecutive games. [2]

Pitching

Player W L ERA G Win% SV IP R ER BB K
Yu Darvish 1551.7323.7500182363545167
Shintaro Ejiri 213.2045.66704516162539
Shugo Fujii 753.5322.5830114+2⁄345454863
Masanori Hayashi 323.3346.60004617172542
Takeshi Ito 000.001.0000+1⁄30001
Keisaku Itokazu 454.5613.44407140362743
Takayuki Kanamori 000.8418.000021+1⁄32289
Kazumasa Kikuchi 523.6758.714061+1⁄325251162
Ken Miyamoto 003.0712.000014+2⁄36573
Naoki Miyanishi 722.8958.778046+2⁄315151555
Ryo Sakakibara 016.0810.000026+2⁄31918823
Yataro Sakamoto 025.9719.000028+2⁄319191311
Hideki Sunaga 018.509.000018171787
Brian Sweeney 585.3221.3850118+1⁄373705258
Kazuhito Tadano 555.7613.500070+1⁄345452746
Hisashi Takeda 301.20551.00034601081438
Masaru Takeda 1093.5524.5260144+1⁄358572099
Keisuke Tanimoto 205.53241.000027+2⁄318172020
Yoshinori Tateyama 573.7846.417047+2⁄324201543
Yusuke Uemura 0015.001.000035542
Tomoya Yagi 932.8820.750012241394076
Kazunori Yamamoto 007.713.00002+1⁄32213
Mitsuo Yoshikawa 026.613.000016+1⁄317121018
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References

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  2. ↑ Coskrey, Jason (April 21, 2009). "Kaneko's streak gives Fighters double vision". The Japan Times . Retrieved March 9, 2010.
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