(through 2016 season)
As coach
Ken Katoh (加藤健,Katoh Ken,born March 23,1981) is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.
When he played in Nippon Series on November 1,2012,Kazuhito Tadano was thrown out of the game because Koichi Yanada,the umpire-in-chief in the game,judged that Tadano threw a bean ball to his face. However,replays showed that the ball did not hit his face. [1]
Nippon Professional Baseball is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally,it is often called Puro Yakyū (プロ野球),meaning simply Professional Baseball;outside of Japan,NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball."
The Yomiuri Giants are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo,Tokyo,they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo,the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They have played their home games in the Tokyo Dome since its opening in 1988. The team's owner is Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings,Japan's largest media conglomerate which also owns two newspapers and the Nippon Television Network.
The Chunichi Dragons are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya,the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times and the Japan Series twice. They were also champions in the 2007 Asia Series.
The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters is a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima,Hokkaidō,in the Sapporo metropolitan area. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball,playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Fighters also host a select number of regional home games in cities across Hokkaidō,including Hakodate,Asahikawa,Kushiro,and Obihiro. The team's name comes from its parent organization,Nippon Ham,a major Japanese food-processing company.
Tsuyoshi Wada is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB). He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs.
Tsuyoshi Shinjo,also known as BIGBOSS,is a former Japanese professional baseball outfielder and the current manager for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Kazuhito Tadano is a Japanese former baseball pitcher. He had previously pitched in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians. He is currently the Pitching Coach for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters farm team in Nippon Professional Baseball's Eastern League.
Kenshin Kawakami is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves.
Shinnosuke Abe is a Japanese former professional baseball player and current manager,who spent his entire 19-year career with Nippon Professional Baseball's Yomiuri Giants,serving as the team's captain from 2007 to 2014. He has twice been named the MVP of the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series,in 2007 and 2010.
The 1994 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1994 season. It was the 45th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. The series was the eighth time the two franchises played each other for the championship.
Junichi Tazawa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for ENEOS of the Japanese Industrial League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox,Miami Marlins and Los Angeles Angels. He also played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Wei Chuan Dragons.
The Matsuzaka Generation is a term used to collectively describe the baseball players that belong to former Chunichi Dragons and Saitama Seibu Lions starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's age group. As per Japanese laws on how children are to be divided into grade levels,this term refers to players born between April 2,1980,and April 1,1981.
Rubby Nick De La Rosa Corporan is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Dodgers,Boston Red Sox and the Arizona Diamondbacks and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants.
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Mitsuo Yoshikawa is a Japanese professional baseball player. A pitcher,he plays for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
The 2013 Japan Series was the 64th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) championship series known colloquially as the Japan Series. The best-of-seven playoff was won by the Pacific League champion Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in seven games over the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. It was the Eagles' first Japan Series appearance and their first win since the team's creation in 2005. The series began on Saturday,October 26,2013 and ended on Sunday,November 3,2013 at the Miyagi Baseball Stadium in Sendai,Miyagi Prefecture. Eagles' starting pitcher Manabu Mima,who was the winning pitcher in Games 3 and 7,was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player (MVP). This was also the last Japan Series that Konami would sponsor,as SMBC would take over the naming rights in 2014. Before the 2022 Japan Series,it was the last Japan Series to go the full 7 games,however 2022 would see 1 drawn game,so the 2023 Japan Series would be the latest to be played to a full 7 game series where each game had a winner declared.
Kodai Senga is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) debut in 2012 for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks,and played for them until 2022. He is a three-time NPB All-Star and a one-time MLB All-Star.
The 2020 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) 2020 season. The 71st edition of the Japan Series,it was played from November 21 to 25. The series was a best-of-seven playoff between the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks,the Pacific League's (PL) Climax Series champion,and the defending Japan Series champions,and the Yomiuri Giants,the Central League's (CL) regular-season champion. The series was a rematch of the previous year's Japan Series.