Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki is set to earn election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. This ...
Yankees legend Hideki Matsui played seven seasons for the Yankees. It wasn’t until his final one, in 2009, with the addition ...
With a robust history of developing Japanese talent—Hideo Nomo, Kenta Maeda, and now Yoshinobu Yamamoto—Los Angeles offers a proven pathway to stardom. Add to that their presence in a Japan ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers have a rich history of international signings, which Hideo Nomo is part of as the first Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball. Nomo was originally signed by the ...
Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific buoyed the ...
along with the cap Ohtani hurled in the air when striking out Mike Trout to seal Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic championship. There is also a Hideo Nomo exhibit featuring a silhouette of ...
Former A's infielder Jordan Díaz has indeed signed with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's NPB ... made it to Major League Baseball, including Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, Masataka Yoshida, and most ...
Naoko Yamada, perhaps the most well-known female anime director, and her regular collaborators find humanity amid abstract ...