Ryosuke Sawai (born March 9, 1978, in Choshi, Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese former baseball infielder in Nippon…
Ryosuke Sawai (born March 9, 1978, in Choshi, Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese former baseball infielder in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chiba Lotte Marines in 1998 and from 2000 to 2003. Prior to playing professionally, he attended Choshi Shogyo High School. In 1997, at 19 years old, he played briefly in the minor league system of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. With the AZL Padres, he hit .100 in 10 at-bats. He assumed a utility role upon joining the Marines and was used infrequently. In his first year with the club, he was hitless in two at-bats. In 2000, he hit .200 with a home run in 10 at-bats and in 2001, he hit .263 in 19 at-bats. He hit .176 with three home runs and eight RBI in 68 at-bats in 2002 and in 2003, his final season, he hit .279 with two home runs and nine RBI in 61 at-bats. Overall, Sawai hit .225 with six home runs and 19 RBI in 160 at-bats spread over 90 games in five seasons.
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Masaru Uno (宇野 勝, Uno Masaru; born May 30, 1958) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder. He played in…
Masaru Uno (宇野 勝, Uno Masaru; born May 30, 1958) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons from 1977 to 1992, and the Chiba Lotte Marines from 1993 to 1994.
Kazunori "Toshio" Shinozuka (篠塚 和典, Shinozuka Kazunori; born July 16, 1957) is a former professional Japanese baseball…
Kazunori "Toshio" Shinozuka (篠塚 和典, Shinozuka Kazunori; born July 16, 1957) is a former professional Japanese baseball player. As a boy, Ichiro Suzuki learned to pattern his original swinging pendulum leg kick after Shinozuka's.
Masaaki Kitaru (木樽 正明, Kitaru Masaaki) is a former Japanese professional baseball player.
Toichi Yamaguchi (山口 東一, Yamaguchi Tōichi; born 15 December 1941) is a Japanese middle-distance runner. He competed in…
Toichi Yamaguchi (山口 東一, Yamaguchi Tōichi; born 15 December 1941) is a Japanese middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Keiki Iijima (Japanese: 飯島 恵喜, Hepburn: Iijima Keiki; born 16 May 1938) is a Japanese hurdler. He competed in the men's…
Keiki Iijima (Japanese: 飯島 恵喜, Hepburn: Iijima Keiki; born 16 May 1938) is a Japanese hurdler. He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Hanji Aoki (青木 半治, Aoki Hanji; 16 July 1915 – 30 May 2010) was a Japanese sports official. He hailed from Chiba…
Hanji Aoki (青木 半治, Aoki Hanji; 16 July 1915 – 30 May 2010) was a Japanese sports official. He hailed from Chiba Prefecture. He was an active shot putter in his younger days, and became Japanese champion in 1938. He was president of the Japanese Olympic Committee from 1969 to 1973 and the Japan Association of Athletics Federations from 1975 to 1999, and vice president of the International Association of Athletics Federations from 1991 to 1999. At stepping down he was titled as honorary life vice president. He was decorated with the Olympic Order in silver in 1985, the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1986 and the IAAF Golden Order of Merit in 2007. Since 1988 he was an honorary citizen of Tokyo. He died from heart failure in 2010.
Tetsuo Inoue (井上 哲夫, Inoue Tetsuo) is a male former international table tennis player from Japan.