Tetsuya Yamamoto (山本 哲哉, Yamamoto Tetsuya; born September 4, 1985 in Hidaka, Wakayama, Japan) is a professional…Tetsuya Yamamoto (山本 哲哉, Yamamoto Tetsuya; born September 4, 1985 in Hidaka, Wakayama, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Osamu Hamanaka (濱中 治, born July 9, 1978, in Tanabe, Wakayama) is a former Japanese professional baseball player.…Osamu Hamanaka (濱中 治, born July 9, 1978, in Tanabe, Wakayama) is a former Japanese professional baseball player. Drafted by the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball in 1996, Hamanaka spent 11 years with the club from 1997 to 2007. Following his time with Hanshin, Hamanaka spent three seasons with the Orix Buffaloes from 2008 to 2010 and one season with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2011. In November 2014 it was announced that Hamanaka had signed a contract to return to Hanshin as a batting coach for the farm team.
Kazumi Kotani (小谷一美, Kotani Kazumi; born April 3, 1957) better known by the ring name Daikokubō Benkei (大黒坊弁慶) is a…Kazumi Kotani (小谷一美, Kotani Kazumi; born April 3, 1957) better known by the ring name Daikokubō Benkei (大黒坊弁慶) is a former Japanese sumo wrestler and professional wrestler best known for his time in the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Katsumi Fujimoto (藤本 勝巳, Fujimoto Katsumi; born August 8, 1937) is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball first…Katsumi Fujimoto (藤本 勝巳, Fujimoto Katsumi; born August 8, 1937) is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played for the Osaka/Hanshin Tigers from 1956 to 1967.