Web Magazine about Japan Sports
Web Magazine about Japan Sports
On December 20 2016, the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization（NPB）announced the rosters of Japan national baseball team for 2017 World Baseball Classic. The 18 players playing at NPB such as Shohei Otani and Yoshitomo Tsutsugo were selected. Then next day, the Houston Astros Norichika Aoki was selected as a member of Japan national team, officially nicknamed Samurai Japan. But …
The 2016 Asia winter baseball league was held in Taiwan from November 25 to December 18. This was held with the aim of nurturing young players, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese and European players participated in the league. In the baseball league, Orix buffaloes Masataka Yoshida received the triple crown batting award. He hit 30 for 54 in 18 games, …
The final of FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016 was held in December 18, the Kashima Antlers played against the Real Madrid at Nissan Stadium, Kanagawa Prefecture Japan. The Kashima Antlers of J-League was the host nation’s national champions in 2016 and they got the right to participate in this tournament. The Antlers beat Auckland City of the winner’s …
According to the news report in Japan, former Boston Red Sox Junichi Tazawa contracted with the Miami Marlins on December 16. His contract with the Marlins is 2 years and his salary is 12 million dollars. He will be a teammate with Ichiro Suzuki. Tazawa will work as a setup pitcher instead of Mike Dunn who transferred to the …
On December 15, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced that Japan team will play the test match with 3 countries in 2017. Three national teams are the Romania national rugby union team, the Ireland national rugby union team and the Australia national rugby union team. Every match will be carried out in Japan, the stadium to be held …
The FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016 has started from December 8 in Japan. In this competition, the winners of this year’s AFC Champions League (Jeonbuk), CAF Champions League (Mamelodi Sundowns), CONCACAF Champions League (Club America), Copa Libertadores (Atletico Nacional), OFC Champions League (Auckland City) and UEFA Champions League (Real Madrid), along with the host nation’s national champions（Kashima …
On December 12, Japan SR Association announced the Sunwolves’s players for 2017 season, and new jerseys. The Sunwolves are positioned as strengthening of the Japan national team, officially nicknamed Brave Blossoms. In the squad of Super Rugby 2nd year, 21 players of the Japan national rugby union team joined. They played in the 2016 Autumn Internationals and the results were 1 win and …
On December 11, the Hitachi 3Tours Championship 2016 was held at the Gurissando Golf Club in Chiba Prefecture Japan. This event is the tour competition between Japan Golf Tour, Japan LPGA tour and PGA Senior Tour. And this event is also aimed for charity, Entry income and contestant’s prize money will be donated as charity. The event was handicapped to …
The UEFA Europa League group stage was held in various places on December 8 2016, there was a match of FC Schalke 04 vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg at the Red Bull Arena Salzburg. In this match, Atsuto Uchida of the Schalke participated in the match for the first time in 639 days. Uchida came off the bench in …