BMW PGA Championship of the European Tour was held from May 25 to 28, at Wentworth Club in England. Japanese Golfer Hideto Tanihara participated in the tournament with female caddy who is his childhood friend, Mayumi Harada. His total score was 8 under and he took 3rd place. So Tanihara moved up to 48th place in Official World Golf Rankings, it …
The state of having knowledge about Fukuoka Hawks Munenori Kawasaki
About a month have passed already from the first game of Japanese professional baseball (NPB) . In May 11, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks played against Orix Buffaloes at Fukuoka Yafuoku Dome. Former Chicago Cubs Munenori Kawasaki was the lead‐off man and played second base. He hit 3 for 4 and got a combined total of 1500th hit in his professional career in …
Reason Ozeki Terunofuji revived in Spring Grand Sumo Tournament
2017 Spring Grand Sumo Tournament was held at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (alias: Edion Arena Osaka) . On the 14th day, there was a match of Ozeki Terunofuji vs. Sekiwake (the Junior champion) Kotoshogiku. Terunofuji beat Kotoshogiku by “Hatakikomi” that means “Slapping down”. Then Terunofuji was 13 wins and 1 loss, but Kotoshogiku who was demoted from the Ozeki couldn’t got 10 wins …
The reason Sunwolves may not win even once in 2017 Super Rugby
The Sunwolves’ second year started with 4 losses in a row. In the match of round 1, the Sunwolves played against the Hurricanes at Tokyo. But the Sunwolves was defeated by a score of 83 to 17. In the match of round 2, the Sunwolves lost the Kings (Southern Kings) by 37 to 23 in Singapore National …
The achievement and problem of Team Japan for 2021 WBC
The final of 2017 World Baseball Classic was held in Dodger Stadium, Team USA played against Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has not defeated so far, but Marcus Stroman of Team USA (Toronto Blue Jays) allowed no earned run in 6 innings with 3 strikeouts. Team USA got 13 hits, finally beat Puerto Rico 8 to 0 and won the championship. Stroman got the …
“Cute woman golfer” Erika Kikuchi won 3rd time in JLPGA Tour
2017 LPGA of Japan Tour started, the T-POUNT Ladies Tournament was held from March 17 to 19, at the Kagoshima Takamaki Country Club in Kagoshima prefecture. It was 3rd tournament in 2017, Korean players have won the last two tournament. Sun-Ju Ahn won Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament, and Mi-Jeong Jeon won Yokohama Tire Golf Tournament PRGR Ladies. In the first …
An up-close and personal look at Hiroshima Carp Ryosuke Kikuchi
The Round 2 of 2017 World Baseball Classic started, the matches of Pool E were held in Tokyo Dome, Japan. On March 12, Japan national baseball team that’s officially nicknamed Samurai Japan, played against Netherlands. Ryosuke Kikuchi of the Hiroshima Carp was playing second baseman, he made a circus catch. In the bottom of 7th inning with a …
The reason Sunwolves played well against Cheetahs/Report & Movie
The Sunwolves’ second year started with two losses in a row. In the match of round 1, the Sunwolves played against the Hurricanes at Tokyo. There were over 17,000 spectators in the Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, but the Sunwolves was defeated by a score of 83 to 17. In the match of round 2, the Sunwolves lost the Kings …
An up-close and personal look at Softbank Hawks Nobuhiro Matsuda
2017 World Baseball Classic is started, the matches of Pool B were held in Tokyo Dome, Japan. On March 7, Japan national baseball team that officially nicknamed Samurai Japan, played against Cuba. Nobuhiro Matsuda of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks was playing third, he hit three-run home run in bottom of the 5th inning. Matsuda had four hits and …