Web Magazine about Japan Sports
Web Magazine about Japan Sports
In November 16, FC Barcelona of the Liga Espanola announced that Rakuten Inc. become their main global partner and their first-ever global innovation and entertainment partner. Rakuten also become Barcelona’s primary shirt sponsor from 2017 -2018 season. The contract is 4 years and the sponsorship fee amounts to 55 million euros per year. There is also the …
On the 3rd day of the Kyusyu Grand Sumo Tournament, there was the match of Yokozuna Hakuho vs Top division wrestler Kaisei in November 15. Hakuho beat Kaisei by “Uwatenage” that mean “Overarm throw”. Hakuho had not take part in the last tournament, but he won three matchs in a row from the 1st day. In addition, it …
There was the match of Japan vs Saudi Arabia that is the final round of Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup at the Saitama Stadium, in November 15. In this match, Shinji Okazaki（Leicester City）, Shinji Kagawa（Borussia Dortmund）and keisuke Honda（A.C.Milan）were not a starting member. So Hiroshi Kiyotake（Sevilla FC）, YuYa Osako（FC Koeln）and Yuya Kubo（Yuya Kubo）played in their position. And Usual …
The friendly games of the Japan national baseball team, officially nicknamed Samurai Japan, was held from November 10 to 13 at the Tokyo Dome. Japan played with Mexico in the first and second game, and played with Netherlands in the third and 4th game. The purpose of this games is the selection of player for …
The 2016 Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters tournament of the Japan Golf Tour was held from November 10 to 13, at Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course in Shizuoka. Hideki Matsuyama of US PGA Tour player took part in the tournament for the first time in 3 years. Matsuyama had won the Japan Open Golf Championship 2016 in October and …
The test match of Japan national rugby union team vs. Georgia national rugby union team was held in the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Tbilisi, on November 12. In the starting lineup, 6 players have been exchanged over last week’s match with Argentina national rugby union team. Heiichiro Ito, Kotaro Yatabe, Malgene Ilaua, Shunsuke Nunomaki, Karne Hesketh and Timothy Lafaele were played starter of the national team, officially nicknamed Brave Blossoms. So …
In the Japan professional baseball, only the player of declaring free agency becames the free agent and can negotiate with other teams. In this year, 6 players declared free agency. They could negotiate from November 11, so some players got a meeting. The negotiation deadline is until November 30. Yoshio Itoi of the Orix Buffaloes negotiated with the Hanshin Tigers. Tomoaki …
Latest News: In June 25, Yoshito Okubo of FC Tokyo injured his leg during the match with Jubilo Iwata and leaved the match. After examination at the hospital, he was diagnosed with damage to the ligament of the right knee and as having 6 weeks until full-force. His return will be around August. About 2 month ago, the 10th round of …
The 2016 WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup was held at Mexico from October 28 to November 6. The players of 23 years old and under could participate in this tournament and 12 countries participated. The national team of Japan was chosen to focusing on professional players. This was the first time of the tournament, the qualifying was performed that …