Web Magazine about Japan Sports
Web Magazine about Japan Sports
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 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 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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
The Sunwolves’s second year has started, the match Round 1 of Super Rugby was held in the Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium on February 25. The Sunwolves played against the Hurricanes that are the champion of 2016 Super Rugby, but the Hurricanes beat the Sunwolves 83 to 17. Many players of the Sunwolves has injured, that is one of their defeats. Now …
2017 season of Super Rugby is started, the match of Round 1 was held in the Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium at Tokyo, Japan. This was the opening match for the Sunwolves of Japan Super Rugby team, the Sunwolves played against the Hurricanes. The Sunwolves are the second year since foundation, but they only won one victory last season. So the …