The test match of Japan national rugby union team vs. Wales national rugby union team was held in the Principality Stadium Cardiff, on November 19. In the Japanese starting lineup, 4 players have been exchanged over last week’s match with Georgia national rugby union team. Akihito Yamada, Kenki Fukuoka, Samuela Anise and Kensuke Hatakeyama were the starter of the national team, officially nicknamed Brave Blossoms. …
Hamburger SV Gotoku Sakai became Japanese Captain first time
In November 17 2016, Hamburger SV of the Bundesliga announced that Gotoku Sakai became the captain of the team. Hamburger have not win in ten league outings in 2016-2017 season, so the manager Markus Gisdol nominated Sakai for new captain. Sakai has participated in all matches this season, and joined the match of Japan national team in the final round of Asian qualifiers …
What is Rakuten to become FC Barcelona’s primary shirt sponsor?
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 …
The reason Yokozuna Hakuho win 1000th in Grand Sumo Tournament
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 …
Goodbye Honda, Kagawa & Okazaki! New Japan win Saudi Arabia
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 …
Who will select the Japan Team of 2017 World Baseball Classic?
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 …
Hideki Matsuyama used Callaway Driver and won consecutively
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 …
Japan come from behind to win Georgia by the beautiful attack
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 …
Tokyo Giants want Free agent Masahiko Morifuku & Shun Yamaguchi
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 …