The baseball player who looks like Ayame Gouriki!? wwwww

1: 禿の月φ ★ 2014/03/14(金) 18:53:07.05 ID:???0

Nippon Ham's Sho Nakata (24) is mystified by "the super cute slugger"!? Nakata was together with Kenshi Sugiya (23) and Yuya Taniguchi (21) at the Sapporo Dome for a talk event. 

Nakata introduced Gouriki look-alike Taniguchi to the crowd of 600 who had gathered and said: "If it's just his looks, he's got a really cute face that might make me take the wrong path, but he's really a nice and cute junior who likes making others laugh".

Taniguchi comments: "I'm hoping that I can respond to all the different expectations from me". Sugiya who was seated between the two revealed: "Nakata-san always says 'That guy really is cute' whenever Taniguchi isn't around".

Source: http://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/f-bb-tp0-20140314-1270166.html

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Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kazuya Kamenashi, and Yusuke Kamiji to star in the movie Vancouver no Asahi

1: かばほ～るφ ★ 2014/02/20 07:44:53

Actor Satoshi Tsumabuki (33) will be starring in the movie based on the "legendary baseball team". Vancouver no Asahi (director Yuya Ishii), slated for a December release, is about the next generation of Japanese immigrants in Canada who fought against racism and poverty through baseball in order to inspire and give strength to their fellow immigrants. Joining Tsumabuki are other baseball enthusiasts in the industry such as KAT-TUN's Kazuya Kamenashi (27) and Yusuke Kamiji (34).

The story is based on the actual Japanese-Canadian baseball team "Vancouver Asahi" which existed before the war. They defeated Canadian teams one after another and became a glimmer of hope for the Japanese settlement, and eventually won the favor of the white society. 

Tsumabuki plays the role of a Japanese nisei (2nd generation Japanese-Canadian) named Reggie Kasahara, the shortstop of the team who works in a lumbermill. This movie will not be a mere baseball movie but will mostly focus on the drama aspects of the story. The producers' reason for casting Tsumabuki was that they "wanted an actor whom people feel a sense of closeness to, and can easily empathize with". He's the only player in team Asahi who has never played baseball, but he trained hard for the role as the staff said "He was good enough to perform a sidethrow during his first training session."

The rest of the team is made up of talents who have been involved with baseball in one way or another. Former little-league player Kamenashi will be playing the role of the ace pitcher Roy Einishi, while Kamiji who used to be the catcher of the New York Mets' pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka in high school will be portraying Tom Miyake, the team's catcher. 2nd baseman Kei Kitamoto will be played by Ryo Katsuji (27) and 3rd baseman Frank Nojima by Sousuke Ikematsu, both experienced in baseball as well.

Source: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20140220/oth14022005060012-n1.html 

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Yu Darvish denies reports that he is seeing announcer Ayako Kato

1: 三毛猫φ ★ 2014/02/11(火) 11:34:13.98 ID:???0

There were reports that Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish (27) is dating Fuji TV's announcer Ayako Kato a.k.a. Katopan (28). Darvish immediately denied this on Twitter when someone asked, "Are you really in a romantic relationship with Katopan?". Darvish replied with "Not at all", "Please don't ask me about this. This I can declare.". 

Source: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140211-00000028-dal-ent 

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How Captain Tsubasa and other sports mangas have influenced Japanese sports

1： ：禿の月φ 2013/10/11 18:40:18

(Summarized)
The Japanese comic world has indeed played a major role in promoting sports, and its influence is boundless. Many people truly believe that Captain Tsubasa, among others, has helped enlighten the public and develop what was then a sport that was relatively minor in Japan -- soccer.

Japanese sports comics are generally divided into two, "ball games" and "combative sports", with the mangas Kyojin no Hoshi (baseball) and Ashita no Joe (boxing) starting the trend.

Japan has a lot of baseball and soccer comics, followed by tennis with titles such as Aozora Standby, Prince of Tennis and Sho no Densetsu. These led to the emergence of tennis players such as Shuzo Matsuoka, Kimiko Date-Krumm, and Kei Nishikori.
For badminton, there's Ichiban!!, Yamato no hane, and Smash!
Volleyball has Perfect Match and Attack No.1, while basketball not only has Slam Dunk, but also HI5, DRAGON JAM, and BUZZER BEATER.

Source: http://www.recordchina.co.jp/group.php?groupid=82244

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KAT-TUN's Kazuya Kamenashi strikes out former Pro baseball player Kazuhiro Kiyohara in 3 pitches

1: ケンシロウとユリア百式φ ★ 2014/01/05(日) 20:35:06.29 ID:???0

Former professional baseball player Kazuhiro Kiyohara (46) faced off against KAT-TUN's Kazuya Kamenashi (27) in a serious matchup during Kirin Beer's "Nodogoshi Yume no dream Pro Yakyuu" event at the Tokyo Dome.

Kiyohara could not time his swings against Kamenashi's pitches and struck out in 3 pitches. After the match, Kiyohara commented: "All he threw were breaking balls. But all these world class pitchers like Matsuzaka only went up against me with fastballs" and drew laughter from the crowd.

Source: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140105-00000066-nksports-base 

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Yu Darvish and MALIA (Maria Shinbo) caught together by Josei Seven

1： 風吹けば名無し 2013/10/31(木) 07:49:48.88 ID:rwfy0U0f

Yu Darvish is apparently two-timing his live-in partner Miho Koga.

Right after seeing Koga off, Darvish went on a date with this model...

Source: http://josei7.com/topics.html

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Ando Lloyd episode 3 drops to 13.2%, Kurokouchi drops to 9.2%

1： かばほ～るφ ★ 2013/10/28(月) 10:04:13.41 ID:???0

Ando Lloyd's (Sunday-9pm) ratings have dropped from 19.2%→15.2%→13.2% in episode 3.
Kurokouchi's (Friday-10pm) ratings have dropped from 12.0%→11.2%→9.2% in episode 3.

Source: http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/f-et-tp0-20131028-1210362.html

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Wait, who's this girl Yu Darvish is with!?

1： 風吹けば名無し 2013/08/30(金) 11:05:07.91 ID:9rtQKBI/

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Julie Park  @juliepark


Just saw Yu Darvish looking for puppies at Petland lolol #paparazzishot 
should of asked him for a pic though :(


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Ichiro's English speaking skills wwwwwwwwwwwwww

1： 風吹けば名無し 2013/08/11(日) 20:25:02.89 ID:c4TmSY6p

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Ceremonial first pitches by female personalities

1： 風吹けば名無し 2013/07/15(月) 20:38:15.82 ID:x1p3cFnV

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