Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball. He's among many Japanese stars who have left to play in North America.
PlayerBodyMassIndexCareerThe aim of this study is to clarify factors related to premature death among Japanese professional baseball players by a case-control analysis. The subjects are two matching groups of 622 Japan Professional Baseball (JPB) league players, those deceased and those surviving. ...
Baseball arrived in Japan in 1872. Image via Shutterstock You’ll hear theōendan(cheer squads) singing the whole time at the games, even when the home team is losing. There are different chants for each player, so you won’t be bored listening to these cheers! Bring your lunch to the...
The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers can party like it’s 2022 on a baseball field for a few days in Japan, and even like it’s 1982 off of it.
Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Japan. There are plenty of things to see in addition to the games. Check out the teams and schedules, and try to watch the games at the stadium when you visit Japan!
Ichiro became the first position player to make the transition from NPB to MLB when he joined the Mariners in 2001. After becoming a superstar in Japan with the Orix Blue Wave, he became the second player in MLB history to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award and the AL MVP Award in ...
When baseball superstar Ken Sato returns home to Japan to pick up the mantle of Earth-defending superhero Ultraman, he quickly finds more than he bargained for as he’s forced to raise the offspring of his greatest foe.Ultraman: Rising hits Netflix sometime in 2024...
While there may not be many players of Japanese descent in the MLB right now, there are still an incredible amount of phenomenal players, which raises the question, who is the best Japanese baseball player in 2025? Players like Yu Darvish and Kenta Maeda have lit up the NPB and have ...
JapanWhen Hideo Nomo exploited a contractual loophole to transfer from Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) to Major League Baseball in 1994, he provided the catalyst for change in the relationship between individual players and teams in Japan's number one sport. Nomo's 'defection' changed player/...
version of their website, making it very easy to buy tickets. For a list of teams and their stadium location within Japan, visit theNippon Baseball League’s English site. Here you’ll find links to each team’s website, game scheduling, and even team/player stats:http://npb.jp/eng/...