Easygoing, quirky and a hands-on skipper, Shinjo is a breath of fresh air in Nippon Professional Baseball, which often appears set in its ways, the veteran...
The season may have started off slowly but flamboyant manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo is living the dream in Hokkaido.
The Kansai-based club opened the season with nine consecutive defeats, a Central League record to start a season.
The Fukushima native becomes the first new sekiwake in 86 years to claim the championship.
The Hokkaido-based team added to its ice hockey pedigree with yet another championship.
"I've done all I can in terms of preparation," Tanaka said of the upcoming season.
New ozeki Mitakeumi keeps pace along with sekiwake Wakatakakage and rank-and-filer Kotonowaka.
The Nagano native had his hands full with Mongolian giant Ichinojo but came out on the winning side.
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Tsuyoshi Shinjo made a grand entrance at the Fighters spring camp, and since then, he’s raised a few eyebrows with his unorthodox training methods, but that’s...
But the silver medal is Japan's best curling result in the Olympics.
The defending champion suffered a fall at the turn that haunted her in the team pursuit earlier in the week.