The Hanshin Tigers manager lands the Shoriki Award, an annual honor for top contributions to Japanese baseball, after leading the team to a Japan Series title.
Throughout this classic seven-game Japan Series, the Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes gave baseball fans plenty of reasons to pay attention.
The American had four RBIs while Japan Series MVP Koji Chikamoto went 4-for-5 in the Tigers' 7-1 win over the defending champion Orix Buffaloes.
The Buffaloes ace set a Japan Series record for strikeouts (14) in what was likely his last game as a Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.
Shota Morishita delivered the big hit in Game 5 as the Tigers scored six runs in the eighth and took a 3-2 lead over the Orix...
Oyama's clutch hit capped a bizarre ninth inning in this Japan Series clash that touched off wild celebrations at Koshien Stadium. The series is now tied...
The Pacific League champion Buffaloes got clutch hitting and solid pitching to take a 2-1 lead over the Tigers in the best-of-seven Japan Series.
Led by Hiroya Miyagi and Masahiro Nishino, Orix rebounded from a Game 1 loss. The first all-Kansai Japan Series in 59 years is shaping up to...
Koji Chikamoto and Takumu Nakano both had two RBIs and rookie Shoki Murakami tossed seven scoreless innings in an 8-0 win over Orix in the Japan...
For the first time since 1964, two teams from Kansai will square off in the Japan Series. Fifty-nine years ago, the Hawks triumphed over the Tigers.
Two-time Japan Series MVP Toshiaki Imae says a family atmosphere, trust and decisiveness will be important ingredients for success in rebuilding the club.
A trio of Beijing Olympic gold medals, Roki Sasaki's perfect game and boxer Naoya Inoue's success were among 2022's defining sports highlights for Japan.
