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HISAYOSHI CHONO

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 24, 2019
Carp crush Giants to extend winning streak to 10
The first several weeks of the NPB season had many wondering how it was possible for the Hiroshima Carp to start off so slowly.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 7, 2019
Carp take Giants outfielder Hisayoshi Chono as free agent compensation
The Yomiuri Giants announced Monday they will send veteran outfielder Hisayoshi Chono to the Hiroshima Carp as part of the compensation package for the Tokyo-based team's signing of free agent slugger Yoshihiro Maru.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 28, 2018
Hisayoshi Chono slugs sayonara homer to lift Giants past BayStars, into third place in CL standings
Before watching his two former NPB clubs take the field in a crucial late-season game, the retiring Shuichi Murata urged them to give everything they had during the contest.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 2, 2018
Giants' Cristopher Mercedes earns complete-game victory over rival BayStars
Cristopher Mercedes allowed his first runs but remained unbeaten in four starts for the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday, when he threw a three-hitter in a 3-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 29, 2018
Pinch hitter Masanobu Fukuda slaps game-winning single in ninth against Giants
Masanobu Fukuda's pinch-hit single capped a three-run, ninth-inning rally, lifting the Chunichi Dragons to a 4-3 triumph over the Yomiuri Giants on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2018
Giants sluggers provide big spark in series-opening victory over Swallows
Hisayoshi Chono and Casey McGehee put the Yomiuri Giants in position for a win over their crosstown rivals.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2018
Giants star Tomoyuki Sugano records second shutout of season
Tomoyuki Sugano threw his second shutout of the season as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Chunichi Dragons 6-0 on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2017
Early runs, dominant Sugano guide Giants past BayStars
When you've got a pitcher as good as Tomoyuki Sugano on the mound, the game plan is usually pretty simple.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 9, 2016
Chono delivers winning hit in eighth inning as Giants stave off elimination
The Yomiuri Giants survived a few close calls in a tense game that could've gone either way to keep their season alive.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 9, 2016
Giants prevail over Swallows, prevent idle Carp from clinching pennant
The Yomiuri Giants hit three homers for all their runs to defeat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5-2 on Friday, making the Hiroshima Carp wait at least another day to claim the Central League title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 30, 2016
Giants clober CL rival Swallows
Kan Otake threw seven shutout innings as the Yomiuri Giants walloped the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9-0 in the Central League on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2016
Stars step up to steer Giants past archrival Tigers
A red-hot Randy Messenger was dealing, and it didn't look as if the Yomiuri Giants were going to have many chances to cool him off.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2016
Cruz, Chono carry Giants past Swallows
Luis Cruz thought he had a home run in his first game in a Yomiuri Giants uniform, but had to settle for a double following a replay review.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2016
Giants treat new skipper Takahashi to season-opening victory over Swallows
So far, so good for Yoshinobu Takahashi and the Yomiuri Giants.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 24, 2015
Taking stock of this season's overachievers, underachievers
Every year when the regular Japanese baseball season is over, it is my task to compile final batting and pitching statistics for two annual publications. While it is often easy to pick out overachievers and underachievers each year as the season moves along, there are always some surprises in the final stats indicating certain players did far better or worse than expected.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 7, 2015
Chono changes Giants' fortunes with clutch triple in triumph over Swallows
Tuesday night was "Hisayoshi Chono Player's Day" at Tokyo Dome, and it was only fitting the man of the hour stole the show.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 17, 2014
Giants wallop Buffaloes in showdown of NPB's winningest teams
The Yomiuri Giants found themselves without their starting pitcher in the early stages of an important game. In the end it didn't matter. The Kyojin just beat up on the opposing starter to make up for it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Oct 30, 2013
Terauchi, Chono, Giants draw even with Eagles in Japan Series
Takayuki Terauchi and Hisayoshi Chono secured return tickets to Sendai for the Yomiuri Giants and breathed new life into the Japan Series in the process.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 29, 2013
Chono belts game-winning HR in 10th; Giants earn sweep over Tigers
Hisayoshi Chono homered to lead off the bottom of the 10th inning on Thursday, lifting the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Hanshin Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 17, 2013
Giants' Chono slugs clutch home run in victory over Dragons
The third time was the charm for Hisayoshi Chono on Saturday afternoon.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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