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KYOSUKE TAKAGI

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Apr 2, 2018
Yomiuri reliever Takagi gets rude welcome in NPB return
Yomiuri Giants reliever Kyosuke Takagi made his return to baseball essentially under cover of darkness Friday. But even with the Tokyo Dome lights off for the opening-day ceremony, Takagi's presence was illuminated by the chorus of boos emanating from the Hanshin Tigers fans in left field.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 26, 2017
Giants' Takagi returns from gambling suspension, pitches on farm team
Kyosuke Takagi threw one scoreless inning for the Yomiuri Giants' third team on Wednesday in his first game since his one-year suspension for involvement in illegal gambling was lifted.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 28, 2017
Disgraced Takagi apologizes to Giants, resumes career after signing developmental contract
Kyosuke Takagi, who re-signed with the Yomiuri Giants after facing a one-year ban for his involvement in illegal betting, restarted his career on Tuesday by extending his apologies to his manager, coaches and teammates.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2017
Disgraced Takagi returns to pro baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball announced the return of Kyosuke Takagi, found guilty of gambling, to professional baseball on Monday, when the reliever's former club, the Yomiuri Giants, signed him to a developmental contract.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 23, 2017
Giants seek banned pitcher Takagi's reinstatement
The Yomiuri Giants on Thursday filed an application for the reinstatement of their former reliever Kyosuke Takagi with Nippon Professional Baseball following his one-year suspension for gambling.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2017
Giants pitcher Takagi seeking comeback after gambling ban
Relief pitcher Kyosuke Takagi has told the Yomiuri Giants that he wants to return to baseball following his one-year suspension for gambling, the Central League club announced Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 2, 2016
Matsui angry about betting scandal
Former New York Yankee Hideki Matsui admitted Saturday that the recent banning of four Yomiuri Giants pitchers for their involvement in baseball gambling touched a nerve, but he offered no advice to Japanese baseball on how to prevent a reoccurrence of the problem.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2016
NPB bans pitcher Takagi one year for gambling
Yomiuri Giants pitcher Kyosuke Takagi has been banned for one year for his involvement in gambling on baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball announced Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 20, 2016
BayStars pitchers took part in annual pool bet
Yokohama BayStars pitchers had been placing annual pool bets on their individual season statistics, the Central League club said Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 16, 2016
Under-the-table pep-talk payments put NPB in hot water amid betting scandals
The Pacific League on Wednesday announced it will hold an emergency session of its board of directors after two of its clubs, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Seibu Lions, admitted that players exchanged cash after wins and losses.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 14, 2016
Giants say players engaged in pool betting on team's games
The Yomiuri Giants confirmed Monday that the team's players routinely took part in pool betting on the Central League team's games.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 12, 2016
Gambling, drugs, bullets provide cautionary tales for NPB's foreign players
Gambling, drugs, bullets in luggage, gambling again. More current and former players in Japanese baseball are being tagged with the yogisha (crime suspect) label following their names, and team officials are making the deep bows of apology and "There's nothing we can say" speeches. Some have stepped down "to take responsibility" for the actions of their players.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 11, 2016
Sports minister Hase believes more players could be involved in gambling
Sports minister Hiroshi Hase said Friday he is concerned that there are more players involved in the baseball gambling scandal that has seen a fourth player from the Yomiuri Giants admitting to his involvement.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 8, 2016
Giants owner, chairman, supreme adviser to step down as gambling scandal widens
Three top officials of the Yomiuri Giants, Japan's oldest existing professional baseball team, will resign following the team's announcement on Tuesday that a fourth Giants player was found to have bet on baseball.
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Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
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'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
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