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SENICHI HOSHINO

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 14, 2020
Former Hanshin Tigers catcher Koichi Tabuchi headlines Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame's 2020 class
Koichi Tabuchi touched Senichi Hoshino's Hall of Fame plaque and jokingly wondered why his friend was wearing a Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles hat.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 7, 2018
Hoshino's passion remained as strong as ever
Senichi Hoshino walked into a room full of reporters on a gray and rainy day in Sendai a few years back with a smile that lit up the room. This was the day after his Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the draft lottery for the rights to pitcher Yuki Matsui and the day prior to his team hosting Game 1 of the 2013 Japan Series, and Hoshino was practically beaming.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 6, 2018
Former NPB star pitcher, manager Senichi Hoshino dies at 70
Senichi Hoshino, the last Japanese manager of New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka and a Hall of Famer, has died, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles said Saturday. He was 70.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 7, 2017
Durable, tough Iwase withstands test of time
It was a record that was bound to fall to the right man in the right circumstances, and on Sunday the mark for career games pitched in Nippon Professional Baseball was eclipsed by Chunichi Dragons lefty Hitoki Iwase, Japan's all-time saves leader.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 18, 2017
Desire to beat Giants spurred Hall of Famers to glory
In many ways, the fates have tied Senichi Hoshino and Masaji Hiramatsu together in their careers, and on Monday they shared another thing — membership in Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 16, 2017
Ito, Hoshino, Hiramatsu inducted into Hall of Fame
Catcher Tsutomu Ito and pitchers Senichi Hoshino and Masaji Hiramatsu were inducted into Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 28, 2014
Tatsunami added to Hall of Fame ballot for first time
Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on Friday announced that Kazuyoshi Tatsunami is among nine new players on the ballot to select next year's class to the Hall of Fame.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2014
Eagles select Okubo as Hoshino's replacement
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles said Tuesday they will appoint Hiromoto Okubo as new manger of the Pacific League club.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2014
Eagles' Hoshino loses final game of managerial career
Senichi Hoshino, who managed three different teams to the Japan Series and finally won it in 2013, brought his managing career to a close on Tuesday as his Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles played their final game of the season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 18, 2014
Eagles manager Hoshino to step down at season's end
Senichi Hoshino, who managed the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles to the franchise's first Japan Series title last season, announced Thursday that he would resign at the end of the current season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 24, 2014
Eagles skipper Hoshino returns to team
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino was back in uniform on Thursday for the first time in two months after having surgery.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 17, 2014
Eagles manager Hoshino starts physical rehab
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles announced Tuesday that manager Senichi Hoshino has begun his rehabilitation following back surgery.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 28, 2014
Norimoto tosses shutout against Giants
Second-year right-hander Takahiro Norimoto sparkled in an interleague rematch of last year's Japan Series combatants, throwing a three-hitter as the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles defeated the Yomiuri Giants 4-0 on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 27, 2014
Eagles skipper Hoshino sidelined by herniated disk
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino, who is taking time off due to lower back pain, has been diagnosed with a lumbar herniated disk and a serious disease that causes compression of the spinal nerve roots, the team announced on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2013
Eagles skipper Hoshino wins Shoriki Award
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino was voted unanimously Monday the winner of the Matsutaro Shoriki Award after guiding the Pacific League club to its first Japan Series title in its ninth year as a franchise.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 4, 2013
High-flying Eagles reign supreme after eight-year rise to top
To say simply that Senichi Hoshino put Masahiro Tanaka in the game during the ninth inning of the Japan Series finale somehow does the moment a disservice.
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JAPAN
Nov 4, 2013
Eagles win brings Tohoku bargains
Tohoku baseball fans flocked to special sales at department stores and other shops Monday to celebrate the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' first Japan Series championship.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Nov 1, 2013
Gambles pay off for Eagles skipper Hoshino
In the fifth game of the Japan Series, Senichi Hoshino went for the jugular.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2013
Eagles skipper Hoshino accepts new multiyear deal
Senichi Hoshino, who last week clinched his fourth league pennant as a manager and the first for the nine-year-old Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, has accepted a new multiyear contract, the Pacific League champs revealed Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 22, 2013
Eagles owner asks skipper Hoshino to return in 2014
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles owner Hiroshi Mikitani on Thursday revealed that he asked manager Senichi Hoshino to stay on for next season.

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