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YOSHIO ITOI

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 2, 2022
Tigers beginning to roar amid six-game win streak
The Tigers are riding a six-game winning streak and finally giving their famously fervent supporters something to cheer about this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB
Sep 27, 2021
Three-team race for Central League pennant could go down to wire
Even though the Climax Series doesn't start until Nov. 6, the final push for the pennant will make it feel like postseason baseball came early.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 9, 2021
Yoshio Itoi homer rockets CL-leading Tigers past BayStars
Veteran Yoshio Itoi broke a 1-1 fifth inning tie with his second home run of the season, leading the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2018
Yoshio Itoi smacks go-ahead blast in eighth as Tigers down Giants
Yoshio Itoi capped a solid evening with an eighth-inning, tiebreaking home run that lifted the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2018
Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano and six others named to All-Star teams via player voting
Yomiuri Giants right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano was among seven players added Thursday to the Central and Pacific League All-Star teams through player voting.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 25, 2018
Tigers' Yoshio Itoi slugs solo homer in fifth inning for game's only run
Yoshio Itoi made Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano pay for his biggest mistake, homering in the fifth inning to power the Hanshin Tigers to a 1-0 win over Yomiuri on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 1, 2018
Tigers starter Takumi Akiyama in control in nine-strikeout performance against BayStars
Takumi Akiyama went the distance and Yoshio Itoi opened the scoring in the Hanshin Tigers' 7-1 victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2017
Reliever Daichi Takeyasu records first triumph of season as Tigers edge Dragons
Second-year pitcher Daichi Takeyasu picked up the win after tossing a perfect inning of relief in his first game with the Hanshin Tigers, who edged the Chunichi Dragons 2-1 on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 27, 2017
BayStars blow late lead in tie with Tigers
The Yokohama BayStars wasted a golden opportunity to close the gap in the race for the Central League's second postseason seed in Wednesday's 4-4 tie with the Hanshin Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 26, 2017
Tigers pounce on Giants' Tanioka in rookie's first career start
The Hanshin Tigers came to Tokyo expecting to face Tomoyuki Sugano in the second game of their series with the Yomiuri Giants
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 21, 2016
Itoi leaving Buffaloes for Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers said Monday they have reached agreement on a contract with free agent outfielder Yoshio Itoi, who earlier in the day informed the Orix Buffaloes of his intention to join the Central League club.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 10, 2016
Itoi, Yoh, Morifuku, Yamaguchi confirmed as free agents
Nippon Professional Baseball released the list of 2016 free agents on Thursday afternoon, with outfielder Yoshio Itoi highlighting a group of six players.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 7, 2016
Orix's Itoi to declare free agency
Orix Buffaloes outfielder Yoshio Itoi said Monday he will exercise his right to domestic free agency, even though the Pacific League club has offered him a major four-year contract.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2016
Itoi wins PL stolen base crown at age 35
Yoshio Itoi became the oldest player to lead a Japanese pro league in stolen bases on Wednesday, the final day of the Pacific League season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 15, 2016
Itoi's three-homer performance guides Buffaloes past Fighters
Yoshio Itoi hit three home runs to power the Orix Buffaloes to a 5-1 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 4, 2016
Laird closing in on 40-homer year
Brandon Laird has become a favorite among Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters fans for his home run celebration, not to mention the homers themselves, which sees him mimic a chef making sushi.
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.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 4, 2015
Buffaloes deactivate Itoi, Nishino, Tsukuhara
Seven-time All-Star Yoshio Itoi and exciting rookie second baseman Masahiro Nishino were deactivated with injuries by the Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes on Saturday, along with reliever Shohei Tsukahara.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 27, 2014
Maeda, seven Carp teammates selected by fans for All-Star series
Right-hander Kenta Maeda was the top vote-getter among Central League starters as eight Hiroshima Carp players were selected in fan balloting for the upcoming All-Star series after the final results were announced on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2014
Buffaloes extend winning streak to six games
Yoshio Itoi broke open a scoreless game with a solo homer in a three-run fourth-inning and the Orix Buffaloes held on to beat the Seibu Lions 3-2 for their sixth straight win on Sunday.
'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.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
'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.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
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.

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