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DAIKAN

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 18, 2019
Giants' Daikan Yoh comes through in clutch in triumph over Buffaloes
Daikan Yoh delivered a pinch-hit, game-winning RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Yomiuri Giants to a 4-3 victory over the Orix Buffaloes in interleague play on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 13, 2018
Giants seize opportunities in Game 1 triumph over Swallows
Without hesitation, the Swallows sent their Giants killer to the mound for Saturday's postseason series opener, but it did not work out the way they had hoped.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 19, 2017
Giants' Sugano continues winning ways against BayStars
Tomoyuki Sugano hasn't really needed a lot of run support when facing the Yokohama BayStars this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 18, 2017
Usami makes first game-winning hit of career one to remember
It was only 10 days ago that Shingo Usami recorded his first pro hit. After his last swing of the bat on Friday night, the Yomiuri Giants youngster can check his first home run and first game-winning hit off the list as well.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 5, 2017
Sugano, home runs help Giants overwhelm Dragons
The Yomiuri Giants belted three home runs for the sixth straight game and Tomoyuki Sugano went eight innings as the Kyojin clobbered the Chunichi Dragons 8-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 2, 2017
Giants not getting full value from new faces
The Yomiuri Giants, stung perhaps by pennant-less seasons in 2015 and 2016 or their inability to stay within 17½ games of the Hiroshima Carp last year, spent much of the offseason wheeling and dealing. Now one month into the 2017 season, their fans might be wondering what it was all for.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 25, 2017
Yomiuri's Yoh will not play for Taiwan at WBC
Yomiuri Giants outfielder Daikan Yoh of Taiwan has said he will not represent his national team at the World Baseball Classic in March, a source close to the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 19, 2016
New Giant Yoh thrilled to wear No. 2
New Yomiuri Giant and star Taiwan outfielder Daikan Yoh said Monday he is thrilled to wear No. 2 for his new club, a number sandwiched between the digits worn by Hall of Famers Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 14, 2016
Free agent Yoh to join Yomiuri
Free agent outfielder Daikan Yoh will join the Yomiuri Giants, the Central League ballclub's general manager Tatsuyoshi Tsutsumi said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Dec 5, 2016
Giants stay busy during offseason
The Yomiuri Giants haven't won the Central League pennant since 2014, which might as well be 1914 in Yomiuri Land, and apparently are not going to sit idly by and watch another team take the flag in 2017.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 2, 2016
Otani eyes new goals following award-winning season for Fighters
Asking what can Shohei Otani do better in 2017 is akin to the question of what do you get the person who already has everything.
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
Fighters' fan favorite Yoh declares free agency
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Daikan Yoh said Monday he will hit the free-agent market after holding talks with the Japan Series champions.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 14, 2015
Taiwan's Yoh, Chen draw on experiences playing in NPB
Yang Dai-kang, who is better known as Daikan Yoh in Japan, has already become a star player for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, but the fame swells when he puts on the Taiwan national team jersey for the nation's citizens.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
May 16, 2015
Sliding into first base not worth the risk
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Daikon Yoh is out of action for probably six weeks after breaking his left thumb in a game against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on May 4 in Sapporo. He sustained the injury while attempting to perform one of the stupidest and unnecessary plays in baseball.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2015
Fighters' Yoh out for an estimated 1½ months after breaking bone in hand
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters center fielder Daikan Yoh is expected to miss 1-1/2 months after breaking a bone near the base of his left thumb, the Pacific League club announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 26, 2014
Yoh happy to carry on tradition as Fighters' showman
There has been a certain amount of pizazz associated with Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters center fielders the last several seasons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2014
Temperatures hit season low on 'daikan' plunge
As Japan marked the coldest day on the calendar Monday, the mercury fell to its lowest point this winter in many places across the archipelago, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 8, 2013
Fighters' Yoh enjoying spotlight with Taiwan at WBC
Daikan Yoh was surrounded by a mob befitting a rock star. Most eyes had been trained on the Taiwanese outfielder during his team's practice session at Tokyo Dome on Friday, and finally they'd caught up to him.

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