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DAISUKE MIURA

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Film / Reviews
Jan 19, 2023
‘And So I’m at a Loss’: Cautionary tale turns meta
Daisuke Miura’s drama about a habitual shirker isn’t quite as outrageous as it thinks.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Apr 5, 2021
BayStars' Daisuke Miura learns wins do not come easily in NPB
On Sunday, he finally won his first game as the team's manager after coming up short eight times.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2021
Yasuaki Yamasaki's struggles in focus again for winless BayStars
The fan-favorite reliever, who gave up a two-run lead in Tuesday's loss to the Swallows, is aiming for a comeback season after a dismal 2020 campaign.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 13, 2021
BayStars swing for global reputation in 10th year under DeNA
After doubling annual attendance between 2011 and 2019, Yokohama wants to become NPB's strongest club both on and off the diamond.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 15, 2020
BayStars settle on former ace Daisuke Miura as next manager
The Yokohama DeNA BayStars decided Saturday to name former ace pitcher and current farm team manager Daisuke Miura as the Central League club's next manager, a source with knowledge of the matter said.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2020
BayStars manager Alex Ramirez to step down after season: source
Alex Ramirez is set to resign as manager of the YokohamaDeNA BayStars at the end of the season, with farm team manager and former ace pitcher Daisuke Miura emerging as his likely successor, sources close to the team said Friday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 29, 2016
BayStars, fans give Miura emotional send-off in final start of 25-year career
Daisuke Miura didn't get a fairy tale ending. Instead, Hama no Bancho (Boss of Yokohama) went out fighting; grinding for every last out in a blaze of guts and glory as he tried to summon every last ounce of baseball left in his 42-year-old body and leave it all on the field.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 29, 2016
Ramirez praises retiring BayStars pitcher Miura's professionalism
To borrow the words of his manager, retiring star pitcher Daisuke Miura was a "professional player."
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Sep 26, 2016
Japanese teams, fans bid fond farewell to retiring players
Japanese baseball is in the season of goodbyes.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2016
BayStars mainstay Miura to retire after 25th season
One day after the Yokohama BayStars celebrated their first-ever Climax Series berth, pitcher Daisuke Miura, one of franchise's most beloved figures, announced he was bringing his 25-year professional career to an end at the conclusion of this season.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 20, 2015
Miura takes control as BayStars beat Swallows
Player-coach Daisuke Miura allowed four hits over eight innings and Yoshitomo Tsutsugo homered twice to lift the Central League-leading Yokohama BayStars to a 2-0 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Wednesday.
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CULTURE / Stage
Apr 2, 2015
Shinobu Terajima dresses down for risque role in 'All Nudity Shall Be Punished'
Sex and violence can be a good draw to get crowds out to the theater, but don't underestimate the power of actress Shinobu Terajima to bring audiences to a show.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2014
Miura delivers another quality start for BayStars
Forty-year-old ace Daisuke Miura threw seven innings on Thursday night to win his fifth straight start as the Yokohama BayStars beat the third-place Hiroshima Carp 3-0.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Aug 18, 2014
Miura adding to legacy with recent success for BayStars
Daisuke Miura is turning back the clock in Yokohama.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 7, 2014
Miura tosses complete-game victory against Giants
Daisuke Miura allowed a run over the distance to earn his third straight win as the Yokohama BayStars stomped the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants 10-1 on Thursday.
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CULTURE / Stage
Dec 18, 2013
Miura's sex 'Whirlpool' wows a bashful Paris
Looking around before "Ai no Uzu" began, there was an almost palpable anticipation ahead of our plunge into the realm of young Japanese people's sex lives. What to talk about while waiting for the orgy to begin?

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