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KOSUKE FUKUDOME

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 8, 2022
Dragons veteran Kosuke Fukudome to retire after season
Fukudome spent five years in the majors from 2008 with the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
May 31, 2021
Dragons help Central League get off to fast start in interleague play
Round one goes to the Central League and, of all teams, the Chunichi Dragons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 12, 2020
Former major leaguer Kosuke Fukudome returns to Dragons
Former big league outfielder Kosuke Fukudome returned to the Chunichi Dragons, his first pro team, the Central League club announced Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jul 20, 2020
Tigers back on prowl in Central League
Their resurgence continued last week at Koshien Stadium, where Hanshin took two of three against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and swept the Chunichi Dragons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Apr 28, 2020
NPB shutdown robs fans of limited chances to see aging legends
With the delayed season expected to start behind closed doors, it's unclear when Japanese baseball's elder statesmen will receive cheers from packed stands again.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 5, 2020
Milestones in play for many in 2020 season
With the NPB season set to begin on March 21, it won't be long before players are back in uniform and training with their teams in preparation for 2020.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 10, 2018
Veterans Shinnosuke Abe, Tetsuya Utsumi guide Giants past Tigers
Baseball might be a young man's game, but it was old-timer's night at Tokyo Dome on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 30, 2018
Tigers hurler Randy Messenger silences Giants in season-opening triumph
Whoever wins the Sawamura Award this year might want to do whatever it takes to avoid Randy Messenger and the Hanshin Tigers on Opening Day next season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 14, 2017
Kosuke Fukudome, Randy Messenger guide Tigers past BayStars in CL postseason opener
Surprise BayStars starter Shoichi Ino threw five scoreless innings before Kosuke Fukudome belted a two-run, sixth-inning homer, lifting Randy Messenger and the Hanshin Tigers to a 2-0 win over Yokohama in Game 1 of the Central League Climax Series First Stage.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 28, 2017
Tigers trample over BayStars, secure spot in Central League Climax Series
Hanshin lefty Atsushi Nomi went the distance and Kosuke Fukudome was 2-for-2 with four RBIs as the Tigers pounded the Yokohama BayStars 11-2 on Thursday and secured a berth in the Central League playoffs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 6, 2017
Aizawa drives in winning run for Carp in 11th
Tsubasa Aizawa's 11th-inning RBI single lifted the Hiroshima Carp to a 4-3 win over the second-place Hanshin Tigers on Wednesday, leaving the Carp with a magic number of 10 to clinch their second straight pennant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 12, 2017
Solo homers carry Tigers to triumph over BayStars
Masahiro Nakatani, Kosuke Fukudome and Takashi Toritani all hit solo homers to pace the Hanshin Tigers to a 4-1 victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 9, 2017
Intuition pays off as Fukudome switches bats, slugs homer in victory over Giants
Kosuke Fukudome just had a feeling.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2017
Fukudome's hot bat sends Tigers past Swallows again
There were fireworks the last time the Hanshin Tigers' Shintaro Fujinami pitched against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 7, 2016
Tigers rookie Aoyagi sparkles in seven scoreless innings against Giants
Koyo Aoyagi threw everything he had at the Yomiuri Giants in his first start at Tokyo Dome. The Giants, for the most part, couldn't really handle any of it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2016
Tigers pounce on Giants youngster Taira, reliever Tsuchida
Randy Messenger and the Hanshin Tigers welcomed Kentaro Taira to the big time on Thursday in a comprehensive 10-1 Central League victory over the front-running Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 10, 2015
Maeda, Fukudome among Golden Glove recipients
Hiroshima Carp ace Kenta Maeda added another accolade to his already lengthy list when he was revealed as one of this year's Mitsui Golden Glove recipients on Tuesday afternoon.
Japan Times
SPORTS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Jul 17, 2015
Return to Japan leaves Matsuzaka a forgotten man
Former superstar Daisuke Matsuzaka, who returned to Japan after mixed results in eight seasons in the majors to sign with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, has not appeared in a single game for the big club this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2014
Fifth-inning outburst carries Tigers to Game 1 triumph over Hawks
The Hanshin Tigers put runners on every base with two outs in the fifth inning in the opening game of the Japan Series as the zeal and frenzy of their fans in the stands shot to new levels
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 11, 2014
Tigers' Fukudome slugs solo home run to account for only scoring in CL playoff opener
Randy Messenger threw eight scoreless innings and Kosuke Fukudome hit a solo home run as the Hanshin Tigers beat the Hiroshima Carp 1-0 on Saturday in Game 1 of the Central League Climax Series first stage.
'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.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
An AI star seeks to bring self-driving cars to Japan by 2030
Japanese startup Turing plans to unveil a self-driving car with at least 30 minutes’ driving range next year and develop a fully autonomous car by 2030.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
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.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'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.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

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