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Chiben Wakayama captain Asahi Tsuji makes a pledge for fair play during the opening ceremony of the 106th National High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2024.

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Baseball: Ichiro

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki bats during a game between his amateur baseball team Kobe Chiben and a team of selected high school female players at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on Nov. 21, 2023.

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Baseball: Ichiro

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki pitches during a game between his amateur baseball team Kobe Chiben and a team of selected high school female players at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital on Nov. 21, 2023.

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S. Korea commemorates 40th visit by Japanese high school

SEOUL, South Korea - Kiyoshi Fujita (R), head of Japanese private school Chiben Gakuen, receives a gift from South Korean Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Yoo Jin Ryong at a ceremony in Seoul on April 25, 2014, commemorating Chiben's 40th school trip to the country.

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Meitoku Gijuku wins 1st high school baseball title

KOSHIEN, Japan - Meitoku Gijuku players celebrate after winning their first high school baseball national championship crown with a 7-2 triumph over Chiben Wakayama in the tournament finale at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 21.

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Chiben Wakayama celebrates high school baseball championship

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Players from Chiben Wakayama rush the mound at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 21 to celebrate their 11-6 triumph over Tokaidai Urayasu in the high school baseball national championship game.

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Tokaidai Sagami ace Chikugawa exults in spring tourney triumph

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Tokaidai Sagami ace Rikiya Chikugawa exults April 4 after pitching his teammates to victory and their first championship in the high school baseball national invitational tournament. The Kanagawa school edged Chiben Wakayama 4-2 in the championship final at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Tokaidai Sagami celebrates first spring championship at Koshien

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - The Tokaidai Sagami team from Kanagawa Prefecture rushes to the mound April 4 to celebrate their first championship in the high school baseball national invitational tournament. Tokaidai Sagami edged Chiben Wakayama 4-2 in the championship final at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Okayama Ridai to go to finals at Koshien

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Team members of Okayama Ridai Fuzoku, from Okayama Prefecture, celebrate after winning a semifinal game against Chiben Wakayama of Wakayama Prefecture on the 13th day of the 81st National High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 20. Okayama Ridai defeated Chiben Wakayama 5-4 and will play in the finals against Kiryu Daiichi, from Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 21. Ridai's Masao Baba got the game-winning hit.

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Toin makes round of 8 at Koshien

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Toin Gakuken's Shintaro Yoshida (R) scores home after his teammate Ryota Nakazawa successfully dropped a squeeze bunt in the seventh inning against Chiben Gakuen on the tenth day of the 81st National High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 17. Toin defeated Chiben 9-5 to make the round of 8 in the tournament.

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki in game vs. women's team

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (C) poses for a photo after his Kobe Chiben team's exhibition game against the women's high school baseball all-star team on Dec. 18, 2021, at Hotto Motto Field Kobe in Kobe, western Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki in game vs. women's team

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki bats during his Kobe Chiben team's exhibition game against the women's high school baseball all-star team on Dec. 18, 2021, at Hotto Motto Field Kobe in Kobe, western Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki in game vs. women's team

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki pitches against the women's high school baseball all-star team in his Kobe Chiben team's exhibition game at Hotto Motto Field Kobe in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2021.

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki in game vs. women's team

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki bats during his Kobe Chiben team's exhibition game against the women's high school baseball all-star team on Dec. 18, 2021, at Hotto Motto Field Kobe in Kobe, western Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki in game vs. women's team

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki pitches against the women's high school baseball all-star team in his Kobe Chiben team's exhibition game at Hotto Motto Field Kobe in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2021.

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki in game vs. women's team

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki pitches against the women's high school baseball all-star team in his Kobe Chiben team's exhibition game at Hotto Motto Field Kobe in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2021.

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki in game vs. women's team

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki bats during his Kobe Chiben team's exhibition game against the women's high school baseball all-star team on Dec. 18, 2021, at Hotto Motto Field Kobe in Kobe, western Japan.

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Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Chiben Wakayama celebrate after beating sibling school Chiben Gakuen 9-2 in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 29, 2021.

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Baseball: Japan's national high school tournament final

Players of Chiben Wakayama celebrate after beating sibling school Chiben Gakuen 9-2 in Japan's summer national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 29, 2021.

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Tokaidai Sagami ace Chikugawa exults in spring tourney triumph

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Tokaidai Sagami ace Rikiya Chikugawa exults April 4 after pitching his teammates to victory and their first championship in the high school baseball national invitational tournament. The Kanagawa school edged Chiben Wakayama 4-2 in the championship final at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Tokaidai Sagami celebrates first spring championship at Koshien

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - The Tokaidai Sagami team from Kanagawa Prefecture rushes to the mound April 4 to celebrate their first championship in the high school baseball national invitational tournament. Tokaidai Sagami edged Chiben Wakayama 4-2 in the championship final at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture.

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Baseball: Ichiro as temporary coach for high school team

Former Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki serves as a temporary coach for Chiben Wakayama high school's baseball team on Dec. 4, 2020, in Wakayama, western Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro as temporary coach for high school team

Former Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki (wearing sunglasses) serves as a temporary coach for Chiben Wakayama high school's baseball team on Dec. 4, 2020, in Wakayama, western Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro as temporary coach for high school team

Former Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki (2nd from R) serves as a temporary coach for Chiben Wakayama high school's baseball team on Dec. 4, 2020, in Wakayama, western Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro as temporary coach for high school team

Former Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki (C) serves as a temporary coach for Chiben Wakayama high school's baseball team on Dec. 4, 2020, in Wakayama, western Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro as temporary coach for high school team

Former Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki (L) serves as a temporary coach for Chiben Wakayama high school's baseball team on Dec. 4, 2020, in Wakayama, western Japan.

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Meitoku Gijuku wins 1st high school baseball title

KOSHIEN, Japan - Meitoku Gijuku players celebrate after winning their first high school baseball national championship crown with a 7-2 triumph over Chiben Wakayama in the tournament finale at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 21. (Kyodo)

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Chiben Wakayama celebrates high school baseball championship

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Players from Chiben Wakayama rush the mound at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 21 to celebrate their 11-6 triumph over Tokaidai Urayasu in the high school baseball national championship game.

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Okayama Ridai to go to finals at Koshien

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Team members of Okayama Ridai Fuzoku, from Okayama Prefecture, celebrate after winning a semifinal game against Chiben Wakayama of Wakayama Prefecture on the 13th day of the 81st National High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 20. Okayama Ridai defeated Chiben Wakayama 5-4 and will play in the finals against Kiryu Daiichi, from Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 21. Ridai's Masao Baba got the game-winning hit.

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Toin makes round of 8 at Koshien

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Toin Gakuken's Shintaro Yoshida (R) scores home after his teammate Ryota Nakazawa successfully dropped a squeeze bunt in the seventh inning against Chiben Gakuen on the tenth day of the 81st National High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 17. Toin defeated Chiben 9-5 to make the round of 8 in the tournament.