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Baseball: Giants' Chono retires

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Hisayoshi Chono (L) poses for a photo with teammate Hayato Sakamoto during his retirement ceremony held as part of a fan event at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 23, 2025. The Giants earlier announced Chono's retirement following the 2025 season.

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Giants' Chono re-signs for 35 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Hisayoshi Chono holds a cake at the head office of the professional baseball club in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010, one day after his birthday. Chono, the Central League's rookie of the year, re-signed with the Giants for 35 million yen the same day.

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'Spiderman' fails

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Carp center fielder Soichiro Amaya, a Japanese baseball outfielder dubbed Spiderman in the United States following his impressive wall-climbing catch, fails to field a double off the bat of Yomiuri Giants' Hisayoshi Chono at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Aug. 29, 2010.

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Chono picked by Yomiuri

SAYAMA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (L) helps Hisayoshi Chono, the club's No. 1 draft pick, don a Giants uniform in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2009.

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Chono picked by Yomiuri

SAYAMA, Japan - Hisayoshi Chono (R), the Yomiuri Giants' No. 1 draft pick, poses in the professional club's uniform presented by manager Tatsunori Hara in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2009.

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Chono picked by Yomiuri

SAYAMA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (L) shakes hands with Hisayoshi Chono, the professional club's No. 1 draft pick, in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2009.

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Chono picked by Yomiuri

SAYAMA, Japan - Hisayoshi Chono, the Yomiuri Giants' No. 1 draft pick, speaks at a press conference in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2009.

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Chono picked by Yomiuri

SAYAMA, Japan - Hisayoshi Chono, the Yomiuri Giants' No. 1 draft pick, poses for photographers wearing a Giants cap in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2009.

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Chono homer lifts Japan past S. Korea in baseball

DOHA, Qatar - Outfielder Hisayoshi Chono hit a game-winning three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning on Dec. 2 as Japan rallied to beat two-time defending champion South Korea 10-7 in the Asian Games baseball tournament.

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Baseball: Interleague play to begin in Japan

(From L to R) Takayuki Kajitani of the DeNA BayStars, Yoshihiro Maru of the Hiroshima Carp, Hisayoshi Chono of the Yomiuri Giants, Yuya Hasegawa of the SoftBank Hawks, Daichi Suzuki of the Lotte Marines and Ginjiro Sumitani of the Seibu Lions pose for a photo in Tokyo on May 30, 2016, as interleague play begins in Japanese baseball the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chono homer lifts Japan past S. Korea in baseball

DOHA, Qatar - Outfielder Hisayoshi Chono hit a game-winning three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning on Dec. 2 as Japan rallied to beat two-time defending champion South Korea 10-7 in the Asian Games baseball tournament. (Kyodo)

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'Spiderman' fails

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Carp center fielder Soichiro Amaya, a Japanese baseball outfielder dubbed Spiderman in the United States following his impressive wall-climbing catch, fails to field a double off the bat of Yomiuri Giants' Hisayoshi Chono at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Aug. 29, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Giants' Chono re-signs for 35 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Hisayoshi Chono holds a cake at the head office of the professional baseball club in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010, one day after his birthday. Chono, the Central League's rookie of the year, re-signed with the Giants for 35 million yen the same day. (Kyodo)

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Baseball in Japan

Hisayoshi Chono of the Hiroshima Carp hits a three-run home run in the seventh inning of a game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2020.

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Chono, Sakamoto even series for Giants

Yomiuri Giants' Hayato Sakamoto hits a game-tying homer over the left fence off DeNA BayStars' Shota Imanaga in the third inning of Game 2 of the first stage of the Central League Climax Series at Tokyo Dome on Oct. 9, 2016. The Giants grabbed a 2-1 series-tying win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chono, Sakamoto even series for Giants

Yomiuri Giants' Hisayoshi Chono hits an RBI single to center off DeNA BayStars' Tomoya Mikami in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the first stage of the Central League Climax Series at Tokyo Dome on Oct. 9, 2016. The Giants grabbed a 2-1 series-tying win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chono picked by Yomiuri

SAYAMA, Japan - Hisayoshi Chono (R), the Yomiuri Giants' No. 1 draft pick, poses in the professional club's uniform presented by manager Tatsunori Hara in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Chono picked by Yomiuri

SAYAMA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (L) helps Hisayoshi Chono, the club's No. 1 draft pick, don a Giants uniform in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Chono picked by Yomiuri

SAYAMA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (L) shakes hands with Hisayoshi Chono, the professional club's No. 1 draft pick, in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Chono picked by Yomiuri

SAYAMA, Japan - Hisayoshi Chono, the Yomiuri Giants' No. 1 draft pick, speaks at a press conference in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Chono picked by Yomiuri

SAYAMA, Japan - Hisayoshi Chono, the Yomiuri Giants' No. 1 draft pick, poses for photographers wearing a Giants cap in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 29, 2009. (Kyodo)