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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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Memorial ceremony for Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki (on screen) delivers a condolence video message at a memorial ceremony held at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, the former Yomiuri Giants star player and manager who died in June. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony for Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki (on screen) delivers a condolence video message at a memorial ceremony held at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, the former Yomiuri Giants star player and manager who died in June. (Pool photo)

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) talks to Japan outfielder and Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki ahead of a training game between Japan's World Baseball Classic team and the Giants in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 21, 2009. Japanese baseball legend Nagashima died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (33) cheers with outfielder Hideki Matsui following the team's walk-off win against the Yakult Swallows in a baseball game at Tokyo Dome on Sept. 14, 1996. Japanese baseball legend Nagashima died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (3) acknowledges the crowd with outfielder Hideki Matsui (55) after the team won the Japan Series baseball title on Oct. 28, 2000. Japanese baseball legend Nagashima died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima (3) exchanges a few words with former Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui following their People's Honor Award ceremony at Tokyo Dome on May 5, 2013. Japanese baseball legend Nagashima died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui makes a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

File photo taken Nov. 1, 1994, shows Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) and Orix BlueWave outfielder Ichiro Suzuki attending a Matsutaro Shoriki award ceremony. Nagashima, who was a key player on the Giants team that won nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973 and later managed the club, died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga (L, front) and outfielder Seiya Suzuki (R, front) converse during the fifth inning of an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, ahead of Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki flies out in the third inning of an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, ahead of Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki draws a walk in the first inning of an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, ahead of Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki strikes out swinging in the seventh inning of an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, ahead of Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki is called out on strikes in the fifth inning of an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, ahead of Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki flies out in the third inning of an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, ahead of Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki strikes out swinging in the seventh inning of an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, ahead of Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki strikes out swinging in the seventh inning of an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, ahead of Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki draws a walk in the first inning of an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025, ahead of Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Baseball: Yomiuri Giant Kajitani retires

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Takayuki Kajitani (R) receives flowers from teammate Hayato Sakamoto at the end of a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024, on his retirement from professional baseball.

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Baseball: Yomiuri Giant Kajitani retires

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Takayuki Kajitani speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024, on his retirement from professional baseball.

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Baseball: Yomiuri Giant Kajitani retires

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Takayuki Kajitani speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024, on his retirement from professional baseball.

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Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - File photo taken Feb. 14, 1959, shows Yomiuri Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine, known in Japan as Kaname Yonamine. (Kyodo)

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Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine, known in Japan as Kaname Yonamine, meets spectators at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 1957, after being named as the most valuable player of the season. (Kyodo)

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Aoki inks 1-year, $4.7 million deal with Giants

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows outfielder Norichika Aoki. The San Francisco Giants announced Jan. 19, 2015, they have signed a one-year contract with Aoki, who played the previous season with Kansas City, which lost the World Series to the Giants in seven games.

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BoSox's Uehara, Yomiuri's Takahashi hold class in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Pitcher Koji Uehara (R) of the Boston Red Sox and Yomiuri Giants outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi hold a baseball class for children on Nov. 29, 2014, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. The city is in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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World Series Game 7

KANSAS CITY, United States - Illustrator Hideshi Yokoyama, who is visiting the United States from Japan to support the Kansas City Royals, holds illustrations of outfielder Norichika Aoki (L) and infielder Eric Hosmer at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 29, 2014, ahead of Game 7 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants. The two teams had won three games apiece heading into the series' decisive Game 7.

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Royals crush Giants in World Series Game 6

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki smiles during an interview after the team beats the San Francisco Giants 10-0 in Game 6 of the World Series at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 28, 2014. With the victory, the Royals evened the series at 3-3.

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Royals crush Giants in World Series Game 6

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki (23) celebrates his first hit of the World Series in the second inning of Game 6 against the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 28, 2014. The Royals won 10-0 to even the series at 3-3.

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Royals crush Giants in World Series Game 6

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki runs to first base after singling to left in the second inning of Game 6 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants, making it a 2-0 game, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 28, 2014. The Royals won 10-0 to even the series at 3-3.

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Royals crush Giants in World Series Game 6

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki (23) singles to left against San Francisco Giants pitcher Jake Peavy in the second inning of Game 6 of the World Series, making it a 2-0 game, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 28, 2014. The Royals won 10-0 to even the series at 3-3.

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Royals crush Giants in World Series Game 6

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki singles to left in the second inning of Game 6 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants, making it a 2-0 game, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 28, 2014. The Royals won 10-0 to even the series at 3-3.

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Royals crush Giants in World Series Game 6

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki runs to first base after singling to left in the second inning of Game 6 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants, making it a 2-0 game, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 28, 2014. In the background is Royals manager Ned Yost celebrating. The Royals won 10-0 to even the series at 3-3.

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Royals crush Giants in World Series Game 6

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki singles to left in the second inning of Game 6 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants, making it a 2-0 game, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 28, 2014. The Royals won 10-0 to even the series at 3-3.

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Royals crush Giants in World Series Game 6

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki singles to left in the second inning of Game 6 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants, making it a 2-0 game, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 28, 2014. The Royals won 10-0 to even the series at 3-3.

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Aoki gets ready for World Series Game 3

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki practices in San Francisco, the United States, on Oct. 23, 2014, prior to the World Series Game 3 against the San Francisco Giants the following day. After losing the opening game, the Royals evened the series at 1-1.

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Aoki gets ready for World Series Game 3

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki practices in San Francisco, the United States, on Oct. 23, 2014, prior to the World Series Game 3 against the San Francisco Giants the following day. After losing the opening game, the Royals evened the series at 1-1.

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World Series Game 2

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki (23) flies to center in the fifth inning of Game 2 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, the United States, on Oct. 22, 2014. He ended 0-for-3 as he was pulled from the game at the end of the inning.

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World Series Game 2

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki flies to center in his first at-bat in the first inning of Game 2 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, the United States, on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Giants crush Royals in World Series Game 1

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki grounds into a double play in the eighth inning of Game 1 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, the United States, on Oct. 21, 2014. Aoki went 0-for-4 for the team, which lost 7-1.

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World Series starts in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki strikes out during the third inning of the first game of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants in Kansas City, the United States, on Oct. 21, 2014.

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World Series starts in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki (23) dashes out from the dugout for the opening ceremony of the first round of the World Series against San Francisco Giants in Kansas City, the United States, on Oct. 21, 2014.

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World Series starts in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, United States - Kansas City Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki (23) dashes out from the dugout for the opening ceremony of the first round of the World Series against San Francisco Giants in Kansas City, the United States, on Oct. 21, 2014.

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Carp ace Maeda among 6 named to Samurai Japan squad

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 17, 2014, in Tokyo shows Japan baseball manager Hiroki Kokubo (C) and the first six members of this year's national team -- (from L) Yomiuri Giants shortstop Hayato Sakamoto, Rakuten Eagles catcher Motohiro Shima, Orix Buffaloes outfielder Yoshio Itoi, Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko, Hiroshima Carp ace Kenta Maeda and Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Sho Nakata. The team's big test this autumn will be five games against a team of visiting major leaguers in November.

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Cuban outfielder Cepeda of Giants

TOKYO, Japan - Cuban outfielder Frederich Cepeda (L) and Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara attend a press conference introducing Cepeda on May 12, 2014, in Tokyo.