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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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Shoko Chukin Bank's shady loans totaled 260 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 25 Kyodo - Shoko Chukin Bank President Kenyu Adachi (L) receives a business improvement order from Hisayoshi Ando, head of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2017. An internal probe at the government-backed lender for smaller firms has found it handed out 260 billion yen ($2.3 billion) in shady loans, according to sources close to the matter.

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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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Olympics: Japan wins men's medley relay bronze

BEIJING, China - (L to R) Hisayoshi Sato, Takuro Fujii, Kosuke Kitajima and Junichi Miyashita of Japan pose with their medals after placing third in the 4x100-meter medley relay in the Beijing Olympics at the Water Cube in Beijing on Aug. 17.

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Olympics: Japan wins men's medley relay bronze

BEIJING, China - (L to R) Junichi Miyashita, Kosuke Kitajima, Takuro Fujii and Hisayoshi Sato of Japan acknowledge the crowd at the medals podium after they were awarded the bronze medals in the 4x100-meter medley relay in the Beijing Olympics at the Water Cube in Beijing on Aug. 17.

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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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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic reacts after defeating Hisayoshi Harasawa of Japan in the semifinals of the men's judo over 100-kilogram division at the Tokyo Olympics on July 30, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic reacts after defeating Hisayoshi Harasawa of Japan in the semifinals of the men's judo over 100-kilogram division at the Tokyo Olympics on July 30, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Lukas Krpalek (blue) of the Czech Republic and Hisayoshi Harasawa of Japan compete in the semifinals of the men's judo over 100-kilogram division at the Tokyo Olympics on July 30, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Krpalek won the match.

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Lukas Krpalek (blue) of the Czech Republic and Hisayoshi Harasawa of Japan compete in the semifinals of the men's judo over 100-kilogram division at the Tokyo Olympics on July 30, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Krpalek won the match. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Hisayoshi Harasawa of Japan reacts after losing to Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic in their semifinal of the men's judo over 100-kilogram division at the Tokyo Olympics on July 30, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Lukas Krpalek (blue) of the Czech Republic and Hisayoshi Harasawa of Japan compete in the semifinals of the men's judo over 100-kilogram division at the Tokyo Olympics on July 30, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Krpalek won the match. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Japan's Hisayoshi Harasawa (white) reacts after losing to Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic in their semifinal of the men's judo over 100-kilogram division at the Tokyo Olympics on July 30, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Hisayoshi Harasawa of Japan reacts after losing to Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic in their semifinal of the men's judo over 100-kilogram division at the Tokyo Olympics on July 30, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Hisayoshi Harasawa of Japan reacts after losing to Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic in their semifinal of the men's judo over 100-kilogram division at the Tokyo Olympics on July 30, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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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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Judo: Harasawa captures maiden title

Hisayoshi Harasawa (R) defeats Ryu Shichinohe on points in the over 100-kilogram division final at the national invitational weight class championships at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on April 2, 2016, his first title in the tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan medical team returns from Nepal

Hisayoshi Kondo (far L), head of a Japan disaster relief team, dismisses the team at a meeting at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, on May 20, 2015, after they returned from earthquake-ravaged Nepal, where they were involved in medical support operations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Japan wins men's medley relay bronze

BEIJING, China - (L to R) Hisayoshi Sato, Takuro Fujii, Kosuke Kitajima and Junichi Miyashita of Japan pose with their medals after placing third in the 4x100-meter medley relay in the Beijing Olympics at the Water Cube in Beijing on Aug. 17. (Kyodo)

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Olympics: Japan wins men's medley relay bronze

BEIJING, China - (L to R) Junichi Miyashita, Kosuke Kitajima, Takuro Fujii and Hisayoshi Sato of Japan acknowledge the crowd at the medals podium after they were awarded the bronze medals in the 4x100-meter medley relay in the Beijing Olympics at the Water Cube in Beijing on Aug. 17. (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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LUKAS KRPALEK

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek celebrates a victory and shows gold medal after the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK, HISAYOSHI HARASAWA

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek (left) in action during the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK, HISAYOSHI HARASAWA

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek (left) in action during the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK, HISAYOSHI HARASAWA

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek (right) in action during the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek celebrates a victory after the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK, HISAYOSHI HARASAWA

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek (left) in action during the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK, HISAYOSHI HARASAWA

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek (left) in action during the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek celebrates a victory after the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek celebrates a victory after the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek celebrates a victory and shows gold medal after the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek celebrates a victory after the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek celebrates a victory and shows gold medal after the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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LUKAS KRPALEK, HISAYOSHI HARASAWA

Czech heavyweight judoka Lukas Krpalek (left) in action during the menｴs 100+ category match against Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa at the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Hisayoshi Harasawa, Lukas Krpalek, Kim Min-jung, Roy Meyer

Medalists from left, silver medalist Hisayoshi Harasawa of Japan, gold medalist Lukas Krpalek of Czech Republic, bronze medalists Kim Min-jung of South Korea and Roy Meyer of the Netherlands pose for a photo during the award ceremony of the men's +100 kilogram class of the World Judo Championships in Tokyo Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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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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Judo: World championships

Hisayoshi Harasawa holds his silver medal after being beaten by Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic in the men's heavyweight division final at the world judo championship in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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