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Ex-world champ Hoshino falls to Aguirre in WBC minimumweight

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former Japanese world minimumweight champion Keitaro Hoshino (R) was sent to the floor by champion Jose Antonio Aguirre of Mexico in a technical knockout at 2 minutes, 15 seconds into the 12th round of a World Boxing Council minimumweight title match on June 23 at Yokohama Arena.

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World title doubleheader set for Tokuyama, Hoshino

OSAKA, Japan - WBC super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama talks with WBA minimum weight challenger Keitaro Hoshino (on screen) Sept. 30 over a TV telephone in Osaka before their world title doubleheader at Osakajo Hall on Dec. 20. Tokuyama will fight a bout against challenger Gerry Penalosa of the Philippines, while Hoshino will take on champion Noel Arambulet of Venezuela.

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Hoshino fails in 1st bid of title defense in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Challenger Noel Arambulet of Venezuela celebrates his victory over Japan's Keitaro Hoshino, the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight class champion, at Pacifico Yokohama on July 29. Hoshino lost his WBA crown in his first title defense with a majority decision against top-ranked Arambulet.

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Hoshino to make 1st WBA title defense in July

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese world champion Keitaro Hoshino poses for photographers May 10 in Yokohama after announcing that he will attempt to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight crown in July. He will take on the winner of a May 18 bout between Venezuela's Noel Arambulet and Juan Landaeta.

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Hoshino regains world minimumweight title

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former world champion Keitaro Hoshino throws up his fist in celebration after being awarded an unanimous decision for the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight crown in his rematch bout against Joma Gamboa of the Philippines in Yokohama on Jan. 29.

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Hoshino loses WBA crown to Chana in split decision

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Keitaro Hoshino (L) stumbles in his first attempt at defending his World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight title at Pacifico Yokohama on April 16, losing a split decision to former champion Chana Porpaoin of Thailand. Photo shows the two boxers waiting for the judges' decision after the match.

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Hoshino celebrates clinching WBA minimumweight crown

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese challenger Keitaro Hoshino gets a shoulder lift after scoring a unanimous points decision over Filipino champion Joma Gamboa to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight title at Pacifico Yokohama on Dec. 6.

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Hoshino regains world minimumweight title

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former world champion Keitaro Hoshino throws up his fist in celebration after being awarded an unanimous decision for the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight crown in his rematch bout against Joma Gamboa of the Philippines in Yokohama on Jan. 29.

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Ex-world champ Hoshino falls to Aguirre in WBC minimumweight

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Former Japanese world minimumweight champion Keitaro Hoshino (R) was sent to the floor by champion Jose Antonio Aguirre of Mexico in a technical knockout at 2 minutes, 15 seconds into the 12th round of a World Boxing Council minimumweight title match on June 23 at Yokohama Arena. (Kyodo)

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World title doubleheader set for Tokuyama, Hoshino

OSAKA, Japan - WBC super flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama talks with WBA minimum weight challenger Keitaro Hoshino (on screen) Sept. 30 over a TV telephone in Osaka before their world title doubleheader at Osakajo Hall on Dec. 20. Tokuyama will fight a bout against challenger Gerry Penalosa of the Philippines, while Hoshino will take on champion Noel Arambulet of Venezuela. (Kyodo)

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SDF sailors acquitted over fatal destroyer collision

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Force officers Tomohisa Nagaiwa (L) and Keitaro Ushirogata attend a press conference in Yokohama on May 11, 2011, after the Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture acquitted them of charges including professional negligence resulting in death over the 2008 collision between an MSDF destroyer and a fishing boat off Chiba Prefecture that killed two fishermen. (Kyodo)

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SDF sailors acquitted over fatal destroyer collision

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Force officers Tomohisa Nagaiwa (R) and Keitaro Ushirogata arrive at the Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 11, 2011, for a ruling on a 2008 collision between the MSDF destroyer Atago and the small fishing boat Seitoku Maru off Chiba Prefecture that killed two fishermen. The two men, who were officers of the watch at the time of the accident, were acquitted. (Kyodo)

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Parents search for their children, their belongings

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Keitaro Fukuda looks through piles of items to find his children's belongings around the Okawa Elementary School in quake-hit Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 24, 2011. He is still searching for his son, a third-grader at the elementary school, while his daughter, a sixth-grader, was found dead following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami which devastated the area. (Kyodo)

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Japanese "karuta" card championships

Keitaro Kumehara (R) and Ere Yamashita pose with their trophies on Jan. 5, 2019, after winning the men's and women's final of the "karuta" traditional card-taking championships, respectively, in Otsu, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese "karuta" card championships

Keitaro Kumehara (L) and Fumiyoshi Kawasaki warm up for the men's final of the "karuta" traditional card-taking championships in Otsu, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese "karuta" card championships

Fumiyoshi Kawasaki (R) and Keitaro Kumehara warm up for the men's final of the "karuta" traditional card-taking championships in Otsu, western Japan, on Jan. 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hoshino fails in 1st bid of title defense in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Challenger Noel Arambulet of Venezuela celebrates his victory over Japan's Keitaro Hoshino, the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight class champion, at Pacifico Yokohama on July 29. Hoshino lost his WBA crown in his first title defense with a majority decision against top-ranked Arambulet. (Kyodo)

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Hoshino to make 1st WBA title defense in July

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese world champion Keitaro Hoshino poses for photographers May 10 in Yokohama after announcing that he will attempt to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight crown in July. He will take on the winner of a May 18 bout between Venezuela's Noel Arambulet and Juan Landaeta.

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Hoshino loses WBA crown to Chana in split decision

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Keitaro Hoshino (L) stumbles in his first attempt at defending his World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight title at Pacifico Yokohama on April 16, losing a split decision to former champion Chana Porpaoin of Thailand. Photo shows the two boxers waiting for the judges' decision after the match.

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Hoshino celebrates clinching WBA minimumweight crown

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese challenger Keitaro Hoshino gets a shoulder lift after scoring a unanimous points decision over Filipino champion Joma Gamboa to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight title at Pacifico Yokohama on Dec. 6.