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Baseball: Premier12

Japan's infielder Kotaro Kiyomiya hits a two-run triple in the fifth inning of a Super Round game against Taiwan at the Premier12 baseball tournament at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2024.

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Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Kotaro Kiyomiya hits a single in the first inning of a Group B game against Dominican Republic at the Premier12 baseball tournament on Nov. 18, 2024, in Taipei.

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Goromaru's old side Yamaha to play Toulon in July

Yamaha Jublio manager Katsuyuki Kiyomiya attends a press conference in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on June 15, 2016. Yamaha, Japan fullback Ayumu Goromaru's old side, will play his new team Toulon in a friendly on July 30 at Shizuoka Stadium, the Top League club manager said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Goromaru's old side Yamaha to play Toulon in July

Yamaha Jublio manager Katsuyuki Kiyomiya (L) and Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu pose for a photo at a press conference in the Shizuoka prefectural government office in central Japan on June 15, 2016, with the governor imitating Japan fullback Ayumu Goromaru's signature pose before kicking the ball. Yamaha, Goromaru's old side, will play his new team Toulon in a friendly on July 30 at Shizuoka Stadium, the Top League club said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Highly touted baseball players in Japan

Teenage baseball players Kotaro Kiyomiya (L) and Louis Okoye pose for photos in Osaka on Sept. 7, 2015, a day after their Japanese national team lost to the United States 2-1 in the final of the U-18 Baseball World Cup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Highly touted baseball players in Japan

Teenage baseball players Kotaro Kiyomiya (L) and Louis Okoye pose for photos in Osaka on Sept. 7, 2015, a day after their Japanese national team lost to the United States 2-1 in the final of the U-18 Baseball World Cup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Teenage Japanese Babe Ruth hits 1st homer at Koshien

Highly touted slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya hits a two-run home run in the third inning of Waseda Jitsugyo's 8-4 win over Tokaidai Kofu in the third round of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on Aug. 15, 2015. Kiyomiya, nicknamed "Japanese Babe Ruth," went 3-for-4 with five RBIs to help the Tokyo school reach the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Teenage Japanese Babe Ruth hits 1st homer at Koshien

Highly touted slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya hits a two-run home run in the third inning of Waseda Jitsugyo's 8-4 win over Tokaidai Kofu in the third round of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on Aug. 15, 2015. Kiyomiya, nicknamed "Japanese Babe Ruth," went 3-for-4 with five RBIs to help the Tokyo school reach the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William meets Japanese rugby representatives

Britain's Prince William (2nd from L) shares a laugh with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (3rd from L) and representatives from Japan's Rugby Top League -- (from R) Suntory Sungoliath's captain Shinya Makabe and head coach Naoya Okubo, and Yamaha Jubilo's head coach Katsuyuki Kiyomiya -- during a reception at the British ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge was in Japan for a four-day visit through March 1. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: High school slugger Kiyomiya hits "record-tying" 107th homer

Waseda Jitsugyo high school baseball slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya is surrounded by reporters after a 4-1 win over Hachioji at Jingu Stadium on July 28, 2017, in the semifinals of the west Tokyo qualifying tournament for the national championship. Kiyomiya hit a Japanese high school baseball record-tying 107th career home run in the seventh inning. The record is unofficial as the number of home runs includes those hit in practice games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: High school slugger Kiyomiya hits "record-tying" 107th homer

Waseda Jitsugyo high school baseball slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya is surrounded by reporters after a 4-1 win over Hachioji at Jingu Stadium on July 28, 2017, in the semifinals of the west Tokyo qualifying tournament for the national championship. Kiyomiya hit a Japanese high school baseball record-tying 107th career home run in the seventh inning. The record is unofficial as the number of home runs includes those hit in practice games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: High school slugger Kiyomiya hits "record-tying" 107th homer

Kotaro Kiyomiya hits a Japanese high school baseball record-tying 107th career home run in the seventh inning of Waseda Jitsugyo's 4-1 win over Hachioji at Jingu Stadium on July 28, 2017, in the semifinals of the west Tokyo qualifying tournament for the national championship. The record is unofficial as the number of home runs includes those hit in practice games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Softbank Hawks chairman Oh and Nippon Ham's Kiyomiya

Japan's all-time home run king and Softbank Hawks chairman Sadaharu Oh (R) and Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya pose for photos in Fukuoka on May 11, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sapporo snow festival

A man and his sister pose for a photo in front of a snow sculpture of Kotaro Kiyomiya, a highly touted Nippon Ham Fighters rookie, at the annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido on Feb. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sapporo snow festival

A man and his sister pose for a photo in front of a snow sculpture of Kotaro Kiyomiya, a highly touted Nippon Ham Fighters rookie, at the annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido on Feb. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Nippon Ham at Arizona training camp

Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya walks to a practice field in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Jan. 30, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Nippon Ham in Arizona training camp

Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya (C) is surrounded by reporters after training in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Jan. 30, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Nippon Ham in Arizona training camp

Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya (L) takes fielding practice with Sho Nakata in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Jan. 30, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Kiyomiya in Arizona for training camp

Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya meets the press after arriving on Jan. 28, 2018, to an Arizona Diamondbacks facility in Scottsdale, Arizona, where the Japanese Pacific League baseball team will hold training camp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Kiyomiya in Arizona for training camp

Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya meets the press after arriving on Jan. 28, 2018, to an Arizona Diamondbacks facility in Scottsdale, Arizona, where the Japanese Pacific League baseball team will hold training camp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Kiyomiya in Arizona for training camp

Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya arrives on Jan. 28, 2018, to an Arizona Diamondbacks facility in Scottsdale, Arizona, where the Japanese Pacific League baseball team will hold training camp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Kiyomiya in Arizona for training camp

Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya arrives on Jan. 28, 2018, to an Arizona Diamondbacks facility in Scottsdale, Arizona, where the Japanese Pacific League baseball team will hold training camp. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Kiyomiya joins top team for Nippon Ham's spring camp

Undated file photo shows Nippon Ham Fighters No. 1 pick Kotaro Kiyomiya. The 18-year-old rookie will start his professional career with the top team at the club's spring training beginning in Arizona on Feb. 1, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Kotaro Kiyomiya and Shohei Ohtani train

Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya (L) and Los Angeles Angels new signing Shohei Ohtani train at the Fighters' facility in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Kotaro Kiyomiya and Shohei Ohtani train

Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya (L) and Los Angeles Angels new signing Shohei Ohtani train at the Fighters' facility in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kiyomiya in Nippon Ham rookie training

Kotaro Kiyomiya takes part in the Nippon Ham Fighters' training for new signings in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Kiyomiya

Nippon Ham Fighters No. 1 pick Kotaro Kiyomiya speaks to reporters in the club's hometown Sapporo on Nov. 24, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nippon Ham Fighters' new batter Kiyomiya

Nippon Ham Fighters No. 1 pick Kotaro Kiyomiya displays his jersey during a ceremony in the club's hometown Sapporo on Nov. 24, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school slugger Kiyomiya agrees to join Fighters

High school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya (L), the most sought-after player in October's amateur draft, shakes hands with Nippon Ham Fighters acting general manager Masao Kida in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017, after agreeing to join the Pacific League ballclub. The Fighters won negotiating rights in a seven-way draft-day lottery for the 18-year-old, 1.84-meter, 102-kilogram Kiyomiya, who hit 111 home runs as a high schooler -- a total said to be an unofficial Japan record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school slugger Kiyomiya agrees to join Fighters

High school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya, the most sought-after player in October's amateur draft, poses for a photo in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017, after agreeing to join the Nippon Ham Fighters. The Pacific League ballclub won negotiating rights in a seven-way draft-day lottery for the 18-year-old, 1.84-meter, 102-kilogram Kiyomiya, who hit 111 home runs as a high schooler -- a total said to be an unofficial Japan record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school slugger Kiyomiya agrees to join Fighters

High school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya, the most sought-after player in October's amateur draft, enters a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017. Earlier in the day, Kiyomiya, 18, agreed to join the Pacific League's Nippon Ham Fighters, which won negotiating rights for the 1.84-meter, 102-kilogram player, who hit 111 home runs as a high schooler -- a total said to be an unofficial Japan record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school slugger Kiyomiya agrees to join Fighters

High school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya, the most sought-after player in October's amateur draft, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017, after agreeing to join the Nippon Ham Fighters. The Pacific League ballclub won negotiating rights in a seven-way draft-day lottery for the 1.84-meter, 102-kilogram Kiyomiya, 18, who hit 111 home runs as a high schooler -- a total said to be an unofficial Japan record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school slugger Kiyomiya agrees to join Fighters

High school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya, the most sought-after player in October's amateur draft, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017, after agreeing to join the Nippon Ham Fighters. The Pacific League ballclub won negotiating rights in a seven-way draft-day lottery for the 1.84-meter, 102-kilogram Kiyomiya, 18, who hit 111 home runs as a high schooler -- a total said to be an unofficial Japan record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school slugger Kiyomiya agrees to join Fighters

High school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya, the most sought-after player in October's amateur draft, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017, after agreeing to join the Nippon Ham Fighters. The Pacific League ballclub won negotiating rights in a seven-way draft-day lottery for the 1.84-meter, 102-kilogram Kiyomiya, 18, who hit 111 home runs as a high schooler -- a total said to be an unofficial Japan record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school slugger Kiyomiya agrees to join Fighters

High school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya, the most sought-after player in October's amateur draft, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017, after agreeing to join the Nippon Ham Fighters. The Pacific League ballclub won negotiating rights in a seven-way draft-day lottery for the 1.84-meter, 102-kilogram Kiyomiya, 18, who hit 111 home runs as a high schooler -- a total said to be an unofficial Japan record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school slugger Kiyomiya agrees to join Fighters

High school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya, the most sought-after player in October's amateur draft, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017, after agreeing to join the Nippon Ham Fighters. The Pacific League ballclub won negotiating rights in a seven-way draft-day lottery for the 1.84-meter, 102-kilogram Kiyomiya, 18, who hit 111 home runs as a high schooler -- a total said to be an unofficial Japan record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school slugger Kiyomiya agrees to join Fighters

High school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya, the most sought-after player in October's amateur draft, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2017, after agreeing to join the Nippon Ham Fighters. The Pacific League ballclub won negotiating rights in a seven-way draft-day lottery for the 1.84-meter, 102-kilogram Kiyomiya, 18, who hit 111 home runs as a high schooler -- a total said to be an unofficial Japan record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Nippon Ham wins rights to record-setting slugger Kiyomiya

Waseda Jitsugyo High School slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya poses during a press conference in Kokubunji, Tokyo, on Oct. 26, 2017 after being selected by the Pacific League's Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese baseball amateur draft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Nippon Ham wins rights to record-setting slugger Kiyomiya

Waseda Jitsugyo High School slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya is congratulated by his schoolmates in Kokubunji, Tokyo, on Oct. 26, 2017 after being selected by the Pacific League's Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese baseball amateur draft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Nippon Ham wins rights to record-setting slugger Kiyomiya

Waseda Jitsugyo High School slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya holds a press conference in Kokubunji, Tokyo, on Oct. 26, 2017 after being selected by the Pacific League's Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese baseball amateur draft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Nippon Ham wins rights to record-setting slugger Kiyomiya

Waseda Jitsugyo High School slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya is congratulated by his schoolmates in Kokubunji, Tokyo, on Oct. 26, 2017 after being selected by the Pacific League's Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese baseball amateur draft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Nippon Ham wins rights to record-setting slugger Kiyomiya

Waseda Jitsugyo High School slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya poses during a press conference in Kokubunji, Tokyo, on Oct. 26, 2017 after being selected by the Pacific League's Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese baseball amateur draft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school baseball phenomena Kiyomiya

Waseda Jitsugyo High School slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya smiles during a press conference after being selected by the Pacific League's Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese baseball amateur draft on Oct. 26, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High school baseball phenomena Kiyomiya

Waseda Jitsugyo High School slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya smiles during a press conference after being selected by the Pacific League's Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese baseball amateur draft on Oct. 26, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese baseball draft

Nippon Ham Fighters assistant general manager Masao Kida (3rd from L) pumps his fist after winning a seven-team lottery for the right to select Waseda Jitsugyo High School slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya in the first round of the Japanese amateur baseball draft on Oct. 26, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese baseball draft

Waseda Jitsugyo High School's Kotaro Kiyomiya rounds the bases after tying the unofficial high school career home run record at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo in July 2017. Kiyomiya was selected by the Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese baseball amateur draft on Oct. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: High school slugger Kiyomiya to pursue pro career

Reporters and photographers gather at baseball slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya's (2nd from L) press conference at his Waseda Jitsugyo high school in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2017. Kiyomiya said he will pursue a professional career. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: High school slugger Kiyomiya to pursue pro career

Waseda Jitsugyo high school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2017. Kiyomiya said he will pursue a professional career. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: High school slugger Kiyomiya to pursue pro career

Waseda Jitsugyo high school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya (L) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2017, alongside manager Minoru Izumi. Kiyomiya said he will pursue a professional career. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: High school slugger Kiyomiya to pursue pro career

Waseda Jitsugyo high school slugging first baseman Kotaro Kiyomiya (C) attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2017. Kiyomiya said he will pursue a professional career. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo