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Baseball: BayStars win Japan Series

DeNA BayStars closer Kohei Morihara (R) and catcher Yasutaka Tobashira celebrate after the club clinched their first Japan Series baseball title since 1998 with an 11-2 victory over the SoftBank Hawks in Game 6 on Nov. 3, 2024, at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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Two-time Olympic all-around champ Uchimura in Paris

Two-time Olympic gymnastics individual all-around champion Kohei Uchimura of Japan speaks during an interview in Paris on Aug. 12, 2024. Uchimura watched the Paris Olympics as an athlete navigator for a Japanese broadcaster, delivering reports from the field.

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Two-time Olympic all-around champ Uchimura in Paris

Two-time Olympic gymnastics individual all-around champion Kohei Uchimura of Japan speaks during an interview in Paris on Aug. 12, 2024. Uchimura watched the Paris Olympics as an athlete navigator for a Japanese broadcaster, delivering reports from the field.

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(SP)MYANMAR-YANGON-LETHWEI-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

(230820) -- YANGON, Aug. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tun Min Aung (L) of Myanmar fights with Tokeshi Kohei of Japan during a Myanmar Lethwei World Championship of Myanmar traditional boxing match in Yangon, Myanmar, Aug. 20, 2023. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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(SP)MYANMAR-YANGON-LETHWEI-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

(230820) -- YANGON, Aug. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tun Min Aung (R) of Myanmar fights with Tokeshi Kohei of Japan during a Myanmar Lethwei World Championship of Myanmar traditional boxing match in Yangon, Myanmar, Aug. 20, 2023. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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Japanese artist Kohei Nawa

A 25-meter-tall public sculpture titled "Ether" (Equality), created by Japanese contemporary artist Kohei Nawa, is unveiled on Seguin Island, on the Seine River to the west of Paris, next to a music complex (L) on June 28, 2023.

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Japanese artist Kohei Nawa

A 25-meter-tall public sculpture titled "Ether" (Equality), created by Japanese contemporary artist Kohei Nawa, is unveiled on Seguin Island, on the Seine River to the west of Paris, on June 28, 2023.

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Japanese artist Kohei Nawa

Japanese contemporary artist Kohei Nawa (C) speaks during a ceremony on Seguin Island, on the Seine River to the west of Paris, on June 28, 2023. Nawa's new 25-meter-high sculpture "Ether" (Equality) was unveiled the same day.

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Gymnasts from G-7 nations in Hiroshima

Olympic medal-winning gymnasts, Kohei Uchimura (L) of Japan and Moscow-born Nastia Liukin of the United States, lay flowers at the cenotaph for victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in the city of Hiroshima in western Japan on April 28, 2023.

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Gymnasts from G-7 nations in Hiroshima

Olympic medal-winning gymnasts, including Japan's Kohei Uchimura (5th from L), and others from the gymnastics world representing all of the Group of Seven nations visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the city of Hiroshima in western Japan on April 28, 2023.

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Gymnastics exhibition

Two-time Olympic all-around champion Kohei Uchimura performs in a gymnastics exhibition event in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Gymnastics exhibition

Former Olympic gymnasts Kohei Uchimura (2nd from L) and Kenzo Shirai (3rd from L) perform in a gymnastics exhibition event in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Gymnastics exhibition

Two-time Olympic all-around champion Kohei Uchimura performs in a gymnastics exhibition event in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 30, 2022.

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Defense Ministry career official Masuda to become vice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya (L) keeps mum as he leaves the Defense Ministry on Aug. 17. The government has picked Defense Ministry career official Kohei Masuda to succeed Moriya as vice minister, putting an end to a 10-day commotion over the ministry's top personnel reshuffle.

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Defense Ministry career official Masuda to become vice minister

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yuriko Koike talks to journalists at her ministry on Aug. 17 after the government picked Defense Ministry career official Kohei Masuda to succeed Takemasa Moriya as vice minister, putting an end to a 10-day commotion over the ministry's top personnel reshuffle.

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Gymnast Uchimura gets MVP for 6th straight year

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gymnast and five-time Olympic medalist Kohei Uchimura speaks at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2015, after being named the Japan Gymnastics Association's most valuable player of 2014 for the sixth year in a row.

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Uchimura wins horizontal bar event at Toyota Int'l

TOYOTA, Japan - Five-time men's all-round world champion Kohei Uchimura wins the horizontal bar event in the Toyota International Gymnastics competition at Sky Hall Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 14, 2014.

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Japan duo shine at Adolphe Sax Int'l Competition

DINANT, Belgium - The top six winners of the Adolphe Sax International Competition, including Japan's Kohei Ueno (2nd from R) and his compatriot Takuya Tanaka (far L), line up during an award ceremony in Dinant, Beglgium, on Nov. 8, 2014. Ueno finished second while Tanaka came in sixth at the event. The contest is held every four years in the city where Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, was born.

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Japan duo shine at Adolphe Sax Int'l Competition

DINANT, Belgium - Japan's Kohei Ueno (L) and compatriot Takuya Tanaka pose with their saxes after coming in second and sixth, respectively, at the Adolphe Sax International Competition in Dinant, Belgium, on Nov. 8, 2014. Founded in 1990, the contest is held every four years in the city where Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, was born.

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Nippon Ham head gets winning lot in pro baseball draft

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters President Toshikazu Tsuda (3rd from L) raises his hand after the team's lottery winning of Waseda University pitcher Kohei Arihara during the first round of the annual Japanese professional baseball draft in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2014.

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Triple world boxing title matches slated for Dec. 31

TOKYO, Japan - WBA super flyweight champion Kohei Kono, WBA super featherweight champ Takashi Uchiyama and ninth-ranked WBA light flyweight Ryoichi Taguchi (from L) pose for photos in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014, prior to their world title matches on Dec. 31.

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Gymnast Uchimura holds Guinness World Records certificate

NAGASAKI, Japan - London Olympic gold medalist Kohei Uchimura, five-straight men's all-around world champion in gymnastics, holds a certificate in Nagasaki on Oct. 16, 2014. He was listed by the Guinness World Records as the man with the world's largest number of sixth-straight individual all-around title in gymnastics.

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Zonderland wins horizontal bar at world championships

NANNING, China - Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands (L) and Kohei Uchimura of Japan shake hands at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014. Zonderland won the gold in the horizontal bar event while Uchimura won the silver.

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Zonderland wins horizontal bar at world championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura of Japan performs on the horizontal bar during the apparatus final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014. Uchimura won the silver.

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Zonderland wins horizontal bar at world championships

NANNING, China - Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands (R) holds up his gold medal during the award ceremony for the horizontal bar final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014, while Kohei Uchimura of Japan holds up his silver medal for the event.

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Zonderland wins horizontal bar at world championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura of Japan performs on the horizontal bar during the apparatus final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 12, 2014. Uchimura won the silver.

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China newspapers on Uchimura's 5th straight world title

NANNING, China - Chinese newspapers, dated Oct. 10, 2014, are seen carrying stories on Japan's Kohei Uchimura winning a fifth straight all-around title at the gymnastics world championships in Nanning, China, the previous day.

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Uchimura wins 5th straight all-around world title

NANNING, China - Japan's Kohei Uchimura stands on the center of the podium on Oct. 9, 2014, in Nanning, China, after breaking his own record of four consecutive men's all-around titles with a fifth straight crown at the gymnastics world championships. To his left is Britain's silver medalist Max Whitlock and right is Japan's bronze medalist Yusuke Tanaka.

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Uchimura wins 5th straight all-around world title

NANNING, China - Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014, in Nanning, China, shows Japan's Kohei Uchimura, who broke his own record of four consecutive men's all-around titles with a fifth straight crown at the gymnastics world championships.

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Japan's Uchimura at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura of Japan competes on the rings during the men's all-round final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Japan's Uchimura at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura performs his floor exercise during the men's all-round final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Japan's Uchimura at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Kohei Uchimura performs on the pommel horse during the men's all-round final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs on the rings in the men's team final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, southern China, on Oct. 7, 2014. The Japanese team finished in second place.

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Gymnastics World Championships

NANNING, China - Japan's Kohei Uchimura performs on the pommel horse in the men's team final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, southern China, on Oct. 7, 2014. The Japanese team finished in second place.

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Asia Games closing ceremony held

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Kohei Matsumura (L) and Yuki Kawauchi march in the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. Matsumura won silver and Kawauchi bronze in the men's marathon.

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Men's marathon at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Hasan Mahboob (117) of Bahrain crosses the finish line, followed by Japan's Kohei Matsumura (257) and Yuki Kawauchi (256) in the men's marathon at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 3, 2014. Mahboob won in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 38 seconds.

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Men's marathon at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Hasan Mahboob (117) of Bahrain and Kohei Matsumura (257) of Japan cross the finish line in the men's marathon at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 3, 2014. Mahboob won in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 38 seconds and Matsumura was runner-up, 1 second behind.

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Hasegawa wins gold in men's Greco-Roman 59 kg

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Kohei Hasegawa (L) wrestles with North Korea's Yun Won Chol in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2014. Hasegawa won gold.

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National gymnastic team shows confidence for championships

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Uchimura (3rd from L, front row), captain of Japan's national gymnastics team, and other members attend an event in Tokyo, on July 30, 2014. The team will participate in the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships scheduled in Nanning, China, in October.

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Athletes attend ceremony to receive financial support

TOKYO, Japan - Table tennis player Ai Fukuhara (R, front row) and gymnast Kohei Uchimura (2nd from R, back row) join other athletes at a ceremony to receive financial support from the government-funded Japan Sports Council in Tokyo on July 16, 2014.

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3 Japanese gymnasts book spots for world championships

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gymnasts -- (from L to R) Ryohei Kato, Shogo Nonomura and Kohei Uchimura -- smile at Tokyo's National Stadium in Japan on June 8, 2014, after winning third, second and first places respectively in the NHK Cup, booking tickets to the world championships in Nanning, China, in October.

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Uchimura wins 6th straight NHK Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Four-time world champion Kohei Uchimura cruises to a sixth consecutive men's individual all-around title at the NHK Cup on June 8, 2014, at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo. Uchimura was nearly flawless as he collected 181.050 points in the tournament.

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Nikkei BP unveils takeover of Turkish publisher in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Kohei Osada, president of Nikkei Business Publications Inc. of Tokyo, announces the acquisition of Turkish publishing group MDG at a press conference in Istanbul on June 2, 2014.

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Gymnast Uchimura wins 7th straight all-round national title

TOKYO, Japan - London Olympics men's gymnastics gold medalist Kohei Uchimura wins his seventh successive national individual all-round championship title in Tokyo on May 11, 2014, achieving a feat never before done by a Japanese gymnast.

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Gymnast Uchimura wins seven consecutive national titles

TOKYO, Japan - Kohei Uchimura, the five-time Olympic medalist, performs on the parallel bar at the Japanese Gymnastics Championships at Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo on May 11, 2014, en route to victory, becoming the first to win seven consecutive national individual all-round titles in Japan.

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Japan gymnast Uchimura in air at Tokyo World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - London Olympics gymnastics champion Kohei Uchimura of Japan takes to the air during his floor exercise performance at the Tokyo World Cup competition on April 5, 2014.

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Medal winners at Tokyo World Cup gymnastics

TOKYO, Japan - London Olympics champion Kohei Uchimura (C), winner of the Tokyo World Cup gymnastics competition, is flanked by German runner-up Fabian Hambuechen (L) and fellow Japanese Ryohei Kato, who finished in third place, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 5, 2014.

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Japan's Kono regains WBA super flyweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kohei Kono (L) jumps in joy after knocking out Thai opponent and former WBA flyweight champion Denkaosen Kaovichit to reclaim the vacant WBA super flyweight title in Tokyo on March 26, 2014.

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Japan's Kono wears champion belt after regaining WBA title

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kohei Kono holds up his fists after reclaiming the vacant WBA super flyweight title with a knockout win over Thai top ranker Denkaosen Kaovichit in Tokyo on March 26, 2014.

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Japan's Kono before WBA super flyweight title bout

TOKYO, Japan - Former WBA super flyweight champion Kohei Kono of Japan (R) and former WBA flyweight champion Denkaosan Kaovichit of Thailand pose for photos in Tokyo on March 24, 2014, ahead of their March 26 match for WBA super flyweight title at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.