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Baseball: Kuriyama inducted into Japanese Hall of Fame

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama poses for a photo at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026, after being inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Kuriyama inducted into Japanese Hall of Fame

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama poses for a photo at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026, after being inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Kuriyama inducted into Japanese Hall of Fame

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama poses for a photo at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026, after being inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Kuriyama inducted into Japanese Hall of Fame

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama signs an autograph at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026, after being inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Kuriyama inducted into Japanese Hall of Fame

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama signs an autograph at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026, after being inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Kuriyama inducted into Japanese Hall of Fame

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama speaks at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026, after being inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Baseball star Ohtani statue on sale

Former Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama poses by a life-size gold-leaf statue of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, displayed for sale at a gold fair held at a Yokohama Takashimaya department store in Yokohama near Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2025, carrying a price tag of 55 million yen ($371,872).

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All-time home run king Oh launches new organization for Japan sports

TOKYO, Japan, June 26 Kyodo - Japanese pro baseball home run king and SoftBank Hawks Chairman Sadaharu Oh holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, to announce the launch of Kyushinkai, a new organization aimed at boosting baseball's popularity. The organization will also support his "Beyond Oh Project," designed to produce global sports heroes from Japan, according to Oh, who will work with 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama. (Kyodo)

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All-time home run king Oh launches new organization for Japan sports

Japanese pro baseball home run king and SoftBank Hawks Chairman Sadaharu Oh (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, to announce the launch of Kyushinkai, a new organization aimed at boosting baseball's popularity. The organization will also support his "Beyond Oh Project," designed to produce global sports heroes from Japan, according to Oh, who will work with 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama (L).

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All-time home run king Oh launches new organization for Japan sports

Japanese pro baseball home run king and SoftBank Hawks Chairman Sadaharu Oh (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, to announce the launch of Kyushinkai, a new organization aimed at boosting baseball's popularity. The organization will also support his "Beyond Oh Project," designed to produce global sports heroes from Japan, according to Oh, who will work with 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama (L).

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Baseball: ex-Samurai Japan manager visits Dodgers training site

Former Nippon Ham Fighters and Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama (R) hugs Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts during a visit to the major league baseball team's spring training site in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2025.

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Baseball: ex-Samurai Japan manager visits Dodgers training site

Former Nippon Ham Fighters and Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama (R) hugs Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts during a visit to the major league baseball team's spring training site in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2025.

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Baseball: ex-Samurai Japan manager visits Dodgers training site

Former Nippon Ham Fighters and Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama (R) shakes hands with Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts during a visit to the major league baseball team's spring training site in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2025.

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Baseball: ex-Samurai Japan manager visits Dodgers training site

Former Nippon Ham Fighters and Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama (R) shakes hands with Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts during a visit to the major league baseball team's spring training site in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2025.

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Baseball: ex-Samurai Japan skipper Kuriyama in Arizona

Shohei Ohtani (L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers shakes hands with his former Nippon Ham Fighters and Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama at the Dodgers' spring training site in Glendale, Arizona, on March 13, 2024.

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Baseball: ex-Samurai Japan skipper in Arizona

Former Nippon Ham Fighters and Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama watches a spring training game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Seattle Mariners in Glendale, Arizona, on March 13, 2024.

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Baseball: ex-Samurai Japan skipper at Dodgers camp

Former Nippon Ham Fighters and Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama speaks to reporters at the Los Angeles Dodgers' spring training site in Glendale, Arizona, on March 13, 2024. ==Kyodo

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Final trading day at TSE

Former Japanese men's national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange at the end of the year's final trading day on Dec. 29, 2023.

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Final trading day at TSE

Former Japanese men's national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange at the end of the year's final trading day on Dec. 29, 2023.

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U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-APEC-PRESS BRIEFING

(231113) -- SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Carlos Kuriyama (L), director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Policy Support Unit, speaks during a media briefing on the report APEC Regional Trends Analysis at the international media center of APEC 2023 in San Francisco, the United States, Nov. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Multilateral coordination key for tacking multiple challenges: APEC report" (Xinhua/Li Rui)

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Ex-Japan baseball manager Kuriyama

Former Japanese men's national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (R) takes to the streets around Kuriyama, Hokkaido, on Oct. 12, 2023, as he serves as a one-day honorary police chief of a police station in the northern Japan city where he lives.

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Ex-Japan baseball manager Kuriyama

Former Japanese men's national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama addresses police officers in Kuriyama, Hokkaido, on Oct. 12, 2023, as he serves as a one-day honorary police chief of a police station in the northern Japan city where he lives.

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Baseball: Hideki Kuriyama

TOKYO, Japan, July 7 Kyodo - Photo taken on Jan. 21, 1984, shows Yakult Swallows player Hideki Kuriyama in his rookie season in Nippon Professional Baseball. Kuriyama went on to become a professor at Hakuoh University, TV baseball commentator and manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters.

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Japan's WBC-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama

Japan's World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama waves to the crowd during a parade in Kuriyama on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on June 25, 2023.

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Japan's WBC-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama

Japan's World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama waves to the crowd during a parade in Kuriyama on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on June 25, 2023.

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Japan's WBC-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama

Japan's World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama raises his fists during a parade in Kuriyama on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido, on June 25, 2023.

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Japan's WBC-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama

Japan's World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama waves to the crowd during a parade in Kuriyama on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on June 25, 2023.

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Japan's 2023 WBC manager Hideki Kuriyama

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama smiles after a press conference in Tokyo on June 2, 2023, as he leaves the national team role at the end of his contract.

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Japan's 2023 WBC manager Hideki Kuriyama

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 2, 2023, as he leaves the national team role at the end of his contract.

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Japan's 2023 WBC manager Hideki Kuriyama

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 2, 2023, as he leaves the national team role at the end of his contract.

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Japan's 2023 WBC manager Hideki Kuriyama

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 2, 2023, as he leaves the national team role at the end of his contract.

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Japan's 2023 WBC manager Hideki Kuriyama

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on March 28, 2023.

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Japan's 2023 WBC manager Hideki Kuriyama

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on March 28, 2023.

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Baseball: NPB season opener at new Hokkaido ballpark

Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama throws out the ceremonial first pitch for Nippon Professional Baseball's season-opening game between the Nippon Ham Fighters and the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles at Es Con Field Hokkaido, the Fighters' new home in Kitahiroshima in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 30, 2023. Kuriyama managed the fighters for 10 years before becoming the manager of the Japan national baseball team.

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Japan's WBC-winning manager Kuriyama

Japan's World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama receives a flower bouquet at a ceremony at the town office of his home town Kuriyama in Hokkaido on March 30, 2023.

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Japan's WBC-winning manager Kuriyama

Japan's World Baseball Classic-winning manager Hideki Kuriyama speaks at the town office of his home town Kuriyama in Hokkaido on March 30, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan's WBC manager Kuriyama

Japan's national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 27, 2023, after the team won the country's third World Baseball Classic title the previous week.

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Baseball: WBC-winning Japan manager Kuriyama

Japan's national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 27, 2023, after the team won the country's third World Baseball Classic title the previous week.

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Baseball: WBC-winning Japan manager Kuriyama

Japan's national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 27, 2023, after the team won the country's third World Baseball Classic title the previous week.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (holding a framed certificate, front row) and players pose for photos with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, front row) at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the World Baseball Classic final in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) holds the World Baseball Classic trophy as he meets Japan national baseball team members at his office in Tokyo on March 23, following their tournament victory. Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama (2nd from L, front row) looks on.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (holding a framed certificate, front row) and players make a pepper-grinding gesture during a photo session with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, front row) at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the World Baseball Classic final in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (holding a framed certificate, front row) and players make a pepper-grinding gesture during a photo session with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, front row) at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the World Baseball Classic final in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (L) puts a World Baseball Classic championship winner's medal around the neck of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the team's visit to the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the WBC final in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (4th from L, front row) and players pose for a photo together with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (4th from R, front row) at his office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023, after he and players met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (2nd from R, front row) and players make a pepper-grinding gesture during a photo session with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far R, front row) at his office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023. The Japan team returned home earlier in the day after winning the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (far R) and players visit the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023, for a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, after the team won the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Florida.

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Japan WBC members visit PM's office

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (5th from L, front) and players meet with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023, after the team won the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Florida.

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World Baseball Classic

Japan national baseball team manager Hideki Kuriyama (L) poses with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2023, after his squad won the World Baseball Classic in Miami, Florida.