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Baseball: Buffaloes vs. Marines

Baseball: Buffaloes vs. Marines

Orix Buffaloes closer Yoshihisa Hirano pitches in the ninth inning of a game against the Lotte Marines at Zozo Marine Stadium in the city of Chiba, near Tokyo, on April 3, 2025, en route to earning the 250th save of his Nippon Professional Baseball career.

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Baseball: Eagles vs. Buffaloes

Baseball: Eagles vs. Buffaloes

Orix Buffaloes starter Hiroya Miyagi pitches in a baseball game against the Rakuten Eagles on March 28, 2025, at Kyocera Dome Osaka in the city of Osaka, western Japan.

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ORIX Bank signage and logo

ORIX Bank signage and logo

ORIX Bank signage and logo=June 3,2025,Tokyo

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ORIX Bank signage and logo

ORIX Bank signage and logo

ORIX Bank signage and logo=June 3,2025,Tokyo

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ORIX Bank signage and logo

ORIX Bank signage and logo

ORIX Bank signage and logo=June 3,2025,Tokyo

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Orix Buffaloes flags fly at half-staff at Kyocera Dome Osaka in the western Japan city on June 3, 2025, after Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima died aged 89 earlier in the day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Orix Buffaloes flags fly at half-staff at Kyocera Dome Osaka in the western Japan city on June 3, 2025, after Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima died aged 89 earlier in the day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

File photo taken Nov. 1, 1994, shows Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) and Orix BlueWave outfielder Ichiro Suzuki attending a Matsutaro Shoriki award ceremony. Nagashima, who was a key player on the Giants team that won nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973 and later managed the club, died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Baseball: Perfect game ball to be displayed at U.S. Hall of Fame museum

Baseball: Perfect game ball to be displayed at U.S. Hall of Fame museum

Photo taken on March 16, 2025, at Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital shows the ball then Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki threw when he achieved a perfect game against the Orix Buffaloes on April 10, 2022. The ball will be displayed at the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, during a special exhibition themed on transpacific baseball exchanges starting in July 2025. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Dodgers agree to terms with Japanese star pitcher Sasaki

Baseball: Dodgers agree to terms with Japanese star pitcher Sasaki

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki poses for a photo after throwing a perfect game in a Pacific League baseball game against the Orix Buffaloes on April 10, 2022, at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo. The Japanese right-hander has agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to an Instagram post he made on Jan. 17, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers agree to terms with Japanese star pitcher Sasaki

Baseball: Dodgers agree to terms with Japanese star pitcher Sasaki

Roki Sasaki of the Lotte Marines throws during what would be a perfect Pacific League baseball game against the Orix Buffaloes on April 10, 2022, at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo. The Japanese right-hander has agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to an Instagram post he made on Jan. 17, 2025.

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Baseball: Dodgers agree to terms with Japanese star pitcher Sasaki

Baseball: Dodgers agree to terms with Japanese star pitcher Sasaki

Roki Sasaki of the Lotte Marines throws during what would be a perfect Pacific League baseball game against the Orix Buffaloes on April 10, 2022, at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo. The Japanese right-hander has agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to an Instagram post he made on Jan. 17, 2025.

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki hits 200th of season

Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki hits 200th of season

Orix BlueWave outfielder Ichiro Suzuki celebrates after picking up his 200th hit of the season at Green Stadium Kobe in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 20, 1994. Ichiro set a Japanese single-season record with 210 hits in the 1994 season, becoming the first player ever to reach the 200 mark in a single season.

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ORIX Corporation President Change Press Conference

ORIX Corporation President Change Press Conference

ORIX Corporation President Change Press Conference. Photo shows President-elect Hidetake Takahashi (right) and President and Group CEO Ryo Inoue shaking hands.=December 9,2024,Tokyo

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ORIX Corporation President Change Press Conference

ORIX Corporation President Change Press Conference

ORIX Corporation President Change Press Conference. Photo shows Hidetake Takahashi, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, who will be promoted to President and Group Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective January 1, 2025.=,Tokyo

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Baseball: Retirement ceremony of Buffaloes' Okada

Baseball: Retirement ceremony of Buffaloes' Okada

Orix Buffaloes players toss outfielder Takahiro Okada, known as "T-Okada," in the air during his retirement ceremony at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka on Sept. 24, 2024.

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Automatic translation device at rental car shop

Automatic translation device at rental car shop

A foreign tourist (L) speaks to a rental car shop clerk through an automatic translation device at Chitose airport in northern Japan on April 26, 2024. Orix Auto Corp. introduced the device the same day on a trial basis, with the transparent display set up in front of customers showing what they say in their native languages -- with 13 languages including English, Chinese and Korean available.

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Hanshin Tigers rookie Morishita

Hanshin Tigers rookie Morishita

Hanshin Tigers rookie Shota Morishita hits a go-ahead two-run triple in the eighth inning of Game 5 of the Japan Series against the Orix Buffaloes at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Nov. 2, 2023.

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Baseball: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Baseball: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Seibu Lions pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka faces off Orix BlueWave's Ichiro Suzuki in 1999.

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Baseball: Orix Buffaloes pitcher Shumpeita Yamashita

Baseball: Orix Buffaloes pitcher Shumpeita Yamashita

Shumpeita Yamashita of the Orix Buffaloes pitches in a baseball game against the Seibu Lions at Belluna Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 31, 2023.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto poses for a photo during a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto poses for a photo during a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) shakes hands with Orix Buffaloes General Manager Junichi Fukura during a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Baseball: Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Former Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on Dec. 30, 2023, after signing a 12-year contract with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Baseball: SoftBank Hawks pitcher Senga

Baseball: SoftBank Hawks pitcher Senga

OSAKA, Japan, Oct. 25 Kyodo - Kodai Senga of the SoftBank Hawks pitches against the Orix Buffaloes at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 11, 2022.

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Baseball: Hanshin wins Japan Series

A fan jumps into the Dotonbori River in Osaka's Minami district on Nov. 5, 2023, after local baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the Japan Series championship. (Kyodo)

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Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) and Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shoki Murakami shake hands after winning Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2023.

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Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (L) and Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shoki Murakami pose after winning Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2023.

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Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto attends a ceremony in Tokyo at which he received Japanese pro baseball's Pacific League MVP award on Nov. 28, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (L) receives Japanese pro baseball's Pacific League MVP award at a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2023.

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Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) and Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shoki Murakami shake hands after winning Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2023.

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Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) and Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shoki Murakami shake hands after winning Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2023.

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Baseball: Orix victory parade

Baseball: Orix victory parade

Orix Buffaloes manager Satoshi Nakajima waves to fans during an open-top bus parade in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 23, 2023, celebrating the team's third straight Pacific League baseball pennant. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Hanshin, Orix victory parades

Baseball: Hanshin, Orix victory parades

Combined photo taken Nov. 23, 2023, shows parades for two baseball teams based in the Kansai region of western Japan, one in Osaka's main Midosuji street celebrating the Hanshin Tigers' first Japan Series title in 38 years (L) and the other in Kobe for the Orix Buffaloes' third straight Pacific League pennant.

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Baseball: Orix victory parade

Baseball: Orix victory parade

The Orix Buffaloes celebrate their third straight Pacific League pennant with a parade on an open-top bus through the streets of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 23, 2023.

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Baseball: Orix victory parade

Baseball: Orix victory parade

Orix Buffaloes manager Satoshi Nakajima (front) raises his fist during an open-top bus parade through Meriken Park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 23, 2023, celebrating the team's third straight Pacific League baseball pennant. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Orix victory parade

Baseball: Orix victory parade

Fans gather to watch the Orix Buffaloes' open-top bus parade in celebration of their third straight Pacific League baseball pennant in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 23, 2023.

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Sports agent Joel Wolfe

Sports agent Joel Wolfe

Sports agent Joel Wolfe, who represents Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, arrives at the venue of Major League Baseball's general managers meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Nov. 6, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Baseball: Japan Series

Hanshin Tigers catcher Seishiro Sakamoto (front) and closer Suguru Iwazaki celebrate winning the Japan Series baseball championship with victory over the Orix Buffaloes in the deciding Game 7 at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Baseball: Japan Series

Takuma Kirishiki of the Hanshin Tigers pitches against the Orix Buffaloes during the ninth inning in Game 7 of the Japan Series baseball championship at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Baseball: Japan Series

Shota Morishita of the Hanshin Tigers hits an RBI single against the Orix Buffaloes during the ninth inning in Game 7 of the Japan Series baseball championship at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Baseball: Japan Series

Koji Chikamoto of the Hanshin Tigers singles against the Orix Buffaloes during the first inning in Game 7 of the Japan Series baseball championship at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Baseball: Japan Series

Fans show excitement as the Hanshin Tigers extend their lead against the Orix Buffaloes during the fifth inning in Game 7 of the Japan Series baseball championship at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Baseball: Japan Series

Masashi Ito of the Hanshin Tigers appears in relief against the Orix Buffaloes, coming on in the sixth inning, in Game 7 of the Japan Series baseball championship at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Baseball: Japan Series

Hiroya Shimamoto of the Hanshin Tigers appears in relief against the Orix Buffaloes, getting the final out in the fifth inning in Game 7 of the Japan Series baseball championship at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023. ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Japan Series

Baseball: Japan Series

Sheldon Neuse of the Hanshin Tigers hits an RBI single against the Orix Buffaloes during the fifth inning in Game 7 of the Japan Series baseball championship at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan Series

Baseball: Japan Series

Yusuke Oyama of the Hanshin Tigers hits an RBI single against the Orix Buffaloes during the fifth inning in Game 7 of the Japan Series baseball championship at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2023.

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