Baseball: U-18 World Cup

Baseball: U-18 World Cup

Japan players toss starting pitcher Ryosuke Sueyoshi in the air after finishing second in the men's Under-18 Baseball World Cup on Sept. 14, 2025, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

Baseball: U-18 World Cup

Baseball: U-18 World Cup

Japan starting pitcher Ryosuke Sueyoshi throws in the men's Under-18 Baseball World Cup final against the United States on Sept. 14, 2025, in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Junto Nakatani (L) throws a punch at Ryosuke Nishida in the fifth round of their WBC-IBF bantamweight boxing title unification match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on June 8, 2025.

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Junto Nakatani celebrates after defeating Ryosuke Nishida in their WBC-IBF bantamweight boxing title unification match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on June 8, 2025.

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Junto Nakatani celebrates after defeating Ryosuke Nishida in their WBC-IBF bantamweight boxing title unification match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on June 8, 2025.

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Junto Nakatani (R) throws a punch at Ryosuke Nishida in the sixth round of their WBC-IBF bantamweight boxing title unification match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on June 8, 2025.

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Junto Nakatani poses after defeating Ryosuke Nishida in their WBC-IBF bantamweight boxing title unification match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on June 8, 2025.

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Junto Nakatani celebrates after defeating Ryosuke Nishida in their WBC-IBF bantamweight boxing title unification match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on June 8, 2025.

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Junto Nakatani celebrates after defeating Ryosuke Nishida in their WBC-IBF bantamweight boxing title unification match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on June 8, 2025.

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Boxing: Bantamweight title unification match

Junto Nakatani (L) throws a punch at Ryosuke Nishida in the fifth round of their WBC-IBF bantamweight boxing title unification match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on June 8, 2025.

Boxing: Nakatani vs. Nishida in world title unification bout

Boxing: Nakatani vs. Nishida in world title unification bout

WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (L) and his IBF counterpart Ryosuke Nishida pose for a photo in Tokyo on April 18, 2025, following a press conference for their bout to unify their world championship belts on June 8 at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum.

Boxing: Nakatani vs. Nishida in world title unification bout

Boxing: Nakatani vs. Nishida in world title unification bout

WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (L) and his IBF counterpart Ryosuke Nishida pose for a photo in Tokyo on April 18, 2025, following a press conference for their bout to unify their world championship belts on June 8 at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum.

Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Japan's Ryosuke Otsu throws in the second game of a two-game baseball exhibition series against the Netherlands at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 6, 2025.

Baseball: Pitcher Roki Sasaki

Baseball: Pitcher Roki Sasaki

Roki Sasaki of the Lotte Marines reacts after getting Ryosuke Tatsumi of the Rakuten Eagles to ground out during the second inning of a baseball game at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in Sendai in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on April 14, 2024.

Baseball: Premier12

Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Ryosuke Tatsumi hits a two-run double in the sixth inning of a Super Round game against Taiwan at the Premier12 baseball tournament at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2024.

Baseball: Premier12

Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Ryosuke Tatsumi (R) scores on an RBI single by Shota Morishita in the first inning of a Super Round game against Venezuela at the Premier12 baseball tournament at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2024.

Baseball: Premier12

Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Ryosuke Tatsumi hits an RBI double in the first inning of a Super Round game against Venezuela at the Premier12 baseball tournament at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2024.

Baseball: Premier12

Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Ryosuke Tatsumi hits an RBI double in the first inning of a Super Round game against Venezuela at the Premier12 baseball tournament at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2024.

Baseball: Premier12

Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Ryosuke Tatsumi hits an RBI double in the third inning of a Group B game against Taiwan at the Premier12 baseball tournament on Nov. 16, 2024, in Taipei.

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Fencing Match (foil) between Fukuda Ryosuke and Choi Chun Yin Ryan during the Mazars Challenge International de Paris fencing on January 13, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Fencing Match (foil) between Fukuda Ryosuke and Choi Chun Yin Ryan during the Mazars Challenge International de Paris fencing on January 13, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Fencing Match (foil) between Fukuda Ryosuke and Choi Chun Yin Ryan during the Mazars Challenge International de Paris fencing on January 13, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Fencing Match (foil) between Fukuda Ryosuke and Choi Chun Yin Ryan during the Mazars Challenge International de Paris fencing on January 13, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Fencing Match (foil) between Fukuda Ryosuke and Choi Chun Yin Ryan during the Mazars Challenge International de Paris fencing on January 13, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Fencing Match (foil) between Fukuda Ryosuke and Choi Chun Yin Ryan during the Mazars Challenge International de Paris fencing on January 13, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Fencing Match (foil) between Fukuda Ryosuke and Choi Chun Yin Ryan during the Mazars Challenge International de Paris fencing on January 13, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Fencing Match (foil) between Fukuda Ryosuke and Choi Chun Yin Ryan during the Mazars Challenge International de Paris fencing on January 13, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Fencing Match (foil) between Fukuda Ryosuke and Choi Chun Yin Ryan during the Mazars Challenge International de Paris fencing on January 13, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Fencing Match (foil) between Fukuda Ryosuke and Choi Chun Yin Ryan during the Mazars Challenge International de Paris fencing on January 13, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Mazars Challenge International - Paris

Fencing Match (foil) between Fukuda Ryosuke and Choi Chun Yin Ryan during the Mazars Challenge International de Paris fencing on January 13, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

Baseball: SoftBank Hawks rookies

Baseball: SoftBank Hawks rookies

SoftBank Hawks players (from L) Kazuo Ohno (pitcher), Ryosuke Ohtsu (pitcher), Ikhine Itua (infielder), Kengo Yoshida (catcher), Ikumi Kai (outfielder) and Haru Matsumoto (pitcher) pose for a photo during a rookie introductory event at PayPay Dome in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Dec. 5, 2022.

Asian Games: Swimming

Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Japan's Katsumi Nakamura, Katsuhiro Matsumoto, Yuya Hinomoto and Ryosuke Irie celebrates on the podium after winning bronze in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 26, 2023.

Asian Games: Swimming

Asian Games: Swimming

(From L) Japan's Ryosuke Irie, Yuya Hinomoto, Katsuhiro Matsumoto and Katsumi Nakamura pose for a photo after winning bronze in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 26, 2023.

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230925) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Irie Ryosuke of Japan reacts after the Men's 50m Backstroke Final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230925) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Gukailai, Xu Jiayu of China and Irie Ryosuke (Lto R) attend the awarding ceremony of the Men's 50m Backstroke at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230925) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Xu Jiayu (C) of China, silver medalist Wang Gukailai (L) of China and bronze medalist Irie Ryosuke of Japan pose for group pictures during the awarding ceremony for men's 50m backstroke at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Du yu)

Asian Games: Swimming

Asian Games: Swimming

Japanese swimmer Ryosuke Irie poses after winning silver in the men's 100-meter backstroke event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 24, 2023.

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SWIMMING (CN)

(230924) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Irie Ryosuke of Japan competes during the men's 100m backstroke final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Du yu)

Literary award winner in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 25 Kyodo -The presentation ceremony of the 169th Akutagawa Prize and the Naoki Prize (sponsored by the Japan Literature Promotion Association) was held in Tokyo on the 25th.

World aquatics championships

World aquatics championships

Japan's Ryosuke Irie competes in the mixed 4x100-meter medley relay final at the world aquatics championships on July 26, 2023, at Marine Messe Fukuoka in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.

Irie at Pan Pacific C'ships

Irie at Pan Pacific C'ships

IRVINE, United States - Ryosuke Irie, Japanese backstroke record holder, swims in the men's 100-meter backstroke qualifier at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 18, 2010. Irie advanced to the final and finished fourth in the race.

Baseball: U.S.-Japan WBC semifinal

Baseball: U.S.-Japan WBC semifinal

LOS ANGELES, United States, March 21 Kyodo - Ryosuke Kikuchi of Japan hits a game-tying solo home run in the sixth inning of a World Baseball Classic semifinal against the United States at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 21, 2017.

Japan, Venezuela in WBSC Premier 12 baseball tournament

Japan, Venezuela in WBSC Premier 12 baseball tournament

TAIPEI, Nov. 15 Kyodo - Japan's Ryosuke Hirata hits an RBI single to left off Venezuela's Feddy Garcia in the second inning of a Group B game against Venezuela at the WBSC Premier 12 baseball tournament in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on Nov. 15, 2015.

Japan vs MLB All-Stars friendly game in Okinawa

Japan vs MLB All-Stars friendly game in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Japan's Ryosuke Kikuchi scores past MLB All-Stars catcher Drew Butera on a triple hit by Yoshihiro Maru in the fifth inning of their friendly baseball game at Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Naha, Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture, on Nov. 20, 2014.

Japan's Irie wins men's 200-meter backstroke at Asian Games

Japan's Irie wins men's 200-meter backstroke at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Ryosuke Irie of Japan waves after winning the gold in the men's final at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 25, 2014.

Irie wins gold, Hagino bronze in men's 200-meter backstroke

Irie wins gold, Hagino bronze in men's 200-meter backstroke

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Ryosuke Irie (L) and Kosuke Hagino hold up their gold and bronze medals, respectively, they won in the men's swimming backstroke at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 25, 2014.

Japan's Irie wins men's 200-meter backstroke at Asian Games

Japan's Irie wins men's 200-meter backstroke at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Ryosuke Irie of Japan celebrates after winning the gold in the men's final at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 25, 2014.

Japan's Irie wins men's 200-meter backstroke at Asian Games

Japan's Irie wins men's 200-meter backstroke at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Ryosuke Irie of Japan swims to win the gold in the men's backstroke final at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 25, 2014.

Irie wins men's 100 backstroke gold at Asian Games

Irie wins men's 100 backstroke gold at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Ryosuke Irie (L) and Kosuke Hagino pose with their gold medals after winning the men's 100-meter backstroke and 200-meter freestyle swimming events, respectively, at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 21, 2014.

Irie wins men's 100 backstroke gold at Asian Games

Irie wins men's 100 backstroke gold at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Ryosuke Irie of Japan celebrates after winning the men's 100-meter backstroke final at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 21, 2014.