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Baseball club Rakuten's 1st-round draft pick pumps fist

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Tomohiro Anraku (front), a pitcher for Saibi High School in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, reacts with a victory pose after being chosen in the first-round draft by the Pacific League professional baseball club Rakuten Eagles at his school on Oct. 23, 2014.

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Rakuten wins negotiation right to 1st-round draft pick

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Eagles President Yozo Tachibana (L) shakes hands with the Pacific League professional baseball team's new manager Hiromoto Okubo in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2013, after successfully winning the negotiation right to Saibi High School pitcher Tomohiro Anraku.

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Saibi High School's Anraku pitches hard

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Saibi High School right-hander Tomohiro Anraku throws against Urawagakuin High School in the final of the national high school baseball invitational tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on April 2, 2013. Urawagakuin beat Saibi 17-1 to clinch a pennant.

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Saibi High School's Anraku pitches hard

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Saibi High School right-hander Tomohiro Anraku pitches in a game against Koryo High School at the national high school baseball invitational tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on March 26, 2013. Anraku lead the team to 4-3 victory with a 13-inning complete game.

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Saibi High School's Anraku pitches hard

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Saibi High School right-hander Tomohiro Anraku pitches in a game against Koryo High School at the national high school baseball invitational tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on March 26, 2013. Anraku lead the team to 4-3 victory with a 13-inning complete game.

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(2)Komadai Tomakomai wins national high school title

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Komadai Tomakomai players run toward their supporters after beating Saibi 13-10 to win the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 22. Komadai Tomakomai became the first Hokkaido school to win the national title.

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(1)Komadai Tomakomai wins national high school title

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Komadai Tomakomai players celebrate after beating Saibi 13-10 to clinch the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 22.

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(2)Komadai Tomakomai wins national high school title

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Komadai Tomakomai players run toward their supporters after beating Saibi 13-10 to win the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium on Aug. 22. Komadai Tomakomai became the first Hokkaido school to win the national title. (Kyodo)

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Baseball club Rakuten's 1st-round draft pick pumps fist

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Tomohiro Anraku (front), a pitcher for Saibi High School in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, reacts with a victory pose after being chosen in the first-round draft by the Pacific League professional baseball club Rakuten Eagles at his school on Oct. 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Rakuten wins negotiation right to 1st-round draft pick

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Eagles President Yozo Tachibana (L) shakes hands with the Pacific League professional baseball team's new manager Hiromoto Okubo in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2013, after successfully winning the negotiation right to Saibi High School pitcher Tomohiro Anraku. (Kyodo)