Baseball in Japan

Baseball in Japan

Shunta Goto of the Orix Buffaloes hits a run-scoring triple in the top of the 10th inning against the SoftBank Hawks in a Pacific League baseball game at PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on April 6, 2022.

Baseball: Wakamatsu goes eight innings as Dragons incinerate Hawks

Baseball: Wakamatsu goes eight innings as Dragons incinerate Hawks

Chunichi Dragons pitcher Shunta Wakamatsu picks up his fifth win of the season after scattering three hits over eight innings in a 5-0 win over the SoftBank Hawks at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on June 1, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Unheralded rookie Wakamatsu wins 1st monthly MVP honor

Unheralded rookie Wakamatsu wins 1st monthly MVP honor

Shunta Wakamatsu of the Chunichi Dragons poses for photos in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 4, 2015, as he won his first Central League pitcher of the month award for August. The 20-year-old right-hander went 4-1 in the month with one shutout and a 2.12 ERA. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan beats Costa Rica in opening game of new U-16 soccer competition

Japan beats Costa Rica in opening game of new U-16 soccer competition

Forward Shunta Nakamura (L) of the Japanese national youth team scores an opening goal against Costa Rica during a game in the Under-16 International Dream Cup 2015, a new world championship hosted by the Japan Football Association, in Sakai, western Japan, on June 24, 2015. Japan won 7-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Orix's Goto leaps to make the catch

Baseball: Orix's Goto leaps to make the catch

Orix Buffaloes center fielder Shunta Goto makes a leaping catch at the wall on a fly ball hit by Zelous Wheeler of the Rakuten Eagles in the fourth inning at Kobo Park Miyagi in Sendai, Japan, on July 23, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Soccer: Japan advance to U-19 Asian Championship final

Soccer: Japan advance to U-19 Asian Championship final

Shunta Nakamura (C) celebrates after scoring Japan's second goal against Vietnam during the first half of their semifinal match in the Asian Under-19 Championship in Manama, Bahrain, on Oct. 27, 2016. Japan won 3-0 to face Saudi Arabia in the final on Oct. 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo