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Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine

Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - File photo taken Feb. 14, 1959, shows Yomiuri Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine, known in Japan as Kaname Yonamine. (Kyodo)

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Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine

Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine, known in Japan as Kaname Yonamine, meets spectators at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 1957, after being named as the most valuable player of the season. (Kyodo)

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Paris Olympics: Cycling Road

Paris Olympics: Cycling Road

Riders, including Eri Yonamine (2nd from R) of Japan, compete in the women's cycling road race at the Paris Olympics in the French capital on Aug. 4, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Cycling Road

Paris Olympics: Cycling Road

Eri Yonamine of Japan in action during the women's cycling road race at the Paris Olympics in the French capital on Aug. 4, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Cycling Road

Paris Olympics: Cycling Road

Eri Yonamine of Japan competes in the women's cycling road race at the Paris Olympics in the French capital on Aug. 4, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Cycling Road

Paris Olympics: Cycling Road

Eri Yonamine of Japan is pictured in front of the Eiffel Tower ahead of the women's cycling road race at the Paris Olympics in the French capital on Aug. 4, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Cycling Road

Paris Olympics: Cycling Road

Eri Yonamine (R) of Japan passes by the Eiffel Tower during the women's cycling road race at the Paris Olympics in the French capital on Aug. 4, 2024.

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Asian Games: Cycling Road

Asian Games: Cycling Road

Eri Yonamine of Japan competes in the women's individual road cycling time trial event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 3, 2023.

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Asian Games: Cycling Road

Asian Games: Cycling Road

Eri Yonamine of Japan competes in the women's individual road cycling time trial event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 3, 2023.

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Asian Games: Cycling Road

Asian Games: Cycling Road

Eri Yonamine of Japan competes in the women's individual road cycling time trial event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 3, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-CHUN'AN-ASIAN GAMES-CYCLING ROAD(CN)

(SP)CHINA-CHUN'AN-ASIAN GAMES-CYCLING ROAD(CN)

(231003) -- CHUN'AN, Oct. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yonamine Eri of Japan competes during the Women's Individual Time Trial of Cycling Road at the 19th Asian Games in Chun'an County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 3, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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(SP)CHINA-CHUN'AN-ASIAN GAMES-CYCLING ROAD(CN)

(SP)CHINA-CHUN'AN-ASIAN GAMES-CYCLING ROAD(CN)

(231003) -- CHUN'AN, Oct. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Olga Zabelinskaya (C) of Uzbekistan, silver medalist Yonamine Eri (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Rinata Sultanova of Kazakhstan attend the awarding ceremony for the Women's Individual Time Trial of Cycling Road at the 19th Asian Games in Chun'an County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 3, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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Women's Tour de France 2023 - Stage 6

Women's Tour de France 2023 - Stage 6

ERI YONAMINE at the start of stage 6 of the Women's Tour de France 2023 in Albi, France on July 27 2023. Photo by Arnaud Bertrand/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Women's Tour de France - Stage 5

Eri Yonamine (HUMAN POWERED HEALTH) at the finish of the fifth stage of the women's Tour de France in Albi, France on July 27 2023. Photo by Arnaud Bertrand/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nago Mayor Yonamine against U.S. Marine base relocation plan

Nago Mayor Yonamine against U.S. Marine base relocation plan

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine speaks to reporters at the city hall in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2011, after meeting with Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba. The minister urged the mayor to accept a government plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 1974 shows Wally Yonamine (C), then manager of the Chunichi Dragons professional baseball club, being tossed in the air by Dragons players and fans after the club won the Central League championship at the former Chunichi Stadium in Nagoya. Yonamine, the first foreigner to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II, died in Honolulu on Feb. 28, 2011, aged 85 after battling prostate cancer.

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Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in an unknown location in February 1959 shows Wally Yonamine, then outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club. Yonamine, the first foreigner to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II, died in Honolulu on Feb. 28, 2011, aged 85 after battling prostate cancer.

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(2)Kaz Matsui hits leadoff homer

(2)Kaz Matsui hits leadoff homer

LOS ANGELES, United Statesd - Kaname Yonamine, who once played for the Yomiuri Giants and managed the Chunichi Dragons, throws the first pitch to open a New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game at Dodgers Stadium on April 28. The Dodgers edged the Mets 3-2. (MLB)

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(2)Kaz Matsui hits leadoff homer

(2)Kaz Matsui hits leadoff homer

LOS ANGELES, United Statesd - Kaname Yonamine, who once played for the Yomiuri Giants and managed the Chunichi Dragons, throws the first pitch to open a New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game at Dodgers Stadium on April 28. The Dodgers edged the Mets 3-2. (MLB) (Kyodo)

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Nago Mayor Yonamine against U.S. Marine base relocation plan

Nago Mayor Yonamine against U.S. Marine base relocation plan

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine speaks to reporters at the city hall in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2011, after meeting with Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba. The minister urged the mayor to accept a government plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in an unknown location in February 1959 shows Wally Yonamine, then outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club. Yonamine, the first foreigner to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II, died in Honolulu on Feb. 28, 2011, aged 85 after battling prostate cancer. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 1974 shows Wally Yonamine (C), then manager of the Chunichi Dragons professional baseball club, being tossed in the air by Dragons players and fans after the club won the Central League championship at the former Chunichi Stadium in Nagoya. Yonamine, the first foreigner to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II, died in Honolulu on Feb. 28, 2011, aged 85 after battling prostate cancer. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants and Chunichi Dragons outfielder Wally Yonamine throws the ceremonial first pitch at a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, in April 2004. Yonamine, the first foreigner to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II, died in Honolulu on Feb. 28, 2011, aged 85 after battling prostate cancer. (Kyodo)

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