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Battledores of 2024 newsmakers

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 3 Kyodo - Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores bearing images of the year's newsmakers are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2024, including two-way Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani (held by woman), and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (bottom row, R). (Kyodo)

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Battledores of 2024 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores bearing images of the year's newsmakers are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2024, including two-way Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani (held by woman, L), and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (far L, bottom row).

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Battledores of 2024 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores bearing images of the year's newsmakers are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2024, including two-way Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani (L, middle row), and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (R, middle row).

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Battledores of 2024 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores bearing images of the year's newsmakers are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2024, including two-way Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani (held by woman), and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (bottom row, R).

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Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani, who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii, who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles. (Kyodo)

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Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (far R, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (3rd from R, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.

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Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (far R, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (2nd from L, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.

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Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (L, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (R, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.

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Tennis star Nishikori, other newsmakers on battledores

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's doll maker Kyugetsu Co. displays on Dec. 3, 2014, traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring this year's newsmakers such as tennis star Kei Nishikori and female comic duo "Nippon Erekiteru Rengo."

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Japan's 2014 newsmakers featured on battledores

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's doll maker Kyugetsu Co. displays on Dec. 3, 2014, traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring this year's newsmakers such as red-hot tennis player Kei Nishikori, female comic duo "Nippon Erekiteru Rengo" and scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Obama, Matsui, featured in decorative battledores

TOKYO, Japan - A woman in kimono poses with a ''Kawari Hagoita'' featuring Ryo Ishikawa, the teenage golf star, at the main office of Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2009. Among this year's 10 ''Kawari Hagoita,'' a traditional Japanese battledore popular as decoration during New Year's, are those featuring U.S. President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his wife Miyuki, and New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui, the winner of this year's World Series MVP.

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Obama, Kitajima featured in decorative battledores

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. president-elect Barack Obama (L, front) and Japanese Beijing Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima (R, front) are among the well-known figures featured on this year's unique ''Kawari Hagoita,'' a traditional Japanese battledore popular as decoration during New Year's.

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Battledore market opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A market for traditional Japanese battledores opens on the compound of Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district Dec. 17, heralding the coming of the end of the year. Among the battledores is one featuring ''Hanikami Oji'' (Bashful Prince), the nickname of amateur teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa. Some 300,000 people are expected to visit the market during a three-day run.

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Battledore market opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A market for traditional Japanese battledores opens in Tokyo's Asakusa district Dec. 17 for a three-day run, heralding the arrival of the end of the year. Among them are battledores featuring pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has signed a six-year contract with the Boston Red Sox, and Olympic figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa.

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Prince Hisahito, Matsuzaka featured in decorative battledores

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito, the two-month-old son of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and Daisuke Matsuzaka, the Japanese pitcher who is negotiating a deal with the Boston Red Sox, are among some of the well-known figures featured in this year's ''Kawari Hagoita,'' a traditional Japanese battledore popular for decoration in the New Year.

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Schwarzenegger, Matsui featured on this year's battledores

TOKYO, Japan - Caricatures of Hollywood superstar-turned California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (back R) and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui (fore R) are among the images taking top billing on the new year's decorative ''hagoita'' battledores at an annual exhibition of the traditional paddles which began in Tokyo on Dec. 3. Other ''in-the-news'' faces appearing on the battledores include lawmaker Naoto Kan, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, which sharply increased strength in the House of Representatives in November.

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Harry Potter, Beckham featured in this year's 'hagoita' fair

TOKYO, Japan - Ornamental ''hagoita'' battledores depicting Harry Potter and England's soccer superstar David Beckham appear in the year's hagoita market which opened Dec. 17 in the compounds of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward. Some 50 stalls are selling the battledores for three days with some 300,000 visitors expected.

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Hagoita reflect 2002

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo dollmaker began its annual display Dec. 4 of specially crafted Hagoita, or battledores, featuring world images from 2002. Newly designed Hagoita depict Nobel prize laureates Koichi Tanaka and Masatoshi Koshiba (L), Japanese maestro Seiji Ozawa, who became musical director of the Vienna State Opera in September (R) and free agent Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui who seeks to play in the major leagues next season.

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Ichiro, Princess Masako featured in this year's 'hagoita' fair

TOKYO, Japan - Ornamental ''hagoita'' battledores depicting Crown Princess Masako (R), Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) and American League MVP Ichiro Suzuki (4th from R) are featured in this year's ''hagoita'' battledore market which opened Dec. 17 in Tokyo's Taito Ward. Some 50 stalls in the Sensoji temple compound are selling the battledores.

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Takahashi, Tamura featured in year-end 'hagoita'

TOKYO, Japan - The faces of Sydney Olympics gold medalists Naoko Takahashi and Ryoko Tamura are featured on traditional year-end battledores put on sale at a major doll store in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Dec. 6. The store's annual ''hagoita'' battledores depict people who have made news over the past 11 months. Among foreign newsmakers, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, and U.S. presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore made their hagoita debuts.

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Battledores of 2022 newsmakers

Photo taken at the head office of doll maker Kyugetsu in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2022, shows traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of some of 2022's newsmakers. Those featured include Yakult Swallows cleanup hitter Munetaka Murakami (L in front row), the Central League's first batting Triple Crown winner since 1986, and Sota Fujii (R in second row), who became the youngest shogi player in history to hold five out of the board game's eight major titles.

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Battledores of 2022 newsmakers

Photo taken at the head office of doll maker Kyugetsu in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2022, shows traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of some of 2022's newsmakers, including Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R in front row), who died in September at age 96 after 70 years on the throne.

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Battledores of 2021 newsmakers in Japan

Photo taken at the head office of doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2021, shows traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the year. Those featured include baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani (bottom, R), who was named the American League's Most Valuable Player for the 2021 season, and new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far L).

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Battledores of 2021 newsmakers in Japan

Photo taken at the head office of doll maker Kyugetsu Co. in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2021, shows traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the year. Those featured include baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani (center L), who was named the American League's Most Valuable Player for the 2021 season, and new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (bottom R).

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Battledores of 2021 newsmakers in Japan

Photo taken at the head office of doll maker Kyugetsu in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2021, shows traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the year. Those featured include baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani (bottom, 2nd from R), who was named the American League's Most Valuable Player for the 2021 season, and new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (bottom, 4th from L).

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Ichiro, Princess Masako featured in this year's 'hagoita' fair

TOKYO, Japan - Ornamental ''hagoita'' battledores depicting Crown Princess Masako (R), Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) and American League MVP Ichiro Suzuki (4th from R) are featured in this year's ''hagoita'' battledore market which opened Dec. 17 in Tokyo's Taito Ward. Some 50 stalls in the Sensoji temple compound are selling the battledores.

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Japan's 2015 newsmakers featured on battledores

A model holds traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring newsmakers of the year 2015, created by Tokyo doll maker Kyugetsu Co., in the Japanese capital on Dec. 3, 2015. The left battledore features pop singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama (top), whose marriage to actress Kazue Fukiishi (bottom) in September shocked his female fans and the stock price of his management agency plunging. The right battledore shows rugby player Ayumu Goromaru, whose pose before kicking became popular after Japan's participation in the World Cup between September and October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2015 newsmakers featured on battledores

A model holds traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring newsmakers of the year 2015, created by Tokyo doll maker Kyugetsu Co., in the Japanese capital on Dec. 3, 2015. The left battledore features pop singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama (top), whose marriage to actress Kazue Fukiishi (bottom) in September shocked his female fans and the stock price of his management agency plunging. The right battledore shows rugby player Ayumu Goromaru, whose pose before kicking became popular after Japan's participation in the World Cup between September and October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Diana, other selected newsmakers featured on battledores

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring newsmakers over the past 29 years are displayed at Tokyo's doll maker Kyugetsu Co. on Oct. 31, 2015. A staff member holds one of the late British Princess Diana (R), depicting her during her 1986 trip to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Hisahito, Matsuzaka featured in decorative battledores

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito, the two-month-old son of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and Daisuke Matsuzaka, the Japanese pitcher who is negotiating a deal with the Boston Red Sox, are among some of the well-known figures featured in this year's ''Kawari Hagoita,'' a traditional Japanese battledore popular for decoration in the New Year. (Kyodo)

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Obama, Kitajima featured in decorative battledores

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. president-elect Barack Obama (L, front) and Japanese Beijing Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima (R, front) are among the well-known figures featured on this year's unique ''Kawari Hagoita,'' a traditional Japanese battledore popular as decoration during New Year's. (Kyodo)

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Battledore market opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A market for traditional Japanese battledores opens on the compound of Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district Dec. 17, heralding the coming of the end of the year. Among the battledores is one featuring ''Hanikami Oji'' (Bashful Prince), the nickname of amateur teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa. Some 300,000 people are expected to visit the market during a three-day run. (Kyodo)

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Battledore market opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A market for traditional Japanese battledores opens in Tokyo's Asakusa district Dec. 17 for a three-day run, heralding the arrival of the end of the year. Among them are battledores featuring pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has signed a six-year contract with the Boston Red Sox, and Olympic figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa. (Kyodo)

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Girls holding battledores

Girls holding battledores==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Well-dressed girls holding battledores and balls

People dressed up in New Year's kimono pose for a photograph holding battledores and kemari balls. The girls in the back row have hair arranged in marumage style with floral pins, while the ones in the front row have theirs in chigo-mage style, the style for baby girls.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐147‐0]

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Girls holding battledores,and a decorative shimenawa

Girls holding battledores,and a decorative shimenawa==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Shop of hagoita,battledores

An open-air hagoita (battledore) shop. It has a large opening, and battledores are arranged in five rows for sale. Three men sit at the entrance of the shop and look in the direction of the camera. The men have towels around or over their heads and the two men to the right and left hold pipes in their hands.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐48‐0]

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Battledores of 2020 newsmakers in Japan

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the year are pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2020. Those featured include shogi sensation Sota Fujii and Olympic swimmer Rikako Ikee, who has made her competitive comeback after a leukemia diagnosis.

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Battledores of 2020 newsmakers in Japan

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the year are pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2020. Those featured include shogi sensation Sota Fujii, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Olympic swimmer Rikako Ikee, who has made her competitive comeback after a leukemia diagnosis.

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Battledores of 2020 newsmakers in Japan

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the year are pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2020. Those featured include shogi sensation Sota Fujii, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Olympic swimmer Rikako Ikee, who has made her competitive comeback after a leukemia diagnosis.

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Battledores of Heisei era newsmakers in Japan

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the Heisei era (1989-2019) are pictured at a doll shop in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2019. Those featured include former Japanese Emperor Akihito, former Empress Michiko and retired two-time double breaststroke Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Battledores of 2019 newsmakers in Japan

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the year are pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2019. Those featured include Emperor Naruhito, rugby captain Michael Leitch and Akira Yoshino, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Battledores of 2019 newsmakers in Japan

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of newsmakers of the year are pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2019. Those featured include Emperor Naruhito, rugby captain Michael Leitch and Akira Yoshino, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Battledores of 2018 newsmakers

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs of newsmakers of the year 2018 are pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2018. Those featured include (from R) pop singer Namie Amuro, tennis player Naomi Osaka, major leaguer Shohei Ohtani, figure skating Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and search volunteer Haruo Obata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Battledores of 2018 newsmakers

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs of newsmakers of the year 2018 are pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2018. Those featured include Tasuku Honjo (R), a Kyoto University professor and joint winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and Haruo Obata, a search volunteer who gained attention after finding a missing 2-year-old boy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Battledores of 2018 newsmakers

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring newsmakers of the year 2018 are pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2018. Those featured include Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro (R), who stepped out of the spotlight in September, and Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, who won gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics in February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Battledores of 2018 newsmakers

Traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring newsmakers of the year 2018 are pictured in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2018. Those featured include Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro (R), who stepped out of the spotlight in September, and Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, who won gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics in February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Battledores carrying year's faces revealed

A staff member of Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu in Tokyo holds on Dec. 7, 2016, special battledores depicting people who were in the news during the year, including U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (L) and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (R). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Battledores carrying year's faces revealed

A staff member of Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu in Tokyo displays on Dec. 7, 2016, special battledores depicting people who were in the news during the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Battledores carrying year's faces revealed

A staff member of Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu in Tokyo displays on Dec. 7, 2016, special battledores depicting people who were in the news during the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo