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2014 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft
The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on 23 October at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB. It was arranged with the special cooperation of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D". Summary As of the 2008 Draft, High School, University and Industrial League players could be selected at the same time whereas previous to 2008, separate drafts were held for each level of player. As with the previous year, Taisho Pharmaceuticals was the special partner with naming rights. The Draft was named "The 2014 Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D." Lipovitan D is one of Taisho's main brands. Only the first round picks were allowed to be contested with all picks from the second round onward being based on table placing in the 2014 NPB season in a waiver system. From the third round the order w ...
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Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa
The Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa (グランドプリンスホテル高輪) is a complex of three hotels (Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, and The Prince Sakura Tower) designed by architect Togo Murano in 1982, and situated in the Takanawa district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The hotel was originally established as the Takanawa Prince Hotel in 1953. The three hotels, effectively managed as one, are situated in a garden which formerly belonged to Takeda Palace of Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda, a member of the Japanese Imperial Family. The hotels are the flagship properties of the Prince Hotels group which has a recently checkered history due to events at its corporate parent, Seibu Corporation, an affiliate of Seibu Railway and its former chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi is a Japanese businessman. During the Japanese economic bubble, ''Forbes'' listed Tsutsumi as the wealthiest person in the world during 1987–94 due to his extensive real estate investmen ...
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Hiroki Osakaya
is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can be written in many ways. In the following lists, the kanji in parentheses are the individual's way of writing the name Hiroki. Possible writings Hiroki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *弘樹, "vast tree, great tree, generous tree, great establish" *宏樹, "wide tree, large tree, wide establish" *博紀, "fair chronicle" *浩紀, "vigorous, chronicle" *博希, "ample hope" *大樹, "great tree" People with the name *, Japanese footballer *Hiroki Aiba (弘樹; born 1987), Japanese actor, dancer, and singer *, Japanese music artist and composer *, Japanese martial artist and kickboxer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese football *, Japanese sumo wrestler * Hiroki Azuma (浩紀; born 1971), Japanese cultural critic *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese football player * Hiroki Endo (浩輝), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actor *, Japanese footballer *, head coach of the Send ...
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Nippon Paper
is a Japanese paper manufacturing company. The company's stock is listed on the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchange and on the Osaka Securities Exchange. The stock is also constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index. As of April 2013 the company has 33 subsidiaries and 11 associate companies. It is listed as one of the world's top 10 pulp and paper industry companies year-over-year and in 2012 it was sixth in the aforementioned list. History * 1949 - Jujo Paper Co., Ltd. is founded * 1968 - Jujo Paper merges with Tohoku Pulp Co., Ltd. * 1972 - Sanyo Pulp (established in 1946) merged with Kokusaku Pulp (established in 1938) into Sanyo-Kokusaku Pulp Co., Ltd. * 1993 - Upon merger of Jujo Paper Co., Ltd. and Sanyo-Kokusaku Pulp Co., Ltd., the company is renamed to Nippon Paper Industries * 2001 - Nippon Unipac Holding is formed by the merger of Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. and Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (established in 1938) * 2003 - Both companies' paperboard divisi ...
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JR East
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, and next to the Shinjuku Station. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (it formerly had secondary listings in the Nagoya and Osaka stock exchanges), is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of the three only Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the other being JR Central and JR West. History JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR). The spin-off was nominally "privatization", as the company was actually a wholly owned subsidiary of the government-owned JNR Settlement Corporation for several years, and was not completely sold to the public until 2002. Following the breakup, JR East ...
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Masashi Katoh (baseball)
Masashi is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese skier *, Japanese actor *, Japanese animator and character designer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese actor *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese entertainer who lives in London *, Japanese politician *, Japanese actor *, Japanese composer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese holdout *, Japanese basketball player *Masashi Kameda, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese freestyle swimmer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese manga artist *Masashi Kita, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese animator *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footba ...
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Tokushima Indigo Socks
The are a baseball team in the Shikoku Island League plus of Japan. Established in 2005, the Indigo Socks mainly play their home games at Tokushima prefecture Kuramoto stadium in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture. They won the 2011, 2013, 2014 2017 and 2019 season titles by beating other teams in the Island League playoff. They also won 2020 season title(Playoff was not held, because Covid19). Former MLB pitcher Kazuhito Tadano is a Japanese former baseball pitcher. He had previously pitched in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians. He is currently the Pitching Coach for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters farm team in Nippon Professional Baseball's Eastern Lea ... temporarily played for them in September and October 2006. Their mascot's name is Spider, スパイダー in Japanese. References External linksTokushima Indigo Socks (in Japanese) *https://japanesemascots.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/spider/ Baseball teams in Japan Baseball teams established in 2005 S ...
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Takahiro Irino
is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Takahiro can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *高広, "high, broad" *隆弘, "noble, vast" *隆宏, "noble, wide" *隆博, "noble, gain" *孝広, "filial piety, broad" *貴大, "precious, big" *貴弘, "precious, vast" *貴裕, "precious, abundant" *貴洋, "precious, ocean" *尭弘, "high, vast" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name * Takahiro (敬浩), a vocalist of the Japanese pop music band ''EXILE'' *Takahiro Aoh (隆寛), a Japanese professional boxer *Takahiro Arai (貴浩), a Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese footballer *Takahiro Fujimoto (隆宏), a Japanese medley swimmer *, Japanese baseball player *Takahiro Hōjō (隆博), a Japanese actor and musician *, Japanese actor and voice actor *Takahiro Izutani (タカヒロ), a Japanese composer of video game music and guitarist * Takahiro Kasuganishiki (孝嘉), a Japanese sumo wrestler * ...
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Hakuoh University
is a private university in city of Oyama in Tochigi, Japan. The name Hakuoh, means 'white seagull', and the motto ''Plus ultra'', or 'Further beyond'. History Hakuoh University was founded by lifelong educator Dr. Kazuyoshi Kamioka in 1986 and currently has about 4,000 Japanese and foreign students studying in its various divisions. The roots of the Hakuoh University Educational Foundation go back to the establishment of the Ashikaga Textile Women's School in 1915, its incorporation as a high school in 1927, and then its registration as a foundation in 1951. In 1961 the junior high school was added and in 1974 the women's junior college opened. Subsequent to the university's founding and the establishment of the Faculty of Business Management in 1986, the Faculty of Law was added in 1991, and the graduate school was then added in 1999 for advanced studies in both the Faculty of Business Management and the Faculty of Law. Furthermore, in 2004, Hakuoh University added the gradu ...
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Luciano Fernando
Luciano Fernando (born April 13, 1992) is a Brazilian professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He has also played for the Brazil national team. In 2017, he joined the Venados de Mazatlán in Mexico, becoming the first Brazilian player in Mexican Pacific League history. Early life Born in Brazil, Fernando moved to Japan with his family at the age of five. He initially dreamed of being a professional footballer, but began playing baseball in Japan. Career Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles selected Fernando with the ? selection in the 2014 NPB draft. On April 19, 2015, Fernando made his NPB debut. On December 2, 2020, he become a free agent. Saitama Musashi Heat Bears Fernando signed with the Saitama Musashi Heat Bears for the 2021 season. He resigned for the 2022 season. International career Fernando represented the Brazil national team in World Ba ...
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