Japanese-American Perspectives

Sponchi reported on the 17th that the police searched the team's clubhouse for any clues that might help reveal more information about the case.

The article also mentions that Hiroyuki Kurioka apparently quit the baseball team after his arrest.

And on Tuesday, two additional players were arrested: Ryo Tennojiya and Masaya Senuki. The two were charged with destroying evidence connected to the case.

Senuki has admitted that there was a bank book and that Kurioka ...

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The arrest of Kansai University 4th year baseball player Hiroyuki Kurioka sent ripples through the college baseball world on Wednesday.

A somewhat complicated story, but here goes.

Kurioka was supplying new bank accounts to a gang that was conning people out of money (furikomesagi). Hiroki Akiya, a high school friend that was attending the Osaka University of Commerce, was apparently working with Kurioka in securing new bank accounts.

When the two were arrested ...

Tohto University Baseball League announced their fall schedules.

First League

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Here is the roster that the Sendai Big 6 will be sending to Hawaii for games between August 6th and 9th.

I'm not 100% on all the names on this list (have a tough time with reading Kanji names at times) so if you find any mistakes, please drop me a line.

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