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Golden Kings to face George Washington U… [Sports]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings will face the George Washington University team in the International Friendship Match 2016 at the Okinawa City Gym o...Read More
Marathon runners take over roads Sunday … [Sports]
The 24th Okinawa Marathon this Sunday is the second largest road race on the island after Naha Marathon that attracted more than 11,000 runn...Read More
Okinawa welcomes annual baseball spring … [Sports]
As February begins, so begin the annual Japanese pro-baseball spring camps on Okinawa. During the month, nine of the 12 Japanese top league ...Read More
8th Eco Island Miyakojima Marathon looking for participants [Sports]
Organizers of the 8th Eco Island Miyakojima Marathon are looking for runners to take part in the race that takes place on Oct. 29th. The event that consists of three separate races...
National High School Baseball Tournament has started [Sports]
The 99th Annual Japan National High School Baseball Tournament started Tuesday at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture. The tournament runs for 15 days. Kounan High School from Naha...
New Zealand Rugby Sevens Teams mulling camp in Yomitan [Sports]
According to local media reports, both men’s and women’s National Rugby Sevens Teams of New Zealand, also known as “All Blacks,” are mulling a possibility to conduct their training...
Norio Sassa named Ryukyu Golden Kings’ head coach [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Norio Sassa was introduced as the new head coach for the Ryukyu Golden Kings at a press conference Thursday at ANA Crown Plaza Harborview in Naha. This is Sassa’s first post as the...
High school student scores professional surfer status [Sports]
Kazuma Miyagi, a 3rd grade student of Kadena High School, became an officially recognized professional surfer after scoring 12 points in the 3rd match of Yumeya Surfing Games Tahar...
Okinawa Grand Sumo Tournament scheduled for Dec. 16 and 17 [Sports]
Japan’s big boys are scheduled to make an appearance on Okinawa at a 2-day Grand Sumo Tournament at Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan on 16th and 17th December. The event was an...
Only 34% know Okinawa is birthplace of Karate [Sports]
The Okinawa Prefecture Karate Promotion Division has conducted a survey regarding Okinawa traditional Karate and martial arts, and made the results of the survey public on July 21s...
Konan High School earns spot in Koshien [Sports]
Konan High School baseball team won a spot to represent Okinawa at the 99th annual Japan National High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture starting Au...
FC Ryukyu faces Giravanz Kitakyushu in Saturday home game [Sports]
FC Ryukyu, an Okinawan soccer team playing in the Japanese J3 division of the Japanese Professional Soccer League, is scheduled to play their next game Saturday on their home turf ...
Ryukyu Golden Kings signs new “big man” [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings announced Thursday reaching an agreement with Hilton Armstrong, a former NBA player and last season Chiba Jets. On the Kings’ website, Armstrong commented, ...
Okinawa’s 1st Arm Wrestling Competition slated for July 23 [Sports]
The 1st Okinawa City Mayor’s Cup Arm Wrestling Competition is scheduled to take place at Music Town Sound Market in Uechi, Okinawa City, on July 23rd. The contest will be the first...
Golden Kings signs forward Takatoshi Furukawa for 2017-18 season [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings announced Tuesday reaching a basic agreement with 29-year-old Takatoshi Furukawa from Hyogo Prefecture to play in the squad for season 2017-18. Furukawa pla...
Matayoshi to play at “My Navi All Star Game 2017” [Sports]
Players for the interleague Japanese professional baseball game “My Navi All Star Game 2017” on July 14 and 15th have been announced. 28 players from each Central and Pacific Leagu...
Golden Kings to face Sun Rockers Shibuya in season’s first match [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The men’s pro-basketball B League announced Monday the schedule of the 2017-18 season opening games. In their season opening pair of matches, the Ryukyu Golden Kings will play agai...
Okinawan gymnast picked for Japan national team [Sports]
The Japan Gymnastics Association has announced the names of eight male members of the Japanese national team for the World Championships to be held in October in Montreal, Canada. ...
Okinawa high school baseball tournament starts [Sports]
An opening ceremony of the 99th National High School Baseball Tournament of Okinawa was held at Okinawa Cellular Park in Onoyama, Naha City, Saturday. The Okinawa tournament is the...
Okinawa table tennis team Asteeda advances to top division [Sports]
Japan Table Tennis League 2017 first semi-annual tournament was held Saturday at Matsue Sogo Taikukan in Shimane Prefecture, where Ryukyu Asteeda, one of the two B division club te...
High school baseball tournament qualifier match schedule drawn [Sports]
The draw for the Okinawa qualifier tournament for the 99th Japan Annual National High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture was held at Kitanakagusuku C...
Youhei Ninomiya to join Ryukyu Golden Kings for 2017-18 season [Sports]
Ryukyu Golden Kings announced Wednesday reaching a basic agreement with 28-year-old Yohei Ninomiya, who previously layed for Alvark Tokyo, to lpay for the Okinawan team the coming ...
33rd Naha Marathon entry applications accepted from Jun. 5th [Sports]
Entry applications for the 33rd Naha Marathon on Dec. 3 will be accepted starting Jun. 5th. Naha Mayor Mikiko Shiroma, the chairman of Naha Marathon Association, had a press confer...
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