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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
Mo Charlo, Kings separate [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings announced that the team and forward Mo Charlo who joined the team this season, have mutually agreed to part ways. No specific reason was given. Mo Charlo, w...
2016.10.24
Weekend split cost Golden Kings’ chance for lead in conference [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Golden Kings faced the Western Conference 1st place squad Nagoya Diamond Dolphins in the weekend home game series, and won the first game 71-58 but lost the second 64-69 on Sunday....
2016.10.21
Karate Day event aims to bring group kata record to Okinawa [Sports]
It’s easy to agree that if people in the world know anything about Okinawa, they would know karate, a martial art that has its roots in ancient China but was definitely developed a...
2016.10.18
Kings win weekend games against Kyoto [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings swiped the weekend road games against Kyoto Hannaryz on Kyoto’s home court. On Saturday, the Kings again seemed to have problems to start their engine, and ...
Okinawa Affairs Minister backs holding 2020 Olympics karate in Okinawa [Sports]
Yosuke Tsuruho, the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, visited Okinawa Monday, and expressed his readiness and support to holding the Karate competitio...
2016.10.17
Go Kings for being stronger in brand new B. League [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
By Jun Ikemura The brand new national basketball league, called B. League opened its inaugural season just a couple weeks ago, and the Ryukyu Golden Kings, the winner of the final ...
Miyako Triathlon calls for participants [Sports]
The Miyakojima Triathlon Executive Committee is calling for participants to the 33rd All Japan Triathlon Miyakojima Festival to be held Apr. 23, 2017. People who want to participat...
2016.10.12
Kings manage big win against Mikawa Seahorse in weekend split [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings played against Seahorse Mikawa from Aichi prefecture last weekend. Seahorse Mikawa is considered one of the strongest team in not only the Western Conferenc...
2016.10.03
Kings redeem themselves with weekend sweep against Shiga [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Although the Ryukyu Golden Kings had a disappointing start with the inaugural series of games in the B. League against Alvark Tokyo, the weekend pair of matches against Shiga Lakes...
2016.09.26
What you need to know buying your first surfboard [Sports]
By David Higgins Purchasing your first surfboard is an extremely special experience but without correct information you could very easily end up with a wrong board for your level o...
Golden Kings lose inaugural series of games in B. League [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Ryukyu Golden Kings faced Alvark Tokyo in the inaugural pair of regular season games of the B. League that combines the National Basketball League (NBL) and the TKbj-League. The se...
B.League opening match live on giant TV at Koza Music Town [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The inaugural regular season match of the new Japanese professional basketball league, known as B.League, is played today between Ryukyu Golden Kings and Alcark Tokyo at Yoyogi Gym...
Okinawa’s Ueyonabaru 4th in Rio Paralympics 1,500m [Sports]
45-year-old Hirokazu Ueyonabaru, a native of Okinawa, grabbed the fourth place in the men’s 1,500-meter T52-class wheelchair race on the 9th day of the Rio 2016 Paralympics athleti...
2016.09.15
Camp Kinser to host open bicycle race [Sports]
On Sunday, Sep. 25, MCCS Okinawa is hosting an open bicycle race on Camp Kinser. The event is open to participants island-wide. The race has two categories, one for road bikes and ...
Volleyball player Zayasu to play next season in France [Sports]
Kotoki Zayasu, an Okinawan woman volleyball player and a member of the Japanese National Women’s Volleyball Team, will transfer to one of the top teams of the French volleyball lea...
2016.08.22
George Washington Colonials smash Golden Kings 82-56 [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The George Washington University Basketball team, the Colonials, visited Japan to play a series of international friendship matches from Aug. 13 to 21. The squad played three games...
2016.08.20
Golden Kings starting season with five new members [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The new basketball league in Japan, the B.League, will start very soon, and the Golden Kings will match up with the basketball team of the George Washington University this weekend...
Participants wanted for karate event to break Guinness Record [Sports]
Okinawa Dento Karate Shinkoukai is trying to break the Guinness Book World Record for the number of participants in a karate performance on Oct. 23. Organizers are planning to try ...
2016.08.11
Golden Kings to face George Washington University in friendship match [Sports]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings will face the George Washington University team in the International Friendship Match 2016 at the Okinawa City Gym on Aug. 21. The George Washington Colonia...
Okinawan weightlifter finishes 4th in Rio games [Sports]
Yoichi Itokazu, the sole male weightlifter in the Olympics representing Japan, finished fourth in the 62kg weight class on Aug. 8. Itokazu who is from Kudaka Island and works for t...
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