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OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival Sports]
・2/25 – 2/26 Yomitan Yachimun Market @ Farmers Market Yunta Ichiba in Yomitan village 10:00~17:00 Free to enter https://www.yomitan-sy...Read More
Pro-Baseball Spring Training 2023 [Family Sports]
Okinawa is the southernmost prefecture in Japan, and that means it’s the warmest place in the country in the wintertime. Because of that, ma...Read More
OkiEvents this Week!! [ENTERTAINMENT Festival Sports]
・12/11 Churashima Air Fest at Naha Air Base 9:00 – 15:00 Free to enter (Free courtesy bus will be available from Naha Military Port an...Read More
Daigo Higa Returns to Okinawa to Defend his Title [Sports]
The Okinawan native, WBC Flyweight champion, Daigo Higa returned to Okinawa from Tokyo on the 31st of January for his upcoming second title defense. Daigo will face off with Moises...
World flyweight champion Higa to defend his title in Okinawa [Sports]
World Boxing Council flyweight world champion Daigo Higa will defend his title for the 2nd time in a match scheduled for Feb. 4th at Okinawa Budokan in Onoyama, Naha. In the fight ...
8 countries to participate in 2023 Okinawa Basketball qualifiers [Sports]
Representatives of the Japan Basketball Association (JBA) announced at a press conference at Okinawa City Hall that national teams from eight countries will participate in the Bask...
Table Tennis League championship tournament this weekend [Sports]
“JTTL Final 4”, the Prime Minister’s Cup of the Japan Table Tennis League, takes place at Naha Civil Gymnasium Saturday and Sunday. In this tournament, held in Okinawa for the firs...
Okinawa’s Yusaku Miyazato No.1 on JPGA 2017 money list [Sports]
Yusaku Miyazato, an Okinawan pro-gofer and brother of A Miyazato who has announced fininshi9ng her career, took the first prize at the JT Championship, the last Japanese Men’s Pro ...
2017.11.22
Golden Kings swiped Nagoya Diamond Dolphins in weekend home pair [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings made a clean sweep over the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins in the weekend pair of home games on the weekend. That gave the Kings their fourth and fifth consecutive...
2017.10.24
Shimane beats Golden Kings in weekend road games [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Shimane Susanoo Magic, a this season newcomer to B.League, won the Ryukyu Golden Kings in weekend road games in Shimane Prefecture. On Saturday, Shimane played effective defense fr...
2017.10.19
Kings crushes Shiga Lakestars Saturday, fought to win Sunday [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The match between the Ryukyu Golden Kings and Shiga Lakestars started with a slam-dunk by Ira Brown. Ryuichi Kishimoto became a playmaker in the game with 3 assists in the first qu...
2017.10.18
The totally renewed Golden Kings has kicked off the 2nd B.LEAGUE season [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The completely renewed Ryukyu Golden Kings has started their 2nd B.LEAGUE season since the end of the last month. The Kings which is the most highest number of victories and the fi...
Higashihama is winningest pitcher in Pacific League [Sports]
Nao Higashihama, a pitcher with the SoftBank Fukuoka Hawks, and pitcher Yusei Kikuchi of Seibu Lions are the winningest pitchers in the Pacific League this season. Both have 16 win...
Teams invited for ‘Kenmin-no-mori Ekiden’ relay race [Sports]
Organizers are looking for runner teams to participate in the “6th Kenmin-no-mori Kizuna Ekiden Taikai,” a long-distance relay road race sponsored by Okinawa Hokubu Forest Union wi...
Golden Kings beats Shiga Lake Stars in pre-season game [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The first pre-season games in the Japanese men’s pro-basketball B League were played last weekend. In a game on Sunday, Ryukyu Golden Kings won Shiga Lake Stars 74-68. After the fi...
Fuuna Tonaki wins world championship in Judo [Sports]
The World Judo Championships Tournament started Monday in Budapest, Hungary, and 22-year-old Fuuna Tonaki, whose parents are from Haebaru Town, won the gold medal in the women’s 48...
Public viewing of Japan – Australia World Cup Asia qualifier on Aug. 31 [Sports]
A public viewing of the 2017 FIFA World Cup Asia qualifier final round match that pits the national team of Japan against Australia will take place at ANA Intercontinental Manza Be...
Flyweight champ Daigo Higa to fight France’s Tomah Macon [Sports]
Okinawa Flyweight Boxing Champion Daigo Higa will face France’s Tomah Macon in his first defense of his title on Oct. 22nd at Ryogoku Kokugikan oin Tokyo. At a press conference Wed...
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...
2017.08.01
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...
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