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Pro-Baseball Spring Training 2025 [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]
・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
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
2013.09.20
Golden Kings to face Goyang Orions Wednesday and Thursday [Sports]
Off to a rolling start with victories over the Iwate Big Bulls, the high-flying Ryukyu Golden Kings are working hard this week, preparing for a pair of contests next Wed. and Thu. ...
2013.09.19
Boats ready for Sunday’s Sabani Sailing Race [Sports]
The 4th Nanjo Mayor’s Cup Sabani Sailing Race is set for Sunday, with ceremonies, games, races, Sabani rides, a community beach cleaning and a Haarii Tournament. The festivities ar...
Special discount tickets for Golden Kings games by riding Yuirail [Sports]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings and Okinawa Monorail Co. announced a collaboration effort offering special discount tickets for fans coming to see next week’s matches against Korean pro-ba...
Three Ginowan junior high school baseball players in World Championship team [Sports]
The Japanese team won the Baseball World Championship Pony League series on Aug. 14 in Washington, VA. Three players of the team are from Ginowan City. The ace of the team Yuma Tam...
FC Ryukyu accepted to professional soccer J League [Sports]
FC Ryukyu, a local team that has until now played in the Japan Football League (JFL) announced Sep. 13 that they were accepted into the third division of the J League (Japan Pro So...
2013.09.12
‘New’ Golden Kings squad proves as powerful as ever [Sports]
It’s a brand new year for the Ryukyu Golden Kings in more ways than one, and their season debut against an old rival and a former head coach proved to be no obstacle as Okinawa roa...
2013.09.08
Ryukyu Golden Kings ready to go! [Sports]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are fired up, preparing for a new Basketball Japan League season with a new coach, a skilled team of veterans returning, and a pledge to bounce back from a ...
Prefecture to host worldwide Karate & Kobudo Seminar [Sports]
Another ‘first’ is being recorded on the island next week as Okinawa Prefecture hosts the 1st Okinawa Traditional Karate and Kobudo Worldwide Seminar. The six-day international sem...
2013.09.05
Sep. 8 Tenkaichi Super Fight biggest and best ever [Sports]
Tenkaichi Super Fight series of martial fights fighting events has over the past year grown into one of the largest and most popular of its kind in Okinawa. The next Super Fight, w...
2013.08.29
Okinawa Dragon Boat Festival heating up [Sports]
The Okinawa Dragon Boat Festival, which has inherited much of the aura of the Itoman Haarii as a traditional event, is coming up on Sunday. The festival begins at 8 a.m. on Sunday ...
2013.08.19
Okinawan pro-wrestling is roaring back [Sports]
It has been about a year when Okinawa’s sole pro-wrestling company closed its doors after pushing and showing for five years, but now those who are entertained by these fights have...
2013.08.09
Combined Okinawa Body-Building & Fitness Championship Sunday [Sports]
The 39th Okinawa Body-Building & Fitness Championship finals are coming up Sunday at the Tedako Hall in Urasoe City, the first time it’s being held with the combined body-build...
Ruling BJL champs to get new coach [Sports]
The Yokohama B-Corsairs, who snared the Basketball Japan League championship in only its second year in existence, has promoted its assistant coach to the top spot. Michael Katsuhi...
Fukuoka Rizing hires former Chinese league star as new coach [Sports]
Only a week after the Yokohama B-Corsairs named a new head coach, the Fukuoka Rizing has done the same, reaching out to Texas for a former Chinese Basketball Association star. The ...
2013.08.02
Nago City Mayor’s Cup Inter-Business Dragon Boat Race [Sports]
The 35thNago City Mayor’s Cup All Okinawa Inter-Business Dragon Boat Race is scheduled on August 4th, Sunday, 2013 at Nago Fishery Harbor. The city annually hosts this tournament i...
2013.07.29
All Okinawa Soccer Festival set for August 4th [Sports]
For the second straight year, an All Okinawa Soccer Festival is slated for Sunday, August 4th, in conjunction with an FC Ryukyu game at Okinawa Comprehensive Athletic Park. Festiva...
2013.07.29
Iheya Moonlight Marathon looking for runners [Sports]
The Iheya Moonlight Marathon doesn’t take place until Saturday, Oct. 19th, but organizers are now midway through registration, which remains open until Aug. 15th or until the quota...
2013.07.12
Former Golden Kings coach to lead an expansion team [Sports]
The former head coach of the Ryukyu Golden Kings, Koto Tohyama, has been chosen head coach of the Bambitious Nara coming 2013-2014 season. Bambitious team officials made the announ...
2013.07.12
Newton inks new Kings contract, Yonamine leaves [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Star forward Jeff Newton has signed a new contract with the Ryukyu Golden Kings, but former team captain Tsubasa Yonamine has announced plans to move to a mainland Japan team for t...
2013.07.03
Two kickboxing events rule upcoming Tenkaichi [Sports]
Tenkaichi Super Fight Sunday on July 7th promises to be interesting with a pair of main bouts centered on kickboxing rules, both championship matches recognized by Japan Kickboxing...
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