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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
Mamiko Higa wins Yamaha Ladies’ Golf Tournament [Sports]
Okinawa keeps producing champion-class women golfers. Mamiko Higa, an only 19-year-old Okinawan pro-golfer won her first title as she beat the rest of the field at the Yamaha Ladie...
Golden Kings split weekend with western rival Fukuoka [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The defending Basketball Japan League champion Ryukyu Golden Kings found out what it’s like to be on the losing end of a road game against its Western Conference rival over the wee...
2013.04.03
Golden Kings sweep season’s BJL nemesis [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Sporting the best record in the Basketball Japan League, the Ryukyu Golden Kings proved why in front of the home fans in Okinawa City, finally smashing the Shimane Susanoo Magic tw...
2013.03.28
Chura Island Challenge Triathlon runs on Sunday [Sports]
Triathlon competitors from kids to experts are getting set for Sunday’s Chura Island Challenge Triathlon at Chura Sun Beach in Tomigusuku City. In addition to this races, “We are o...
Okinawan player named season’s starting pitcher of Giants [Sports]
Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, one of the most storied professional baseball teams in the Japanese leagues, has named Okinawan Ryosuke Miyaguni its starting pitcher this season. Miyaguni an...
Golden Kings continue rack up wins [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
They did it last week, and the week before that, and how this week sweeping the competition to expand the Ryukyu Golden Kings lead in the Basketball Japan League’s Western Conferen...
2013.03.20
Ai Miyazato blows lead to lose LPGA Founders Cup [CURRENT ISSUE Sports]
Ai Miyazato had everything going for her in Phoenix at the LPGA Founders Cup, only to falter on the 16th hole and surrender the victory to Stacy Lewis. The Okinawa golfer had start...
2013.03.20
Golden Kings fly past Chiba Jets [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The wins continue to pile up for the high flying Ryukyu Golden Kings, who are only weeks away from the playoffs with the trophy as Western Conference Champions of the Basketball Ja...
2013.03.17
Akebono, Keiji Mutoh headline Pro Wrestling Extravaganza [Sports]
Akebono’s moved from sumo to wrestling, and he’s on one of seven professional wrestling cards March 20th at Okinawa Comprehensive Athletic Park Gymnasium. He’ll be wrestling one-on...
2013.03.13
Golden Kings split series with eastern foe Iwate [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Okinawa’s former coach found his first appearance against the reigning Basketball Champion Ryukyu Golden Kings more than satisfying as his squad staged a shocking come-from-behind ...
2013.03.13
Rikako Morita wins Daikin-Orchid in playoff [Sports]
Fifty-four holes of golf wasn’t enough to settle the Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament, as Rikako Morita outlasted Sakura Yokomine in a pitched playoff battle. Yokomine started ...
Yamamura wins the first round of Daikin Orchid [Sports]
Sae Yamamura is leading the pack after the firs day of Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament after scoring six under 66. Hiromi Mogi and Onnarin Sattayabanbhot carded one behind wh...
2013.03.07
26th Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament starts [Sports]
The field is set for this year’s 26th annual Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament, and observers are finding it hard to predict the odds of a Japanese golfer taking the season’s La...
2013.03.06
Kings stay golden with challenging weekend sweep [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings went nose-to-nose with the Eastern Conference leader in front of the home fans, and put on a great show that kept the Western Conference leader on a four-ga...
2013.03.01
Golden Kings again rolling in high gear [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Viewing their five losses over a nine-game period as an anomaly, the Ryukyu Golden Kings ripped their closest competitor in the hotly contested Western Conference of the Basketball...
2013.02.22
Golden Kings stunned by Susanoo Magic [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
A shocking 68-67 loss to the Susanoo Magic Saturday night in Matsue got the Ryukyu Golden Kings weekend off to a terrible start, and it didn’t get any better on Sunday. Riding high...
2013.02.22
New faces claim victory in Okinawa Marathon [Sports]
The “regulars” at the Okinawa Marathon were nowhere to be found Sunday, as winners and other top finishers were all new to the victory podium. Tomonori Onizuka of Saga Prefecture c...
2013.02.22
First Tenkaichi Super Fight of 2013 on Mar. 3 [Sports]
The largest fighting event in Okinawa, the “Tenkaichi Super Fight” makes its first appearance of the year March 3rd in Okinawa City. This fight featuring four main events, will be ...
2013.02.14
Golden Kings make it four-in-a-row [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The powerful Ryukyu Golden Kings were no match for the Miyazaki Shining Suns, who were convincingly swept under the rug twice in two days at the Okinawa City Gym last weekend. Okin...
2013.02.12
Nakama shooting for Okinawa Marathon three-peat [Sports]
Kouta Nakama is ready to make it three-in-a-row at the Okinawa Marathon, which is coming up Sunday, February 17th. Hea won the event last year, knocking off the competition to win ...
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