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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
2016.05.11
Golden Kings earn ticket to Ariake finals [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings swiped the Osaka Evessa in the conference semifinal matches at Okinawa City gym last weekend, earning the team the ticket to the league finals this weekend ...
Athlete Island Academy opens at Mekaru in Naha [Sports]
The Athlete Island Academy (AIA), a sports school for children, opened in the Mekaru district of Naha City on May 8th. The owner of the school is Shouzou Fukunaga who is a former p...
2016.05.03
Kings weekend wins advance team to conference semifinals [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings swiped Kanazawa Samuraiz in the first round of TKbj-League Playoffs last weekend on the Kings’ home court, Okinawa City Gym. The win means the Kings will en...
2016.04.28
Kishimoto chosen into The Best 5 of TKbj-League [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
TKbj-League announced the list of the Best 5 Players of the Season 2015 – 2016 in the League on Apr. 27th, and point guard Ryuichi Kishimoto, the captain of the Ryukyu Golden...
2016.04.26
Golden Kings end regular season on winning note [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings ended on the weekend the regular season of the TKbj-League with a pair of games against their archrival Osaka Evessa. The games also marked the final season...
2016.04.19
Kings made franchise record but slip to second place in conference [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Golden Kings made a new franchise record of consecutive after piling up the team’s 16th win Saturday in a road game against Hamamatsu Higashi-Mikawa Phoenix. The numbers were 74-56...
2016.04.12
Golden Kings tie regular season winning record [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings took the thunder away from Hiroshima Lightning as they crushed their opponents on both days in the weekend series in Okinawa City. The Kings won 107-66 on Saturday...
2016.04.05
Golden Kings delivers solid pair of victories in weekend road games [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings had again a good weekend as they crushed Takamatsu Five Arrows on both days in a weekend road series, easily keeping their first place in the TKbj-League We...
2016.03.28
Kings hit top spot in conference with double wins over Shiga [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings, playing in Tomigusuku Gym, swiped Shiga Lakestars in both weekend games. The game on Saturday ended 98–86 while the number on Sunday were 93–84. The win on...
2016.03.21
Kings on road beat Oita-Ehime Heat Devils with solid pair [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings scored their eight and ninth wins in a row by mauling Oita-Ehime Heat Devils in a weekend pair of road games in Iyo-Shiosai Gym in Ehime. First on Saturday,...
2016.03.21
Fast & Furious of Okinawa! Definitely exhilarating and definitely illegal [Sports]
By David Higgins If you were a fan of the ‘The Fast and The Furious: One through Seven’ movies, (I can’t believe they were able to make seven, either) then you mi...
First international roller derby in Asia to kick off [Sports]
The Japan Open Roller Derby Tournament 2016 will kick off at Okinawa Prefectural Comprehensive Park Gym in Okinawa City this Friday. The two-day tournament that runs on Friday and ...
Okinawan cyclists selected to represent Japan at Rio Olympics [Sports]
Japan Cycling Federation announced on Mar. 17th that 31-year-old Yukiya Arashiro from Ishigaki Island and 27-year-old Kohei Uchima from Urasoe City have been chosen to represent Ja...
2016.03.15
Kings crush Nara in weekend pair of games [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Ryukyu Golden Kings scored a pair of convincing wins against Nara Bambitious in their weekend road game series at Yamatokoriyama Comprehensive Park Gym in Nara Prefecture. The scor...
King’s Tsuyama sidelined with facial injury [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings guard Shota Tsuyama broke his right orbital floor in the game against Takamatsu Five Arrows at Okinawa City Gymnasium on Sunday. According to Golden Kings’ ...
Teresa Lu of Taiwan repeats Daikin Orchid win [Sports]
The final round of the 29th Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament took place at Ryukyu Golf Club in Nanjo City on Sunday. Teresa Lu of Taiwan, the defending winner of the last year’...
2016.03.07
Kings win series against Takamatsu Five Arrows, secure place in play-offs [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
On Saturday, the Ryukyu Golden Kings scored a solid 77-65 victory against the Takamatsu Five Arrows at Okinawa City Gym in front of 3,728 fans. The win also meant that the team sec...
2016.03.03
2016 All Star Motocross in Okinawa roars to Nago [Sports]
Tsuyoshi Matsuda, a former IA motocross rider and now an owner of a bike shop owner, organized the first Nago All Star Motocross race in Nago last year. The event was the first mot...
2016.03.03
First Chatan Cup wakeboard contest at Fisherina Port Saturday [Sports]
Wakeboarding contest is a rather unknown sport to Okinawa, although many resorts and beaches offer wakeboarding to visitors willing to try. But there are a growing group of enthusi...
2016.03.02
JLPGA Tour kicks of with Daikin Orchid on Ryukyu Golf Club [Sports]
The Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament was played for the first time at the Ryukyu Golf Club in 1988. It was then, as it continues to be, the season opening game of the Ladies’ P...
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