While managing Nippon half a world away, Hideki Kuriyama had lots of questions about how the Rays do things. He got some answers in Port Charlotte. Hideki Kuriyama, left, wearing a Rays uniform as ...

Former Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama, who helped Shohei Ohtani build his career as a two-way player, reacted to the Los Angeles Dodgers star's 50-homer, 50-steal feat with high ...

Following the success of Team Japan at the World Baseball Classic, manager Hideki Kuriyama ... it was no big deal,” Kuriyama said. The Final vs. Team USA The WBC championship game was another ...

Hideki Kuriyama — who was Ohtani’s Hokkaido Nippon ... Baseball players who potentially could compete for Japan’s WBC team. Kuriyama had not spoken to Ohtani about the WBC by the time ...

Japan's World Baseball Classic (WBC) team manager Hideki Kuriyama, second right in front, with his players and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, front right, gesture together at the latter's ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama still gets a special tingle watching Shohei Ohtani. It's been that way since Kuriyama managed the two-way star with the Hokkaido Ham-Fighters.

The WBC final, which LoanDepot Park will host ... "We came here to the U.S., and we are trying to beat the U.S.," Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama said upon arriving in Miami, before either team ...

Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama said he likely will use the same ... until his pitching days were largely behind. Ahead of the WBC, Trout pondered what it would be like to hit against Ohtani ...

Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama declined to say whether Ohtani ... Trea Turner’s grand slam led the U.S. to a 9-7 win in the WBC quarterfinals over Venezuela, which lost José Altuve when a ...

Shohei Ohtani's NPB manager Hideki Kuriyama had a strong impact on him according to the star's own words Long before news of Shohei Ohtani's record-smashing $700 million deal with the Los Angeles ...

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — While managing the Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan from 2012-2021, Hideki Kuriyama was intrigued by some of the philosophies and unorthodox strategies the Rays employed on ...

“To all the members of Samurai Japan, congratulations on your victory in the WBC,” Kishida said ... Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama said he'd “hardly seen such an excellent team” and ...