JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK | Hideki Kuriyama Honored as a Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee | JAPAN Forward Winner of the 2016 Japan Series and the 2023 World Baseball Classic as manager, Hideki Kuriyama also gained fame as an influential mentor for Shohei Ohtani.

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