Which MLB and Olympic pitcher from Japan featured in the original Shep Diagram to illustrate an athlete's motion towards different outcomes?
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Shep diagram A Shep Diagram is a series of video or animated image clips of an athlete, layered into a single composite image for the purposes of contrasting the similarities of movements with the different outcomes. It was originally created by Drew Sheppard to demonstrate the constant release point of Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish despite the different speeds and locations of the pitches from that release point. Soon after, MLB Network used a similar process to show the same for Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander. On May 4th, Drew Sheppard announced the development of a partnership with FanGraphs.com to produce additional animations.
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Yu Darvish Yu Darvish (Japanese: ダルビッシュ 有 , Hepburn: Darubisshu Yū , born 16 August 1986) is a Japanese professional baseball starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team. Darvish previously pitched in MLB for the Texas Rangers.
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Masafumi Nishi Masafumi Nishi (西 正文 , Nishi Masafumi , born November 25, 1960 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese baseball player. He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Kenshin Kawakami Kenshin Kawakami (川上 憲伸) (born June 22, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves.
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Ken Togame Ken Togame (十亀 剣 , Togame Ken , born November 7, 1987 in Toyota, Aichi, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
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Nisei Baseball Research Project The Nisei Baseball Research Project (NBRP) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization documenting, preserving and exhibiting history of Japanese American baseball. It was founded by Kerry Yo Nakagawa, the author of "Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball". The NBRP's mission is to bring awareness and education about Japanese American Concentration Camps during World War II, through the prism of their multimedia projects and baseball. Also to recognize the many prewar Issei and Nisei ballplayers that never got an opportunity to play in Major League Baseball because of the 'color line' and their contribution as our American Baseball Ambassadors in the early 1920s and 1930s in Japan, Korea and Manchuko, China. These ballplayers also kept the All-American Pastime alive during their incarceration during World War II as they played 'behind barbed wire' and again were denied of professional MLB careers.
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Stephen Randolph Stephen LeCharles "Steve" Randolph (born May 1, 1974 in Okinawa, Japan) is an American left-handed pitcher formerly in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball.
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Masanori Fujihara Masanori Fujihara (藤原 正典 , Fujihara Masanori , born January 14, 1988 in Ibigawa, Gifu) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball from 2010 to 2013.
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Leron Lee Leron Lee (born March 4, 1948 in Bakersfield, California) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played 8 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres. He was the inspiration for the 1992 film "Mr. Baseball", as Leron was the first Major League player to move to Japan at the height of his career and to wed a Japanese woman.
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Shinichiro Kawabata Shin'ichiro Kawabata (川畑 伸一郎 , Kawabata Shin'ichiro , born December 5, 1966) is a Japanese baseball player. He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Hirotoshi Ishii Hirotoshi Ishii (石井 弘寿, September 14, 1977) from Iwasaki, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan, is a Japanese baseball player. He currently plays as a relief pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
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Laurence Heisler Laurence Heisler (born February 13, 1969) is a former professional baseball pitcher. Heisler played in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system from 1992 to 1994. He participated in the 2004 Olympics, as a member of Greece's baseball team.
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Ike Kamp Alphonse Francis Kamp (September 5, 1900 – February 25, 1955) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played two seasons with the Boston Braves from 1924 to 1925.
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Shōta Imanaga Shōta Imanaga (今永 昇太 , Imanaga Shōta , born September 1, 1993 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
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Hiroo Ishii Hiroo Ishii (石井 浩郎 , Ishii Hiroo , born 21 June 1964) is a Japanese retired baseball player and politician from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. He currently serves as member of the House of Councillors for Akita at-large district.
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Daisuke Ochi Daisuke Ochi (越智 大祐 , "Ochi Daisuke" , born June 30, 1983 in Ehime, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League. As a rookie in 2008, Ochi was a key member of a young Giants bullpen that came within three outs of a Japan Series title. Ochi was the losing pitcher in Game 7 of that series against the Saitama Seibu Lions, after he hit Lions second baseman Yasuyuki Kataoka. Kataoka then stole second and third, then was driven home to tie the game. Ochi put another man on and was ultimately charged with what proved to be the series-winning run.
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Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The delegation of athletes and officials were represented by the Japanese Olympic Committee.
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Junpei Shinoda Junpei Shinoda (篠田 純平 , "Shinoda Junpei" , born April 20, 1985 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. A pitcher, he is currently with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Central League.
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Satoshi Fukuda Satoshi Fukuda (福田 聡志 , "Fukuda Satoshi" , born September 12, 1983 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) pitcher who last played for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.
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Hiroki Sanada Hiroki Sanada (真田 裕貴, born February 7, 1984) is a professional baseball player from Osaka, Japan. He began his career as a pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants and currently plays for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. In November 2011, the Stars announced that they would use the posting system and auction Sanada's negotiating rights to Major League Baseball teams.
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Baseball (1983 video game) Baseball (Japanese: ベースボール , Hepburn: Bēsubōru ) is a 1983 video game from Nintendo, one of the first early titles for the Family Computer. In 1985, the game was featured prominently amongst the 18 titles at the Manhattan test market launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System, being demonstrated on a large projector screen by real Major League Baseball players. The game's launch position and the universal appeal of its namesake sport are said to have made "Baseball" a key to the NES's overall success, and an important piece of Nintendo history.
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Kazuhisa Ishii Kazuhisa Ishii (石井 一久 "Ishii Kazuhisa") (born September 9, 1973) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yakult Swallows and Saitama Seibu Lions and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets.