{"id":73334,"date":"2020-02-19T11:16:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T02:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=73334"},"modified":"2020-02-25T16:34:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T07:34:55","slug":"former-waseda-university-baseball-head-coach-renzo-ishii-inducted-into-japanese-baseball-hall-of-fame-and-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/73334","title":{"rendered":"Former Waseda University Baseball Head Coach Renzo Ishii inducted into Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, a public interest incorporated foundation, has announced its inductees for 2020, and the late Renzo Ishii (former Waseda University Baseball head coach) was among those elected.<\/p>\n<p>This year marks the 60th anniversary of the legendary six-game match played between Waseda University and Keio University. The late Renzo Ishii (Waseda University Baseball head coach at that time) and the late Yukichi Maeda (Keio University Baseball head coach at that time) were elected for recognition by the foundation. At this legendary six-game match between Waseda and Keio, Waseda, led by then 28-year-old head coach Renzo Ishii, came back dramatically and captured the championship.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-73334 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/73334\/attachment\/tossed-into-the-air'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/tossed-into-the-air-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-73344\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-73344'>\n\t\t\t\tCoach Ishii being tossed into the air after winning the six-game Waseda-Keio match (Photo provided by Kyodo News)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/73334\/attachment\/captain-tokutake'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Captain-Tokutake-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-73343\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-73343'>\n\t\t\t\tWaseda University takes the trophy. Line lead by Captain Tokutake. (Photo provided by Kyodo News)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/73334\/attachment\/jingu-stadium'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jingu-Stadium-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-73346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jingu-Stadium-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jingu-Stadium-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-73346'>\n\t\t\t\tJingu Stadium filled with avid fans (Photo provided by Kyodo News)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Recipient of International Citizen Award<\/h3>\n<p>In 2005, Ishii received the International Citizen Award from the Japan America Society of Southern California along with former University of Southern California baseball head coach, Rod Dedeaux. This was in recognition of his long-time efforts to establish and enrich the Japan-USA Collegiate Baseball Championship Series. This award is given to individuals and corporations who enhance the relationship between Japan and America, and previous recipients include former Los Angeles Dodgers manager, Tommy Lasorda; Takuma Sato, who became the first Japanese to win at the IndyCar Series; Shohei Otani of the Los Angeles Angels; and Marie Kondo, famous for her method of organizing.<\/p>\n<h3>Contributions in establishing Ike Ikuhara &amp; Peter O\u2019Malley Memorial Sports Management Class at Waseda University\u2019s School of Sport Sciences<\/h3>\n<p>In 2003, at the time of Waseda\u2019s establishment of its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsps\/sps\/en\/\">School of Sport Sciences<\/a>, Ishii was a go-between for then President Katsuhiko Shirai, then Dean Katsuo Yamazaki and Peter O\u2019Malley, a former Los Angeles Dodgers owner, in establishing the Ike Ikuhara &amp; Peter O\u2019Malley Memorial Sport Management Class and Internship Program at the Los Angeles Dodgers, which was based on a generous monetary donation of $100,000 by Peter O\u2019Malley. Ike Ikuhara was a player at Waseda when Ishii managed the team for the first time, and went to America at the age of 27. He joined the Los Angeles Dodgers, starting in an equipment assistant at its minor league club, and subsequently moving all the way up to assistant to the president in charge of international relations. With coach Ishii, who respected O\u2019Malley, Ikuhara devoted his time to develop baseball internationally, and was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2002. This course was held by the following world-class lecturers. When Ike Ikuhara\u2019s achievements were introduced at the beginning of each class, coach Ishii was always praised as a bridge between Japan and the USA in bringing about the establishment of the class.<\/p>\n<p>Renzo Ishii passed away on September 27, 2015 at 83 years of age.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-73334 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/73334\/attachment\/coach-at-age-25' target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/coach-at-age-25-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-73342\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-73342'>\n\t\t\t\tIshii was appointed 9th Waseda University Baseball Head Coach at age 25 (Photo provided by Kyodo News)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/73334\/attachment\/instructing-the-batter'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/instructing-the-batter-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-73345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/instructing-the-batter-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/instructing-the-batter-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-73345'>\n\t\t\t\tCoach Ishii instructing the batter (Photo provided by Kyodo News)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/73334\/attachment\/%e5%86%99%e7%9c%9f%e2%91%a0'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/de21f9a5e8796b2df4170dad1cb9abea-360x270.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-73335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/de21f9a5e8796b2df4170dad1cb9abea-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/de21f9a5e8796b2df4170dad1cb9abea-720x540.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-73335'>\n\t\t\t\tAs the 14th Waseda University Baseball Head Coach (Photo provided by Baseball Magazine)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Lecturers of the Memorial Class (Titles as of time of lectures)<\/h3>\n<p>1. Peter O\u2019Malley (Former Los Angeles Dodgers owner)<br \/>\n2. Tsunekazu Takeda (Chairman, Japan Olympic Committee)<br \/>\n3. Tommy Lasorda (Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager, Senior Vice President of Los Angeles Dodgers)<br \/>\n4. Saburo Kawabuchi (Chairman, Japan Football Association)<br \/>\n5. Tadao Koike (President, NPB Pacific League)<br \/>\n6. Atsuya Furuta (Manager and player, Yakult Swallows)<br \/>\n7. Masato Mizuno (President, Mizuno Corporation)<br \/>\n8. George H.W. Bush (41st President of the United States)<br \/>\n9. Colin Powell (Former Secretary of the United States)<br \/>\n10. Allan Selig (Commissioner, Major League Baseball)<br \/>\n11. Sadaharu Oh (First manager of Japanese national team for World Baseball Classic)<br \/>\n12. George W. Bush (43rd President of the United States)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_73336\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73336 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ff6c508469c75f8bd5e6336e52567520-610x458.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ff6c508469c75f8bd5e6336e52567520-610x458.png 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ff6c508469c75f8bd5e6336e52567520-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ff6c508469c75f8bd5e6336e52567520-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ff6c508469c75f8bd5e6336e52567520-720x540.png 720w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ff6c508469c75f8bd5e6336e52567520.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commemorative Plaque for the Ike Ikuhara &amp; Peter O\u2019Malley Memorial Sport Management Class<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, a public interest incorporated foundation, has announced its in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":73335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,117],"tags":[45,353,174],"class_list":["post-73334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-topic","tag-alumni-en","tag-editors-pick","tag-sports-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73337,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73334\/revisions\/73337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}