Kyushinkai, Represented by Sadaharu Oh, Appoints 20 Former Baseball Players as New Ambassadors
The Kyushinkai Foundation has appointed 20 former professional baseball players as the fifth group of ambassadors to accelerate the 'BEYOND OH! PROJECT', aiming to create future global heroes from the sports world.
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The Kyushinkai Foundation has announced the appointment of 20 new ambassadors as the fifth wave to further accelerate the initiatives of the 'BEYOND OH! PROJECT'. This project is driven by the philosophy of 'creating a future where global heroes who excite the world and give dreams and hope to children, surpassing Sadaharu Oh and Shohei Ohtani, continue to emerge from the baseball and sports worlds.'
This term, Kyushinkai plans multiple events and initiatives to further expand opportunities to communicate the value and potential of baseball.
The newly appointed ambassadors are individuals who have supported the baseball world from their respective positions and have widely contributed to the development, popularization, and transmission of the sport to the next generation. The new ambassadors are expected to jointly promote this project through messaging, participating in events, and taking part in various projects.
Moving forward, Kyushinkai will continue to broadly welcome the participation of baseball personnel and athletes who sympathize with the philosophy of this project, and will announce ambassador appointments as they are decided.
■ Appointed Ambassadors *In no particular order
Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Osamu Higashio, Masataka Nashida, Masayuki Kakefu
Tsutomu Ito, Kazutomo Miyamoto, Nobuyuki Hoshino, Shigetoshi Hasegawa
Takeshi Yamasaki, Satoshi Nakajima, Toshihisa Nishi, Akinori Otsuka
Daisuke Miura, Norihiro Akahoshi, Hitoshi Tamura, Akinori Iwamura
Kensuke Tanaka, Tadashi Settsu, Nobuhiro Matsuda, Hisayoshi Chono
■ Comment from Representative Sadaharu Oh
I am very encouraged to welcome 20 new ambassadors.
As Kyushinkai approaches its one-year anniversary, we are taking our next steps.
Building on our previous efforts, we will further expand the scope of our activities.
The BEYOND OH! PROJECT is an initiative to connect the power of everyone involved in baseball and deliver dreams and hope to children. Together with our ambassadors, we hope to deliver the power and appeal of baseball to as many people as possible through this initiative.
■ Overview of Kyushinkai Foundation
Established in May 2025 as a corporation with the aim of creating a future where global heroes who give dreams and hope to children emerge from the baseball and sports worlds, with organizations and groups involved in baseball uniting as one, contributing to the permanent development of society in the future. While co-creating with various stakeholders, it will promote specific initiatives under a 'robust policy for macro issues' looking 50 and 100 years ahead.
Headquarters: 8F Japan Press Center Building, 2-2-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011
HP: https://kyushin-kai.jp/beyond_oh/
Email: info@kyushin-kai.jp
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondoh1/
Official X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/beyondoh1?s=21
This term, Kyushinkai plans multiple events and initiatives to further expand opportunities to communicate the value and potential of baseball.
The newly appointed ambassadors are individuals who have supported the baseball world from their respective positions and have widely contributed to the development, popularization, and transmission of the sport to the next generation. The new ambassadors are expected to jointly promote this project through messaging, participating in events, and taking part in various projects.
Moving forward, Kyushinkai will continue to broadly welcome the participation of baseball personnel and athletes who sympathize with the philosophy of this project, and will announce ambassador appointments as they are decided.
■ Appointed Ambassadors *In no particular order
Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Osamu Higashio, Masataka Nashida, Masayuki Kakefu
Tsutomu Ito, Kazutomo Miyamoto, Nobuyuki Hoshino, Shigetoshi Hasegawa
Takeshi Yamasaki, Satoshi Nakajima, Toshihisa Nishi, Akinori Otsuka
Daisuke Miura, Norihiro Akahoshi, Hitoshi Tamura, Akinori Iwamura
Kensuke Tanaka, Tadashi Settsu, Nobuhiro Matsuda, Hisayoshi Chono
■ Comment from Representative Sadaharu Oh
I am very encouraged to welcome 20 new ambassadors.
As Kyushinkai approaches its one-year anniversary, we are taking our next steps.
Building on our previous efforts, we will further expand the scope of our activities.
The BEYOND OH! PROJECT is an initiative to connect the power of everyone involved in baseball and deliver dreams and hope to children. Together with our ambassadors, we hope to deliver the power and appeal of baseball to as many people as possible through this initiative.
■ Overview of Kyushinkai Foundation
Established in May 2025 as a corporation with the aim of creating a future where global heroes who give dreams and hope to children emerge from the baseball and sports worlds, with organizations and groups involved in baseball uniting as one, contributing to the permanent development of society in the future. While co-creating with various stakeholders, it will promote specific initiatives under a 'robust policy for macro issues' looking 50 and 100 years ahead.
Headquarters: 8F Japan Press Center Building, 2-2-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011
HP: https://kyushin-kai.jp/beyond_oh/
Email: info@kyushin-kai.jp
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondoh1/
Official X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/beyondoh1?s=21