This is a site about Pro Yakyu (Japanese Baseball), not about who the next player to go over to MLB is. It's a community of Pro Yakyu fans who have come together to share their knowledge and opinions with the world. It's a place to follow teams and individuals playing baseball in Japan (and Asia), and to learn about Japanese (and Asian) culture through baseball.
It is my sincere hope that once you learn a bit about what we're about here that you will join the community of contributors.
Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
For my personal database of menko baseball cards, I copied these two kanji characters from your biographies of Tadayoshi Kobashi and Naoto Tsuru. The kanji character for Makoto, based on his 2006 BBM "Nostalgic Baseball" card, appears to match Makoto Kosaka's first name kanji. I can provide .jpg scans.
billellis at ellislist dot com.