Calling all photographers in Japan:

We are working on a story on Japanese baseball and are looking for the following images:

Central League
Hanshin Tigers – Akinobu Okada
Chunichi Dragons – Hiromitsu Ochiai
Yomiuri Giants – Tatsunori Hara
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – Shigeru Takada
Yokohama BayStars – Akihiko Ohya

Pacific League
Saitama Seibu Lions – Hisanobu Watanabe
Nippon Ham Fighters – Masataka Nashida
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – Katsuya Nomura
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks – Sadaharu Oh
Orix Buffaloes – Daijiro Oishi

A pre-game infield drill in Japan—ideally the Nippon Ham Fighters

Masato Yoshii, pitching coach, Nippon Ham Fighters

Shigetoshi Hasegawa, MLB analyst, NHK TV

Tsuyoshi Yoda, pitcher Chunichi Dragons, or as studio analyst for NHK in Japan

Please email me at maisie.todd@espn3.com if you can help. Our deadline is Monday, June 9th for low-res images (if you can send via email, great…or if you have many images email me and I will give you ftp info. We pay competitive rates for usage.

Many thanks,

Maisie Todd