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 Norifumi Arakida (FRIDAY Digital Entertainment Desk)

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 Abe's Giants won the league championship with a 77-59-7 record, but were eliminated by the league's third-place DeNA Bay Stars in the Climax Series final stage.

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 Yoshito Murata

 STARTO ENTERTAINMENT artists such as Ryosuke Yamada of Hey! Say! JUMP and Takahisa Masuda of NEWS have been active as solo artists since 2012. -- PHOTO

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 Kumiko Kato

 Courtesy of Tokyo Auto Salon (1st to 5th photos), Takero Yuzuna (others)

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