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IKUHARA,Akihiro

Longtime Mainstay of Japan-U.S. baseball interchange

Inducted	2002
Category	Elected by Special Committee in the interim New Century category
From	Fukuoka
Born	January 20,1937
Died	October 26,1992
Alma Mater	Waseda University

The manager of Asian University went to Los Angeles to study baseball in 1965 and eventually became special assistant to president O'Malley of theDodgers. He was second to none in promoting Japan-U.S. baseball interchange.

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