Former A's infielder Jordan Díaz has indeed signed with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's NPB ... including Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, Masataka Yoshida, and most recently Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Ichiro Suzuki, 2001 Ichiro’s rookie campaign wasn’t just sensational, it was historic. In his first MLB season following nine with NPB's Orix Blue Wave ... after five seasons with the Osaka Kintetsu ...

The success of many players from the Land of the Rising Sun -- from Hideo Nomo to Ichiro Suzuki to Shohei Ohtani-- has proven ... 2012-18 Iwakuma played 11 NPB seasons between the Kintetsu Buffaloes ...

When Ichiro Suzuki goes into the Baseball Hall of Fame ... Will there be uniforms from his days playing in Japan for the Orix Blue Wave? Will there be autographs he accumulated before playing ...

The Seattle Mariners will have several events during the season to honor Ichiro ... 2015-17. Suzuki signed with Seattle before the 2001 season after a nine-year stint with the Orix BlueWave ...

Here's what he said: Ichiro Suzuki offers to have the only writer ... Before coming to MLB, he played nine seasons with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan, and won seven straight batting titles from ...

Ichiro Suzuki, in a sense, is coming home. Cooperstown has been like Suzuki’s second home since he came to the United States from his native Japan in 2001 to play in the major leagues.

Ichiro Suzuki made ... line across nine years with Orix BlueWave. As the first prominent Japanese position player to have success at the major league level, Suzuki paved the way for future MLB ...