The Japanese Baseball Hall Of Fame announced its 2019 inductees today. Longtime Chunichi Dragons infielder Kazuyoshi Tatsunami was the sole candidate on the Players Selection Committee to garner enough votes for election while Hiroki Gondoh, a pitcher/infielder for the Dragons in the 1960's and manager of the Yokohama Baystars in the late 90's (including their Nippon Series Championship in 1998) as well as a coach for a number of teams, was the sole inductee from the Expert Division. The Special Division also elected Haruo Wakimura who was involved with high school baseball. The vote tallies can be seen
here.
Here are cards of Tatsunami and Gondoh - pretty sure there aren't any of Wakimura:
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami
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| 1988 Takara Dragons #3 |
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| 1999 Calbee #080 |
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| 2009 BBM 1st Version #306 |
Hiroshi Gondoh
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| 1962 Doyusha JCM 55 |
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| 2006 BBM Nostalgic Stars #105 |
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| 1998 BBM Nippon Series #S1 |
