Yokohama BayStars

Gree overtakes DeNA in social game market
The Asahi Shimbun
Major Internet game firm DeNA Co. fell behind its rival Gree Inc. in the Japanese market for the first time in the October-December quarter.
DeNA hoping to hit customer home run with BayStars
Makoto Haruta, chairman of DeNA, and Isao Moriyasu, president of DeNA at a news conference on its purchase of Yokohama BayStars on Dec. 1 in Tokyo. (Yusaku Kanagawa)
After buying a perennial celler dweller, DeNA Co., an online game site operator, is making its pitch for success off the field through its new purchase, the Yokohama BayStars.
NPB/ BayStars tag veteran Kudo as new manager
Kimiyasu Kudo (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
DeNA Co., which has agreed to buy the Yokohama BayStars from Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc., has named veteran southpaw Kimiyasu Kudo as manager for next season,...
NPB/ For DeNA, problems not limited to BayStars'...
DeNA Co. Chairman Makoto Haruta is surrounded by reporters after applying to join Nippon Professional Baseball on Nov 4. (Satoru Ogawa)
DeNA Co. Chairman Makoto Haruta tensed up when reporters shoved recorders toward his face, moments after he had moved a step closer to completing a dream that has been years in ...
NPB/ TBS sells BayStars to DeNA, pending league...
DeNA chairman Makoto Haruta, right, hands over the paperwork to Nippon Professional Baseball secretary-general Kunio Shimoda on Nov. 4. (The Asahi Shimbun)
The deal is done, the paperwork filed, and--providing a majority of clubs approve the move--there is a new player in Japanese baseball.
NPB/ TBS, DeNA negotiations for BayStars enter...
Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc. and DeNA Co. have entered the final stage of negotiations to conclude the sale of the Yokohama BayStars professional baseball team,...
NPB/ DeNA ponders name change to help team purchase
DeNA Co., which is negotiating to buy the Yokohama BayStars baseball club, is considering changing its company name to facilitate the deal, DeNA President Isao Moriyasu said on ...
NPB/ TBS, DeNA delay announcement of BayStars sale
Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc. postponed its Oct. 28 extraordinary board meeting regarding the sale of the Yokohama BayStars, the top shareholder of the Central League ...
NPB / TBS to announce sale of BayStars to DeNA
Yokohama BayStars president Takao Kaji talks to reporters on Oct. 24. (The Asahi Shimbun)
YOKOHAMA--Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc., the top shareholder of the Yokohama BayStars, will announce the sale of the Central League baseball team to mobile phone game ...
NPB / Phone game-maker may step to the plate in...
DeNA Co., operator of mobile phone game service "Mobage," has become a strong candidate to buy the Yokohama BayStars professional baseball team from the club's top shareholder, ...
NPB/ TBS again tries to peddle Yokohama BayStars
Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc. has started negotiations to sell its professional baseball team, the Yokohama BayStars, with several companies, including DeNA Co.,...
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