Standing (left to right) - Shigeru Mizuhara 3B, Eiji Sawamura RHP, Toshihide Hatafuku RHP, Daiske Miyake COACH, Nobuo Kura C, Tadao Ichioka MGR, Sotaro Suzuki General Manager, Takeo Tabe 2B, Kenichi Aoshiba RHP, Hisanori Karita SS, Fujio Nagasawa 1B, Jimmy Horio CF
Kneeling (left to right) - Victor Starffin RHP, Yukio Eguchi UT, Usaburo Shintomi OF, Shiro Tsuda 3B, Kumeyasu Yajima OF, Tamotsu Uchibori C, Takeshi Nakayama C, Ellichiro Yamamoto UT. Not shown - Nobuaki Nidegawa OF
The Dai Nippon Baseball Club toured the United States and Canada in 1935. It was the forerunner of the Tokyo Giants team of the Japanese Baseball League. Two of the young pitchers would go on to Hall of Fame careers, Victor Starffin and Eiji Sawamura.
[Photo courtesy of the City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4753, photographer Stuart Thomas]