Former NPB player Rentaro Imanishi has passed away at the age of 101. He was the pitcher who earned the first victory in the history of the Taiyō Whales (now Yokohama) after the club was founded in 1950. He was also one of the players who had competed during one-league era, which lasted until 1949.

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3. Former NPB player Rentaro Imanishi has passed away at the age of 101. He was the pitcher who earned the first victory in the history of the Taiyō Whales (now Yokohama) after the club was founded in 1950. He was also one of the players who had competed during one-league era, which lasted until 1949.