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17-490: The event was first run in 1956, and it was initially titled the Nakayama Grand Prix (中山グランプリ). The following year it was renamed in memory of Yoriyasu Arima (1884–1957), the founder of the race. The distance was originally set at 2,600 metres, and it was shortened to the present length, 2,500 metres, in 1966. The majority of the runners (10 out of 16) in the field are selected by a vote from racing fans, which must be

34-474: A Japan Racing Association horse. If at least one horse in top 10 decided not to participate in the race, the void will be filled with next available horse until 10 available runners are filled. The remainder of 6 (including National Association of Racing (NAR) and foreign-based horses) are determined by the amount of prize money won. Until 1999 the Arima Kinen was open to Japanese trained horses only. However,

51-460: A 2.65 earned run average, following that with a combined 34–22 record in 1937, with a 2.21 ERA. (The 1936 and 1937 JBL seasons were split into spring and fall half-seasons.) Noguchi's 1937 totals led the league in games pitched and innings; he started nearly 70% of his team's games, and his 34 wins represented 68% of the Senators combined victories for the full season. Akira Noguchi left the team after

68-466: A winning percentage of .606, good for second place in the league behind the Tokyo Kyojin . Jirō Noguchi won two-thirds of his team's victories, a league-leading 40 (he also lost 17 games), to go with a 1.19 ERA, and a still-league-record 19 shutouts as well as 264 strikeouts. That year Noguchi pitched all 28 innings of a tie game against Nagoya Club that featured Nagoya's Michio Nishizawa also pitching

85-501: The Japan Racing Association introduced a new condition in 2000 which allowed for the participation of a foreign trained horse, if it had won that year's Japan Cup (although no such eligible horse has participated in this race). The Arima Kinen was classed as a Domestic Grade I until 2006, and it was then promoted to an International Grade I in 2007. Consequently, it is now possible for more foreign trained horses to compete in

102-585: The Tokyo Imperial University , and later became a professor there. He read Karl Marx and Max Stirner , and other radical philosophers, and became attracted to the agrarian movement and radical political ideas. Arima founded the Nihon Nomin Kumiai (Japan Farmer's Union) together with Kagawa Toyohiko . He was active in various social programmes, including the establishment and support of night school , women's education , farmer's rights, and

119-523: The 1937 season, but he was replaced in 1939 as the team's ace by his brother Jirō Noguchi . Jirō's rookie season was remarkable: a workhorse, he went 33–19 with a 2.04 earned run average, setting a rookie record for victories. He led the league in innings pitched, most games pitched, complete games (a remarkable 38), and hits and home runs allowed. He pitched in 72% of the team's games and had 67% of their total victories. When not pitching, he often played outfield or first base (although he only hit .251). For

136-567: The 1940 season, the team was renamed the Tsubasa Baseball Club ( Tsubasa meaning "wing"). (In October 1940, responding to rising hostility toward the West due to World War II , the league outlawed the use of English in Japanese baseball.) In 1940, Jirō Noguchi put together another remarkable season, going 30–11 with a league-leading 0.93 earned run average. He also hit .260. He had nearly 60% of

153-522: The Japanese military to ban the "western sport" Arima helped sustain it during the war years, and later helped to revive professional baseball in Japan in the postwar period. In 1940, Arima became head of the Taisei Yokusankai organization, but resigned after five months due to opposition from the militarist faction in the government. In the post-war period, he was active in promoting horse racing and

170-518: The entire game. The team's manager in 1942–1943 was Shuichi Ishimoto . Financial instability led to the team being acquired in 1943 by Nishi-Nippon Railroad , and it being renamed the Nishitetsu Baseball Club . Despite finishing with a .513 winning percentage that year (with Jirō Noguchi winning 25 games), the team was dissolved before the 1944 season. In 1946, former team manager (and later Hall of Fame umpire) Saburo Yokozawa revived

187-486: The race. The maximum number of these was set at four in 2007, and this increased to six for the 2008 running. Speed record: Most wins: Most wins by a jockey : In 2004 vote, Zenno Rob Roy was estimated to have received fewer votes than Cosmo Bulk (Deduced from the official result of Internet vote). However, as Cosmo Bulk was not a Japan Racing Association horse (but belonged to Hokkaido Keiba from NAR ) all votes cast for him were invalid. Vodka

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204-577: The rights of the burakumin , and was chairman of a cultural association aimed at improving education and cultural awareness in rural areas. Arima was elected to the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan in 1924 under the Rikken Seiyūkai party. In 1929, after he succeeded his father to the title of hakushaku ( count ) under the kazoku peerage system, he was nominated to the House of Peers . Arima

221-566: The team's total number of victories for the season. Following the 1940 season, the team was wholly acquired by Yoriyasu Arima ; the failing Nagoya Kinko was also merged with Tsubasa and for 1941 the new team was renamed the Taiyō Baseball Club . Jirō Noguchi went 25–12 with a league-leading 0.88 ERA in 1941, becoming the only pitcher in Japanese professional baseball history to have two consecutive sub-1 ERA seasons. The franchise had its best season in 1942, finishing with 60 victories and

238-420: Was two-way player Jirō Noguchi , who excelled as a pitcher. Other notable players for the franchise included Chujiro Endo , Yutaka Ishii , Sadao Kondoh , Toshio Kurosawa , and Jirō's brother Akira Noguchi . The Senators were founded by a group that included politician Yoriyasu Arima . Saburo Yokozawa managed the team in 1936–1937. In the fall 1936 campaign, rookie pitcher Akira Noguchi went 15-13 with

255-585: Was a close personal friend of Fumimaro Konoe , and when Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan in 1937, Arima was requested to serve as his Minister of Agriculture . He also participated in Konoe's Showa Studies Society "Brain trust". In 1936, Arima helped organize the Tokyo Senators baseball team, and built a baseball stadium located where the present Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo is now located. Despite pressure from

272-607: Was not allowed to participate in the 2009 race, as she was on a 1-month suspension due to nose bleeding in the Japan Cup . Yoriyasu Arima Yoriyasu Arima ( 有馬 頼寧 , Arima Yoriyasu , 17 December 1884 – 9 January 1957) was a Japanese politician before and during World War II . His wife was the daughter of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa . Arima was born in Tokyo as a son of the former daimyō of Kurume Domain (now part of Fukuoka Prefecture ). He studied agricultural science at

289-579: Was one of the founders of the Nakayama Racecourse . He died in 1957 of acute pneumonia . The Arima Kinen horserace was named in his honor. Tokyo Senators The Nishitetsu Baseball Club was a team in the Japanese Baseball League (JBL). Founded in 1936 as the Tokyo Senators , the team went through a number of name changes and mergers before being dissolved after the 1943 season. The team's undisputed star for most of its history

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