Background
Watanabe, Tsuneo was born on May 30, 1926 in Tokyo. Son of Heikichi and Hanako (Yanai) Watanabe.
渡邉 恒雄
Watanabe, Tsuneo was born on May 30, 1926 in Tokyo. Son of Heikichi and Hanako (Yanai) Watanabe.
Bachelor of Arts, University Tokyo, 1949.
He leads the Yomiuri Shimbun, and he has a great influence on Japanese sports and Japanese politics. Informally he"s nicknamed as Nabetsune, although he hates lieutenant When Japan Professional Soccer League was established, he insisted that each football club should put each company"s name on the football clubs.
Usually, in Europe and the United States, each professional team or club put each city"s name on the team
In August 2004, Watanabe resigned as Yomiuri Giants president after it was revealed that the Giants baseball club had violated scouting rules by paying ¥2 million to pitching prospect Yasuhiro Ichiba. Ten months later, Watanabe was hired as chairman of the Yomiuri Giants.
When Japan Professional Baseball League was on the big crisis because one team collapsed and the League was going to became just one league system from two leagues system, the central League and the pacific League in 2005, he criticized the President of Japan Professional Baseball Players" Association, Atsuya Furuta because of Furuta"s struggles for maintaining two leagues " system.
Served as private Japanese Army. Club: Japan National Press (director since 1984, editor-in-chief 1985, senior vice president 1987) (Tokyo).
Married Astuko Nabeshima, May 25, 1954. 1 child, Mutsumi.