Loading…
Hosted by JapanBall · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 15 episodes
Established thought leaders with verified media credentials.
Talking Yakyu is a podcast for all things Japanese baseball in English. From the latest developments in Nippon Professional Baseball to Samurai Japan at the World Baseball Classic to the newest stars making the jump to MLB, JapanBall writer Yuri Karasawa and Sports Info Solutions pro evaluator Brandon Tew break it all down.
JapanBall hosts Talking Yakyu, a sports show with 15 episodes published.
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) discuss the latest storylines from Japanese baseball. https://japanball.com https://extrainningstravel.com https://yakyucosmo.co
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) discuss the latest storylines from Japanese baseball. https://japanball.com https://extrainningstravel.com https://yakyucosmo.co
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) discuss the latest storylines from Japanese baseball. https://japanball.com https://extrainningstravel.com https://yakyucosmo.co
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) discuss the latest storylines from Japanese baseball. 00:00 - Ohtani’s best season ever? 06:45 - Rikuu Nishida called up to CWS
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) discuss the latest storylines from Japanese baseball. 00:00 - Kazuma Okamoto & Shota Imanaga 13:40 - Foster Griffin, Peter Lambe
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) discuss the latest storylines from Japanese baseball. 0:00 - Munetaka Murakami Mania 10:47 - Progress for Roki Sasaki? 20:06 - I
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) discuss the latest developments in Nippon Professional Baseball from Hiroya Miyagi's injury to Kaima Taira and Haruto Takahashi
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) talk about early season Nippon Professional Baseball news and performances, including Haruki Hosono's no-hitter, Ryoji Kuribayas
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) preview each of the 12 teams for the 2026 Nippon Professional Baseball season and give their predictions. https://japanball.com
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) discuss how Samurai Japan performed in Pool C at the 2026 World Baseball Classic and preview its potential matchup in the quarte
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) answer some listener mailbag questions. Which NPB players will be posted to MLB in the near future? What are Japan's expectation
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) break down their top 20 starting pitchers in Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2026 season. Where do they agree and disagree?
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) break down the offseason foreign player signings in Nippon Professional Baseball. Plus, another look at Samurai Japan's 2026 Wor
Yuri Karasawa ( https://x.com/yakyucosmo ) and Brandon Tew ( https://x.com/brandonteweets ) break down the MLB signings of Munetaka Murakami, Tatsuya Imai, and Kazuma Okamoto. Plus, previewing Samurai Japan's chances at
Detected from recent episode content. Sponsor presence is a real signal of listener purchasing power and show monetisation.
No public pitch examples yet for this show.
Generate your own personalised pitchBased on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:
Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
Talking Yakyu has a verified contact on file. Create a free PitchCentric account to access it and generate a personalised pitch in seconds. Research at least 3 recent episodes first and lead with a specific angle that serves their sports audience.
Talking Yakyu is hosted by JapanBall. The show is categorised under sports (baseball) and has published 15 episodes.
Talking Yakyu has published 15 episodes.
Talking Yakyu regularly covers sports, baseball. It sits in the sports category, with a baseball focus.
Talking Yakyu is accessible for guests with genuine sports expertise. A personalised, episode-aware pitch will still outperform a generic one every time.
Talking Yakyu hasn't explicitly signalled guest openness in recent episodes. That doesn't rule out pitching. your hook just needs to be especially compelling and relevant to their recent content.
Episodes of Talking Yakyu average 77 minutes, giving guests a long-form format with plenty of time to expand on their expertise.
Our data rates Talking Yakyu's guest bar at 80/100 (Premium tier). Established thought leaders with verified media credentials. Sign in to PitchCentric to see how your own Pod Score compares against this show.
Methodology. Booking Probability™ blends Listen Score, 30-day Virality, open-to-guests detection, and Apple ratings. Data refreshed every 60 minutes. Listen Score and Booking Probability are calculated by PitchCentric. Last enriched 4 days ago.