What is Jun Misawa?
'''Jun Misawa''' ({{lang-ja|三沢淳}} ''Misawa Jun''; 1 October 1952 – 3 March 2022) was a Japanese baseball player and politician. He was a member of the [[New Frontier Party (Japan)|New Frontier Party]], the [[Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)|Liberal Party]], and the [[New Conservative Party (Japan)|New Conservative Party]]. He was in the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] from 1996 to 2000.<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|date=7 March 2022|title=元中日ドラゴンズ投手 三沢淳さん69歳で死去 引退後は衆議院議員や解説でも活躍|trans-title=|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/62565fcef69b7dd7836c5b2ca85139245b6d8c30|language=Japanese|work=[[Yahoo! Japan]]|location=|access-date=6 March 2022|archive-date=6 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306225448/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/62565fcef69b7dd7836c5b2ca85139245b6d8c30|url-status=dead}}</ref> Misawa was born in [[Hamada, Shimane|Hamada]], [[Japan]]. He played for the [[Chunichi Dragons]] and [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] baseball teams. Misawa died at a hospital in [[Nagoya]], Japan on 3 March 2022 from problems caused by [[mesothelioma]], at the age of 69.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 March 2022|title=中日などで投手として活躍した三沢淳さんが死去 69歳・中皮腫 1996年から衆院議員も1期務める|trans-title= |url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/429836|language=Japanese|work=[[Chunichi Shimbun]]|location= |access-date=6 March 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Misawa, Jun}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Japanese baseball players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Shimane Prefecture]] [[Category:Politicians from Shimane Prefecture]] {{bio-stub}}