shosei go, nicknamed "the human locomotive", was a speedy player from taiwan who played in the league for the kyojin and the tigers. he won the 1943 jbl most valuable player award as a member of the champion kyojin. hiroshi oshita was another taiwanese player who starred in the jbl. from 1946–1949 he played for the tokyo senators/tokyu flyers. (after reorganization, oshita stayed with the flyers until 1951, and then moved to the nishitetsu lions, finishing his japanese professional career with a .303 lifetime batting average, 201 home runs, and 861 rbi.)