A Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer who is Japan's homerun king with 868 career homeruns. He played for the Yomiuri Giants at first base from 1959 to 1980, during which the Giants won 11 championships. After retiring, Sadaharu became assistant manager of the Giants from 1981 to 1983 and manager from 1984 to 1988. He was manager of the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks from 1995 to 2008 and led the team to 2 championships. His father was from the Republic of China, and his Japanese name is a rendering of the common Chinese surname "Wang," which means "king."