Shueisha / Shōnen Book (Japan) - Shōnen Book Playing Cards

1968

Shōnen Book Playing Cards

Shueisha / Shōnen Book / 少年ブック

Japan

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Rare cards from Japan, featuring  the earliest football cards I am aware of from the land of the rising sun. Shōnen Book is a children's comic published by Shueisha, with the first issue published in March 1958 and continued through to April 1969. In 1968 the comic gave away a series of playing cards. What little I know about them is included here, I've only seen spades and diamonds.

A♠.  Taihō Kōki (Sumo Wrestling)

2♠.  Kunishige Kamamoto (Soccer - Yanmar Diesel)

3♠.  Ryuichi Sugiyama (Soccer - Mitsubishi Motors)

4♠.  Antonio Inoki (Boxing)

5♠.  

6♠.  

7♠.  Thunder Sugiyama (Wrestling)

8♠.  Shohei "Giant" Baba (Wrestling)

9♠.  

10♠.  Tamanoshima Arata (Sumo Wrestling)

J♠.  Masahiko "Fighting" Harada (Boxing)

Q♠.  Kashiwado Tsuyoshi (Sumo Wrestling)

K♠.  

A♦.  Shigeo Nagashima (Baseball)

2♦.  Keiji Suzuki (Baseball)

3♦.  Yutaka Enatsu (Baseball)

4♦.  Masaaki Koyama (Baseball)

5♦.  Kazuhiko Kondo (Baseball)

6♦.  Isao Harimoto (Baseball)

7♦.  Shiro Takegami (Baseball)

8♦.  Masaaki Ikenaga (Baseball)

9♦.  

10♦.  Tetsuya Yoneda (Baseball)

J♦.  Katsuya Nomura (Baseball)

Q♦.  Sinichi Eto (Baseball)

K♦.  Sadaharu Oh (Baseball)