Shirakawa is stepping down on March 19th, so that his departure coincides with his deputies, Hirohide Yamaguchi and Kiyohiko Nishimura.

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Egashira N, Iwasaki K, Ishibashi A, Hayakawa K, Okuno R, Abe M, Uchida N, Mishima K, Takasaki K, Nishimura R, Oishi R, Fujiwara M.

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Uchida N, Egashira N, Iwasaki K, Ishibashi A, Tashiro R, Nogami A, Manome N, Abe M, Takasaki K, Mishima K, Takata J, Oishi R, Nishimura R, Fujiwara M.

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But Nishimura Shingo must have set some kind of record.

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