Emoto was unusually non-confirmative for a player, once almost being released by the team for letting his hair grow over his ears.

[1] After complaining publicly about being shuttled between starting and relief in 1981, he was forced to retire by his team the Hanshin Tigers.

[1] Emoto later went on to write a series of successful tell-all books about his experiences in professional baseball, drawing comparisons to pitcher-turned-author Jim Bouton.

It was formed by former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa and four other legislators (Emoto, Yoriko Madoka, Shinji Tarutoko, and Kiyoshi Ueda) who left the New Frontier Party in June 1997.

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