Hanshin Tigers middle reliever Kyuji Fujikawa and five others from the Central League club were named for the upcoming All-Star series as the final results of fan balloting were announced Monday.
Fujikawa, who has a sparkling 0.18 ERA in 38 mound appearances this season, was the fans' top pick in the CL among players in all categories with 673,120 votes for the two-game series on July 21-22, while four players were selected from the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks for the most in the Pacific League.
Injury-prone Orix Buffaloes slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara was the top vote-getter overall with 806,021 and was selected as a designated hitter for the first time after being elected 17 other times in fan balloting to play first base.