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Why This Card Matters

Kaima Taira was the 2020 Pacific League Rookie of the Year, the first Okinawa-born player to win it, and in 2021 he set an NPB record with 39 consecutive scoreless appearances while posting a 0.90 ERA with 20 saves and 21 holds. He took the 2022 PL Best Relief Pitcher award with 34 holds, then moved to the rotation in 2023 and went 11-7 with a 2.40 ERA and 153 strikeouts. He was a gold medalist with Japan at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. This is the short-print Image Variation, which replaces the base card's portrait with a full-body shot of his pitching follow-through.

Market-Informed Pricing

Priced at $4.99 with Best Offer enabled; offers at or above $4.49 are accepted automatically. That figure comes off the two most recent Buy It Now sales of this serial-numbered parallel, both inside the last 30 days, at $14.00 and $13.46.

Professional Imaging

High-resolution scans and photos so you can inspect corners, edges, surface, and centering yourself. What you see is what you get.

Secure Shipping

Penny sleeve, top loader or card saver, team bag, and rigid protection in every shipment. Packed right, shipped fast, from a smoke-free environment.

About the Image Variation

2024 Topps 206 NPB rebuilds the classic 1909 T206 tobacco-card design around Nippon Professional Baseball, with painted-look portraits, period borders and Japanese-language backs. Japanese pro baseball cards have a small, dedicated collector base in the U.S., and complete-set builders work these checklists card by card.