Morita Fukui (July 14, 1885 â December 27, 1965) was the first Commissioner of Baseball in Japan. (Matsutarà  Shà Âriki, media mogul and owner of the Yomiuri Giants, was instrumental in the formation of Nippon Professional Baseball in 1949âÂÂ1950, and acted unofficially as the league's first commissioner in 1950.) A lawyer, prosecutor, politician, Fukui was sworn in as Commissioner in .